Some terrifically titled papers from a discovered collection of NASA research documents found in a skip

(with thanks to @JuliaRez for the original pic)

“I was deep in sleep, dreaming. I picked up the phone and this fellow said, ‘It’s #SteveBannon here.’ I said, ‘Hello, Steve, are you a member of our party?’ ‘No, I’m calling from the #UnitedStates.’ I said, ‘Well, we can’t talk to people in the States. We can’t take #donations from overseas.’ He said, ‘I don’t want to give a donation.’ He said, ‘I’m just ringing. I’m just ringing to say you’re running a great campaign against the #Chinese, keep it up.’ I said, ‘Thanks, Steve.’ …”

#ForeignInfluenceOperation / #RWE / #Palmer 🍌/ #Oligarchy / #Australia / #ClimateEmergency <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/feb/04/australian-politics-live-labor-liberal-anthony-albanese-sussan-ley-leadership-challenge-coalition-littleproud-chalmers-interest-rates-rise-rba-ntwfb?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69829f8a8f08cce7778ed335#block-69829f8a8f08cce7778ed335 > / <https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01615861.pdf>

“We will sharpen our edge and impact with audacity, tapping into – if you like – our historical #SOE instincts,” — #BlaiseMetreweli

@Kels_316 30m ago. 70km zone. Lights red. 3 lanes into 2 and 40km/hr 100m+. Guess what kind of danger chooses the left lane to drag?

“Log in to personalise”

@ewen damn 😶

@amyremeikis.bsky.social

1997

“Last night the (Australian) #ReserveBank said it had reviewed the costs and benefits of holding gold, and decided that "while there was a case to hold some gold as a contingency against unforeseen events", keeping a fifth of its international reserves in gold was "no longer justified". Commenting on the sale, the (Howard Liberal Govt.) Treasurer, Mr #PeterCostello, said: "Gold no longer plays a significant role in the international financial system.”

“The sales, worth more than $2 billion, were conducted stealthily over the past six months, during which time the gold price has fallen from around $US360 an ounce to less than $US335/oz.>

#LNP / #WealthManagement / #gold / #straya 🤪 <https://afr.com/politics/reserve-dumps-gold-19970704-k7kbx> / <https://archive.md/7CNSa>

“The search engine encountered an error, which might be related to your search query.”

“Price rises have accelerated as we enter 2026, and the #cost of some parts has more than doubled over the last quarter. As a result, we now need to make further increases to our own #pricing, affecting all #RaspberryPi 4 and 5, and Compute Module 4 and 5, products that have 2GB or more of #memory.” — #EbenUpton

#AI / #RAM / #shortages <https://raspberrypi.com/news/more-memory-driven-price-rises/>

“Bricklaying robot #HadrianX is one of the globe’s most advanced #ConstructionRobots and has the ability to lay up to 360 blocks an hour and as many as 300 #homes a year …brainchild of West #Australian #robotics company #FBR, …following factory acceptance testing late last year, the bricklaying bot is now on the cusp of a major commercial scale-up,”

#WA / #housing <https://domain.com.au/news/meet-hadrian-the-bricklaying-robot-that-can-build-a-house-in-a-day-1478063/>

“#Melbourne based #astronomers say the object was unlikely to a meteor, but #SpaceJunk. #MonashUniversity Associate Professor #MichaelBrown identified the object as #Starlink satellite 5103.”

Oligarch externalities raining down to earth 🌏 ☄️

#Elonovitch / #Melbourne / #skies <https://abc.net.au/news/2026-02-03/bright-light-seen-in-victorian-skies-not-meteor-but-space-debris/106298226>

♬ Psychopath, young man / dedicated to efficiency / 17, 28, 59 / looks like it's comin' down on me ♬

#TheAngels / #DocNeeson / #Rock / #OzMusic <https://youtube.com/watch?v=sI_qMtZeuVY >

@hacks4pancakes Vatican city passport? Hacker Priest.

"We're switching from this idea you're buying AI's #potential to we need to see #AI #profits," — Roger Montgomery, Investment Fundie

<https://abc.net.au/news/2026-02-03/panic-selling-hits-gold-as-analysts-warn-of-market-regime-change/106296154>

Melbourne review wrap - Nick Cave’s odyssey into the darkness is tempered by light https://www.smh.com.au/culture/live-reviews/flashback-to-marriage-equality-vote-evokes-tumult-of-a-devastating-time-20260128-p5nxok.html #music #NickCave #Melbourne

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If you need photos to illustrate your blog articles or use in digital art, use mine instead of tech-that-shall-not-be-named.
All of them CC-0 (creative commons zero), no need to credit me.

#photography #landscapephotography #jungle #nature #naturephotography

“When we wrote Tubthumping it was as an anthem for the underdog, for those fighting power,” the band said in a statement.”

“It sickens us that Spain’s far-right Vox party would use the song to promote their small-minded, hate-fuelled agenda. We have asked Facebook to take down the video from its platform and we demand that Vox never use our song – a song of hope and community – again”

“Let me be clear. The song Tubthumping was written to celebrate the resilience and tenacity of working-class folk who keep fighting when the chips are down,” he wrote. “It has nothing whatsoever in common with wealthy politicians with extremist anti-liberal agendas.”

#AliceNutter / #Chumbawamba / #music / #extremism / #RWE <https://theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/02/chumbawamba-spain-far-right-vox-song-tubthumping>

2/ afternoon shots on the way over Pine mountain with Dawson peak to the left next in line and Baldy, the destination for the night behind. Great views, the sun set when I got up Dawson.