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Robert Merkel

@rgmerk

Cycling and politics tragic. Used to teach, now does software. you can also find me at [email protected]

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Camille Fournier(@skamille) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The number of people who can barely string together a readable sentence claiming English will become the next coding language please god spare all of us the inanity

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Dr Molly Dragiewicz(@MollyDragiewicz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The idea that DV ends at separation is inherently victim blaming and represents a profound misunderstanding of the dynamics of DV/CC

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Kashmir Hill(@kashhill) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This week, while I was boarding a plane, two men at the front of the line started screaming at each other.

One was in biz class, the other in economy. Halfway through the flight, the guy in biz came down the aisle to take a photo of the person he’d fought with. (1/5)

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Saxon Mullins(@SaxonAdair) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We can’t forget that in order to get here we watched our legal system tear apart a real person. Family, friends, love life, spelling errors, diaries, texts, photos, mistakes. It was all laid bare for us to judge and pick apart.
Is this what justice looks like to you?

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Robert Colvile(@rcolvile) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's going to go on way too long and the ending will be really obvious an hour out theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/…

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Neil Renic(@NC_Renic) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Academia: 'what do you want?'

Academics: 'a permanent job'

Academia: *creates Resilience and Wellness in an Age of Impermanence Officer*

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Jan Rosenow(@janrosenow) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Heat pumps cut gas demand by 2/5 compared to gas boilers even if running on 100% gas power.

This is counter to the false myth that heat pumps using gas generated electricity use more gas than gas boilers.

More in my Carbon Brief heat pump myth buster
carbonbrief.org/factcheck-18-m…

Heat pumps cut gas demand by 2/5 compared to gas boilers even if running on 100% gas power. This is counter to the false myth that heat pumps using gas generated electricity use more gas than gas boilers. More in my @CarbonBrief heat pump myth buster carbonbrief.org/factcheck-18-m…
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Robert Merkel(@rgmerk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I do not understand why the hell the Australian government is investing in assembling solar cells here. I get rhe strategic goal is to break Chinese domination of the market, but without explicit coordination with US/EU hard to see how this helps reneweconomy.com.au/were-not-tryin…

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There are many reasons to dislike thermal power plants, but “boiling water” steam turbines have improved immensely over the last few decades. It’s not a static technology.

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Adam Holmes(@AdamHolmes010) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“I am concerned that this approach was even considered appropriate.”

'I urge the department to cease this practice immediately.'

Ombudsman berates Tasmania Health Dept for obstructing patient access to their own full medical records



abc.net.au/news/2024-04-0…

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Robert Merkel(@rgmerk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The replies to this are…quite something. It is *not* normal or healthy to track your partner or kids 24/7.

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Robert Merkel(@rgmerk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

For what it’s worth while it wasn’t particularly violent, I don’t think he had any need to continue deviating all the way across the road.

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