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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I feel like as an executive if you make a statement like this, you have to then ritually disembowel yourself in front of shareholders.

A Guardian headline reading: "Coles blames competitor's Ooshies for slowing sales; young people the first generation to earn less than their parents at the same age."

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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Kalecki remaining the most vindicated theorist of the modern era.

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

The provincial bourgeois is rather like a hippopotamus, in that his placid nature and slightly ridiculous physical form tends to blind you to the fact that this is a very well adapted and extremely dangerous animal, who only seems harmless because he usually gets whatever he wants.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 24/06/2025

[setting out dishwasher to run overnight instead of during the peak hours] I’m a virtual power plant operator

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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

If you want to keep the SQUARS-ness, maybe try animating the explosion out from the centre for the larger ones?

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It's Margo @agentfiftyseven.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Live fast, die young, leave a dangerously radioactive corpse.

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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Is it the underlying DOS that causes the mouse pointer to redraw itself every cycle, or is that the game?

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Osman Faruqi @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

And Bluesky will never have critical mass because nothing has critical mass. It’s a period of fragmentation. Culture, media, politics, nothing has mass scale anymore. Free yourselves and stop yearning for it.

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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Michal Kalecki vindication continues apace.

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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

The Liberal Party membership lists typically.

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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Did you ever play "Fate of the World"? It's a little dated now, but I liked the message that we can fix multiple final crises (climate change, peak oil, poverty etc.). With considered, consistent action. (It also puts you in the role of global crisis czar with no democratic obligations however).

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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I was surprised when I found out Americans could get 30 year mortgages. You can only get 5 years fixed max in Australia, and the rates and lack of benefits like offsets makes them unattractive vs a variable rate mortgage.

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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Watching Basil barely win Churchlands was particularly satisfying.

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Ken MacLennan @historiken.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

they believe in nothing but power and they don't understand power

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

the next generation of democratic leadership needs to combine a steely-eyed puritanism with righteous hatred. new model army dems.

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Pete Massie @petemassie.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

NASA funded a wave of wind turbine test centers and demos in the 70s & 80s. The program made major strides towards modernizing the tech (more on that later). But can we take a second to admire the retro-future / vaporwave-ish vibes of this two-bladed wonder installed on the beach in Hawaii? 🔌💡

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Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

“They are the cathedrals of our secular era. They are high among the great accomplishments of our civilization.” Love this @charlescmann.bsky.social ode to the power grid, the public water system, the food supply chain, and the public health system: www.thenewatlantis.com/publications...

We, too, do not have the luxury of ignorance. Our systems serve us well for the most part. But they will need to be revamped for and by the next generation — the generation of the young people at the rehearsal dinner — to accommodate our rising population, technological progress, increasing affluence, and climate change.

The great European cathedrals were built over generations by thousands of people and sustained entire communities. Similarly, the electric grid, the public-water supply, the food-distribution network, and the public-health system took the collective labor of thousands of people over many decades. They are the cathedrals of our secular era. They are high among the great accomplishments of our civilization. But they don’t inspire bestselling novels or blockbuster films. No poets celebrate the sewage treatment plants that prevent them from dying of dysentery. Like almost everyone else, they rarely note the existence of the systems around them, let alone understand how they work.

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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Picking the gap between Karratha and Port Hedland, which is probably the best one can hope for, for a cyclone that's going to make landfall in the Pilbara.

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 09/02/2025

Plugged into Europe! 🔌 The Baltics 🇪🇪 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 have disconnected from the Russian power grid and fully synchronised with the 🇪🇺 continental one, marking their energy independence. After two decades of preparation, it is now time to benefit from our common energy system.

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Justadutchguy | Convoy Goblin for Ukraine | NAFO @justadutchguy.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

@eeriknkross.bsky.social No spark left between Estonia and Russia. Estonian photographer Sergei Stepanov captured the moment of the last one during the final disconnection of our electric grid from Russia.

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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Trump is going to take us to the fucking cleaners on AUKUS.

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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Refreshing to see a company say "you know what, we grossly underestimated how long this project will take, we're delaying it a year." Instead of rushing whatever bug-filled mess they can get to compile on release day.

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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I'm just waiting for Trump to realise he's got Australia over the barrel with this boondoggle. He's going to make us give him Queensland as part of the deal or something. I think we might be able to negotiate him down to South Australia.

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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Really interesting video on the Callide incident. Great reminder of what can happen when protections fail.

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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Maybe we can just get it to play tic-tac-toe against itself indefinitely.

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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Just waiting for the shithousery that's going to commence once Trump realises he's got Australia over the barrel with the AUKUS submarines. He's probably going to tey make us recreate the Boston Tea Party, but with iron ore originally destined for China.

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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Trump hasn't mentioned Australia yet in his big book of tariffs. Maybe if we stay very still he'll forget we exist.

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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Time for Canada to dust off Defence Scheme No. 1? Just in case. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence...

en.m.wikipedia.org

Defence Scheme No. 1 - Wikipedia

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I am announcing retaliatory tariffs against the United States. If you are in the United States and you are reading this post you owe me 30 cents.

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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

But yes, a solution for all circumstances is hard. We may end up just keeping with what we're doing, which involves basically controller direction and a fair few out of market payments whenever things get dicey.

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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Absolutely agree, when conditions are tight all the market stuff goes out the window. We still find SCED useful as we can let the batteries help manage reserves and constraints while the controllers shunt around the thermal plant. We had 3 days over 40C last week and had to dispatch demand response

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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

There are conversations going on about whether we need to move to intertemporal optimisation or something else to account for the forecast issues etc. Or do we just let the invisible hand solve all of our problems...

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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

In Western Australia, the batteries have a capacity payment obligation to be charged by 4pm to meet the peak. On high load days, we typically find they do a lot of regulation and contingency reserve. But otherwise we just let SCED do its thing, but we don't have a proper ahead market like US RTOs.

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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

*Taps the sign* bsky.app/profile/ccpe...

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Midmantle @midmantle.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

This is big news. The WA State Government wants to buy back the lease for the state's freight rail network, which was privatised in 2000 for $586 million. We are currently halfway through the lease. thewest.com.au/politics/sta...

thewest.com.au

Labor’s rail buyback to solve ‘trucking hell’ on roads

Labor is planning to reverse the ‘reckless’ privatisation of WA’s freight rail network two decades ago, but is refusing to reveal how much it is willing to pay for it.

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Animal Aspects (Art History Animalia) @animal-aspects.bsky.social · 26/04/2024

For #WorldPenguinDay 🐧 check out this delightful #ArtDeco #penguin cocktail shaker/jug! Silver plate, 31.6x13.2x11.5cm “This special edition for the 1939 New York World’s Fair may have been produced to complement an exhibit called Admiral Byrd’s Penguin Island." RCT: www.rct.uk/collection/1...

“Penguin-shaped silver plated cocktail shaker/jug w/ hinged beak as pourer, wings to side, S-shape handle & claw base.
Designed by Emile Arthur Schuelke (1901–86), an art deco penguin cocktail shaker was first produced for the Napier Co. in Sept. 1936. This special edition for the NY World’s Fair, complete with octagonal blue emblem on the penguin’s head, may have been produced to complement an exhibit called Admiral Byrd’s Penguin Island. aking its name from the American explorer Rear Admiral Richard Byrd Jr (1888–1957), who had made several expeditions to Antarctica, Penguin Island featured 50 live penguins, the largest number ever shown. longside them was Byrd’s personal team of 5 Huskies, born and reared at Little America, Antarctica; & Advance Base, the hut in which Byrd had stayed during his most recent expedition to Antarctica in 1934–5.
Probably acquired by King George VI & Queen Elizabeth during their visit to the Fair on 10 June 1939, as part of their US/Canada tour.”

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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Makes sense if you've already got a district heating system. I'm interested in the cost/benefits of larger units plugged into existing district heating schemes, vs retrofitting individual units for households and businesses. Anyone ever seen any studies on this? 🔌⚡

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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Yeah, makes sense. It will be interesting to track when all the batteries in the queue show up. I think people are going to be a bit put out when they see the coal plants charging the batteries!

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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

"Perthlings" is my favourite. Or you can call us Sandgropers.

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C.C. Perplexus @ccperplexus.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

How are you estimating the renewable portion of the battery charge/discharge?

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Corinne Podger @corinnepodger.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

If, like me, you weren't too pleased about the steep hike in your Microsoft 365 subscription this year, you can avoid it by switching back to 'Classic' (without Copilot). Thanks Nick Gelling at Consumer Magazine for the tip! www.consumer.org.nz/articles/you...

consumer.org.nz

You don’t have to pay the Microsoft 365 price increase

Here’s how to keep the price of your subscription the same as it’s always been.

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Deb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.

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