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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Timber paling/picket fence is my vote. Build timber side fences at my place which look great. Will replace the pool fencing along the carport one day because it looks awful.

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Agreed. Though it doesn't seem like their efforts had a significant electoral effect, their breed of disinformation threatens to undermine the ambition we need to see from Labor. We need to discredit and counter these groups if we're going to overcome resistance and hit targets.

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Dutton ignored the rising tide, and it took him whole.

Peter Dutton laughing about climate change induced rising sea levels lapping at the doors of Pacific Islanders alongside Tony Abbott and Scott Morrison.
Peter lost his seat, and the election. Huzzah!

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

“How Does Paris Stay Paris? By Pouring Billions Into Public Housing.” “1/4 of residents in the French capital live in government-owned housing, part of an aggressive plan to keep lower-income Parisians— & their businesses— in the city.” Paris innovation isn’t just about people-places & bike-lanes.

nytimes.com

How Does Paris Stay Paris? By Pouring Billions Into Public Housing (Published 2024)

One quarter of residents in the French capital live in government-owned housing, part of an aggressive plan to keep lower-income Parisians — and their businesses — in the city.

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Thought this was appropriate to finally read while without power following tropical cyclone alfred having ventured to make landfall very, very far south of the tropics. Hopefully not a recurring feat.

Photo looking down on the slayed cover of Royce Kurmelovs' book 'Slick' with a can of beer beside the book.
Recommend both the book and the beer.

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Spent today and yesterday making our place safe and helping out around town to prepare for a !!tropical cyclone!! on the Gold Coast. Biggest concern was the carport which now has roofing screws (not just nails) holding the sheets down and some structural reinforcement to keep it upright. Stay safe!

Raked carport roof from above showing temporary ratchet straps to prevent roof sheets flying off in the coming cyclone.
Straps will stay on for the time being though new screws to compliment the nails probably fixed there in the 60's certainly reduce my concern the straps would be needed.
Trees and house in the background.

Me giving the thumbs up to my handy work with car port roof behind me.

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I'm sorry but why is the ABC sending notifications asking "Does the PM deserve to keep his job?" We have an excess of commentary on the personalities of politics and a dearth of meaningful policy examination. It's not a race, it's the future of our country. Can we please treat it like it matters?

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

In a world where the uni sector is under so much pressure, it is so refreshing to see investment in expanding access especially in places where it would have been unthinkable not long ago.

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Essentially we should trait AI like that over confident student who happens to be prone to plagiarism, oversimplification and occasionally outright fabrication.

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Why is meta sending me recommendations to follow far right extremist politicians?

Facebook Notification recommending that I follow the account of Morgan C Jones.

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Excellent site for a wind farm! Potentially no native clearing, existing roads, tall enough to avoid impacting bats, and near to the states largest load.

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I think we need to challenge politicians who pull out the old "1 in a century event" while downplaying/denying climate change and reversing progress. Particularly in an article that provides dates which show increasing frequency but doesn't mention climate change.

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I had an anti renewables pro nuclear community member suggest exactly this. When prodded, they explained that nuclear energy did away with transmission and was sent from the power station to their home via the nucleus. Sounds exciting!

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Chris Bowen @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

The biggest risk to energy prices and reliability is ageing, unreliable coal fired power stations breaking down The quicker we build new renewable energy and storage the better

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Again, sounds just like the LNP who rejected free lunches for school kids as socialism but support making long lunches a tax write off for business.

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

But such a nice trail to start and end each work day! Maybe you need a folding handsaw in your pannier for such trail maintenance occasions 😅

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Again, we don't need to look to the US to see Trumpian plans unfolding. The LNP in Queensland have stopped wind approvals, cut renewables investment, and poured billions into coal power in the 3 months since being elected. They're not only delaying climate action but risk sending industry offshore.

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Amy Sargeant 🏳️‍⚧️ @amysargeant.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

TOMORROW MORNING: Join parents of trans kids to stand against unprecedented attacks on our healthcare. Bring noise making tools, flags and signs. 9:30am Wed 29th Jan Tim Nicholl’s Office 1/729 Sandgate Rd, Clayfield QLD 4011

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

We don't have to look to the US to find sickos fixated on young people's gender. Queenslands LNP are full of them, and they're gleefully sacrificing a small marginalised group to press on with their culture wars. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...

abc.net.au

Queensland government halts hormone treatment for new trans patients under 18

Health Minister Tim Nicholls unveiled the pause on Tuesday as he also announced a review into the evidence for stage one and two hormone therapies for children with gender dysphoria.

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

I wish I knew the answer. I've been going though the same experience and it's really not fun. I'd steer away from directly confronting him on broad issues though lest you risk further isolation and burrowing in. Good luck

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Genuine question: Is there an equivalent whatsapp group advocating for renewables and against nuclear?

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Outside feels dank at 25 and humid. Down from 36 today (car said 41 while driving the M1).

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

For the uptick in accounts proclaiming that 0.04% of something in the atmosphere can't possibly cause any meaningful effect on the climate.

Photo of coffee cup from above with imag3 of earth on the coffees surface
Text reads
"Can you tell the difference between caffeinated coffee and decaf?
If so, you have detected a concentration of 400 parts per million (ppm). There's more than 400 ppm of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere. Small amounts of powerful substances have big effects."

Source:
CLIMATE.NASA.GOV

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Michael Mazengarb @michaelmazengarb.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

The amazing thing about Peter Dutton's claim here is that while he make it sound like a difficult task, this would actually be a slower roll-out than what was likely achieved in Australia 2024. A quick thread with numbers:

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

The big failure of this moment will be progressives not capitalising on this to gain support for massive electrification. Vic prem set out an ambitious household electrification program. Fed MPs should be backing them in with more $$$ and vocal support.

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

If only there was a Brisbane (or even better, Gold Coast) event! No live stream or recording?

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Post that spurred this thought below. bsky.app/profile/mich...

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

It is remarkable how bent the tech bros are. Tic toc essentially fabricated its ban then salvation by Trump, so he can be painted a free speech hero to young users. How do we combat that level of fasc orchestration? Certainly not by relying on corruptable online spaces. Meet your neighbours folks.

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Yes! Honestly, love your work. Hardly a more important message than yours right now ❤️

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

This is nightmarish! It's already hard enough to know which setting is high, which is low (1 or 3), with numbers!

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Ali is fantastic. She would make a fantastic representative. Between her and a good indi campaign, there is hope!

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

The real tragedy is that we're not buying RWD sedans and are instead buying 4wd pick ups and SUVs which are hopeless at burnouts.

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

For context, the typical inverter of a new oversized rooftop solar system is about 10kw. (The one at my home is 5kw) It took just two years to roll out the equivalent of 100million new 10kw rooftop solar systems 🤩

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Yep, the rollout of new solar in particular is stratospheric! Worldwide in just 2 years, we added a whole terawatt, or 1,000,000,000 kilowatts of new solar globally. It took 68 years to build the first TW, and we'll be going faster than a TW per year by 2030!

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

But regardless of cost, we need it more generation. And the cost of not building renewables is measured decreased energy security, increased suffering from more significant global warming, and indeed, more expensive electricity.

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

So yes there is a cost to new pollution free energy, just as there is a cost to trying to use existing coal indefinitely.

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

It brings more extreme winds which affect transmission, more drought which affects water availability for plant operation. And of course these things all really mess with humans and nature in a range of other unpleasant ways.

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Oh and then of course... there is the other thing we can't ignore! Climate change is the greatest threat to energy security. Extreme heat adds demand and puts pressure on coal plant which suffers during extreme heat. It brings rain which soaks coal stores and decreases plant efficiency when burned.

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

New generation will always be expensive compared to the policy of much of the last decade of adding no new generation at all. Doing nothing always cost more up front than doing nothing. The cost of doing nothing takes longer to appear. We can't do nothing, we need more supply to meet growing demand.

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

So, of new generation, what's cheaper in 2024? Wind and solar with storage by far.

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Keeping existing assets going for a few more years is a poor option. Even keeping coal assets running a few years longer than planned for costs hundreds of millions over a year. Just replacing/repairing after they suffer damage is also expensive. Stretching out to 2035 would be colosally wasteful.

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

With most of our coal fleet due to retire by 2035 (and GW worth already past signalled closure dates), we need more generation regardless of type.

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

What's expensive is building, maintaining and operating new generation. It's not just that were building renewables that we've got to spend a lot of capital, it's that we've got to build a lot of new generation to meet growing needs and replace that which left over the last decade.

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Do they delete your posts or leave them up? I've seen that quite a few hide or delete posts that counter their misinformation.

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Joshua Lyons @joshlyfry.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Council planning review: where missing middle goes to die.

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