Dave McRae
@davemcrae.bsky.social
Climate Science & policy. Science, Nature & progressive politics
Ngambri/Ngunnawal (Canberra, AU)
Ngambri/Ngunnawal (Canberra, AU)
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On the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, you’re going to hear a lot about the progress we’ve made — people saying we “are” heading to 2.5 degrees heating instead of four.
I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
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I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
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December 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
On the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, you’re going to hear a lot about the progress we’ve made — people saying we “are” heading to 2.5 degrees heating instead of four.
I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
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I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
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Grateful to The Verge for publishing my essay on why large-language models are not going to achieve general intelligence nor push the scientific frontier.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.
www.theverge.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Grateful to The Verge for publishing my essay on why large-language models are not going to achieve general intelligence nor push the scientific frontier.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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Israel's shadow war to silence critics via the Australian courts. Cassuto v Kostakidis. What is the cost
#freespeech #auspol #antisemitism
michaelwest.com.au/how-zionists...
#freespeech #auspol #antisemitism
michaelwest.com.au/how-zionists...
How Zionists are weaponising the courts to silence critics | The West Report - Michael West
The Zionist Federation of Australia has launched one of the most extraordinary legal actions we have ever seen, a sprawling 18C case against former SBS newsreader Mary Kostakidis over 61 tweets and re...
michaelwest.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Israel's shadow war to silence critics via the Australian courts. Cassuto v Kostakidis. What is the cost
#freespeech #auspol #antisemitism
michaelwest.com.au/how-zionists...
#freespeech #auspol #antisemitism
michaelwest.com.au/how-zionists...
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Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"Take Senator Bridget McKenzie opining without challenge on ABC Radio last week that renewable energy and climate policy are economically negative"
Zoe Daniel answers her own question.
The media is too often lazy.
Or more likely complicit - ignoring LNP lies and actively spruiking fossil fuels.
Zoe Daniel answers her own question.
The media is too often lazy.
Or more likely complicit - ignoring LNP lies and actively spruiking fossil fuels.
The Coalition is spinning a lie that climate action is economically bad. How are they getting away with it? | Zoe Daniel
The Coalition is spinning a lie that climate action is economically bad. How are they getting away with it? | Zoe Daniel
In this post-truth environment, the interests of coal and gas are somehow able to win the hearts and minds of voters
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During the last parliament I negotiated an amendment to the Climate Change Act to lock in Australia’s carbon emissions target as a floor – not a ceiling.
I did it to promote government ambition to exceed the target and, having covered the first Trump administration’s withdrawal from the Paris agreement, to provide a legislative buffer against backsliding by a future Australian government. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
"Take Senator Bridget McKenzie opining without challenge on ABC Radio last week that renewable energy and climate policy are economically negative"
Zoe Daniel answers her own question.
The media is too often lazy.
Or more likely complicit - ignoring LNP lies and actively spruiking fossil fuels.
Zoe Daniel answers her own question.
The media is too often lazy.
Or more likely complicit - ignoring LNP lies and actively spruiking fossil fuels.
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Must-read in @theguardian.com from my friend @georgemonbiot.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Must-read in @theguardian.com from my friend @georgemonbiot.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We should all thank Professor Lidia Morawska for her incredible work over many years which has influenced how the world mitigates the risks associated with the airborne virus that causes COVID-19.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
November 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
We should all thank Professor Lidia Morawska for her incredible work over many years which has influenced how the world mitigates the risks associated with the airborne virus that causes COVID-19.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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The inadvertent aerosol experiment of shipping desulphurization helps to reduce the largest uncertainty in climate science.
This contributes to the evidence of a much higher climate sensitivity, which means carbon budgets are lower and that we need much faster mitigation
bsky.app/profile/leon...
This contributes to the evidence of a much higher climate sensitivity, which means carbon budgets are lower and that we need much faster mitigation
bsky.app/profile/leon...
If @drjamesehansen.bsky.social at all. (2025, mainly based on NASA CERES observations) is correct about the very strong shipping SOx forcing, the climate is more sensitive to anthropogenic forcings (incl both GHGs and aerosols).
Which e.g. means we need much faster mitigation and adaptation.
Which e.g. means we need much faster mitigation and adaptation.
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The inadvertent aerosol experiment of shipping desulphurization helps to reduce the largest uncertainty in climate science.
This contributes to the evidence of a much higher climate sensitivity, which means carbon budgets are lower and that we need much faster mitigation
bsky.app/profile/leon...
This contributes to the evidence of a much higher climate sensitivity, which means carbon budgets are lower and that we need much faster mitigation
bsky.app/profile/leon...
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An extraordinary mapping of Big Food/Big Ag's influence at COP30, by @rachelsherrington.bsky.social and co at @desmog.com.
As #COP30 begins in Belém @DeSmog can reveal over 140 ways food & agriculture firms to sway the summit. Meet the main players in Brazil's powerful agro lobby, along w/ US meat, dairy & grain industries -- and where they will target messages #AgroLobby. By @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & Gil Alessi
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
An extraordinary mapping of Big Food/Big Ag's influence at COP30, by @rachelsherrington.bsky.social and co at @desmog.com.
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"In total, the Gates Foundation (formerly known as the The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) has donated $3,519,491 to Lomborg’s think tank. The most recent tax filing on record includes a 2022 donation to the Copenhagen Consensus Center worth $1.25 million" - @rtakver.bsky.social, @desmog.com
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:13 AM
"In total, the Gates Foundation (formerly known as the The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) has donated $3,519,491 to Lomborg’s think tank. The most recent tax filing on record includes a 2022 donation to the Copenhagen Consensus Center worth $1.25 million" - @rtakver.bsky.social, @desmog.com
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It's extra incredible to think about how many massive, chugging, dirty methane gas turbines had to blast out deadly pollutants to create this video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSWg... @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSWg... @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It's extra incredible to think about how many massive, chugging, dirty methane gas turbines had to blast out deadly pollutants to create this video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSWg... @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSWg... @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social
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It's funny how hard we have to work to convince the world that uncontrolle data centre expansion is a climate risk when there's a fossil gas power station called the EXXONMOBIL POWER PLANT being built explicitly to power a data centre
Not enough people know about Homer City. The single largest fossil fuel plant that's being built *explicitly* to power a data centre.
This isn't a future projection, or some hollow marketing. This is physical stuff happening right now.
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This isn't a future projection, or some hollow marketing. This is physical stuff happening right now.
bsky.app/profile/keta...
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
It's funny how hard we have to work to convince the world that uncontrolle data centre expansion is a climate risk when there's a fossil gas power station called the EXXONMOBIL POWER PLANT being built explicitly to power a data centre
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there's a list of names...
"when Kerry Packer was offloading assets, Eddie Obeid was offered the firm’s printing plant, Offset Alpine. Richo, who was by now a federal Labor minister, put Obeid in touch with his stockbroker, Rene Rivkin, who was funding the purchase."
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
"when Kerry Packer was offloading assets, Eddie Obeid was offered the firm’s printing plant, Offset Alpine. Richo, who was by now a federal Labor minister, put Obeid in touch with his stockbroker, Rene Rivkin, who was funding the purchase."
www.smh.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.smh.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
there's a list of names...
"when Kerry Packer was offloading assets, Eddie Obeid was offered the firm’s printing plant, Offset Alpine. Richo, who was by now a federal Labor minister, put Obeid in touch with his stockbroker, Rene Rivkin, who was funding the purchase."
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
"when Kerry Packer was offloading assets, Eddie Obeid was offered the firm’s printing plant, Offset Alpine. Richo, who was by now a federal Labor minister, put Obeid in touch with his stockbroker, Rene Rivkin, who was funding the purchase."
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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A lot of people when talking about Gough's economic record seriously underplay how beyond comprehension the 1973 Oil Crisis was.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
A lot of people when talking about Gough's economic record seriously underplay how beyond comprehension the 1973 Oil Crisis was.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Stop overhyping AI, scientists tell von der Leyen
Stop overhyping AI, scientists tell von der Leyen
Open letter criticises the Commission President for remarks earlier this year – when she anticipated AI would “approach human reasoning” in 2026
dlvr.it
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Stop overhyping AI, scientists tell von der Leyen
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The hidden deforestation beneath the waves
The hidden deforestation beneath the waves
Tackling the carbon emissions of bottom trawling is a fast and effective way to forestall climate change while protecting our precious marine ecosystems. But despite the minimal returns, governments across Europe keep subsidising the practice
dlvr.it
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 AM
The hidden deforestation beneath the waves
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As it's that particular anniversary just reposting a link to my article re pre-Dismissal polling and other pseph themes kevinbonham.blogspot.com/2021/12/psep...
Psephology And The Palace Letters
Tasmanian and Australian psephology, opinion poll analysis, election analysis and political commentary by Dr Kevin Bonham.
kevinbonham.blogspot.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
As it's that particular anniversary just reposting a link to my article re pre-Dismissal polling and other pseph themes kevinbonham.blogspot.com/2021/12/psep...
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Australia should take many lessons from Mamdani's incredible victory, including learning from America on how to handle money in politics (yes, really)
New from me on @thepointau.bsky.social 👇
thepoint.com.au/news/251108-...
New from me on @thepointau.bsky.social 👇
thepoint.com.au/news/251108-...
What Australia can learn from the US about money in politics
Zohran Mamdani’s successful campaign benefited greatly from New York’s funding innovations.
thepoint.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Australia should take many lessons from Mamdani's incredible victory, including learning from America on how to handle money in politics (yes, really)
New from me on @thepointau.bsky.social 👇
thepoint.com.au/news/251108-...
New from me on @thepointau.bsky.social 👇
thepoint.com.au/news/251108-...
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Gough raised unemployment benefits to their highest level relative to poverty - then Fraser (and his treasurer John Howard) fucked it up as soon as they could.
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Gough raised unemployment benefits to their highest level relative to poverty - then Fraser (and his treasurer John Howard) fucked it up as soon as they could.
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Paul Keating speaking in parliament on the condolence motion on John Kerr. (completely ad-libbed)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hx8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hx8...
Paul Keating on the Sir John Kerr condolence motion
YouTube video by AusQuestionTime
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November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Paul Keating speaking in parliament on the condolence motion on John Kerr. (completely ad-libbed)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hx8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hx8...
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It wasnt our enviro laws that were too weak to protect the Skate or stop the North West Shelf, it was our Ministers.
Thats why Labor is trying to get the Coalition to help them water them down…to save Enviro Ministers the embarrassment of always saying yes #climate
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Thats why Labor is trying to get the Coalition to help them water them down…to save Enviro Ministers the embarrassment of always saying yes #climate
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
It wasn’t the laws that were too weak to stop those projects, it was the ministers
The Prime Minister is betting that by 2028 people will forget the North West Shelf and EPBC backflips, but it would be a brave backbencher willing to make that same bet.
thepoint.com.au
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
It wasnt our enviro laws that were too weak to protect the Skate or stop the North West Shelf, it was our Ministers.
Thats why Labor is trying to get the Coalition to help them water them down…to save Enviro Ministers the embarrassment of always saying yes #climate
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Thats why Labor is trying to get the Coalition to help them water them down…to save Enviro Ministers the embarrassment of always saying yes #climate
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Like ‘housing affordability’ ‘net zero’ has become one of those meaningless political sayings
Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies
My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies
My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Net Zero hides a truth the mining giants understand perfectly: nothing has to change
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Like ‘housing affordability’ ‘net zero’ has become one of those meaningless political sayings
Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies
My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies
My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Climate change is really expensive: cost of the South Australian algal bloom expected to shoot well past $500m www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-a...
www.adelaidenow.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Climate change is really expensive: cost of the South Australian algal bloom expected to shoot well past $500m www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-a...