Andrew Donaldson
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Andrew Donaldson
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Software engineering manager with decades in severe weather systems and more recently video. Interested in home automation, energy efficiency, open source, cars etc.
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This was excellent and scary.

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Can American democracy withstand the dark enlightenment?
Podcast Episode · Big Ideas · 17/06/2025 · 55m
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June 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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As Peter Dutton announces a Coalition government would scrap tax breaks for people who buy electric vehicles, we are calling for him to scrap the ridiculous tax break for people who buy big utes.

MEDIA RELEASE:
Silence on big ute subsidies as Coalition backflips on EV's - The Australia Institute
As Peter Dutton announces a Coalition government would scrap tax breaks for people who buy electric vehicles, The Australia Institute has called for him to scrap the ridiculous tax break for people wh...
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April 24, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Another day, another attempted distraction from Peter Dutton’s $600 billion nuclear scheme and his cuts to pay for it

Major economies with fuel efficiency standards:

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Major economies without:

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April 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
benion Grieving a wasted life At a point in life when there are far too many days behind than ahead, one tends to re-elected in contrast to standing up for the reflect on a life lived. In my lifetime decades greater good? were devoted to protecting America. Sacri A compromised Supreme Court recently fices were made both by myself and my fam- trotted out a shallow token standards of Ily in military service. The tip of the spear: conduct for themselves. Apparently it's Countless weeks over the years were spent not a bribe to accept favors after a deci-sion; only before. Corporations are people? living at the end of a runway on alert with an Really? Whatever happened to Superman's armed B-52 as generations of aviators have motto of "truth, justice, and the American done before and since. way?" The purpose: if required, be airborne Pay-to-play is the theme of the day. Un- in minutes on a one-way trip bringing a challenged and uncontested blatant conflicts nuclear Armageddon to an adversary. Fly: of interest abound. The rule of law is situ- ing the unfriendly skies over North Viet- ational if adhered to at all. America can no nam provided a brief interlude, but overall, longer be trusted. The unbridled pursuit of this long line of silent sentinels stood firm power and wealth driven by unquenchable to protect America by deterring external greed has left service above self and Con- threats to our freedoms and way of life stitutional norms in the dustbin of a quaint across the decades. I was privileged to serve past. with men and women of integrity imbued Recently the VA said exposure to Agent with a sense of service. Orange is the probable cause of the can- I'm truly grateful that the B-52s we flew, which were built tough, were engineered cers I live with. Actually I suspect it's more from yet unspecified sources, which cause on scientific principles and fabricated by experienced, skilled workers rather than military pilots to have significantly higher founded on mere beli…
March 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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“Dutton’s plan to cull public servants isn’t just risky - it’s misguided.”

From Prof Doherty on dead bird place. #auspol #AusVotes25 #DontRiskDutton
March 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Dutton mocking Island Nations about Climate Change

#NeverForget #auspol #AusVotes25 #DontRiskDutton
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Dutton quips about Pacific Islands facing climate change
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
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February 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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I think it was just last week that someone asked me why the Bureau still doesn't do https.

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Exclusive: BoM diverted hundreds of millions to cover cost blowouts
Tanya Plibersek has sought an ‘urgent briefing’ on the management of the Bureau of Meteorology after it was revealed it was using hundreds of millions of dollars in maintenance funds to cover cost ove...
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February 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Rereading “Peopleware” if you have never read this book, you must, it is 🔥and it applies today sooo much.

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#programming
The main reason we tend to focus on the technical rather than the human side of the work is not because it's more crucial, but because it's easier to do. Getting the new disk drive installed is positively trivial compared to figuring out why Horace is in a blue funk or why Susan is dissatisfied with the company after only a few months. Human interactions are complicated and never very crisp and clean in their effects, but they matter more than any other aspect of the work.
December 31, 2024 at 6:37 AM
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Nursery rhyme to the editor:
There was a whole country who swallowed a lie,

I don’t know why they swallowed a lie – perhaps they’ll die!

There was a whole country who failed to take a clean energy renewable course…
They’re dead of course.

Works for me.
I like poetry
Nursery rhyme to the editor: There was a whole country who swallowed a lie  | RenewEconomy
There was a whole country who swallowed a lie - about coal, gas, and nuclear. Perhaps they will die.
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December 13, 2024 at 12:34 AM