Come along to the @gleebooks.bsky.social launch of @janecaro.bsky.social’s Vantage Point essay. You’ll laugh, you’ll get mad, and be reminded it was a series of choices that got our public education into this state and we can choose to correct course
Funny how the law and order guys never think it applies to them 🙄
He’s again blaming the courts, the protesters and those attacked by police all for his appalling and illegal attempts to ban dissent
Screenshot Lucavi @lucavi_ftw good news everyone SPACE com Potatoes are better than human blood for making space concrete bricks, scientists say.
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Were those the only two options
illegal trade, live animal markets, and time in trade predict the number of pathogens shared with humans
Two things we can do to stop the next pandemic:
1️⃣ Reduce wildlife trade.*
(👉 *But: criminalization drives trade underground, and we find that illegal trade accelerates spillover. We need new ideas.)
2️⃣ Ramp up disease surveillance in wildlife markets, farms, and supply chains.
I've completely lost track of what I'm supposed to be distracted from.
"One paper’s acknowledgements thank 'Professor Maria Bohm at The Starfleet Academy for her kindness and generosity in contributing with her knowledge and her lab onboard the USS Enterprise'."
A bagel sliced not in half but with a sliver cut off of the main body, as though the bark of a tree were being removed
"You're alienating half of your audience by being political!"
The half:
100 books you must read over easter
Yet this is nothing
This is the most delightful thing I’ve ever read
Anyone posted this yet ... thought I'd get in early. From the always hilarious (and much missed) @kudelka.bsky.social
Under a proposed gambling shakeup, children will only be able to access their Sportsbet accounts at recess and after school.
As per the 2021 Census, the Aus Bureau of Statistics defines 'generations' as follows;
Interwar - aged 75 and over
Boomers - 55 to 74
GenX - 40 to 54
Millenials - 25 to 39
GenZ - 10 to 24
GenAlpha - 0 to 9
Please adjust your ageism accordingly.
#auspol
Just 1 example of the kind of thing unis are getting for their massive spend on consultants. ANU spent $6k on a "non-significant meeting" with a reputation management firm at which apparently no one took a note. That's more than a tutor gets for a semester's work
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
The scale of Australian universities managerial & governance surrender/capture is ASTOUNDING
"Twelve of the 14 universities had council members, who had substantive roles as consultants from firms such as Ernst & Young, PwC, KPMG, Deloitte, McKinsey, and Boston Consulting Group"
I feel genuinely flabbergasted by the defiantly anti-journalistic approach of NYT Comms here.
They're saying the NYT's reporting on the stance of the American Medical Association is correct, despite the American Medical Association saying their stance is different from what NYT reported.
Self-censorship is what we are increasingly seeing now among Australian institutions, a consequence of the relentless efforts of the pro-Israel lobby, Murdoch media and both major parties to silence any dissent to Israel's acts. In short - it's worked.
It's time for new ideas, new voices, new gatekeepers, new strategies, new incentives, new politics to support Australian culture and the arts. Submissions to the Australian Government's consultation on its new cultural policy close 24 May. #ausarts #auslit #revive
www.arts.gov.au/what-we-do/n...
Remember all the talk of healthy young people dying suddenly after COVID-19 vaccination?
Our new study in @plosmedicine.org shows there's absolutely nothing to that.
journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...
Voted in the South Australian election. Always a privilege, even if I would have voted for the sausage in bread had it been on the ballot. #SAVotes
a complex diagram
Context Expert Panel Investigation Steps Information to Stakeholders Publications & Documents Contacts Summary The final report of the Expert Panel on the 28 April 2025 blackout in continental Spain and Portugal identifies the causes of the blackout and outlines recommendations to strengthen the resilience of Europe’s interconnected electricity system. It was prepared by a technical Expert Panel of 49 members, including representatives from Transmission System Operators (TSOs), Regional Coordination Centres (RCCs), ACER and National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs), and was chaired by experts from two unaffected TSOs. The investigation concludes that the blackout resulted from a combination of many interacting factors, including oscillations, gaps in voltage and reactive power control, differences in voltage regulation practices, rapid output reductions and generator disconnections in Spain, and uneven stabilisation capabilities. These factors led to fast increases of voltage and cascading generation disconnections in Spain, resulting in the blackout in continental Spain and Portugal. Based on these findings, the Expert Panel sets out recommendations addressing each of the factors identified in the report to help prevent similar events in the future. These include strengthened operational practices, improved monitoring of system behaviour and closer coordination and data exchange among power system actors. The findings of the investigation also underscore the need for regulatory frameworks to adapt in order to support the evolving nature of the power system. The 28 April blackout was a first of its kind event, and the recommendations aim to strengthen system resilience with solutions that are already technologically deployable. This blackout highlights how developments at the local level can have system-wide implications and underlines the importance of maintaining strong links between local and European system behaviour and coordination, while ensuring that market…
Good news! The final ENTSO-E report into the Spain blackout is out
A complex stew of different factors, but "too much solar" is simply not even among them, let alone a major component.
As always: the narrative built by fossil/nuke advocates was wrong
www.entsoe.eu/news/2026/03...
In the middle is the artwork 'Slumbering sea, Mentone' by Tom Roberts, depicting a seaside scene, with a purple tint. The text reads: "Southerly Poetry Prize. Submissions now open. Submissions close 15 April 2026. Visit websits for T&Cs and to submit."
Purple text reads: "Southerly is excited to announce Australia's newest literary prize. As part of our ongoing revival plan, the inaugral Southerly Poetry Prize will open for entries 1st March with a submission deadline of 15th April 2026. All Australian poets are eligible to enter. The winner will receive a cash prize of $2000 AUD, with their winning entry published in Southerly 81.1 in October 2026. Along with all shortlisted entries, the winner will also be published in Southerly online. The judges for this year's inaugral prize are Paul Dawson (Southerly's poetry editor), along with esteemed poets Kate Fagan and Bronwyn Lea."
As part of our ongoing revival plan, the inaugural Southerly Poetry Prize is now open to all Australian poets. Entries from both established and emerging writers are welcome.
#southerly #auslit #poetry #poetryprize
Lovely.
Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.
