Tim Bell

@timb07.bsky.social

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DOB: 329ppm CO₂ (http://CO2.earth). Banner pic: #WarmingStripes for Melbourne, Australia by @edhawkins.bsky.social A.k.a. “timpoliti” on Xitter (and also “timb07” for Python/Django/tech stuff) Naarm (Melbourne), Australia

An adult in bedraggled clothes and three children keep warm by a campfire, with the adult saying “Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders.”

A red display box labeled “Piper Heidsieck / Champagne / Cuvée Brut”

A bridal party crossing the street on a foggy night

Finally, he answers the question, "What are the choices that we must make if we are to succeed, and not to fail?" by identifying two crucial choices distinguishing the past societies that failed from those that survived:[7]
• Long-term planning: "... the courage to practice long-term thinking, and to make bold, courageous, anticipatory decisions at a time when problems have become perceptible but before they have reached crisis proportions." [7] Diamond says it can be especially bad when the short-term interest of elite leaders conflicts with
the long-term interests of the society, and the elite are insulated from the direct consequences. [8]
• Willingness to reconsider core values: "
... the courage to
make painful decisions about values. Which of the values that formerly served a society well can continue to be maintained under new changed circumstances? Which of these treasured values must instead be jettisoned and replaced with different approaches?"[7]

Screenshot of two posts from Popehat, the second of which discusses threats Trump apparently made to the Iranian negotiators

Screenshot: FINANCIAL TIMES
There is no alternative framework waiting in the wings. No rival coalition is quietly preparing a more viable proposal. The 20-point plan is not the one many of us would have drafted, but it remains the only framework backed by sufficient leverage, political engagement and potential resources to move the parties towards implementation. It has…

Google AI responding to the prompt “the parable of the horse” with a few words followed by the digits 0123456789 repeating endlessly and meaninglessly.

Scott Morrison lovingly fondles a lump of coal while sitting in Australia’s House of Representatives chamber.

A multi-panel cartoon that describes and explains Karl Popper’s “Paradox of Tolerance”

Screenshot of fake account impersonating Andrew Weissmann

Fake wallaby with fake joey amid trees and grass and other non-fake stuff

A map of Western Europe titled “People’s reaction when you try speaking their language”. While Spain has the color for “OMG you just said one word in my language we’re now officially BFFs”, the color for France is “Please don’t do that.”

FlightRadar24 screenshot showing a Singapore Airlines flight as one of many over Iraq, with relatively few planes over Iran.

Screenshot of news headlines, with one tagged “Elong Musk”

Screenshot of two adjacent BlueSky posts:

From Mueller, She Wrote:
Today I learned that regardless of whether you were in the military, or worked for the government, or cover politics, there's a finite number of acronyms you can process in a day.

From Asha Rangappa:
PSA: The ABA does not have the power to disbar attorneys. That falls to state bar committees

Screenshot highlighting 150.2K posts on another social media platform

A bare tree stands in snow in front of a building at the Buchenwald concentration camp; the photo is in black and white

Close up of image showing a random freehand line drawn on a photo

A passenger standing up in a plane says, “These smug pilots have lost touch with regular passengers like us. Who thinks I should fly the plane?” Other passengers raise their hands.

A search for “bluesky down” on BlueSky, showing as part of the result “Error: Error: Internal Server Error”

"What the public now deserves to see is the evidence and grand jury material assembled by Special Counsel Smith, including the grand jury testimony of Vice President Pence and members of Donald Trump's former White House and campaign staff. The Justice Department should ensure that all that material is preserved and cannot be destroyed. As much of that information as possible should be disclosed in the Special Counsel's upcoming report.
Ultimately, Congress should require that all that material be publicly released so all Americans can see Donald Trump for who he genuinely is and fully understand his role in this terrible period in our nation's history."

“Welcome to PyCon AU” displayed on a large screen with the conference chair standing behind a lectern*

A series of scenes of a climate scientist behind a podium labelled “IPCC” saying various warning messages about climate change, with the scenes dated 1990, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2013, and the final one, in which he taps the microphone and asks “is this thing on?” dated 2019.

With a McDonalds store in the background, a brass plaque has this inscription: “It was at this spot in the evening of the 20th September 1997 that Scott Morrison defecated in his pants after the Cronulla Sharks lost the Super League Grand Final to the Brisbane Broncos 28–8.”

World map, showing that most countries “have not declared war on birds”, while two countries, China and Australia, “have declared war on birds, and have lost.”

World map with the caption “Map of all countries where the prime minister shat themselves in a mcdonalds”, with Australia the only country highlighted in red