I suppose I’d better listen to this to burst out of my echo-chamber. Interesting project by Peter Lewis. Here he’s with Louise Clegg (Angus Taylor’s “better half”) on Law, Liberals, Lemonade Beer youtu.be/cIBrWObMq5w?... via @YouTube

Louise Clegg (Angus Taylor’s better half) on Law, Liberals, Lemonade Beer - (EP 26)

YouTube video by What's Your Poison?

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Hey #journalist Have you asked Federal and State Govt Ministers about firestorm preparedness for the upcoming El Niño exacerbated summer? Ask: "When will FireSat directly feed into state fire-services, so that a suspected ignition can trigger response within minutes?"

I’ll say it because @JEChalmers can’t on #Insiders The people doing it tough are not the bleating middle classes who have secure jobs and homes. It’s the renters, the unemployed, the single parents, the homeless. They’re the ones who need relief & reform.

To rescue our climate & reduce respiratory illnesses, MPs duty is to discourage new gas connections with policy, not encourage them. It’s deeply wrong for new home homeowners to settle in & then have to pay to get rid of the gas cooktop & hot water. reneweconomy.com.au/deeply-disap...

Chuffed to see Flexicar car share have added a Polestar EV to the Adelaide fleet. Strangely not a feature on their website yet… It makes low-emissions motoring available without the upfront cost. 👏 www.flexicar.com.au/our-cars

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FFS stop punishing households and just tax gas

(First published by The New Daily)

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Eminently sensible and easily-implemented 4-stage cybersecurity conversations every family should have this month. Thank you @SANSInstitute www.sans.org/blog/four-co...

There’s very good reason to investigate whether next-generation geothermal with horizontal drilling might also work somewhere in the vicinity of the Davenport HV grid hub in South Australia. www.wri.org/insights/nex...

Next-Generation Geothermal Can Help Unlock 100% Clean Power

Geothermal energy has supplied less than 1% of the world's electricity to date. But new geothermal technologies could unlock this clean power source worldwide.

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Emergency Apple patches today for an exploited vulnerability affecting those still on v26. v27 updates today too for functionality fixes. isc.sans.edu/diary/Apple+...

Apple Emergency Patch for iOS 26, macOS26, macOS15 (CVE-2026-86950)

Apple Emergency Patch for iOS 26, macOS26, macOS15 (CVE-2026-86950), Author: Johannes Ullrich

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So to control inflation unemployment has to be higher. But we don’t provide the unemployed a liveable income. How is that ethical? Set unemployment $ at least to minimum wage level & stop demonising those who need it. #CostOfLiving is not a middle class issue. #Insiders

On #insiders Jane Hume is one of the (slightly) better Lib performers. But how can she with any conscience at all say how important reducing emissions are for climate & health, & then enthusiastically embrace undoing all the policies and mechanisms that exist to accelerate action.

Are we living up to Don Dunstan’s visionary interventions on cultural policy and practice? www.indailysa.com.au/news/opinion...

Do SA’s cultural policies live up to Don Dunstan’s vision? - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia

Nelson Mandela is on life support, an elder in the South African icon's clan has confirmed, as South African President Jacob Zuma called off a scheduled trip to Mozambique.

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Just a few days left to book for Saturday’s Public Tour of Christie Walk in Adelaide. www.urbanecology.org.au/discover-a-g...

Discover a Greener Future: Public Tour of Christie Walk » Urban Ecology

Ready to be inspired? Reserve your spot on a public tour and witness the future of sustainable urban living firsthand.

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Just finished Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy. This stunning book has everything. ‘A triumph . . . Breathtaking.' - HANNAH KENT www.booktopia.com.au/wild-dark-sh...

Wild Dark Shore

Buy Wild Dark Shore, ABIA 2026 LITERARY FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR and LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 STELLA PRIZE and REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK - 'A triumph . . . Breathtaking.' - HANNAH KENT by Charl...

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It seems political parties don’t actually want to stop tobacco wars. If they did they would stop illegal imports on arrival. With about 0.5% of containers physically inspected & under 6% X-ray etc why not just dramatically increase inspections & cut supply www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...

Exclusive: Labor models cuts to cigarette excise to fight tobacco wars

As the Coalition announces it would cut tobacco excise by 80 per cent, the government is quietly modelling its own unannounced changes to counter the black market.

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Hey Flexicar Submit an expression of interest in having a fleet of Tesla CyberCab autonomous robotaxis. They are the future of efficient and safe urban and suburban transport. They’re on roads in Texas now. No steering wheel; no pedals. www.tesla.com/robotaxi/int...

As a big user of AI tools and a decades-long advocate for small independent publishers, this David vs Goliath legal action is of intense interest to me. Will Mother Jones survive? Will independent journalism survive? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

We’re suing ChatGPT—and Trump just got involved.

Guess whose side he's on.

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AI accelerating towards general intelligence… venturebeat.com/technology/w...

'Welcome to the AGI era': OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra

Astra is designed to navigate software much as a person does — working across browsers, spreadsheets, websites and desktop applications, producing finished documents and presentations, and carrying out multistep workflows.

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Very sorry to see @tesla solar roof tiles discontinued; such an elegant & beautiful solution, but labour-intensive. Will Australian producers tractile.com.au & volt-tile.com fill the gap & export to US?

Tractile - Power, Performance, Prestige

Tractile is an innovative, strong and resilient roofing system with the option to add integrated solar tiles to produce electricity and solar heated water.

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‪Now is a good time to update your Apple devices. ‬ ‪Yesterday was even better!‬ ‪https://support.apple.com/en-us/100100‬

#TIL how to listen to YouTube audio with iPhone screen locked. - youtube.com⁠ (use web browser, not YouTube app). - Play vid - Tap Full Screen icon - Swipe up to return to Home Screen - Open Control Center - Tap Play icon in Now Playing widget - Lock phone

FSD saved me from causing a dreadful accident last night. In the dark and rain at an unprotected T junction I did not see a delivery e-bike zipping through and would have smashed into him. But FSD saw him and stopped. Good reminder to engage FSD even on v short trips.

The next big tragedy that will surely follow the northern hemisphere’s horrendous wild fires are the floods that will be unleashed from soils no longer protected by water-absorbing growth. C’mon peeps. Are you prioritising everything you can do to head off the climate crisis?

This is huge. First approval for paying customers on a robotaxi that has no steering wheel, no brake pedal. Tesla is currently calibrating its autonomous CyberCab system so will probably be next. The transport revolution gathers pace. www.reuters.com/world/amazon...

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon's Zoox wins first US approval for paid robotaxis without human controls

Amazon's Zoox unit has won U.S. approval for limited commercial deployment of its novel steering-wheel-free robotaxis, ​a first for the autonomous ride industry, the U.S. auto safety agency said on Th...

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Ah yes. What’s not to like about #SWB ? In South Australia, Solar, Wind & Batteries are powering us towards 100% net renewables in our grid by 2027, 3 years ahead of the 2030 target. 🥳 🎉 www.france24.com/en/france/20...

Jellyfish force shutdown of three reactors at France's largest nuclear plant

Three reactors at the Gravelines nuclear power plant in northern France were shut down late on Monday due to a massive ​swarm of ‌jellyfish, triggering preventative measures put in place last year aft...

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Excellent job @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social with Annabel Crab on Kitchen Cabinet. Thank you for your work towards a better Australia.

You don't need to be a Queenslander to understand how stupid our Crisafulli government is in cancelling the airport route of the Gold Coast light rail. I know, it's self-inflicted. Could it be revived under a future Labor govt?That's a good question. #qldpol www.nine.com.au/australia-ne...

Queensland government dumps stage 4 of Gold Coast light rail

Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate doubts the government's promised increase in bus services will meet the demand for public transport.

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I rarely applaud James Campbell, but on ABC #Insiders he said something like “There are two kinds of people: people who own an electric vehicle, and people who are thinking about buying one.” Yep.

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Interesting approach: Base Power retains ownership of the home battery; householder pays installation cost and then a monthly fee + usage costs. electrek.co/2026/08/03/b...

Base Power raises $1B to roll out its giant new home battery

Base Power launches Core, a 39.2 kWh home battery with up to 36 hours of backup – and raises $1 billion to roll it out to more US homes.

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