ApaulD
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Will we stop f-ing our environment? Climate OMG 🤦🏻♀️ 315ppm
#auspol #linguistics #biodiversity #environment
Image by Howard Arkley
Photograph: Victoria Central Highlands
Will we stop f-ing our environment? Climate OMG 🤦🏻♀️ 315ppm
#auspol #linguistics #biodiversity #environment
Image by Howard Arkley
Photograph: Victoria Central Highlands
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Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
December 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
So many reasons to have an EV
#cars #russia #ukraine ##australia #climatechange
www.smh.com.au/world/europe...
#cars #russia #ukraine ##australia #climatechange
www.smh.com.au/world/europe...
How Putin’s ‘ghost ships’ put billions worth of blood oil into Australian cars
Australians have paid billions of dollars for petrol sourced from Russian oil – despite sanctions against Vladimir Putin’s regime. We’ve now managed to track exactly how it’s getting here.
www.smh.com.au
December 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
So many reasons to have an EV
#cars #russia #ukraine ##australia #climatechange
www.smh.com.au/world/europe...
#cars #russia #ukraine ##australia #climatechange
www.smh.com.au/world/europe...
The rape of Wombat State Park, designated National Park is ongoing since the govt. announced the ‘end of native forest logging’. Names just changed. Salvage, fire mitigation, storm recovery. Logging by stealth, ecology destroying
#nature #forest #environment #auspol
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
#nature #forest #environment #auspol
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
Fresh logs piled high in Wombat State Forest revive concern about removing fallen trees
The forest will become a national park next year, but contractors are now removing more timber from the forest than before the ban on commercial native logging.
www.smh.com.au
December 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The rape of Wombat State Park, designated National Park is ongoing since the govt. announced the ‘end of native forest logging’. Names just changed. Salvage, fire mitigation, storm recovery. Logging by stealth, ecology destroying
#nature #forest #environment #auspol
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
#nature #forest #environment #auspol
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
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heads up on folks you might encounter in the climate space (who I decided not to follow a long time ago)
both active on (& even directing traffic back to) X
both active on (& even directing traffic back to) X
People defending Yglesias’ view that “Liberals should support America’s O&G industry” view policy through the mechanistic lens of finance, economics, & engineering.
They’re oblivious to ecology & community.
Which makes it quite ironic when they tell critics to “touch grass.”
They’re oblivious to ecology & community.
Which makes it quite ironic when they tell critics to “touch grass.”
December 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
heads up on folks you might encounter in the climate space (who I decided not to follow a long time ago)
both active on (& even directing traffic back to) X
both active on (& even directing traffic back to) X
Re concentration camps, in the past only some people knew at the time how horrific they are. Now we all can see (if we choose). My grandfather was a partisan fighter in WW2 Poland. When he saw how humans were treating other humans he committed suicide rather than live in a world where this exists.
December 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Re concentration camps, in the past only some people knew at the time how horrific they are. Now we all can see (if we choose). My grandfather was a partisan fighter in WW2 Poland. When he saw how humans were treating other humans he committed suicide rather than live in a world where this exists.
a frank look at forest protection in #victoria
#australia #nature #trees #forest
www.geco.org.au/three_times_...
#australia #nature #trees #forest
www.geco.org.au/three_times_...
Four Noes and Two Yeses: What Really Happened to East Gippsland’s Forests in 2025
For forests in East Gippsland, it’s been a year of mixed signals but a clear direction from the Victorian Government: environmental protection has slipped further down the priority list. While native ...
www.geco.org.au
December 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
a frank look at forest protection in #victoria
#australia #nature #trees #forest
www.geco.org.au/three_times_...
#australia #nature #trees #forest
www.geco.org.au/three_times_...
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
Rupert Read: re “the net”/ “the web” he remarks “These things are designed to trap prey.”
one of those lines that catches in the throat
Re danger from AI: think disinformation squared, energy use through the roof, human relationships devalued
#book #ai #internet
substack.com/home/post/p-...
one of those lines that catches in the throat
Re danger from AI: think disinformation squared, energy use through the roof, human relationships devalued
#book #ai #internet
substack.com/home/post/p-...
What else are we against, if we are AGAINST THE MACHINE?
Rupert Read on Paul Kingsnorth’s latest book
substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Rupert Read: re “the net”/ “the web” he remarks “These things are designed to trap prey.”
one of those lines that catches in the throat
Re danger from AI: think disinformation squared, energy use through the roof, human relationships devalued
#book #ai #internet
substack.com/home/post/p-...
one of those lines that catches in the throat
Re danger from AI: think disinformation squared, energy use through the roof, human relationships devalued
#book #ai #internet
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
Minerals Council of Australia, ad claiming mining industry paid $59 billion in tax in 2023-24 is a lie.
#australia #disinformation
It paid $32 billion in tax and $27 billion in royalties. Royalties are not tax, they are the purchase price that mining companies pay to buy publicly-owned minerals.
#australia #disinformation
It paid $32 billion in tax and $27 billion in royalties. Royalties are not tax, they are the purchase price that mining companies pay to buy publicly-owned minerals.
full debunk thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
If you see the misinformation please let the Australia Institute know: mail@australiainstitute.org.au
If you see the misinformation please let the Australia Institute know: mail@australiainstitute.org.au
Factcheck: Do the tax claims of the mining lobby stack up?
Australia’s main mining lobby group, the Minerals Council of Australia, has been running ads that say the mining industry paid $59 billion in tax in 2023-24, and that this is more tax paid than every ...
thepoint.com.au
December 21, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Minerals Council of Australia, ad claiming mining industry paid $59 billion in tax in 2023-24 is a lie.
#australia #disinformation
It paid $32 billion in tax and $27 billion in royalties. Royalties are not tax, they are the purchase price that mining companies pay to buy publicly-owned minerals.
#australia #disinformation
It paid $32 billion in tax and $27 billion in royalties. Royalties are not tax, they are the purchase price that mining companies pay to buy publicly-owned minerals.
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Impartiality is frequently interpreted as "balanced." If one side is more frequently lying, impartiality implies giving equal voice to the lie without pointing it out (as that is interpreted as partiality.)
December 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Impartiality is frequently interpreted as "balanced." If one side is more frequently lying, impartiality implies giving equal voice to the lie without pointing it out (as that is interpreted as partiality.)
full debunk thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
If you see the misinformation please let the Australia Institute know: mail@australiainstitute.org.au
If you see the misinformation please let the Australia Institute know: mail@australiainstitute.org.au
Factcheck: Do the tax claims of the mining lobby stack up?
Australia’s main mining lobby group, the Minerals Council of Australia, has been running ads that say the mining industry paid $59 billion in tax in 2023-24, and that this is more tax paid than every ...
thepoint.com.au
December 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
full debunk thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
If you see the misinformation please let the Australia Institute know: mail@australiainstitute.org.au
If you see the misinformation please let the Australia Institute know: mail@australiainstitute.org.au
Good to see two independents launching a legal challenge to appalling new federal election laws.
#auspol #politics #democracy
There’s a legal challenge to the new Victorian electoral laws underway too.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#auspol #politics #democracy
There’s a legal challenge to the new Victorian electoral laws underway too.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Former independents launch high court challenge to electoral laws they say favour Labor and Coalition
Contentious changes to fundraising rules will keep politics a ‘cosy table’ for major parties, Zoe Daniel and Rex Patrick say
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Good to see two independents launching a legal challenge to appalling new federal election laws.
#auspol #politics #democracy
There’s a legal challenge to the new Victorian electoral laws underway too.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#auspol #politics #democracy
There’s a legal challenge to the new Victorian electoral laws underway too.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘When you have run as far south as you can, you are brought face to face in the end with what is destroying our world.’ - Richard Flanagan
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
archive.md/fXLxD
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
archive.md/fXLxD
Interstate refugees: Why more Aussies are moving south
New research has found a sizeable number of those on the move are doing so to avoid dangerous climate change.
www.smh.com.au
December 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
‘When you have run as far south as you can, you are brought face to face in the end with what is destroying our world.’ - Richard Flanagan
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
archive.md/fXLxD
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
archive.md/fXLxD
The Minerals Council of Australia alleges “Australian mining pays more tax than every other industry combined”, “$59 billion a year supporting the services we use every day”
#australia #media
It’s a lie - royalty payments are included in that amount.
full debunk thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
#australia #media
It’s a lie - royalty payments are included in that amount.
full debunk thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
Factcheck: Do the tax claims of the mining lobby stack up?
Australia’s main mining lobby group, the Minerals Council of Australia, has been running ads that say the mining industry paid $59 billion in tax in 2023-24, and that this is more tax paid than every ...
thepoint.com.au
December 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The Minerals Council of Australia alleges “Australian mining pays more tax than every other industry combined”, “$59 billion a year supporting the services we use every day”
#australia #media
It’s a lie - royalty payments are included in that amount.
full debunk thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
#australia #media
It’s a lie - royalty payments are included in that amount.
full debunk thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
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This 'Aussie Christmas tree' photo is doing the rounds again - usually without attribution.
It was taken by Layn Simpson of Gympie - in his backyard.
An excellent snap.
I have an invitation to visit next time I'm in Gympie so I'll look forward to that.
You can find Layn on Instagram. Worth a follow.
It was taken by Layn Simpson of Gympie - in his backyard.
An excellent snap.
I have an invitation to visit next time I'm in Gympie so I'll look forward to that.
You can find Layn on Instagram. Worth a follow.
December 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This 'Aussie Christmas tree' photo is doing the rounds again - usually without attribution.
It was taken by Layn Simpson of Gympie - in his backyard.
An excellent snap.
I have an invitation to visit next time I'm in Gympie so I'll look forward to that.
You can find Layn on Instagram. Worth a follow.
It was taken by Layn Simpson of Gympie - in his backyard.
An excellent snap.
I have an invitation to visit next time I'm in Gympie so I'll look forward to that.
You can find Layn on Instagram. Worth a follow.
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Organisations like Our World in Data and folk like Steven Pinker would have us believe that everything is getting better because lines are travelling a certain way on charts.
This week's guest @smillermcdonald.bsky.social thoroughly debunks that.
Listen now: www.planetcritical.com/the-myth-of-...
This week's guest @smillermcdonald.bsky.social thoroughly debunks that.
Listen now: www.planetcritical.com/the-myth-of-...
December 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Organisations like Our World in Data and folk like Steven Pinker would have us believe that everything is getting better because lines are travelling a certain way on charts.
This week's guest @smillermcdonald.bsky.social thoroughly debunks that.
Listen now: www.planetcritical.com/the-myth-of-...
This week's guest @smillermcdonald.bsky.social thoroughly debunks that.
Listen now: www.planetcritical.com/the-myth-of-...
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Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
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Opinion | "The way Australia responds to what happened last night will say a great deal about the kind of country we are becoming," writes Nomi Kaltmann.
Over centuries, Jews have learnt to pay attention to moments like this. What Australia does next matters
For years, antisemitism in Australia was spoken about as something rare and unusual. Things are very different now.
www.crikey.com.au
December 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Opinion | "The way Australia responds to what happened last night will say a great deal about the kind of country we are becoming," writes Nomi Kaltmann.
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Could all the American influencers pushing in tandem for more guns in Australian just Fuck. The. Hell. Off. Thank you.
December 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Could all the American influencers pushing in tandem for more guns in Australian just Fuck. The. Hell. Off. Thank you.
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Meanwhile the Australian love affair with ever increasingly large polluting SUVs/ UTEs is showing now sign of slowing demand down!
#auspol
#auspol
“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint
If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.
www.euronews.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Meanwhile the Australian love affair with ever increasingly large polluting SUVs/ UTEs is showing now sign of slowing demand down!
#auspol
#auspol
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Victoria's Climate Science Report 2024 has a good section on understanding the bushfire hazard in our climate-impacted world that is very well worth reading (⬆️ temp, ⬆️ vapour pressure deficit, ⬆️ freq, duration & intensity of heatwaves, ⬆️ drought stress, ⬆️ freq of dangerous fire weather etc)
December 13, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Victoria's Climate Science Report 2024 has a good section on understanding the bushfire hazard in our climate-impacted world that is very well worth reading (⬆️ temp, ⬆️ vapour pressure deficit, ⬆️ freq, duration & intensity of heatwaves, ⬆️ drought stress, ⬆️ freq of dangerous fire weather etc)
#auspol @albomp.bsky.social
backing out of fossil fuel based on social & environmental damage. Stop giving taxpayer money to these companies #tax
backing out of fossil fuel based on social & environmental damage. Stop giving taxpayer money to these companies #tax
U.K. and Dutch export credit agencies have pulled $2.2B in backing for TotalEnergies’ LNG project in Mozambique — an unprecedented move.
The project has been linked to environmental damage and alleged human rights abuses. Advocates say the decision could prompt other financiers to follow suit.
The project has been linked to environmental damage and alleged human rights abuses. Advocates say the decision could prompt other financiers to follow suit.
UK, Dutch agencies pull funding from Total’s controversial Mozambique LNG project
U.K. and Dutch export credit agencies have withdrawn their financial commitments for French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies’ gas project in Mozambique, in an unprecedented move that marks the latest…
news.mongabay.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:49 AM
#auspol @albomp.bsky.social
backing out of fossil fuel based on social & environmental damage. Stop giving taxpayer money to these companies #tax
backing out of fossil fuel based on social & environmental damage. Stop giving taxpayer money to these companies #tax
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Brittany Higgins: regular bankrupt
Linda Reynolds: morally bankrupt
#BrittanyHiggins #LindaReynolds #IStandWithBrittany #auspol
Linda Reynolds: morally bankrupt
#BrittanyHiggins #LindaReynolds #IStandWithBrittany #auspol
December 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Brittany Higgins: regular bankrupt
Linda Reynolds: morally bankrupt
#BrittanyHiggins #LindaReynolds #IStandWithBrittany #auspol
Linda Reynolds: morally bankrupt
#BrittanyHiggins #LindaReynolds #IStandWithBrittany #auspol