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Jacob Harris

@jacobharris.au
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lutruwita/tasmaniana. director/filmmaker/broadcast camera. @austcine tas delegate. @cinema_spaces doc supported by @wearevicscreen & @cityofmelbourne 🇦🇺🇺🇸

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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 06/10/2026
Nuclear power: the Betamax of renewables
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 03/10/2026
What lies beneath the seafloor? 🌊 Loved creating this launch video for 'Mysterious Ocean: Physical Processes and Geological Evolution' by Peter T. Harris (who happens to be my dad!). Published by @springernature.com. Launch event at the Hobart Bookshop on Oct 22!
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 11/08/2026
Aging is when every song from your high school years gets an acoustic cover
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 28/05/2026
Anyone else noticed a sharp decline in predictive text on their iPhones? I’m guessing this is no accident
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 22/05/2026
I’ll bet all LLMs in languages other than English are ten fold more sloppy
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 21/05/2026
The more Seinfeld you watch the more you realise Jerry is the least funny character
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Kat The Film Lady @katwatchesfilms.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
APRIL FUELS
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 01/04/2026
I liked the bit when he said the fuel companies will be taxed less and you can catch a bus or walk. Nice.
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 01/04/2026
I wonder if the PMs’ address tonight will leverage the war to fast-track grandiose energy infrastructure projects
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 28/03/2026
This is very likely how the state government has been able to guarantee 104 megawatts of power for Firmus’ AI token factory in Launceston.
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 28/03/2026
Pretty safe to say the only reason the state gov has guaranteed Firmus 104MW for Launceston's AI factory is that Liberty Bell Bay finally keeled over and died
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 28/03/2026
Anyone here from Burnie? How's the e-Fuels plant coming along?
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 28/03/2026
Hey auto manufacturers, I'd say about now is the time to go all in on full electric vehicles.
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 01/03/2026
The Darkness were excellent in Hobart tonight... but "One Way Ticket to Hell… and Back" deserves more love in the live set. I told my Scottish brother-in-law to brace for Knockers or Hazel Eyes... but after a few early Metallica-leaning moments, I’m now wondering if album two’s been quietly retired?
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 18/02/2026
I don’t want AI to hallucinate shit art from stolen imagery… I want a bathroom cleaning drone that cleans my toilet so I can spend my time making art. #dji #showercleaningdrone
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 02/02/2026
Why property owners would rather a cinema remain dormant, becoming increasingly derelict, than have it leased to an aging hipster cinephile who would transform it into a(n unprofitable but thriving) community centre is just beyond me. It’s either 1000% profit for these types or nothing at all.
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 26/01/2026
Sandy Bay is both a terribly rundown shithole and the most expensive suburb on the island. This is what Tasmanians actually mean when we say we do things differently here
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 24/01/2026
I cannot physically read GPT articles now.. you can always tell. It is everywhere and authors are getting incredibly lazy
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 08/01/2026
Do I need a shock resistant phone case because I drop my phone all the time or do I drop my phone all the time because shock resistant phone cases make my phone so bulky and cumbersome that I drop it all the time
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 06/01/2026
Hello, 2026. Promise I’ll post more on here. Shouldn’t be too hard
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 26/11/2025
Launching my sister’s new book this Fri at Parliament House. It tells the funny, fascinating story of the 1st women elected to fed parliament & the absolute absurdity they faced on day one: there were no women’s loos. If you’re into politics, inclusion or a cheeky bit of toilet humour, come along 😄
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 11/11/2025
I thought I'd watch three minutes of Andrzej Bargiel skiing down Mount Everest... and ended up watching the whole thirty minutes! Refreshing to see @redbull.com producing videos without AI filler, clickbait or performative drivel... the production feels like a nature doc – really wonderful stuff.
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I Skied Down Mount Everest (world first, no oxygen)
YouTube video by Red Bull
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 09/11/2025
The Cable Car returns! I propose a “vista infringement” trial: one year with a giant inflatable cable car dangling in front of the Organ Pipes. Must be entirely taxpayer-funded. I wouldn’t have it any other way. Let’s see if it really would be the monstrosity we’ve been promised.
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 08/11/2025
Saw a gig poster today for a black metal band called “Doom Scroll”… bloody brilliant 😂 ☠️
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 02/11/2025
How long is an acceptable amount of time to wait for a burger 🍔 getting close to 20 minutes and I’m hangry
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 29/10/2025
Yes, Fullers and the Hobart Book Shop are cool, also love Déjà vu and Cracked and Spineless - but would it really be that uneconomical for Sandy Bay to have its own book store?
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 28/10/2025
Thought I’d borrow an e-bike through the HCC e-bike library… saw I had to wait until December, thought, yeah that’s reasonable, then clicked to book… and its for December 2026!! Who is waiting over a year for a 2 week e-bike hire 🫠 www.hobartebikelibrary.com.au/shop/
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Choose My Bike - Hobart eBike Library
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 13/10/2025
Remind me again why the empty, inbound Metro buses returning from the Taroona High run can’t pick up passengers along Sandy Bay Road on their way back to the Moonah depot? They have to pass through the CBD anyway…
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 26/08/2025
Neither the roof nor the chocolate fountain is needed for them to be successful... actually just makes them more tangible #politas
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4boat @4boat.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Monster crowd assembling in Hobart #freepalestine #endthegenocide
Big crowd kettled in a laneway for the Palestine march. Hundreds of people with flags and signs.Some accidental symbolism, barbed wire around a car park with Palestine flags under a bright blue sky.
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 24/08/2025
Seeing how tiny the Spirit IV is in comparison to the cruise ships we’re used to seeing in Hobart really drives home just how much more inept the Devonport lot responsible for building its berth are than previously imagined
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 11/08/2025
Even when the sun is out in Tasmania, you bring your coat from the car to the office because you know there is every chance it might be freezing and hailing in a matter of moments
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Kevin Bonham @kevinbonham.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
I cannot find any previous examples of a professor being elected to Tasmanian parliament. #politas
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 06/08/2025
Looking forward to getting back to the polls! Tempted to move to Lyons just so I can not vote for the pro-gun, anti-renewables, climate-denying candidate
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 06/08/2025
While voting for indies and minor parties has recently been championed as a way to “send a message” to the major parties… here we see it can also have the unintended consequence of elevating fringe voices… 😬
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New Tasmanian MP says gun law reform a priority for crossbench deal
Newly elected Shooters, Fishers and Farmers MP Carlo Di Falco says gun law reform will be one of his bargaining chips when he negotiates support for Tasmania's next government.
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 05/08/2025
Sydney is know has the Harbour City, Melbourne the City of Literature and Adelaide the City of Churches… I guess that leaves Hobart as the City of Unbuilt Renders 😐
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 03/06/2025
My sister’s first book arrived! It’s a children’s story about Enid Lyons and Dorothy Tangney, the first women elected to parliament – who had little in common ideologically but found they had one thing in common: no ‘Ladies’ loos in Parliament House.
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 28/05/2025
Across the most recent 12-month window of flight data (Mar 2024 – Feb 2025), Canberra handled 2.83m passengers and Hobart 2.77m – a difference of just 56k travellers. I knew the gap was small… but didn’t think that small!
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Tim Ellis, TDSB Ward 2 candidate 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 26/05/2025
Absolutely surreal to have lived through the Napster days and watched as the titans of industry moved hell and high water to lock down any possible chance that someone's song might get swapped online without giving the studios a cut and now those same people are just like "well we gotta steal music"
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 02/05/2025
Melbourne GPO (1861-1907). First two floors are constructed from Tasmanian sandstone quarried in Orford. The third floor and tower are later additions, sourced from Melbourne’s first quarries. The Orford stone is noticeably whiter in real life.
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 19/04/2025
‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike
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‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike
Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed along with 10 members of her family As a young photojournalist living in Gaza, Fatima Hassouna knew that death was always at her doorstep. As she spent the past 18 months of war documenting airstrikes, the demolition of her home, the endless displacement and the killing of 11 family members, all she demanded was that she not be allowed to go quietly. “If I die, I want a loud death,” Hassouna wrote on social media. “I don’t want to be just breaking news, or a number in a group, I want a death that the world will hear, an impact that will remain through time, and a timeless image that cannot be buried by time or place.” Continue reading...
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 14/04/2025
Scenes from Boyer. It had a lot more character than I expected!
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 12/04/2025
If you want to see what $130m worth of band aids look like on a building look no further than the RHH pulsetasmania.com.au/news/royal-h...
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Royal Hobart Hospital emergency department set for $130 million upgrade
Plans for a $130 million expansion of the Royal’s emergency department have been unveiled…
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TribesmanJohn @tribesmanjohn.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
A picture is worth a thousand words. The Metro bus service in #Hobart has just turned on real-time tracking. as of 11.20, there is not a single bus on the Eastern Shore between the Tasman and Bowen Bridge. And you wonder why people use cars. #publictransport #tasmania #taspol
Map of Hobart region showing realtime location of buses - none of which are on the eastern shore of Hobart between the Tasman and Bowen Bridge. 5 Suburbs without public transport at this time of day.
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 11/04/2025
Tasmania’s buses should stay in public hands, but be franchised like Metro Trains Melbourne. The private operator is paid to deliver, rewarded for good service, and penalised for poor performance – keeping taxpayers in control of the network.
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 10/04/2025
Waiting for the naming rights of Macquarie Point stadium to be announced as Tassal Arena, we can call it “The Fishbowl”
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 08/04/2025
Tasmania's tallest building is Wrest Point Hotel Casino at 73m, and the tallest in Hobart's CBD is the RHH at 68.5m. Looking to Australian's territories, Evolution on Gardiner in Darwin is 100m tall, the High Society Towers in Canberra are 113m. Both private residential. Interesting contrast.
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 08/04/2025
How about an annual event where cities dress up and embrace another city’s culture for a day? Hobart could pull out it’s old trams, trains and electric buses and pretend to be Melbourne 😆 Sydney could suspend all its ferries and pretend to be Hobart (oh wait it’s actually doing that today)
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 02/04/2025
RIP Madmartigan
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Jacob Harris @jacobharris.au · 30/03/2025
Bowen Bridge never gets enough love, wedged between a modernist postcard and a glitzy newcomer who loves to party
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