Barbara Pedersen
@barbie4science.bsky.social
Climate change scientist, strategist, policy maker.
#Resister #bodysurf
Living on unceded Whadjuk Noongar country in Western Australia.
Fan of Yolngu music.
DoB: 313 ppm CO2
#Resister #bodysurf
Living on unceded Whadjuk Noongar country in Western Australia.
Fan of Yolngu music.
DoB: 313 ppm CO2
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Police let him go
And he killed women
Fuck
And he killed women
Fuck
Courts grant bail though not police 🤷🏼♀️
“The 37-year-old was granted bail by NSW Police in November after he was charged with stalking and intimidation with intent to cause physical fear or harm, common assault, and property damage worth less than $2,000.”
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
“The 37-year-old was granted bail by NSW Police in November after he was charged with stalking and intimidation with intent to cause physical fear or harm, common assault, and property damage worth less than $2,000.”
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Pregnant woman among three dead in domestic violence shooting
Tactical police join a growing air and land search for a man police have identified after three people, including a pregnant woman, were shot dead in a remote New South Wales town.
www.abc.net.au
January 23, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Police let him go
And he killed women
Fuck
And he killed women
Fuck
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January 23, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Suppression of climate risk reporting doesn't help govts or people prepare.
Climate disasters affect us all., while politicians come and go.
Gift link: www.thetimes.com/article/4a1c...
#ClimateRisk
#Auspol
Climate disasters affect us all., while politicians come and go.
Gift link: www.thetimes.com/article/4a1c...
#ClimateRisk
#Auspol
Here's the not-abundant take likely shared by all the world's top militaries, who are required by their discipline to know what's happening and don't have investors or consumers to lie to.
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Suppressed climate report warned of mass migration and nuclear war
Unabridged document said disappearing forests and rivers drying up could drive people to Europe and lead to conflict in Asia
www.thetimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Suppression of climate risk reporting doesn't help govts or people prepare.
Climate disasters affect us all., while politicians come and go.
Gift link: www.thetimes.com/article/4a1c...
#ClimateRisk
#Auspol
Climate disasters affect us all., while politicians come and go.
Gift link: www.thetimes.com/article/4a1c...
#ClimateRisk
#Auspol
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It turns out that having experienced emergency management staff is important during emergencies: www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/p...
FEMA halts terminations of disaster workers as agency prepares for massive winter storm | CNN Politics
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has abruptly halted ongoing terminations of hundreds of disaster workers as the agency prepares for an enormous winter storm expected to pound a large swath of ...
www.cnn.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:27 PM
It turns out that having experienced emergency management staff is important during emergencies: www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/p...
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Great post by @bhensonweather.bsky.social on how climate warming threatens the future of the winter Olympic Games.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/to-s...
yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/to-s...
To survive warming winters, the Olympics will need to change » Yale Climate Connections
Winter weather is now less dependable in many cities that have historically hosted the games.
yaleclimateconnections.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Great post by @bhensonweather.bsky.social on how climate warming threatens the future of the winter Olympic Games.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/to-s...
yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/to-s...
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7/ Addressing gun violence and intimate partner violence requires a focus on underlying injustices and ensuring adequate legal protection for victims.
Once again, Australia has shown it does not have the guts to address let alone do anything about domestic violence.
Once again, Australia has shown it does not have the guts to address let alone do anything about domestic violence.
January 21, 2026 at 11:36 PM
7/ Addressing gun violence and intimate partner violence requires a focus on underlying injustices and ensuring adequate legal protection for victims.
Once again, Australia has shown it does not have the guts to address let alone do anything about domestic violence.
Once again, Australia has shown it does not have the guts to address let alone do anything about domestic violence.
WA Gov't commits another 5 years of funding profits for Indian shareholders of an insolvent coal mine.
A better deal than transitioning to renewables 🤔
#WAPetroState
#Auspol
#Renewablefuture
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
A better deal than transitioning to renewables 🤔
#WAPetroState
#Auspol
#Renewablefuture
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
WA gives embattled Griffin Coal another lifeline, citing energy security
Since 2022, the WA government has already tipped $300 million into propping up the insolvent Indian-owned miner, which is more than $1 billion in debt.
www.abc.net.au
January 21, 2026 at 4:32 AM
WA Gov't commits another 5 years of funding profits for Indian shareholders of an insolvent coal mine.
A better deal than transitioning to renewables 🤔
#WAPetroState
#Auspol
#Renewablefuture
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
A better deal than transitioning to renewables 🤔
#WAPetroState
#Auspol
#Renewablefuture
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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"This is the diplomatic equivalent of a wronged spouse telling their partner: No, I am not asking for a break or a trial separation. It’s time to move on."
Canada Announces Divorce from America
And rightly so.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:09 AM
"This is the diplomatic equivalent of a wronged spouse telling their partner: No, I am not asking for a break or a trial separation. It’s time to move on."
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This moment is going to be an identifiable turning point in world history. Maybe even if it hadn’t been an extraordinary work of rhetoric — just the “taking down the sign” on its own terms. But also, damn what a speech.
My god this Mark Carney speech.
Here in its entirety:
Here in its entirety:
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:31 AM
This moment is going to be an identifiable turning point in world history. Maybe even if it hadn’t been an extraordinary work of rhetoric — just the “taking down the sign” on its own terms. But also, damn what a speech.
Mark Carney @ Davos today
speaking on the rupture in the world order, the end of the pleasant fiction and the dawn of a brutal reality in which great-power geopolitics is unconstrained 👇
@albomp.bsky.social please read this 🙏
#Risks
#UncertainWorld
#Auspol
speaking on the rupture in the world order, the end of the pleasant fiction and the dawn of a brutal reality in which great-power geopolitics is unconstrained 👇
@albomp.bsky.social please read this 🙏
#Risks
#UncertainWorld
#Auspol
My god this Mark Carney speech.
Here in its entirety:
Here in its entirety:
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Mark Carney @ Davos today
speaking on the rupture in the world order, the end of the pleasant fiction and the dawn of a brutal reality in which great-power geopolitics is unconstrained 👇
@albomp.bsky.social please read this 🙏
#Risks
#UncertainWorld
#Auspol
speaking on the rupture in the world order, the end of the pleasant fiction and the dawn of a brutal reality in which great-power geopolitics is unconstrained 👇
@albomp.bsky.social please read this 🙏
#Risks
#UncertainWorld
#Auspol
Europe owns $8 trillion of US bonds and equities.
Developments over the next few days may further encourage dollar "rebalancing".
#USEndofEmpire
Developments over the next few days may further encourage dollar "rebalancing".
#USEndofEmpire
EU Weaponizing US Assets a Risk, Deutsche Bank’s Saravelos Says.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Euro Pain From Trump Limited by US Asset Exposure, Deutsche Says
US President Donald Trump’s trade threats toward European governments over Greenland raise the possibility the latter may trim their holdings of US assets, supporting the euro, according to a Deutsche...
www.bloomberg.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Europe owns $8 trillion of US bonds and equities.
Developments over the next few days may further encourage dollar "rebalancing".
#USEndofEmpire
Developments over the next few days may further encourage dollar "rebalancing".
#USEndofEmpire
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Scoop: One of the first acts of Australia's new anti-corruption watchdog, NACC, was to carry out $30 million of office fit-outs.
It was only when staff were preparing the agency's first annual report that they realised the project broke laws meant to fight... corruption.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
It was only when staff were preparing the agency's first annual report that they realised the project broke laws meant to fight... corruption.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
January 21, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Scoop: One of the first acts of Australia's new anti-corruption watchdog, NACC, was to carry out $30 million of office fit-outs.
It was only when staff were preparing the agency's first annual report that they realised the project broke laws meant to fight... corruption.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
It was only when staff were preparing the agency's first annual report that they realised the project broke laws meant to fight... corruption.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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What a Danish military analyst personally thinks about Trump’s attack on Greenland.
#USA #auspol
youtu.be/PwRsTDlqU8I?...
#USA #auspol
youtu.be/PwRsTDlqU8I?...
Trump's obsession with Greenland
YouTube video by Anders Puck Nielsen
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 9:58 PM
What a Danish military analyst personally thinks about Trump’s attack on Greenland.
#USA #auspol
youtu.be/PwRsTDlqU8I?...
#USA #auspol
youtu.be/PwRsTDlqU8I?...
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Europe is working on a package to support Arctic security.
And at the heart of this will be the fundamental principle:
it is for sovereign people to decide their own future.
And at the heart of this will be the fundamental principle:
it is for sovereign people to decide their own future.
January 20, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Europe is working on a package to support Arctic security.
And at the heart of this will be the fundamental principle:
it is for sovereign people to decide their own future.
And at the heart of this will be the fundamental principle:
it is for sovereign people to decide their own future.
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Good news! California Refineries Close as Gasoline Demand Slips into Permanent Decline. This should end Alberta's demand for more pipelines. China is already a world leader in solar & ev's. With climate disaster imminent the world will follow California & China cleantechnica.com/2025/09/14/c...
California Refineries Close as Gasoline Demand Slips into Permanent Decline - CleanTechnica
California’s refineries are closing not because of regulation, but because gasoline demand is shrinking as EV adoption crosses tipping points.
cleantechnica.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Good news! California Refineries Close as Gasoline Demand Slips into Permanent Decline. This should end Alberta's demand for more pipelines. China is already a world leader in solar & ev's. With climate disaster imminent the world will follow California & China cleantechnica.com/2025/09/14/c...
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Just as everyone predicted with the exception of Donald Trump, Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick, and Kevin Hassett. The last 3 knew they’ve been lying, not sure with Orange Caligula because he’s a moron and a liar so in his case it could be either one or both.
January 20, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Just as everyone predicted with the exception of Donald Trump, Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick, and Kevin Hassett. The last 3 knew they’ve been lying, not sure with Orange Caligula because he’s a moron and a liar so in his case it could be either one or both.
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Microsoft has spent north of $80 billion stuffing copilot into its many overlapping services and Outlook still gets a basic your/you’re correction wrong.
It’s almost as if the investment isn’t aimed at improving user experiences or something…
It’s almost as if the investment isn’t aimed at improving user experiences or something…
January 19, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Microsoft has spent north of $80 billion stuffing copilot into its many overlapping services and Outlook still gets a basic your/you’re correction wrong.
It’s almost as if the investment isn’t aimed at improving user experiences or something…
It’s almost as if the investment isn’t aimed at improving user experiences or something…
Adding "seaweed blooms" to the list of emerging risks resulting from climate change.
Time to turn down the heat.
#Climatedisaster
#Anthropocene
#CoastalPropertyValuesSlump
Time to turn down the heat.
#Climatedisaster
#Anthropocene
#CoastalPropertyValuesSlump
Scientists warn of ‘regime shift’ as seaweed blooms expand worldwide
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists warn of ‘regime shift’ as seaweed blooms expand worldwide
Study links rapid growth of ocean macroalgae to global heating and nutrient pollution
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Adding "seaweed blooms" to the list of emerging risks resulting from climate change.
Time to turn down the heat.
#Climatedisaster
#Anthropocene
#CoastalPropertyValuesSlump
Time to turn down the heat.
#Climatedisaster
#Anthropocene
#CoastalPropertyValuesSlump
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Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
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Want to keep up with whats going on in parliament today but cant stand listening to it?
Luckily @amyremeikis.bsky.social live blogs every sitting day at live.thepoint.com.au#330348d0e7
Luckily @amyremeikis.bsky.social live blogs every sitting day at live.thepoint.com.au#330348d0e7
The Point Live: Crunch time for hate speech laws in parliamentary brinkmanship
Anthony Albanese and Sussan Ley are negotiating once again on what is left of the hate speech laws, in a parliamentary day dedicated to the passage of just two bills. All the day's events, as it happe...
live.thepoint.com.au
January 19, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Want to keep up with whats going on in parliament today but cant stand listening to it?
Luckily @amyremeikis.bsky.social live blogs every sitting day at live.thepoint.com.au#330348d0e7
Luckily @amyremeikis.bsky.social live blogs every sitting day at live.thepoint.com.au#330348d0e7
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Every time I glance at Australia's persistently disappointing centrist PM I then look at the UK's one and realise how much worse it could be
January 19, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Every time I glance at Australia's persistently disappointing centrist PM I then look at the UK's one and realise how much worse it could be
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Today, after delivering my speech on the Condolence Motion for the Bondi terrorist attack, I signed the condolence book on behalf of the Kooyong community.
In Parliament today, we remember the 15 lives needlessly lost, and honour them with love, respect, and heartfelt grief.
In Parliament today, we remember the 15 lives needlessly lost, and honour them with love, respect, and heartfelt grief.
January 19, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Today, after delivering my speech on the Condolence Motion for the Bondi terrorist attack, I signed the condolence book on behalf of the Kooyong community.
In Parliament today, we remember the 15 lives needlessly lost, and honour them with love, respect, and heartfelt grief.
In Parliament today, we remember the 15 lives needlessly lost, and honour them with love, respect, and heartfelt grief.