Graham Lea
@evolvable
Technologist working on Climate Action • Software, Product, Leadership • agile, startups, microservices, UX, & more • Getting quite political Dharawal country, Sydney, Australia Also:
NSW legislation defines e-bikes fairly precisely by speed and pedalling action, and practically 95%+ of e-bikes you’ll see in the wild are illegal because there is no legal unregistered motorised bicycle where you’re allowed to accelerate without pedalling past walking pace.
Whenever an American TechBro says anything about A.I. becoming “conscious”, just remember that this guy is their esteemed leader. "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
Every time Claude Code says “I have everything I need now”, I think of the end of ‘Her’ where the sentient A.I.s all leave to do their own thing. 😂👋
For the last few years, some of us have been using our pandemic masks as … pandemic masks. 😬
I wouldn’t say that “We’re winning” is accurate, but “It’s not working” isn’t accurate either. What we’re doing is working - but we’re not doing it everywhere. If we look at where we’ve intervened the most, emissions are consistently falling. Zooming out to the global scale, we’re not winning… yet.
Progressive? I guess when you’ve been used to a social media platform that literally forces Nazi and far right and Republican and christofascist and techbro and ubercapitalist and anti-science views into your face every day, anything that’s just normal people sharing stuff looks wildly progressive?
I've just added "Bidirectional EV Charging" to the Electricity Sector Field Guide. Wondering what it's all about? Check it out! grahamlea.github.io/Electricity-... #EnergySky
There are better and worse parties in Australia, but none of the majors are heading for the important goal.
We need a law that says DEADLY HEATWAVE stories must be accompanied by a photograph of the toll - e.g. a massive queue at an ER department - not people supposedly enjoying the sun at a park or the beach. (This one not even contemporaneous, but pulled from stock photos!)
TIL: Jaleel White has gotta be one of the biggest celebrity glow-ups ever. www.imdb.com/name/nm09249...
Artificial Intelligence. Easy on the 'Intelligence'. Extra 'Artificial'. "AI can make mistakes, so double-check responses!"
AFR wants you to believe One Nation are “mainstream”. PHON’s climate policy is conspiracy theory: they say the global science community is wrong. 60% of Aussies want more government action on climate change. Only 13% want less. So a cooker policy almost no one wants is “mainstream”? 🧐 #auspol
Watched "Jules" last night: drama/comedy featuring Ben Kingsley as a retiree in rural Pennsylvania who has a spaceship crush his azaleas. It was both quirkily funny and quite touching. Recommend.
So many Liberal fans have told me on social media this week “The government has a spending problem, not a revenue problem!” (A favourite line of Angus Taylor, and no doubt Murdoch media.) Well, here’s the Liberal Treasury spokesman offering support for spending measures but NOT revenue! 🤡 #auspol
It is so amazing that in its very short history of only… (checks notes…) 28 years, Pauline Hanson’s One Nation PHON party now controls a whopping… (checks notes…) one seat of the federal House of Reps, a new all-time record for them! This is why everyone is talking about their rapid rise. /s #Farrer