Climate scientist, activist, data science educator.
Joined September 2011
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8 Jul 2021
We wrote a book! "Research Software Engineering with Python" is available for pre-order now! @routledgebooks drclimate.wordpress.com/2021…
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These AI electricity usage numbers for Tasmania are absolutely bonkers. #politas thepoint.com.au/opinions/260…
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Jun 12
The world has warmed by around 1.4C since 1850.
It took 148 years for the first half of that warming to occur, and just 27 years for the second half!
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The WA Government made a tourism ad for the Kimberley, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative! youtube.com/watch?v=Rh9IkUUg…
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Jun 5
I got Covid at age 38 and ended up with permanent heart damage, arrhythmia, & hypertension. In 2019, I was teaching hot yoga, sailing, & running 50 miles/week. I’m on Year 6 of permanent disability. The best thing you can do for your heart health is avoid Covid.
27 Feb 2022
“In the year after contracting COVID-19, patients are at an increased risk for developing 20 cardiac problems, a new study found…Study authors estimate COVID infections have led to 3 million cases of heart disease in the U.S.” cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-in…
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Today, Murray Watt informed the Tasmanian Government that he will gazette a bilateral agreement with Tasmania to allow ongoing logging destruction. This is not what the community wants. Australians want native forests protected. #politas
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I wear a mask...
..because I want covid to "really" be over!
Why do you mask?
ALT Alt Text: Person with dark hair wearing a black respirator in front of a blue background. Text: I wear a mask, because I want covid to "really" be over! Cleaner Air Collective Australia.
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Jun 2
#Tasmania and #Hobart just had their warmest May on record based on maximum temperatures, with Victoria and New South Wales also having an exceptionally warm month. 🌡️ weatherzone.com.au/news/warm…
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Jun 2
Imagine what a different place Tasmania would be if the likes of Boag's, Cascade, Blundstone, Huon Aquaculture, Tassal, etc were cooperatives and not corporations (in most cases now owned by larger multi-national corporations). #politas
when Lion bought Boags in 2007 the writing was probably on the wall. Back then the brewery employed over 150 people. Today it only employs 42 & production reduced significantly to service just the local market while most production occurs interstate #politas
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Jun 1
Can you believe this? Labor is handing over tens of millions of dollars from an emissions reduction fund to help a Tasmanian cement plant burn native forests.
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Jun 1
"It’s just as easy to claim this latest spike was because the budget didn’t go far enough for a polity crying out for radical change as it is to blame Labor’s mild changes to CGT, which will make little meaningful difference in the short term." - @rachelrwithers nails it.
Jun 1
It’s terribly convenient for the media to suggest that One Nation’s latest bump in the polls is due to tax changes that these same media outlets happens to despise, writes Rachel Withers.
crikey.com.au/2026/06/01/pau…
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May 29
RT @TaylorLorenz: This is what these social media ID verification/age verification laws are really about, and you’re an idiot if u think an…
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People Able To Ignore Airborne Pathogens Still Unable To Ignore Masks
ALT Someone disgusted by masks Headline People Able To Ignore Airborne Pathogens Still Unable To Ignore Masks Story by Marjorie Vestment and Sululu Forkwine Photo from Unsplash
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The day before he was due to appear at Senate Estimates for the first time ever following a successful Greens motion in the Senate. TIMING.
May 25
🚨NACC commissioner Paul Brereton has resigned, the anti-corruption commission has announced
nacc.gov.au/news-and-media/r…
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May 24
lord, give me the strength to endure another week where the media discuss the CGT changes with the intensity of a terrorist attack while a third of the country struggle to afford food
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May 20
Been limiting my showers to 1 minute to save more water for the data centers.
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CSIRO has been the custodian of Australia's climate modelling through decades of shrinking budgets. Sacking scientists would change that. @sarahinscience @hogg_andy @OurANU @MonashUni theconversation.com/if-csiro…
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May 20
Labor needs to respond immediately to the reports CSIRO will tomorrow sack a THIRD of the team working on Australia’s national climate model. Australia’s climate science capability is globally significant & locally irreplaceable. A shameful way to treat our scientists.
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May 20
Labor plans to bring the Land Forces weapons expo back to Melbourne in 2028 🤬
Jacinta Allan's government is showing complete contempt for Victorians who have made it very, very clear that we do not want this expo in our city!
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May 19
Tasmanian workers: We'd be more productive if we had better pay, conditions, job security, etc.
Tasmanian government: How about we force AI down your throat and give more and more public money to Microsoft instead? #politas
themercury.com.au/news/tasma…
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May 19
This is also piss weak from @CPSUTas. It's not clear *at all* that AI improves productivity - why is the union conceding that critical point? csiro.au/en/news/All/Article…
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