Nick Evershed!?
@nickevershed.bsky.social
Data and interactives ed. at the Guardian Aus
dataviz, music, investigative journalism, programming etc
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dataviz, music, investigative journalism, programming etc
work: [email protected]
tip-offs: [email protected]
latest: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/nick-evershed
hot take: the BoM is one of the most complex gov. websites with a ridic number of data and systems used by industry, the public and other gov agencies so redesigning it and fixing the security issues was always going to take a fair bit of $$$
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
hot take: the BoM is one of the most complex gov. websites with a ridic number of data and systems used by industry, the public and other gov agencies so redesigning it and fixing the security issues was always going to take a fair bit of $$$
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‘Ignorant and life-threatening’: experts condemn Free Birth Society misinformation
‘Ignorant and life-threatening’: experts condemn Free Birth Society misinformation
Professionals say claims about birth, including excessive bleeding, blue babies and placenta care, are dangerous
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November 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
‘Ignorant and life-threatening’: experts condemn Free Birth Society misinformation
this reminds me of an argument I had with some tech dude when I said social media needs to be moderated properly. He said that was "impossible to do at scale" and I'm like it's not "impossible at scale" it's just that tech companies don't want to pay for it, and we haven't made them. It's a choice
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
this reminds me of an argument I had with some tech dude when I said social media needs to be moderated properly. He said that was "impossible to do at scale" and I'm like it's not "impossible at scale" it's just that tech companies don't want to pay for it, and we haven't made them. It's a choice
guitar sounds good
Guitar sounds good.
November 20, 2025 at 8:33 AM
guitar sounds good
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Gig economy vigilantes
NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
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Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Gig economy vigilantes
Gail Karran recorded the savage beating that killed her. Shocking new evidence reveals how police failed her www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Gail Karran recorded the savage beating that killed her. Shocking new evidence reveals how police failed her
Exclusive: A secret audio device recorded Bill Karran raping, hitting and choking his wife of 30 years – immediately after he was released, drunk, from a Queensland watch house
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November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Gail Karran recorded the savage beating that killed her. Shocking new evidence reveals how police failed her www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#3157 A helpful tutorial
Ninajirachi has a song with a line about catching the bus from Kincumber to Gosford which is now being listened to all over the world and this is very funny to me personally
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Ninajirachi started making music because of YouTube. Now she’s up for eight Aria awards
The 26-year-old’s debut album I Love My Computer has already netted her some of Australia’s most prestigious prizes – and it’s all about the delight and depravity of growing up on the internet
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November 17, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Ninajirachi has a song with a line about catching the bus from Kincumber to Gosford which is now being listened to all over the world and this is very funny to me personally
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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having all four of these open at once for a project and I feel like I just won some sort of shitty Adobe bingo card
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
having all four of these open at once for a project and I feel like I just won some sort of shitty Adobe bingo card
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quadrotor team carry is crazy
TU Delft - an algorithm that lets drones lift heavy loads together and manipulate the load mid-air
YouTube video by TU Delft
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November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
quadrotor team carry is crazy
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The short answer is no. We’re around the middle of the pack, and a little further down the list after accounting for our relatively high incomes.
The short answer is no. We’re around the middle of the pack, and a little further down the list after accounting for our relatively high incomes.
Are Australians really paying more for electricity than other countries?
Australia’s electricity prices have gone up a long way over the past decade or so, but global energy trends have also pushed up bills in other countries
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November 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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The short answer is no. We’re around the middle of the pack, and a little further down the list after accounting for our relatively high incomes.
The short answer is no. We’re around the middle of the pack, and a little further down the list after accounting for our relatively high incomes.
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It is very funny that this Pope is just going to get jerseys from now on. Everyone decided that's what this Pope likes and that is it. It's like if your grandmother got you a puzzle for Christmas one year and you said you liked it so your entire extended family is like "oh that's the puzzle kid"
Spike Lee just blessed Pope Leo with a custom Knicks jersey during his visit to the Vatican, just one week after the Pope was gifted a custom Chicago Bulls one.
Spike Lee Blesses Pope Leo with Knicks Jersey
Spike Lee just blessed Pope Leo with a custom Knicks jersey during his visit to the Vatican, just one week after the Pope was gifted a custom Chicago Bulls one.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
It is very funny that this Pope is just going to get jerseys from now on. Everyone decided that's what this Pope likes and that is it. It's like if your grandmother got you a puzzle for Christmas one year and you said you liked it so your entire extended family is like "oh that's the puzzle kid"
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'The United Arab Emirates is, by far, Australia’s biggest weapons export market, with nearly $300m in arms and ammunition being shipped there in the past five years.'
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Australia is selling arms at a weapons fair in Dubai. Are they destined to be used in Sudan atrocities?
Australian companies have exported nearly $300m weapons over five years to the UAE, which has denied shipping weapons to a paramilitary group in Sudan
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November 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
'The United Arab Emirates is, by far, Australia’s biggest weapons export market, with nearly $300m in arms and ammunition being shipped there in the past five years.'
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Politicians in Australia keep saying that the net zero target will cost too much, but multiple analyses, including from Treasury, show that it is actually *much cheaper* for the economy than not doing more
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November 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Politicians in Australia keep saying that the net zero target will cost too much, but multiple analyses, including from Treasury, show that it is actually *much cheaper* for the economy than not doing more
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
There are thousands of things like this in tech. Why is search bad in Gmail. Why does Bluetooth suck. Why are most streaming apps bad. Why is file transfer still annoying. Every day it feels like I've got random issues with tech stuff while these companies sink billions into AI
if microsoft just made outlook search not suck they'd see triple the productivity gains of any AI integration
November 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
There are thousands of things like this in tech. Why is search bad in Gmail. Why does Bluetooth suck. Why are most streaming apps bad. Why is file transfer still annoying. Every day it feels like I've got random issues with tech stuff while these companies sink billions into AI
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
why is everyone angry at the NYT I am Out Of The Loop
November 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
why is everyone angry at the NYT I am Out Of The Loop
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Historical: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months
Off-the-charts good
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Off-the-charts good
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Historical: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months
Off-the-charts good
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Off-the-charts good
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
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Blyth, after months of hearing evidence about SA’s devastating algal bloom, says re net zero “I don’t think that we can be stewards of the environment if we can’t afford it.”
Australia news live: Liberal senator says nation ‘can’t afford’ net zero target as party gathers to debate policy; banks tip $43bn into fossil fuels
Follow live
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November 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Blyth, after months of hearing evidence about SA’s devastating algal bloom, says re net zero “I don’t think that we can be stewards of the environment if we can’t afford it.”
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‘I can’t breathe in this city’: inaction over Delhi’s suffocating pollution sparks rare protest
‘I can’t breathe in this city’: inaction over Delhi’s suffocating pollution sparks rare protest
The failure by state governments to do anything about pollution means it has often been met with apathy. But at a rare protest anger and frustration were rife
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November 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
‘I can’t breathe in this city’: inaction over Delhi’s suffocating pollution sparks rare protest
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Wrote about the teen social media ban, specifically Reddit www.theguardian.com/media/commen...
From AusLegal to AmItheAsshole: why I’m downvoting the social media ban on Reddit | Deirdre Fidge
We know young people are dancing on Tik Tok, and doing whatever the hell is happening on Kick, but my sympathies are with those about to be booted off Reddit
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November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Wrote about the teen social media ban, specifically Reddit www.theguardian.com/media/commen...
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Citation standards should no longer ask that you say the date a website was accessed - primarily because it's kind of embarrassing to have to say you looked at a website 3 days before a proposal was due.
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Citation standards should no longer ask that you say the date a website was accessed - primarily because it's kind of embarrassing to have to say you looked at a website 3 days before a proposal was due.