Biggerthanfrogs
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Lurking, learning, maybe commenting. "Conscientious objector from the culture war." Reposts ≠ 100% agreement
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When will our political duopoly do anything substantial that puts the welfare of the people before themselves & their donors. YES I am cynical after COVID, NACC, AUKUS, transparency & accountability, whistleblowers, Gaza, gambling, climate, media, consultancies, environment, housing, etc & now CSIRO
November 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
When will our political duopoly do anything substantial that puts the welfare of the people before themselves & their donors. YES I am cynical after COVID, NACC, AUKUS, transparency & accountability, whistleblowers, Gaza, gambling, climate, media, consultancies, environment, housing, etc & now CSIRO
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A government that can’t bring itself to tax fossil fuel, big tech or any wealth properly but defunds its critical institutions is not a good government, sorry
November 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A government that can’t bring itself to tax fossil fuel, big tech or any wealth properly but defunds its critical institutions is not a good government, sorry
"A conservation charity known for its anti-renewables stance has made submissions to federal and state inquiries that name non-existent government authorities and a nonexistent windfarm, and cite scientific articles that the supposed publisher says don’t exist ..."
More about Rainforest Reserves Australia and its dodgy tactics - with special guest appearances from Dick Smith and Warren Mundine. (I don't know how I missed this story a month ago.)
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Queensland anti-renewables group cited nonexistent papers in inquiry submissions using AI, publisher says
Exclusive: Rainforest Reserves Australia has published submissions naming nonexistent government authorities and a nonexistent windfarm
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:36 AM
"A conservation charity known for its anti-renewables stance has made submissions to federal and state inquiries that name non-existent government authorities and a nonexistent windfarm, and cite scientific articles that the supposed publisher says don’t exist ..."
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nychealthy @nychealthy.bsky.social
Wearing a mask in crowded indoor settings this fall can protect you and others from COVID-19, flu, and RSV, even if you don’t have symptoms. Well-fitting masks, like N95s, KN95s, or KF94s provide the best protection: www.nyc.gov/site/doh/cov...
Wearing a mask in crowded indoor settings this fall can protect you and others from COVID-19, flu, and RSV, even if you don’t have symptoms. Well-fitting masks, like N95s, KN95s, or KF94s provide the best protection: www.nyc.gov/site/doh/cov...
November 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
nychealthy @nychealthy.bsky.social
Wearing a mask in crowded indoor settings this fall can protect you and others from COVID-19, flu, and RSV, even if you don’t have symptoms. Well-fitting masks, like N95s, KN95s, or KF94s provide the best protection: www.nyc.gov/site/doh/cov...
Wearing a mask in crowded indoor settings this fall can protect you and others from COVID-19, flu, and RSV, even if you don’t have symptoms. Well-fitting masks, like N95s, KN95s, or KF94s provide the best protection: www.nyc.gov/site/doh/cov...
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Home brand Scomo
We have another hat, folks
November 19, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Home brand Scomo
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A new era of bone saw diplomacy
November 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
A new era of bone saw diplomacy
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So now Australia will be making F35 fighter jet parts for Saudi Arabia. A country that Amnesty says ignores people’s basic human rights, restricts their freedoms and inflicts severe punishment. The regime also kills dissenters. No one even asked us.
November 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
So now Australia will be making F35 fighter jet parts for Saudi Arabia. A country that Amnesty says ignores people’s basic human rights, restricts their freedoms and inflicts severe punishment. The regime also kills dissenters. No one even asked us.
'Explaining his opposition, Vos once said, “We already have enough welfare in Wisconsin.” And in vowing to never expand Medicaid, he has said the state should reserve the program only for “those who truly need it.”'
In 48 other states, new moms have access to Medicaid for up to one year after they give birth. Not in Wisconsin.
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
He Vowed to “Protect the Unborn.” Now He’s Blocking a Bill to Expand Medicaid for Wisconsin’s New Moms.
Splitting with anti-abortion members of his own party, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has refused to join 48 other states in ensuring that vulnerable women have access to potentially lifesaving ...
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:21 AM
'Explaining his opposition, Vos once said, “We already have enough welfare in Wisconsin.” And in vowing to never expand Medicaid, he has said the state should reserve the program only for “those who truly need it.”'
“It is way past time for Australia to get squarely behind Pacific Island nations and start championing the transition away from fossil fuels. Continuing down the fossil fuel path, and failing to align efforts with limiting warming to 1.5°C, is a breach of our international legal obligations ..."
“As the aspiring COP31 host, Australia is yet to publicly join the growing call for a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels. This is not what climate leadership and accountability looks like.”
theaimn.net/australias-s...
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Australia’s silence becoming deafening, as momentum builds for COP30 roadmap away from fossil fuels
Greenpeace Australia Pacific Media Release BELÉM, BRAZIL, Tuesday 18 November 2025 – In response to the COP30 ministerial level press conference on a ‘Mutirão Call for a Fossil Fuel Roadmap’ Dr Simon ...
theaimn.net
November 19, 2025 at 5:33 AM
“It is way past time for Australia to get squarely behind Pacific Island nations and start championing the transition away from fossil fuels. Continuing down the fossil fuel path, and failing to align efforts with limiting warming to 1.5°C, is a breach of our international legal obligations ..."
"The Senate committee is attempting to shine light on a growing ecosystem of community groups, advocacy outfits and think-tanks lobbying against renewable infrastructure and the broader energy transition."
For some time now, I've been suspicious about Rainforest Reserves Australia. I wondered if it was funding by a certain very wealthy Australian and/or Advance. Anyway, I found this to be quite fascinating ... reneweconomy.com.au/sloppy-misle...
reneweconomy.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 5:24 AM
"The Senate committee is attempting to shine light on a growing ecosystem of community groups, advocacy outfits and think-tanks lobbying against renewable infrastructure and the broader energy transition."
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The Epstein Files bill that passed today allows Pam Bondi to withhold or redact ANY material.
November 19, 2025 at 4:41 AM
The Epstein Files bill that passed today allows Pam Bondi to withhold or redact ANY material.
"Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has introduced a nationwide Universal Basic Income (UBI) program, marking the first country to implement a long-term, nationally funded UBI system. Payments to eligible citizens will begin later this month and continue on a quarterly basis."
BREAKING: Marshall Islands becomes the first country to launch a Universal Basic Income program. Every resident (about 33,000 people) will receive $200 every 3 months. This works out to being about 11% of GDP per capita. If the US did that same percentage, the UBI would be about $770/mo.
Marshall Islands Launches Nationwide Universal Basic Income Program Using Digital Infrastructure
Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands — November 19, 2025. The Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has introduced a nationwide Universal Basic Income (UBI) program, marking the...
www.koreaittimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has introduced a nationwide Universal Basic Income (UBI) program, marking the first country to implement a long-term, nationally funded UBI system. Payments to eligible citizens will begin later this month and continue on a quarterly basis."
"My social media feed is now a hellish stream of puerile AI slop. Am I stubborn to want to hang on to reality?"
"And here’s the sick joke of it all: the more you linger on a video to discern if it’s AI-generated, the more of its kind you’ll see."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Becoming an AI-detective is a job I never wanted and wish I could quit | Samantha Floreani
My social media feed is now a hellish stream of puerile AI slop. Am I stubborn to want to hang on to reality?
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:49 AM
"My social media feed is now a hellish stream of puerile AI slop. Am I stubborn to want to hang on to reality?"
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A guy makes ONE tiny mistake (has a years-long friendship with the world's worst sex trafficker; brags about sexually harassing colleagues; is racist; says women are stupid) and his whole LIFE is blown up (does slightly fewer speaking engagements; keeps teaching at #1 university)??!?!?!?!?!
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM
A guy makes ONE tiny mistake (has a years-long friendship with the world's worst sex trafficker; brags about sexually harassing colleagues; is racist; says women are stupid) and his whole LIFE is blown up (does slightly fewer speaking engagements; keeps teaching at #1 university)??!?!?!?!?!
"[A]nalysis reveals that fossil fuel lobbyists significantly outnumber almost every country delegation at COP30 – with only host country Brazil (3805), sending more people."
"I don't understand why the IPPC conferences are even mentioned any more. They make deals with fossil fuel companies at the conferences"
via Val Eisman
'... more than 1600 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the COP30 climate talks ...'
fossilfreepolitics.org/news/fossil-...
via Val Eisman
'... more than 1600 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the COP30 climate talks ...'
fossilfreepolitics.org/news/fossil-...
Fossil fuel lobbyists flood COP30 climate talks in Brazil, with largest ever attendance share - Fossil Free Politics
According to new research by Fossil Free Politics in collaboration with the Kick Big Polluters Out coalition, nine EU governments brought 84 fossil fuel lobbyists into COP30 on their official governme...
fossilfreepolitics.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
"[A]nalysis reveals that fossil fuel lobbyists significantly outnumber almost every country delegation at COP30 – with only host country Brazil (3805), sending more people."
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"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
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"Far-right figures Tommy Robinson & Nigel Farage praise Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's plans to force asylum seekers into 20 years of limbo before being able to settle in Britain"
"‘Morally wrong and politically disastrous’ – Labour's asylum plans slammed"
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/mora...
"‘Morally wrong and politically disastrous’ – Labour's asylum plans slammed"
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‘Morally wrong and politically disastrous’ – Labour's asylum plans slammed
LABOUR backbenchers condemned the party’s draconian asylum plans as not just “morally wrong” but “politically disastrous” today.Refugees will have to endure two decades of limbo before they can apply ...
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"Far-right figures Tommy Robinson & Nigel Farage praise Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's plans to force asylum seekers into 20 years of limbo before being able to settle in Britain"
"‘Morally wrong and politically disastrous’ – Labour's asylum plans slammed"
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/mora...
"‘Morally wrong and politically disastrous’ – Labour's asylum plans slammed"
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/mora...
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“CSIRO has announced it will slash up to 350 jobs as the national science agency grapples with long-term financial challenges … with current funding failing to keep pace with the rising costs of running a modern science agency.”
Not “challenges”. They’re choices. 😡
Not “challenges”. They’re choices. 😡
CSIRO to cut up to 350 research jobs in major overhaul
After 440 positions were slashed last year, the CSIRO has announced more staff cuts across the country in a bid to remain financially viable.
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“CSIRO has announced it will slash up to 350 jobs as the national science agency grapples with long-term financial challenges … with current funding failing to keep pace with the rising costs of running a modern science agency.”
Not “challenges”. They’re choices. 😡
Not “challenges”. They’re choices. 😡
'In the letter, signatories argue that “far from protecting the British population, your decision to buy US nuclear-capable fighter jets ... ties Britain even closer to the dangerous leadership of US President Donald Trump” and “increases the risk of such weapons being used in war.”'
Warmongering Labour funded by profiteering arms lobbyists
"MPs, trade unionists, and civil society leaders handed a letter into Downing Street today, urging the government to urgently rethink its nuclear weapons expansion."
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/mps-...
"MPs, trade unionists, and civil society leaders handed a letter into Downing Street today, urging the government to urgently rethink its nuclear weapons expansion."
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/mps-...
MPs, trade unionists, and civil society leaders had letter to Downing Street against nuclear expansion
MPs, trade unionists, and civil society leaders handed a letter into Downing Street today, urging the government to urgently rethink its nuclear weapons expansion.The letter, delivered by figures incl...
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
'In the letter, signatories argue that “far from protecting the British population, your decision to buy US nuclear-capable fighter jets ... ties Britain even closer to the dangerous leadership of US President Donald Trump” and “increases the risk of such weapons being used in war.”'
"Guardian Australia understands the research areas affected by the latest round of job losses will include the health and biosecurity, agriculture and food and environment research units."
Disgraceful.
Disgraceful.
This is obscene.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at CSIRO
Australia’s national scientific agency announces more research job losses as it looks for budgetary savings
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 AM
"Guardian Australia understands the research areas affected by the latest round of job losses will include the health and biosecurity, agriculture and food and environment research units."
Disgraceful.
Disgraceful.
"This mosquito species is native to tropical and subtropical climates, but as climate change pushes up temperatures and warps precipitation patterns, Aedes aegypti—which can spread Zika, dengue, chikungunya, and other potentially deadly viruses—is on the move."
This invasive disease carrier is showing up in places it really shouldn't be www.motherjones.com/environment/...
This invasive disease carrier is showing up in places it really shouldn't be
A mosquito that can spread chikungunya, dengue, and Zika is now thriving in western Colorado and elsewhere.
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:06 AM
"This mosquito species is native to tropical and subtropical climates, but as climate change pushes up temperatures and warps precipitation patterns, Aedes aegypti—which can spread Zika, dengue, chikungunya, and other potentially deadly viruses—is on the move."
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SCOOP: CDC officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end America’s status as a nation that has eliminated measles.
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C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
SCOOP: CDC officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end America’s status as a nation that has eliminated measles.
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT - Juice Media take on Canada's absolutely awful LNG expansion. Also see: Australia, the US and Qatar.
Their best-case outcome is our worst-case nightmare.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt6H...
Their best-case outcome is our worst-case nightmare.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt6H...
Honest Government Ad | Watch out, Canada (Ksi Lisims LNG)
The Canadien Government has made an ad about the proposed MAGA-billionaire-owned Ksi Lisims LNG terminal in British Columbia, and it's surprsingly honest and informative!
Stay up to date with this…
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT - Juice Media take on Canada's absolutely awful LNG expansion. Also see: Australia, the US and Qatar.
Their best-case outcome is our worst-case nightmare.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt6H...
Their best-case outcome is our worst-case nightmare.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt6H...
"Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death"
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
"Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death"