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Labor must not partner with climate vandals on Australia’s new environmental laws | Tim Flannery www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labor must not partner with climate vandals on Australia’s new environmental laws | Tim Flannery
If the government cuts a deal with them, it risks repeating the mistakes of the Abbott era, sacrificing progress for politics
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Labor must not partner with climate vandals on Australia’s new environmental laws | Tim Flannery www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Lobster fishery off Bruny Island in TAS closed on eve of the opening of fishing season due to antibiotic use by the salmon farms.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.
Crayfish Closure Follows Salmon Antibiotic Deployment - Tasmanian Times
The commercial rock lobster fishery south of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel is now closed effective 15 November 2025
tasmaniantimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Lobster fishery off Bruny Island in TAS closed on eve of the opening of fishing season due to antibiotic use by the salmon farms.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.
Liars...no other way to describe these devious. deluded fools.
November 15, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Liars...no other way to describe these devious. deluded fools.
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@theguardian.com is killin' it with coverage of #COP30.
Big emitters LOVE emissions trading.
This piece is consistent with my own research that shows that IETA, which has big fossil as members, and pushes for emissions trading has more delegates than any other NGO at COP *for two decades*
Big emitters LOVE emissions trading.
This piece is consistent with my own research that shows that IETA, which has big fossil as members, and pushes for emissions trading has more delegates than any other NGO at COP *for two decades*
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
@theguardian.com is killin' it with coverage of #COP30.
Big emitters LOVE emissions trading.
This piece is consistent with my own research that shows that IETA, which has big fossil as members, and pushes for emissions trading has more delegates than any other NGO at COP *for two decades*
Big emitters LOVE emissions trading.
This piece is consistent with my own research that shows that IETA, which has big fossil as members, and pushes for emissions trading has more delegates than any other NGO at COP *for two decades*
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Note “Classical Christian Education”.
Part of the rightwing attempt to neuter education for the reactionary tycoons.
#Auspol
Part of the rightwing attempt to neuter education for the reactionary tycoons.
#Auspol
Queensland appointed two Catholic strategists to Ed board, replacing union. Classic 2020s US Right politics, working through the back door to crush public education’s independence & strength. One of them: also culture warrior Advance & Classical Christian Ed. #auspol
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johnmenadue.com/post/2024/06...
November 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Note “Classical Christian Education”.
Part of the rightwing attempt to neuter education for the reactionary tycoons.
#Auspol
Part of the rightwing attempt to neuter education for the reactionary tycoons.
#Auspol
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Most Texas hospitals refuse to have any maternity services because they can't make a big profit from them. No help with pregnancy care, terminations or childbirth: take that, girls, women & babies.
Olney Hamilton Hospital joins the nearly 60% of rural Texas hospitals that do not deliver babies, leaving large swaths of the state without a nearby place to give birth. #MsReads via @texastribune.org
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/13/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/13/t...
Why Texas’ newest rural hospital can’t deliver babies anymore
Olney Hamilton Hospital joins the nearly 60% of rural Texas hospitals that do not deliver babies, leaving large swaths of the state without a nearby place to give birth.
www.texastribune.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Most Texas hospitals refuse to have any maternity services because they can't make a big profit from them. No help with pregnancy care, terminations or childbirth: take that, girls, women & babies.
Is climate change really something we need to stress about? | Fiona Katauskas www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Is climate change really something we need to stress about? | Fiona Katauskas
We could just wait until it all boils over
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Is climate change really something we need to stress about? | Fiona Katauskas www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Outrageous
Recently, the Israeli Knesset passed a bill to annex the #WestBank. On Mon 10Nov2025, it passed the first reading of a bill allowing the execution of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. Israel aims to annihilate the Palestinian people. #GazaGenocide #IsraeliTerrorism share.google/PDVVymF2VdqB...
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Outrageous
FFS
Resource Minister Madeleine King told Japanese businesses Australia “will not be doing anything that…jeopardises Japan’s energy security.”
That’s great for Japan but how come Australia’s energy security isn’ as much of a priority for her as Japan’s? #climate
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That’s great for Japan but how come Australia’s energy security isn’ as much of a priority for her as Japan’s? #climate
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Why does the Albanese Government treat Japan’s energy security as more important than our own?
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
FFS
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig
As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.
www.truthdig.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
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Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
A State funeral!!!....another example of Albool lacking a spine...What a disgraceful decision.
www.theage.com.au/national/nsw...
www.theage.com.au/national/nsw...
Long lunches, Swiss bank accounts and a kangaroo scrotum: My decades pursuing Graham Richardson
For a reporter whose career has been spent uncovering crime and corruption, the Labor senator was the one who got away.
www.theage.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
A State funeral!!!....another example of Albool lacking a spine...What a disgraceful decision.
www.theage.com.au/national/nsw...
www.theage.com.au/national/nsw...
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The "blue plaque" is too polite.
By presiding over the dismantling of USAID, Musk has caused the deaths of an estimated 600,000 people worldwide from hunger and preventable diseases.
Mostly children.
As Bill Gates said: the world's richest man killing the world's poorest children.
By presiding over the dismantling of USAID, Musk has caused the deaths of an estimated 600,000 people worldwide from hunger and preventable diseases.
Mostly children.
As Bill Gates said: the world's richest man killing the world's poorest children.
Someone put this "blue plaque" on a London Tesla showroom to mark his becoming the world's first trillionaire. “World’s first trillionaire Elon Musk. Could have solved world hunger but funded fascists instead. Bellend.”
November 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The "blue plaque" is too polite.
By presiding over the dismantling of USAID, Musk has caused the deaths of an estimated 600,000 people worldwide from hunger and preventable diseases.
Mostly children.
As Bill Gates said: the world's richest man killing the world's poorest children.
By presiding over the dismantling of USAID, Musk has caused the deaths of an estimated 600,000 people worldwide from hunger and preventable diseases.
Mostly children.
As Bill Gates said: the world's richest man killing the world's poorest children.
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"On the day of the approval, Tassal started using florfenicol at two salmon farm leases at Dover in Tasmania's far south, and other companies are expected to begin using it soon."
If you want to avoid unknown medical consequences I’d avoid eating Tasmanian salmon altogether. Do you know what you are eating when you buy it? Beware!
@indy4franklin.bsky.social
@indy4franklin.bsky.social
Antibiotic approved for Tasmania's farmed salmon — but don't eat fish caught nearby
The industry's use of the drug is in response to an "endemic" bacterial disease that caused the deaths of up to 15,000 tonnes of salmon from January to April, resulting in dead fish material washing u...
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
"On the day of the approval, Tassal started using florfenicol at two salmon farm leases at Dover in Tasmania's far south, and other companies are expected to begin using it soon."
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The mayor of Tamworth Council is a very old mate of Barnaby Joyce's and a National party member
No surprises this backward collection of red-necks drags their council to court on their ratepayers' money to oppose a wind farm - and even then can't get their legal arguments right
No surprises this backward collection of red-necks drags their council to court on their ratepayers' money to oppose a wind farm - and even then can't get their legal arguments right
Tamworth Council went to court to try and stop a wind farm. It didn’t go well. Tamworth Council argued that the wind turbines would be too big for local roads. The judge pointed out there is no approval needed to drive on a public road reneweconomy.com.au/youve-got-to...
reneweconomy.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The mayor of Tamworth Council is a very old mate of Barnaby Joyce's and a National party member
No surprises this backward collection of red-necks drags their council to court on their ratepayers' money to oppose a wind farm - and even then can't get their legal arguments right
No surprises this backward collection of red-necks drags their council to court on their ratepayers' money to oppose a wind farm - and even then can't get their legal arguments right
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What should be a routine reminder: the national party got 3.8% of the national vote. Tail, meet dog.
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM
What should be a routine reminder: the national party got 3.8% of the national vote. Tail, meet dog.
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
A worthwhile read. Basically imo Joyce is a wilfully ignorant, attention seeking waste of oxygen.
What is the purpose of Barnaby Joyce? www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
What is the purpose of Barnaby Joyce? www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
What is the purpose of Barnaby Joyce?
Barnaby Joyce has always talked a story about himself bigger than the brim on his Hopalong Cassidy hat. He is a one-man plot line, but his achievements for the people he professes to represent are sli...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A worthwhile read. Basically imo Joyce is a wilfully ignorant, attention seeking waste of oxygen.
What is the purpose of Barnaby Joyce? www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
What is the purpose of Barnaby Joyce? www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
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Israel blocking wells on Palestinian land with cement.
Nothing to see here, just Genocidal Ethnic Cleansers doing what Genocidal Ethnic Cleansers do
Nothing to see here, just Genocidal Ethnic Cleansers doing what Genocidal Ethnic Cleansers do
November 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Israel blocking wells on Palestinian land with cement.
Nothing to see here, just Genocidal Ethnic Cleansers doing what Genocidal Ethnic Cleansers do
Nothing to see here, just Genocidal Ethnic Cleansers doing what Genocidal Ethnic Cleansers do
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The Norwegian Refugee Council reports Israel is allowing just 100 aid trucks a day to enter Gaza — far short of the 600 trucks per day Israel had pledged under the ceasefire deal.
November 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The Norwegian Refugee Council reports Israel is allowing just 100 aid trucks a day to enter Gaza — far short of the 600 trucks per day Israel had pledged under the ceasefire deal.
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The Government is seeking a deal with the Coalition to pass changes to our environment laws….
Which means those changes will need the support of climate sceptics like Matt Canavan, who recently called for renewable projects to be replaced by new coal plants.
📺 @ebonybennett.bsky.social
#auspol
Which means those changes will need the support of climate sceptics like Matt Canavan, who recently called for renewable projects to be replaced by new coal plants.
📺 @ebonybennett.bsky.social
#auspol
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 AM
The Government is seeking a deal with the Coalition to pass changes to our environment laws….
Which means those changes will need the support of climate sceptics like Matt Canavan, who recently called for renewable projects to be replaced by new coal plants.
📺 @ebonybennett.bsky.social
#auspol
Which means those changes will need the support of climate sceptics like Matt Canavan, who recently called for renewable projects to be replaced by new coal plants.
📺 @ebonybennett.bsky.social
#auspol