HK summer memories
Hong Kong Botanic Gardens, Albert Road
#SixOnSaturday #Flowers
#IRL :: #Canon @cathaypacific.bsky.social
'Isenia', Isaac Haines
The 38th edition of the annual Stereoscopic Displays and Applications conference in January 2027.
New :: "This Is Imaging" showcase on Sunday for demonstrations and exhibitors.
SD&A 2027 details here: stereoscopic.org/2027
Abstracts by 12th Oct.: lnkd.in/dEdkgkbn
Jacaranda season starts on the UQ campus.
Breezy but sunny and warm Spring.
#flowers
( #irl : #canon #manfrotto )
Steavenson River Trail to the Falls.
#Spring #Flowers #Waterfall #SixOnSaturday
Yarra Ranges, VIC, Australia.
( #IRL : #CanonPhotography #Darktable #Qantas )
#SixOnSaturday Purple Statice
Macro zoom
#Flowers #Australia
( IRL: #Canon #Godox #Manfrotto #DarkTable )
38th edition of the annual Stereoscopic Displays & Applications conference is in January 2027. Abstracts by 28 September 2026.
SD&A 2027 conference details: stereoscopic.org/2027
Submit here: lnkd.in/dEdkgkbn
#stereoscopic @SDnAconf @ImagingOrg
Nick Holliman retweeted
“Where’s the return?”
BREAKING: US Total Factor Productivity (TFP) rose +1.10% in the 12 months ending Q2 2026, the lowest growth rate since Q2 2025.
TFP is a key measure of underlying economic productivity, capturing how efficiently labor and capital are used to produce goods and services.
This follows +1.61% growth over the 12 months ending Q1 2026.
Since ChatGPT's release, total factor productivity has increased +2.45%.
By comparison, TFP over the same period following Netscape Navigator's 1994 release, one of the first widely adopted web browsers, grew +7.50%, more than 3x the current AI-era pace.
Meanwhile, utilization-adjusted TFP, which removes the impact of changes in how intensively workers and machines are used, fell -0.42% in the 12 months ending Q2 2026, its weakest reading since Q1 2023.
This may be a better measure of productivity because it shows whether output is rising from genuine efficiency gains, rather than simply from workers and machines being utilized more.
The AI Revolution has yet to translate into a meaningful productivity boom.
We are still early.
#SixOnSaturday
Hong Kong - UK North - Brisbane
Summer and Winter in the same week.
#flowers #seasons
Postcard from UK North.
Last heatwave of summer?
#Manchester #SouthLakes #Ingleton
#canonphotography
#cathaypacific
Light flow over Simpson Falls.
Sunrise in late winter.
#SixonSaturday
#flowers #timelapse #canonphotography
#brisbane #queensland #goldenwattle
Electricity generation by fuel, GB (EWS)
Week to 31st July 2026:
Wind 20% of GB supply
Gas 20% of GB supply
Without Wind power GB would need to double the Gas burnt every week.
@WolframResearch notebook here:
buff.ly/jNIqd5b
Data @neso_energy
This work uses data developed by the banking system (127 central banks) who have vested interests in economic outputs rather than addressing climate issues.
This plot doesn't include China, who are developing renewables at a faster rate than the rest of the world. They aim for reducing emissions after 2030. This is a pragmatic response both to security of supply issues and to new business development opportunities.
Even if your prediction is correct, the fact it might go down at all seems important compared to the alternatives.
Rich World Net Zero has a tiny impact
Even if the US, EU, UK, Australia, Canada, Japan, and the rest of the rich world go Net Zero by 2050
it will only reduce global temperatures by 0.10°C (0.18°F) in 2100
Still, it will cost $100s of trillions
data.ene.iiasa.ac.at/ngfs, , worldscientific.com/doi/10.1…
You can see all the references in my Twitter thread:
xitter.cf/BjornLomborg/status/20…
Nick Holliman retweeted
NEW | California just reached a world-first solar milestone
Over HALF (51%) of electricity generation across the whole month of May came from solar power.
Battery storage is the big difference maker, enabling California to push the share of solar generation to this level.
Municipal #Flowers on a mid-winter stroll into the CBD for #Australian #Coffee on Edward St.
#Brisbane #canonphotography @canonanz
Electricity generation by fuel, GB (EWS)
Fortnight GWh totals to 24th July 2026
Fossil fuels in the summer are already a minority contributor.
(nb Imports are from mixed fuel sources.)
Testing the new Sankey Chart for Mathematica.
@WolframResearch
Data @neso_energy












