Steve Green
@frowsty.bsky.social
I live in Queensland, Australia.
I'm a retired rural photo-journalist (once a maestro of miscellaneous observation). Trying hard to keep an outrageous sense of humour and absurd appreciation of the ridiculous in an uncertain age.
I'm a retired rural photo-journalist (once a maestro of miscellaneous observation). Trying hard to keep an outrageous sense of humour and absurd appreciation of the ridiculous in an uncertain age.
"From the hemp masonry innovator Klara Marosszeky, we’ll learn how a hemp masonry board provides acoustics, thermal protection and a nice clean environmental slate that leaves our precious forests untouched."
On the thin green line between the real world and the rest
There’s a world of difference between dreams and reality. Ask any aspiring inventor, innovator or entrepreneur.
thefifthestate.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
"From the hemp masonry innovator Klara Marosszeky, we’ll learn how a hemp masonry board provides acoustics, thermal protection and a nice clean environmental slate that leaves our precious forests untouched."
COP30 will be held in Belem, Brazil, from Monday 10-21 November. Taiwan's Minister of Environment, Peng Chi-ming, said Taiwan was not a UNFCCC member, but his country had set a net zero target of 36 percent to 40 percent by 2035, as per the Paris Agreement.
Taiwan sets NDC target ahead of COP - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
www.taipeitimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
COP30 will be held in Belem, Brazil, from Monday 10-21 November. Taiwan's Minister of Environment, Peng Chi-ming, said Taiwan was not a UNFCCC member, but his country had set a net zero target of 36 percent to 40 percent by 2035, as per the Paris Agreement.
Engineered marine microbes (vibrio natriegens) are fed pure formic acid as their sole source of carbon. The microbes metabolise the acid to produce succinic acid, which is then used as a precursor to synthesise biodegradable plastics.
Ocean carbon in, biodegradable plastic out
Not-so-fun fact: our oceans hold 150 times more carbon dioxide than the Earth's atmosphere. Adding to that causes ocean acidification, which can disrupt marine food chains and reduce biodiversity.
newatlas.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Engineered marine microbes (vibrio natriegens) are fed pure formic acid as their sole source of carbon. The microbes metabolise the acid to produce succinic acid, which is then used as a precursor to synthesise biodegradable plastics.
"The revolution that once defined Russia has become, in today’s once again aggressive and chauvinist Russia, a revolution best left unmentioned."
Opinion: Nov. 7, but the Bolshevik Revolution Is Ignored in Today’s Russia. Why?
This de facto erasure tells us as much about Putin’s Russia as the revolution itself once revealed about the early 20th century.
www.kyivpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"The revolution that once defined Russia has become, in today’s once again aggressive and chauvinist Russia, a revolution best left unmentioned."
...now a historical figure - along with many other Greek, Roman, French, Spanish and Russian personalities! Deary me... ☹️ 😂
Sunday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
November 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM
...now a historical figure - along with many other Greek, Roman, French, Spanish and Russian personalities! Deary me... ☹️ 😂
...Vale Malcolm the pigeon... 🤣 😂
Albanese reveals a statue marking the dismissal would be placed in front of the old parliament to mark both Whitlam’s speech of November 11 and the achievements of the government
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
...Vale Malcolm the pigeon... 🤣 😂
Marvellous work. 😔
November 9, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Marvellous work. 😔
😂 🤣 ... members of the new Fringe Party... 😄 just sayin'...
November 9, 2025 at 6:18 AM
😂 🤣 ... members of the new Fringe Party... 😄 just sayin'...
DOUBT = EXTINCTION! COP30 Parties were asked to submit their NDCs for 2035 by February - 95 per cent of governments missed this deadline. They were then encouraged to submit by the end of September - only 60 managed to submit. UNBELIEVABLE...
COP30 explained: What it is, who’s going and why it matters
The annual climate conference will take place in Belem, Brazil, from 10 November to 21 November.
www.euronews.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:09 AM
DOUBT = EXTINCTION! COP30 Parties were asked to submit their NDCs for 2035 by February - 95 per cent of governments missed this deadline. They were then encouraged to submit by the end of September - only 60 managed to submit. UNBELIEVABLE...
Scientists know the source of atmospheric CO₂ is humanity. They can analyse different isotopes of CO₂ to discover their sources.
What are the sources of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
About 90 per cent of the world’s carbon emissions comes from the burning of fossil fuels, and most of Australia’s emissions also comes from energy production, followed by transport, agriculture, and i...
www.csiro.au
November 9, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Scientists know the source of atmospheric CO₂ is humanity. They can analyse different isotopes of CO₂ to discover their sources.
How HAVE Americans’ VIEWS on energy CHANGED in recent years?
A new Pew Research Center survey of 5,085 U.S. adults conducted from April 28 to May 4, 2025, takes a look.
A new Pew Research Center survey of 5,085 U.S. adults conducted from April 28 to May 4, 2025, takes a look.
Americans’ Views on Energy at the Start of Trump’s Second Term
Americans have become less supportive of wind and solar power since the first Trump administration, a shift driven by declines in support among Republicans.
www.pewresearch.org
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 AM
How HAVE Americans’ VIEWS on energy CHANGED in recent years?
A new Pew Research Center survey of 5,085 U.S. adults conducted from April 28 to May 4, 2025, takes a look.
A new Pew Research Center survey of 5,085 U.S. adults conducted from April 28 to May 4, 2025, takes a look.
"... our planet’s magnetic field is far from static. In fact, it is profoundly dynamic, consistently shifting and fluctuating over time. Every few hundred thousand years it completely flips, with magnetic north switching places with magnetic south."
An ancient tree revealed the tale of Earth's magnetic field reversal
A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the Earth’s magnetic field went haywire. The compelling 2021 study tells the stor...
newatlas.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:04 AM
"... our planet’s magnetic field is far from static. In fact, it is profoundly dynamic, consistently shifting and fluctuating over time. Every few hundred thousand years it completely flips, with magnetic north switching places with magnetic south."
President Volodymyr Zelensky calls Pokrovsk’s situation “difficult but under control.” The noose tightens, but it chokes Russia with a rope made of its own illusions.
Opinion: Pokrovsk and What Comes After
As Russia bleeds to gain yards, Ukraine adapts for miles, making Pokrovsk’s so-called “strategic significance” a Kremlin-fueled mirage.
www.kyivpost.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:02 AM
President Volodymyr Zelensky calls Pokrovsk’s situation “difficult but under control.” The noose tightens, but it chokes Russia with a rope made of its own illusions.
"Stuffed into giant white bags to be recycled, they loaded the packed piles of thin green netting into a truck to be sent on its way to Ukraine, where they are used to entangle Russian drones."
French Fishing Nets Find New Purpose on Ukraine’s Front Lines
Nets once used for fishing off French coast are now catching Russian drones on unpaved roads near the front.
www.kyivpost.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
"Stuffed into giant white bags to be recycled, they loaded the packed piles of thin green netting into a truck to be sent on its way to Ukraine, where they are used to entangle Russian drones."
Reposted by Steve Green
The iron ore industry pays billions more in royalties than the oil and gas industry.
So why does oil and gas get special treatment?
#auspol @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social
So why does oil and gas get special treatment?
#auspol @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 6:04 AM
The iron ore industry pays billions more in royalties than the oil and gas industry.
So why does oil and gas get special treatment?
#auspol @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social
So why does oil and gas get special treatment?
#auspol @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social
"Any decision to deploy DPRK troops into internationally recognised, sovereign Ukrainian territory in support of russian forces, would almost certainly require sign-off from both russia's President Putin, and DPRK leader Kim Jong Un."
UK Defense Intelligence Reveals North Korean Forces Assist russia in Strikes on Ukraine | Defense Express
North Korean soldiers operating in russia's Kursk region are reportedly coordinating reconnaissance and enabling russian attacks into Ukraine's Sumy region, marking their first direct involvement in c...
en.defence-ua.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
"Any decision to deploy DPRK troops into internationally recognised, sovereign Ukrainian territory in support of russian forces, would almost certainly require sign-off from both russia's President Putin, and DPRK leader Kim Jong Un."
Good God! Vikki will kill him ... 🤣 just 😂 sayin' 🤣
October 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Good God! Vikki will kill him ... 🤣 just 😂 sayin' 🤣
"... At press time, the listless National Guard members had reportedly decided to just start issuing parking tickets as they searched in vain for the rivers of blood they believed would be flooding the streets of Chicago." 😂🤣 GREAT SATIRE!? 😄 😆
Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored
CHICAGO—Unsure where to find the lawlessness and chaos they were told was overtaking the city, National Guard troops deployed to Chicago by President Donald Trump have begun aimlessly going door to do...
theonion.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
"... At press time, the listless National Guard members had reportedly decided to just start issuing parking tickets as they searched in vain for the rivers of blood they believed would be flooding the streets of Chicago." 😂🤣 GREAT SATIRE!? 😄 😆
Anticipate an imperfect tomorrow - don't be left out... 😊
Every day won’t be perfect. But every day is a chance—to try again, to show up, to heal, to grow. Keep going. Even slow progress is progress.
October 11, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Anticipate an imperfect tomorrow - don't be left out... 😊
"Among the most significant findings were records detailing the illegal abductions of Ukrainian children from occupied parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts."
Ukraine hacks Crimea proxy head, uncovers child abduction files, intelligence source says
The breach allegedly exposed official correspondence of the head of Russian occupation authorities in Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, as well as internal documents and communications between occupation minis...
kyivindependent.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
"Among the most significant findings were records detailing the illegal abductions of Ukrainian children from occupied parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts."
"Waves of quadcopters crashed out of the sky in Indiana earlier this week during a military demonstration. Their sudden, synchronized collapse wasn’t the result of missiles or shrapnel. It came from an invisible beam of energy." - 8th August 2025
US Military Just Tested a Microwave Weapon That Instantly Zapped an Entire Swarm of Drones Out of the Sky
The U.S. military tests a powerful new defense against drone swarms.
www.zmescience.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
"Waves of quadcopters crashed out of the sky in Indiana earlier this week during a military demonstration. Their sudden, synchronized collapse wasn’t the result of missiles or shrapnel. It came from an invisible beam of energy." - 8th August 2025
You just gotta love this! ... 😂😂🤣
Nothing exposes the nastiness and ignorance of a racist as powerfully as fact 👇👍👏
October 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
You just gotta love this! ... 😂😂🤣
"...individuals who consumed beer were 1.35 times more attractive to mosquitoes than those who abstained. Other habits linked to higher mosquito attraction included not wearing sunscreen, showering less frequently, and sharing a bed the night before." 😯😃
Beer Drinkers May Be A Mosquito Magnet, Study Finds - Strange Days
A new study from Dutch researchers has found that people who drink beer are significantly more likely to be a mosquito magnet.
www.strangedaysnews.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:22 AM
"...individuals who consumed beer were 1.35 times more attractive to mosquitoes than those who abstained. Other habits linked to higher mosquito attraction included not wearing sunscreen, showering less frequently, and sharing a bed the night before." 😯😃
This really is great news.
Amazing, fabulous medical breakthrough!! Kudos to the #UK #medical_research teams who crossed the finish line! #HuntingtonsDisease vanquished!
Huntington’s disease treated successfully for first time in UK gene therapy trial | Huntington's disease | The Guardian share.google/BS3GwG7z0dX0.... America may be led by Cookers, meanwhile the rest of the world gets on with doing what must be done #News #Health #MedicalScience #Respect
September 25, 2025 at 5:20 AM
This really is great news.
So it was a "usual day at the office" then? 😒
(1/3) Yesterday, we heard a speech from the President of the United States that did not reflect the values of our country or of the United Nations. Instead of calling for peace, dignity, and cooperation, Pres. Trump delivered a speech laced with fear, division, and misinformation.
Opinion | What Trump's U.N. address revealed about the dire state of American democracy
The president's address to the United Nations put the dire state of our democracy in a terrible new light.
www.msnbc.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:42 AM
So it was a "usual day at the office" then? 😒