Jo Barkworth
@bubbletheviking.bsky.social
We're burning our home, and losing our sense of decency, fairness, equality and caring for our fellow humans and earth's natural gifts. Hoping the BlueSky community thinking helps us all survive
#UBI 💚🌿🌈🐻❄️🪼🪸🐬🐢
#UBI 💚🌿🌈🐻❄️🪼🪸🐬🐢
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25 November is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Albanese govt has announced an additional $41.8m for the hotline 1800Respect. This helps.
But men need to actively campaign to end violence against women. That's the key. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
But men need to actively campaign to end violence against women. That's the key. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia politics live: boost for national domestic violence helpline after huge increase in calls for help
Follow live
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
25 November is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Albanese govt has announced an additional $41.8m for the hotline 1800Respect. This helps.
But men need to actively campaign to end violence against women. That's the key. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
But men need to actively campaign to end violence against women. That's the key. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Recall this
We pay for the lack of real action on Climate Change
We pay for the lack of real action on Climate Change
The insured costs of climate change are now 12 times higher than 20 years ago, while local government revenue is only three times higher, a new report from the Australia Institute shows.
“Big gas, coal and oil companies make a killing from climate change, and it’s time they started paying for it."
“Big gas, coal and oil companies make a killing from climate change, and it’s time they started paying for it."
New analysis shows soaring cost of climate change for councils - Inside Local Government
Local government revenue is not keeping pace with the rapidly rising costs of climate change, according to new analysis by The Australia Institute. The Institute’s analysis found the costs of climate ...
insidelocalgovernment.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Recall this
We pay for the lack of real action on Climate Change
We pay for the lack of real action on Climate Change
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Reminder: livestock farming is the leading driver of #deforestation
We survive because trees never stop giving — oxygen, food, shade, and the very balance of the planet 🌲🌳
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Reminder: livestock farming is the leading driver of #deforestation
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ACF’s CEO Kelly O’Shanassy says the govt should ‘negotiate with parties that want to protect nature’ and a deal with the coalition would weaken ‘already bad legislation’. #auspol www.perthnow.com.au/news/politic...
Labor path to pass nature laws in last week narrows
Labor is facing hurdles as it attempts to negotiate a deal in the Senate to pass environmental reforms before parliament finishes for the year.
www.perthnow.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
ACF’s CEO Kelly O’Shanassy says the govt should ‘negotiate with parties that want to protect nature’ and a deal with the coalition would weaken ‘already bad legislation’. #auspol www.perthnow.com.au/news/politic...
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Australia talks a big game on innovation – but keeps cutting the institutions that make it possible. Why we need to reverse course, fast. 🧪📉 #SciencePolicy #CSIRO #HigherEd #PublicSchools #AustralianPolitics #STEM #Innovation #EducationFunding #Auspol
Innovation talk, austerity walk: Australia’s failing science policy
Despite constant rhetoric about innovation, Australia is steadily dismantling its scientific capacity. Public schools, universities and the CSIRO are all under pressure – the result of decades of market-driven policy-making that prioritises short-term cost-cutting over long-term national capability.
johnmenadue.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Australia talks a big game on innovation – but keeps cutting the institutions that make it possible. Why we need to reverse course, fast. 🧪📉 #SciencePolicy #CSIRO #HigherEd #PublicSchools #AustralianPolitics #STEM #Innovation #EducationFunding #Auspol
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Simon Stiell, the executive secretary of the UN framework convention on climate change at COP 30: “When climate disasters decimate the lives of millions, when we already have the solutions, this will never, ever be forgiven.”
Fucking right on. Never.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fucking right on. Never.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster
Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Simon Stiell, the executive secretary of the UN framework convention on climate change at COP 30: “When climate disasters decimate the lives of millions, when we already have the solutions, this will never, ever be forgiven.”
Fucking right on. Never.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fucking right on. Never.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Comey: "I'm grateful the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence & incompetence... I was inspired by the career people who refused to be part of this travesty. It cost some of them their jobs, but it preserved their integrity, which is beyond price"
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Comey: "I'm grateful the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence & incompetence... I was inspired by the career people who refused to be part of this travesty. It cost some of them their jobs, but it preserved their integrity, which is beyond price"
and extreme storms
EXCEPTIONAL HEAT WAVE IN AUSTRALIA
Another day with >46C (46.1C Windorah).
Some areas are at record heat levels for November both in Queensland and Northern Territory:
42.2 Blackwater November Highest Max on record
28.6 Yulara November Highest Min on record
Another day with >46C (46.1C Windorah).
Some areas are at record heat levels for November both in Queensland and Northern Territory:
42.2 Blackwater November Highest Max on record
28.6 Yulara November Highest Min on record
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
and extreme storms
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'Australia has signed onto the Belem declaration to phase out fossil fuels - now is the time to for them to act'
No it isn't. The gov't does not at when they sign on to things: they act when they are forced to through external pressure. Now is the time for *climate and environment groups* to act
No it isn't. The gov't does not at when they sign on to things: they act when they are forced to through external pressure. Now is the time for *climate and environment groups* to act
November 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
'Australia has signed onto the Belem declaration to phase out fossil fuels - now is the time to for them to act'
No it isn't. The gov't does not at when they sign on to things: they act when they are forced to through external pressure. Now is the time for *climate and environment groups* to act
No it isn't. The gov't does not at when they sign on to things: they act when they are forced to through external pressure. Now is the time for *climate and environment groups* to act
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The German mind-bending logic strikes again.
In German lalaland, we can get emissions free fossil fuels.
search.app/arVa9
In German lalaland, we can get emissions free fossil fuels.
search.app/arVa9
The EU is not fighting fossil fuels, only emissions, Von der Leyen says ahead of G20 | Euractiv
Her comments to reporters in South Africa may impact global climate talks wrapping up in Brazil
search.app
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The German mind-bending logic strikes again.
In German lalaland, we can get emissions free fossil fuels.
search.app/arVa9
In German lalaland, we can get emissions free fossil fuels.
search.app/arVa9
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Drowning in Denial: One in Five Homes in Reform UK Heartlands Could Be Under Water Within 25 Years bylinetimes.com/2025/11/20/d...
Drowning in Denial: One in Five Homes in Reform UK Heartlands Could Be Under Water Within 25 Years
As Nigel Farage's party scraps climate schemes around the country, new data shows flood risk surging across the ten councils it leads
bylinetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Drowning in Denial: One in Five Homes in Reform UK Heartlands Could Be Under Water Within 25 Years bylinetimes.com/2025/11/20/d...
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Two children have been killed every day in Gaza since the so-called ceasefire began.
Why has this disappeared from the headlines?
The genocide never ended — and our government is still complicit.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
Why has this disappeared from the headlines?
The genocide never ended — and our government is still complicit.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
November 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Two children have been killed every day in Gaza since the so-called ceasefire began.
Why has this disappeared from the headlines?
The genocide never ended — and our government is still complicit.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
Why has this disappeared from the headlines?
The genocide never ended — and our government is still complicit.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
Pure evil.
At least 160,000 people have been granted refugee status over the past five years. It now seems they are intended to be caught by the Government’s plans to make refugees wait up to 20 years for settlement - even for those just months away from ILR
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Pure evil.
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Lib Dem MP Luke Taylor in last week's debate on social media:
Elon Musk's recent London speech represented "a foreign billionaire, armed with his global megaphone, fanning the flames of division and calling for the overthrow of our democratically elected Government."
"We call that treason here."
Elon Musk's recent London speech represented "a foreign billionaire, armed with his global megaphone, fanning the flames of division and calling for the overthrow of our democratically elected Government."
"We call that treason here."
November 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Lib Dem MP Luke Taylor in last week's debate on social media:
Elon Musk's recent London speech represented "a foreign billionaire, armed with his global megaphone, fanning the flames of division and calling for the overthrow of our democratically elected Government."
"We call that treason here."
Elon Musk's recent London speech represented "a foreign billionaire, armed with his global megaphone, fanning the flames of division and calling for the overthrow of our democratically elected Government."
"We call that treason here."
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UK wildfires devastated more areas in 2025 than at any time since records began, figures show www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
UK wildfires devastated more areas in 2025 than at any time since records began, figures show
Firefighters call for long-term investment and say UK is dangerously underprepared as climate crisis worsens
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
UK wildfires devastated more areas in 2025 than at any time since records began, figures show www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
That explains it, SE QLD!!
November 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
That explains it, SE QLD!!
Now the storm is over.....
#GreyhoundsofBlueSky
They don't often hang around close to each other. TBH Maxi is now trapped on the sofa until Belle moves 😄
#GreyhoundsofBlueSky
They don't often hang around close to each other. TBH Maxi is now trapped on the sofa until Belle moves 😄
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Now the storm is over.....
#GreyhoundsofBlueSky
They don't often hang around close to each other. TBH Maxi is now trapped on the sofa until Belle moves 😄
#GreyhoundsofBlueSky
They don't often hang around close to each other. TBH Maxi is now trapped on the sofa until Belle moves 😄
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Most people hear “heat pump” and think of small air-source units at home. But Germany is building one of the world’s largest heat pumps in Mannheim: a 162 MW river-source system using heat from the Rhine.
Big reminder that heat-pumps scale far beyond households — they can decarbonise whole cities.
Big reminder that heat-pumps scale far beyond households — they can decarbonise whole cities.
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Most people hear “heat pump” and think of small air-source units at home. But Germany is building one of the world’s largest heat pumps in Mannheim: a 162 MW river-source system using heat from the Rhine.
Big reminder that heat-pumps scale far beyond households — they can decarbonise whole cities.
Big reminder that heat-pumps scale far beyond households — they can decarbonise whole cities.
Incompetent luddites, the LNP
Qld Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie has again accused Qld Labor of "rolling out the welcome mat to drug dealers".
Unlike 2024 Schoolies, 2025 won't have pill testing.
Take great care. #qldpol www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/que...
Unlike 2024 Schoolies, 2025 won't have pill testing.
Take great care. #qldpol www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/que...
Pill-testing has been banned from schoolies. Here’s what teens really think about it
Last year, 27 drug samples showed up at pill-testing services at schoolies. This year, drug takers will have to chance it.
www.brisbanetimes.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Incompetent luddites, the LNP
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We are all the leaves of one tree
We are all the waves of one sea
The time has come for all to live as one
We are all the stars of one sky
- Thich Nhat Hahn (1926-2022) 🌻
#community #humanity #peace
We are all the waves of one sea
The time has come for all to live as one
We are all the stars of one sky
- Thich Nhat Hahn (1926-2022) 🌻
#community #humanity #peace
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
We are all the leaves of one tree
We are all the waves of one sea
The time has come for all to live as one
We are all the stars of one sky
- Thich Nhat Hahn (1926-2022) 🌻
#community #humanity #peace
We are all the waves of one sea
The time has come for all to live as one
We are all the stars of one sky
- Thich Nhat Hahn (1926-2022) 🌻
#community #humanity #peace
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Yesterday saw a fresh escalation in Israel’s illegal assassinations with a missile attack on Beirut. It follows a drone attack on a Palestinian refugee camp and Israel’s continued illegal bombing and occupation of Southern Lebanon.
November 24, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Yesterday saw a fresh escalation in Israel’s illegal assassinations with a missile attack on Beirut. It follows a drone attack on a Palestinian refugee camp and Israel’s continued illegal bombing and occupation of Southern Lebanon.
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It is now clear when Albo said "no-one left behind", he really meant:
- the gambling industry
- big media
- fossil fuel lobby
- for-profit childcare corporations
- aged care companies
- employment service providers
- property developers...
But Australians with the greatest needs? Yeah nah. #auspol
- the gambling industry
- big media
- fossil fuel lobby
- for-profit childcare corporations
- aged care companies
- employment service providers
- property developers...
But Australians with the greatest needs? Yeah nah. #auspol
Gambling ruins lives. It is absolutely unacceptable that the Albanese government will continue to choose vested interests over the wellbeing of Australians and hide behind a watered-down policy - if they ever introduce one. We need action on gambling harms now.
Labor tipped to drop proposal for online gambling ad ban
Political and industry sources expect Communications Minister Anika Wells to crack-down on illegal offshore gambling websites.
www.afr.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
It is now clear when Albo said "no-one left behind", he really meant:
- the gambling industry
- big media
- fossil fuel lobby
- for-profit childcare corporations
- aged care companies
- employment service providers
- property developers...
But Australians with the greatest needs? Yeah nah. #auspol
- the gambling industry
- big media
- fossil fuel lobby
- for-profit childcare corporations
- aged care companies
- employment service providers
- property developers...
But Australians with the greatest needs? Yeah nah. #auspol
@albomp.bsky.social You still appear to be showing that you (or your WA Premier mate) are captured by the gas industry. The IPCC said no new fossil fuel projects. #leaveitintheground
New Gas is not compatible with a liveable planet - for any of us! (that includes you!)
New Gas is not compatible with a liveable planet - for any of us! (that includes you!)
November 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
@albomp.bsky.social You still appear to be showing that you (or your WA Premier mate) are captured by the gas industry. The IPCC said no new fossil fuel projects. #leaveitintheground
New Gas is not compatible with a liveable planet - for any of us! (that includes you!)
New Gas is not compatible with a liveable planet - for any of us! (that includes you!)
Agreed
“But, having tasted long-term power, this Labor Party now seems to want to hold it for power’s sake, no longer guided by the principles of changing society fundamentally but possession of power as an end to itself”
…Amy Remeikis
How pathetically true!
#auspol
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
…Amy Remeikis
How pathetically true!
#auspol
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
November 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Agreed