Col Broadfoot
@colbroad.bsky.social
Ageing human, grateful for a good life. Gumbaynggirr land, Nambucca Heads, Australia. Ex nursery man (Aus native). Climate, gardener, kayaking.
And @Caz4Cowper !
The AEC ballot draw is about to happen. Even the chairs are our campaign color. Perhaps a lucky charm? #claire4casey
April 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM
And @Caz4Cowper !
What a good idea 😉
NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
March 19, 2025 at 4:09 AM
What a good idea 😉
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The major parties don't have the moral courage to protect the people and places we love.
This election is an opportunity to vote for a candidate who will. Minority govt may be the only thing that forces the Govt to put 🇦🇺ns ahead of vested interests.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This election is an opportunity to vote for a candidate who will. Minority govt may be the only thing that forces the Govt to put 🇦🇺ns ahead of vested interests.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Labor hasn’t delivered on more effective nature laws. It’s not just embarrassing, it’s calamitous | Tim Winton
As Ningaloo reef bleaches and an election looms, we must look to those who stand in the way of our safety – the small cohort of people profiting from fossil fuels, and the politicians who protect them
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The major parties don't have the moral courage to protect the people and places we love.
This election is an opportunity to vote for a candidate who will. Minority govt may be the only thing that forces the Govt to put 🇦🇺ns ahead of vested interests.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This election is an opportunity to vote for a candidate who will. Minority govt may be the only thing that forces the Govt to put 🇦🇺ns ahead of vested interests.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Extraordinary, can’t help but see this as a huge own goal. History can’t be erased simply by removing books.
This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...
clarksvillenow.com
February 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Extraordinary, can’t help but see this as a huge own goal. History can’t be erased simply by removing books.
This is plain evil. If it’s an attempt to rewrite history then surely this constitutes a heinous crime.
Winston Smith's job in "1984" was to systematically rewrite history as revealed through newspaper archives.
President Trump has just sacked the Archivist of the United States. I've worked at the National Archives there in Maryland loads of times. Staff were apolitical, unfailingly helpful and knew their subjects inside out. Another sinister and authoritarian move. www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
February 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This is plain evil. If it’s an attempt to rewrite history then surely this constitutes a heinous crime.
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This election — we can push back on the big business who have bought our politicians! Chip In to It's Not A Race!
youtu.be/hz9tZ5YZsNQ
CHIP IN HERE: its-not-a-race.raisely.com
youtu.be/hz9tZ5YZsNQ
CHIP IN HERE: its-not-a-race.raisely.com
It's Not A Race 2025! Chip-In to push back against fossil fuel F**ks
YouTube video by It's Not A Race 2025
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January 17, 2025 at 5:36 AM
This election — we can push back on the big business who have bought our politicians! Chip In to It's Not A Race!
youtu.be/hz9tZ5YZsNQ
CHIP IN HERE: its-not-a-race.raisely.com
youtu.be/hz9tZ5YZsNQ
CHIP IN HERE: its-not-a-race.raisely.com
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Can we please, please get trending topics for Australians?
Please 🙏🏽
Xitter has it, which doesn't help because the place is a toxic hellhole. But all we many, many Australians here on Bluesky see is American stuff - we have our own topics
t.i.a @bsky.app
Please 🙏🏽
Xitter has it, which doesn't help because the place is a toxic hellhole. But all we many, many Australians here on Bluesky see is American stuff - we have our own topics
t.i.a @bsky.app
January 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Can we please, please get trending topics for Australians?
Please 🙏🏽
Xitter has it, which doesn't help because the place is a toxic hellhole. But all we many, many Australians here on Bluesky see is American stuff - we have our own topics
t.i.a @bsky.app
Please 🙏🏽
Xitter has it, which doesn't help because the place is a toxic hellhole. But all we many, many Australians here on Bluesky see is American stuff - we have our own topics
t.i.a @bsky.app
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Fast swings between alarmingly wet and very dry weather can create conditions for destructive wildfires. Scientists say that ‘hydroclimate whiplash’ is increasing as the atmosphere warms. via @kqednews.bsky.social
Climate Scientists Warn of Growing Whiplash Effect on Weather Patterns | KQED
Californians are all too familiar with flip-flopping weather extremes, and new research suggests that weather whiplash is increasing as the atmosphere warms due to human-caused climate change.
www.kqed.org
January 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Fast swings between alarmingly wet and very dry weather can create conditions for destructive wildfires. Scientists say that ‘hydroclimate whiplash’ is increasing as the atmosphere warms. via @kqednews.bsky.social
How about subsidising V2L (vehicle to load) vehicles as well. In my case I reckon it’s wise to delay installation of home batteries until V2L cars are more affordable.
Excess daytime solar is not a problem: we’re just not using the electricity as well as we could.
The govt should help Australians access household and community batteries, to benefit from the world’s cheapest electricity and take pressure off the grid.
The govt should help Australians access household and community batteries, to benefit from the world’s cheapest electricity and take pressure off the grid.
January 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
How about subsidising V2L (vehicle to load) vehicles as well. In my case I reckon it’s wise to delay installation of home batteries until V2L cars are more affordable.
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A new study published in The Lancet, a prestigious peer-reviewed medical journal, estimates that 64,260 people were killed in Gaza between October 7, 2023, and June 30, 2024—41% higher than official reports. Nearly 60% of the dead were women, children, and the elderly.
January 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A new study published in The Lancet, a prestigious peer-reviewed medical journal, estimates that 64,260 people were killed in Gaza between October 7, 2023, and June 30, 2024—41% higher than official reports. Nearly 60% of the dead were women, children, and the elderly.
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Dreyfus: “It remains critical that we use international law to counter the injustices of everyday life and to influence those trends which, obscured and challenging as they may be, underpin the good of all”.
You couldn’t make this stuff up.
— Greg Barns
johnmenadue.com/dreyfus-trip...
You couldn’t make this stuff up.
— Greg Barns
johnmenadue.com/dreyfus-trip...
Dreyfus' trip to Israel makes a mockery of Labor's foreign policy - Pearls and Irritations
Is Mark Dreyfus keeping to his role as attorney-general by heading to Israel and meeting with a government that is committing genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity?
johnmenadue.com
January 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Dreyfus: “It remains critical that we use international law to counter the injustices of everyday life and to influence those trends which, obscured and challenging as they may be, underpin the good of all”.
You couldn’t make this stuff up.
— Greg Barns
johnmenadue.com/dreyfus-trip...
You couldn’t make this stuff up.
— Greg Barns
johnmenadue.com/dreyfus-trip...
Important post, with increasing exposure to climate induced wildfires house design is critical reducing risk.
Passive House Withstands Fire
1.10.25
Passive house principles design features protect against fire:
- Airtightness slows spread of fire inside
- Non-combustible materials offer better fire resistance
- Design layout: Reduced openings, compact shapes shield a passive house from flying embers.
1.10.25
Passive house principles design features protect against fire:
- Airtightness slows spread of fire inside
- Non-combustible materials offer better fire resistance
- Design layout: Reduced openings, compact shapes shield a passive house from flying embers.
January 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Important post, with increasing exposure to climate induced wildfires house design is critical reducing risk.
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If PFAS is bad for human health, we’re forever screwed.
‘Forever Chemicals’ Reach Tap Water via Treated Sewage, Study Finds (Gift Article)
Wastewater, even after treatment to make it drinkable, contains high levels of PFAS, according to researchers.
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If PFAS is bad for human health, we’re forever screwed.
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Like her predecessors, Tanya Plibersek conducts policy from a cage of constraint. When so stifled and confined, the options narrow: to vanish, or become a jester. And jester she has become. #auspol
Jesting on the environment: Australian mining gets a present - Pearls and Irritations
How reassuring it is to be a mining magnate in Australia. Far more significant than royalty, such figures are the unelected captains of industry who know that governments will do whatever they can to accommodate their wishes and whims.
johnmenadue.com
December 28, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Like her predecessors, Tanya Plibersek conducts policy from a cage of constraint. When so stifled and confined, the options narrow: to vanish, or become a jester. And jester she has become. #auspol
December 22, 2024 at 6:49 AM
Environment Ministers have a habit of announcing bad news on Fridays before long weekends. Their aim is to miss the Saturday news cycle so less people see the …
Important read…email our Environment Minister if you can
Important read…email our Environment Minister if you can
December 22, 2024 at 6:44 AM
Environment Ministers have a habit of announcing bad news on Fridays before long weekends. Their aim is to miss the Saturday news cycle so less people see the …
Important read…email our Environment Minister if you can
Important read…email our Environment Minister if you can
Brilliant! 👇🏽
24 community independents here now.
One antidote to the major parties’ stitch up of our political system:
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One antidote to the major parties’ stitch up of our political system:
linktr.ee/CommunityInd...
@CommunityIndependentsAU | Linktree
List of community independent candidates to support in the 2025 federal election
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December 18, 2024 at 3:03 AM
Brilliant! 👇🏽
This pretty well sums up my frustration with the political duopoly in Aus.
"Sorry to tell you that I’m finishing this year most unimpressed by Anthony Albanese and his government."
— Ross Gittins
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— Ross Gittins
johnmenadue.com/weve-entered...
We’ve entered the era of gutless government - Pearls and Irritations
Labor in 2.5 years turned its mind to many of the problems left by its Liberal predecessors, did a bit to help, but never nearly enough.
johnmenadue.com
December 15, 2024 at 10:39 PM
This pretty well sums up my frustration with the political duopoly in Aus.
Thanks to the dedicated volunteers giving their time for this critical intervention.
One wonders why FC’s wildlife surveys were hopelessly inadequate?
One wonders why FC’s wildlife surveys were hopelessly inadequate?
How citizen scientists saved greater gliders in the Badja State Forest from NSW Forestry Corp’s logging.
Fascinating insight into a ground war in a State Forests by citizens determined to enforce enviro laws against a lawless FC protected by State governments of both parties.
#SaveBulgaForest
Fascinating insight into a ground war in a State Forests by citizens determined to enforce enviro laws against a lawless FC protected by State governments of both parties.
#SaveBulgaForest
If the NSW government review process results in a permanent end to native forest logging, then the three months of citizen science in the Badja will have protected some three thousand greater gliders for good. #auspol #conservation
December 14, 2024 at 3:05 AM
Thanks to the dedicated volunteers giving their time for this critical intervention.
One wonders why FC’s wildlife surveys were hopelessly inadequate?
One wonders why FC’s wildlife surveys were hopelessly inadequate?
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According to BloombergNEF’s annual survey, the cost of EV battery packs fell to $115 per kWh in 2024, its largest drop in seven years.
With EV battery prices expected to continue plummeting electric vehicles could soon be even more affordable than comparable gas cars.
electrek.co/2024/12/10/e...
With EV battery prices expected to continue plummeting electric vehicles could soon be even more affordable than comparable gas cars.
electrek.co/2024/12/10/e...
EV battery prices are plummeting and that's great news for buyers
EV battery prices are plummeting, falling faster than most expected. This year will mark the steepest decline since 2017. With...
electrek.co
December 10, 2024 at 5:51 PM
According to BloombergNEF’s annual survey, the cost of EV battery packs fell to $115 per kWh in 2024, its largest drop in seven years.
With EV battery prices expected to continue plummeting electric vehicles could soon be even more affordable than comparable gas cars.
electrek.co/2024/12/10/e...
With EV battery prices expected to continue plummeting electric vehicles could soon be even more affordable than comparable gas cars.
electrek.co/2024/12/10/e...
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Albo’s refugee bills: the Coalitionification of the ALP is almost complete @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Albo’s refugee bills: the Coalitionification of the ALP is almost complete | First Dog on the Moon
Glad we thought of this so you can thank us later
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 7:10 AM
Albo’s refugee bills: the Coalitionification of the ALP is almost complete @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Morning, Australia - a bunch of articles from media outlets claiming Aus is now on track to hit its 2030 emissions target.
No reports, data, projections details or analysis to back it up.
But all *exactly* as I have foreseen....I'll explain in a very brief thread (i need sleep damn it)
No reports, data, projections details or analysis to back it up.
But all *exactly* as I have foreseen....I'll explain in a very brief thread (i need sleep damn it)
November 26, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Morning, Australia - a bunch of articles from media outlets claiming Aus is now on track to hit its 2030 emissions target.
No reports, data, projections details or analysis to back it up.
But all *exactly* as I have foreseen....I'll explain in a very brief thread (i need sleep damn it)
No reports, data, projections details or analysis to back it up.
But all *exactly* as I have foreseen....I'll explain in a very brief thread (i need sleep damn it)
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Wow, look at these stats! Over 7,000 attendees at the blockade, with and incredible volunteer effort and amazing media coverage!
🙌 Next stop: Canberra, to ask the Albanese government—when will you stop new coal and gas? 🔥 People got the power!
🙌 Next stop: Canberra, to ask the Albanese government—when will you stop new coal and gas? 🔥 People got the power!
November 26, 2024 at 12:29 AM
Wow, look at these stats! Over 7,000 attendees at the blockade, with and incredible volunteer effort and amazing media coverage!
🙌 Next stop: Canberra, to ask the Albanese government—when will you stop new coal and gas? 🔥 People got the power!
🙌 Next stop: Canberra, to ask the Albanese government—when will you stop new coal and gas? 🔥 People got the power!