August 2023 Temperature Update
By far the warmest August since direct measurements began.
Warmest for both land & ocean.
Strengthening El Niño.
Nearly certain 2023 becomes the warmest year directly measured.
May see a +1.5 °C annual excess in 2023.
https://t.co/xievCvrLo9
Re the saga of the formality of referendum votes marked with ticks or crosses, here is the relevant page from the AEC’s Scrutineers’ Handbook for the 1999 referendums, held when the coalition was in power. /2
We must get one fact loud and clear
“The keeper would never have a dip at the stumps from that far out in a test match unless he or his team have noticed a pattern of the batter leaving his crease after leaving a ball like Bairstow did.”
We must applaud the game smarts of the individual rather than skewing it towards unfair play or spirit of the game. #Ashes2023
Due to unusually low sea ice at both poles (especially the Antarctic), global sea ice levels are still the 2nd lowest on record.
[Graphics at https://t.co/ecHYawJB1L. Data from @NSIDC.]
So how are the Liberals going in these five seats they were "confident of picking up"?
Internal polling game again, anyone can say anything to the press and it gets reported without a reality check.
#VicVotes
I've prepared much more readable versions of the VEC's upper house group voting tickets. There is one pdf document for each region with tickets in more useful preference order. You can find the links on my blog. https://t.co/KuFDBOqqNy #springst#vicvotes#auspol
Just a reminder ahead of the upcoming Victorian election: I don't care who you vote for but vote below the line in the upper house and help defend democracy by disrupting preference harvesting. #springst