Gil Greening
@gilgreen.bsky.social
retired scientist, kiwi in Oz - Ngunnawal Country, avatar from Iceland, aurora australis from sister in Dunedin. #nzpol Vaxxed to the max.
Mostly just a lazy reposter.
Mostly just a lazy reposter.
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The most important power station in the nation is no longer a distant coal plant – it’s on our rooftops reneweconomy.com.au/the-most-imp...
The most important power station in the nation is no longer a distant coal plant – it’s on our rooftops
Commentators ideologically opposed to renewables have sat in their dens in the recent heatwaves waiting for the grid to fail. It didn’t.
reneweconomy.com.au
January 29, 2026 at 7:41 AM
The most important power station in the nation is no longer a distant coal plant – it’s on our rooftops reneweconomy.com.au/the-most-imp...
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An attacker ran up on @ilhanmn.bsky.social in an assault attempt.
Without firing a shot, without deploying pepper balls, without panic, the agent was able to quickly & safely affect an arrest on the suspect.
Why?
Training.
This is what a trained agent does - and the cameraman lived through it.
Without firing a shot, without deploying pepper balls, without panic, the agent was able to quickly & safely affect an arrest on the suspect.
Why?
Training.
This is what a trained agent does - and the cameraman lived through it.
January 28, 2026 at 9:53 PM
An attacker ran up on @ilhanmn.bsky.social in an assault attempt.
Without firing a shot, without deploying pepper balls, without panic, the agent was able to quickly & safely affect an arrest on the suspect.
Why?
Training.
This is what a trained agent does - and the cameraman lived through it.
Without firing a shot, without deploying pepper balls, without panic, the agent was able to quickly & safely affect an arrest on the suspect.
Why?
Training.
This is what a trained agent does - and the cameraman lived through it.
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While we're on the subject of absolute musical legends writing songs about the current moment
January 28, 2026 at 9:29 PM
While we're on the subject of absolute musical legends writing songs about the current moment
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BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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Sorry, but the ageism of the health minister's comments about past ministers is even more proof, as if we needed it, that VicHealth's work is not done. "The public health landscape has changed significantly since either...were ministers in the last century”
www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
‘Ignorance and stupidity’: Labor luminary slams planned VicHealth closure
The Labor and Liberal figures who secured support for the establishment of the health promotions body have urged the Allan government to abandon plans to scrap it.
www.theage.com.au
January 28, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Sorry, but the ageism of the health minister's comments about past ministers is even more proof, as if we needed it, that VicHealth's work is not done. "The public health landscape has changed significantly since either...were ministers in the last century”
www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
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The Privacy Act is being used as a shield to avoid explaining why senior departmental secretaries are moved on – and what it costs the public. That secrecy weakens accountability, Paddy Gourley writes.
#auspol #PublicService #Transparency #Accountability
#auspol #PublicService #Transparency #Accountability
Blaming the Privacy Act for government secrecy
Claims of “privacy” are increasingly being used to obscure the reasons and costs behind the premature departure of senior public servants – eroding transparency and accountability.
johnmenadue.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:30 PM
The Privacy Act is being used as a shield to avoid explaining why senior departmental secretaries are moved on – and what it costs the public. That secrecy weakens accountability, Paddy Gourley writes.
#auspol #PublicService #Transparency #Accountability
#auspol #PublicService #Transparency #Accountability
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Another successful 1080 drop in Te Ngāherehere o Kohukohunui / Hūnua Ranges. Possums are almost permanently nonexistent now, with rats again temporarily wiped out by the latest treatment.
From 1 pair of Kōkako in the 90’s, to over 260 today.
ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/news/2026/01...
From 1 pair of Kōkako in the 90’s, to over 260 today.
ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/news/2026/01...
January 20, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Another successful 1080 drop in Te Ngāherehere o Kohukohunui / Hūnua Ranges. Possums are almost permanently nonexistent now, with rats again temporarily wiped out by the latest treatment.
From 1 pair of Kōkako in the 90’s, to over 260 today.
ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/news/2026/01...
From 1 pair of Kōkako in the 90’s, to over 260 today.
ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/news/2026/01...
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❄️ A landmark new study has revealed that glaciers on Australia’s remote sub-Antarctic Heard Island are shrinking at an accelerating rate due to rising temperatures and climate change.
tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...
@andrewmackintosh.bsky.social
@heardislandgov.bsky.social
@arcsaef.bsky.social
tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...
@andrewmackintosh.bsky.social
@heardislandgov.bsky.social
@arcsaef.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
❄️ A landmark new study has revealed that glaciers on Australia’s remote sub-Antarctic Heard Island are shrinking at an accelerating rate due to rising temperatures and climate change.
tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...
@andrewmackintosh.bsky.social
@heardislandgov.bsky.social
@arcsaef.bsky.social
tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...
@andrewmackintosh.bsky.social
@heardislandgov.bsky.social
@arcsaef.bsky.social
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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The Federal government lost around 106,636 years worth of direct experience by letting go approximately 10,000 employees with PhDs in STEM and Healthcare.
That doesn’t include the other ~290,000 people who for one reason or another left federal employment in 2025.
That doesn’t include the other ~290,000 people who for one reason or another left federal employment in 2025.
January 27, 2026 at 4:25 AM
The Federal government lost around 106,636 years worth of direct experience by letting go approximately 10,000 employees with PhDs in STEM and Healthcare.
That doesn’t include the other ~290,000 people who for one reason or another left federal employment in 2025.
That doesn’t include the other ~290,000 people who for one reason or another left federal employment in 2025.
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The traitor to our society has, quite literally, set us back about a million years in science and healthcare in a single year of his fascist actions.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
www.science.org
January 27, 2026 at 4:25 AM
The traitor to our society has, quite literally, set us back about a million years in science and healthcare in a single year of his fascist actions.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
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"If even the security services are gagged when they tell the government what it doesn’t want to hear, perhaps our communication style, or our modes of protest or our dress sense, are not, as we keep being told, the problem."
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:05 AM
"If even the security services are gagged when they tell the government what it doesn’t want to hear, perhaps our communication style, or our modes of protest or our dress sense, are not, as we keep being told, the problem."
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Australia hits power demand record as renewables pass 50pc milestone www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Grid hits major milestone as coal, gas shrink amid ‘tripling’ battery discharge
Amid fits and starts, Australia's energy transition turned a big corner in 2025, as renewables shot past fossil fuels despite demand records.
www.abc.net.au
January 28, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Australia hits power demand record as renewables pass 50pc milestone www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Lovely summation of the 5 phenomenal films nominated this year for a Best Feature Documentary Oscar. I can honestly say I love every single one:
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr. Nobody v Putin
The Perfect Neighbor
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/m...
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr. Nobody v Putin
The Perfect Neighbor
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/m...
In the Documentary Oscar Nominees, Acts of Defiance Big and Small
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Lovely summation of the 5 phenomenal films nominated this year for a Best Feature Documentary Oscar. I can honestly say I love every single one:
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr. Nobody v Putin
The Perfect Neighbor
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/m...
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr. Nobody v Putin
The Perfect Neighbor
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/m...
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🚨🇦🇺 Herzog due to arrive in Australia Feb 8 - and he’s actually bringing an IDF General with him who is accused of war crimes. Rights groups formally asked for his visa to be cancelled in 2024 - they should do same now.
👇 Refs below
#Australia #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw #Gaza
👇 Refs below
#Australia #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw #Gaza
January 28, 2026 at 7:11 PM
🚨🇦🇺 Herzog due to arrive in Australia Feb 8 - and he’s actually bringing an IDF General with him who is accused of war crimes. Rights groups formally asked for his visa to be cancelled in 2024 - they should do same now.
👇 Refs below
#Australia #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw #Gaza
👇 Refs below
#Australia #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw #Gaza
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Nicky Hager says Judith Collins is “clearly and demonstrably not” fit for the Law Commission role
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Nicky Hager: Judith Collins not fit for Law Commission role
The journalist behind Dirty Politics has questioned Collins’ appointment.
www.thepost.co.nz
January 28, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Nicky Hager says Judith Collins is “clearly and demonstrably not” fit for the Law Commission role
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
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Every few years someone tries to declare that particle physics is dead because it’s different from what it used to be and right now that feels a lot like people saying the academy is dying and has lower standards because it’s diversified
They seem like different phenomena but they are connected 🧵
They seem like different phenomena but they are connected 🧵
January 28, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Every few years someone tries to declare that particle physics is dead because it’s different from what it used to be and right now that feels a lot like people saying the academy is dying and has lower standards because it’s diversified
They seem like different phenomena but they are connected 🧵
They seem like different phenomena but they are connected 🧵
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The biggest risk did particle physics right now isn’t that we are out of ideas. We published thousands of pages of ideas!!!!!!!
The biggest risk is an approach to science that says it must serve capitalist industry and/or militarized “national security“ or it’s not worth funding.
The biggest risk is an approach to science that says it must serve capitalist industry and/or militarized “national security“ or it’s not worth funding.
January 28, 2026 at 2:25 AM
The biggest risk did particle physics right now isn’t that we are out of ideas. We published thousands of pages of ideas!!!!!!!
The biggest risk is an approach to science that says it must serve capitalist industry and/or militarized “national security“ or it’s not worth funding.
The biggest risk is an approach to science that says it must serve capitalist industry and/or militarized “national security“ or it’s not worth funding.
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We have revived our Snapshots!
Lockheed’s new revolving door Aussie CEO; AUKUS 'high probability of failure', top UK expert; business booming in SIPRI Top 100 arms co's; fascinating new doco on investigative journalist Seymour Hersh; & more
CLICK: undueinfluence.substack.com/p/snapshots-...
Lockheed’s new revolving door Aussie CEO; AUKUS 'high probability of failure', top UK expert; business booming in SIPRI Top 100 arms co's; fascinating new doco on investigative journalist Seymour Hersh; & more
CLICK: undueinfluence.substack.com/p/snapshots-...
January 28, 2026 at 7:21 PM
We have revived our Snapshots!
Lockheed’s new revolving door Aussie CEO; AUKUS 'high probability of failure', top UK expert; business booming in SIPRI Top 100 arms co's; fascinating new doco on investigative journalist Seymour Hersh; & more
CLICK: undueinfluence.substack.com/p/snapshots-...
Lockheed’s new revolving door Aussie CEO; AUKUS 'high probability of failure', top UK expert; business booming in SIPRI Top 100 arms co's; fascinating new doco on investigative journalist Seymour Hersh; & more
CLICK: undueinfluence.substack.com/p/snapshots-...
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“They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars… Now it appears that work is paying off. #Oslo & #Helsinki are reaping the rewards of committed action on making their roads safer, reducing pedestrian fatalities to zero last year.” #VisionZero #SpeedKills
How Helsinki and Oslo cut pedestrian deaths to zero
After years of committed action, neither city recorded a single pedestrian fatality in 2019
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:13 AM
“They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars… Now it appears that work is paying off. #Oslo & #Helsinki are reaping the rewards of committed action on making their roads safer, reducing pedestrian fatalities to zero last year.” #VisionZero #SpeedKills
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Astonishingly accurate illustration.
January 27, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Astonishingly accurate illustration.
This.
![[Cartoon strip pastiche of the Highway Code, with illustrations describing the text]
[Title panel]:
The Highway Code
Rule number 112b:
LED headlights
In recent years, many
new cars have been fitted with extra-bright LED headlights.
LED headlights increase safety by illuminating every detail of the road ahead
Including the face of the person driving a metal box towards you at a combined speed of 80mph
Whom you have just blinded with your LED headlights.
LED headlights must be fitted at eye-level on a great big murderous wall of car.
[Show a car crumpling into the front of a high-fronted SUV, bathed in light from the blinding headlamps]
They must be permanently on full beam, because you are insane.
And they should be bright enough to make other drivers think they are ascending into a blinding vortex of alien light
Like them old people in the classic Ron Howard film, Cocoon (1985).
[Show illustration of the final scene where the older people on the boat are being yoinked up into the blindingly-illuminated cloaca of the big spaceship]
So remember: you must use LED headlights
To prevent everyone from not crashing into you.
[Image shows this happening]
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January 28, 2026 at 12:29 PM
This.
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![1
[A spoof advert for a life management app. It opens with a glossy, sorted-looking person smugly addressing us]
Hey there.
2
Feeling the January panic already?
3
[Title panel]
Then sign up for Stressifyly today.
4
[Show the app on a phone]
Stressifyly
(We couldn't decide between ‘Stressly' and ‘Stressify')
5
Stressifyly is the cute stress-management app that has given up pretending it's all ok.
[the rest of the advert depicts on-screen app tools a la Headspace / Liven / Grammarly etc]
6
Complete your daily freak-out rings
'You've nearly been anxious all day!'
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Get daily reminders to your devices
[A woman jogging, her watch saying to her: "Hey! You should’ve met the right guy by now."]
8
Use innovative visualisation tools
[Show a visualisation of a mountain of work: ‘your work mountain / you’ next to a tiny person]
9
Delve into our ambient sound library
[Listening to a recording called ‘The background hum of global decline’ illustrated with an image of trump, putin, a robot, flames etc]
10
Chat to our AI Berater Buddy to start manifesting failure
[AI person on phone]:
You’re gonna cock this up
[Person holding phone, eyes closed]
I’m gonna cock this up
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Do some journaling thing as if that will somehow help
[person typing a journal entry on phone: "Today I had too many difficult things to do"
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And generally pay us to tell you that adult life will go away if you just fiddle around with your phone some more
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[Advert ending image]:
Stressifyly:
Stay underwater.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreibpkdjyy7n42ektwrasgu6fjhqo6tuwhh3jfctdmowmmjbzv5rr4u@jpeg)