@benstext.bsky.social
Australian. Husband. Father. T1D. Software/Hardware. Hacker. Environmentalist. Anti-Fascist. Lawn Business. I fix stuff. Keen observer. Acid House Music
“Jack is the one who gives you the key to the wiggly worm.”
“Jack is the one who gives you the key to the wiggly worm.”
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800 individual days have been at least 1.5C above the Pre-Industrial baseline
Summer 2025 was largely under 1.5C
> Will we pass 900 days in 2026?
> Will we pass 1000 days by 2027?
> Will the Loess 30-yr trend pass 1.5C before 2028?
Data: Copernicus ERA5 - Global Mean Surface Temperature Anomaly
Summer 2025 was largely under 1.5C
> Will we pass 900 days in 2026?
> Will we pass 1000 days by 2027?
> Will the Loess 30-yr trend pass 1.5C before 2028?
Data: Copernicus ERA5 - Global Mean Surface Temperature Anomaly
September 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
800 individual days have been at least 1.5C above the Pre-Industrial baseline
Summer 2025 was largely under 1.5C
> Will we pass 900 days in 2026?
> Will we pass 1000 days by 2027?
> Will the Loess 30-yr trend pass 1.5C before 2028?
Data: Copernicus ERA5 - Global Mean Surface Temperature Anomaly
Summer 2025 was largely under 1.5C
> Will we pass 900 days in 2026?
> Will we pass 1000 days by 2027?
> Will the Loess 30-yr trend pass 1.5C before 2028?
Data: Copernicus ERA5 - Global Mean Surface Temperature Anomaly
WTAF. Queensland Lychee farmers legally shoot flying foxes!? I feel like this is the sort of information that should be on display at point of sale. “This product is harmful to wildlife”
www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...
www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...
Farmers call for rethink on flying fox shooting ban as deadline looms
Farmers say the native species costs them thousands of dollars in crop losses each year, but a conservationist says shooting them is inhumane and ineffective.
www.abc.net.au
September 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
WTAF. Queensland Lychee farmers legally shoot flying foxes!? I feel like this is the sort of information that should be on display at point of sale. “This product is harmful to wildlife”
www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...
www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...
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Tax breaks for huge, American-style utes cost the Australian government $250 million in 2023.
But it gets worse.
Emissions from passenger cars have fallen since 2005, but that drop was wiped out by the increased use of big utes. #auspol
But it gets worse.
Emissions from passenger cars have fallen since 2005, but that drop was wiped out by the increased use of big utes. #auspol
August 25, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Tax breaks for huge, American-style utes cost the Australian government $250 million in 2023.
But it gets worse.
Emissions from passenger cars have fallen since 2005, but that drop was wiped out by the increased use of big utes. #auspol
But it gets worse.
Emissions from passenger cars have fallen since 2005, but that drop was wiped out by the increased use of big utes. #auspol
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The tendency to credit GenAI efforts with the success of ML in much more specific (and appropriate) contexts to justify increasing emissions for AI slop generation is something to behold.
Without artificial-intelligence technologies, balancing human-caused greenhouse-gas emissions with carbon removals by 2050 is out of reach
go.nature.com/41LtWWk
go.nature.com/41LtWWk
Net zero needs AI — five actions to realize its promise
Without artificial-intelligence technologies, balancing human-caused greenhouse-gas emissions with carbon removals by 2050 is out of reach. Action in five areas is needed to keep this goal alive.
go.nature.com
August 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The tendency to credit GenAI efforts with the success of ML in much more specific (and appropriate) contexts to justify increasing emissions for AI slop generation is something to behold.
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Absolutely incredible video of a woman standing up to ICE. This is resistance
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August 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Absolutely incredible video of a woman standing up to ICE. This is resistance
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Tokens, the tarot cards of the universe
August 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Tokens, the tarot cards of the universe
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Of all the manufactured crises in the history of crises elevated by authoritarians to justify a power grab,
the unarmed carjacking of Edward “Big Balls” Coristine by 15 year olds, in which he didn’t go to the hospital - in a city where crime is down 30% - has to be the absolute dumbest.
the unarmed carjacking of Edward “Big Balls” Coristine by 15 year olds, in which he didn’t go to the hospital - in a city where crime is down 30% - has to be the absolute dumbest.
August 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Of all the manufactured crises in the history of crises elevated by authoritarians to justify a power grab,
the unarmed carjacking of Edward “Big Balls” Coristine by 15 year olds, in which he didn’t go to the hospital - in a city where crime is down 30% - has to be the absolute dumbest.
the unarmed carjacking of Edward “Big Balls” Coristine by 15 year olds, in which he didn’t go to the hospital - in a city where crime is down 30% - has to be the absolute dumbest.
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Just in case it’s not already clear that ICE is a white supremacist thug army, Homeland Security is recruiting with a “defend your culture” slogan.
August 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Just in case it’s not already clear that ICE is a white supremacist thug army, Homeland Security is recruiting with a “defend your culture” slogan.
RFK is dangerously incompetent.
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
RFK Jr. defends $500M cut for mRNA vaccines with pseudoscience gobbledygook
He clearly has no idea what antigenic shift means.
arstechnica.com
August 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
RFK is dangerously incompetent.
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
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Mohammed 'Dr Mo' Mustafa might only be a junior doctor from Perth, but he's got the ear of leaders from around the world as he tries to turn his dream of a children's hospital in Gaza into reality.
Mo has nightmares about Gaza. His dream is to open a children's hospital there
Mohammed 'Dr Mo' Mustafa might only be a junior doctor from Perth, but he's got the ear of leaders from around the world as he tries to turn his dream of a children's hospital in Gaza into reality.
www.abc.net.au
August 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Mohammed 'Dr Mo' Mustafa might only be a junior doctor from Perth, but he's got the ear of leaders from around the world as he tries to turn his dream of a children's hospital in Gaza into reality.
Incredible.
NEW: Extraordinary footage has emerged of the huge tsunami that hit Russia’s remote Kamchatka peninsula after the 8.8 magnitude earthquake on July 30th.
(🎥 Doni Nikz)
(🎥 Doni Nikz)
August 4, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Incredible.
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
Hydroponic basil plant growing just fine indoors, near a window, in the depth of winter. I started these from bits of basil that I bought in the supermarket. Added an aerator. I’m quite impressed. Cheap, easy, tasty, fun!
July 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Hydroponic basil plant growing just fine indoors, near a window, in the depth of winter. I started these from bits of basil that I bought in the supermarket. Added an aerator. I’m quite impressed. Cheap, easy, tasty, fun!
Microsoft’s Bing news is so bad, it’s a complete joke. It’s a seedy, desperate and amateurish attempt at a news aggregator from a company that, frankly, could easily provide something of quality.
July 19, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Microsoft’s Bing news is so bad, it’s a complete joke. It’s a seedy, desperate and amateurish attempt at a news aggregator from a company that, frankly, could easily provide something of quality.
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Are you a top US-based scientist wanting to relocate to Australia? We are now calling for formal applications from both Australian and non-Australian citizens based in the US whose work is internationally recognised as exceptional.
📅 Applications close: Aug 29, 2025
🔗 science.org.au/gtap/?utm_so...
📅 Applications close: Aug 29, 2025
🔗 science.org.au/gtap/?utm_so...
July 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Are you a top US-based scientist wanting to relocate to Australia? We are now calling for formal applications from both Australian and non-Australian citizens based in the US whose work is internationally recognised as exceptional.
📅 Applications close: Aug 29, 2025
🔗 science.org.au/gtap/?utm_so...
📅 Applications close: Aug 29, 2025
🔗 science.org.au/gtap/?utm_so...
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This is Trump bowing out of his ‘magnificent’ 12 day war. Anything from this point is a totally different war, because Donald totally made Iran great again, but they blew it, and deserve everything they get from here on in. Or whatever.
June 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
This is Trump bowing out of his ‘magnificent’ 12 day war. Anything from this point is a totally different war, because Donald totally made Iran great again, but they blew it, and deserve everything they get from here on in. Or whatever.
Is the current US/Israel coalition a threat to the free world? I mean, what if they don’t like our hair or food? They could attack and take out our infrastructure. They control weapons of mass destruction and are both trigger happy and deluded. Major paradigm change that needs to be acknowledged.
June 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Is the current US/Israel coalition a threat to the free world? I mean, what if they don’t like our hair or food? They could attack and take out our infrastructure. They control weapons of mass destruction and are both trigger happy and deluded. Major paradigm change that needs to be acknowledged.
This is because Grok keeps saying bad things about him, so he just wants to remove all mentions of him from the training material.
June 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This is because Grok keeps saying bad things about him, so he just wants to remove all mentions of him from the training material.
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Word of the Day: HYPERNORMALISATION - the state of a society where people continue to live according to rules that they know are not actually working.
June 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Word of the Day: HYPERNORMALISATION - the state of a society where people continue to live according to rules that they know are not actually working.
The reality here is that more than 50% of farm workers in California are undocumented. Not to mention construction, hospitality and retail. California’s industry is about to be destroyed so that Trump can ‘own the Dems’ and his wealthy associates can feast on the fallout.
June 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The reality here is that more than 50% of farm workers in California are undocumented. Not to mention construction, hospitality and retail. California’s industry is about to be destroyed so that Trump can ‘own the Dems’ and his wealthy associates can feast on the fallout.
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