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Another take on the IPCC rebuttal of their own most scary climate scenario
https://dailysceptic.org/2026/05/05/ipcc-admits-apocalyptic-climate-scenarios-are-implausible-meaning-most-media-scare-stories-over-last-15-years-are-officially-junk/
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Weren’t those straits closed by conflict 40-45 years ago? Or was it 50?
somebody’s memories are too short.
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But
“California’s Climate Overreach”
“The Affordable Insurance and Recovery Act (SB 982) would impose liability on fossil fuel companies for ‘climate-attributable damages,’ expected to be assessed in billions of dollars. It would empower California’s attorney general to sue the state’s oil companies without even needing to prove fault, negligence, or specific causation by an individual company.”
More at
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/05/06/californias-climate-overreach/
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“It would empower California’s attorney general to sue the state’s oil companies without even needing to prove fault, negligence, or specific causation by an individual company.””
..and they all closed their operations in California and left… No oil, no petrol, no diesel, no grease..
“California Governor crawls on his knees to Trump, begging him to make oil companies come back, promises to support Republicans”
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The actual carbon combustion is not far behind the RCP8.5 prediction – so basically “business as usual”.
The trend in consumption will rocket up as the UN scam unravels energy abundance becomes the driving force. RCP8.5 may eventually be limited by the availability of carbon. But last year 11.5Gt of carbon was burnt by humans (more counting wild fires) and RCP8.5 levels off at 30Gt/yr. So if everyone was pulling their weight like China, the world could reach the 30Gt in 20 years.
I view the implausibility not one of carbon availability but unwinding this nonsense scam that CO2 alters Earth’s temperature.
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This story is still evolving but seems a bit of a climb down by the US after all sorts of threats to keep Hormuz open. There would be no regime change, Iran keeps a lot of its military power and now Knows it can control western economies by threatening to close the straits again. What on earth is happening?
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15794867/Trump-set-lift-US-sanctions-Iran-free-billions-stunning-proposed-peace-deal.html
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tonyb
Try yesterday # 7
“FWIW – more on “Strait politics”
The video at
https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2026/05/03/prepping-done-oil-nitrogen-fertilizer-shocks-coming/#comment-181553
Could almost have a headline
“Tehran we have a problem” ”
And the next one
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‘What on earth is happening?’
Doesn’t look too good, religious fanaticism has brought us to this, but we can rejoice knowing that climate change is no longer on the agenda.
Its possible that we are entering a Mad Max world on steroids.
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Stand-By for the sudden reappearance of the old favourite:
“NUCLEAR WINTER”.
In: 3, 2. 1…….
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“What on earth is happening?”
No-one knows! Trump is hopeless, saying one thing then contradicting it that afternoon. His Govt state the opposite, and some Iranian spokesman says they are all lies and its really a forth thing. Then Pakistan throws its hands up and says ‘We did our best and proceedings are proceeding”.
There was no plan on what to achieve, no plan on how to measure what Trump wanted, and no plan on how to get out when it all didn’t work. Killing the Iranian top military commanders and then firing his own top military commanders didn’t help… Does it look like a war being run by newly-promoted lieutenants? New ideas every day and new manoeuvres every week?
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Trump holds a losing hand, that’s what’s happening.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen so much mis/disinformation and the daily reality shows how much BS the WH is spewing.
Granted, Iran right now, has major oil storage issues, but this is an existential threat, a galvanising event, not a weakening one as the western media says.
Not anti-Trump, not pro-Iran, just saying it as it is. 🙄
Of course now there’s a crisis, our predictably useless pollies will squander $B of more taxpayer money to prop everything up for 2 months.
A 2 month fuel reserve, but no plastics, fertiliser or food.
I know- buy an EV to help!😆
Not a good look for Oz, serious pain incoming:
https://citizenwatchreport.com/australia-is-heading-for-a-catastrophic-stagflationary-collapse-melbourne-is-forecast-to-be-the-hardest-hit-major-market-in-2026/
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On the contrary. Trump has Iran in a box and the only way out is for them to come to an agreement.
Even then the future has been changed because the ME oil exporting countries will build pipelines to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. Then, the only country that will need the Strait is Iran.
The problem is that Iran cannot be trusted. Well they can be trusted to break their agreement and continue to pursue a nuclear weapons, despite anything they say. So the actual problem is to enforce their compliance to;
1. Surrender their 450kg of highly enriched uranium and
2. Not make any more highly enriched uranium.
I don’t know how that will be done but I expect that Trump has a plan.
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‘I expect that Trump has a plan..’
He operates by intuitive intellect and has never had a plan.
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Maybe,
How do you know?
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He’s on the mailing list. Trump asks him when he’s needs advice.
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I very much doubt tat Trump fired the first shot in this war.
My reckoning is that Israel saw an opportunity too good to let go and, after locking Trump in fired off one day early.
Thereby destroying Trump’s plan.
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Trump’s plan is that the opposition is fooled into thinking he doesn’t have a plan. Just like in the ring many years ago, some opponents would randomly switch from orthodox to southpaw stance, or circle the ring in the opposite direction. Kept me on my toes and learnt to expect the unexpected only after damage was inflicted. Their plan was to confuse. Ask Sun Tzu – or Kostya Tszyu
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None of which is true of course.
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EU warns of most severe energy crisis in history
https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/05/world-faces-what-could-be-most-severe-energy-crisis-in-history-brussels-warns/
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You must have noticed how, according to governments and their media accomplices, pretty much everything that happens (or might happen) is the worst thing EVAH!
If the human race survives for more thousands of years, future historians will wonder why it was, when the actual apocalypse came along, the human race simply shrugged it’s shoulders and said, “Yeah right. Whatever.”
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EU Central Government of the sovereign nations of Europe that are members
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Yesterday I drove from Sydneystan to Melbournistan and I stopped at Tarcutta (population 425), which is roughly half way, for fuel.
The entire town was experiencing a blackout so the sole petrol station couldn’t pump fuel and was closed. (It didn’t have its own generator.)
And the EV charging station at the same place wasn’t working either, and there was no diesel generator for the charging station.
Luckily my car has almost the range to make the entire distance but not quite so I filled up once I got into Sicktoria.
This is a glimpse of Australia’s future. Already portrayed in the Mad Max franchise.
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Without electric power, could you have paid for anything at the local cafe?
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And even if you could use cash, the clueless young wokester behind the counter would be unable to compute the change.
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And the $8 Bain-marie curried pies were cold too.😆
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Worse than that – wouldn’t have been able to calculate the value of the order if more than one item
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FWIW
From Nuclear for Australia
“Last night we made history.
The New South Wales Upper House has officially passed legislation 21-19 to lift the ban on nuclear energy and uranium mining – marking the first time in years that a bill to lift nuclear prohibitions has successfully passed a house of parliament in Australia.
This is a landmark moment, not just for NSW, but for the future of energy across the nation.”
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A month ago LNP QLD Government overturned the closing down schedules for state owned coal fired power stations indefinitely and have also proposed a new oil field venture.
Maybe the tide is turning against Labor Renewable Energy Target and transition away from fossil fuels?
And now Albanese Labor is proposing what Morrison Government was planning (media releases 2020) for new oil refineries, increased fuel storage facilities and so on.
Minister for Energy Bowen did not appear to be happy as he stood next to the Prime Minister who was making the announcement.
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Good news, especially from a clueless Labor Government, but isn’t that over-ruled by John Howard’s federal legislation that banned nuclear power?
Nuclear power is banned in Australia under Howard’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) and the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998 (ARPANS Act) explicitly prohibiting the construction and operation of nuclear power plants.
Under S. 109 of the Federal Constitution state laws are over-riden.
In any case, we are back to the original problem of doing anything useful in Australia. Too many restrictions at too many levels. It’s just not going to happen. Perhaps those that voted yes knew it was just virtue signaling to absolve guilt over the renewables disaster, knowing nuclear will never be implemented in Australia in less than 50 years or so (which is the amount of time it took to decide on a second Sydney Airport).
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John Howard, who served as Prime Minister from 1996 to 2007, had a complex relationship with nuclear energy:
Advocacy for Nuclear Power
Howard supported lifting the ban on nuclear energy, arguing it was crucial for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing energy security.
He initiated discussions about nuclear energy in 2007, but these efforts did not gain significant traction before his government was succeeded by the Labor Party.
Political Challenges
Howard’s attempts to promote nuclear energy faced opposition from various political factions, including state governments that maintained their own bans on nuclear facilities.
The political landscape surrounding nuclear energy in Australia remains contentious, with ongoing debates about its role in the future energy mix.
Current Status
As of now, nuclear power remains banned in Australia, with significant political and public debate continuing over its potential reintroduction into the energy sector.
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The ban on nuclear power stations was negotiated via the Senate and accepted as an amendment to the Howard Government legislation for a replacement nuclear reactor for the first built at Lucas Heights Sydney late 1950s.
Coal fired power stations were at that time the base load generators with hydro power stations and gas-diesel generators at various locations.
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The legislation banning nuclear power stations exempts the nuclear reactor used for producing radio isotopes and for research at ANSTO and more recently for the AUKUS Pillar 1.0 nuclear submarines to be built in Adelaide SA nuclear reactors were approved and contract signed, orders placed with Rolls-Royce UK by Albanese Labor early 2025.
With NSW Labor now approving of nuclear power stations, as of yesterday, and that without Federation of States governments approval power stations cannot be built, it appears that the cracks are appearing to break open the pathway to future nuclear reactors, Labor SA have indicated they would support nuclear power stations and recently LNP QLD Government overturned the closure schedules for state owned coal fired power stations.
Maybe transition to renewable energy is coming to an end, for all the good reasons we have been discussing for years, and Coalition since Abbott tried to overturn Labor RET 2014/15 and Morrison from 2019 actions and planning energy revival plans. Dutton nuclear addition plan.
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Last year Albanese Labor approved major reconditioning and upgrading of the ANSTO Opal nuclear reactor Lucas Heights Sydney.
They also signed in Singapore with 20 Indo Pacific Region neighbouring countries for nuclear power stations in any country that wants to build them, Indonesia later announced a plan for twenty, and even Fiji announced an SMR generator plant mounted on a barge for relocating as needed.
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“Clueless”?
You spelleed TREASONOUR all wrong.
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FWIW
Chiefio has a look at the BBC
“I tried to watch a BBC “news” report about the Hormuz Strait and the USNavy getting ships out through an open an cleared (of mines) channel. It was painful.
Are the BBC just a collection of Concern Trolls?
Really…
It sure came across that way to me. All “concerned about this” and “concerned about that” and listing a litany of potential hazards and hypothetical failures. More reporting about Iran attacking UAE than the nominal story of ships leaving. Not a single positive word to be said about anything or anyone.”
More at
https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2026/04/19/w-o-o-d-20-april-2026-oil-shock-contracting-global-economy/#comment-181551
And
“I’ve noticed that nobody in The Media globally seems to understand 2 things:
1) Telling the world your strategy, tactics, goals, and operational plans is a Very Bad Thing in a war. So lack of shouting about it does not mean it doesn’t exist.
2) Ripple. Be it Russia “rippling” attacks across a broad front looking for the weak spots, or Trump “rippling” negotiations at Iran. “On again off again” is a very good way to find the weak spots AND put your opponent off balance as they try to predict and can not.
It isn’t “lack of a plan” nor is it “losing” nor is it “confusion” or lack of coordination. It IS a way of disorienting your opponent for maximum advantage.
That the folks doing it don’t explain it to the dolts in the media is not a failure, it is an essential feature to maximize effectiveness.”
https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2026/04/19/w-o-o-d-20-april-2026-oil-shock-contracting-global-economy/#comment-181563
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I’ve been making that point for weeks. The media don’t care about the truth though, or even helping save Iranian and other Middle East citizens, only attacking and weakening Trump.
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Let’s face it:
The LSM is just another enemy of humanity and Civilization.
As the late Charlie Kirk said:
“Prove me wrong”.
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MSM has, for a very long time, been nothing more than a way of persuading the useful idiots to say/do useful idiot things.
Likewise, your recapitulation of someone else’s description of Russia or Trumps tactics is disingenuous.
Russia does not perform “ripple” attacks, the normal R&R process means that there is a cycle of high quality troops ( VDV, Marines, 1st Guards etc) making gains, versus lower quality troops holding the position when cycled in to rest the higher quality troops.
Similarly, Trump is looking for a way to TACO, that can be spun as a “Victory” for the US, whilst the “usual suspects” make bank in financial markets as his various pronouncements bounce markets around.
This is why Trump says NOTHING substantive on the weekends, when markets are closed, it’s NOT him looking for an Iranian “weak point”, it’s naked market manipulation dressed as International negotiations.
Most recent was the $920 million oil short, placed just 20 minutes before a Trump truth social pronouncement, that netted $125 million for those “lucky” investors.
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Regime change in Washington has been rumoured.
Saudi Arabia has just kicked out the US from its bases and flyovers are also forbidden.
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Can we get a reference to that please?
Looking around the US news scene doesn’t seem to mention it, not even a mention of the YSM discovering it.
DDG Search Assistant –
“Saudi Arabia has not kicked out the US; rather, it has recently allowed the US to use its King Fahd Air Base for operations against Iran, marking a significant shift in its military stance.
houseofsaud.com IBTimes UK”
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OID64eeOoXI
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Have I got this right: Trump is banned by tha House of Saud so his administration will be overthrown at home?
Can you send me a little of what you’re smoking?
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There is a rumour that Trump is sending Seal Team 6 to clear Sir Kier out of No. 10.
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Apparently falsely-accused of war crimes Aussie war hero Ben Roberts-Smith has to report to police three times per week as part of his bail conditions.
And yet Australia is allowing back ISIS terrorist breeders (so-called “brides”) who are technically Australian by virtue of their paperwork and will thus have the “privilege” of life-long welfare and housing for themselves and progeny, and there will be no scrutiny of them or the terrorists they bred or are yet to breed.
[Yes, I know there is a virtue-signaling claim by Government that some may be charged with offences but do you really think that will happen and risk offending a certain demographic extremely important for re-electing a Labor Government? It’s not going to happen.]
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I’d been wondering for years now, why is it that BRS is under constant attack? Is he simply another hate figure to the left? Is he just another high profile right wing figure, fixated on by lefty feminists? There are reasons to believe any of these.
However, I read a couple of days ago that Andrew Hastie hates BRS with a vengeance, and is the one behind the mob. Could this be true?
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Yes. Andrew Hastie hates BRS because BRS was an instructor and didn’t think Hastie, who was an officer, was an appropriate person to join the SAS.
This is potentially very damaging to the Liberal Party because most Liberal voters would support BRS over Hastie.
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Yes, I heard that little snippet of info as well. Which means I have no time for Hastie at present. Would seem he’s a political opportunist as well.
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I recall that Hastie reckons BRS made him do countless pushups to prove himself. Whatever. BRS was one heck of a warrior in Afghanistan. I have heard one comment that BRS was a hard SOB, but an absolute weapon on the battlefield. And that is what you want in those awful conditions. Anyone who thinks otherwise should read a recently published book by an Australian author and military historian, Dr. Tom Lewis, called “The truth of War”.
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Hastie should be thankful that it wasn’t Pete Hegseth
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‘ … most Liberal voters would support BRS over Hastie.’
That is debatable, what do One Nation supporters think?
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Ah yes …
‘One Nation defends campaign corflutes supporting Ben Roberts-Smith in Farrer by-election campaign.’
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As I read that, Hastie was posted into the SASR without having done the hard yards, SAS selection and training are TOUGH.
I have NFI whether SASR officers normally come through the ranks, starting as troopers, or not but now that I think about it – they probably come via Duntroon, it would cause friction. SAS troopers are the crème de la crème and getting there is bloody hard.
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Not sure this isn’t a psyops operation to divide the conservatives.
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No psyops needed. Read this forum.
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FWIW – for the covid files
The latest media blitz –
“Yesterday, the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNBC, and Reuters all broke the same story within a few hours of each other— with the same narrative. Someone made phone calls. The synchronized headline: the FDA “blocked publication” of studies finding covid and shingles vaccines were “safe.” Four outlets. Same language. Same day. Probably born as a press release. The New York Times claimed, “F.D.A. Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Were Safe.” ”
In there
“They can take their “follow the science” hysteria and shove it where the needles don’t probe.
Buried in every single one of these coordinated stories was one little sentence from HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon, who explained that the studies were withdrawn because “the authors drew broad conclusions that were not supported by the underlying data.” None of the stories grappled with the details of this explanation, except to reject it out of hand.
For me, any paper concluding the covid vaccines are ‘safe’ is immediately suspect. There’s just too much anecdotal data at this point, including thousands of published case studies on injuries. But these studies went much further, attributing magical, snake oil-like health powers to the jabs. One of the Biden-era FDA studies statistically compared a 21‑day post‑shot window to the next 20 days. That’s it. That was the whole basis to conclude the shots were totally safe.”
And more at
https://open.substack.com/pub/coffeeandcovid/p/fafo-time-wednesday-may-6-2026-c?
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After almost 40 years of run, chicken, RUN!, the snows of May in the southern hemisphere have arrived right on time, almost as if by clockwork, like it’s seasonal or sumpfink*.
https://www.mountainwatch.com/snow-cams (Australia)
From the sub-zero hills of Tasmania to Victoria and NSW’s ski fields, a fresh coating of sumpfink* has turned the landscape chilly white… while across the Indian Ocean, southern parts of Africa are also contending with cold temperatures and a landscape suddenly bereft of colour as sumpfink* coats everything above ground [see pics below].
https://snowreport.co.za/widespread-snow-south-africa-lesotho-6-may-2026/
It always snows in the southern Andes and, sure enough, over a metre (3ft) of sumpfink* has already fallen on the mountains in the past week with another metre on the way. Strangely, New Zealand has enjoyed 3 weeks of absolutely no climate change whatsoever thanks to a huge, stationary, blocking high which is, sadly, in its final days as The Australian Storm (TAS) drifts eastwards, resulting in bucket-loads of sumpfink* forecast to fall on high ground of both our main islands this weekend.
So is this how the new ice age begins or is it sumpfink else, what old people used to refer to as ‘winter’, safe in the knowledge that 6 months’ hence, something called ‘summer’ will roll around once more and the children just won’t remember what sumpfink* was.
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Yeah! I’m running my fan at low speed and using a light cotton spread at night.
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Show off 🤣
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Just taking the hiss: The heat gets boring. The only time I’ve seen real snow was in Andorra.
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Sump Fink: A very well adapted small woolly native Australian and New Zealand marsupial with a long thin proboscis it unfurls to sip oil high in calories found around oil sumps in cars or trucks, hence it is known as a ‘Sump Fink’ or merely ‘Sumpfink’.
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You have them too? Nasty little nosey creatures, especially with the price of oil at the moment. Is it legal to, y’know, run them over like possums and swamp hens and wayward wallabies?
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Cut off lows are associated with blocking highs.
https://www.bom.gov.au/resources/learn-and-explore/climate-knowledge-centre/climate-factors/blocking-highs
‘So is this how the new ice age begins …’
Maybe, further research is required but no grants are available.
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If I use the phrase ‘catastrophic tipping point’ I’m sure someone will throw silver coins or bit coins at me – possibly maybe with a dash of moderate confidence. Where’s my money!
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Been having trouble with a government website I use for work purposes. There’s a link button that will display pdf document – or supposed to. Used to work. But now with added security measures in the internet browser I’m using the function is dysfunctional. It will work on an older version of another browser but not Safari or Firefox (Mac). Seems like it’s a website problem, not at my end.
In trying to sort this out I’ve learned a new phrase. “Fragile JavaScript”. Apparently, not only can Javascript be fragile its also can be unpredictable – who knew? So, now if anything goes wrong in life I’m using “Fragile JavaScript” as the excuse!
Not enough caffeine? → Fragile JavaScript.
Traffic lights not changing? → Fragile JavaScript.
Partner not replying to your text? → Definitely Fragile JavaScript.
Talking of caffeine- time for a coffee. Hope that barista’s “Fragile JavaScript” is ok this morning.
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Yes, Firefox is the same these days, the strict cookie policy screws up some websites for it. Twitter never works onit, I keep Brave for any Twitter links on here.
Identification on the net these days is even worse, and the constant data-scraping by every site after all your details that have nothing to do with the transaction you are undertaking.
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This is a follow up on a question Geoff raised a day or so back with regard CSIRO/ACCESS.
There is a workshop coming up at end of August detailed here:
https://www.access-nri.org.au/access-community-workshop-on-land-and-coupled-modelling/#Where-when
I have sent an email to see if private citizens can attend.
I see two compelling issues confronting AR7:
1. The 30C sustainable limit, which is now widely recognised and ACCESS fails on.
2. The inevitable negative heating of all the oceans in the Southern Hemisphere.
I also see an opportunity to predict the solar constant.
My question – is there anyone else in Melbourne or elsewhere interested in attending this workshop?
My objective is to restore integrity to the climate modelling effort rather than pushing the UN hoax.
If private citizens are able to attend and submit, abstracts need to be in by 5 June – less than a month. But even if not able to submit, but to attend then it is worth seeing what is being done.
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Let us know if you are accepted. If so I will try to attend.
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Peter – I got a quick response:
I plan on attending but I need to do some background on the machine learning aspect to decide if I submit anything there. My main pint is that the language models have already surpassed ACCESS in its understanding. But it may not be rellevent.
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“We recognise the thousands of years of accumulated knowledge and deep connection they have with all the Earth systems we simulate.”
Sounds like you will have a true intellectual experience . Apparently someone can tell you that they have noticed that some days it’s hot and some days it isn’t.
Would there be any indigenous group on the planet that HADN’T noticed that the. seasons change?
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‘Abbott’s high-stakes lunch with One Nation defector.
‘The former prime minister was spotted having lunch with an “old mate” who just happens to have donated $1m to Pauline Hanson.’ (Oz)
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How those lying food commercials are made
https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/2051620583457034743
Never seen a burger that looks like the ads yet.😁
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Sometimes I suspect that both the ads and the burgers are tasteless.
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Are we there yet?
‘Staff at WiseTech have been waiting almost three months to be told if they are among the 2,000 people the logistics software company is to cut due to advances in AI, with workers criticising the wait as stressful and “ridiculous”.
‘The comments come as its founder on Tuesday told investors an AI agent could learn a human’s job in just 15 minutes, according to the Australian Financial Review.’ (Guardian)
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Maybe ‘learn to code’ wasn’t the best advice.
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…the same as “replace them with AI for better profits” won’t be.
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I saw a meme suggesting that they “Learn to coal mine”
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Kids say they can beat age checks by drawing on a fake mustache
The group surveyed over 1,000 UK children and their parents, and while it did report some positive effects from changes made under the OSA, many children saw age verification as an easy-to-bypass hurdle rather than something that kept them genuinely safe.
A full 46 percent of children even said that age checks were easy to bypass, while just 17 percent said that they were difficult to fool. The methods kids use to fool age gates vary, but most are pretty simple: There’s the classic use of a video game character to fool video selfie systems, while in other instances, children reported just entering a fake birthday or using someone else’s ID card when that was required.
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/04/kids-can-bypass-some-age-checks-with-a-drawn-on-mustache/5224601
Of course companies will do the absolute minimum for compliance.
Major moves globally are already happening to severely restrict or ban VPN’s, leaving the masses with a problem.
Of course there are (limited) alternatives but not for posting here.
Gotta stop the kiddies from learning about the real world too early. ie before the incessant blob narratives have indoctrinated them fully, by which point the truth won’t be believed by them anyway…
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My kid at the start of year 6 had the school ‘supposedly’ run an “election” for Year 6 Captain. Much excitement, with speeches, questions at home about Democracy and voting. Oddly, a quiet, boring and “dumb” (according to mine) kid was “elected” (lawyers daughter, parents good donors). My kid and her friends did a post-voting poll, and determined that the academic kid who also excelled at sport and drama, art and elocution, and was really nice, should have won but didn’t. Questions were asked at home, but what can one do against the Queen Bee teachers (and students). Scepticism learned at 12/13 years of age, doesn’t take long.
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That is excellent! There is nothing better than learning to be cynical of authority at an early age, rather than the acceptance of the settled science like most people!
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New,Government policy – real or joke?
Hard to tell these days…
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Isn’t Reputex the firm that modelled, according to PM Albanese in denial when confronted about the $275 electricity saving election promise not being fulfilled, and the PM passed the blame for the policy failure on that firm?
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A window tax!! They can’t be serious. Windows are low energy in the tropics.
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Where most people dont live
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But why should I be taxed for living in a climate friendly house? I have plenty of windows.
And regardless where you live they let in light and reduce mould if you keep them open.
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Does a window need to have glass “in it” to be considered a window?
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I guess goes with the “de-bitumening of roads” program?
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FWIW
Rick Will – this might be up your alley. Beyond my pay grade
“I think the video in this article on Universe Today is pretty cool. I want that guy’s astronomical video program! https://www.universetoday.com/articles/is-the-large-magellanic-cloud-a-first-time-visitor”
https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2026/04/19/w-o-o-d-20-april-2026-oil-shock-contracting-global-economy/#comment-181567
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Will Albanese call a shock election in the next couple of months as a result of the fall-out of the budget?? This afternoon was treated to 4 broadcasts over 20 minutes of a national/federal Laborious party ad about how they have given all this (read our) money away for rebates for electricity, HECs debt relief, minimum wage etc with each inflation causing (RBA source) item represented by a step up in a graph line stretching left to wrong sorry right across the screen.
Here in Brizvegas we have Stafford by-election on 16 May while the Farrer by-election is this Saturday so maybe a (forlorn) hope of influencing them but resources could be better and more directly applied ie not a whole of Brisbane channel 7 viewing area ad for one seat. Any other state contributors getting this national government labor ad?
Could it be the party’s federal election campaign has been launched already with Albo not caring if he wins (then claims mandate for the budget changes to capital gains etc) or loses (then he falls on his sword and gives a newbie the reins as he holidays on the back bench). The pigeons are more obviously coming home to roost so it is time for him to fly the coop into well provided for wedded bliss watching the seas below his cliff top (Copacabana) beachfront home not boil up and fog his windows. Yes our prime mincer has a vision for himself just not the country.
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He won’t have a shock election, One Nation might embarrass him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_next_Australian_federal_election
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Dr Peter McCulloch floats the idea of using N95 face masks and trying ivermectin and hydroxychoriquin for hanta virus.
If I were very sick I would try ivm on suspicion. Maybe not for a bullet wound. 😀
https://youtu.be/BUooIEWAUKE?t=2613
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Beware!
A lot of Chinese “stainless steel” cookware is 200 series stainless and can leach manganese, nickel or chromium into your food.
Make sure you buy 18/8 or 18/10 or better series stainless like 304 or 316.
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I’ve only read the headlines. Seems 80% is poisonous.
America doesn’t need to go to war, crematoriums are the biggest growth industry in China.
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A fairly sickening Their ABC woke interpretation of Australia’s energy crisis and how we must urgently “transition”.
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/global-roaming/-middle-east-war-renewable-energy-transition-/106579154
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