Phil Gorman
@philgorman.bsky.social
Born: 310 ppm
Spouse, granddad to 3
Slave to cat, dogs, chooks
Ex ship's officer, teacher, principal, adult educator
Aspie, agnostic, democratic socialist
Likes: the bush, photography, landscaping, camping, sailing,
Concerns: AGW, inequality, neoliberalism
Spouse, granddad to 3
Slave to cat, dogs, chooks
Ex ship's officer, teacher, principal, adult educator
Aspie, agnostic, democratic socialist
Likes: the bush, photography, landscaping, camping, sailing,
Concerns: AGW, inequality, neoliberalism
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There is a secretive arbitration process called investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) which more people should be tracking. It allows private foreign investors to file quasi-legal claims against states for taking climate action or even other action like health and broader environment regulations
February 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
There is a secretive arbitration process called investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) which more people should be tracking. It allows private foreign investors to file quasi-legal claims against states for taking climate action or even other action like health and broader environment regulations
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🚨 New report on how ExxonMobil and Shell filed *four* separate investor-state claims #ISDS against the Dutch government. These are highly secretive, private tribunals where no residents who suffered through earthquakes for years have ever been called to give testimony.
drilled.media/news/groningen
drilled.media/news/groningen
Exxon and Shell Sue The Netherlands in Secret Tribunals for Closing Europe’s Biggest Gas Field
Following billions in profits and over a thousand gas extraction-related earthquakes, the oil and gas giants filed claims against the Dutch state in four separate investor-state disputes concerning co...
drilled.media
September 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🚨 New report on how ExxonMobil and Shell filed *four* separate investor-state claims #ISDS against the Dutch government. These are highly secretive, private tribunals where no residents who suffered through earthquakes for years have ever been called to give testimony.
drilled.media/news/groningen
drilled.media/news/groningen
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Host of COP31 is busy approving fossil fuel projects and cracking down on citizens protesting against the Israeli president
Today, under the cover of the Liberals tearing each other down, Labor has approved another coal mine extension.
Extending Middlemount to 2044 means Labor has now approved 35 fossil fuel projects.
In the middle of the climate crisis, they're approving more coal & gas.
Extending Middlemount to 2044 means Labor has now approved 35 fossil fuel projects.
In the middle of the climate crisis, they're approving more coal & gas.
February 13, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Host of COP31 is busy approving fossil fuel projects and cracking down on citizens protesting against the Israeli president
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🚨 In a remarkable twist, one of Europe’s most pro-Palestine nations may face off against the world’s most anti-Palestine thugs — boycott NOW!
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
"Boycott Israel" — Irish football team rally against Zionist sport-washing
In a remarkable twist, one of Europe’s most pro-Palestine nations may face off against the world’s most anti-Palestine thugs — boycott now!
www.thecanary.co
February 14, 2026 at 10:31 AM
🚨 In a remarkable twist, one of Europe’s most pro-Palestine nations may face off against the world’s most anti-Palestine thugs — boycott NOW!
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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Twenty-nine banks have ruled out financing the Papua LNG project in Papua New Guinea over climate and human rights concerns.
Project lead TotalEnergies says it will proceed anyway.
Project lead TotalEnergies says it will proceed anyway.
Banks decline to finance LNG project in Papua New Guinea
A total of Twenty-nine international banks and export credit agencies have ruled out financing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Papua New Guinea, citing climate, environmental and human…
news.mongabay.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Twenty-nine banks have ruled out financing the Papua LNG project in Papua New Guinea over climate and human rights concerns.
Project lead TotalEnergies says it will proceed anyway.
Project lead TotalEnergies says it will proceed anyway.
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Lamestream media too
Yes, I like being at rallies and actually seeing the journalists, I subscribe to, attending and taking photos etc. @davemilbo.bsky.social @antounissa.bsky.social @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social
Yes, I like being at rallies and actually seeing the journalists, I subscribe to, attending and taking photos etc. @davemilbo.bsky.social @antounissa.bsky.social @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social
February 15, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Lamestream media too
Yes, I like being at rallies and actually seeing the journalists, I subscribe to, attending and taking photos etc. @davemilbo.bsky.social @antounissa.bsky.social @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social
Yes, I like being at rallies and actually seeing the journalists, I subscribe to, attending and taking photos etc. @davemilbo.bsky.social @antounissa.bsky.social @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social
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GovHK: The national security law is necessary, fair and just, and only impacts a tiny minority of ppl.
Also GovHK: If we can't jail you, we'll jail your family members for not disowning you.
Also GovHK: If we can't jail you, we'll jail your family members for not disowning you.
The father of HK democrat Anna Kwok has been found guilty of handling funds linked to an "absconder" - the first family member of a wanted activist to be convicted of a national security offence. In full: buff.ly/Bf7KIGh
Father of wanted HK activist convicted over funds linked to 'absconder'
The father of HK democrat Anna Kwok has been found guilty of handling funds linked to an "absconder" - the first family member of a wanted activist to be convicted of a national security offence.
buff.ly
February 11, 2026 at 6:45 AM
GovHK: The national security law is necessary, fair and just, and only impacts a tiny minority of ppl.
Also GovHK: If we can't jail you, we'll jail your family members for not disowning you.
Also GovHK: If we can't jail you, we'll jail your family members for not disowning you.
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Hong Kong is putting a senior citizen in jail because they disagree with his daughter's political views
Father of U.S.-based Hong Kong activist is convicted under national security law
Kwok Yin-sang, 69, was arrested in the Chinese territory last year and accused of trying to handle financial assets for his daughter Anna, who has a police bounty on her head.
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Hong Kong is putting a senior citizen in jail because they disagree with his daughter's political views
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There's been much written about China filling the Western aid gap. Here's China's aid in action
Have a personal luxury car please don't support Taiwan, thx bye
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Have a personal luxury car please don't support Taiwan, thx bye
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
‘A free limo is hard to turn away’: how car diplomacy turbo charges politics in the Pacific
A luxury Chinese sedan gifted to Fiji is the latest in a string of vehicles donated by foreign countries to deepen partnerships and seek influence in the region
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:38 AM
There's been much written about China filling the Western aid gap. Here's China's aid in action
Have a personal luxury car please don't support Taiwan, thx bye
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Have a personal luxury car please don't support Taiwan, thx bye
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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This is just unconscionable man
February 13, 2026 at 1:43 AM
This is just unconscionable man
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The Project 2025 author is using millions of dollars in USAID money for his own security detail.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:46 PM
The Project 2025 author is using millions of dollars in USAID money for his own security detail.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
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(BTW if you're in Taipei and are looking for work... there's a vacancy from tomorrow, let me know if interested and I'll forward you the details)
February 14, 2026 at 10:03 PM
(BTW if you're in Taipei and are looking for work... there's a vacancy from tomorrow, let me know if interested and I'll forward you the details)
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Cathy Wilcox stepping up to the plate. 💣🧨💥
February 13, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Cathy Wilcox stepping up to the plate. 💣🧨💥
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February 13, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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February 15, 2026 at 3:12 AM
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Is this what we want for Australia?
If a citizen makes false allegations about someone, they go to jail.
But we now have terror police squads who deliberately fabricate charges against citizens, with impunity.
Even when they get found out nothing happens
I don't want this. Change the government!
If a citizen makes false allegations about someone, they go to jail.
But we now have terror police squads who deliberately fabricate charges against citizens, with impunity.
Even when they get found out nothing happens
I don't want this. Change the government!
February 11, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Is this what we want for Australia?
If a citizen makes false allegations about someone, they go to jail.
But we now have terror police squads who deliberately fabricate charges against citizens, with impunity.
Even when they get found out nothing happens
I don't want this. Change the government!
If a citizen makes false allegations about someone, they go to jail.
But we now have terror police squads who deliberately fabricate charges against citizens, with impunity.
Even when they get found out nothing happens
I don't want this. Change the government!
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Why Elon Musk is evil.
1-minute video.
Don't buy a Tesla car.
Tell your state government not to buy Tesla batteries. Buy batteries from somewhere else.
youtube.com/watch?v=WTeo... #auspol
1-minute video.
Don't buy a Tesla car.
Tell your state government not to buy Tesla batteries. Buy batteries from somewhere else.
youtube.com/watch?v=WTeo... #auspol
Elon Musk's Emails to Epstein
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Why Elon Musk is evil.
1-minute video.
Don't buy a Tesla car.
Tell your state government not to buy Tesla batteries. Buy batteries from somewhere else.
youtube.com/watch?v=WTeo... #auspol
1-minute video.
Don't buy a Tesla car.
Tell your state government not to buy Tesla batteries. Buy batteries from somewhere else.
youtube.com/watch?v=WTeo... #auspol
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Well, it's certainly been a big week for Albo.
• Gives red carpet treatment to a war criminal
• Protesters who didn't like his war criminal buddy got bashed
• Approved another coal mine to pollute the world.
That's our Albo.
#auspol
• Gives red carpet treatment to a war criminal
• Protesters who didn't like his war criminal buddy got bashed
• Approved another coal mine to pollute the world.
That's our Albo.
#auspol
February 13, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Well, it's certainly been a big week for Albo.
• Gives red carpet treatment to a war criminal
• Protesters who didn't like his war criminal buddy got bashed
• Approved another coal mine to pollute the world.
That's our Albo.
#auspol
• Gives red carpet treatment to a war criminal
• Protesters who didn't like his war criminal buddy got bashed
• Approved another coal mine to pollute the world.
That's our Albo.
#auspol
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Abbott seems to be getting a bit of air time. The media must have come to terms with the fact that Howard is mortal and they just can’t wheel him out much anymore.
Nobody listened to Abbott when he was PM. Why would they start now
Nobody listened to Abbott when he was PM. Why would they start now
ABC TV causing a near riot at my house, running a Tony Abbott interview instead of Gardening Australia
February 13, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Abbott seems to be getting a bit of air time. The media must have come to terms with the fact that Howard is mortal and they just can’t wheel him out much anymore.
Nobody listened to Abbott when he was PM. Why would they start now
Nobody listened to Abbott when he was PM. Why would they start now
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‘This is the least extreme climate that you will experience in your life.’
UK National Emergency Briefing, something Australia should’ve done years ago; we have so much more to lose.
Their current extreme weather events are decades ahead of predictions.
#climatechange #auspol
UK National Emergency Briefing, something Australia should’ve done years ago; we have so much more to lose.
Their current extreme weather events are decades ahead of predictions.
#climatechange #auspol
Extreme Weather - Professor Hayley Fowler | National Emergency Briefing
YouTube video by The National Emergency Briefing
youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM
‘This is the least extreme climate that you will experience in your life.’
UK National Emergency Briefing, something Australia should’ve done years ago; we have so much more to lose.
Their current extreme weather events are decades ahead of predictions.
#climatechange #auspol
UK National Emergency Briefing, something Australia should’ve done years ago; we have so much more to lose.
Their current extreme weather events are decades ahead of predictions.
#climatechange #auspol
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Good article, stupid headline:
1. Israel is not "quietly" annexing the #WestBank. It's just that no-one is listening.
2. This is not a "blunder". It's a deliberate strategy by the Israeli regime to further choke off any chance of Palestinian independence.
www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/israe...
1. Israel is not "quietly" annexing the #WestBank. It's just that no-one is listening.
2. This is not a "blunder". It's a deliberate strategy by the Israeli regime to further choke off any chance of Palestinian independence.
www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/israe...
Israel Is Quietly Annexing the West Bank
The blunder that will imperil any Mideast peace.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Good article, stupid headline:
1. Israel is not "quietly" annexing the #WestBank. It's just that no-one is listening.
2. This is not a "blunder". It's a deliberate strategy by the Israeli regime to further choke off any chance of Palestinian independence.
www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/israe...
1. Israel is not "quietly" annexing the #WestBank. It's just that no-one is listening.
2. This is not a "blunder". It's a deliberate strategy by the Israeli regime to further choke off any chance of Palestinian independence.
www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/israe...
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“Billionaires really like thinkers who see their exploitation of the weak as a good and natural thing”
Not to be Debbie Downer on Valentine’s Day, but this is a sobering and worthwhile read.
It delves into the mindset of the monsters we are dealing with.
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
Not to be Debbie Downer on Valentine’s Day, but this is a sobering and worthwhile read.
It delves into the mindset of the monsters we are dealing with.
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...
www.thenerve.news
February 15, 2026 at 1:34 AM
“Billionaires really like thinkers who see their exploitation of the weak as a good and natural thing”
Not to be Debbie Downer on Valentine’s Day, but this is a sobering and worthwhile read.
It delves into the mindset of the monsters we are dealing with.
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
Not to be Debbie Downer on Valentine’s Day, but this is a sobering and worthwhile read.
It delves into the mindset of the monsters we are dealing with.
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
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Earth Hurtling Toward 'Hothouse Trajectory,' Scientists Warn in Tipping Points Analysis www.commondreams.org/news/earth-h...
Earth Hurtling Toward 'Hothouse Trajectory,' Scientists Warn in Tipping Points Analysis | Common Dreams
An international team of scientists warned that "Earth's climate is now
departing from the stable conditions that supported human civilization
for millennia."
www.commondreams.org
February 13, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Earth Hurtling Toward 'Hothouse Trajectory,' Scientists Warn in Tipping Points Analysis www.commondreams.org/news/earth-h...
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🆕 Several Earth system components may be closer to destabilisation than previously thought. Crossing key temperature thresholds could trigger feedback loops, pushing the planet toward a “Hothouse Earth” trajectory. Study by @oregonstate.edu, @iiasa.ac.at & PIK: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 11, 2026 at 4:52 PM
🆕 Several Earth system components may be closer to destabilisation than previously thought. Crossing key temperature thresholds could trigger feedback loops, pushing the planet toward a “Hothouse Earth” trajectory. Study by @oregonstate.edu, @iiasa.ac.at & PIK: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...