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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 15h

Why is this not misAIlignment? Is it because the capital I and the lower case l next to each other make it too confusing?

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 15h

Looks like a belter of a storm hitting #Wollongong and the Illawarra. I’d normally post windy.com imagery but they have broken their app and website for old iOS 😢 So from Rainradar (BoM)

Storm front hitting Wollongong from rainradar app.

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casey briggs @caseybriggs.com · 02/10/2026

We've today launched our guide to November's Victorian state election, with guides to all 88 lower house electorates and candidates and preview material. This will continue to be updated as the election approaches. Will share some links in this thread:

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Somewhat less exciting than the line up I had envisioned: Amy Duk Peking Jets Screaming Sharks

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The problem here is that: - We have a critical shortage of land around Coffs Harbour apparently - Once you have a Big Banana it is impossible to conceive of a second, Bigger Banana - that is built along the new route. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

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Brisbane to Melbourne with no traffic lights, and no Big Banana

Businesses in Coffs Harbour are preparing for life without 35,000 vehicles driving daily through the city.

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Adam @kels316.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Labor cannot be expected to work with the greens to do things the greens want when they are busy working with the LNP to do things the LNP want.

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“We really want to start a family, and I'm not sure what will happen to our finances if we do.” Sir, it’s 2026. Have you heard about the Internet? If you haven’t figured out what having a kid means financially, you really really shouldn’t be having kids. 🤔🤦🏾 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

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Western Sydney home owners 'battening down the hatches'

Between interest rate and petrol price rises and falling house values, Western Sydney residents say making ends meet is getting tough.

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“Stawell Gift winner Olufemi Komolafe suspended for 12 months after positive drug test” Many words to say that as a result of his actions, Olufemi Komolafe is now known as a drug cheat. 🤔😬 From @news.abc.net.au www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...

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Stawell Gift winner suspended for 12 months after positive drug test

Stawell Gift winner Olufemi Komolafe has been suspended from competing for 12 months following a positive drug test.

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Cool visual of a hot planet by @RyanWeather. Watch the Bell Curve slowly wobble from the left of the chart to the right side and think about what this means for your region (glance at the map too). Source: buff.ly/lgXQKFA

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 28/09/2026

The next race is not for liquid fuels It is for cheap electrons Global evidence shows electrification is no longer a distant or marginal pathway The deployment of solar and batteries now represents the fastest energy shift in human history Wills, Newman & Buckley thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

deployment of solar and batteries now represents the fastest energy shift in human history
Ray Wills, Peter Newman & Howard Buckley
https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260928-the-next-race-is-not-for-liquid-fuels-it-is-for-cheap-electrons
@fssau.futuresmart.com.au

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

OK, Newcastle have taken the lead and @oysta.au must have fallen off his chair at that last try.. Knights 16 Panthers 14 with 18 minutes to go. #NRL #PanthersKnights

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Brisbane have won the 2026 #AFL Grand Final..

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

100,023 people at the MCG today for the #AFL Grand Final. One person short of capacity.. Who was the one guy who forgot what day it was..

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New Book Releases: Sep 22, 2026 locusmag.com/2026/09...

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It is very nice if still a little odd to see @cameronwilson.bsky.social on @news.abc.net.au almost every day now. Just wondering if you’ve had any conversations about getting more of your colleagues onto this website..

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Toni Basil remains the only person named after a herb to have a US #1 single. @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social

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Prof. Michael Fuhrer @michaelsfuhrer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I can't emphasize this enough. We really, truly are in the red circle on the graph below, in actual amount of covid RNA that's in wastewater. It's below any time in 2023, even the low points.

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Dynamic pricing is really weird to watch in action. Many different implementations - here’s my latest experience. I’ve been searching for an outdoor AP to extend our Wifi to the back of our block. We’ve recently put the TP Link X50 Deco units in and they have an outdoor one too.. 🧵

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Helping the neighbour (plumber) out by sorting out his home network.. where I got him to run some UTP to fix a wireless dead spot issue (I supplied) and then terminated it and tested it.. Residential ethernet terminations aren’t really my thing even though I have the ticket..

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I dunno if Bowen has a lot of fans in the Illawarra but.. he ain’t wrong about getting on with it when compared to the previous decade.. Now if we could just get some offshore wind turbines installed.. 🤔😃

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ordered stuff for the sparky to fit the EV charger which just arrived and I get to look up the meaning of trade specific words.. Because obviously you don’t want low readings due to incorrect meggering. (Hint: Don’t resist expanding your vocabulary)

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Rob J @w0bblyb0n3s.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In future if you have some fabric at hand (tea towel etc) just chuck it over it and then pick it up, they chill out once they can't perceive a threat looming over them, and they usually remain so once in hand.

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I wouldn’t say.. “nothing”. It (only) cost him $250m to buy the WP and since that time his companies have received billions of dollars in Federal contracts, less regulatory and antitrust pressure and continued corporate tax cuts.

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

“We just took away all the light matter and whatever was left was clearly.. dark matter?” @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Is it antisemitic to report on this about (checks article) Israeli documentary makers making a documentary? Is the documentary antisemitism? Asking for clarity from the Anti Senitism commissioner..

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking around a microscopic volvox algae colony. 🫧🐻🧪

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The conspiracy has always been that the government was responsible for chemtrails. RFK Jr. literally IS the government now. What exactly is he "looking into?!"

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

So I went to Everything Electric Sydney 2026 today. Sadly didn’t find @sydneyev.bsky.social there.. but I sure did see so. many. EVs. Brands I saw: - BYD - Geely - Cadillac (!) - Forthing - Farizon - Hyundai, Genesis - Kia - MG, IM6 - Polestar - Zeekr - GAC - Chery #EES26

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The things I learned (that had nothing to do with Pauline Hanson) while writing 30 000 words about Pauline Hanson. 1. You need a competent editor cat.

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You can brute force serendipity

Indulge me if you will.

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Car rego for NSW (2026-2027). Private use car, now 16 years old. NSW registration fee: $84 (+$2) NSW Motor Vehicle Tax: $496 (-$83) - includes NSW Cost of Living discount: (-$100) NSW Vehicle safety check: $52 (+$1) CTP (NSW Green slip): $473 (+$18) Total: $1105 (-$62) or $3 (-$0.20) per day

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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What's up with EL NIÑO??! I just met up w/ legend Dr. @drshepherd2013.bsky.social who explained it + UN’s “strategic retreat” on climate in the headlines last week. Not a FUN ep per se but if you learn this & pass it on, maybe humanity will survive? No presh. www.alieward.com/ologies/extr...

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Extreme Meteorology (EL NIÑO) with Dr. Marshall Shepherd — alie ward

El Niño. La Niña.  United Nations Environment Programme doomerism? It’s been a helluva week for Meteorologists and the humans who live on planet Earth, so we made you a fresh episode recorded jus...

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I’m sitting in a local cafe in Thirroul and noticed they have a Ubereats sticker. For where couriers pick up from.. Food (and even coffee!) pickup/delivery has really become ubiquitous. Staggers me as an example of the two speed economy..

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I dunno if you’re on this website much @evcricket.bsky.social but IIRC you were working on EV charging networks and now that we have an EV, boy are charging networks super interesting.. 😃

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I sometimes think about how Sandra Bullock’s highest grossing film is: Minions (2015). 🤔

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

On a completely different note, there is only Urdu. There is no Urtry! 🤪

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Read a story today about carat and karat are two completely different units used for measuring different things (diamonds vs gold) and I am proposing another unit of measurement called the qarat. Just haven’t quite figured out what it should measure.. (Google it though. It already exists!)

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

BYD have dropped the price of the Atto 1 Essential to $19,990 drive away. Making it the cheapest new car on sale in Australia (petrol or #EV!) bydautomotive.com.au/atto-1 @sydneyev.bsky.social

bydautomotive.com.au

BYD ATTO 1 | All-Electric City Car

Built for the big city. The BYD ATTO 1 is the electric city car that packs big-car tech into a city-friendly package.

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Paul Barry has written a bunch of really interesting books and I really enjoyed the ones about One.Tel and Kerry Packer but.. his latest book about the Whyalla steelworks is making it too easy for a title: “The Big Steal” I mean, c’mon.. 🤔🤪

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If you were wondering what “inappropriately” meant.. “In January 2026, the Nuclear Regulation Authority announced it had found that Chubu Electric had fabricated data about earthquake risks at Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant, and suspended its safety evaluation for a potential plant restart.”

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Just put diesel in the ix35 and it cost $107 for 370km of travel. By way of comparison, partners EX2 (EV) has cost about $8.50 for 1100km of travel (because PV at home). Even paying 60c/kWh by just using fast chargers, this would be under $100.

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

25 years ago.. Australia lost one of its airlines.. when it went into bankruptcy. #Ansett #aviation #avsky

Ansett airlines collapse - The Australian newspaper September 2001

Ansett collapse covered in the Australian newspaper September 2001

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Across multiple house moves I’ve managed to still hang onto some artifacts from September 12th/13th/14th 2001 in the form of newspapers of the day.. Keeping in mind the attacks happened when it was around 10:46pm in AEST in Australia and all the newspapers were printed the next day..

The Australian newspaper front page - September 12th 2001

Sydney Morning Herald front page September 12th 2001

Sydney Morning Herald front page September 2001

The Daily Telegraph front page September 2001

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The parking thing for EV public chargers still has some way to go to @sydneyev.bsky.social.. When you rock up to a public (destination) charger which is full and you have no way to reserve the next slot or wait “in line” in some way..

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Dunno if @oysta.au is at the game but the Knights have scored first against the Rabbiitohs! 4-0 to the Knights after 5 minutes.. #NRL #KnightsvsRabbitohs

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Jason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A neighbour dropped this old electricity meter he had sitting around - which he was going to put in the bin. Of course I’ve disassembled it!

Electricity meter disssembled out of its case

Internals of disssembled meter showing connectors for all three phases.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 08/09/2026

Most used EVs can retain about 90 percent of their original usable battery capacity even after being driven 150,000 kilometers, according to a recent study.

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EV batteries last longer than drivers feared

Study suggests used vehicles can retain about 90% of original usable battery capacity after 150,000 km.

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