Sharanjit Paddam
@sharanjit.bsky.social
Climate Actuary’s personal opinions on things
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I see this as a direct consequence of decades of allowing them to do the same thing to Palestinian homes in illegally occupied territory.
TODAY: Israeli authorities demolish the UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem.
January 20, 2026 at 8:49 PM
I see this as a direct consequence of decades of allowing them to do the same thing to Palestinian homes in illegally occupied territory.
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New study shows that tariffs continue to work the way tariffs work.
A new study show that Americans - not foreigners - have payed 96% of the tariffs so far. Here's the WSJ:
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
January 20, 2026 at 2:15 PM
New study shows that tariffs continue to work the way tariffs work.
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COST: Home insurance costs are up 8.2% in one year as climate risk roils markets. That cascades into mortgage/real estate markets, so buckle up.
CORRUPTION: The fossil fuel industry’s climate denial fraud has real costs to Americans, and Republicans going along with the fraud are accountable.
CORRUPTION: The fossil fuel industry’s climate denial fraud has real costs to Americans, and Republicans going along with the fraud are accountable.
January 14, 2026 at 4:33 PM
COST: Home insurance costs are up 8.2% in one year as climate risk roils markets. That cascades into mortgage/real estate markets, so buckle up.
CORRUPTION: The fossil fuel industry’s climate denial fraud has real costs to Americans, and Republicans going along with the fraud are accountable.
CORRUPTION: The fossil fuel industry’s climate denial fraud has real costs to Americans, and Republicans going along with the fraud are accountable.
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*DANISH PENSION FUND AKADEMIKERPENSION TO EXIT US TREASURIES
January 20, 2026 at 1:37 PM
*DANISH PENSION FUND AKADEMIKERPENSION TO EXIT US TREASURIES
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Macron says the answer is "clearly building more economic sovereignty and strategic autonomy, especially for the Europeans, which is for me the core answer."
January 20, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Macron says the answer is "clearly building more economic sovereignty and strategic autonomy, especially for the Europeans, which is for me the core answer."
No one is going to drive climate action by forcing people to eat less meat.
"Depending on how the additional tax revenues were redistributed, such a change could cost households as little as €26 a year, while cutting ecological destruction by between 3% and 6%" - new paper led by PIK researcher Charlotte Plinke in @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Meat tax’ could have significant impact on environmental footprint, study finds
Full VAT on meat products could cost EU households as little as €26 a year but cut impact by 3-6%, says paper
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:17 PM
No one is going to drive climate action by forcing people to eat less meat.
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I doubt anyone in Hobart who’s been outside and watched the Aurora Australis strobing through the night sky will ever forget tonight. This is the most active Aurora I’ve seen. Photos taken on my IPhone 14 Pro Max about 1.3 kilometres from my front door.
January 20, 2026 at 12:56 PM
I doubt anyone in Hobart who’s been outside and watched the Aurora Australis strobing through the night sky will ever forget tonight. This is the most active Aurora I’ve seen. Photos taken on my IPhone 14 Pro Max about 1.3 kilometres from my front door.
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The customers are letting the tech bros down
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:52 PM
The customers are letting the tech bros down
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50 DEGREES IN AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺
50.0c Hamelin Pool WA today
49.2C Shark Bay AP -Monthly record smashed
This is just the beginning of one of the harshest coastal heat waves ever seen worldwide,with the hot air mass moving East and "caressing" the coastal areas with scorching hot air
50.0c Hamelin Pool WA today
49.2C Shark Bay AP -Monthly record smashed
This is just the beginning of one of the harshest coastal heat waves ever seen worldwide,with the hot air mass moving East and "caressing" the coastal areas with scorching hot air
AUSTRALIA EXCEPTIONAL HEAT WAVE
A potentially historic heat wave kicks off in Western Australia with temperatures possibly reaching 49C on Tuesday.
Later on,an overheated air mass will move East with anomalies up to +20C above normal.
Expect 46/49C in WA,SA,QLD,VIC,NSW.
A potentially historic heat wave kicks off in Western Australia with temperatures possibly reaching 49C on Tuesday.
Later on,an overheated air mass will move East with anomalies up to +20C above normal.
Expect 46/49C in WA,SA,QLD,VIC,NSW.
January 20, 2026 at 10:07 AM
50 DEGREES IN AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺
50.0c Hamelin Pool WA today
49.2C Shark Bay AP -Monthly record smashed
This is just the beginning of one of the harshest coastal heat waves ever seen worldwide,with the hot air mass moving East and "caressing" the coastal areas with scorching hot air
50.0c Hamelin Pool WA today
49.2C Shark Bay AP -Monthly record smashed
This is just the beginning of one of the harshest coastal heat waves ever seen worldwide,with the hot air mass moving East and "caressing" the coastal areas with scorching hot air
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The Attorney General can’t rule out that accurately describing Israel as committing genocide could land you in jail for 15 years.
January 20, 2026 at 9:10 AM
The Attorney General can’t rule out that accurately describing Israel as committing genocide could land you in jail for 15 years.
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Antarctic warming from fossil fuel burning is driving the fastest breeding shift ever seen in penguins. Gentoo, Adelie, and Chinstrap penguins are nesting up to 24 days earlier. This increases competition for food and space, helping Gentoos expand but threatening Chinstrap and Adelie.
Penguins bring forward breeding season as Antarctica warms: study
Penguins are bringing forward their breeding season at record rates as Antarctica rapidly warms due to climate change, according to research published by a global team of scientists on Tuesday.
www.rfi.fr
January 20, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Antarctic warming from fossil fuel burning is driving the fastest breeding shift ever seen in penguins. Gentoo, Adelie, and Chinstrap penguins are nesting up to 24 days earlier. This increases competition for food and space, helping Gentoos expand but threatening Chinstrap and Adelie.
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Imagine your country gets invaded, your people are subjected to a rolling genocide for 180 years before the colonists even let you vote, 240 years later your Voice to parliament is rejected, then the first racial hatred legislation introduced by the colonial government isn’t even about you.
January 20, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Imagine your country gets invaded, your people are subjected to a rolling genocide for 180 years before the colonists even let you vote, 240 years later your Voice to parliament is rejected, then the first racial hatred legislation introduced by the colonial government isn’t even about you.
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The structural drivers in favour of clean energy persist.
In the US, despite political headwinds renewables rise whereas fossil fuel generation drops.
Yes, politics will slow down the transition. But the shift is still happening.
In the US, despite political headwinds renewables rise whereas fossil fuel generation drops.
Yes, politics will slow down the transition. But the shift is still happening.
January 20, 2026 at 10:58 AM
The structural drivers in favour of clean energy persist.
In the US, despite political headwinds renewables rise whereas fossil fuel generation drops.
Yes, politics will slow down the transition. But the shift is still happening.
In the US, despite political headwinds renewables rise whereas fossil fuel generation drops.
Yes, politics will slow down the transition. But the shift is still happening.
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And the Australian govt is currently voting for laws that could make make criticising Israel’s genocide illegal.
Imagine if #Russia would be destroying the headquarters of UN's UNCHR in #Ukraine today.
It would be the leading news in the 'West', eclipsing Trump and Greenland.
#Israel is today destroying the headquarters of UN's UNRWA (@unrwa.org) in #Palestine.
And it goes almost unreported in the 'West'.
It would be the leading news in the 'West', eclipsing Trump and Greenland.
#Israel is today destroying the headquarters of UN's UNRWA (@unrwa.org) in #Palestine.
And it goes almost unreported in the 'West'.
January 20, 2026 at 11:35 AM
And the Australian govt is currently voting for laws that could make make criticising Israel’s genocide illegal.
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Just got an #AuroraAustralis alert!
Victoria and Tasmania, you should be in for a good show hopefully!
Ping @annieparker.bsky.social
Victoria and Tasmania, you should be in for a good show hopefully!
Ping @annieparker.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Just got an #AuroraAustralis alert!
Victoria and Tasmania, you should be in for a good show hopefully!
Ping @annieparker.bsky.social
Victoria and Tasmania, you should be in for a good show hopefully!
Ping @annieparker.bsky.social
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For the past 25 years there has never been a national security law that has done anything other than to give more power to cops and spooks and to ministers to stifle anyone who disagrees with the status quo.
January 20, 2026 at 11:52 AM
For the past 25 years there has never been a national security law that has done anything other than to give more power to cops and spooks and to ministers to stifle anyone who disagrees with the status quo.
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As a toddler, one of my kids once had a meltdown over a salad spinner lid not fitting that went on for hours after it started, and there was seemingly nothing to do to stop it save ride it out.
This is remarkably similar to what US foreign policy feels like right now from inside the US.
This is remarkably similar to what US foreign policy feels like right now from inside the US.
January 20, 2026 at 11:08 AM
As a toddler, one of my kids once had a meltdown over a salad spinner lid not fitting that went on for hours after it started, and there was seemingly nothing to do to stop it save ride it out.
This is remarkably similar to what US foreign policy feels like right now from inside the US.
This is remarkably similar to what US foreign policy feels like right now from inside the US.
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Good to have a final reminder that these laws are only about preventing people criticism Israel for committing genocide and have nothing really to do with hate (other than ensuring Zionists can continue to practice it)
live.thepoint.com.au
live.thepoint.com.au
January 20, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Good to have a final reminder that these laws are only about preventing people criticism Israel for committing genocide and have nothing really to do with hate (other than ensuring Zionists can continue to practice it)
live.thepoint.com.au
live.thepoint.com.au
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As Bill Gates recommends a “strategic pivot” away from climate change, the Gates Foundation made record investments in fossil fuel companies in 2024, despite its 2019 pledge to divest.
No one should ever listen to Gates about climate change again.
No one should ever listen to Gates about climate change again.
January 20, 2026 at 12:27 PM
As Bill Gates recommends a “strategic pivot” away from climate change, the Gates Foundation made record investments in fossil fuel companies in 2024, despite its 2019 pledge to divest.
No one should ever listen to Gates about climate change again.
No one should ever listen to Gates about climate change again.
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Wind and solar power generation growth in China last year was roughly equal to the total power generation of France or Texas, and covered all of the growth in China's electricity use, even as demand grew at over 5%.
January 20, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Wind and solar power generation growth in China last year was roughly equal to the total power generation of France or Texas, and covered all of the growth in China's electricity use, even as demand grew at over 5%.
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Aussies are buying EVs and hybrids at record rates.
So we need to keep the charging station rollout up.
The new 400KW (that's fast!) at Ampol on the M4 at Eastern Creek are a big boost for charging in Western Sydney.
So we need to keep the charging station rollout up.
The new 400KW (that's fast!) at Ampol on the M4 at Eastern Creek are a big boost for charging in Western Sydney.
January 20, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Aussies are buying EVs and hybrids at record rates.
So we need to keep the charging station rollout up.
The new 400KW (that's fast!) at Ampol on the M4 at Eastern Creek are a big boost for charging in Western Sydney.
So we need to keep the charging station rollout up.
The new 400KW (that's fast!) at Ampol on the M4 at Eastern Creek are a big boost for charging in Western Sydney.
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January 20, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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As the world's political leaders turn their attention away from the issue of global warming, the geophysical systems don't go along. Case in point. @theguardian.com 1/
Scientists warn of ‘regime shift’ as seaweed blooms expand worldwide
Study links rapid growth of ocean macroalgae to global heating and nutrient pollution
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:18 PM
As the world's political leaders turn their attention away from the issue of global warming, the geophysical systems don't go along. Case in point. @theguardian.com 1/
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1️⃣ He didn't say that.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
January 19, 2026 at 10:34 AM
1️⃣ He didn't say that.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.