mastodon 4.5.18-eigenHealth services researcher and educator from Sydney, Australia. I post and boost things I think are important, surprising, or funny.
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I can't get over how many people think carbon offset schemes are anything other than the NFTs of carbon policy.
Even if they aren't flimflammery and outright lies (they are), they're claiming to offset the impact of extracting carbon from the slow carbon cycle by "capturing" it in the fast carbon cycle. So, taking carbon that's been in the slow carbon cycle for up to hundreds of millions of years and putting it in the fast carbon cycle for maybe 100 years.
Many staff would feel the same way.
Transactional not transformational: the rise of the mega university https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/education/transactional-not-transformational-the-rise-of-the-mega-university-20230616-p5dh3c
Watching TV with my 14 year old last night. Dannii Minogue was on. I said "you probably don't know her but she's Kylie's sister. In the early 80's she was probably more famous than Kylie."
*blank stare*
"She was on a show called Young Talent Time before Kylie was on Neighbours."
*blank stare*
*me, incredulous* "You know, Kylie Minogue?"
*blank stare*
TikTok and Snap will wash all of us away. It's probably for the best.
A great piece of writing.
Bad waitress https://dirt.fyi/article/2023/06/bad-waitress
NASA visualisation of sea level rise over time, as seen through a porthole https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5114
All these fuckwit admins saying:
"Don't preemptively strike meta w/ a fediblock, but stay vigilant with eyes wide open and a finger on the block button."
They should be reminded that in Facebook's extremely recent past it actively abetted genocide. Maybe you should be vigilant for that, fuckwads.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/14/facebook-profits-rohingya-lives-courts-myanmar
Fran Drescher speaking from the heart about the SAG-AFTRA strike https://youtu.be/J4SAPOX7R5M
In an increasingly unequal world unions are the only organisations talking about the human and material needs that matter to you, your friends and your family.
I'm angry we're still focused on consumerist discourse about EVs and domestic solar panels while these ecocidal criminals are allowed to destroy the planet, with the complicity of all levels of government.
"Australia’s biggest contribution to climate crisis closer to 50 year extension" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/13/australias-biggest-contribution-to-climate-change-50-year-extension-woodside-burrup-fossil-fuels-lng-wa
Interesting piece on why search has become so degraded. "The store is for people, but the storefront is for robots" https://www.theverge.com/23753963/google-seo-shopify-small-business-ai
A lot of green hydrogen schemes seem to have extreme crypto/NFT vibes.
Do not @ me.
Took a look at Threads out of nauseating curiosity. Endless posts by gronks I'd never follow. Excruciating know-it-all C-list celebs. A total absence of humour. Even the deranged posts seem to be oddly watered-down.
In short, it's awful but in distinct ways from the hellsite. Like Facebook itself, just because the sharp edges have been rounded off don't imagine it's not an insidious algorithmic vector for brainrot.
I think I'm finally cured of commercial social media.
Another beautiful day
(not pictured: freezing my arse off)
I'm sad John Clarke isn't around to see this.
Pistachio and cherry semifreddo 🤤
Hello fronds 🌱
Daily reminder that The Intercept got someone jailed for three years because they suck at the basics of their job
Resources about The Voice to Parliament in 45 languages - in case yoiu have freinds and family that you'd like to share info with.
‘Infestation’ of PwC consultants on public boards https://www.healthservicesdaily.com.au/infestation-of-pwc-consultants-on-public-boards/2290 #healthservices #PWC #publicadministration
Australia is a deeply stupid, made-up place, but in contrast to the U.K. it's positively sensible. I'd forgotten about the Millennium Dome era of New Labour idiocy.
From 1997: Surfball - the Millennium game that's (virtually) real https://www.independent.co.uk/news/surfball-the-millennium-game-that-s-virtually-real-1287847.html