@thriveability.bsky.social
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As Australia prepares to host President Isaac Herzog, the government must account for how an official visit aligns with international law and its stated values, writes Margaret Reynolds.
#PearlsAndIrritations #auspol #InternationalLaw #IsraelPalestine
#PearlsAndIrritations #auspol #InternationalLaw #IsraelPalestine
Why is the Australian government hosting the President of Israel?
As President Isaac Herzog prepares for an official visit, Australia faces serious questions about international law, diplomatic process, and the values it claims to uphold.
johnmenadue.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:45 PM
As Australia prepares to host President Isaac Herzog, the government must account for how an official visit aligns with international law and its stated values, writes Margaret Reynolds.
#PearlsAndIrritations #auspol #InternationalLaw #IsraelPalestine
#PearlsAndIrritations #auspol #InternationalLaw #IsraelPalestine
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The rules meant to protect rights are fraying. What comes next?
HRW Executive Director Philippe Bolopion lays out an answer in TIME Ideas.
Watch for more details in HRW’s World Report 2026, launching Feb. 4.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/02/01/will-human-rights-survive-the-donald-trump-era
HRW Executive Director Philippe Bolopion lays out an answer in TIME Ideas.
Watch for more details in HRW’s World Report 2026, launching Feb. 4.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/02/01/will-human-rights-survive-the-donald-trump-era
February 1, 2026 at 4:58 PM
The rules meant to protect rights are fraying. What comes next?
HRW Executive Director Philippe Bolopion lays out an answer in TIME Ideas.
Watch for more details in HRW’s World Report 2026, launching Feb. 4.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/02/01/will-human-rights-survive-the-donald-trump-era
HRW Executive Director Philippe Bolopion lays out an answer in TIME Ideas.
Watch for more details in HRW’s World Report 2026, launching Feb. 4.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/02/01/will-human-rights-survive-the-donald-trump-era
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2025 may be seen as a tipping point for global human rights. With the US undermining the global human rights system, who will rise in its defense? #Rights2026
Reflecting on 2025 in our annual World Report, we remember the necessity of standing up for human rights.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4aagjDl
Reflecting on 2025 in our annual World Report, we remember the necessity of standing up for human rights.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4aagjDl
February 4, 2026 at 1:00 PM
2025 may be seen as a tipping point for global human rights. With the US undermining the global human rights system, who will rise in its defense? #Rights2026
Reflecting on 2025 in our annual World Report, we remember the necessity of standing up for human rights.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4aagjDl
Reflecting on 2025 in our annual World Report, we remember the necessity of standing up for human rights.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4aagjDl
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"The #climate scientists we surveyed were unambiguous: current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures & compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – & could undermine the foundations of economic growth” - Dr Jesse Abrams, @gsiexeter.bsky.social
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:40 AM
"The #climate scientists we surveyed were unambiguous: current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures & compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – & could undermine the foundations of economic growth” - Dr Jesse Abrams, @gsiexeter.bsky.social
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A callout for Australian Jews: add your name by Friday 9am!
We are taking out a full-page newspaper advertisement next week to send a loud message that Herzog is not welcome here – this is your opportunity to add your name at the link below.
www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2026/02/peti...
We are taking out a full-page newspaper advertisement next week to send a loud message that Herzog is not welcome here – this is your opportunity to add your name at the link below.
www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2026/02/peti...
February 5, 2026 at 12:52 AM
A callout for Australian Jews: add your name by Friday 9am!
We are taking out a full-page newspaper advertisement next week to send a loud message that Herzog is not welcome here – this is your opportunity to add your name at the link below.
www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2026/02/peti...
We are taking out a full-page newspaper advertisement next week to send a loud message that Herzog is not welcome here – this is your opportunity to add your name at the link below.
www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2026/02/peti...
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Today, Nate is joined by the author of the popular Substack blog The Honest Sorcerer, to explore the systemic reasons behind civilization’s potential collapse, the importance of energy security, and the growing effects of geopolitical instability.
www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/209-...
www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/209-...
February 4, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Today, Nate is joined by the author of the popular Substack blog The Honest Sorcerer, to explore the systemic reasons behind civilization’s potential collapse, the importance of energy security, and the growing effects of geopolitical instability.
www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/209-...
www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/209-...
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Ralph’s Lighthouse Keeper Newsletter #34 is out: From short-term escalation & de-escalation Downward Spirals to necessary re-patterning for Collapse Resilience ... Biodiversity as a National Security Risk & the State of Finance for Nature ... Sunday Thoughts.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-s...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-s...
From short-term escalation & de-escalation spirals to necessary re-patterning for Collapse Resilience ... Biodiversity as a National Security Risk ...
The Lighthouse Keeper | Edition 34 | February 2026 What a year this past month has been, don’t you agree ;-)? The amount of (geo)political whirlwind just in January 2026 was a lot to take in. One can ...
www.linkedin.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Ralph’s Lighthouse Keeper Newsletter #34 is out: From short-term escalation & de-escalation Downward Spirals to necessary re-patterning for Collapse Resilience ... Biodiversity as a National Security Risk & the State of Finance for Nature ... Sunday Thoughts.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-s...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-s...
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Full episode:
www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/208-...
www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/208-...
The New Generation of Environmental Leadership: Stubborn Optimism, Tending Your Inner Fire, and Why Hope Is Not Enough - The Great Simplification
In this episode, Nate is joined by indigenous environmental justice activist and Planetary Guardian, Xiye Bastida, to discuss how her indigenous heritage and leadership in the youth climate movement h...
www.thegreatsimplification.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Full episode:
www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/208-...
www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/208-...
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How could a closer connection to the land help us cultivate a more sustained inner fire in order to continue moving in the direction of better futures – even if we don’t yet know the exact destination?
February 2, 2026 at 11:14 PM
How could a closer connection to the land help us cultivate a more sustained inner fire in order to continue moving in the direction of better futures – even if we don’t yet know the exact destination?
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A civilisation which throws out 13 million smartphones a day cannot be described as a civilisation. It is an infection that spreads mercilessly until it is consumed by its own waste.
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
February 1, 2026 at 1:23 PM
A civilisation which throws out 13 million smartphones a day cannot be described as a civilisation. It is an infection that spreads mercilessly until it is consumed by its own waste.
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
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What happened to happiness? www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/2026/01... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
What happened to happiness?
Four years after Treasurer Jim Chalmers promised a budget geared more to wellbeing, the initiative has foundered, with no framework for monitoring or evaluation across government.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
February 1, 2026 at 8:02 AM
What happened to happiness? www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/2026/01... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
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AUSTRALIA RECORD HEAT 30 JANUARY
All time records high temperatures broken yesterday
all in South Australia in this historic 50 degrees dy
Table courtesy of Laurier Williams:
All time records high temperatures broken yesterday
all in South Australia in this historic 50 degrees dy
Table courtesy of Laurier Williams:
January 31, 2026 at 10:25 AM
AUSTRALIA RECORD HEAT 30 JANUARY
All time records high temperatures broken yesterday
all in South Australia in this historic 50 degrees dy
Table courtesy of Laurier Williams:
All time records high temperatures broken yesterday
all in South Australia in this historic 50 degrees dy
Table courtesy of Laurier Williams:
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ENDLESS HELL IN AUSTRALIA
36C AT NIGHT 49C IN THE DAY
Crazy MINIMUM 35.9C Arkaroola
4th hottest night in Southern Hemisphere history
Another 49C+ day in New South Wales
RECORDS
all time
49.1 Fawlers Gap
49.0 Smithville
48.9 White Cliffs
Monthly
48.4 Ivanhoe
46.0 Forbes
36C AT NIGHT 49C IN THE DAY
Crazy MINIMUM 35.9C Arkaroola
4th hottest night in Southern Hemisphere history
Another 49C+ day in New South Wales
RECORDS
all time
49.1 Fawlers Gap
49.0 Smithville
48.9 White Cliffs
Monthly
48.4 Ivanhoe
46.0 Forbes
January 31, 2026 at 11:48 AM
ENDLESS HELL IN AUSTRALIA
36C AT NIGHT 49C IN THE DAY
Crazy MINIMUM 35.9C Arkaroola
4th hottest night in Southern Hemisphere history
Another 49C+ day in New South Wales
RECORDS
all time
49.1 Fawlers Gap
49.0 Smithville
48.9 White Cliffs
Monthly
48.4 Ivanhoe
46.0 Forbes
36C AT NIGHT 49C IN THE DAY
Crazy MINIMUM 35.9C Arkaroola
4th hottest night in Southern Hemisphere history
Another 49C+ day in New South Wales
RECORDS
all time
49.1 Fawlers Gap
49.0 Smithville
48.9 White Cliffs
Monthly
48.4 Ivanhoe
46.0 Forbes
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AUSTRALIA RECORDS 31 JANUARY
Another avalanche of all time/monthy records yesterday (see table courtesy of Australia Weather News).
February starts with records too:
Minimum 32.6C at Bourke, New South Wales
Records February high minimum
6 consecutive days >49C
Never happened b4
Another avalanche of all time/monthy records yesterday (see table courtesy of Australia Weather News).
February starts with records too:
Minimum 32.6C at Bourke, New South Wales
Records February high minimum
6 consecutive days >49C
Never happened b4
February 1, 2026 at 4:02 AM
AUSTRALIA RECORDS 31 JANUARY
Another avalanche of all time/monthy records yesterday (see table courtesy of Australia Weather News).
February starts with records too:
Minimum 32.6C at Bourke, New South Wales
Records February high minimum
6 consecutive days >49C
Never happened b4
Another avalanche of all time/monthy records yesterday (see table courtesy of Australia Weather News).
February starts with records too:
Minimum 32.6C at Bourke, New South Wales
Records February high minimum
6 consecutive days >49C
Never happened b4
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Here's how the records stacked up during the recent heatwave over central and southern Australia. All-month maximum temperature records at individual stations with 25+ year histories are highlighted.
February 1, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Here's how the records stacked up during the recent heatwave over central and southern Australia. All-month maximum temperature records at individual stations with 25+ year histories are highlighted.
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January 31, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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“The lesson humanity never learned was that technology is neither a solution nor a destination, but merely an amplifier”
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
The Growth Dogma: How Humans Resigned Themselves to Acceleration
Thousands of years ago humans supercharged their journey towards collapse by unconditionally embracing the most disruptive, extractive, and self-annihilating technologies. Although the agricultural, i...
open.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:54 AM
“The lesson humanity never learned was that technology is neither a solution nor a destination, but merely an amplifier”
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
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"Heatwave? Its always been hot up here."
There were 6 days in January 2026 above 45.0C at Mildura.
Mildura only reached 45C a total of 6 times from 1946-2000 (54 years).
Mildura has reached 45C a total of 27 times since 2000.
www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/...
*hat tip Gary Weymouth
There were 6 days in January 2026 above 45.0C at Mildura.
Mildura only reached 45C a total of 6 times from 1946-2000 (54 years).
Mildura has reached 45C a total of 27 times since 2000.
www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/...
*hat tip Gary Weymouth
www.bom.gov.au
January 31, 2026 at 10:42 PM
"Heatwave? Its always been hot up here."
There were 6 days in January 2026 above 45.0C at Mildura.
Mildura only reached 45C a total of 6 times from 1946-2000 (54 years).
Mildura has reached 45C a total of 27 times since 2000.
www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/...
*hat tip Gary Weymouth
There were 6 days in January 2026 above 45.0C at Mildura.
Mildura only reached 45C a total of 6 times from 1946-2000 (54 years).
Mildura has reached 45C a total of 27 times since 2000.
www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/...
*hat tip Gary Weymouth
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Congratulations to Port Augusta AUSTRALIA
for recording the most Southern 50C (122F) in world climatic history.
It's one of the several world records being set in this unbelievable heat wave,
By far, the harshest the Southern Hemisphere has ever seen
More records on Saturday !
for recording the most Southern 50C (122F) in world climatic history.
It's one of the several world records being set in this unbelievable heat wave,
By far, the harshest the Southern Hemisphere has ever seen
More records on Saturday !
‼️That's CRAZY :50c again in AUSTRALIA
and on the Southern coast
The mother of all heat waves of the Southern Hemisphere is just getting wilder with these insane records:
50.0 Port Augusta
49.7 Tarcoola
49.6 Woomera
48.3 Coober Pedy
🌡️5 consecutive days >49C!
and more tomorrow
and on the Southern coast
The mother of all heat waves of the Southern Hemisphere is just getting wilder with these insane records:
50.0 Port Augusta
49.7 Tarcoola
49.6 Woomera
48.3 Coober Pedy
🌡️5 consecutive days >49C!
and more tomorrow
January 30, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Congratulations to Port Augusta AUSTRALIA
for recording the most Southern 50C (122F) in world climatic history.
It's one of the several world records being set in this unbelievable heat wave,
By far, the harshest the Southern Hemisphere has ever seen
More records on Saturday !
for recording the most Southern 50C (122F) in world climatic history.
It's one of the several world records being set in this unbelievable heat wave,
By far, the harshest the Southern Hemisphere has ever seen
More records on Saturday !
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A Sunday Thought (#173): ‚The Transparent Citizen‘ - how a fully datafied Alex Pretti lost his life
Read in full: www.linkedin.com/posts/ralpht...
Read in full: www.linkedin.com/posts/ralpht...
January 30, 2026 at 4:23 PM
A Sunday Thought (#173): ‚The Transparent Citizen‘ - how a fully datafied Alex Pretti lost his life
Read in full: www.linkedin.com/posts/ralpht...
Read in full: www.linkedin.com/posts/ralpht...
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Japan, silver, Venezuela, and more - the biophysical phase shift cometh.
This week’s Frankly inaugurates a new category on The Great Simplification, Wide Boundary News, in which Nate views the constant churn of headlines through a wider-boundary lens.
www.thegreatsimplification.com/frankly-orig...
This week’s Frankly inaugurates a new category on The Great Simplification, Wide Boundary News, in which Nate views the constant churn of headlines through a wider-boundary lens.
www.thegreatsimplification.com/frankly-orig...
January 30, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Japan, silver, Venezuela, and more - the biophysical phase shift cometh.
This week’s Frankly inaugurates a new category on The Great Simplification, Wide Boundary News, in which Nate views the constant churn of headlines through a wider-boundary lens.
www.thegreatsimplification.com/frankly-orig...
This week’s Frankly inaugurates a new category on The Great Simplification, Wide Boundary News, in which Nate views the constant churn of headlines through a wider-boundary lens.
www.thegreatsimplification.com/frankly-orig...
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Read our advisory committee member, Josh Bornstein's important contribution in the ABC today (link in bio) about why Albanese should not have invited Herzog to Australia.
Rescind the invitation, now.
Rescind the invitation, now.
January 29, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Read our advisory committee member, Josh Bornstein's important contribution in the ABC today (link in bio) about why Albanese should not have invited Herzog to Australia.
Rescind the invitation, now.
Rescind the invitation, now.
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AUSTRALIA RECORD HEAT 28 JANUARY
22 records broken yesterday including
11 all time max. temperatures
4 monthly max. temperatures
2 all time high min. temperatures
5 monthly high min. temperatures
Today it's even worse, update later: Stay tuned
List by Laurier Williams
22 records broken yesterday including
11 all time max. temperatures
4 monthly max. temperatures
2 all time high min. temperatures
5 monthly high min. temperatures
Today it's even worse, update later: Stay tuned
List by Laurier Williams
January 29, 2026 at 9:28 AM
AUSTRALIA RECORD HEAT 28 JANUARY
22 records broken yesterday including
11 all time max. temperatures
4 monthly max. temperatures
2 all time high min. temperatures
5 monthly high min. temperatures
Today it's even worse, update later: Stay tuned
List by Laurier Williams
22 records broken yesterday including
11 all time max. temperatures
4 monthly max. temperatures
2 all time high min. temperatures
5 monthly high min. temperatures
Today it's even worse, update later: Stay tuned
List by Laurier Williams