Lukas Parker

@lukasteo.bsky.social

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Associate Professor Lukas Parker is a member of the End Food Waste CRC, Head of 3C (Communication and Change Co-Lab) and a social change researcher at RMIT University, Melbourne (Naarm). Opinions are my own. 
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Lukas Parker @lukasteo.bsky.social · Nov 17

Nice to see more people here. I duck in now and then, but mainly hang out on Masty @[email protected]

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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 7h

The full cost of the BoM website has been known for some time — I reported it in September last year — so why would management not be honest about it? It’s a story of executives meeting the firm ‘Accidenture’. $96m later… www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/2025/11...

Inside the Bureau of Meteorology’s $96m website fiasco

Global IT consultancy Accenture has been accused of ‘strip mining’ the Bureau of Meteorology during its years-late delivery of a redesigned website not fit for purpose.

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au

Lukas Parker @lukasteo.bsky.social · 7h

Quokkas are my new favourite marsupial
#rottnestisland

Lukas Parker @lukasteo.bsky.social · 18h

In fact, the project was so unchaotic that it was finished a full year ahead of plans.

Lukas Parker @lukasteo.bsky.social · 18h

Hi @australia.theguardian.com. I live near a new station, and my work was arm’s length from a soundbox at another under construction. The construction was annoying and frustrating, but not chaotic. There is no mention of the supposed “chaos” in the article either.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The Metro Tunnel will finally open after years of chaos – so what is the payoff for the Melbourne commuter?

With the West Gate Tunnel set to be complete within weeks, Labor hopes costs will be offset by commuter benefits before the next state election

www.theguardian.com

Lukas Parker @lukasteo.bsky.social · 1d

#RioTinto are wrecking the planet, but they are LGBTIQifying their logo, so that’s nice.
#perth

Lukas Parker @lukasteo.bsky.social · 1d

QR table *service* is a really good way to filter out where not to eat.

Lukas Parker @lukasteo.bsky.social · 2d

Hey everyone, come to Melbourne city where the police will randomly* pat you* down for knives to make you feel safe… how appealing.

*srsly, we all know how unrandom the pat-downs will be.

Lukas Parker @lukasteo.bsky.social · 4d

some things should always be mysteries

Lukas Parker @lukasteo.bsky.social · 4d

WWTD - What would Trump do? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

‘Vast overreach’: police allowed to conduct warrantless pat-downs of people across inner Melbourne for six months

Search powers, usually reserved for protests, will be in effect in the CBD and beyond in a move criticised by human rights groups

www.theguardian.com

Lukas Parker @lukasteo.bsky.social · 4d

Who would have guessed that the big private consultant companies’ fingers were all over the crappy and expensive #BOM website? It’s almost like there’s a pattern. #auspol #Accenture #Deloitte

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Dr Andrew Boswell #ClimateLitigation @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 4d

Profoundly true and powerful article from @doctorvive.bsky.social

"Such a bloc will have no power if its leaders are not forced to resolve their ambivalence about phasing out fossil fuels"

And resolving "ambivalence" is what I meant in this post below five days ago
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#EdMiliband
scrapcc.org/COP30

Lukas Parker @lukasteo.bsky.social · 9d

This is extraordinarily worrying as this anti science misinformation will harm/kill people, and forge further distrust in health institutions

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 9d

RFK Jr.’s loathesome edits: CDC website now falsely links vaccines and autism

The site previously correctly noted that studies have repeatedly found no link.

arstechnica.com

Lukas Parker @lukasteo.bsky.social · 9d

It’s almost like they never wanted to do anything

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Christopher McCabe, Caroline Brown , and 1 more Dorothy Bishop, Christopher McCabe, Caroline Brown, Lukas Parker

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12d

“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”

Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death

The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.

www.politico.eu

Lukas Parker @lukasteo.bsky.social · 12d

Huge! Well done for passing the halfway mark

Lukas Parker @lukasteo.bsky.social · 12d

2/3 complete?

Lukas Parker @lukasteo.bsky.social · 12d

How are you finding it?

Lukas Parker @lukasteo.bsky.social · 13d

The Tooth Fairy perhaps?

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Chris Hanretty, R. M. Wilson , and 3 more Lesley A. Hall, Chris Hanretty, R. M. Wilson, Catherine J. Frieman, Klaus Oschema, Lukas Parker

Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 13d

The golden age of diversity and democracy in Oz.

Lukas Parker @lukasteo.bsky.social · 13d

A sobering clip from pop-science show “Beyond 2000” from 1988, exploring the consequences of #climatechange in the 2020s and 2030s - watch from 6:45 onwards youtube.com/watch?v=3Hbr...

Beyond 2000 [incomplete] (15th March 1988)

YouTube video by BraydsTwo

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Lukas Parker @lukasteo.bsky.social · 14d

Oh! Euwh!

Lukas Parker @lukasteo.bsky.social · 14d

This is the worst take

Lukas Parker @lukasteo.bsky.social · 14d

As the US persistently focuses on itself, it increasingly feels like the rest of the world is moving on assuming a post-US future. #Trump

Lukas Parker @lukasteo.bsky.social · 14d

You don’t say, a survey by Live Nation found this? Any questions about whether Live Nation prices make you flaccid?

Lukas Parker @lukasteo.bsky.social · 15d

Paris Disagreement perhaps, but not the Paris Agreement

Lukas Parker @lukasteo.bsky.social · 16d

Bánh whoever came up with this shit
#foodcrimes

Bright red and white shirt in the background, in front something that barely resembles a banh mi. Text: Zinger Banh Mi

Lukas Parker @lukasteo.bsky.social · 16d

Magnificent

Lukas Parker @lukasteo.bsky.social · 16d

No, it means you should undertake a scientifically valid, independent investigation to test your hypothesis and produce rigorous evidence to support your stance.