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Tas van Ommen @tasvo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A speculation about spectacles 👓 Fashion has a big role in frame styles, but now thick or dark frames are potentially associated with camera-spy-ick glasses; and bans at some venues. Will this drive fashion toward frameless and wire-frame styles to reduce suspicion?

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Tas van Ommen @tasvo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

One of the biggest pleasures of the old short-message style —eets was that it forced people to think, edit, distil. Then the character limits grew, people started with long threads and images of text. Very sick of TL;DR.

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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

100%! The climate doesn't care if we are Democrats or Republicans: When we mess with it, it messes with us (and it bats last). Most Americans are concerned about climate change. Let's set aside partisan differences & solve this problem before it messes more with what we love. @katharinehayhoe.com

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We Need to Stop Talking Like Climate Change Is Partisan

Climate change should be seen as a shared challenge to solve together, not a political debate, write Katharine Hayhoe and Dana R. Fisher.

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Tom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Climate impacts just this year in the EU have caused damage of €180bn, a low ball figure of what is to come. That climate isn't broken out at a key trend is an embarrassment @jimchalmers.bsky.social - there is literally no other trend that will have a bigger impact on our economic trajectory.

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Burning forests, emptying rivers, €180bn in damage: Europe’s politicians face reckoning after ‘summer of truth’

Amid record-shattering heatwaves and popular demand for climate action, why are politicians often timid or in denial?

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Andrew B. Watkins @windjunky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

New IGR focuses on 4 physical risks (Sea level coastal damage, heat impacting workforce, tourism decline, agriculture crop losses) when the National Climate Risk Assessment identified 63 "Nationally Significant Climate Risks" & subset 11 "Priority Risks". Do we multiply IGR impact by 2.25 or 15.75?

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Andrew B. Watkins @windjunky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Thats just 4 physical risks, when the NCRA identified 63, 11 of which the government decided were a "Priority". #IGRfail

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Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

For those interested in the Wilkes Subglacial Basin or Antarctic Ice Sheet comms in general, I made some visualisations that may be useful. All are from code and traceable to the data. First, an overview of the system. Full video and metadata: youtu.be/kzpCeVsNNwU

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Tas van Ommen @tasvo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Agree - we have amazing professionals. Best wishes to your tribe.

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The Neotoma Paleoecology Database @neotomadb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

🧊 Early-Career Researcher Workshop | IPICS 2026 🇨🇦 🌍 Ice Core Young Scientists (ICYS) Workshop for ECRs 📅 11 October 2026 📍 The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada ⏰ Full-day workshop 🔗 Official workshop: www.ipics2026.org/icys-worksho...

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Tas van Ommen @tasvo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

So after watching this I found myself wondering about Hanson and her henchmen - is their racial hatred so strong that they don’t care about these consequences, or are they just stupid enough to not get it? Either way you’d think it should disqualify them from power!

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Tas van Ommen @tasvo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Recent experience with elderly relatives underscored the essential role of skilled and caring immigrants in Hobart’s aged care and health sectors. We should be thanking them and celebrating their contribution to society.

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Andrew B. Watkins @windjunky.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

That makes it 37 fossil fuel projects approved by Labor, and 10 since their own National Climate Risk Assessment told them and us of the catastrophic consequences, including 63 Nationally Significant Climate Risks that span across every aspect of society. Its ok to be angry.

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Tas van Ommen @tasvo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I sometimes wonder whether Australia’s decimal currency and metric changes of 60s and 70s would be achievable in contemporary Australia.

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Tas van Ommen @tasvo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Three points in response: - less US and AUKUS seems smart given its unreliability - Engagement with China and other nations, like the USSR during the cold war, is wise and can be effective within the ATS - Macquarie Is is part of Tasmania and not occupiable by US or any other state

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Tas van Ommen @tasvo.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It is refreshing, indeed inspiring to hear such calm, steely and erudite repudiation of US behaviour. Courageous! Now if other leaders would only support, learn and adopt similar style…what could be achieved!

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Tas van Ommen @tasvo.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Alas this slithers forward deceptively, but the lack of social license is a big accruing problem for the industry and government. One hopes.

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Tas van Ommen @tasvo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Strong agree. Adaptation isn’t giving up. The old climate isn’t coming back. But neither can adaptation outrun unchecked emissions. We need net zero AND rapid adaptation to be urgent priorities.

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Tas van Ommen @tasvo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This is getting a bit of attention, so at the risk of recounting the poster’s point, I find it compelling that we trust our coauthors with our careers in regard to plagiarism. LLM AI is patently untrustworthy in this regard and renders us complicity so to our colleagues if we use it.

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I wrote about a reason not to use generative AI in your writing that I haven't seen anyone talking about. Once I realized this, banning GenAI in our lab's writing became a no-brainer. Feel free to share, I think this is probably useful especially for trainees: www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...

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The only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson Lab

Over the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la...

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Tas van Ommen @tasvo.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Trump and those behind him literally don’t care that they torch the planet for some extra billions - sacrificing human wellbeing on an unprecedented scale. Do they not understand that they immiserate their own futures as well?

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Tas van Ommen @tasvo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Not suggesting that preserving populations of threatened and endangered species isn’t of critical importance by the way. Wise allocation of effort seems necessary.

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Tas van Ommen @tasvo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Not my area, as you know, but in your opinion would an effort be able to do more than secure a refuge population? What would the practicalities be?

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Tas van Ommen @tasvo.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

They will judge whether, when faced with unequivocal scientific evidence and clear international commitments, they had the courage and compassion to act in a manner consistent with the obligations they had freely entered into.

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Tas van Ommen @tasvo.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

This may be about the UK but has an excellent quote that could be squarely aimed at the Australian Government: ““Future generations will not judge governments by the ingenuity with which they justified expanding fossil fuel production,” the scientists wrote./2 ”

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Tas van Ommen @tasvo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

This is at the core of much misguided thinking and disinformation.

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Tas van Ommen @tasvo.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Likewise as a climate scientist who began in radio astronomy I can’t understand how such a central and iconic part of your science infrastructure could be lost to current and future generations. 😥

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Tas van Ommen @tasvo.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Had a fair bit of that lately too but today was a bit of recompense with a 1 in 146 second shot! Wordle 1,864 2/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Kristi Ellingsen @kristiellingsen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Spectacular lenticular clouds over Hobart now. #Tasmania

UFO like clouds that are really dark with back lit fringes over a suburban scene. Tree silhouettes are on either sides of the image

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Tas van Ommen @tasvo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

That’s a very pleasing picture. No connections to dendro needed!

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Tas van Ommen @tasvo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

😳 hmm, sauce, goose, gander? AI developers complain of IP theft: Illicit distillation "is IP theft and industrial espionage" and "a national challenge that creates serious national security risks for the United States and democratic allies," Sarah Heck, Anthropic's head of public policy, said on X.

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Tas van Ommen @tasvo.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Any party that rejects climate change as a serious problem is blind to reality or reckless, and has no serious claim to securing the nation’s future.

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Tas van Ommen @tasvo.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I’d say please provide any concrete evidence at all that “left wing globalists” are doing anything remotely as damaging as the right wing oligarchs.

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Tas van Ommen @tasvo.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Because of course it’s not about the science. Just a fabrication to enable as much further environmental destruction, human misery and wealth extraction as possible.

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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Why did Antarctica freeze millions of years before the Arctic? New research suggests the answer wasn't just climate... Slow-moving mantle waves lifted Antarctica high enough for glaciers to take hold. Once ice formed, powerful feedback loops did the rest. theconversation.com/why-antarcti...

theconversation.com

Why Antarctica froze millions of years before the Arctic – new research

New solutions to two interlinked mysteries reveal how and why the Antarctic’s enormous ice sheet formed.

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Andrew B. Watkins @windjunky.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Me, daughter S and Pandora at Mt. Hotham last year. I'm quoted about my hope that Miss S will be able to enjoy the snow until she is my age. Science says 'maybe'...

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Tas van Ommen @tasvo.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

ON appear to be little more than a franchise of MAGA with some poor and inconsistent attempts to adapt to Australia - scarcely an original thought and all in service of themselves and their right-wing puppet masters. No positive aims - just divide society and degrade common goods.

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Tas van Ommen @tasvo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The article says “Most of the accounts have at least one admin based in Vietnam listed in their transparency information. Some have admins in Sri Lanka, the Philippines and the United States.” But I suspect this is almost irrelevant to the source of $. See where Hanson spends her time for clues.

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I found this neat tool that lets you generate text and images just from your ideas. It's really good!

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