Graham Lea
@evolvable.bsky.social
Technologist working on Climate Action • Software, Product, Leadership • agile, startups, microservices, UX, & more • Getting quite political
Dharawal country, Sydney, Australia
Also:
https://aus.social/@evolvable
https://linkedin.com/in/grahamleasydney/
Dharawal country, Sydney, Australia
Also:
https://aus.social/@evolvable
https://linkedin.com/in/grahamleasydney/
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Graham Lea
@evolvable.bsky.social
· Jun 1
Announcing a little thing I've being working on:
⚡️ The Electricity Sector Field Guide ⚡️
🌏 grahamlea.github.io/Electricity-...
When I joined the electricity sector 18 months ago, there was suddenly about a million new things I needed to learn about to get my job done.
⚡️ The Electricity Sector Field Guide ⚡️
🌏 grahamlea.github.io/Electricity-...
When I joined the electricity sector 18 months ago, there was suddenly about a million new things I needed to learn about to get my job done.
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Pressed on why she won’t support urgent gun reform following the Bondi massacre, Sussan Ley dismisses it as a “distraction”.
Will any sports stars or people in business complain about that?
Will any sports stars or people in business complain about that?
January 5, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Pressed on why she won’t support urgent gun reform following the Bondi massacre, Sussan Ley dismisses it as a “distraction”.
Will any sports stars or people in business complain about that?
Will any sports stars or people in business complain about that?
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There has never been a moment when ending the oil industry has been more urgent or important. Here is a thread of seven tools that can help.
Brief, readable 2-pagers, and a 30-page overview from @michealpodgers.bsky.social at @clicabedu.bsky.social.
Brief, readable 2-pagers, and a 30-page overview from @michealpodgers.bsky.social at @clicabedu.bsky.social.
Transportation 101 Policy Guides - Climate Cabinet Education
Transportation 101 Policy Guides by Climate Cabinet Education: practical, accessible guides on transit planning, active mobility & multimodal policy for climate action.
climatecabineteducation.org
January 4, 2026 at 12:52 AM
There has never been a moment when ending the oil industry has been more urgent or important. Here is a thread of seven tools that can help.
Brief, readable 2-pagers, and a 30-page overview from @michealpodgers.bsky.social at @clicabedu.bsky.social.
Brief, readable 2-pagers, and a 30-page overview from @michealpodgers.bsky.social at @clicabedu.bsky.social.
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Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
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this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
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They bombed apartment blocks as the distraction from their ground ops. Not that it will matter but that’s a fucking crime.
January 4, 2026 at 3:40 AM
They bombed apartment blocks as the distraction from their ground ops. Not that it will matter but that’s a fucking crime.
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So… now that kidnapping and trying world leaders is apparently on the table…
January 3, 2026 at 11:52 AM
So… now that kidnapping and trying world leaders is apparently on the table…
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US foreign policy has always been pretty transparent but now it really is just "Yoink."
c.tenor.com/1Gowq2ysAakA...
c.tenor.com/1Gowq2ysAakA...
c.tenor.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:05 PM
US foreign policy has always been pretty transparent but now it really is just "Yoink."
c.tenor.com/1Gowq2ysAakA...
c.tenor.com/1Gowq2ysAakA...
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Out of the 23 comments I read, in order, 2 wanted a Royal Commission. And no, I'm not being selective.
The Australian people doesn't seem to be buying this, despite having it shoved down their throat by the majority of the media for a fortnight now.
The Australian people doesn't seem to be buying this, despite having it shoved down their throat by the majority of the media for a fortnight now.
January 4, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Out of the 23 comments I read, in order, 2 wanted a Royal Commission. And no, I'm not being selective.
The Australian people doesn't seem to be buying this, despite having it shoved down their throat by the majority of the media for a fortnight now.
The Australian people doesn't seem to be buying this, despite having it shoved down their throat by the majority of the media for a fortnight now.
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A picture is worth 1000 words...
This appeared on the BBC News today, showing the increase in solar electric generation in the UK.
Not sure who produced it, but genuinely think this is a genius piece of scientific communication - the construct and choice of colour scale is near-perfect.
Chapeau!
This appeared on the BBC News today, showing the increase in solar electric generation in the UK.
Not sure who produced it, but genuinely think this is a genius piece of scientific communication - the construct and choice of colour scale is near-perfect.
Chapeau!
January 2, 2026 at 4:53 PM
A picture is worth 1000 words...
This appeared on the BBC News today, showing the increase in solar electric generation in the UK.
Not sure who produced it, but genuinely think this is a genius piece of scientific communication - the construct and choice of colour scale is near-perfect.
Chapeau!
This appeared on the BBC News today, showing the increase in solar electric generation in the UK.
Not sure who produced it, but genuinely think this is a genius piece of scientific communication - the construct and choice of colour scale is near-perfect.
Chapeau!
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Paul Graham has been having a several months long “Are we the baddies?” moment on X.
Here he concedes that people have had their fears come to pass when it comes to tech billionaires misusing their wealth to capture political power.
Here he concedes that people have had their fears come to pass when it comes to tech billionaires misusing their wealth to capture political power.
January 2, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Paul Graham has been having a several months long “Are we the baddies?” moment on X.
Here he concedes that people have had their fears come to pass when it comes to tech billionaires misusing their wealth to capture political power.
Here he concedes that people have had their fears come to pass when it comes to tech billionaires misusing their wealth to capture political power.
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day one in mamdani’s new york
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 PM
day one in mamdani’s new york
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Always read the fine print.
December 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Always read the fine print.
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Brazil has an arid zone.
This is news, because it didn’t used to have one.
It’s a new place where food can’t be grown.
That’s how much we’ve changed the climate.
Every time you vote for a party that doesn’t have 1.5° as a policy, you vote for a future with many more devastating changes like this.
This is news, because it didn’t used to have one.
It’s a new place where food can’t be grown.
That’s how much we’ve changed the climate.
Every time you vote for a party that doesn’t have 1.5° as a policy, you vote for a future with many more devastating changes like this.
A warning to the world. Where next?
A heating climate has transformed Caatinga in north-east Brazil in just a generation. It could become the country’s first desert.
“We used to grow corn, beans, potatoes, everything, now, when you plant something, it dies.”
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
A heating climate has transformed Caatinga in north-east Brazil in just a generation. It could become the country’s first desert.
“We used to grow corn, beans, potatoes, everything, now, when you plant something, it dies.”
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘When you plant something, it dies’: Brazil’s first arid zone is a stark warning for the whole country
The Caatinga in the north-east has been transformed by the heating climate in just a generation and could become the country’s first desert
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Brazil has an arid zone.
This is news, because it didn’t used to have one.
It’s a new place where food can’t be grown.
That’s how much we’ve changed the climate.
Every time you vote for a party that doesn’t have 1.5° as a policy, you vote for a future with many more devastating changes like this.
This is news, because it didn’t used to have one.
It’s a new place where food can’t be grown.
That’s how much we’ve changed the climate.
Every time you vote for a party that doesn’t have 1.5° as a policy, you vote for a future with many more devastating changes like this.
Brazil has an arid zone.
This is news, because it didn’t used to have one.
It’s a new place where food can’t be grown.
That’s how much we’ve changed the climate.
Every time you vote for a party that doesn’t have 1.5° as a policy, you vote for a future with many more devastating changes like this.
This is news, because it didn’t used to have one.
It’s a new place where food can’t be grown.
That’s how much we’ve changed the climate.
Every time you vote for a party that doesn’t have 1.5° as a policy, you vote for a future with many more devastating changes like this.
A warning to the world. Where next?
A heating climate has transformed Caatinga in north-east Brazil in just a generation. It could become the country’s first desert.
“We used to grow corn, beans, potatoes, everything, now, when you plant something, it dies.”
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
A heating climate has transformed Caatinga in north-east Brazil in just a generation. It could become the country’s first desert.
“We used to grow corn, beans, potatoes, everything, now, when you plant something, it dies.”
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘When you plant something, it dies’: Brazil’s first arid zone is a stark warning for the whole country
The Caatinga in the north-east has been transformed by the heating climate in just a generation and could become the country’s first desert
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Brazil has an arid zone.
This is news, because it didn’t used to have one.
It’s a new place where food can’t be grown.
That’s how much we’ve changed the climate.
Every time you vote for a party that doesn’t have 1.5° as a policy, you vote for a future with many more devastating changes like this.
This is news, because it didn’t used to have one.
It’s a new place where food can’t be grown.
That’s how much we’ve changed the climate.
Every time you vote for a party that doesn’t have 1.5° as a policy, you vote for a future with many more devastating changes like this.
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It’s extraordinary how quickly the media can mobilise & demand government to act on certain issues.
Imagine if they had that same urgency for First Nations deaths in custody or women killed by men.
Imagine if they had that same urgency for First Nations deaths in custody or women killed by men.
December 29, 2025 at 7:22 AM
It’s extraordinary how quickly the media can mobilise & demand government to act on certain issues.
Imagine if they had that same urgency for First Nations deaths in custody or women killed by men.
Imagine if they had that same urgency for First Nations deaths in custody or women killed by men.
I don’t know if people are loving AI or hating it or mostly meh or whatever.
But I do know that the fact all these orgs are losing billions means they haven’t yet tested the value people ascribe to it.
We can’t make good assumptions on how much people value a thing that is currently given away.
But I do know that the fact all these orgs are losing billions means they haven’t yet tested the value people ascribe to it.
We can’t make good assumptions on how much people value a thing that is currently given away.
OpenAI is losing billions of dollars a year on ChatGPT. That's not because people hate it and are boycotting it. It's the opposite. So... who is "we" that's supposed to be powerful enough to ban this thing and destroy it?
December 29, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I don’t know if people are loving AI or hating it or mostly meh or whatever.
But I do know that the fact all these orgs are losing billions means they haven’t yet tested the value people ascribe to it.
We can’t make good assumptions on how much people value a thing that is currently given away.
But I do know that the fact all these orgs are losing billions means they haven’t yet tested the value people ascribe to it.
We can’t make good assumptions on how much people value a thing that is currently given away.
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Until "AI" coding assistants can produce implementation code 100% reliably, so we don't need to understand that code, they will not be "just another layer of abstraction".
The whole point of an abstraction is to hide the details.
The whole point of an abstraction is to hide the details.
December 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Until "AI" coding assistants can produce implementation code 100% reliably, so we don't need to understand that code, they will not be "just another layer of abstraction".
The whole point of an abstraction is to hide the details.
The whole point of an abstraction is to hide the details.
Great piece.
On Wednesday the Sydney Morning Herald published an opinion piece by Cumberland City councillor Ahmed Ouf about Muslim-Jewish solidarity in the wake of Bondi.
The piece was quickly taken down.
We're publishing it here in full.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/ahmed-ouf-...
The piece was quickly taken down.
We're publishing it here in full.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/ahmed-ouf-...
Ahmed Ouf: I went to Bondi and hugged people who'd never spoken to a Muslim before
Read Cumberland councillor's deleted opinion piece for the Sydney Morning Herald
www.deepcutnews.com
December 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Great piece.
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This advice from @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social is never out of date
December 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This advice from @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social is never out of date
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NORAD Santa tracker is Woke
December 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
NORAD Santa tracker is Woke
Such a plane-centric headline.
Airlines want you to think they’re the sensible default, and that everything else is a sad compromise.
Trains are great. In countries that have invested in good trains, they’re more convenient and just as fast as air travel, with less cost and far less pollution.
Airlines want you to think they’re the sensible default, and that everything else is a sad compromise.
Trains are great. In countries that have invested in good trains, they’re more convenient and just as fast as air travel, with less cost and far less pollution.
Budget-conscious travellers are turning to long-haul trips on public transport to get home for Christmas, but overcrowding and delays in the regions can cause headaches.
Budget travellers turn to public transport to get home for Christmas
Budget-conscious travellers are turning to long-haul trips on public transport to get home for Christmas, but overcrowding and delays in the regions can cause headaches.
www.abc.net.au
December 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Such a plane-centric headline.
Airlines want you to think they’re the sensible default, and that everything else is a sad compromise.
Trains are great. In countries that have invested in good trains, they’re more convenient and just as fast as air travel, with less cost and far less pollution.
Airlines want you to think they’re the sensible default, and that everything else is a sad compromise.
Trains are great. In countries that have invested in good trains, they’re more convenient and just as fast as air travel, with less cost and far less pollution.
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These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
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Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
🚨BREAKING: GRETA THUNBERG ARRESTED UNDER TERRORISM ACT FOR SUPPORTING 'PALESTINE ACTION PRISONERS'
December 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
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Ukraine has had 5 presidents since 2000. Russia and Belarus: one each
Now Trump echoes Kremlin talking points about Zelenskyy's "illegitimacy" while demanding wartime elections most Ukrainians oppose. ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/22/u...
Now Trump echoes Kremlin talking points about Zelenskyy's "illegitimacy" while demanding wartime elections most Ukrainians oppose. ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/22/u...
December 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Ukraine has had 5 presidents since 2000. Russia and Belarus: one each
Now Trump echoes Kremlin talking points about Zelenskyy's "illegitimacy" while demanding wartime elections most Ukrainians oppose. ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/22/u...
Now Trump echoes Kremlin talking points about Zelenskyy's "illegitimacy" while demanding wartime elections most Ukrainians oppose. ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/22/u...
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I find it incredibly difficult to write about my Jewishness. I didn't want to write this, but I did.
We need to re-embrace complexity and nuance in thinking about and discussing the Jewish future.
We need to re-embrace complexity and nuance in thinking about and discussing the Jewish future.
Holding complexity amidst catastrophe
I didn't want to write this.
I don't want to write this.
I feel like I need to write something.
I am writing this.
I am not good at writing about my Jewish experience.
I am still writing this, ei...
in-between-days.ghost.io
December 23, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I find it incredibly difficult to write about my Jewishness. I didn't want to write this, but I did.
We need to re-embrace complexity and nuance in thinking about and discussing the Jewish future.
We need to re-embrace complexity and nuance in thinking about and discussing the Jewish future.