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Universities are in trouble. But is Nous Group the answer? The business model of the consultant is sharp and sophisticated. They bought the sector 'benchmarking' data and use it to sell services. Griffith Uni even hired 4 exec staff from them. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati...

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Comprehensive summary of terrifying energy impacts of AI, and how regular folks pay for it: "A 2024 report from the Virginia legislature estimated that average residential ratepayers... could pay an additional $37.50 every month in data center energy costs." www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...

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World’s largest 1 MW/100 MWh sand battery commissioned in Finland www.pv-magazine.com/2025/06/11/w...

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May I just suggest something? We will probably need to triple our electricity generation in the next 10 years, not because of electric vehicles like fossil fuel supporters have stated endlessly for the last 10 years. No, it’s because of data centres, to run “artificial intelligence” systems.

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My dad's been a petrol head all his life but he's ditched ICE for electric and he freaking LOVES it! He said today that he's never going back. I know that feeling. 😁

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Magical sunset in #Brisbane 🌅

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🔍 Want to see what USB devices were plugged into a system? Check the Registry key: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USBSTOR Each subkey represents a device, storing its serial number, make, and model. #LearningDFIR #DFIR

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A new report from the World Resources Institute draws from 100 academic studies on biofuel impacts & concludes that US ethanol policy has been largely a failure and ought to be reconsidered. Much research suggests that ethanol may produce more GHGs than the fossil fuels it was intended to replace.

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Jesus fuck this map alone is enough. Then consider the Great Barrier Reef bleaching on the east coast the Gnoorea Beach fish kill and the toxic algae bloom in At Vincents Bay off Adelaide. And so far I've only seen the extent of this marine disaster reported by one team of journalists.

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Universities hold patents on 50% of FDA approved drugs, and research done at universities contributed to 90% of current medications. Think about what we stand to lose if federal funding is cut by 50% 🧪 www.statnews.com/2025/06/06/u...

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Each time the sky looks like this remember that harm, for which you & everyone you know (especially your children) will one day suffer from, has been knowingly inflicted upon you & you are owed no small amount of money by some of the richest people on the planet. #SueBigOil #yyc #yeg #aboli #cdnpoli

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Electric planes in NYC! BETA Technologies flew their ALIA CTOL into JFK with actual passengers. 50ft wingspan, 287-mile range, carries 5 plus pilot, and sips electrons for just $18/hr. Is this the future, or just a fancy way to scare pigeons quietly?

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bsky.app/profile/bigc.... Raging Forest fires, evacuees escaping and extremely poor air quality alerts. ⚠️ Climate change is real. Deniers are dangerous. It is a global concern

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Casey did an interview for us, and will be contributing more in the future…

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As an indication of the upside-down we are now living in, a Ukrainian friend who lives in Kyiv under the daily threat of aerial bombardment reached out to me today: “Are you doing OK? I’ve been following the news about American universities and it sounds bad.” 🙃

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Excellent work by @ketanjoshi.co in his first #OffTheCharts for us pointing out that the Safeguard Mechanism just safeguards gas companies from having to worry about reducing emissions australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-saf...

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“The fact is, universities were forced to attract full-fee-paying foreign students because those institutions had been seriously underfunded for many years by successive governments of both persuasions.” https://trib.al/i50sV4w

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Scientists say 4 billion people, about half the world's population, experienced at least one extra month of extreme heat because of human-caused climate change from May 2024 to May 2025.

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Rediscover Classic RTS with #OpenRA on #Linux hamradio.my/2025/06/redi...

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Bring it on!

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Any nation building itself upon lies is destined to collapse under the weakness of its own disorder. Eventually, be it the laws of physics, or economics or the just the pub test; one or more of these will require their due.

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The #Brisbane #Metro in #Australia reached one million passengers three months after the M2 line launched. The all-electric lighTram® 25 TOSA vehicles offer increased capacity, with plans for further expansion, providing 30 million additional seats annually. www.hess-ag.ch/company/news...

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What to do on a rainy day in Brisbane? Take a 50c ride on a fancy Swiss made #ElectricVehicle (Brisbane Metro) & watch it take a cheeky ~4min charge. #AlwaysBeCharging #PublicTransport

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AI doesn’t help you work less or get paid more, but does destroy the environment and climate.

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A Harvard scientist built a database of 2,100 NIH grant terminations. Then his own funding was cut Q&A with Scott Delaney: Lost grants represent ‘a life’s worth of work’ www.statnews.com/2025/05/27/n...

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Inevitable, but still a shock to see. The maddest collection of ghosts will haunt the inevitable apartments that sprout up there. tvtonight.com.au/2025/05/gall...

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A new variant of COVID-19 is circulating in parts of the world and may be driving an increase in cases in the eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and western Pacific regions.

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In the rural suburbs of Hiroshima, a Japanese startup is trying to kick start the nation’s electric vehicle market with the smallest, cheapest car it can possibly make

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BYD to go fully factory backed in Australia from mid 2025. www.drive.com.au/news/byd-goe...

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Nissan Ariya is finally coming to Australia — not out of love, but to balance the carbon karma of selling too many V8 Patrols for the I'm compensating while tackling car park speed humps crowd Every Ariya sold offsets $11,600 in emissions fines. launched just in time to avoid fines. #ev

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I think we can put to rest the notion that offshore wind turbines spoil views and economies. The fact is that they can make coastal sites far more interesting and boost tourism as people travel to experience them, sometimes even up close. Boat tours to see the turbines are "surprisingly popular."

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NSW is adding 246 EV fast chargers in 38 suburbs. Fast. Renewable-powered. AND..... with Pull-through bays for those that know you can actually use an EV to tow things esdnews.com.au/government-t...

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-SVG use for phishing explodes in 2025 -Major CISA leadership exodus underway -US to audit NIST over NVD backlog -Careto APT linked to Spain's government -Silk Typhoon hacked Commvault -Vietnam blocks Telegram Podcast: risky.biz/RBNEWS429/ Newsletter: news.risky.biz/risky-bullet...

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CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%. Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

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I’m having way too much fun writing about Bluetooth.

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Whenever someone describes ttrpg rules as “but it’s more realistic!”

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The Nissan Micra is back and it's fully electric..!!! Aannnnd. It's not coming to Oz. Boooo.... www.drive.com.au/news/2026-ni...

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It's been widely known in the space community that military officials have been unhappy with the pace of the rocket's development, though they've kept their displeasure private up to this point.

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current year: 2025. software from the 80s still used in production.

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"Sorry, my Mum said no"

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Sorry, I can’t right now. I’m studying at Harvard. Here is a link to their free online classes, 135 classes currently available: pll.harvard.edu/catalog/free

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