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Derek Barry @derek-barry.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

the fundamental contradiction of supporting climate change action and approving fossil fuel projects into the future

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Derek Barry @derek-barry.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Couldn’t happen to an icer guy

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Five years into AUKUS, what do we have to show for it? We’ve measured progress on three key metrics

Aus Dept of Defence is an unaccountable mess. After 5 years here is no updated costings for AUKUS. No budget papers offer itemised accounts nor any consolidated overall figure. This for a potential $368b project over 3 decades with a dubious ally. Not good enough. theconversation.com/five-years-i...

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Though reliably measuring progress is difficult, it would be disingenuous to say Australia has nothing to show for its investments to date.

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Watching part 1 of De Gaulle alerted me to this remarkable character Felix Eboue, the first black French man appointed to a high post in the French colonies, and as governor of Chad, the first French leader to support De Gaulle’ Free France resistance movement en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9...

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Félix Éboué - Wikipedia

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Hanson uses the phrase “primitive race” despite science discrediting the whole concept of race almost a century ago. But then again science has never been a One Nation strong point. Peer reviewed processes are not important to grievance politics

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Enjoyed De Gaulle part 1 (Resistance). Great story, great acting by the two Simons Abkarian and Russell Beale, and asks some interesting questions about the nature of nationalism and colonialism. Look forward to seeing part 2 Liberté next month 4/5

Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

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This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett.

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Derek Barry @derek-barry.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

“Nobody could have predicted that by the end of the first day, the main global headline would be his desire to see a unified Ireland” Really? What anyone could have predicted was world media would misinterpret yet another Trump brainfart as serious policy discussion www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Trump: US president's comments on a united Ireland may have targeted an audience across the Atlantic

Nobody could have predicted that today's main global headline would be Trump's desire to see a unified Ireland.

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Derek Barry @derek-barry.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Bridge to Brisbane 10km done in time of 47:31

A smiling grey haired man wearing an athletics shirt and medal gives the thumbs up

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Derek Barry @derek-barry.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I had to go to Roma for a funeral and it was a quick 24 hour dash bookended by two long overnight train journeys. A sad occasion but I had plenty of time to walk around and soak in the town that I know from my newspaper time there in the 2010s

The sun rises over the Railway Dam in Roma Bush Gardens. Built in the 19th century to supply water for steam locomotives, it now hosts two dams, and many native trees and wildlife

Left of image is a large Qld bottle tree (Brachychiton rupestris) next to the 1901 heritage listed Federation freestyle Roma Courthouse

Roma's Big Rig Museum celebrates the region's long oil and gas history. The largest rig is the 1929 Emsco Drilling Rig a steam-powered rig which drilled four local wells before being retired and abandoned in 1941. Next to it is a tower with stairs to appreciate it close up

The brick and timber School of Arts Hotel, seen here gleaming in afternoon sunshine, was built in 1918 by architect John Hill, replacing an earlier 1885 structure.

Derek Barry @derek-barry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This is very unfortunate juxtaposition of headline and photo

A social media post from ABC News Aus has headline "Three child sex offenders charged in first 8 months of Qld online register". The accompanying photo shows 3 people but they are prominent child safety campaigners Denise and Bruce Morcombe with Qld premier David Crisafulli

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E-Petition | Parliament of Queensland

This Qld Parl petition closes today.It calls for 30km/h urban streets in #brisbane which are not already signed at 50, 60 or higher. This slashes pedestrian deaths and injuries and encourages active transport, improves air quality and reduce noise pollution. www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-of-the-...

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Collaboration and conflict: why two Brisbane empire builders fell out

Great article on Brisbane Archbishop James Duhig and businessman TC Beirne, both Irish Catholic Queenslanders But they fell out over Duhig’s project to build a huge new Brisbane cathedral. www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/collabo...

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In his first blog post, 2026 Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame Fellow Robert Allen explores the conflict between Thomas Charles Beirne and Archbishop James Duhig.

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Cave art discovery suggests first humans in Ireland came from Wales

Interesting. I didn’t think there was a land bridge from Wales to Ireland in human times and people either came by boat or a possible NI-Scot land bridge www.bbc.com/news/article...

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During the most recent Ice Age, researchers believe there was a "lost land bridge" between Wales and Ireland.

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Cycling home and I could see something on my helmet in the corner of my eye. It continued to vaguely annoy me until I got home. When I got off I found this butterfly still attached. Think it might be Papilio demoleus. After taking the photo I flicked it off and it flew away unharmed.

A close up of a bicycle helmet with a large butterfly still attached. The butterfly is mist dark coloured with pale yellow markings on the wings and two red stripes on abdomen

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I've just written to my local state MP Tim Nicholls, complaining about the Qld State gov decision to buy 630 diesel buses 1/n

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The one thing I take from this map is that you really really should vote if you live in Wyoming. So much political bang for your voting buck! Source: buff.ly/z5Qz41c

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Derek Barry @derek-barry.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Today I was an orange-caped crusader at Chermside #parkrun. Did the 25 min pacer role for vollie 70 and happy with assignment's time of 24:53 in my 349th run

A man wearing an orange hi vis vest checks his watch as he approaches the finish line (just out of shot) at Chermside parkrun

The Chermside parkrun's 20 or so volunteers line up for a photo before the event.

The parkrun run director faces nine people who all have their back to the camera so people can see the pacer number on the back of their alternate yellow and red hi vis vests. Pacers range from 20 mins to 40 mins

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Derek Barry @derek-barry.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

James Tucker’s Ralph Rashleigh is an early work of Aus colonial fiction (1845). Its most gruesome scene has bushrangers pinning a naked policeman to the ground where he is eaten alive by ants. “Thems the little boys for polishing a bone,” said the bushranger. gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/030...

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The Adventures of Ralph Rashleigh

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Spent the last week looking for some document, or analysis I can point to that explains how the renewable energy system in Australia actually works when it comes to building it, not wishing it. This is it (of course, Tim Buckley). It's long, but you'll learn things www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoXK...

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Finance, Carbon Pricing & Australia's Clean Energy Future - with Tim Buckley S2E31

YouTube video by Greenwood Solutions | Renewables Educator & EPC

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Derek Barry @derek-barry.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

British government demand letters for unpaid tax to London mayor Sadiq Khan have been withdrawn after finding out all the letters somehow went Gordon Ramsay’s restaurants instead www.bbc.com/news/article...

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London mayor Sadiq Khan's untaxed car conviction to be withdrawn

City Hall officials say the Nissan Micra does not belong to the mayor or Transport for London.

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Derek Barry @derek-barry.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Definitely end of winter time in Brisbane. Today was attacked by a magpie while walking and saw my first snake of the season while running beside the creek. A little fella heading for a drink, but possibly venomous with its silver-grey colour

Derek Barry @derek-barry.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Reading about William Pitt the Elder who made his name in the War of Jenkins Ear 👂 The Spanish lopped off Jenkins’ ear in the Caribbean and Pitt demanded Britain defended Jenkins’ honour if not his ear. Ten years and 30,000 deaths later the war was a stalemate. All over someone’s fucking ear

Derek Barry @derek-barry.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Rather than arguing about whether individual events are caused by climate change, the focus should be on the fact that it make events like the Nepal-Tibet landslide more common. That's a much harder argument to refute theconversation.com/the-collapse...

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The collapse of a mountainside triggered Nepal’s devastating floods. As the region’s mountains heat up, it won’t be the last

Rock-ice avalanches like the one which caused catastrophe in Nepal and Tibet (China) are not new. But warmer conditions make them more likely.

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Derek Barry @derek-barry.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Eyes on the prize. At Kedron for my 348th #parkrun in a time of 22.23 (four seconds slower than last week’s PB. Also did first timers brief for vollie 69

A guy in a black shirt chases another guy in a black shirt along a concrete path. Other runners are seen behind them

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Derek Barry @derek-barry.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Useful thread. I was aware of Vavilov through my research into the history of potatoes.