Philip Pollard

I'm a bit hard to pigeonhole. I work as an urban designer, strategist, planner, architect & teacher. Sustainability's a core focus. RTs not nec' endorsements

[Dr Monique Ryan MP @Mon4Kooyong]

Australia is the world’s biggest seaborne importer of diesel. Data centres using diesel generators for back-up power put more pressure on our fuel supply, increase our emissions and our power bills, and take advantage of the government’s diesel fuel tax rebate - a fossil fuel subsidy for large multinationals. In the last sitting week, I asked the government to stop approving new data centres with back-up diesel generation.

[Philip Pollard @archcontext]

Elon Musk once forecast he’d make 250,000 Cybertrucks a year.
US vehicle valuation and automotive research company Kelley Blue Book estimated Tesla sold just 20,237 of the vehicles last year.
Now Musk has pulled the plug on it.

https://t.co/xazNYd00S0

[Philip Pollard @archcontext]

@Qldaah 🤣

[Philip Pollard @archcontext]

@strangerous10 Neither does her ignorance..

[Philip Pollard @archcontext]

@Peter_Fitz Leo has a lean to the left…

[Dr Monique Ryan MP @Mon4Kooyong]

Great news! You’ll soon have more choice and control over what you see in your social media feeds, after the Digital Duty of Care Bill passed the House of Representatives last week. This is a real triumph for campaigners like the @teachusconsent team and crossbench MPs, who have long advocated for more control over the toxic and harmful algorithm-driven content that appears on our platforms. We still have a long way to go to create safer online spaces, particularly for young Australians, but this reform moves us in the right direction.

[THE Russell - Find me at: @the-russell.bsky.social @THE_Russell]

Please DO NOT share this webpage screenshot. One Nation DO NOT want you to see it, that’s why One Nation DELETED this webpage yesterday. Make sure to immediately forget this and DO NOT share it. Scroll and MOVE ON.
#auspol #PHONy

[Andrew Leigh @ALeighMP]

An e-bike should be a bicycle with a boost, not a motorbike in disguise. We've funded the competition watchdog to develop a national e-bike safety standards. Safer bikes mean fewer injuries. https://t.co/DOSiKqAAf2 #auspol

[Philip Pollard @archcontext]

@strangerous10 She is a disgrace.

[Philip Pollard @archcontext]

@trish98213604 @strangerous10 A low - even for Hanson.
Like her idol Trump, she’ll say anything for a bit of attention.

[Philip Pollard @archcontext]

Former prime minister Tony Abbott was spotted double-parked with a red and white wine talking to New York Post columnist Miranda Devine.
What a party🧨🍷🥂. ‘Wish I’d have been there (not!)

https://t.co/5nSulpLBXp

[Philip Pollard @archcontext]

Calvary takeover:
Independent member for Lake Macquarie Greg Piper said gov’t assurances that services remained available within the public sector were “not good enough”.
He was not confident that public hospitals had the capacity to take over services.

https://t.co/dZfQ8wfpNV

[Philip Pollard @archcontext]

The comments came even as Trump called and texted into the Murdoch-owned news network, which has long been his biggest cheerleader and helped bring him to power. It underscores the complex, co-dependent relationship between the two.
@newscorpaus

[Philip Pollard @archcontext]

#FoxNews in 2025 notched up viewership because of coverage on events like…the assassination of right-winger Charlie Kirk, which accounts for the unfavorable comparison this year, Lachlan Murdoch reckons.
‘Couldn’t be any other reason!😬
https://t.co/9t4RoqiQPN

[Philip Pollard @archcontext]

.“#FoxNews Ratings are way down (27%!) because they’re spending too much time covering the Trump Deranged Dumocrats!
All of those people who used to watch #Fox & no longer do, get it.
It’s them, not me
– My numbers are better than they have ever been.”
DJT - just before the bus.

[Philip Pollard @archcontext]

“#FoxNews bears responsibility for these losses by constantly and consistently putting on the Dumocrat opposition, and worse,” Donald Trump just wrote.

[Philip Pollard @archcontext]

As the results began to flood in on a bruising midterm election night for the Republicans, Donald Trump picked an unlikely scapegoat: Fox News.

Keep an eye on how @newscorpaus go into damage control here.
The change from #SkyNews to #News24 is part1.

https://t.co/nR8mDEZv5e

[Philip Pollard @archcontext]

@dorfman_p SMRs = Wishful thinking - always have done

[Philip Pollard @archcontext]

@ProfRayWills And you can graze sheep or cattle on the pasture - that is often more vigorous thanks to a bit of shade & consequent better moisture retention.

[Philip Pollard @archcontext]

@DanielJ69037131 @ProfRayWills My point was that this-& the Grok slop cartoon of an apartment covered with PV panels 800W / dwelling max) hanging loosely off the balustrades of balconies- sends the wrong message.
We don’t need to put renewable gen in places that are inefficient, dangerous, or plug ugly.