Andrew Styan
@andrewstyan.bsky.social
Media artist, PhD in whole earth system thinking, wonderer, ex metallurgist. Schenberg arts fellow.
Awabakal land, Newcastle, Australia
https://andrewstyan.com/you-are-here/
“in the spaciousness of uncertainty there is room to act” Rebecca Solnit
Awabakal land, Newcastle, Australia
https://andrewstyan.com/you-are-here/
“in the spaciousness of uncertainty there is room to act” Rebecca Solnit
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Andrew Styan
@andrewstyan.bsky.social
· Oct 11
Recently added some letters to my name for research into an immersive artwork that encourages system thinking. The world and its challenges are complex. We need a system-based mindset and language to navigate uncertainty and develop holistic solutions.
Intro paper here: arc.net/l/quote/nivi...
Intro paper here: arc.net/l/quote/nivi...
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Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
the power of Sankey diagrams.
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Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
December 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
the power of Sankey diagrams.
There seems to be no one with the authority, willpower or sense to say “STOP, the benefits don’t outweigh the considerable environmental costs”. It’s just “compute, baby, compute and let the markets decide!”.
A few important points here
- Generative AI supercharged data centre growth: lobbyist and substacker lines pretending like this is just streaming are false
- Even when you consider much of the projected growth is speculative, the *likely* projects are still MASSIVE
media.licdn.com/dms/document...
- Generative AI supercharged data centre growth: lobbyist and substacker lines pretending like this is just streaming are false
- Even when you consider much of the projected growth is speculative, the *likely* projects are still MASSIVE
media.licdn.com/dms/document...
December 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
There seems to be no one with the authority, willpower or sense to say “STOP, the benefits don’t outweigh the considerable environmental costs”. It’s just “compute, baby, compute and let the markets decide!”.
Some hints as to what it really means to live as part of a complex system.
The biggest shell game of our lives and recent planetary history is that we can somehow find peace, sufficiency, and balance with the living complex system that is Earth via an algorithm that produces so-called profit for a few by degrading the many and the complexity of that living system.
December 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Some hints as to what it really means to live as part of a complex system.
Home ownership and subsidies. The consequences of “giving up” and the value of targeted subsidies to avoid it is fascinating.
If this is what “tax efficiency” means, then that’s where I want my taxes invested.
If this is what “tax efficiency” means, then that’s where I want my taxes invested.
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Home ownership and subsidies. The consequences of “giving up” and the value of targeted subsidies to avoid it is fascinating.
If this is what “tax efficiency” means, then that’s where I want my taxes invested.
If this is what “tax efficiency” means, then that’s where I want my taxes invested.
#30daymapchallenge Day 10: Air
Where will my breath travel today?
From the Catch Your Breath project : andrewstyan.com/portfolio/ca...
#Python #NOAA (NOAA need our support!)
Where will my breath travel today?
From the Catch Your Breath project : andrewstyan.com/portfolio/ca...
#Python #NOAA (NOAA need our support!)
November 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
#30daymapchallenge Day 10: Air
Where will my breath travel today?
From the Catch Your Breath project : andrewstyan.com/portfolio/ca...
#Python #NOAA (NOAA need our support!)
Where will my breath travel today?
From the Catch Your Breath project : andrewstyan.com/portfolio/ca...
#Python #NOAA (NOAA need our support!)
A provocatively named coal ship just got provocatively tagged in Newcastle harbour.
October 31, 2025 at 6:01 AM
A provocatively named coal ship just got provocatively tagged in Newcastle harbour.
One for the good side in the seemingly never ending climate change information v misinformation battle.
Excited to lead a University of Melbourne submission to the Senate inquiry on climate misinformation and also speak to @readfearn.bsky.social at @australia.theguardian.com about the trends in climate misinformation & how to counter it www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Media and political attacks on Australia’s emissions targets ‘straight out of the climate obstruction playbook’, expert says
Prof Christian Downie points to the Business Council of Australia and News Corp newspapers as examples of deliberate obstruction
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:10 AM
One for the good side in the seemingly never ending climate change information v misinformation battle.
Reposted by Andrew Styan
‘The way that the media deals with the climate is it’s an environmental story and it’s a future story. Whereas this is a housing story, a cost-of-living story, an inequality story, a role of government story…’
- Richard Denniss, Executive Director
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
- Richard Denniss, Executive Director
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
September 26, 2025 at 6:52 AM
‘The way that the media deals with the climate is it’s an environmental story and it’s a future story. Whereas this is a housing story, a cost-of-living story, an inequality story, a role of government story…’
- Richard Denniss, Executive Director
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
- Richard Denniss, Executive Director
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
And the wind turbines bearing witness.
Quintessential post-apocalyptic image right there.
Quintessential post-apocalyptic image right there.
Natural gas pipeline ruptures in southern Wyoming, sending huge flame & charring freight train apnews.com/article/wyom...
And lighting up the night sky with a glow seen more than 60 miles www.arabtimesonline.com/news/natural...
And lighting up the night sky with a glow seen more than 60 miles www.arabtimesonline.com/news/natural...
September 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
And the wind turbines bearing witness.
Quintessential post-apocalyptic image right there.
Quintessential post-apocalyptic image right there.
“how you died does not redeem how you lived”
September 15, 2025 at 3:02 AM
“how you died does not redeem how you lived”
Reposted by Andrew Styan
dear America you don't have a left, you have Conservatives, a right, a far right and then you have Trump, and then you have the extreme right he enables...get out of the country and have a look at how fucking crazy it is to the rest of us...I wish I was joking.
September 13, 2025 at 6:09 AM
dear America you don't have a left, you have Conservatives, a right, a far right and then you have Trump, and then you have the extreme right he enables...get out of the country and have a look at how fucking crazy it is to the rest of us...I wish I was joking.
Reposted by Andrew Styan
For a project I am working on - how do you think John Howard fundamentally changed Australia - what did he do that we are still feeling the effects of? (Housing, immigration debates, loss of workers rights, black arm band of history, jingoism etc)
Really interested in your takes.
Really interested in your takes.
September 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
For a project I am working on - how do you think John Howard fundamentally changed Australia - what did he do that we are still feeling the effects of? (Housing, immigration debates, loss of workers rights, black arm band of history, jingoism etc)
Really interested in your takes.
Really interested in your takes.
a useful bit of knowledge. thanks.
If you see the Eureka Stockade flag today, know that Raffaello Carboni, an Italian immigrant who helped create the flag, said:
"I call upon all diggers, irrespective of colour, religion or creed, to salute the Southern Cross as a refuge for all the oppressed from all nations on earth." #auspol
"I call upon all diggers, irrespective of colour, religion or creed, to salute the Southern Cross as a refuge for all the oppressed from all nations on earth." #auspol
August 31, 2025 at 7:11 AM
a useful bit of knowledge. thanks.
Reposted by Andrew Styan
"At a moment when the language of politics is so dour and so dark, it’s important to understand that the tonic to the darkness is not imitating it, but rather to marshal the same lightness and joy that also characterizes our lives."
--Mamdani, in this interview:
--Mamdani, in this interview:
“The Nation” Interviews Zohran Mamdani
New York's Democratic mayoral nominee shares his views on the city's affordability crisis, the new media landscape—and how Democrats need to stand up for what they believe.
www.thenation.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"At a moment when the language of politics is so dour and so dark, it’s important to understand that the tonic to the darkness is not imitating it, but rather to marshal the same lightness and joy that also characterizes our lives."
--Mamdani, in this interview:
--Mamdani, in this interview:
Reposted by Andrew Styan
Outstanding, disturbing piece by Virginia Trioli. #society #education #multiculturalism www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
The cracks are showing in what we tell ourselves about multiculturalism
When our parliaments, newsrooms, judicial benches and many other institutions all look a certain way, it is clear who is at the centre of Australia's monoculture.
www.abc.net.au
August 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Outstanding, disturbing piece by Virginia Trioli. #society #education #multiculturalism www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Reposted by Andrew Styan
Yep. We’re not immune. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Yep. We’re not immune. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Andrew Styan
Today we celebrate the birth of the French philosopher Bruno Latour, one of the most influential thinkers in the philosophy of technology and science studies.
June 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Today we celebrate the birth of the French philosopher Bruno Latour, one of the most influential thinkers in the philosophy of technology and science studies.
Great approach to think about climate change through all the ways we can feel about it. Far too easy to get stuck in anger or despair. Bring on some wonder or even hope!
Looking forward to reading this!
Order one now. Kate is brilliant!
Order one now. Kate is brilliant!
I wrote a book! It's coming out in June! It's about science! It's about feelings! It's the best thing I've ever written, and I can't wait to share it with you.
bookshop.org/p/books/huma...
bookshop.org/p/books/huma...
May 31, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Great approach to think about climate change through all the ways we can feel about it. Far too easy to get stuck in anger or despair. Bring on some wonder or even hope!
Laura sums it up perfectly “Not being a terrible government means considering just what opportunities you have to change the conversation now that you are not wedged so savagely from the left and right.”
If they do nothing else, at least shift the conversation.
If they do nothing else, at least shift the conversation.
May 31, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Laura sums it up perfectly “Not being a terrible government means considering just what opportunities you have to change the conversation now that you are not wedged so savagely from the left and right.”
If they do nothing else, at least shift the conversation.
If they do nothing else, at least shift the conversation.
the universe is an amazing place, especially when you look closely.
Astonishing new videos of the Sun show coronal "rain" in (pink-tinted) hydrogen-alpha light. Obtained with advanced adaptive optics research supported by NSF, the National Solar Observatory, and New Jersey Institute of Technology. Details and more videos in the link in the first comment below.
May 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
the universe is an amazing place, especially when you look closely.
Should we be praying to the spirit of Gough for Labor to be more ambitious?
Found this vinyl gem in an ‘antique’ store @mikecarlton01.bsky.social
No record player unfortunately.
#auspol
Found this vinyl gem in an ‘antique’ store @mikecarlton01.bsky.social
No record player unfortunately.
#auspol
May 27, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Should we be praying to the spirit of Gough for Labor to be more ambitious?
Found this vinyl gem in an ‘antique’ store @mikecarlton01.bsky.social
No record player unfortunately.
#auspol
Found this vinyl gem in an ‘antique’ store @mikecarlton01.bsky.social
No record player unfortunately.
#auspol
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"Maybe it’s more accurate to speak of ‘the neo-colonised world’: a term that captures how historically extractive relationships persisted and mutated. Today’s extractive empires are corporate and financial, not just national or hemispheric..."
In the May issue of @artreview.bsky.social, I offer a little provocation: lets do away with 'global south' & 'global majority'. There is no shared hemispheric condition between exploiter & exploited, & the geographies of neocolonialism aren't natural or demographic. artreview.com/the-trap-of-...
The Trap of Catchalls
Baggy terms such as ‘Global South’ and ‘Global Majority’ are useless, because you can’t address what you can’t describe
artreview.com
May 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"Maybe it’s more accurate to speak of ‘the neo-colonised world’: a term that captures how historically extractive relationships persisted and mutated. Today’s extractive empires are corporate and financial, not just national or hemispheric..."