Ted Harper

Would rather be skiing

[Zapped 🇦🇺 🚗⚡ @ZappedAU]

Looks like employees will no longer get free charging at Castle Towers NSW with Ampol set to come in.

For context: there’s a few Tesla wall connectors with free charging. Plenty of staff members park all day plugged in from early morning.

[Electrek.co @ElectrekCo]

Donut Lab's 'solid-state' battery exposed as regular li-ion in damning investigation https://t.co/TLQsIOoM26 by @fredlambert

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

🇺🇦 The President of Ukraine visited The King this afternoon at Windsor Castle

[Prof. Eliot Jacobson @EliotJacobson]

We've crossed 1.5°C.

[SharkSmart @NSWSharkSmart]

SLSNSW advise Shark observed at Manly Beach, MANLY at 07:51 am, 17 May 2026. Water Evacuated.Beach Closed.

[Prof. Eliot Jacobson @EliotJacobson]

Oh, by the way, did I mention that the global sea-surface temperature hit a preliminary record daily high yesterday, beating the previous record daily high set in 2024?

Here are the updated global SST color-stripes:

[ABC News @abcnews]

#BREAKING: A magnitude-6 earthquake has struck in the water off Indonesia's Timor island, the country's geophysics agency said.

https://t.co/fVutqZ4JYH

[U.S. Marines @USMC]

Chuck Norris didn't join the Marine Corps...the Marine Corps applied to him.

Heaven’s streets have always been guarded by Marines. Today, Chuck Norris reported for duty.

We mourn the passing of Chuck Norris, a @usairforce veteran, who also became an honorary Marine in 2007 when awarded the title by then Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James T. Conway.

Chuck Norris is one of just over 100 individuals to be awarded the title of Honorary Marine in the entire 250-year history of the Corps.

Some missions may require a battalion, but this one just requires an Honorary Marine.

#USMCHistory #USMC #SemperFidelis

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

We just lived through the hottest decade on record.

There’s no Republican or Democrat thermometer: climate change is real.

[James Edward Hansen @DrJamesEHansen]

El Nino strength is important, but the extraordinary, accelerating, warming of global sea surface temperatures is much more important.
See Super El Nino? – https://t.co/XDx6twAJMb
Also available on Substack: https://t.co/3sGRr26MNR

[Antony Green - elections @AntonyGreenElec]

And there are some electorates where over half of electors have already voted. I've published the numbers on my blog. You'll have to search for the blog in my name as in a great free speech move, X now strangles tweets that include external links.

[Quentin Dempster @QuentinDempster]

If Pauline Hanson gets anywhere near the levers of legislative power in SA or nationally, she will deregulate Australia’s guns. The risk of infecting Australia with American gun culture is too great - school/mass shootings are a weekly occurrence in the US. Voters: please note!

[Matthew Todd 🌏🔥 @MrMatthewTodd]

The world’s most respected climate scientist issues alarming remarks.
I bet 99% of the media have no idea who he is. He hasn’t been on Big Brother or I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here…

[Craig Hill @CraigHill01]

If you're going to vote for One Nation simply because "they couldn't be any worse than the current mob," you have no fucking idea what you are talking about. Have a look at what's going on in the USA, then multiply it by ten. That's what One Nation would do to this country.

[Sydney Airport @SydneyAirport]

A full sized flying replica of the #SouthernCross Fokker FVIIB has touched down at #SydneyAirport, marking a historic moment in Australian aviation.

The landing was joined by Alex Kingsford-Smith, great grand nephew of Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, and Charles Ulm, the grandson of Charles Ulm, in the lead up to the 100 year anniversary of the world’s first trans Pacific flight. Dick Smith, who has long supported the restoration project was also on the flight.

The moment honours the legacy of Kingsford Smith, Ulm and their crew, as well as the many volunteers at the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society in Shellharbour who restored this iconic aircraft.

Seeing the Southern Cross back in the skies is a powerful reminder of how far aviation has come and the role Sydney Airport has played in connecting Australia to the world for more than a century.

[Chris Meder @EVCurveFuturist]

Australia just released official EV fire data.

473,000 EVs.
13 fires.
3 = house fires
2 = arson
5 = high-speed crashes

Only 3 unexplained.
Yet one EV fire = headlines.
ICE cars burn every day. Silence.

Not a safety issue. A narrative and education problem. #Bettrification

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

In the dramatic circumstances of war, information must guard against the risk of turning into propaganda. It is every journalist's duty to verify the news, so as not to become a megaphone for power. They must show the suffering that war always brings to populations, which entails showing the face of war and recounting it through the eyes of victims.

[Quentin Dempster @QuentinDempster]

The penny drops: EVs are far cheaper to run per kilometre than petrol/diesel vehicles. 👇This, folks, is the game changer. We won’t have to rely on supply/price manipulative corrupt global cartels. + Public health benefit = no particulate pollution.

[Rick @colonelhogans]

Vaccines SAVE LIVES!!

[Shaun the Sheep @shaunthesheep]

Happy St Patrick’s Day from Shaun and the flock! ☘️

#HappyStPatricksDay #LuckOfTheIrish #StPatricksDay