David Mackie
@davidmontisi.bsky.social
Martin Parr, RIP. A wonderful photographer.
December 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Martin Parr, RIP. A wonderful photographer.
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Let's begin the weekend by talking about the economy. Well, my pal @mollyjongfast.bsky.social and I did all the work for you. All you have to do is listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpA7...
Trump's Economy Is Looking Like 2008 w/ Justin Wolfers
Economist Justin Wolfers joins Molly Jong-Fast to make sense of the recent confusion surrounding U.S. jobs data, revealing that a prolonged government shutdown significantly disrupted the collection…
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December 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Let's begin the weekend by talking about the economy. Well, my pal @mollyjongfast.bsky.social and I did all the work for you. All you have to do is listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpA7...
Phil Upchurch, RIP.
Jimmy Smith with Phil Upchurch- Back at the Chicken Shack
YouTube video by Bob Hardy
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December 4, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Phil Upchurch, RIP.
Steve Cropper RIP
Booker T. & The MG's - Time Is Tight
YouTube video by AuntieSoul34
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December 4, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Steve Cropper RIP
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19th century wooden “walking” doll with a wheel of eight legs ~ when costumed, the doll’s long dress would cover most of the leg mechanism, allowing the doll to “walk” when moving, while appearing to have only two legs at any one time www.theriaults.com/events/listi...
November 27, 2025 at 7:12 AM
19th century wooden “walking” doll with a wheel of eight legs ~ when costumed, the doll’s long dress would cover most of the leg mechanism, allowing the doll to “walk” when moving, while appearing to have only two legs at any one time www.theriaults.com/events/listi...
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Why is a survey that provides the framework for allowing Australia’s worst polluters to increase emissions being heralded as “good news” by climate advocates?
The Coalition’s net-zero implosion was a useful distraction — everyone (including the PM) hid behind it
www.crikey.com.au
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Why is a survey that provides the framework for allowing Australia’s worst polluters to increase emissions being heralded as “good news” by climate advocates?
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November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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100% this.
"It’s ludicrous that aviation doesn’t pay fuel tax, especially now that Rachel Reeves is making noises about a tax on electric vehicles. If we’re looking for easy wins for revenue, just look to the skies."
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
End the tax break that makes flying cheaper than trains | Letters
Letters: Airlines benefit from a tax system that helps them keep fares low, writes Anna Hughes
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 AM
100% this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyoR...
RIP Jimmy Cliff.
RIP Jimmy Cliff.
Jimmy Cliff live at Rockpalast Bongoman
YouTube video by sebbou30360
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November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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RIP Jimmy Cliff.
RIP Jimmy Cliff.
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RIP Jimmy Cliff
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
RIP Jimmy Cliff
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... this wide-ranging conversation is oh so good. Rebanks @herdyshepherd.bsky.social is able with great, grounded eloquence to say it as it is. If You think #wendellberry is good - listen to this. Not sure about everything in Rajan’s concluding summary but generally good.
Radical with Amol Rajan - Beyond Ultra-Processed Foods: Can Farmers Fix Our Health and the Planet? (James Rebanks) - BBC Sounds
James Rebanks on how to build a secure, sustainable and healthy food system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... this wide-ranging conversation is oh so good. Rebanks @herdyshepherd.bsky.social is able with great, grounded eloquence to say it as it is. If You think #wendellberry is good - listen to this. Not sure about everything in Rajan’s concluding summary but generally good.
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Your daily reminder: wind power is a workhorse with an extremely valuable generation profile and the entire project of fossil fuel elimination is at risk without it
BUT it doesn't have solar's inbuilt momentum, and so needs stronger gov't support for it to grow as fast as it should
BUT it doesn't have solar's inbuilt momentum, and so needs stronger gov't support for it to grow as fast as it should
A new British wind energy generation record announced today by @neso-energy.bsky.social of 22,711 megawatts at 7.30pm on Tuesday 11 November, which provided enough power to meet the needs of over 22 million homes and generated 43.6% of the nation’s overall electricity demand at that time ⚡ 🏡 📈
November 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Your daily reminder: wind power is a workhorse with an extremely valuable generation profile and the entire project of fossil fuel elimination is at risk without it
BUT it doesn't have solar's inbuilt momentum, and so needs stronger gov't support for it to grow as fast as it should
BUT it doesn't have solar's inbuilt momentum, and so needs stronger gov't support for it to grow as fast as it should
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Beach walking at sunset is not very calming when the local beach has 100000s of dead and dying fish. The impact of the algae bloom in South Australia continues to be devastating for marine life 😿
November 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Beach walking at sunset is not very calming when the local beach has 100000s of dead and dying fish. The impact of the algae bloom in South Australia continues to be devastating for marine life 😿
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A reminder that crypto mining continues to be one of the world's most severe wastes of energy and one of the most shockingly pointless causes of environmental harm
Like generative ML, you have to burn more energy for every new dollar of profit. Death spiral ensues
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Like generative ML, you have to burn more energy for every new dollar of profit. Death spiral ensues
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
A reminder that crypto mining continues to be one of the world's most severe wastes of energy and one of the most shockingly pointless causes of environmental harm
Like generative ML, you have to burn more energy for every new dollar of profit. Death spiral ensues
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Like generative ML, you have to burn more energy for every new dollar of profit. Death spiral ensues
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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"The average mortgage pays $200,000 in profit over its life to the banks," says Richard Denniss, co-CEO at The Australia Institute.
You can read more on good ideas for economic reform on The Point.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
You can read more on good ideas for economic reform on The Point.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
"The average mortgage pays $200,000 in profit over its life to the banks," says Richard Denniss, co-CEO at The Australia Institute.
You can read more on good ideas for economic reform on The Point.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
You can read more on good ideas for economic reform on The Point.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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This is obscene.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at CSIRO
Australia’s national scientific agency announces more research job losses as it looks for budgetary savings
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This is obscene.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
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NEW @phenomenalworld.bsky.social @polycrisis
Its a Plastic Planet.
You are poisoned by plastic, the world is plastic.
@katemac.bsky.social & I asked @vbivar.bsky.social to analyse the fossil fuel industry's latest trick. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
Its a Plastic Planet.
You are poisoned by plastic, the world is plastic.
@katemac.bsky.social & I asked @vbivar.bsky.social to analyse the fossil fuel industry's latest trick. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
November 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
NEW @phenomenalworld.bsky.social @polycrisis
Its a Plastic Planet.
You are poisoned by plastic, the world is plastic.
@katemac.bsky.social & I asked @vbivar.bsky.social to analyse the fossil fuel industry's latest trick. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
Its a Plastic Planet.
You are poisoned by plastic, the world is plastic.
@katemac.bsky.social & I asked @vbivar.bsky.social to analyse the fossil fuel industry's latest trick. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
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Another eight cormorants have been found dead at a #salmon farm in #Tasmania. The wildlife toll at one lease of 43 birds and two seals in 2025 far exceeds the maximum limit set by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council of nine deaths over two years. #politas
▶️ tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/tasmani...
▶️ tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/tasmani...
Tasmanian salmon farm faces audit as wildlife death toll rises
The mounting wildlife death toll at a southern Tasmanian salmon farm will be investigated as part of an audit of the company’s sustainability accreditation. Eight cormorants were found dead in July an...
tasmanianinquirer.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Another eight cormorants have been found dead at a #salmon farm in #Tasmania. The wildlife toll at one lease of 43 birds and two seals in 2025 far exceeds the maximum limit set by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council of nine deaths over two years. #politas
▶️ tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/tasmani...
▶️ tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/tasmani...
Saw this great piece of relief sculpture last week. It's from the "Arca di San Cerbone" in the cathedral of Massa Marittima, by Goro di Gregorio, 1275 - 1335. The detail in the figures is wonderful. The two priests have quite different poses and there is a beautiful mute dialogue between them.
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Saw this great piece of relief sculpture last week. It's from the "Arca di San Cerbone" in the cathedral of Massa Marittima, by Goro di Gregorio, 1275 - 1335. The detail in the figures is wonderful. The two priests have quite different poses and there is a beautiful mute dialogue between them.
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It’s a real bummer that the collapse of insurance markets keeps getting covered as if it were the fault of individuals rather than logical outcome of an industry focused more on profit than protection. climateandcommunity.org/research/pro...
November 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It’s a real bummer that the collapse of insurance markets keeps getting covered as if it were the fault of individuals rather than logical outcome of an industry focused more on profit than protection. climateandcommunity.org/research/pro...
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I'll entertain technical arguments about the Summary Offences Act (NSW) when someone can explain how Police can kettle and move on small groups protesting climate issues but somehow this out front of state parliament renders them powerless. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
What we just witnessed was state-sanctioned Nazism
What on earth did the NSW Police think a rally organised by the National Socialist Network would be about?
www.smh.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I'll entertain technical arguments about the Summary Offences Act (NSW) when someone can explain how Police can kettle and move on small groups protesting climate issues but somehow this out front of state parliament renders them powerless. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Melbourne Cup is a mirror showing us who we are: a nation that glorifies gambling/binge drinking while pretending to stand for equality.
One that criminalises Aboriginal people for behaviour it celebrates in white crowds
Our hypocritical media treats one with disgust & the other as entertainment
One that criminalises Aboriginal people for behaviour it celebrates in white crowds
Our hypocritical media treats one with disgust & the other as entertainment
November 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Melbourne Cup is a mirror showing us who we are: a nation that glorifies gambling/binge drinking while pretending to stand for equality.
One that criminalises Aboriginal people for behaviour it celebrates in white crowds
Our hypocritical media treats one with disgust & the other as entertainment
One that criminalises Aboriginal people for behaviour it celebrates in white crowds
Our hypocritical media treats one with disgust & the other as entertainment