CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 5hHappy to find lots of these in full bloom up the back of my garden. Australian tongue #orchid (Dendrobium linguiforme, syn. Dockrillia linguiformis). #nature 000
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 6hGood In 2025 more diesel/petrol cars added to the national fleet than BEV/EV. 2026 might finally flip that. Half of vehicles are over 10 years old. None are EV's. Serious about still rising transport emissions? Tackle the long tail of older cars in the national fleet. Cash4Clunkers MkII anyone 000
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Energy transition in NSW. What industry is going to soak up all that unused gas generating capacity. #auspol #AI 000
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Good But in 2025 more diesel/petrol cars added to the national fleet than BEV/EV - 2206 might finally flip that. Half the cars on the registered are over 10 years old. None of them are EV's. Serious about transport emissions - need tackle the long tail and the older cars in the national fleet. 001
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This cannot be good... Strong, Fast and Early #elnino #climate 000
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I so agree. This is a also **now** problem. Not a future problem in when GPU's are finally available, when 1GW gas generators are delivered (~2030?), when you upgrade transmission networks to get actual power to the DC. Did I mention approvals or IPO's... 100
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Feels LNG boomish. Jobs in the capital construction phase. Little employment in the operations phase. Tax deductions going overseas to AI majors to pay licenses/royalties on the models? Little tax paid here? Can we even get the GPU's given the delays in construction overseas. 010
Reposted by CitSciDash Nehring @punningstunts.bsky.social · 21/09/2026There's a part in the report about job creation: "Industry estimates suggest that data centre construction has directly and indirectly supported more than 9,000 jobs to date and this could grow by an additional 18,930 jobs through to 2030". except 2/3 of those jobs are in the buildout phase. 5289
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Recent debate about immigration and super has little discussion about the dependency ratio - workers to old-age/youth. Also called the demographic window - countries within it have higher birth rates, and potential for economic growth. Australia exited 10 years ago. #IntergenerationalReport 001
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Mmmm ... must find a use for all that unused gas generation capacity now that batteries taking over 000
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I agree I'm a party to Anthropic Copyright case which used stolen online books to train models * prompting shows it knows my book * the $ from settlement are small cf. to lost royalties, why buy the book anymore * your rights and revenue will be gone * not cost effective to mount legal challenge 151
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Yesterday in Sydney Not the hottest September day which was 34.6 in 2023 but close. Still early in September too. #climate #elnino 010
Reposted by CitSciAuInData @auindata.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Fast and early, some El Niño take a while to get going - this one isn't. 001
Reposted by CitSciAuInData @auindata.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Sea surface temp. is one factor in declaring an El Niño. Compared to prior El Niño's, this one is coming on fast and early. 001
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Energy Market in transition. 12 months ago, NSW cumulative batter discharge was less than both types of gas generation. Today is greater than both combined. Battery is pushing out high priced "gas-peakers" to help lower the cost we pay - especially at evening peaks. #auspol 021
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 26/08/2026As a claimant on this class action - this is a good article. Claude does summarise my book back to me - not exactly - but quotes, outlines and links to related books. Claude clearly "knows" the book. ------- Gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Even Millions of Stolen Books Cannot Satisfy Ravenous A.I. Chatbots (Gift Article)The model collapse scenario threatens to wipe out whatever gains chatbots like Claude enjoyed from being trained on books in the first place. 054
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 27/07/20262026 El Nino is coming on fast and early. One of fastest changes from La Nina to El Nino conditions. #ElNino #climate 000
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Dramatic change in battery generation in NSW as it is already ahead of last years total and outpace peaking gas as source of generation. 010
Reposted by CitSciCitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 21/06/2026I swim in the ocean every day and of course worry about sharks. I see the drum-lines just offshore and inspection boat each morning Data shows in Sydney its a likely a Dusky or Bronzie. Whites are around - but were just 18 of over 500 catches from Bondi to Barrenjoey 001
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 21/06/2026I swim in the ocean every day and of course worry about sharks. I see the drum-lines just offshore and inspection boat each morning Data shows in Sydney its a likely a Dusky or Bronzie. Whites are around - but were just 18 of over 500 catches from Bondi to Barrenjoey 001
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Rock placed, twig floated for small beasts and critters to escape 1224
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Missed and wasted it … “the USA under the Trump administration, has cut nearly US$3bn in funding and axed more than 3,800 grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, provided a once in a generation opportunity for Australia to attract researchers.” 000
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 21/08/2025It’s been threatening to flower for months - and at last it has. Gymea Lily - Sydney The single flower is about 10-15cm wide - with more to come. The stalk is ~4-5m high. For reference those are good size yucca bottom left #nature #flower #garden 140
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 21/08/2025"I told you it is wet" Sydney - August rainfall pushing us into exceptional year territory compared to last ~150 years. 2022 was record breaking by far 010
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Bugs in the backyard Never seen one of these before #insect #photography Body is about 5mm long - It’s sitting on a block of wood 40mm wide 051
Reposted by CitSciTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century." snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...snyder.substack.comTwenty Lessons, read by John LithgowKey selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing 26691504384
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 22/03/2025My own query revealed 1. My book incl. editions in multiple languages 2. All journal/conference papers I ever authored (including some I had forgotten) I suspect contracts assigned rights But note that article speaks of piracy/theft Must ask publisher 000
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 28/02/2025In hot water. Warmest monthly sea surface temperature recorded ever in Australia (equal to Mar 2016) - source BOM 100
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Broligarchy Junta👇 Interesting take ... stepping back from individual events and tying many related events and players together, the picture and plan perhaps becomes clear... Much reporting is just about the personalities but m #auspol #broligarchy #junta www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...doomsdayscenario.coMusk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of GovernmentImagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now 010
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 14/12/2024I lived for a while ~15km from Indian Point Nuclear plant ~50 km from New York City within the so called "Peak Fatality Zone". Evacuation route signs on roads. Yearly emergency evac planning letters. Get your KI (potassium iodide) tablets from council offices. Are we ready for this? #auspol .../2 343
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 07/12/2024"There is an upside to ignorance & a downside to knowledge. Knowledge makes life messier. It makes it more difficult for a person who wishes to shrink the world to a worldview." ... 100
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 02/12/2024All well and good ... But notice the impact on avg. wholesale price and what generation type(s) is impacting that price. Charts shows avg. value v. generation volume for Sun Dec 1 and Mon Dec 2 on same scale. What a difference a day makes! Source: openelectricity.org.au 000
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Decorations are up Cockatoos, a couple of lorikeets, and the waning moon 021
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 07/11/2023Whorls and eddies in the river of life. Temperature and phytoplankton along driven by the East Australian Current along the NSW coast 000
CitSci @deadinlongrun.bsky.social · 28/10/20237 days of fire hot spots from orbiting satellites. Older hot spots are darker, newer are more yellow. You can see the current QLD fires Some spots are industrial sites/gas flares (Burrup in WA)/smelters 030
