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Jen Christiansen @jenchristiansen.com · 1d

We used @sciam.bsky.social's 180th anniversary as an excuse to revisit an old favorite. Familiar with the efficiency of locomotion chart from the March 1973 issue? Here it is again, reimagined for 2025 by DTAN Studio, w/text by @parshallison.bsky.social 📊 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...

The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike

A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 7h

Thing I wish I hadn’t learned today: Botox injections in testicles are a thing.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 13h

This is the kind of thing that keeps me fascinated in mathematics to this day. It’s the topic I found most interesting as an undergrad; almost enough to continue postgrad studies in waves.

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The Hidden Math of Ocean Waves Crashes Into View | Quanta Magazine

The math of even the simplest ocean waves is notoriously uncooperative. A team of Italian mathematicians has made major advances toward understanding it.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 16h

The financial markets are celebrating...

Screenshot of the Live Updates ticker from the Australian Financial Review website. Update reads: "Jobless rate jumps, ASX resets record high"

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 16h

Well that's a little fucked, isn't it.

www.abs.gov.au/media-centre...

This will satisfy the RBA Board, and nobody else.

Unemployment rate up to 4.5%

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 16h

There are a lot of people who bought gold this week who need everyone to be thinking of a recession so the price will go up further. Let's just hold off on the rationality until they turn their profit, OK?

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 1d

New study from Melbourne finds reducing residential speed limits from 50km/h to 30 km/h on local roads would protect cyclists from danger, make riding less stressful and get more people cycling while not causing traffic delays for cars.

Switching 50km/h speed limits to 30km/h would protect cyclists while barely affecting commutes, research finds

One expert says a cyclist hit by a car travelling 50km/h has about a one-in-ten chance of surviving, while at 30km/h it was a nine-in-ten chance

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 1d

They should add a big jetty to the new stadium

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 1d

I’m going to go ahead and state the obvious: introducing erotica to ChatGPT is going to lead to a range of issues.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 1d

Wayne hasn’t taken a look at a graph of wealth distribution recently if he thinks we’re closing the gap between the top and bottom 10%.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 2d

… and pays fuck all in taxes

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Why Santos is behind your soaring electricity and mortgage costs

It was a primary force behind Australia’s inflationary surge, it’s forced businesses either to the wall or to shift offshore, undermined national industry policy and resulted in the loss of countless ...

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 2d

The Victoria Liberal party continues to seek out innovative ways to turn a one third minority opposition into an even smaller minority...

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Victorian Liberals will scrap Australian-first Treaty within 100 days if elected

The Victorian Liberals will scrap the state's proposed Treaty agreement with First Peoples' if elected. The opposition had previously withdrawn support for the proposed agreement, which is set to be d...

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 2d

It's fascinating to me sitting in meetings with people who are unable to sit in ambiguity for any amount of time. As someone working in complex design programs, it's a core skill.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 2d

Queensland is screaming out for a distributed generation capacity and supporting grid. They have the most diffuse population of any state, which makes them least suitable for large, centralised generation. Wind + Solar + battery would work so well for them.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 2d

Not just covert subsidisation, but outright support with a conga line of coal & gas approvals.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 2d

Fears of an 'AI investment bubble' are a little like fears of 'American authoritarianism'. So obvious as to seem surreal that the topic is being raised as a question.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 2d

I saw your video of the Treasury in Petra! Very jealous.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 2d

We're approaching the stage of US fascism where churches build tunnels to facilitate escape from authorities.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..."

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Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby

Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 2d

One of the wildest things to see on older movies and TV shows - from the 90s and earlier - is someone walking into another person's home and lighting a cigarette or cigar. Nobody takes any notice (usually) or says a word. They might even go fetch an ashtray.