Brian Loffler
@jazzkat.bsky.social
Equality & Sustainability. All in favour? Good. Let’s do this thing.
Sorry Libs. You’re on the wrong train again. Energy transition via wind, solar & batteries IS the way to lower energy prices and sovereign energy independence.
#Insiders
www.newscientist.com/article/2514...
#Insiders
www.newscientist.com/article/2514...
This state’s power prices are plummeting as it nears 100% renewables
South Australia is proving to the world that relying largely on wind and solar energy with battery back-up is incredibly cheap, with electricity prices tumbling by 30 per cent in a year and sometimes ...
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February 14, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Sorry Libs. You’re on the wrong train again. Energy transition via wind, solar & batteries IS the way to lower energy prices and sovereign energy independence.
#Insiders
www.newscientist.com/article/2514...
#Insiders
www.newscientist.com/article/2514...
So Libs: which segment of migration do you want cut? Skilled migrants? Family reunion?
#Insiders
#migration
#Insiders
#migration
February 14, 2026 at 11:18 PM
So Libs: which segment of migration do you want cut? Skilled migrants? Family reunion?
#Insiders
#migration
#Insiders
#migration
“The survey of 3000 Australian adults by Redbridge Group showed most regional and urban voters supported introducing a pollution levy on the nation's 100 biggest polluting companies.”
#Insiders
www.seymourtelegraph.com.au/national/rig...
#Insiders
www.seymourtelegraph.com.au/national/rig...
| Seymour Telegraph
www.seymourtelegraph.com.au
February 14, 2026 at 11:11 PM
“The survey of 3000 Australian adults by Redbridge Group showed most regional and urban voters supported introducing a pollution levy on the nation's 100 biggest polluting companies.”
#Insiders
www.seymourtelegraph.com.au/national/rig...
#Insiders
www.seymourtelegraph.com.au/national/rig...
Jane Hume keeps talking about people “getting ahead”. Subtext: let the rich get ahead and cut services to the poor. Outcome: greater inequality & needless suffering.
#Insiders
#Insiders
February 14, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Jane Hume keeps talking about people “getting ahead”. Subtext: let the rich get ahead and cut services to the poor. Outcome: greater inequality & needless suffering.
#Insiders
#Insiders
The surprising way in which free public transport can unclog our Courts as well as our streets.
And be cost neutral.
Bonus!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...
And be cost neutral.
Bonus!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...
Opinion | Something Surprising Happens When Bus Rides Are Free
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:13 PM
The surprising way in which free public transport can unclog our Courts as well as our streets.
And be cost neutral.
Bonus!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...
And be cost neutral.
Bonus!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...
Happy weekend. Time to update all your Apple devices 😱
support.apple.com/en-us/100100
support.apple.com/en-us/100100
Apple security releases - Apple Support
This document lists security updates and Rapid Security Responses for Apple software.
support.apple.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Happy weekend. Time to update all your Apple devices 😱
support.apple.com/en-us/100100
support.apple.com/en-us/100100
To complete the retreat back to the 1950s, all the Libs need do now is appoint Canavan as Coalition Shadow Energy Minister and Shadow Minister for Women.
February 12, 2026 at 11:36 PM
To complete the retreat back to the 1950s, all the Libs need do now is appoint Canavan as Coalition Shadow Energy Minister and Shadow Minister for Women.
Building a BESS with Tesla Megapack 2 battery packs enabled this grid-level storage system to go online 5 months ahead of schedule. Even better it is direct-connected to a substation to enable best support for more renewables to enter the grid. Brilliant.
www.ecogeneration.com.au/brendale-bes...
www.ecogeneration.com.au/brendale-bes...
Brendale BESS powers up early
Akaysha Energy has brought its 205 megawatt / 410 megawatt-hour Brendale Battery Energy Storage System into operation almost five months ahead of schedule.
www.ecogeneration.com.au
February 12, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Building a BESS with Tesla Megapack 2 battery packs enabled this grid-level storage system to go online 5 months ahead of schedule. Even better it is direct-connected to a substation to enable best support for more renewables to enter the grid. Brilliant.
www.ecogeneration.com.au/brendale-bes...
www.ecogeneration.com.au/brendale-bes...
Do the Libs really want this bloke to be their leader?
www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...
www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...
Angus Taylor's brother cops courtroom setback in land clearing case
A company part-owned by former energy minster Angus Taylor has failed in a Federal Court bid to have orders it rehabilitate 103 hectares of grassland reviewed.
www.abc.net.au
February 11, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Do the Libs really want this bloke to be their leader?
www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...
www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...
Gallium is a by-product of bauxite processing, so might this be an exciting step towards affordable green aluminium production?
@ayrestim
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@ayrestim
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Low temperature and rapid photothermal oxidation of liquid gallium for circular hydrogen production - Nature Communications
Photothermal reactions between liquid gallium and water or seawater enable hydrogen production under light exposure. The authors show that the metal can be regenerated electrochemically, supporting a ...
www.nature.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Gallium is a by-product of bauxite processing, so might this be an exciting step towards affordable green aluminium production?
@ayrestim
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@ayrestim
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
For those who haven’t been following, this outline of the remarkable achievements of Tesla and SpaceX engineers over the past 7 years is gold.
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February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
For those who haven’t been following, this outline of the remarkable achievements of Tesla and SpaceX engineers over the past 7 years is gold.
x.com/teslarati/st...
x.com/teslarati/st...
“How writing about nineteenth-century cities changed my mind:
“More pro-planning, less fussed about privatisation, more pro-monopolies”.
Worth reading this piece by Dr Samuel Hughes.
(Good for lefties to peak over the centre-right fence to check for common ground.)
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“More pro-planning, less fussed about privatisation, more pro-monopolies”.
Worth reading this piece by Dr Samuel Hughes.
(Good for lefties to peak over the centre-right fence to check for common ground.)
substack.com/@scphughes/n...
How writing about nineteenth-century cities changed my mind
More pro-planning, less fussed about privatisation, more pro-monopolies
substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:58 AM
“How writing about nineteenth-century cities changed my mind:
“More pro-planning, less fussed about privatisation, more pro-monopolies”.
Worth reading this piece by Dr Samuel Hughes.
(Good for lefties to peak over the centre-right fence to check for common ground.)
substack.com/@scphughes/n...
“More pro-planning, less fussed about privatisation, more pro-monopolies”.
Worth reading this piece by Dr Samuel Hughes.
(Good for lefties to peak over the centre-right fence to check for common ground.)
substack.com/@scphughes/n...
Very solid customer support from @AppleSupport . The just released a precautionary update for Macs stuck on macOS Catalina due to constraints of 12-year-old hardware. 👏
support.apple.com/en-us/100100
support.apple.com/en-us/100100
Apple security releases - Apple Support
This document lists security updates and Rapid Security Responses for Apple software.
support.apple.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Very solid customer support from @AppleSupport . The just released a precautionary update for Macs stuck on macOS Catalina due to constraints of 12-year-old hardware. 👏
support.apple.com/en-us/100100
support.apple.com/en-us/100100
“On incitement to genocide, the Commission concludes that Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, have incited the commission of genocide…”
So why is Herzog invited to Australia?
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
So why is Herzog invited to Australia?
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
www.ohchr.org
January 29, 2026 at 1:23 AM
“On incitement to genocide, the Commission concludes that Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, have incited the commission of genocide…”
So why is Herzog invited to Australia?
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
So why is Herzog invited to Australia?
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
Censorship is not the answer to Bondi, argues Kenneth Roth, former Human Rights Watch executive director. “A democratic society should welcome, consider, probe, and debate a broad range of views. No one is compelled to listen.”
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Censorship is not the answer to Bondi - Kenneth Roth
A democratic society should debate a broad range of views, the former Human Rights Watch executive director writes
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January 26, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Censorship is not the answer to Bondi, argues Kenneth Roth, former Human Rights Watch executive director. “A democratic society should welcome, consider, probe, and debate a broad range of views. No one is compelled to listen.”
open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...
open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...
Do you support the creation of an Australian Long Weekend by moving the Australia Day public holiday to the second-last Monday in January each year, creating a three-day national event?
Might it help reduce the pain of Jan 26?
www.clothingthegaps.com.au/pages/austra...
Might it help reduce the pain of Jan 26?
www.clothingthegaps.com.au/pages/austra...
January 25, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Do you support the creation of an Australian Long Weekend by moving the Australia Day public holiday to the second-last Monday in January each year, creating a three-day national event?
Might it help reduce the pain of Jan 26?
www.clothingthegaps.com.au/pages/austra...
Might it help reduce the pain of Jan 26?
www.clothingthegaps.com.au/pages/austra...
The UN Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement — often called the High Seas Treaty — has officially entered into force on 17 January 2026. Over 80 countries have ratified the Treaty, but Australia is dragging its feet. Time to ratify Senator Watt.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
World's first legally binding treaty to protect oceans takes effect
The High Seas Treaty will govern about two-thirds of the planet's oceans including vast areas beyond any country's borders.
www.abc.net.au
January 19, 2026 at 1:14 AM
The UN Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement — often called the High Seas Treaty — has officially entered into force on 17 January 2026. Over 80 countries have ratified the Treaty, but Australia is dragging its feet. Time to ratify Senator Watt.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Such a beautiful review of Elora Hardy’s work with bamboo as a truly sustainable building material that has its own cultural design language. Stunning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNZj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNZj...
The future of sustainable design | Culture By Design | ABC Australia
YouTube video by ABC Australia
www.youtube.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Such a beautiful review of Elora Hardy’s work with bamboo as a truly sustainable building material that has its own cultural design language. Stunning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNZj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNZj...
We should use this smart technology to refine Australian lithium. Acid-free process + a byproduct than can be used in concrete mixes.
Attention: Senator Tim Ayres
electrek.co/2026/01/15/t...
Attention: Senator Tim Ayres
electrek.co/2026/01/15/t...
Tesla releases rare look at its lithium refinery, confirms production start
Tesla has released a new video giving us a closer look at its massive lithium refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas,...
electrek.co
January 17, 2026 at 3:19 AM
We should use this smart technology to refine Australian lithium. Acid-free process + a byproduct than can be used in concrete mixes.
Attention: Senator Tim Ayres
electrek.co/2026/01/15/t...
Attention: Senator Tim Ayres
electrek.co/2026/01/15/t...
Michael Bradley: Why a Bondi royal commission won't give answers.
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There's a glaring problem with calls for a royal commission into the Bondi terror attack
Australians deserve answers after the Bondi Beach shooting — but a royal commission won't deliver them.
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January 8, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Michael Bradley: Why a Bondi royal commission won't give answers.
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ICYMI the word’s first formally-recognised climate refugees have started arriving in Australia from Tuvalu.
Their pain; our gain.
If only we rich countries had taken climate action sooner, they might still have their precious homelands.
www.abc.net.au/pacific/firs...
Their pain; our gain.
If only we rich countries had taken climate action sooner, they might still have their precious homelands.
www.abc.net.au/pacific/firs...
Tuvalu's first climate migrants arrive in Australia - ABC Pacific
Tuvalu's first climate migrants have arrived in Australia, beginning a historic relocation as rising seas threaten their island home.
www.abc.net.au
January 4, 2026 at 2:37 AM
ICYMI the word’s first formally-recognised climate refugees have started arriving in Australia from Tuvalu.
Their pain; our gain.
If only we rich countries had taken climate action sooner, they might still have their precious homelands.
www.abc.net.au/pacific/firs...
Their pain; our gain.
If only we rich countries had taken climate action sooner, they might still have their precious homelands.
www.abc.net.au/pacific/firs...
Just possibly it's the oil?
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January 4, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Just possibly it's the oil?
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I stand with Jewish people in the face of such shocking hatred & violence.
I definitely do NOT stand with accused war criminal Netanyahu.
Journalists: please don’t show his hateful divisive commentary as if it is valid, truthful & useful.
I definitely do NOT stand with accused war criminal Netanyahu.
Journalists: please don’t show his hateful divisive commentary as if it is valid, truthful & useful.
December 15, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I stand with Jewish people in the face of such shocking hatred & violence.
I definitely do NOT stand with accused war criminal Netanyahu.
Journalists: please don’t show his hateful divisive commentary as if it is valid, truthful & useful.
I definitely do NOT stand with accused war criminal Netanyahu.
Journalists: please don’t show his hateful divisive commentary as if it is valid, truthful & useful.
So grateful for @aelluswamy Tesla AI team efforts finessing much safer road travel through Full Self Driving, all on stock-standard EVs. After just 1 week in Aus 1 million km driven on FSD; 10 billion km internationally.
Biggest road safety advance ever.
thedriven.io/2025/12/13/t...
Biggest road safety advance ever.
thedriven.io/2025/12/13/t...
thedriven.io
December 15, 2025 at 4:50 AM
So grateful for @aelluswamy Tesla AI team efforts finessing much safer road travel through Full Self Driving, all on stock-standard EVs. After just 1 week in Aus 1 million km driven on FSD; 10 billion km internationally.
Biggest road safety advance ever.
thedriven.io/2025/12/13/t...
Biggest road safety advance ever.
thedriven.io/2025/12/13/t...