Tom Swann
@tomswann.bsky.social
Don't worry, everything can always get worse.
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Tetra Pak just launched a heat-pump-based pasteurization system that can cut energy use by up to 77%.
Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.
www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...
Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.
www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...
Tetra Pak launches integrated heat pump system to electrify pasteurization and cut energy use by up to 77%
Tetra Pak announces the expansion of its Factory Sustainable Solutions portfolio with its new Tetra Pak Integrated Heat Pump system for pasteurizers, designed t
www.foodtechbiz.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Tetra Pak just launched a heat-pump-based pasteurization system that can cut energy use by up to 77%.
Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.
www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...
Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.
www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...
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Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal says she hasn’t even bothered to ask NSW police how on earth they let a bunch of Neo Nazi grubs parade outside parliament, but promises she will.
David Shoebridge “now I’ve raised it with you, you’re going to put on your next agenda meeting”💥🙄 #Estimates
David Shoebridge “now I’ve raised it with you, you’re going to put on your next agenda meeting”💥🙄 #Estimates
December 2, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal says she hasn’t even bothered to ask NSW police how on earth they let a bunch of Neo Nazi grubs parade outside parliament, but promises she will.
David Shoebridge “now I’ve raised it with you, you’re going to put on your next agenda meeting”💥🙄 #Estimates
David Shoebridge “now I’ve raised it with you, you’re going to put on your next agenda meeting”💥🙄 #Estimates
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The Age and Sydney Morning Herald have scrubbed references to Gaza and Palestine from their version of a Walkleys speech given by Kerry O’Brien last week.
The Age and SMH removed Gaza references from Kerry O'Brien's Walkleys speech
www.crikey.com.au
December 1, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The Age and Sydney Morning Herald have scrubbed references to Gaza and Palestine from their version of a Walkleys speech given by Kerry O’Brien last week.
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💪🏽We stand with coal workers 💪🏼
As the #RisingTide crossed into the channel to disrupt the coal export industry, Zack Tritton talked on the beach about bridging the gap between climate activists and workers, standing up to corporate greed together 💚❤️💙
As the #RisingTide crossed into the channel to disrupt the coal export industry, Zack Tritton talked on the beach about bridging the gap between climate activists and workers, standing up to corporate greed together 💚❤️💙
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
💪🏽We stand with coal workers 💪🏼
As the #RisingTide crossed into the channel to disrupt the coal export industry, Zack Tritton talked on the beach about bridging the gap between climate activists and workers, standing up to corporate greed together 💚❤️💙
As the #RisingTide crossed into the channel to disrupt the coal export industry, Zack Tritton talked on the beach about bridging the gap between climate activists and workers, standing up to corporate greed together 💚❤️💙
#estimates hot take: Ministers should not be present at the table at all, or if they are, should not be able to speak.
December 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
#estimates hot take: Ministers should not be present at the table at all, or if they are, should not be able to speak.
There is a PHON Senator from WA named Tyron Whitten.
I learned something today.
I learned something today.
December 1, 2025 at 1:20 AM
There is a PHON Senator from WA named Tyron Whitten.
I learned something today.
I learned something today.
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Melbourne is LESS dense than Los Angeles.
If Melbourne were as dense as LA within the first 15km, we’d have an extra 431,000 homes!
If Melbourne were as dense as LA within the first 15km, we’d have an extra 431,000 homes!
November 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Melbourne is LESS dense than Los Angeles.
If Melbourne were as dense as LA within the first 15km, we’d have an extra 431,000 homes!
If Melbourne were as dense as LA within the first 15km, we’d have an extra 431,000 homes!
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good summary of where AI is at, lol
November 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
good summary of where AI is at, lol
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Loving that AI productivity boost!
"the more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more lawyers are needed to vet the technology’s outputs."
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
"the more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more lawyers are needed to vet the technology’s outputs."
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
Use of AI ‘tech stacks’ driving demand for lawyers
The more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more professionals are needed to vet the technology’s outputs.
www.afr.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Loving that AI productivity boost!
"the more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more lawyers are needed to vet the technology’s outputs."
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
"the more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more lawyers are needed to vet the technology’s outputs."
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
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RIP Tom Stoppard “We shed as we pick up, like travellers who must carry everything in their arms, and what we let fall will be picked up by those behind. The procession is very long and life is very short. We die on the march. But there is nothing outside the march so nothing can be lost to it.”
November 30, 2025 at 6:32 AM
RIP Tom Stoppard “We shed as we pick up, like travellers who must carry everything in their arms, and what we let fall will be picked up by those behind. The procession is very long and life is very short. We die on the march. But there is nothing outside the march so nothing can be lost to it.”
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October 2025 was the warmest October on record for the #Arctic. Arctic sea-ice extent is currently the lowest on record for late November. My newest 'climate viz of the month' summarizes some of this latest data: zacklabe.com/climate-viz-...
#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz
#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz
Climate Viz of the Month
October 2025 Hi everyone! Instead of designing a new special feature visualization, this next ‘climate viz of the month’ blog will focus on briefly summarizing the recent extremes in th…
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November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
October 2025 was the warmest October on record for the #Arctic. Arctic sea-ice extent is currently the lowest on record for late November. My newest 'climate viz of the month' summarizes some of this latest data: zacklabe.com/climate-viz-...
#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz
#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz
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In the hubbub over EPBC laws, news of Santos making its biggest ever gas fracking play in the Beetaloo basin has flown under the radar
One to watch as @kirstyhowey.bsky.social notes that "not a single NT fracking project has been referred or assessed under federal environment laws, ever"
One to watch as @kirstyhowey.bsky.social notes that "not a single NT fracking project has been referred or assessed under federal environment laws, ever"
Fear Santos gas plan may start fracking rush that poses ‘major risk’ to NT water supply
Fossil fuel company plans to expand exploration in Beetaloo basin
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
In the hubbub over EPBC laws, news of Santos making its biggest ever gas fracking play in the Beetaloo basin has flown under the radar
One to watch as @kirstyhowey.bsky.social notes that "not a single NT fracking project has been referred or assessed under federal environment laws, ever"
One to watch as @kirstyhowey.bsky.social notes that "not a single NT fracking project has been referred or assessed under federal environment laws, ever"
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“The Japanese Ambassador in Australia said, ‘Japan needs Australian gas for keeping the neon lights of Tokyo’, but it’s not true” – Yuki Tanabe at the Climate Integrity Summit 2025.
Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
November 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
“The Japanese Ambassador in Australia said, ‘Japan needs Australian gas for keeping the neon lights of Tokyo’, but it’s not true” – Yuki Tanabe at the Climate Integrity Summit 2025.
Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
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Obligatory 'yes emissions fell, but they didn't fall by enough', as nicely illustrated by the Climate Change Authority:
November 27, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Obligatory 'yes emissions fell, but they didn't fall by enough', as nicely illustrated by the Climate Change Authority:
The Australian government claims it will meet its 2030 emissions target almost entirely due to an assumption that it will meet its renewable energy target.
This is an input to the projection, not an output.
It's honestly very hard to see how this will happen.
This is an input to the projection, not an output.
It's honestly very hard to see how this will happen.
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The Australian government claims it will meet its 2030 emissions target almost entirely due to an assumption that it will meet its renewable energy target.
This is an input to the projection, not an output.
It's honestly very hard to see how this will happen.
This is an input to the projection, not an output.
It's honestly very hard to see how this will happen.
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Have we reached peak dysfunction?! The NACC handed $1.1M to MA Services - the firm running a Nauru security operation linked with the Finks bikie gang. They're also guarding the ACIC who are literally tasked with taking down bikie gangs🤯
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Have we reached peak dysfunction?! The NACC handed $1.1M to MA Services - the firm running a Nauru security operation linked with the Finks bikie gang. They're also guarding the ACIC who are literally tasked with taking down bikie gangs🤯
It really didn't look like they got much out of it
November 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
It really didn't look like they got much out of it
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As EPBC reforms get framed as political tussles & deal-making, don't forget ongoing colonialism, what's at stake on Indigenous lands, and their warnings that bad amendments & inadequate environmental laws "risk irreversible damage to country, culture and communities"
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 AM
As EPBC reforms get framed as political tussles & deal-making, don't forget ongoing colonialism, what's at stake on Indigenous lands, and their warnings that bad amendments & inadequate environmental laws "risk irreversible damage to country, culture and communities"
Nice things are possible.
Rush hour traffic in Utrecht.
Sound on 🔊 if you want to experience that rush hour IS possible without the constant, deafening noise of cars overpowering people talking.
Sound on 🔊 if you want to experience that rush hour IS possible without the constant, deafening noise of cars overpowering people talking.
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Nice things are possible.
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"The Australian government has at all times known that the current Nauruan president and key members of his government are seriously corrupt, and they still signed a $2.5 billion deal with him."
Greens senator David Shoebridge reads what he alleges to be extracts from a secret AUSTRAC report that has not been made public, in the Senate late on Tuesday.
Labor accused of turning blind eye to Nauru corruption allegations
Greens senator David Shoebridge reads what he alleges to be extracts from a secret AUSTRAC report that has not been made public, in the Senate late on Tuesday.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
"The Australian government has at all times known that the current Nauruan president and key members of his government are seriously corrupt, and they still signed a $2.5 billion deal with him."
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Did you know gas exports not only drive your gas bills, but your electricity bills also?
Even though gas is only 5% of electricity in the National Electricity Market (NEM), it sets the electricity price because gas is so expensive.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
Even though gas is only 5% of electricity in the National Electricity Market (NEM), it sets the electricity price because gas is so expensive.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Did you know gas exports not only drive your gas bills, but your electricity bills also?
Even though gas is only 5% of electricity in the National Electricity Market (NEM), it sets the electricity price because gas is so expensive.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
Even though gas is only 5% of electricity in the National Electricity Market (NEM), it sets the electricity price because gas is so expensive.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
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China continues to move away from the dollar. It’s just cut its holdings of US government bonds to the lowest level in 17 years.
China's US Treasury holdings fell to $689.3 billion in October 2025, down from $700.5 billion in September.
China's US Treasury holdings fell to $689.3 billion in October 2025, down from $700.5 billion in September.
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
China continues to move away from the dollar. It’s just cut its holdings of US government bonds to the lowest level in 17 years.
China's US Treasury holdings fell to $689.3 billion in October 2025, down from $700.5 billion in September.
China's US Treasury holdings fell to $689.3 billion in October 2025, down from $700.5 billion in September.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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"Ley said the fact that Watt was simultaneously negotiating with the Coalition & the Greens showed that his main motivation was a “political fix”.
“Right now, we have an environment minister with two sets of amendments, one in each hand. They’re radically different, these amendments”
It's true👇
“Right now, we have an environment minister with two sets of amendments, one in each hand. They’re radically different, these amendments”
It's true👇
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
"Ley said the fact that Watt was simultaneously negotiating with the Coalition & the Greens showed that his main motivation was a “political fix”.
“Right now, we have an environment minister with two sets of amendments, one in each hand. They’re radically different, these amendments”
It's true👇
“Right now, we have an environment minister with two sets of amendments, one in each hand. They’re radically different, these amendments”
It's true👇