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Ed Brown

@reallyedbrown

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364 Posts

I used to host Science On Top, a science news podcast. But then 2020 happened, and after 9 years it has ended.

I’m a #skeptic, a geek, and a sci-fi buff. Big #Pratchett fan. I’m both intrigued and frustrated by #politics & #journalism.

But mostly I just toot random things that come to mind, or silly jokes, or memes. You're not always going to get intellectual profundity, but hey anything's possible.

He/him. Bi. Wurundjeri land / Melbourne / Australia.

Profile picture is a cartoon pic of me.

Writings	https://reallyedbrown.site
Introduction post	https://mastodon.social/@reallyedbrown/110654010978753866

Ed Brown Jun 13

This is obscene. Are we taking bets on when he's going to spend half his fortune on ending world poverty? Or a third on funding the planet's switch to renewables? Maybe both?

Any day now, right?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-13/visualising-elon-musk-trillion-dollar-wealth/106780212

Elon Musk now has an unfathomable amount of money. It looks a bit like this

Elon Musk has become the world's first trillionaire. It is hard to fathom a figure so staggering, but let's give it a shot.

Ed Brown May 24

Charlotte May 24

British place names continue to be magical 💦

Ed Brown May 20

RE: https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/116602642733924844

Thanks, I hate it.

Ed Brown May 19

RE: https://aus.social/@joannaholman/116597906046562613

What happens when someone returns home to the remotest inhabited island in the world, and gets sick with Hantavirus?
An insanely complicated military operation to parachute medical personnel and supplies onto the golf course, that's what!

Ed Brown May 11

Clive Thompson May 10

Behold a seven-segment clock display ...

... that runs pneumatically

it alternately sucks in and then releases the segments, so they appear as divots in a rubbery surface

very organic!

item #6 in my latest Linkfest newsletter, free to read/subscribe to here: https://buttondown.com/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-44-microchimerism-sonic-boom-duct-tape/

Ed Brown Apr 9

A Light Shining In Darkness Apr 8

How to pick up a duck 🦆

@MarcAbrahams Few weeks ago I showed the IG Nobels to my son, nine years old, and now he is crazy about flying frogs, stresful cows and dogs peeing to the south/north (actually, our dog is being the continuation of this experiment 😁)
So, everyday he asks me something about science, and -despite I dont have scientist knowledge- we look for the answer together using wikipedia.

Thank you so much for making science atractible for children 👏

Ed Brown Mar 16

devopscats Mar 16

People Who've Railed The Hardest Against Renewable Energy The Angriest About Fuel Crisis

https://www.betootaadvocate.com/people-whove-railed-the-hardest-against-renewable-energy-the-angriest-about-fuel-crisis/

People Who've Railed The Hardest Against Renewable Energy The Angriest About Fuel Crisis

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT In some truly shocking news from the nation's political sphere, a number of noise merchants are making some noise. With the country gripped by a 'fuel crisis' - some of our nation's hardest working political figures are making sure to combat the issue at hand. By

The Betoota Advocate

Ed Brown Mar 13

Paris Mar 13

Scott Morrison was such a control freak that he secretly appointed himself as a Minister for 6 additional portfolios when he was PM, but he did not have any responsibility for Robodebt when he was just the Minister in charge of it. OK.