Andrew Starr

@ajsta.bsky.social

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Melbournian with interests in Infosec, Climate, Finance, and a bit of sport..

Google trends for the wordle word, massive spike in Australia..
My energy use for June including solar, showing consumption is quadruple solar production.
Muting graham for a week on Bluesky
From executive summary The 2026 ISP reaffirms that renewable energy, connected by transmission and distribution, firmed with storage and backed up by gas, presents the least-cost way to supply secure and reliable electricity to consumers through to 2050, as coal plants retire and while meeting government policies.
Graph 1 from link
This leaves me to ask, can we ethically randomise patients to not receive a vaccine which we already know is highly effective at the thing it is actually supposed to do: protecting against shingles? I am aggressively pro-clinical trials, and even I find this idea questionable. The commentary completely avoids referencing the control group at any point.
The statistical method and assumptions used to produce these experimental estimates were peer reviewed by the ITEC Commissioner, the Department of Home Affairs and the Australian Tax Office
Fuel Energy Emission Factor MtCO₂-e Coal 75 TWh 0.341 MtCO₂/TWh¹ 25.6 Gas 190 TWh 0.202 MtCO₂/TWh² 38.4 Total 64.0 How it's calculated: 1 TWh = 3,600,000 GJ, so: Coal: 94.6 kg CO₂/GJ × 3.6M GJ/TWh = 0.341 Mt/TWh Gas: 56.1 kg CO₂/GJ × 3.6M GJ/TWh = 0.202 Mt/TWh One flag: if your TWh figures are electricity output (not fuel input), you'd need to divide by a heat rate/efficiency factor first (~35–40% for coal, ~45–55% for gas), which would roughly double the emission factors. Let me know which applies and I can adjust.
Scenario A: Primary Energy / Direct Fuel Combustion ​Use this if the TWh values represent the heat/thermal energy content of the raw fuels being burned. ​According to international benchmarks (IPCC/IEA averages), the typical direct combustion emission factors are: ​Coal: \approx 0.341\text{ }MtCO_2\text{-}e\text{ per TWh} ​Natural Gas: \approx 0.202\text{ }MtCO_2\text{-}e\text{ per TWh} ​The Calculations: Total Emissions (Scenario A): 63.96\text{ }MtCO_2\text{-}e Scenario B: Electricity Generation Output Use this if the TWh values represent the actual electricity produced by power plants and fed into a grid.
Using standard Australian NGA (National Greenhouse Accounts) emissions intensity factors for electricity generation: Fuel Generation Emissions factor MtCO₂-e Coal (black) 75 TWh 0.91 tCO₂-e/MWh 68.25 Gas (CCGT) 190 TWh 0.49 tCO₂-e/MWh 93.10 Total 161.35
Number 1 Bluesky trends is the Socceroos
Front page of the Good Weekend with the headline "Is Nestory Irankunda the Socceroo's next superstar?" along with a photo
Google scam call advice (false positive)
The Age headline "RBA rates Labor bad on homes"
And what about the top 10% of taxpayers that Brian is so upset for? We’ll be fine. After all, we’re the wealthiest people in the country. Living in one of the wealthiest countries in the world. At the richest time in human history.
James Hird in front of a "Whatever it takes" during the drug scandal..
Obscure Melbourne lord mayor, trying to hip and cool by imitating the Dan Andrews mem
Step B: involved you accurately entering a 'one-time password' (OTP) which TPG sent in an SMS message to the mobile number being ported. 10. You completed step (a) by entering the personal information you had obtained from the keylogger files or other Telegram users. You then circumvented step (b) using a particular software program, which allowed you to intercept and alter data sent to the TPG website, causing the website to respond as though you had entered the correct OTP, even though you had not. 11. The process described in step (b) involved an unauthorised modification of data.
Wired screenshot When you ask the search box questions like, “What is a black hole?” or “Are Google AI Overviews devastating the journalism industry,” it will respond with more contextual answers
Sydney station with warnings
Platform engineering requirements.
A screenshot of an interactive Capital Gains Tax (CGT) calculator from The Guardian's website. The tool compares a "new" inflation-adjusted tax discount scheme against an "old" flat 50% discount scheme. The input fields show an asset purchased for $1,000,000, held for 10 years, with an annual wage of $100,000. Sliders are set to 5.0% annual asset growth and 3.0% annual inflation. The "Results" section states that the user would owe $13,850 less in tax under the new inflation-adjusted scheme. #Auspol
Toaster with baked bean warmer
Exec summary of the draft 2026 ISP https://www.aemo.com.au/consultations/current-and-closed-consultations/draft-2026-isp-consultation Executive summary For much of the past 100 years the National Electricity Market (NEM) has relied primarily on coal-fired generation for electricity supply. Now, most of the NEM’s coal-fired plants are nearing retirement, and governments have set targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in line with global agreements. This complex transition is well underway. Nearly 40% of the coal fleet has retired and renewables are fast approaching the milestone of delivering half the NEM’s electricity. Households are investing in rooftop solar, batteries and electric vehicles, and industry is set to near double its use of electricity by 2050. AEMO’s Integrated System Plan (ISP) outlines an ‘optimal development path’ (ODP) for generation, storage and network investments to meet both consumer needs and government policies, at least cost, for at least the next 20 years. The ISP is a two-year effort, with its inputs and methodology informed by extensive consultation with consumers and advocates, industry, market bodies, governments, academics, environmental groups and consultants. It uses comprehensive, integrated models to find the optimal mix of NEM developments, tested for a range of future outcomes. The Draft 2026 ISP reaffirms that renewable energy, connected by transmission and distribution, firmed with storage and backed up by gas, presents the least-cost way to supply secure and reliable electricity to consumers through to 2050, as coal plants retire and while meeting government policies.
Heading Should we spend 3 per cent of gross domestic product on defence to keep Australia safe?
A screenshot shows a phone notification from Spotify. It reads "New album coming soon" with a smaller message that says "Claude Debussy started the countdown on Spotify. Pre-save now." Below this text is a drawing of the composer Claude Debussy, a bearded man in a suit, with the text "THIS IS DEBUSSY"
After allegedly breaching a system within the building’s security office, he supposedly took over in-building printers to print hundreds of images of a cat and the building’s elevator management dashboard.
PTV announcement: Buses replacing trains on Tuesday 8 April 2026
Finders St to Town Hall interface
Plate of food: Roast lamb with rosemary & lemon Cabbage & cucumber salad Potato salad with seeded mustard dressing Greek salad
American Bald Eagle ​One of the smallest Eagles in the world ​Only eats little fish ​Basically a glorified seagull ​Australian Wedge Tail Eagle ​One of the largest Eagles in the world ​Hunts large mammals including Kangaroos ​Can see infra red and ultraviolet ​Only eagle in the world that attacks Parachutes & Paragliders
Sinners movie, but from 1990 and it looks really bad..
So this is my theme tonight: how did we get to the point where it seems entirely natural for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to describe political journalists appearing on its air as “the insiders?” Don’t you think that’s a little strange? I do. Promoting journalists as insiders in front of the outsiders, the viewers, the electorate…. this is a clue to what’s broken about political coverage in the U.S. and Australia. Here’s how I would summarize it: Things are out of alignment. Journalists are identifying with the wrong people. Therefore the kind of work they are doing is not as useful as we need it to be. #auspol
A 9.15pm alarm to feed the starter..
Graph of solar generation/consumption for 2025 showing winter gen low/consumption high and vice versa for summer..
App screenshot
https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/independent-for-youth-allowance-through-part-time-work-or-earnings-for-rural-and-remote-students?context=43916
Wall of red books at a library, with the heading: "I can't remember the title but the cover was red.."
Lego tugboat from 1982..
Lego set 4005, a small ship
Guardian Headline: Malcolm Turnbull says some call Angus Taylor ‘the best-qualified idiot they’ve ever met’ #auspol
From https://www.getup.org.au/about Table of their donations and members for varying dates including $4.7m over the last year