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Gen X. Writer. Single parent. She/Her. Living on Dja Dja Wurrung land. Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, The World.
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These people thinking Trump’s dystopian plan can be stopped - so sorry friend, that moment has passed.
From Rosencranz & Guildenstern are Dead:
“There must have been a moment, at the beginning, where we could have said ‘no’.
“Somehow we missed it.”
From Rosencranz & Guildenstern are Dead:
“There must have been a moment, at the beginning, where we could have said ‘no’.
“Somehow we missed it.”
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Say hello to Jim.
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Say hello to Jim.
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The extra layer to this tragedy is that the Wang Fuk towers were built under a public housing scheme established in the 1950s after a devastating shanty town fire in nearby Shek Kip Mei.
What caused the SKM fire? Wealth inequity. What caused the Wang Fuk fire? Wealth inequity.💔
What caused the SKM fire? Wealth inequity. What caused the Wang Fuk fire? Wealth inequity.💔
Hong Kong fire kills 55, hundreds missing as police blame ‘grossly negligent’ construction firm
A huge fire still burning in a Hong Kong apartment complex that has killed at least 55 people and left nearly 300 missing may have been caused by a "grossly negligent" construction firm using unsafe m...
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The extra layer to this tragedy is that the Wang Fuk towers were built under a public housing scheme established in the 1950s after a devastating shanty town fire in nearby Shek Kip Mei.
What caused the SKM fire? Wealth inequity. What caused the Wang Fuk fire? Wealth inequity.💔
What caused the SKM fire? Wealth inequity. What caused the Wang Fuk fire? Wealth inequity.💔
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November 27, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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"John Quigley, senior fellow at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, pointed to the “data center frenzy” as the primary driver of higher electricity prices for households"
Definitely a strong consensus among researchers that data centres *do* make bills higher
Definitely a strong consensus among researchers that data centres *do* make bills higher
AI data center 'frenzy' is pushing up your electric bill — here's why
Energy-hungry data centers that underpin artificial intelligence are contributing to higher residential electricity bills, say experts.
www.cnbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
"John Quigley, senior fellow at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, pointed to the “data center frenzy” as the primary driver of higher electricity prices for households"
Definitely a strong consensus among researchers that data centres *do* make bills higher
Definitely a strong consensus among researchers that data centres *do* make bills higher
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Authorities say metropolitan testing shows Karenia algal levels remain low compared with last month, despite thick foam and fish deaths seen on some beaches in recent days.
Dead fish, foam seen on metro beaches despite overall low algal levels
Authorities say metropolitan testing shows Karenia algal levels remain low compared with last month, despite thick foam and fish deaths seen on some beaches in recent days.
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Authorities say metropolitan testing shows Karenia algal levels remain low compared with last month, despite thick foam and fish deaths seen on some beaches in recent days.
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Data centers need to be REQUIRED to build grid-tied alternative energy generation and storage to provide for their own baseload capacity needs BEFORE they go online.
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Data centers need to be REQUIRED to build grid-tied alternative energy generation and storage to provide for their own baseload capacity needs BEFORE they go online.
“The surge in data center development… has thrown the 13-state PJM Interconnection into a crisis, with utility bills rising across the network due to the billions of dollars in payments required to cover the additional costs…”
read my colleagues’ coverage of this continuing development heatmap.news/energy/pjm-d...
PJM Is Paralyzed by Its Data Center Dilemma
Members of the nation’s largest grid couldn’t agree on a recommendation for how to deal with the surge of incoming demand.
heatmap.news
November 27, 2025 at 7:59 AM
“The surge in data center development… has thrown the 13-state PJM Interconnection into a crisis, with utility bills rising across the network due to the billions of dollars in payments required to cover the additional costs…”
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read my colleagues’ coverage of this continuing development heatmap.news/energy/pjm-d...
PJM Is Paralyzed by Its Data Center Dilemma
Members of the nation’s largest grid couldn’t agree on a recommendation for how to deal with the surge of incoming demand.
heatmap.news
November 27, 2025 at 1:45 AM
read my colleagues’ coverage of this continuing development heatmap.news/energy/pjm-d...
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A very explicit line from page 2 of the market monitor’s complaint elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/fil...
November 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
A very explicit line from page 2 of the market monitor’s complaint elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/fil...
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big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
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This does seem really quite bad
November 27, 2025 at 6:35 AM
This does seem really quite bad
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A new analysis of more than 10,000 first-time drink-driving cases reveals a troubling disparity.
Māori face harsher sentences than NZ Europeans for similar drink-driving offences – with lasting consequences
theconversation.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:37 AM
A new analysis of more than 10,000 first-time drink-driving cases reveals a troubling disparity.
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a cool thing to think about is what those data centres could be used for once this shit collapses. Obviously gut them, no one needs a bunch of obsolete GPUs, but then what? Pickleball? Maybe.
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 AM
a cool thing to think about is what those data centres could be used for once this shit collapses. Obviously gut them, no one needs a bunch of obsolete GPUs, but then what? Pickleball? Maybe.
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Something has happened at Flinders Street. Cops everywhere. They've taped off Flinders between Elizabeth and Degraves, and they've erected some tents.
November 27, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Something has happened at Flinders Street. Cops everywhere. They've taped off Flinders between Elizabeth and Degraves, and they've erected some tents.
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Waited to get the court docs before reporting on the high court challenge to the social media ban.
They reveal an injunction will be sought against esafety, the minister and the govt to stop enforcement. And one of the teens is turning 16 before the ban.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
They reveal an injunction will be sought against esafety, the minister and the govt to stop enforcement. And one of the teens is turning 16 before the ban.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Teens seek urgent high court injunction to block Australian government’s social media ban
Noah Jones and Macy Neyland, both 15, are supported by a digital rights group led by NSW Libertarian MP John Ruddick
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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I guess just about everyone pointed out this likelihood. Be interesting to see whether it scores an injunction.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Social media ban for under-16s challenged in High Court
Australia's social media age ban is being challenged in the High Court on the grounds that it restricts young teens' implied right to freedom of political communication.
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I guess just about everyone pointed out this likelihood. Be interesting to see whether it scores an injunction.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Cloud nerds is this possible a #cumulonimbus cloud creating a #fallstreak #cloud as it grows rapidly #crazy stuff in the clouds had a lenticular cloud on top of a storm head earlier too #photography #weather
November 27, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Cloud nerds is this possible a #cumulonimbus cloud creating a #fallstreak #cloud as it grows rapidly #crazy stuff in the clouds had a lenticular cloud on top of a storm head earlier too #photography #weather
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Trump's speech about the shooting in DC veered into him attacking the Somali community in Minnesota, which of course had nothing to do with the shooting. Gives away his bigoted game.
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Trump's speech about the shooting in DC veered into him attacking the Somali community in Minnesota, which of course had nothing to do with the shooting. Gives away his bigoted game.
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Some 60,000 families, many of them climate refugees, live in the area spread over 65 hectares.
Thousands left homeless by fire in Bangladesh shantytown in Dhaka
Some 60,000 families, many of them climate refugees, live in the area spread over 65 hectares.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Some 60,000 families, many of them climate refugees, live in the area spread over 65 hectares.
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Gaza’s economy has collapsed beyond recognition https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/gaza-two-years-of-genocide-erasing-seven-decades-of-development #auspol
Gaza’s economy has collapsed beyond recognition
Gaza’s economy, society and basic infrastructure have been almost entirely wiped out. With 90 per cent of people displaced, food systems destroyed and schools and hospitals in ruins, reconstruction is becoming harder by the day.
johnmenadue.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Gaza’s economy has collapsed beyond recognition https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/gaza-two-years-of-genocide-erasing-seven-decades-of-development #auspol
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New challenge for busy researchers who lament that they don't have time to think these days:
For 2026, plan for thinking time, or time to do nothing (which is when some of the best ideas happen). Protect it. Make it sacrosanct.
If you don't take your thinking time seriously, no-one else will.
For 2026, plan for thinking time, or time to do nothing (which is when some of the best ideas happen). Protect it. Make it sacrosanct.
If you don't take your thinking time seriously, no-one else will.
This banger from the academia / writing / research meme stash definitely has wider applicability but I do really like using it for coaching, mentoring, and workshop activities when we talk about the importance of saying 'no' to things as researchers. #academicchatter #academicsky #PhDchat
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 AM
New challenge for busy researchers who lament that they don't have time to think these days:
For 2026, plan for thinking time, or time to do nothing (which is when some of the best ideas happen). Protect it. Make it sacrosanct.
If you don't take your thinking time seriously, no-one else will.
For 2026, plan for thinking time, or time to do nothing (which is when some of the best ideas happen). Protect it. Make it sacrosanct.
If you don't take your thinking time seriously, no-one else will.
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Don't think an anti-trans activist is much of a threat in Hawthorn somehow.
November 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Don't think an anti-trans activist is much of a threat in Hawthorn somehow.
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Former Deputy PM and families man Barnaby Joyce has left his long-term political home after flirting with a much younger party. chaser.com.au/national/nat...
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Former Deputy PM and families man Barnaby Joyce has left his long-term political home after flirting with a much younger party. chaser.com.au/national/nat...