Michael Brown
@mjibrown
Astronomer, Monash academic, Conversation writer, cycling commuter or mamil.
Now I get “removed by author” but I can still find the original post. BlueSky is buggy crap at times.
Hey students, use ChatGPT to help you with understanding* for an assignment by practicing*.
I saw this posted elsewhere and had to check it’s real. This is a real post by the Israeli government and shows how awful they’ve become.
Really enjoyed the Stereolab gig at the forum tonight and got to say hello to @airminded.org who I’ve not seen in many years.
FB marketplace does serve up gems. A very average bicycle frame with a very high powered motor.
Reminded that the Victorian Liberal Party is an election losing machine. Here they conflate 30 km/h limit on roads in busy urban shopping areas with the (real) issue of potholes, while looking like they’re a million miles from rural roads where potholes are worst. Also, no potholes in the video.
Quite a good comet image for 5 minutes in a light polluted suburban park.
“Council Watch Victoria” posted this AI slop about Yarra council (initially) moving ahead with the Wellington St bike lane without considering opposition. Odd part is in car utopia drivers are mad and in congestion while in bike utopia people seem far happier. Still a tough choice apparently.
FB marketplace offering up an old mountain bike with a 1500W motor, no chain and an advertised speed over 50 km/h. $750.
BoM app radar extrapolation is an embarrassment. Particularly evident today for Melbourne.
Marketplace delivers too. No pedals nor chain so not pretending to be legal on the road.
Given all the media and government panic about e bikes it’s interesting that businesses are still selling conversion kits for 1000 W or more.
Must be a slow news day if this is getting mistaken for a meteor. It’s a plane.
These looks aircraft contrails. Channel 9 should have contacted an astronomer.
FB marketplace with a story that leaves gaps for the reader to fill in.
Stealing cars and stripping them for parts is getting out of hand in Melbourne.
They have finally provided some numbers for what their service can provide and it’s underwhelming. 50 W/m2 for 20 mins once they have 5000+ mirror satellites. Even that’s overly optimistic as it requires at least 750 satellites to be about 800km from a given location over the whole 20 mins.