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Living on unceded Giabal & Jarowair land. I research the intersections of literature, law, and psychoanalysis. Also @hourigan.bsky.social
Academics say their net zero costing is being ‘misrepresented’ after Nationals repeat $9tn claim https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/05/academics-criticise-misrepresented-costing-of-net-zero-after-nationals-repeat-9tn-claim
Academics say their net zero costing is being ‘misrepresented’ after Nationals repeat $9tn claim

Researchers behind report cited by some in the Coalition say their work is based on various assumptions – largely involving cost to overseas customers, not Australians

The Guardian
Wow 😮 Mr 8 is off to the Brisbane International Schools Tennis Tournament after dominating the red ball competition today. #tennis
I wonder why we’re all so drawn to admiring one-handed backhands in tennis. Rare as it is becoming today, it remains an almost quintessential sight of what defines tennis to the gaze of others.
Sorted a RAM issue months ago, now down to half RAM. But today it seems the existing slots are dying as well. Time to upgrade. I can buy a new custom rig for less than the cost of upgrading the MO, CPU and DDR5 sticks. What is the world coming to? AMD.
Gareth Evans scolds ‘bone-headed’ Meanjin publisher as imminent closure sparks protest https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/11/gareth-evans-meanjin-journal-melbourne-university-publishing-closure-protest
Gareth Evans scolds ‘bone-headed’ Meanjin publisher as imminent closure sparks protest

Critics want Melbourne University Publishing to transfer ownership of Meanjin rather than dissolve it. But CEO says ‘the journal is not for sale’

The Guardian
Had the lights go out mid-match last night. We won the toss and were up 1-0 games in the first set off my serve and a long deuce, secured with one those wide lefty slice serves that hits the side fence.
Vale Julian LeFay #elderscrolls
Queensland Land Court begins hearing conservation group challenge against proposed $1 billion coal mine - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-21/land-court-challenge-whitehaven-coal-winchester-south-mine/105554356
Queensland Land Court begins hearing conservation group challenge against proposed $1 billion coal mine

Whitehaven Coal's proposed Winchester South mine is expected to produce up to 17 million tonnes of coal per year and "generate at least 583 million tonnes of climate pollution".

ABC News
‘Wake-up call’ for Australian universities as 70% suffer a fall in latest global ranking | Australian universities | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/19/top-australian-universities-tumble-in-global-ranking-amid-trump-era-attacks-and-international-student-cuts-ntwnfb
‘Wake-up call’ for Australian universities as 70% suffer a fall in latest global ranking

Australia still had two universities, the University of Melbourne and University of NSW, in the top 20 of the QS World University Rankings

The Guardian
Relearning my #tennis serve technique after a long break from the game. My core, legs and shoulders are finally conditioned to a point where I can return to my familiar motion: arms and body moving in different directions, coiling and driving into the ground to reach up to the serve. #kineticchain