Kevin
Kevin
@kca.wtf
Putting the oops in operations/devops nerdy person in au, procrastinates about doing go and kubernetes he/him
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Ho boy, do I have a story for you. The question of how ice breaks has been central to glaciology for well over a century.
Didn't know this was especially controversial. Unsupported vertical ice obviously has a structural limit, determined by the distribution of internal fractures, especially ~vertical ones. Vertically fractured ice becomes a column crushing problem. Details are what's not known, and consequences?
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Setting the "days since an Australian university admitted to wage theft" clock back to 0 news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2026/10...
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(waggling my eyebrows sexily at Washington State and California)
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854
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not the main point here but that is some gorgeous design
❄️☀️ China’s Qinling research station is showing that renewable energy can work in some seriously challenging conditions. The Antarctic base is already getting around half its power from renewables, with plans to eventually reach 100%. It could eventually replace hundreds of tonnes of diesel 🌱
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“While OpenAI admits to agents behaving ‘unpredictably’, they must also acknowledge their responsibility to monitor and prevent these risks,” Wikimedia said. “AI companies are not doing enough to secure their systems and protect the public from the harm they cause.” arstechnica.com/security/202...
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Precisely this—the power attributed to technology makes it incredibly useful for laundering responsibility
The AI industry wants you to say "the AI just did that thing on its own!" Like, United Health's AI that's denying a shitload of claims with a 90% error rate? They wanted you to think it's just the AI.
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House prices in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide have more than doubled in the past 6 years, and we should be worried about a 10% drop? FMD www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
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Some humans have a subconscious nasal cycle. This means they breathe primarily through only one nostril, which changes every 2hrs. if only one of your nostrils gets blocked at a time when you have a cold, this is why. if you focus, you can also feel which one is "active" at any given time.
Tell me a fun fact.
@ptua.org.au @danielbowen.au any idea how many 3 car services melton will be punished with during the day after the 9 car services roll out? Surely standing room only services in the middle of the day aren’t desired?
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Mr John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social is saying some very clear words today in “The Reckoning”. aliensideboob.substack.com/p/the-reckon...
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Democratic Socialism: Myth Vs. Fact https://theonion.com/democratic-socialism-myth-vs-fact/
@ptua.org.au any idea why Transport Victoria and vline continue to be trash tier when it comes to bus replacements? Multiple no shows, a timetable that was written assuming no traffic at all and zero attempts to put any traffic management in for the buses
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Kakapo had a record-breaking breeding season and hatched 105 eggs!!! Considering there are only like 235 kakapo, that is a big deal!!!! Also, look at this baby!!!!!! www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
*Thinks about one of her favourite birds, the poor dumb endangered chicken-sized parrots in New Zealand, and tears start welling up again*
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I like that they gave hydrogen fuel-cell cars their own colour in the legend
Sure there's no transition? Check out global new car and light truck sales by powertrain. ICE vehicles have lost 1/3 of unit sales in the past decade. Dramatic decline, and quite obviously not about to reverse. Source: iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/a096b...
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"In their seminal book Life After Cars, journalists Aaron Naparstek, Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear write that the noise, pollution, and epidemic of violent death brought to our streets by cars have become so ubiquitous that we no longer even notice them."
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Getting blocked for pointing out that Sundown towns were real, that the movie The Purge even used Sundown town sirens, and that the premise of the Purge is dystopian horror for white people, but echoes reality for Black people.🤷🏿♂️ I'm OK with the block.
Except... The Purge was not an absurd premise? It was real, and really happened. The real life version of the purge wasn't one night a year. It was every single night. Again, a lot of dystopian horror is just "What if someone treated us the way we treated Black people?"
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Australia's online safety regulator says social media use among under-16s fell to 81.5% in March 2026, compared to 85.9% before ban took effect in December 2025 (Angus Whitley/Bloomberg) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink