I did a deep dive into why #Helenewww.wfla.com/weather/clim...

The Sydney – Canberra train line is a national embarrassment. The line urgently needs more frequent services, faster services, duplication, and electrification. It really shouldn't be a 4-hour rail trip! #trains#urbanism#UrbanPlanning#Auspol#ACT#NSW#rail#railways

Railway between Canberra and Sydney has long been an issue, and it's among Labor's pre-election promises

The ACT and NSW governments announce they'll work together on improving the railway line between Canberra and Sydney, but this is not a new subject for either.

WA Labor government accused of shelving climate laws as emissions continue to rise

WA Labor government accused of shelving climate laws as emissions continue to rise

Bill to formalise state net zero target for 2050 left off list of legislative goals ahead of March election

In August the Russians poisoned the Seym river, just across the border from Ukraine. Toxic chemicals went downstream killing fish, molluscs, crayfish, plants. For 650kms, the Seym and Desna rivers are dead. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...

‘Everything is dead’: Ukraine rushes to stem ecocide after river poisoning

Russia is suspected of deliberately leaking chemical waste into a river, with deadly consequences for wildlife

JD Vance's reaction to a moderator not even fact checking but just adding context (that most Haitians in Springfield are legal migrants) is fascinating. Says a lot about the media and political landscape that a VP candidate would ark up on this stage when someone tries to insert facts into a debate

Frankston core

I don’t believe in the Great Man theory of history. But I do believe in the Utter Buffoon theory.

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Boris Johnson claims in his new book that he convinced Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to dump the French submarine deal, join AUKUS and buy nuclear subs to spite an uppity Emmanuel Macron - report from the Australian Financial Review.

AUKUS was part of plan to punish Macron, says Boris Johnson

Writing in his upcoming memoirs, the former UK prime minister accused the French president of being a “positive nuisance” during talks to leave the EU.

Really quite wild to compare sales of EVs in China vs the US (you'd probably guess the inverse if you went by swagger at COP events) robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/

Eye roll to infinity

He's cute... but cranky And now that he has conjunctivitis (again) there are ample opportunities for blood to gush as he emphatically reminds me 3 times a day that No! He really REALLY doesn't like having his eyes washed and salved