Fiona Armstrong
@farmstrong.bsky.social
Climate, environment, biodiversity, health, strategy, systems change, collaboration, imagination, cohousing, surfing, art
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As an author whose work was part of the training data, all I have to say is--sucks for them.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
As an author whose work was part of the training data, all I have to say is--sucks for them.
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This was a very good discussion of what is wrong with ecomodernism (spoiler: you can have all the tech you want, it will not magically produce painless redistribution because the effects of property and prices will not automatically disappear in the future)! www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
How to Blow Up a Planet | Trevor Jackson
What happened to the future? When did we lose it, and what has taken its place? Political scientists have found a continual decline in visions of a shared
www.nybooks.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This was a very good discussion of what is wrong with ecomodernism (spoiler: you can have all the tech you want, it will not magically produce painless redistribution because the effects of property and prices will not automatically disappear in the future)! www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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My article is out! On how ‘ecosystem services’ went from a word for those aspects of nature that economics cannot express to a word for nature's economic value, and how concerns for planetary habitability disappeared from the environmentalist vocabulary.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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The Nature of Planetary Habitability: A Conceptual History of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services | Environmental History
Abstract This essay traces the conceptual history of biodiversity and ecosystem services from the late 1970s to the early 2000s. In contrast to recent historical studies that have interpreted biodiver...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
March 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
My article is out! On how ‘ecosystem services’ went from a word for those aspects of nature that economics cannot express to a word for nature's economic value, and how concerns for planetary habitability disappeared from the environmentalist vocabulary.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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"The oft-noted scandal of climate change is that those who caused it will not live to see its full consequences, and those who are suffering or will suffer worst did not cause the problem."
-Wainwright, Joel; Mann, Geoff. Climate Leviathan
-Wainwright, Joel; Mann, Geoff. Climate Leviathan
December 16, 2024 at 12:07 AM
"The oft-noted scandal of climate change is that those who caused it will not live to see its full consequences, and those who are suffering or will suffer worst did not cause the problem."
-Wainwright, Joel; Mann, Geoff. Climate Leviathan
-Wainwright, Joel; Mann, Geoff. Climate Leviathan
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'A thinktank known for its rejection of the climate crisis & a conservation group that has opposed renewable energy projects refused to identify their funders during a fiery Senate inquiry into climate & energy misinformation on Wednesday'.
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Climate-sceptic IPA refuses to reveal funders in fiery Senate inquiry
Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart has previously donated to Institute of Public Affairs but thinktank won’t say if she remains a donor
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
'A thinktank known for its rejection of the climate crisis & a conservation group that has opposed renewable energy projects refused to identify their funders during a fiery Senate inquiry into climate & energy misinformation on Wednesday'.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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At COPs, countries like Norway, Australia, the U.S. and Canada argue for high climate ambition. Back at home, they have collectively increased oil and gas production by 40% since Paris Agreement. This is why climate negotiation demands shouldn't be interpreted as action
drilled.media/news/COP30-OCI
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Running into COP30 with Oil and Gas
As COP30 gets underway in Brazil, a new report spotlights increased oil and gas production from the U.S., Australia, Norway and Canada since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed a decade ago.
drilled.media
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
At COPs, countries like Norway, Australia, the U.S. and Canada argue for high climate ambition. Back at home, they have collectively increased oil and gas production by 40% since Paris Agreement. This is why climate negotiation demands shouldn't be interpreted as action
drilled.media/news/COP30-OCI
drilled.media/news/COP30-OCI
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🌍 #COP30: A turning point for climate & gender justice?
Women, particularly racialised & marginalised women are on the frontlines of climate & environmental injustice.Yet their leadership, knowledge & solutions are often overlooked in decision-making spaces like COP.
www.wen.org.uk/2025/11/10/c...
Women, particularly racialised & marginalised women are on the frontlines of climate & environmental injustice.Yet their leadership, knowledge & solutions are often overlooked in decision-making spaces like COP.
www.wen.org.uk/2025/11/10/c...
COP30: A TURNING POINT FOR CLIMATE AND GENDER JUSTICE?
As COP30 kicks off in Belém, Brazil, the need for bold, intersectional feminist climate action has never been more urgent.
www.wen.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
🌍 #COP30: A turning point for climate & gender justice?
Women, particularly racialised & marginalised women are on the frontlines of climate & environmental injustice.Yet their leadership, knowledge & solutions are often overlooked in decision-making spaces like COP.
www.wen.org.uk/2025/11/10/c...
Women, particularly racialised & marginalised women are on the frontlines of climate & environmental injustice.Yet their leadership, knowledge & solutions are often overlooked in decision-making spaces like COP.
www.wen.org.uk/2025/11/10/c...
You couldn't make this up.
Over the weekend, the NIH director spoke at the annual conference of an anti-public health, conspiracy-promoting dark money group.
He was there to receive an award from the organization, which was founded by his friend and ally—a man recently revealed to have been accused of sexual harassment.
He was there to receive an award from the organization, which was founded by his friend and ally—a man recently revealed to have been accused of sexual harassment.
NIH Director Accepts Award From Anti-Vax Dark Money Group Founded By Accused Sexual Harasser
Jay Bhattacharya reunited with his old ally Jeffrey Tucker weeks after the political operative was revealed to have faced a sexual harassment scandal.
www.importantcontext.news
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
You couldn't make this up.
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By 2030, the shipping sector needs to shrink its carbon footprint by almost half, yet the International Maritime Organisation's Net-Zero Framework will shave at most a tenth off the sector's emissions, our latest research reveals.
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carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/11/06/i...
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
By 2030, the shipping sector needs to shrink its carbon footprint by almost half, yet the International Maritime Organisation's Net-Zero Framework will shave at most a tenth off the sector's emissions, our latest research reveals.
carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/11/06/i...
carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/11/06/i...
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Letter from a climate activist: “It is time for every leader to prove that they value people over polluters. My generation will not stop pushing for policies that match the science and protect our future.”
LETTER: “Youth climate activist urges leaders to prioritize science over politics.” So proud of @sophiamathur.bsky.social for speaking truth to power. We made a pinky promise 8 yrs ago to do our part to tackle the climate crisis & she lives up to it every day! www.baytoday.ca/letters-to-t...
LETTER: Youth climate activist urges leaders to prioritize science over politics
'Climate change is here, it is deadly, and it is stealing the dreams of young people like me'
www.baytoday.ca
November 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Letter from a climate activist: “It is time for every leader to prove that they value people over polluters. My generation will not stop pushing for policies that match the science and protect our future.”
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“In union, there is strength.” ― Aesop
Please, all in the conservation movement, do not do deals that simply favour your pet areas, in exchange for publicly endorsing @australianlabor.bsky.social's pathetic environmental law reform bill.
Demand the whole package is improved, back in the science!
Please, all in the conservation movement, do not do deals that simply favour your pet areas, in exchange for publicly endorsing @australianlabor.bsky.social's pathetic environmental law reform bill.
Demand the whole package is improved, back in the science!
November 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
“In union, there is strength.” ― Aesop
Please, all in the conservation movement, do not do deals that simply favour your pet areas, in exchange for publicly endorsing @australianlabor.bsky.social's pathetic environmental law reform bill.
Demand the whole package is improved, back in the science!
Please, all in the conservation movement, do not do deals that simply favour your pet areas, in exchange for publicly endorsing @australianlabor.bsky.social's pathetic environmental law reform bill.
Demand the whole package is improved, back in the science!
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What is an #EcoCivilisation?
What are its values?
Why do we need one and what will the Establishment do to maintain business as usual?
Most importantly, what can each of us do to live an #EcoCivilization into being?
accidentalgods.life/eco-civilisa...
#AccidentalGods #Podcast
What are its values?
Why do we need one and what will the Establishment do to maintain business as usual?
Most importantly, what can each of us do to live an #EcoCivilization into being?
accidentalgods.life/eco-civilisa...
#AccidentalGods #Podcast
Eco-Civilisation: the future we deserve and how we will get there with Jeremy Lent
What is an eco-civilisation? What are its values and what are the frames within which it works? Why do we need it in the first place and what will the Establishment do to maintain business as usual? M...
accidentalgods.life
October 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
What is an #EcoCivilisation?
What are its values?
Why do we need one and what will the Establishment do to maintain business as usual?
Most importantly, what can each of us do to live an #EcoCivilization into being?
accidentalgods.life/eco-civilisa...
#AccidentalGods #Podcast
What are its values?
Why do we need one and what will the Establishment do to maintain business as usual?
Most importantly, what can each of us do to live an #EcoCivilization into being?
accidentalgods.life/eco-civilisa...
#AccidentalGods #Podcast
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Stunning @desmog.com story from @geoffdembicki.bsky.social - showing how oil major ExxonMobil bankrolled climate science denial in the global south prior to crucial global summits...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South
With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.
www.desmog.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Stunning @desmog.com story from @geoffdembicki.bsky.social - showing how oil major ExxonMobil bankrolled climate science denial in the global south prior to crucial global summits...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
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A beam of light in the darkness of the world from Naarm last night.
I'm proud to live in a state that has accomplished something so important in passing Australia's first Indigenous treaty.
Always was, always will be Aboriginal land 🖤💛❤️
I'm proud to live in a state that has accomplished something so important in passing Australia's first Indigenous treaty.
Always was, always will be Aboriginal land 🖤💛❤️
October 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A beam of light in the darkness of the world from Naarm last night.
I'm proud to live in a state that has accomplished something so important in passing Australia's first Indigenous treaty.
Always was, always will be Aboriginal land 🖤💛❤️
I'm proud to live in a state that has accomplished something so important in passing Australia's first Indigenous treaty.
Always was, always will be Aboriginal land 🖤💛❤️
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If @billgates.bsky.social were to read #ScienceUnderSiege by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & myself, he would know that climate change is amplifying deadly pandemics. Only someone ignorant of the science adopts the fallacy that we can treat global health and the climate crisis as separate threats
“Bill Gates Calls for Redirecting of Climate Funds to Global Health” by John Koutroumpis for #GreekReporter:
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greekreporter.com/2025/10/29/b...
Bill Gates Calls for Redirecting of Climate Funds to Global Health - GreekReporter.com
Bill Gates urges global donors to focus less on climate change and more on eradicating disease and hunger in the world’s poorest nations.
greekreporter.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:33 AM
If @billgates.bsky.social were to read #ScienceUnderSiege by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & myself, he would know that climate change is amplifying deadly pandemics. Only someone ignorant of the science adopts the fallacy that we can treat global health and the climate crisis as separate threats
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If anyone on Bluesky uses Amazon - now is time to stop.
Don’t order anything from them.
Dont subscribe to any media they own.
Don’t go see next James Bond films.
Consumer boycotts work if enough people take action.
Don’t order anything from them.
Dont subscribe to any media they own.
Don’t go see next James Bond films.
Consumer boycotts work if enough people take action.
Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
October 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
If anyone on Bluesky uses Amazon - now is time to stop.
Don’t order anything from them.
Dont subscribe to any media they own.
Don’t go see next James Bond films.
Consumer boycotts work if enough people take action.
Don’t order anything from them.
Dont subscribe to any media they own.
Don’t go see next James Bond films.
Consumer boycotts work if enough people take action.
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“The owners of the biggest cattle station in the world have been charged over allegedly building illegal dams on inland rivers & waterholes in outback SA..The native title holders are the Arabana who said they first noticed the earthworks while doing a heritage survey”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Cattle station owners face charges over alleged illegal dams
The owners of Anna Creek Station, the biggest cattle station in the world, have been charged over allegedly building illegal dams on inland rivers and waterholes in outback South Australia.
www.abc.net.au
October 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
“The owners of the biggest cattle station in the world have been charged over allegedly building illegal dams on inland rivers & waterholes in outback SA..The native title holders are the Arabana who said they first noticed the earthworks while doing a heritage survey”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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On this day 18 yrs ago @albomp.bsky.social said in Parliament, during a debate on climate change that "we simply cannot afford to wait any longer."
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October 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
On this day 18 yrs ago @albomp.bsky.social said in Parliament, during a debate on climate change that "we simply cannot afford to wait any longer."
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At age 60, about a quarter of women live in poverty, compared to 21 per cent of men. By age 80, over a third, or 36 per cent, of Australian women are living in relative poverty, a new report finds. satpa.pe/RX4GQGr
Confronting the superannuation gender gap
Advocates say more needs to be done as the tweaks made to superannuation tax offsets for low-income earners will barely help the quarter of women who retire in poverty.
satpa.pe
October 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
At age 60, about a quarter of women live in poverty, compared to 21 per cent of men. By age 80, over a third, or 36 per cent, of Australian women are living in relative poverty, a new report finds. satpa.pe/RX4GQGr
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Thanks to @sigladman.bsky.social Secular Agenda podcast for this crucial interview. Cults & hi-control churches are dangerous. We can’t let abuse continue under the polite veil of “respect” for “religion”. The stories here are gutting. #Auspol needs to copy #SpringSt
rationalist.com.au/podcasts/
rationalist.com.au/podcasts/
October 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Thanks to @sigladman.bsky.social Secular Agenda podcast for this crucial interview. Cults & hi-control churches are dangerous. We can’t let abuse continue under the polite veil of “respect” for “religion”. The stories here are gutting. #Auspol needs to copy #SpringSt
rationalist.com.au/podcasts/
rationalist.com.au/podcasts/
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Buried on rhe @abcnewsbot.bsky.social app… this is a shocking indictment of global (and Australia on #exports) #climate inaction! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
CO2 emissions reached record high in 2024, report finds
The World Meteorological Organization says carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are increasing at rates that have tripled since the 1960s, and emissions from human activities and more wildfires hav...
www.abc.net.au
October 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Buried on rhe @abcnewsbot.bsky.social app… this is a shocking indictment of global (and Australia on #exports) #climate inaction! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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It won't be long till the GHG emissions & climate impacts of such a disproportionately mega-consuming individual (including their portfolio of assets) is quantifiable & attributable
October 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
It won't be long till the GHG emissions & climate impacts of such a disproportionately mega-consuming individual (including their portfolio of assets) is quantifiable & attributable
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Trump just murdered six more people off the coast of Venezuela.
October 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Trump just murdered six more people off the coast of Venezuela.
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Australia can offer the US a guaranteed and reliable supply of rare earths, but we should NOT make a deal at any special price. We should process the minerals here and export them at (tight) market rates. Trump has done us no favours. #auspol
Beijing's latest move shocked Trump but Australia sees an opportunity
Trump may have expressed "shock", but his administration is clearly not surprised at China's willingness to flex its dominance on rare earths.
www.abc.net.au
October 16, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Australia can offer the US a guaranteed and reliable supply of rare earths, but we should NOT make a deal at any special price. We should process the minerals here and export them at (tight) market rates. Trump has done us no favours. #auspol
Please sign this petition urging @AustraliaLabour.bsky.social not to work with the climate denying @mattcanavan & the Lib/Nat COALition and work with community independents and @Greens.org.au instead on enviro laws to deliver actual environmental benefits nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
✍️ PETITION: Strong environment laws stop new coal and gas
The Australian public voted for a climate majority at the last election, and we want strong environment laws that can stop new coal and gas.
nb.australiainstitute.org.au
October 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Please sign this petition urging @AustraliaLabour.bsky.social not to work with the climate denying @mattcanavan & the Lib/Nat COALition and work with community independents and @Greens.org.au instead on enviro laws to deliver actual environmental benefits nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...