Graham Lea
@evolvable.bsky.social
Technologist working on Climate Action • Software, Product, Leadership • agile, startups, microservices, UX, & more • Getting quite political
Dharawal country, Sydney, Australia
Also:
https://aus.social/@evolvable
https://linkedin.com/in/grahamleasydney/
Dharawal country, Sydney, Australia
Also:
https://aus.social/@evolvable
https://linkedin.com/in/grahamleasydney/
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Graham Lea
@evolvable.bsky.social
· Jun 1
Announcing a little thing I've being working on:
⚡️ The Electricity Sector Field Guide ⚡️
🌏 grahamlea.github.io/Electricity-...
When I joined the electricity sector 18 months ago, there was suddenly about a million new things I needed to learn about to get my job done.
⚡️ The Electricity Sector Field Guide ⚡️
🌏 grahamlea.github.io/Electricity-...
When I joined the electricity sector 18 months ago, there was suddenly about a million new things I needed to learn about to get my job done.
Wanted: Wood-fired pizzas, but with nice normal toppings instead of diavola or artichoke or gorgonzola.
I don't care that you think Hawaiian isn't traditional.
My kids want Hawaiian.
WHY WON'T YOU JUST SELL ME HAWAIIAN ON YOUR VASTLY SUPERIOR SUCCULENT SOURDOUGH CRUST?!?!?!
I don't care that you think Hawaiian isn't traditional.
My kids want Hawaiian.
WHY WON'T YOU JUST SELL ME HAWAIIAN ON YOUR VASTLY SUPERIOR SUCCULENT SOURDOUGH CRUST?!?!?!
a man in a purple sweater is talking to a man in a plaid shirt
Alt: Terry Crews yells "WHY?!"
media.tenor.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Wanted: Wood-fired pizzas, but with nice normal toppings instead of diavola or artichoke or gorgonzola.
I don't care that you think Hawaiian isn't traditional.
My kids want Hawaiian.
WHY WON'T YOU JUST SELL ME HAWAIIAN ON YOUR VASTLY SUPERIOR SUCCULENT SOURDOUGH CRUST?!?!?!
I don't care that you think Hawaiian isn't traditional.
My kids want Hawaiian.
WHY WON'T YOU JUST SELL ME HAWAIIAN ON YOUR VASTLY SUPERIOR SUCCULENT SOURDOUGH CRUST?!?!?!
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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Last week @theverge.com published my essay exploring the limitations of large-language models. This week, that same essay is cited by a federal judge in Michigan to distinguish the process of human reasoning from what these models do. Very, very gratifying.
h/t @robertfreundlaw.bsky.social
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
December 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Last week @theverge.com published my essay exploring the limitations of large-language models. This week, that same essay is cited by a federal judge in Michigan to distinguish the process of human reasoning from what these models do. Very, very gratifying.
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140,000 homes are currently being left vacant in Australia. 32,000 homes in Melbourne alone!
Air BnB has 160,000 homes on its books.
There are thousands of developers land banking properties in our cities.
We could legislate the end of a housing crisis very quickly.
Air BnB has 160,000 homes on its books.
There are thousands of developers land banking properties in our cities.
We could legislate the end of a housing crisis very quickly.
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
140,000 homes are currently being left vacant in Australia. 32,000 homes in Melbourne alone!
Air BnB has 160,000 homes on its books.
There are thousands of developers land banking properties in our cities.
We could legislate the end of a housing crisis very quickly.
Air BnB has 160,000 homes on its books.
There are thousands of developers land banking properties in our cities.
We could legislate the end of a housing crisis very quickly.
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The year hasn't finished and all these apps wrapping the year are doing it too early.
December 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The year hasn't finished and all these apps wrapping the year are doing it too early.
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if you still use twitter you support white supremacy
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
if you still use twitter you support white supremacy
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Australia's biggest super funds ploughing $33bn of Aussie retirement savings into coal, oil and gas expansion driving worsening extreme weather, which threatens retirement savings https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-15342805/Super-funds-plunge-billions-fossil-fuel-companies.html
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Australia's biggest super funds ploughing $33bn of Aussie retirement savings into coal, oil and gas expansion driving worsening extreme weather, which threatens retirement savings https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-15342805/Super-funds-plunge-billions-fossil-fuel-companies.html
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🔁 ABC News
Watch ABC journalist Sarah Ferguson fact-check the Coalition's claims about power prices.
"Power bills are high but the rollout of renewables are not the cause."
Learn more about why bill prices are going up, and why fossil fuels are ultimately to blame via link in bio.
Watch ABC journalist Sarah Ferguson fact-check the Coalition's claims about power prices.
"Power bills are high but the rollout of renewables are not the cause."
Learn more about why bill prices are going up, and why fossil fuels are ultimately to blame via link in bio.
December 2, 2025 at 12:27 AM
🔁 ABC News
Watch ABC journalist Sarah Ferguson fact-check the Coalition's claims about power prices.
"Power bills are high but the rollout of renewables are not the cause."
Learn more about why bill prices are going up, and why fossil fuels are ultimately to blame via link in bio.
Watch ABC journalist Sarah Ferguson fact-check the Coalition's claims about power prices.
"Power bills are high but the rollout of renewables are not the cause."
Learn more about why bill prices are going up, and why fossil fuels are ultimately to blame via link in bio.
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
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This is really bad!
First - it seems some kind of monitoring and/or database is being kept on community independent volunteers - and then there's the refusal to serve a constituent based on their political views.
This is REALLY bad!!! #auspol
First - it seems some kind of monitoring and/or database is being kept on community independent volunteers - and then there's the refusal to serve a constituent based on their political views.
This is REALLY bad!!! #auspol
December 1, 2025 at 4:35 AM
This is really bad!
First - it seems some kind of monitoring and/or database is being kept on community independent volunteers - and then there's the refusal to serve a constituent based on their political views.
This is REALLY bad!!! #auspol
First - it seems some kind of monitoring and/or database is being kept on community independent volunteers - and then there's the refusal to serve a constituent based on their political views.
This is REALLY bad!!! #auspol
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Oops‼️ This coal ship TURNED AWAY due to the #RisingTide disruption of the world’s biggest coal port ✊🏽💚✊🏼
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Oops‼️ This coal ship TURNED AWAY due to the #RisingTide disruption of the world’s biggest coal port ✊🏽💚✊🏼
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Industry: We built a large language model! It can generate words!
People: Can it generate spreadsheets?
Industry: Ur… sure why not!
People: Wait… these numbers are wrong.
Industry: But they’re *convincing*, right? We generated something you thought *might* have been from a human. Job done!
People: Can it generate spreadsheets?
Industry: Ur… sure why not!
People: Wait… these numbers are wrong.
Industry: But they’re *convincing*, right? We generated something you thought *might* have been from a human. Job done!
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Industry: We built a large language model! It can generate words!
People: Can it generate spreadsheets?
Industry: Ur… sure why not!
People: Wait… these numbers are wrong.
Industry: But they’re *convincing*, right? We generated something you thought *might* have been from a human. Job done!
People: Can it generate spreadsheets?
Industry: Ur… sure why not!
People: Wait… these numbers are wrong.
Industry: But they’re *convincing*, right? We generated something you thought *might* have been from a human. Job done!
[David Attenborough voice]:
Ironically, it turns out that failed states are not broken down because of the people who live there, but generally because they are or were ruled by someone much like Trump.
Ironically, it turns out that failed states are not broken down because of the people who live there, but generally because they are or were ruled by someone much like Trump.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
[David Attenborough voice]:
Ironically, it turns out that failed states are not broken down because of the people who live there, but generally because they are or were ruled by someone much like Trump.
Ironically, it turns out that failed states are not broken down because of the people who live there, but generally because they are or were ruled by someone much like Trump.
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Imagine showing a petrol engine to someone who had only known electric vehicles, and trying to convince them to switch to petrol. No-one would choose the dirty, noisy, less efficient, more expensive vehicle. This isn't 1910, hostage to gender insecurity. We can just choose the better tech.
November 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Imagine showing a petrol engine to someone who had only known electric vehicles, and trying to convince them to switch to petrol. No-one would choose the dirty, noisy, less efficient, more expensive vehicle. This isn't 1910, hostage to gender insecurity. We can just choose the better tech.
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‘Remigration’ is a term that comes out of the European far right. Its use by the DHS account is a sign of democratic and epistemic collapse
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
‘Remigration’ is a term that comes out of the European far right. Its use by the DHS account is a sign of democratic and epistemic collapse
Industry: We built a large language model! It can generate words!
People: Can it generate spreadsheets?
Industry: Ur… sure why not!
People: Wait… these numbers are wrong.
Industry: But they’re *convincing*, right? We generated something you thought *might* have been from a human. Job done!
People: Can it generate spreadsheets?
Industry: Ur… sure why not!
People: Wait… these numbers are wrong.
Industry: But they’re *convincing*, right? We generated something you thought *might* have been from a human. Job done!
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Industry: We built a large language model! It can generate words!
People: Can it generate spreadsheets?
Industry: Ur… sure why not!
People: Wait… these numbers are wrong.
Industry: But they’re *convincing*, right? We generated something you thought *might* have been from a human. Job done!
People: Can it generate spreadsheets?
Industry: Ur… sure why not!
People: Wait… these numbers are wrong.
Industry: But they’re *convincing*, right? We generated something you thought *might* have been from a human. Job done!
Hot take: Kangaroos are Australia’s most famous macropod, but they’re really the odd, burly outlier of a an otherwise super cute family. Wallabies, quokkas, bettongs, pademleons, potoroos! 😍
Every other Devopsdays in the world has some seriously stiff competition. Only Wollongong has given me an opportunity to hang out with QUOKKAS
November 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Hot take: Kangaroos are Australia’s most famous macropod, but they’re really the odd, burly outlier of a an otherwise super cute family. Wallabies, quokkas, bettongs, pademleons, potoroos! 😍
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I'm doing some research into "properties of good tests" and comparing models by different authors. I have Beck's Desiderata, Khorikov's 4 pillars, Henney's Good Unit Tests, Farley's Properties of Good Automated Tests, Osherove's Art of Unit Testing and Falco's 4 benefits of tests. Suggest others?
November 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I'm doing some research into "properties of good tests" and comparing models by different authors. I have Beck's Desiderata, Khorikov's 4 pillars, Henney's Good Unit Tests, Farley's Properties of Good Automated Tests, Osherove's Art of Unit Testing and Falco's 4 benefits of tests. Suggest others?
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So it's now news Hinkley Point C will be really expensive?
FFS, I & others were trying to tell people this over a decade ago, before contracts were signed
But the nuclear-political establishment thought they knew better
They didn't. Not for the first time
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
FFS, I & others were trying to tell people this over a decade ago, before contracts were signed
But the nuclear-political establishment thought they knew better
They didn't. Not for the first time
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
November 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
So it's now news Hinkley Point C will be really expensive?
FFS, I & others were trying to tell people this over a decade ago, before contracts were signed
But the nuclear-political establishment thought they knew better
They didn't. Not for the first time
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
FFS, I & others were trying to tell people this over a decade ago, before contracts were signed
But the nuclear-political establishment thought they knew better
They didn't. Not for the first time
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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Well, what do you know. Vaccines work.
Again.
Again.
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Well, what do you know. Vaccines work.
Again.
Again.
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NACC CEO Philip Reed has apologised on behalf of NACC Commissioner Paul Brereton after he has been found to have provided False information to the Senate about his 2nd, secret side-job working for the Inspector General of the ADF.
Brereton is refusing to apologise himself.
Brereton is refusing to apologise himself.
The NACC AGAIN apologises to Parliament for incorrect information provided about the actions of Commissioner Major General Brereton. For the NACC to have any chance of doing its job properly he has to go.
November 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
NACC CEO Philip Reed has apologised on behalf of NACC Commissioner Paul Brereton after he has been found to have provided False information to the Senate about his 2nd, secret side-job working for the Inspector General of the ADF.
Brereton is refusing to apologise himself.
Brereton is refusing to apologise himself.
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lol X is a hellhole but sometime still amusing
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 AM
lol X is a hellhole but sometime still amusing
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Here's what Climate Council CEO Amanda McKenzie has to say about today's environment law reform.
Breaking down the good, the bad, and the please-can-we-actually-regulate-polluting-fossil fuel-projects?!
Learn more here climc.nl/EPBC 💚
Breaking down the good, the bad, and the please-can-we-actually-regulate-polluting-fossil fuel-projects?!
Learn more here climc.nl/EPBC 💚
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Here's what Climate Council CEO Amanda McKenzie has to say about today's environment law reform.
Breaking down the good, the bad, and the please-can-we-actually-regulate-polluting-fossil fuel-projects?!
Learn more here climc.nl/EPBC 💚
Breaking down the good, the bad, and the please-can-we-actually-regulate-polluting-fossil fuel-projects?!
Learn more here climc.nl/EPBC 💚
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The “debate”.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
November 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The “debate”.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.