fluids_guru
@fluidsguru.bsky.social
Following the new energy revolution. Navigating the Climate Change apocalypse. Helping to forecast future weather events. Probably an anarchist. Still dealing with long COVID.
Also at mastodon : @[email protected]
Also at mastodon : @[email protected]
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“it’s really important for families to have, to be inspired to learn about a citizen’s duty to keep a democracy alive and strong. Democracy is not a spectator sport. You have to, as a citizen, be a part of creating the conditions that allow liberty to thrive, you know? So, I wrote ABC Democracy…”
Children’s entertainer Raffi releases new single in response to ‘rise of fascism’
Raffi on democracy, 'rise of fascism,' 'tough times'
For decades, the man who has been called the most influential children’s entertainer in the English-speaking world has created and performed music that parents today are sharing with their own children.
www.cp24.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“it’s really important for families to have, to be inspired to learn about a citizen’s duty to keep a democracy alive and strong. Democracy is not a spectator sport. You have to, as a citizen, be a part of creating the conditions that allow liberty to thrive, you know? So, I wrote ABC Democracy…”
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Climate change will ‘create’ lots of jobs, eg 2000 extra jobs to process the claims from Brisbane floods
Time for new thinking re what kind of jobs we want, not just how many…building new gas & coal doesn’t just cause disasters it diverts workers from useful tasks thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Time for new thinking re what kind of jobs we want, not just how many…building new gas & coal doesn’t just cause disasters it diverts workers from useful tasks thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Rebuilding after climate chaos 'creates jobs', but isn’t economic progress
Climate change will create jobs, but rebuilding what’s been destroyed is not progress.
thepoint.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Climate change will ‘create’ lots of jobs, eg 2000 extra jobs to process the claims from Brisbane floods
Time for new thinking re what kind of jobs we want, not just how many…building new gas & coal doesn’t just cause disasters it diverts workers from useful tasks thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Time for new thinking re what kind of jobs we want, not just how many…building new gas & coal doesn’t just cause disasters it diverts workers from useful tasks thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Elon Musk appears to be worried about white people’s fertility specifically. Also, he claims Jewish people - who look white to him- are white based on what he sees as skin color.
December 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Elon Musk appears to be worried about white people’s fertility specifically. Also, he claims Jewish people - who look white to him- are white based on what he sees as skin color.
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What could go wrong?
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
December 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
What could go wrong?
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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This basket where we are putting our eggs is looking iffy...
LNG Glut Begins to Bite as Asian Buyers Reduce Imports www.theenergymix.com/lng-glut-beg...
LNG Glut Begins to Bite as Asian Buyers Reduce Imports www.theenergymix.com/lng-glut-beg...
LNG Glut Begins to Bite as Asian Buyers Reduce Imports
A long-predicted glut in global markets for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is beginning to bite, with some of the world’s biggest consumers declaring they have more of the methane-based fuel than they kn...
www.theenergymix.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This basket where we are putting our eggs is looking iffy...
LNG Glut Begins to Bite as Asian Buyers Reduce Imports www.theenergymix.com/lng-glut-beg...
LNG Glut Begins to Bite as Asian Buyers Reduce Imports www.theenergymix.com/lng-glut-beg...
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When it saves you money to put solar on your roof, you put solar on your roof. Does it make the utility owners angry. It sure does.
This is remarkable and happened very very fast.
This is remarkable and happened very very fast.
Pakistan says rooftop solar output to exceed grid demand in some hubs next year
Pakistan's rooftop solar generation will for the first time exceed power demand on the country's electrical grid during daytime hours in some major industrial regions next year, a senior government of...
www.reuters.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
When it saves you money to put solar on your roof, you put solar on your roof. Does it make the utility owners angry. It sure does.
This is remarkable and happened very very fast.
This is remarkable and happened very very fast.
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Digital eliminationism is one of those novel threats people are really not going to deal with very well.
December 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Digital eliminationism is one of those novel threats people are really not going to deal with very well.
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BYD becomes the first to 2M BEV vehicles in one year ever
#alwaysbecharging
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nitter.net/alojoh/statu...
#alwaysbecharging
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nitter.net/alojoh/statu...
December 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
BYD becomes the first to 2M BEV vehicles in one year ever
#alwaysbecharging
⚡️⚡️⚡️
nitter.net/alojoh/statu...
#alwaysbecharging
⚡️⚡️⚡️
nitter.net/alojoh/statu...
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Nesting offences.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
December 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Nesting offences.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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The worst thing to happen to academia was the emergence of a nomadic administrative class like the one in corporations who just move from institution to institution setting fires and walking away.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
December 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The worst thing to happen to academia was the emergence of a nomadic administrative class like the one in corporations who just move from institution to institution setting fires and walking away.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
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"According to data from Media Radar, The New York Times took in more than $20 million in advertising revenue from fossil fuel companies from Oct 2020 to Oct 2023, twice what any other outlet earned from the industry" - @amywestervelt.bsky.social, Matthew Green & @joeygrostern.bsky.social
#NYT
#NYT
December 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"According to data from Media Radar, The New York Times took in more than $20 million in advertising revenue from fossil fuel companies from Oct 2020 to Oct 2023, twice what any other outlet earned from the industry" - @amywestervelt.bsky.social, Matthew Green & @joeygrostern.bsky.social
#NYT
#NYT
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can we just say this out loud? Climate change = horny male media editors going absolutely nuts with the skimpy fun-in-the-sun pics
In Western Australia, news editors see record breaking high temperatures as a justification for bikini photos
Not an opportunity for good journalism to foster discussion on fate of our planet in relation to #climatechange
Every time
Brain dead humans
Hottest start to summer in #Perth on record
Not an opportunity for good journalism to foster discussion on fate of our planet in relation to #climatechange
Every time
Brain dead humans
Hottest start to summer in #Perth on record
December 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
can we just say this out loud? Climate change = horny male media editors going absolutely nuts with the skimpy fun-in-the-sun pics
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Around a thousand people have died in climate floods in south and southeast Asia in the last month.
Indonesia’s Sumatra residents loot for food, water after deadly floods
www.thehindu.com/news/interna...
www.thehindu.com/news/interna...
Indonesia’s Sumatra residents loot for food, water after deadly floods
Residents of flood-stricken Sumatra loot for essentials as rescue efforts struggle amid rising death toll and damaged infrastructure.
www.thehindu.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Around a thousand people have died in climate floods in south and southeast Asia in the last month.
Is now the time to have a serious discussion about what 'work' is?
Or will use LLM bots to produce slop to be read by other LLM bots for another decade?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Or will use LLM bots to produce slop to be read by other LLM bots for another decade?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI
Controversy has erupted after 21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence.
www.nature.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Is now the time to have a serious discussion about what 'work' is?
Or will use LLM bots to produce slop to be read by other LLM bots for another decade?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Or will use LLM bots to produce slop to be read by other LLM bots for another decade?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘Like science fiction’: How smart cars are being weaponised by violent men against women #auspol #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...
The mechanic claimed nothing was wrong with Sarah’s stalling car. He was in on a sinister tactic
Abusers are remotely accessing cars to track their partners’ movements, lock them out of a vehicle, and stop the cars from travelling outside a perimeter.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
‘Like science fiction’: How smart cars are being weaponised by violent men against women #auspol #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...
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'The Earthlycrumb Tragedies'
(with apologies to Edward Gorey & for being overly morbid)
A poem in 26 Skeets... 🧵
(with apologies to Edward Gorey & for being overly morbid)
A poem in 26 Skeets... 🧵
November 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
'The Earthlycrumb Tragedies'
(with apologies to Edward Gorey & for being overly morbid)
A poem in 26 Skeets... 🧵
(with apologies to Edward Gorey & for being overly morbid)
A poem in 26 Skeets... 🧵
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Another win for Victoria. 👍
November 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Another win for Victoria. 👍
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Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
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Air pollution from cars kills more people each year than the road toll.
Australia needs legislated clean air standards. The govt wouldn’t agree to include them in the environmental laws passed last week. I’ll keep trying - they’ll save lives.
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
Australia needs legislated clean air standards. The govt wouldn’t agree to include them in the environmental laws passed last week. I’ll keep trying - they’ll save lives.
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
Two cars, similar size, but one emits 17 times more of a deadly pollutant
New rules around NOx, the most deadly form of vehicle pollution, come into force today, as testing reveals which popular models are pumping out more than others.
www.abc.net.au
November 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Air pollution from cars kills more people each year than the road toll.
Australia needs legislated clean air standards. The govt wouldn’t agree to include them in the environmental laws passed last week. I’ll keep trying - they’ll save lives.
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
Australia needs legislated clean air standards. The govt wouldn’t agree to include them in the environmental laws passed last week. I’ll keep trying - they’ll save lives.
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
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Africa’s forests have joined the Brazilian Amazon and Australian forests in becoming carbon sources rather than sinks. Around 2010 the previous storage of our carbon emissions flipped, mainly through deforestation and degradation.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #deforestation #Africa
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #deforestation #Africa
Loss of tropical moist broadleaf forest has turned Africa’s forests from a carbon sink into a source - Scientific Reports
Africa’s forests and woody savannas have historically acted as a carbon sink, removing atmospheric carbon and storing it as biomass. However, our novel analysis reveals a critical transition from a ca...
www.nature.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Africa’s forests have joined the Brazilian Amazon and Australian forests in becoming carbon sources rather than sinks. Around 2010 the previous storage of our carbon emissions flipped, mainly through deforestation and degradation.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #deforestation #Africa
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #deforestation #Africa
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This is a legitimate scientific revolution in meteorology.
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting. n.pr/49MFa1M
As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season ends, the future of forecasting is AI
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This is a legitimate scientific revolution in meteorology.
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
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If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, you’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
You’re in organized crime.
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, you’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
You’re in organized crime.
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Scoop: The most popular apps in Australia right now are social media platforms not included in the teen ban (so far).
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Scoop: The most popular apps in Australia right now are social media platforms not included in the teen ban (so far).
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
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It's like the end of Animal Farm and the MAGA folks are indistinguishable from the neoconservatives they ousted. foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/03/m...
With Military Buildup Against Venezuela, the U.S. Eyes Cuba as Well
Washington hopes cutting off Venezuelan oil to Havana would collapse the Cuban regime.
foreignpolicy.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's like the end of Animal Farm and the MAGA folks are indistinguishable from the neoconservatives they ousted. foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/03/m...