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Daniel Bowen
@danielbowen.bsky.social
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Blog: The claim that trains to Geelong were faster last century came up again. It’s still wrong.
danielbowen.com/2024...
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Ben Lever@simbera.bsky.social |
29 followers 41 following 72 posts
Transport and climate activist
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Daniel Bowen
@danielbowen.bsky.social
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Blog: The claim that trains to Geelong were faster last century came up again. It’s still wrong.
danielbowen.com/2024...
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Katherine Copsey
@katcopseygreens.bsky.social
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Melbourne Airport is a significant employment centre, and it absolutely makes sense to upgrade bus routes in the area as soon as possible - and even when the rail link eventually opens, they will provide a more direct link from some nearby suburbs. infrastructuremagazine.com.au/2024/07/02/m...
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Katie Mack
@astrokatie.com
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We got tricked by science fiction into thinking a futuristic city is all about flying cars and crystal towers and hologram billboards but what it really looks like is nice apartment blocks, good mass transit, pedestrian zones with shade trees and safe bike lanes.
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Orpheus Condescending
@maryscottoconnor.com
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. There once was a man from Hunt, who got limericks and haiku confused
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Ketan Joshi
@ketanjoshi.co
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I'm just going to keep saying this: the facts do not matter here. The more distant and improbable nuclear power is, the better Dutton's discourse steering technique works. If there are spats about pretend machines while actual coal plant extensions get justified as 'necessary evils' - he's won.
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Jon Connorton
@jonboyjon.bsky.social
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FT going for it today.
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Ben Lever
@simbera.bsky.social
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Fresh calls for reform of Ballarat's bus network.
"They need to understand if you're going to build more houses, more people are going to move in and you're going to need more transport, more frequently,"
www.thecourier.com.au/story/863770...
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Ben Lever
@simbera.bsky.social
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- cheap fares drive mode shift best when the current fares are overpriced. Qld fares are currently mostly okay, and this scheme won't apply to the actually-overpriced airport train fares. (/end thread)
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Ben Lever
@simbera.bsky.social
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- that patchiness matters partly because inner-city shifts may be from walking or cycling (not driving) while the outer suburban drivers (who'll keep driving) cause most of the congestion
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Ben Lever
@simbera.bsky.social
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- the evidence suggests actual mode shift (& associated savings) will be patchy. Where services are good, uptake will increase (to the point of causing crowding) but this won't make many people get on an hourly bus.
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Ben Lever
@simbera.bsky.social
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- there's an election in Oct that Labor looks set to lose. The timing makes it hard to see this as anything but vote-buying - it's very interesting (and positive) to see this framed pretty much equally as saving existing PT users money, saving drivers who shift to PT money, and reducing congestion
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Ben Lever
@simbera.bsky.social
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Queensland to slash public transport fares to 50 cents for six months from August.
statements.qld.gov.au/statements/1...
A thread with a few thoughts on this:
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Tim Baxter
@timinclimate.bsky.social
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Well this is pretty shit.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Katherine Copsey
@katcopseygreens.bsky.social
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With the Brunswick skyrail project delayed by three years, there’s a golden opportunity to renew Sydney Rd with accessible tram stops, safe cycling routes, and a better experience for people visiting shops and restaurants. It’s long overdue and would benefit the whole community.
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Royce Kurmelovs
@roycerk2.bsky.social
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For what it's worth, I've been listening to oil and gas executives repeat this same reasoning over the last 18 months, right down to comments about how "no one wants to see demand destruction" by ending gas connections to new homes.
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Tom Quinn
@tomquinn.bsky.social
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Here's some facts about gas use in Australia Madeline King probably won't talk about. First up, gas use for electricity generation has halved in the past decade. What's more, Q4 of 2023, was the lowest on record since the year 2000.
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Guardian Australia
@guardianaustralia.bsky.social
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Why have we been excluded? The students left out of Labor’s promised placement payments
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Ben Lever
@simbera.bsky.social
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The dollar amount isn't huge, but I'm so pleased to see the federal government investing in walking and cycling infrastructure! It's sorely needed to reduce emissions, and the feds should be prioritising this (and rail) over highways. thedriven.io/2024/05/07/o...
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Bree (half of Kit Rocha)
@mostlybree.kitrocha.com
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what a paragraph. what a fucking paragraph.
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Ben Lever
@simbera.bsky.social
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New blog post! Taking a look at some more Ballarat cycling projects, including the Yarrowee River Connections and the Macarthur Street upgrade that is currently open for feedback: the-iron-road.blogspot.com/2024/05/more...
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Dr. Corinne Tagliarina
@corinnetags.bsky.social
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The thing this has taught me is that the next time I go to a protest, I should bring a copy of my book because the police might hold it up on national TV. You can't buy that kind of advertisement for academic books.
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Guardian Australia
@guardianaustralia.bsky.social
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‘Serious safety risks’: bite victims urged to stop bringing snakes to Queensland hospitals
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Stilgherrian
@stilgherrian.com
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“ABC journalist Avani Dias told routine visa extension would be denied, days after India targeted her work on YouTube” www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04...
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Link is coconut-pilled. 🥥 🌴
@knilirabaj.bsky.social
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The thing to remember about conservatives and their reactionary centrist enablers is that they give zero fucks about intellectual honesty or consistency.
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Guardian Australia
@guardianaustralia.bsky.social
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‘Reclaiming the narrative’: Ballarat women call for end to violence as search for Samantha Murphy continues
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Tim Baxter
@timinclimate.bsky.social
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I've been fiddling with Australian government death data today. Here's the age-adjusted rate of deaths due to lung cancer (per 100,000 people) for eastern Melbourne and south and central Gippsland 2017–2021. What does Latrobe City Council have that none of its neighbours do?
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Ketan Joshi
@ketanjoshi.co
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Holy moly. Interactions from big progressive / climate orgs on Facebook......
www.fwiw.news/p/progressiv...
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Guardian Australia
@guardianaustralia.bsky.social
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Victorian Labor party members to stage revolt over public housing tower redevelopment
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Guardian Australia
@guardianaustralia.bsky.social
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‘Tone deaf’: Melbourne council criticised over plans to restore ‘heritage’ concrete roads
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Katherine Copsey
@katcopseygreens.bsky.social
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Buses have huge potential to connect people, reduce the cost-of-living pressure of transport costs, and cut congestion and emissions - but for that we need investment in a system of #BetterBuses that works for people, with direct routes and frequent timetables.
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Ian Boudreau
@iboudreau.bsky.social
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They're treating writing a novel as a form of drop shipping, that's the level of intellect we're dealing with
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Guardian Australia
@guardianaustralia.bsky.social
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More Australians are looking to ditch their cars. But the alternatives haven’t quite arrived
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Ben Lever
@simbera.bsky.social
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I recently listened to this @volts.wtf podcast on "reconductoring" - hanging new, better wires on existing transmission towers to boost capacity.
I'm wondering if this is applicable in Australia, and might reduce the fights we're having over new transmission? www.volts.wtf/p/one-easy-w...
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Katie Mack
@astrokatie.com
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Companies rushing headlong to turn every electronic device into a reply guy
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Ben Lever
@simbera.bsky.social
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I've just been tipped off about this role going at Friends of the Earth in Melbourne, and I'm told they're especially keen for Ballaratians to apply. FoE is a great org & this looks like a good foot in the door of climate activism. Closes soon so get in quick! www.ethicaljobs.com.au/members/frie...
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Katherine Copsey
@katcopseygreens.bsky.social
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Victoria’s live music scene is at risk from exorbitant increases in public liability insurance for venues.
Sign our petition asking the state government to underwrite live music venues’ insurance through the government’s public insurer: gabrielledevietri.org.au/issue/save-l... #SaveLiveMusic
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Ketan Joshi
@ketanjoshi.co
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Generating a shitload of real emissions to manufacture a fake article about emissions What a cool time we're in 😎😎😎🥂🥂🥂😃😂😅🤔🤨😐😑😔🤤😢😭😭😱😱😱😱🤬🤬
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Ketan Joshi
@ketanjoshi.co
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The only way to ensure that climate policy passes is to design it so that it doesn't reduce emissions
Listen, stop complaining. You want climate policy to pass, don't you? Then shut up and accept what you get.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Tim Dunlop
@timdunlop.bsky.social
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Welcome to Melbourne, Australia's largest city
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Christopher Bird
@mightygodking.com
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Reminder: Tesla's market cap means it is "worth more" than GM, Ford, Stellantis, Volkswagen, Daimler-Mercedes, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Subaru, Suzuki, Mazda, Nissan and Renault *combined*. In 2023 Tesla sold 1.8 million cars. Those others sold... about 56 million. The market is not rational.
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Micah
@rincewind.run
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one thing I always come back to with Biden is his 2012 VP debate with Paul Ryan he couldn’t have been more contemptuous of Ryan and was so animated in mocking him the whole debate if you want to counteract the age thing, let Biden make fun of people he hates it sustains him
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Ben Lever
@simbera.bsky.social
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In the peaks there's a Ballarat train every 20mins, AND a Melton train every 20mins. From 6.48 there's one train every 40mins to cover both crowds. The 7.28 is just 3 carriages, & standing room only from Sthn Cross. There's no reason they couldn't run more evening services!
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Ketan Joshi
@ketanjoshi.co
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This is a special report that a gov't agency puts out every year in Aus rattling a bell to encourage investment in new fossil fuel supply, instead of cutting down on demand.
There's no other way to describe this than basic fossil fuel denialism.
Full rant here: www.linkedin.com/posts/ketanj...
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Alejandra Caraballo
@esqueer.bsky.social
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Twitter is nuking every single post that mentions the name Hans Kristian Graebener, even in quotes. Everyone that posts it is getting hit. I've never seen sitewide censorship like this done specifically on behalf of a neo nazi.
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Nick Kodama
@nickkodama.bsky.social
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Checking google scholar for recent articles with the phrase "certainly, here is a":
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Katherine Copsey
@katcopseygreens.bsky.social
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The fumes in Southern Cross are another reason we need to phase out diesel trains. A good first step would be for Labor to hurry up and electrify the Melton and Wyndham Vale lines, bringing them onto the suburban Metro network. The West deserves clean, frequent Metro services.
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Guardian Australia
@guardianaustralia.bsky.social
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State Library Victoria staff accuse management of ‘censorship and discrimination’ over pro-Palestine authors controversy
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Ketan Joshi
@ketanjoshi.co
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Suffer in your jocks
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/m...
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Ben Lever
@simbera.bsky.social
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One of the most broken things about Bluesky is the way it handles replies. If someone replies to their own post to make a thread, something they clearly want followers to see, it only shows the initial post. Yet if they reply to someone else, which isn't intended for everyone, it does show it.
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Royce Kurmelovs
@roycerk2.bsky.social
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The Australian government has now defined "doxxing". On my read it seems to make investigative journalism illegal, FOI transparency unworkable and bans anyone from sharing anonymous death threats they receive online.
Care of @joshtaylor.bsky.social
Source: consultations.ag.gov.au/integrity/do...
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