An article linking to an article linking to an article. Here's the original page: https://www.brettoliver.org.uk/...

Oh don't blame Queensland too much. I know plenty of people here who will cringe from this.

Hmmmm:

From 1 March 2029, only e-bikes meeting the European standard will be road legal in NSW, with the three-year period reflecting the typical lifespan of an e-bike, providing those who purchased an e-bike legally- and those who sell them- time to adjust to the new rules. 

I dunno what these people are doing to get only 3 years out of a bike.

We have some serious competition for him down here.

"Australian Defence Force full-time personnel levels have had their biggest single-year increase in 15 years.

The government attributes the success to targeted career advertising on social media and in online games."

Headline is a bit misleading, should really have had "Advertising in" at the start.

Revising my original post 😉

The content of the graphic is quite interesting but suffers from a few flaws that are unfortunately common in papers.

Australia looks invisible because the colour choices were likely made to highlight the routes of the high profile species in the North Pacific and Atlantic. If you look at the individual species at the bottom we've got a bit more of a presence there, despite a lack of tracks in our region.

Also as you pointed out they very much laid it out in such a way as to emphasize certain geographies, despite the high importance of the southern ocean to many whale species. I need to go back and see where the tagging was done, as northern whales seem to be to be over represented in the tracks. It looks like most likely in close proximity to Monterey Bay in California, if I had to guess. Admittedly if the data had come from an Australian institution, it would likely be biased to data collected here.

I'd also be very interested in seeing this same data laid out with a split northern/southern hemisphere map, from the perspective of the poles.

Moved to Brisbane from San Francisco in 2004, have used used Grace with no issues. Sold most big stuff before the move and replaced it here and was mostly happy with that as it took so long for the container to arrive. We stored our stuff in California as the place we were in there was sold out from under us while we waited for our visas. It may have arrived earlier if it had been shipped directly.

Public school all the way, but have had some challenges with 1 or 2 schools, mostly not the school's fault but the kids at the school. Private school for three kids would have financed a few houses.

I miss Mexican/TexMex but at least the ingredients plus recipes on YouTube are much more accessible than 20 years ago. You may miss the version of "Chinese" food from the US as the interpretation here also tends to be a bit different.

Houses, not even going to go there. An untimely divorce has ensured I'll never own one, despite being well above median pay.

I cashed out my 401k when I moved, not sure how you handle it if these days or if your balance is higher. I didn't have to deal with US income tax post move as I'm originally Canadian, but a cousin with US citizenship had to settle a rather large bill with the IRS, followed by denouncing citizenship.

Be warned that Brisbane salaries have a bit of catching up still to do. If you can get an employer that pays the same for Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane you'll be 20-30% better off. Pay here is also often quoted including superannuation, so make sure HR isn't slipping one past you.

This does not spark joy.

Unfortunately there's presently no options available to responsible pet keepers who want to vaccinate.

Lol I'm still suffering from karma induced knee-jerk deletions from .

That Ground site is interesting. I wonder how I've managed to avoid running across it before.

Thanks for this summary. It was appreciated.

Also worth noting, as the instrument is on the ISS, it's ground coverage will be limited to +-53 degrees or so. Much of my birth province of Alberta in Canada will escape scrutiny from this, including the oil sands projects. Hopefully a successor to this ends up in a polar orbiting mission.

Data data data: https://earth.jpl.nasa.gov/...

The word "homeowner" was mentioned a few times early in the article and then never heard from again.

Some data for the unlucky amongst us would have been appreciated.

I suspect we're just as busy "destabilising" if that's how these things are viewed. https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/...

https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/...

https://www.defence.gov.au/...

Now that I've had a look, it's still very preliminary and a very limited dataset. It will be interesting to keep an eye on this for further data releases.

I went data hunting. The full PDF is here:

https://zenodo.org/record/6196131

Page 57 contains the southern map I was looking for. The full document contains much more information, and is less geographically limited.

Lots to read!

If you need confirmation of species, I suggest contacting some east coast resident experts: Dr Tobias Smith or Dr Tim Heard. I've crossed paths with them both a few times at ANBA events and they know their stuff. I can provide contact details for them if Google comes up short.