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Andrew White

@caboolture.bsky.social

He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad. —Raphael Sabatini, Scaramouche (1921) Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/caboolture.bsky.social Mastodon: aus.social/@caboolture Threads: threads.net/@caboolture Homepage: quantum.prof

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Andrew White@caboolture.bsky.social · 2w ago

www.thepoke.com/2026/07/24/94...

This 94-year-old Clacton voter’s informed and NSFW takedown of a Reform canvasser’s BS is a thing of beauty

Just two weeks ago, the call went out to all Reform UK activists to haul their arses over to Clacton to try and prevent their leader, Nigel Farage, from being pipped to the politically significant post by Count Binface. One of those to heed the call was Councillor Justin Jay from Maldon, Essex, who fell […]

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Andrew White@caboolture.bsky.social · 2w ago

Very hard to see why either of these folk are scary to some Americans… m.youtube.com/watch?v=nffK_ji...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Socialism, Politics & NYC | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Six months into his administration, Jon is joined by New York City Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani to take stock of what democratic socialist governance looks like in practice. Together, they explore what it takes to lead the nation's largest city guided by those principles, discuss how his agenda is taking shape on housing, public safety, and affordability, and consider how to create a more livable New York. Plus, Jon answers listener questions about Biden’s 2020 “win,” Trump’s memoir, and the texture of peanut butter. This episode is brought to you by: GROUND NEWS - Go to https://groundnews.com/stewart to see all sides of every story. Subscribe for 40% off the Vantage Subscription only for a limited time through our link https://groundnews.com/stewart QUINCE - Head to https://Quince.com/tws for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. BOMBAS - Head over to https://Bombas.com/weekly and use code WEEKLY for 20% off your first purchase. #TheWeeklyShowWithJonStewart #TheWeeklyShow #JonStewart #ComedyCentral Subscribe to The Weekly Show: https://www.youtube.com/@WeeklyShowPodcast?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Weekly Show: X: https://www.x.com/weeklyshowpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weeklyshowpodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@weeklyshowpodcast Watch full episodes of The Weekly Show: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIti_J5fVo4IiJWQluYFpz-DbWOF0mK3o About The Weekly Show: On Mondays, Jon Stewart hosts The Daily Show, but on Thursdays he hosts The Weekly Show — A podcast featuring in- depth conversations with special guests that explores the biggest threats to our democracy. Also hear from producers and friends of the show who discuss the latest headlines, what’s on their minds, and more! The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart releases new episodes every Thursday wherever you get your podcasts & full episode is available on YouTube, Fridays at 9AM ET.

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Andrew White@caboolture.bsky.social · 3w ago

To celebrate his 100th, here is a fantastic resource… "Nearly 5,000 episodes across 90 series — from Zoo Quest in 1954 to Secret Garden in 2026. Search by animal, habitat, location, natural phenomenon, or theme to find exactly the episode you're looking for." attenborough-100.vercel.app/

Attenborough at 100 — A Nature Documentary Archive

Explore nearly 5,000 episodes across 90 series — from Zoo Quest in 1954 to Secret Garden in 2026. Search by animal, habitat, location, or theme.

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Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 2mo ago

This is the job ad Anthropic just posted for their Australian data centre 'energy lead'. No mentions of climate, sustainability, clean tech, emissions. Lots of explicit mentions of urgency, impatience and speed. A few cryptic but blatant references to behind the meter fossil fuel plants:

Data Center Energy Lead, Australia Anthropic Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Save Apply ... Responsibilities Develop creative and novel means of energy deployment - grid connected, behind-the-meter/fence, etc. that drives fastest timelines to energization, while maintaining social license Lead energy procurement and markets strategy to secure multi-hundred megawatt power capacity for Al infrastructure across the National Electricity Market (NEM), Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM) and Northern Territory Electricity Market (NTEM) structuring utility partnerships and commercial agreements that prioritise speed-to-energisation and scale Own utility and regulatory stakeholder management across multiple Australian jurisdictions, building strategic relationships with ISOs, Transmission Network Service Providers (TNSPs), Distribution Network Service Providers (DNSPs), and state regulators to accelerate connection timelines and unlock constrained capacity Drive energy markets and policy strategy for Al compute facilities, monitoring National Electricity Rules (NER) and regulatory developments and engaging policymakers to address grid capacity challenges and expedite approval processes for critical infrastructure Partner with engineering and delivery teams to translate energy market dynamics and network constraints into actionable capacity acceleration strategies that align procurement schedules with aggressive project timelines Develop deep market intelligence on regional power availability across the country, transmission constraints, and connection queue dynamics to inform site selection and deployment strategy Structure innovative commercial frameworks and partnership models - including PPAs, network use of system arrangements, and behind-the-meter solutions that enable faster power delivery and mitigate grid capacity risks across Anthropic's Australian datacentre portfolio
Heatmap News@heatmap.news · 2mo ago

Anthropic is joining the carbon removal industry’s largest booster organization. But as @emilypont.bsky.social writes, they’ve done little to nothing to avoid carbon emissions in the first place. Read her story: heatmap.news/climate/anth...

Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈@ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Your reminder that fairy tales are full of stepmothers because women once routinely died in childbirth, from postpartum sepsis, or from other infectious diseases and left behind housefuls of motherless children. Stable nuclear families are made possible by vaccines, antibiotics, and safe abortions.

Catherine Frieman@cjfrieman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

One reason i think everyone should take an archaeology class is to internalise with tangible examples that there is no pure, natural past utopia and that antibiotics and vaccines are what stand between us and a 50% child mortality rate and scores of women dying needlessly during pregn and birth

Prof Stephen Serjeant@stephenserjeant.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Don’t trust LLMs with your literature searches. Horrible gender biases as found in this paper (from later in the thread below) arxiv.org/abs/2508.02740 🧪🔭

Who Gets Cited? Gender- and Majority-Bias in LLM-Driven Reference Selection

Large language models (LLMs) are rapidly being adopted as research assistants, particularly for literature review and reference recommendation, yet little is known about whether they introduce demogra...

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Mel Andrews@bayesianboy.bsky.social · 2mo ago

When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.

Elias Greig@eliasgreig.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Watched the clip of John Paul Janke, Indigenous Affairs Editor at NITV, question Hanson about her plans to abolish what she calls, disgustingly, the "Aborigines department"— she responded with a neo-assimilation policy. Janke's poise and incision stood in stark contrast to the rest of the press.

Osmond Chiu (赵明佑)@redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Critics of multiculturalism in Australia fundamentally don’t get what it is It is a right to cultural identity (within limits), equal opportunity & fair treatment + recognition of the skills/talents of migrants, all within a shared Australian civic framework Food is merely a side benefit #auspol

Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦@merz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Just to add, for those who don't remember: The President "shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, ***provided two thirds*** of the Senators present concur." (US Constitution, Article II, Section 2, Clause 2)