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Devorppa

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Husband, father, #cyclist, #swimmer, amateur #cosmologist, #podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country.

I voted YES in the Referendum.


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Husband, father, # cyclist , # swimmer , amateur # cosmologist , # podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country. I voted YES in the Referendum. 
#fedi23
Profile pic: WWI Flying Ace Snoopy
Header pic: Two colliding galaxies in mid-collision

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Husband, father, # cyclist , # swimmer , amateur # cosmologist , # podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country. I voted YES in the Referendum. 
#fedi23
Profile pic: WWI Flying Ace Snoopy
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@Devorppa@aus.social · Feb 21, 2026

Please … *PLEASE* … don’t let Australia still be stuck with the monarchy *after* the UK has decided to take the sensible step to throw them out …

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Husband, father, # cyclist , # swimmer , amateur # cosmologist , # podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country. I voted YES in the Referendum. 
#fedi23
Profile pic: WWI Flying Ace Snoopy
Header pic: Two colliding galaxies in mid-collision

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Husband, father, # cyclist , # swimmer , amateur # cosmologist , # podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country. I voted YES in the Referendum. 
#fedi23
Profile pic: WWI Flying Ace Snoopy
Header pic: Two colliding galaxies in mid-collision

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@Devorppa@aus.social · Feb 15, 2026
Yes, you may be killed by falling human made space junk, but the odds remain small(ish) that will occur. The (almost inevitable) #KesslerSyndrome may also prevent future #space flights if all those #satellites in Low Earth Orbit start colliding, creating countless debris. However, we *ALL* have to worry about the ‘chemical problem’ being created by SpaceX et al in the upper atmosphere. I have been banging on about this for a while and the attached article summarises the science in an easy to understand way - I have pasted the bit about the ‘chemical problem’ below because we *ALL* need to understand what the billionaires are doing to the planet while we are watching. ————— Quote: Debris on the ground attracts immediate attention, but atmospheric scientists are tracking a slower process with potentially larger consequences. When satellites vaporize in the mesosphere, 50 to 80 kilometers above Earth, they release clouds of vaporized metals that condense into aerosol particles. Those particles descend into the stratosphere, where Earth’s protective ozone layer resides. Aluminum is the element of greatest concern. Upon reentry, aluminum oxidizes into aluminum oxide nanoparticles. A single 250 kilogram satellite generates roughly 30 kilograms of these particles. Unlike chlorofluorocarbons, which directly destroy ozone, aluminum oxide acts as a catalyst. One particle can facilitate chemical reactions that destroy thousands of ozone molecules over decades without being consumed. Researchers from the University of Southern California’s Department of Astronautical Engineering documented an eightfold increase in atmospheric aluminum oxides between 2016 and 2022, directly correlating with the proliferation of satellite constellations, a finding reported in detail by CNET. In 2022 alone, reentering satellites released an estimated 41.7 metric tons of aluminum, approximately 30 percent more than the natural input from micrometeoroids. Projections based on current deployment schedules suggest annual aluminum oxide emissions could reach 360 metric tons, a 646 percent increase over natural background levels, according to research highlighted by Popular Mechanics. Because these particles take 20 to 30 years to descend into the ozone layer, the atmospheric chemistry of today’s satellite fleet will not manifest as measurable ozone loss until the 2040s. By then, the upper atmosphere could already be saturated with catalysts. NASA high altitude sampling flights over Alaska in 2023 detected the signature of this process. At approximately 60,000 feet, instruments found that 10 percent of stratospheric sulfuric acid particles larger than 120 nanometers contained aluminum and other metals traceable to spacecraft reentries, according to data presented at the American Astronomical Society meeting that year. The atmosphere now bears a permanent chemical marker of human activity in space. ————— #space #science #TheBillionairesAreKillingUsAll https://indiandefencereview.com/starlink-satellites-falling-nonstop-to-earth-risk/
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Husband, father, # cyclist , # swimmer , amateur # cosmologist , # podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country. I voted YES in the Referendum. 
#fedi23
Profile pic: WWI Flying Ace Snoopy
Header pic: Two colliding galaxies in mid-collision

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Husband, father, # cyclist , # swimmer , amateur # cosmologist , # podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country. I voted YES in the Referendum. 
#fedi23
Profile pic: WWI Flying Ace Snoopy
Header pic: Two colliding galaxies in mid-collision

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@Devorppa@aus.social · Feb 15, 2026

Today’s article from @amyremeikis.bsky.social is both a good wrap up of where #AusPol currently stands areas full of so many quotes that I may as well have just copied the whole article (although it was hard, I limited myself to just one paragraph).

I did like her comparison to what #Whitlam achieved in three years compared to what #Albanese has achieved ( … has Albanese done *Anything* other than leave a smudge on the carpet? … dunno, I don’t think so).
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It doesn’t matter. The focus should be on the government, not the sideshow in the rearview mirror. Albanese is cementing a legacy of cautious, centrist incrementalism at a time when he could be making reforms that would make a material difference in people’s lives, addressing the inequality and stacked deck that has plagued Australians for the past 30 years.
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https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2026/02/14/liberal-leader-anthony-albanese-election

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A lot of stuff happened today. - The leaders of our ally, the United States Of America, argued that an armed enforcer “did the country a service” by shooting in the face a mother who had dropped their
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Husband, father, # cyclist , # swimmer , amateur # cosmologist , # podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country. I voted YES in the Referendum. 
#fedi23
Profile pic: WWI Flying Ace Snoopy
Header pic: Two colliding galaxies in mid-collision

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Husband, father, # cyclist , # swimmer , amateur # cosmologist , # podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country. I voted YES in the Referendum. 
#fedi23
Profile pic: WWI Flying Ace Snoopy
Header pic: Two colliding galaxies in mid-collision

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@Devorppa@aus.social · Jan 09, 2026
@troberts@theblower.au I suspect the #LNP vote has (permanently) fragmented. The loony right (ie, boomer supporters) have moved to One Nation and it is the sliver of the electorate that the elected clowns(Hastie and Sideshow Bob) think they should be chasing. There is also a subset of 25-45 year old men who traditionally vote LNP and who have drunk too much of the X cool aid (and think Elon Musk is a good idea*) who think One Nation is a good idea. * Elon Musk is a grifter who has never been the primary source of any good idea in his life time.
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I turned off the air con and opened the windows when the outside temp reached 28 degrees C. It’s not particularly comfortable right now, but the temp should get down to 18 overnight.
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@Devorppa@aus.social

Husband, father, # cyclist , # swimmer , amateur # cosmologist , # podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country. I voted YES in the Referendum. 
#fedi23
Profile pic: WWI Flying Ace Snoopy
Header pic: Two colliding galaxies in mid-collision

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@Devorppa@aus.social

Husband, father, # cyclist , # swimmer , amateur # cosmologist , # podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country. I voted YES in the Referendum. 
#fedi23
Profile pic: WWI Flying Ace Snoopy
Header pic: Two colliding galaxies in mid-collision

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@Devorppa@aus.social · Jan 07, 2026
@troberts@theblower.au I measure heat waves by the minimum temperature - if it doesn’t go below (say) 18 Celsius overnight for a few days then that is a heat wave by my reconning. Yes, the day time will be a lot hotter, but if it doesn’t cool down overnight then there is no recovery/reprieve from the heat and that is when it really gets you.
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I understand England already lost the Ashes series, but I just turned on the TV and Australia is getting smashed right now. #Ashes
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@Devorppa@aus.social

Husband, father, # cyclist , # swimmer , amateur # cosmologist , # podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country. I voted YES in the Referendum. 
#fedi23
Profile pic: WWI Flying Ace Snoopy
Header pic: Two colliding galaxies in mid-collision

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@Devorppa@aus.social

Husband, father, # cyclist , # swimmer , amateur # cosmologist , # podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country. I voted YES in the Referendum. 
#fedi23
Profile pic: WWI Flying Ace Snoopy
Header pic: Two colliding galaxies in mid-collision

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@Devorppa@aus.social · Dec 26, 2025
@troberts@theblower.au I have a theory about these sorts of days - the team batting first might look bad, but let’s see how the team batting second goes before making a final assessment … cf the Perth test. My ‘feeling’ is that we might be batting as well as can be expected on this pitch, but I suspect England is going to bat worse (and that is taking into account the pitch settling a bit). Time will tell … it always does.
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The #Canberra overnight min is 5 degrees. :sickos:
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@Devorppa@aus.social

Husband, father, # cyclist , # swimmer , amateur # cosmologist , # podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country. I voted YES in the Referendum. 
#fedi23
Profile pic: WWI Flying Ace Snoopy
Header pic: Two colliding galaxies in mid-collision

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@Devorppa@aus.social

Husband, father, # cyclist , # swimmer , amateur # cosmologist , # podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country. I voted YES in the Referendum. 
#fedi23
Profile pic: WWI Flying Ace Snoopy
Header pic: Two colliding galaxies in mid-collision

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@Devorppa@aus.social · Dec 25, 2025
@troberts@theblower.au … but, like it is summer and … cricket and … people messing around in boats on the east coast … and … like … it is supposed to be unpleasantly and unsleepably hot!
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@fletch@mapstodon.space @david@theblower.au Radelaide!
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Husband, father, # cyclist , # swimmer , amateur # cosmologist , # podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country. I voted YES in the Referendum. 
#fedi23
Profile pic: WWI Flying Ace Snoopy
Header pic: Two colliding galaxies in mid-collision

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Husband, father, # cyclist , # swimmer , amateur # cosmologist , # podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country. I voted YES in the Referendum. 
#fedi23
Profile pic: WWI Flying Ace Snoopy
Header pic: Two colliding galaxies in mid-collision

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@Devorppa@aus.social · Dec 17, 2025
@troberts@theblower.au @fletch@mapstodon.space @david@theblower.au I tend to say Adelaide in the same way that Madonna sings ‘Celebrate’ … but not when I am speaking to someone from 🎵 Adelaide 🎵. They don’t seem to like it. It is Gareth Reynolds fault (from the podcast The Dollop*) as he started it. * The Dollop is an American (sometimes Australian) History podcast in which comedian Dave Anthony reads a story to his friend/nemesis comedian Gareth Reynolds. Five stars, would listen to any episode again.
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@juliew2010@aus.social @Devorppa@aus.social The solstice is the 22nd so I assume that’s still the day with the largest span between rise and set.
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Husband, father, # cyclist , # swimmer , amateur # cosmologist , # podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country. I voted YES in the Referendum. 
#fedi23
Profile pic: WWI Flying Ace Snoopy
Header pic: Two colliding galaxies in mid-collision

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Husband, father, # cyclist , # swimmer , amateur # cosmologist , # podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country. I voted YES in the Referendum. 
#fedi23
Profile pic: WWI Flying Ace Snoopy
Header pic: Two colliding galaxies in mid-collision

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@Devorppa@aus.social · Dec 11, 2025
@troberts@theblower.au @juliew2010@aus.social The summer solstice this year is at 2:03 AM on 22 December and that will be ‘the longest day of the year’ as measured by the total daylight. Thereafter, total daylight each day starts getting shorter (admittedly by only a second on 23 December but it then steadily picks up the pace each day). However, it is not as simple as the sun immediately rising later and setting earlier from the solstice onwards: · the earliest sunrise occurs at 5:41 AM on the morning of 6 and 7 December and then slowly begins to rise later: · from 7 December until the solstice, the loss of daylight in the morning is less than the extra daylight from later sunsets in the evening. · the latest sunset actually occurs on 6 January 2026 at 8:21 PM: · from the solstice onwards, the loss of sunlight in the morning (from later sunrises) is greater than any extra sunlight in the evening (from later sunsets), so the daylight gets shorter. So in summary, we basically start losing morning sunlight after 7 December and then start losing afternoon sunlight after 6 January 2026. But overall, the total daylight starts shrinking after 22 December. I hope this helps. I had assumed that it all changed from the solstice, but when I looked into it about a decade ago, I was surprised by the above.
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Ok… best Australian city out of the following? #Adelaide #Canberra
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@Devorppa@aus.social

Husband, father, # cyclist , # swimmer , amateur # cosmologist , # podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country. I voted YES in the Referendum. 
#fedi23
Profile pic: WWI Flying Ace Snoopy
Header pic: Two colliding galaxies in mid-collision

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Husband, father, # cyclist , # swimmer , amateur # cosmologist , # podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country. I voted YES in the Referendum. 
#fedi23
Profile pic: WWI Flying Ace Snoopy
Header pic: Two colliding galaxies in mid-collision

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@Devorppa@aus.social · Dec 03, 2025
@troberts@theblower.au We went to 🎵 Adelaide 🎵* a few years ago and were astounded by the shocking degree of advertising absolutely everywhere - it was garish and horrible. I had forgotten that adverting hoardings were basically banned in the ACT. * sung in the same way that Madonna sing ‘celebrate’
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Husband, father, # cyclist , # swimmer , amateur # cosmologist , # podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country. I voted YES in the Referendum. 
#fedi23
Profile pic: WWI Flying Ace Snoopy
Header pic: Two colliding galaxies in mid-collision

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Husband, father, # cyclist , # swimmer , amateur # cosmologist , # podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country. I voted YES in the Referendum. 
#fedi23
Profile pic: WWI Flying Ace Snoopy
Header pic: Two colliding galaxies in mid-collision

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@Devorppa@aus.social · Nov 22, 2025
In the lead of this newsletter, Amy Remeikis asks the question that has been on my mind for months … what is it Labor is waiting for? Certainly, as Amy notes, Menzies, Howard, Whitlam and others would have been reforming by now. Why not the Albanese Government? Worth a read. #Auspol https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/what-are-they-waiting-for-between-the-lines-newsletter/
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Husband, father, # cyclist , # swimmer , amateur # cosmologist , # podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country. I voted YES in the Referendum. 
#fedi23
Profile pic: WWI Flying Ace Snoopy
Header pic: Two colliding galaxies in mid-collision

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Husband, father, # cyclist , # swimmer , amateur # cosmologist , # podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country. I voted YES in the Referendum. 
#fedi23
Profile pic: WWI Flying Ace Snoopy
Header pic: Two colliding galaxies in mid-collision

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@Devorppa@aus.social · Nov 14, 2025

A reminder that the Rogue State of Israel is currently holding around 10,500 Palestinian hostages (most without charge) in their alleged prison system (being tortured and starved on a daily basis).

Apparently, only the Rogue State of Israel is allowed to be armed while they insist all Palestinian are disarmed.

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According to the Government Media office, Israel shot at civilians 88 times, raided residential areas beyond the “yellow line” 12 times, bombed Gaza 124 times, and demolished people’s properties on 52 occasions. It added that Israel also detained 23 Palestinians from Gaza over the past month.

Meanwhile, Israeli authorities continue to issue public threats about resuming full-scale military operations in Gaza. These threats, combined with ongoing violence, have raised a serious question among Palestinians: Is there really a ceasefire? And if there is, why are we still suffering? Why are we still deprived of food, medicine, and safety? Why are we still hungry?
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#RogueState #Israel #Genocide #Palestine #BDS #SanctionIsrael #Auspol

https://mondoweiss.net/2025/11/one-month-in-the-ceasefire-in-gaza-exists-only-in-name/

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Crikey's podcast has an absolutely correct title "Stop talking about the coalition on climate" feat @ketan@climatejustice.social YT link below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUSb796fobM
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Husband, father, # cyclist , # swimmer , amateur # cosmologist , # podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country. I voted YES in the Referendum. 
#fedi23
Profile pic: WWI Flying Ace Snoopy
Header pic: Two colliding galaxies in mid-collision

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Husband, father, # cyclist , # swimmer , amateur # cosmologist , # podcast addict, political tragic. Living on Ngunnawal Country. I voted YES in the Referendum. 
#fedi23
Profile pic: WWI Flying Ace Snoopy
Header pic: Two colliding galaxies in mid-collision

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@Devorppa@aus.social · Nov 14, 2025
@troberts@theblower.au @ketan@climatejustice.social I would suggest a far more accurate title … STOP TALKING ABOUT THE LIBERALS.
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