Luke Herring
@lhjh.bsky.social
Two daughters, two dogs, two cats, I read a lot but don't do my own research.
This mimsy, excuses-filled piece on loudcasting fails to point out even once that if we vaporise all offenders, their poor genetic material will not be passed on to future genersations.
Why phones on loudspeaker may become just another noise
Playing music or videos out loud on your phone is bemoaned by many - but in the future, it might not seem so outlandish
bbc.co.uk
‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them
theguardian.com
The UK Conservatives want Jewish groups to meet their new Neo-Nazi ex-con candidate.
Tories offer Jewish groups meeting with ex neo-Nazi activist candidate
Joshua Bonehill-Paine was jailed over neo-Nazi activism, but has been selected to stand in a new Somerset Council seat in 2027.
bbc.co.uk
Contempt is an offence under the Royal Commissions Act 1902. It's not enough to kindly ask people to not engage in racism when that racism is being egged on by the press. The Commissioner should refer those responsible to the AFP. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
Commissioner rebukes claim pro-Palestinian groups tried to 'hijack' hearing
The royal commission on antisemitism has hit back at comments from a prominent member of the Jewish community who accused pro-Palestinian groups of attempting to "hijack" the inquiry using "clickbait ...
abc.net.au
Omar Musa wins 2026 Miles Franklin Literary Award for Heart of Darkness 'critique', Fierceland
Novel taking on controversial palm oil industry wins $60,000 literary prize
Malaysian Australian author Omar Musa has taken out the Miles Franklin Literary Award with his second novel, Fierceland, set between Malaysian Borneo and Sydney.
abc.net.au
More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.
The political right in Australia used the same talking points after the Black Summer Bushfires, with two additions: the fires were the work of arsonists and/or the Greens for curbing forestry activities, and "Australia is a land of extremes, it has always burned. What of it?"
Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they)@doctorvive.bsky.social · 3d agoThis (from the @wsj.com Editorial Board) distills every denialist trope there is: It implies climate change isn’t exacerbating extreme weather. It calls solutions “costly … nostrums.” It fosters doomerism. And it suggests we can just adapt to or “manage” climate impacts. How is this journalism?
Emigration FROM Israel is about 50% higher than it was before October 7. "Those leaving included disproportionately large numbers of doctors, Ph.D. holders, engineers, academics and high-income earners." www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Emigration from Israel remained at a record high in 2025, study finds
About 90,000 Israelis left the country for at least three months in 2025, compared with an annual average of roughly 60,000 before 2023. Researchers warn that rising emigration could eventually threat...
haaretz.com
No doubt this was said with all of the empathy and compassion that he could muster
'1/2 of all trees surveyed were dead, most with signs of dieback.' The loss of the snow gums will be as significant as loss of the Gt Barrier Reef. But we just got 2 more knockbacks from enviro funders - we can't get anyone interested in funding this issue. themountainjournal.com/2026/08/03/s...
Snow gum survey at Mt Stirling reveals disturbing loss of trees
During the month of August, Friends of the Earth is inviting people to join a series of surveys to help determine the health of snow gum forests. Snow gums are the iconic vegetation species of the …
themountainjournal.com
Damn... 300% higher yields for peppers 200% for tomatoes. 65% lower water use for jalapenos. #agsky #agrivoltaics ,🌱🌞🔌..
hoergen@hoergen.bsky.social · 4d ago*American farmers slid solar panels over 62,000 acres of farmland, and the biggest payoff had almost nothing to do with electricity* #Erneuerbare #Renewable #Solar #Photovoltaik energiesmedia.com/solar-panels…
There is zero reason for the Govt not to ban pervert glasses except for cases where they have been prescribed for medical reasons (ie assistance for those with vision impairment).
Le Samourai is on SBD On Demand and the thing that strikes me about it is he’s trying to be discreet and nobody’s asking why he’s dressed like Inspector Gadget.
“The classic example is the climate crisis: younger voters will disproportionately bear the costs of climate change compared with older voters, who will die in the next 20 years.” Bernard Keane’s case for giving younger voters greater say in our democracy. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The case for a blatantly discriminatory Australian voting system
Older Australians are overrepresented in every sphere of life, from politics to the economy and media … and they’re living longer. It’s time we stack the deck in favour of young people. Here’s how
theguardian.com
Tusk is, overall, a terrible album. The song is great, there's maybe one other good song, and the rest of it sounds like Lindsay Graham is fulfilling a contractual obligation.
Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 5d ago1979, you did good in a year of music: London Calling Damn the Torpedoes Fear of Music Armed Forces Off the Wall Rust Never Sleeps The Wall Tusk Look Sharp! Unknown Pleasures The B-52's Into the Music Breakfast in America Candy-O Highway to Hell Broken English
My Yr 9 students that play Globle when they think I'm not looking are better at geography than OpenAI.
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 6d agoThe State Department said it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.
AI company Anthropic secretly bought millions of rare and out-of-print books to train its Claude AI model. They used a hydraulic-powered cutting machine to remove the pages for scanning before destruction.
Never forget this graph. Australia did pretty well because we don’t mix up ideology and science. It’s the one thing both Morrison and all the State Premiers can be proud of. Even if it wasn’t perfect, it was good.
2,877 DEATHS LINKED TO HEATWAVES IN ENGLAND DURING THE PAST MONTHS OF MAY AND JUNE
I'm not qualified to judge whether such people are psychopaths. All I can say is that they behave as if they are. From today's Telegraph.
There's the answer to the 'Where can I find a woman like that' question. The answer's been Broadmeadows the whole time.
Luke Herring@lhjh.bsky.social · last wk.So my student tells me that her grandmother went to school with Rick Springfield and that she IS Jessie's girl, but her boyfriend was Gary, and that was the working title, but Jessie sounded better. I shall investigate further.
So my student tells me that her grandmother went to school with Rick Springfield and that she IS Jessie's girl, but her boyfriend was Gary, and that was the working title, but Jessie sounded better. I shall investigate further.
