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Lats

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My home is in south eastern New South Wales. I have interests in: #climatechange as it seems the world many be a very unpleasant place for my kids and grandkids, the #environment for a similar reason, #physics as it makes our civilisation possible, #astrophotography because it’s cool, #photography as I like capturing the moment, #renewableenergy as it’s the only way out of the #climatecrisis, renewable powered vehicles as #evs and hydrogen is the way of #fossilfuels.
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sundogplanets, to random
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In case you haven't gotten sick of hearing me talk about this issue, I was on CBC-Yukon this morning talking about satellite pollution: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-393-yukon-morning/clip/16034585-the-story-one-astronomers-battle-satellites

The short version: satellites are super annoying for astronomy, but are completely terrifying for what they might do to the atmosphere as they deorbit in large numbers (and we don't actually know what they'll do - that's the scary part.)

Lats,
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@sundogplanets I am amazed that the economics stack up. The satellites deorbit in a few years and must be replaced. The sheer cost of doing that must make it the highest maintenance cost communications system existing. Totally ignoring the rabid climate change accelerant caused by these incessant launches the whole concept seems unsustainable.

For governments, the message is don’t let your terrestrial network decay as the tech bros could pull the pin at any time.

Lats, to cycling
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Higher density housing along the Parramatta transport corridor is probably a good idea however if all those dwellings have 2 cars and people drive to work it will be a disaster. What are the co-requisite policies on parking, size of vehicle, power for charging vehicles, for walking and bike paths, working from home to ensure chaos doesn’t result?
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/build-higher-density-along-parramatta-road-prime-minister-says-20240105-p5evfm.html?btis

GottaLaff, to random
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🙄House will forge ahead with steps to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/03/politics/house-homeland-security-committee-impeachment-mayorkas?cid=ios_app

Lats,
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@GottaLaff they really are in an endgame of irrelevancy and tantrums.

Lats,
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@stopthatgirl7 it just doesn’t make sense that if you have people who have no interest in health but a strong interest in making money buying hospitals and you see a decrease in health outcomes! Surely the CFO will ensure spending is maintained to keep up standards!

RickiTarr, to random
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So, my car is spying on me too, cool, cool, cool...

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/privacy-nightmare-on-wheels-every-car-brand-reviewed-by-mozilla-including-ford-volkswagen-and-toyota-flunks-privacy-test/

Lats,
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@RickiTarr be interesting to see how the courts view consent by getting in or even consent by using. Did the privacy policy get explained before purchase? Is the owner/driver responsible for informing the passenger? All should make for legal gold mining.

scientist, to science

ends when carbon pollution stops (Mann, M. E. (2023) Frontiers in https://doi.org/10.3389/fsci.2023.1256273

*Long-term warming will largely be determined by CO2 emissions but aerosols & short-lived, human-generated greenhouse gases such as methane must also be considered

*At this point, the obstacles to are neither physical nor technological but political, which means they can be overcome with the right sense of urgency.

Lats,
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@scientist I love the idea that if we stop pumping CO2 into the atmosphere then heating will stop as the oceans reestablish balance. It’s a hope. The downside of the message is that the fossil industry and their enablers will see it as they can continue to pollute and all will be well in the end. Good news can be used for nasty outcomes.

On the other hand we have all these tipping points that drive positive feedback to consider and the good news may actually be a rosy picture while the reality is a much longer time before the system stabilises.

Lats,
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@scientist @silence7 it is certainly a lot easier to keep it in the ground than put it back in the ground. I imagine that the extractors are making sure that they won’t paying for the sequestering.

Lats,
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@scientist @silence7 I think we got better out of then I expected.

When talking about politicians, we seem to have a few views: worried about jobs, worried about donors ( companies) and ideological convictions. We have had the absurd situation of a methane gas extraction company threatening the Australian Government with cancellation of $6b of projects unless they got appropriate legislation. The government caved as was worried about jobs, the opposition and a voter backlash. They kept it secret until the legislation passed.

Our previous PM was widely thought to be a sociopath, it’s the sort of job that attracts them.

Lats,
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@neanderthal my thoughts exactly.

timrichards, to workersrights
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Good point here - forcing people back to offices will impact women more, as success in work is linked by managers to availability (and it's men who are more available for long office hours).

If employers stop people working from home, one group will pay dearly

https://www.smh.com.au/national/if-employers-stop-people-working-from-home-one-group-will-pay-dearly-20231217-p5eryp.html

Lats,
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@timrichards be interesting to see how many of the executives of these companies are women with kids at home.

doomscroller, to random
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letters from the boss of...(Santos) to Climate Change and Energy Min. Chris Bowen were blunt.(Santos) & its foreign partners “could not accept” the govt’s plan to reduce ghg emissions unless it guaranteed loopholes to allow it to keep polluting
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/environment/2023/12/16/emails-reveal-labor-caved-santos#mtr

Lats,
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@doomscroller didn’t Labor say they were going to be more open in government? Well caving into Santos and hiding their lack of nerve is not inspiring. Not that the LNP are going to criticise them as they are doing what the donors want. Personally, they should have put this in the public arena and trashed it out and see what the majority wanted.

courtcan, to MandelaEffect
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“There is no competition in the industry, not anymore. Luxottica bought everyone. They set whatever prices they please.”



https://tooters.org/@swordplay/111593148160509123

Lats,
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@courtcan capitalism says that it’s all about competition when the reality is that the goal is to eliminate competition and dictate/control the market.

bigjsl, to random
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Humanity isn’t going to change trajectory on destroying the environment.

“At least a quarter of the billionaires registered as delegates at Cop28 made their fortunes from highly polluting industries such as petrochemicals, mining and beef production, a new analysis has shown.
The findings, revealed to the Guardian in an exclusive analysis of the 34 billionaires who are signed up to the UN summit, raise concerns about the influence wielded by ultra-rich, mega-emitters on the world’s efforts to tackle the climate crisis. Together the 34 are worth about $495.5bn.
The high number of billionaires at the conference, along with the many private jets they flew in on, suggests Cop may now be second only to Davos as a gathering point for the world’s ultra-rich, who can meet and potentially influence government leaders and senior politicians and bureaucrats, while making deals with other business owners.” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/12/one-in-four-billionaire-cop28-delegates-made-fortunes-from-polluting-industries

Lats,
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@bigjsl that so many billionaires feel that they need to attend a conference says volumes about how important it is to them that we not make progress in phasing out fossil fuels.

KimPerales, to climate
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The top 15 carbon emissions emitters per capita:

Lats,
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@KimPerales puts paid to the argument “what about China”.

CelloMomOnCars, to climate
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Wow.

among options on COP28 table

"The draft of what could be the final agreement from , released by the U.N. body on Tuesday, proposed "an orderly and just phase-out of fossil fuels" which if adopted would mark the first global deal to end the oil age."

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/fossil-fuel-phase-out-put-table-cop28-climate-talks-2023-12-05/

Lats,
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@CelloMomOnCars @paul_ipv6 similar arguments are had domestically in the transition to low carbon economies. Policy and money needs to put into training and developing the new industries.

itnewsbot, to science

First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled - Enlarge / The facility seen in this architect's rendering will not be b... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1982466

Lats,
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@itnewsbot it’s a good bet that SMNRs will never be more that a niche player due to insufficient size to be operationally cost effective.

arstechnica, to random
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First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled

NuScale and its primary partner give up on its first installation.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/11/first-planned-small-nuclear-reactor-plant-in-the-us-has-been-canceled/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Lats,
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@arstechnica some interesting views on the viability of . The most relevant from this is the assertion that scaling up to gigawatt size is the way to lowest cost operation as well as a standardised design that can be cookie cut. SMNRs are not in the hunt.

https://cleantechnica.com/2023/11/06/nuclear-energy-free-market-capitalism-arent-compatible/

GottaLaff, to random
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I just got a private message that I was being Trumpian for using mocking nicknames, that liberals shouldn't resort to demeaning names like I've used.

Should I stop? Is it Trumpian? Because honestly, I'm offended. My stuff is so tame. I'm hardly in his insulting league, but if I am, tell me.

Lats,
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@GottaLaff it is really a case in point here. Liberals across the world engage in ideas whereas conservatives harness emotions and emotive slogans. Your PM friend is being true to type and as such will never win an election or sway the masses as good argument really must engage people too. I wouldn’t worry about them as they are lost in the extremity of their position.

realTuckFrumper, to random
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Texas Republican Charged With Child Pornography Possession Hours Before Election https://www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-republican-child-abuse-arrest_n_654a6d6fe4b0e63c9dc124fe?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Lats,
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@realTuckFrumper there are a lot of people not up to snuff in the world however there seems to be a lot of them in conservative politics and evangelical religions than in other places.

_L1vY_, to infosec
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Really good point. I was so distracted by the revolting inappropriate boundary issues, I didn't even think of issues.

Via M&M Enterprises
@sfoguj:

"Mike and His Son Monitoring Each Other’s Porn Intake Is Worse Than You Think"

“A US Congressman is allowing a 3rd Party tech company to scan ALL of his electronic devices daily and then uploading reports to his son about what he’s watching or not watching, who else is accessing that data"

https://news.yahoo.com/mike-johnson-son-monitoring-other-154928238.html

Lats,
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@_L1vY_ @sfoguj it doesn’t really matter about in this case as he is Trump’s puppet and Trump is Putin’s puppet so both crime and espionage are covered. Other than that, it’s creepy but evangelical types tend to be and often have creepy things in the closet.

MichaelEMann, to random

"Earth Is Warming Faster Than Expected Due To Decrease In Ship Pollution, Claims Latest Study" by MI News Network for Marine Insight
https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/earth-is-warming-faster-than-expected-due-to-decrease-in-ship-pollution-claims-latest-study/

Lats,
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@MichaelEMann reading the headline it would seem that researchers have determined that cleaning up ship pollution is a bad move. The article ends by saying a steep cut in emissions would compensate for the reduction in aerosols. Looked at like that, it says we need to get cracking on eliminating methane gas usage.

AnnaAnthro, to Starlink
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    Lats,
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    @AnnaAnthro and Elon Musk will fix it? Rightttt! The man is a wrecker.

    Nonilex, to anime_titties
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    Today at the #NewYork Supreme Court in Manhattan, it is an historic day. Donald #Trump is slated to #testify in the #NYAG’s case against him, the #TrumpOrganization, & its execs alleging he #defrauded #banks, #insurers & the #government for decades by lying about his #NetWorth.

    The last time testified at a trial was in 2013 per @AP
    #TrumpTrial #legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud
    https://apnews.com/article/trump-new-york-fraud-lawsuit-business-empire-bd06bf8db3a14a9d2f10eb69b300c1d3

    Lats,
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    @Nonilex it would be nice if the media didn’t listen to everything he has to say.

    AnnaAnthro, to ai
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    Lats,
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    @AnnaAnthro maybe you can work 10 jobs at home and have AI avatars actually do the work as a twist on being replaced by AI.

    realTuckFrumper, to random
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    Mike Johnson Has His Son Monitor His Porn Intake https://www.politicususa.com/2023/11/05/mike-johnson-has-his-son-monitor-his-porn-intake.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

    Lats,
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    @realTuckFrumper so he installed this monitoring software because he has a porn problem and needs to stop? What the likelihood he has another way to scratch?

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