Mari Rhydwen
@marirhydwen.bsky.social
Born at 311.8 ppm in Wales, living in Australia since 335.42 ppm. Hope to live to see the numbers start to go down….
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Still not going to impose sanctions on Israel, @albomp.bsky.social & @senatorwong.bsky.social?
"I will never ever go to these distributions again. I'd rather starve to death.
"...I have no food, nothing, no formula for my son — yet I will not go anymore."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
"I will never ever go to these distributions again. I'd rather starve to death.
"...I have no food, nothing, no formula for my son — yet I will not go anymore."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
'Never again': Palestinian mum says Israel surrounded and shot at aid site
At least 30 Palestinians are killed during gunfire at a southern Gaza aid distribution site, with Israel and Hamas blaming each other for the chaos.
www.abc.net.au
June 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Still not going to impose sanctions on Israel, @albomp.bsky.social & @senatorwong.bsky.social?
"I will never ever go to these distributions again. I'd rather starve to death.
"...I have no food, nothing, no formula for my son — yet I will not go anymore."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
"I will never ever go to these distributions again. I'd rather starve to death.
"...I have no food, nothing, no formula for my son — yet I will not go anymore."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
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Australia must stop exporting weapons/parts of weapons that could be used to kill & injure civilians, & start providing emergency visas to the family members of Australians.
If the horror unfolding in #Gaza is not our country’s red line for stronger action then I don’t know what is
#Auspol #Genocide
If the horror unfolding in #Gaza is not our country’s red line for stronger action then I don’t know what is
#Auspol #Genocide
If the horrors unfolding in Gaza are not a red line for Australia to take stronger action then I don’t know what is | David Pocock
Everyone knows the Australian government cannot end the war alone, but we do have an important role to play as a middle power, and it must be more than just words
www.theguardian.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Why should the community put funds into a ‘flood relief fund’ when the corporations causing the floods pay nothing and are afforded billions in subsidies? ‘Polluter pays’ principle must apply. Put a levy on fossil extraction and export! #auspol
May 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Why should the community put funds into a ‘flood relief fund’ when the corporations causing the floods pay nothing and are afforded billions in subsidies? ‘Polluter pays’ principle must apply. Put a levy on fossil extraction and export! #auspol
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Deranged chaos agent anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. just instructed HHS to cancel over $700M in funding with Moderna to help develop a vaccine for various flu strains that would trigger future pandemics including the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus.
This would be called murder.
This would be called murder.
May 30, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Deranged chaos agent anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. just instructed HHS to cancel over $700M in funding with Moderna to help develop a vaccine for various flu strains that would trigger future pandemics including the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus.
This would be called murder.
This would be called murder.
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Watch this! See what Woodside is vandalising and weep. Then DO something please….
Watch this! See what Woodside is vandalising and weep. Then DO something please….
The Fight to Save Murujuga
YouTube video by The Australia Institute
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May 30, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Watch this! See what Woodside is vandalising and weep. Then DO something please….
Watch this! See what Woodside is vandalising and weep. Then DO something please….
Maybe today is a good day to remember where Jesus was born (Bethlehem, in Palestine)?
April 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Maybe today is a good day to remember where Jesus was born (Bethlehem, in Palestine)?
Gaza is a ‘killing field’ where people are being starved. How long will the world tolerate this?
April 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Gaza is a ‘killing field’ where people are being starved. How long will the world tolerate this?
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“Water is also being used as a weapon of war. In early March, a week after stopping any food…from getting into Gaza, Israel cut off the electricity supply to Gaza’s main operational desalination plant. The situation now could not be more desperate. ‘Gaza is a killing field’.”
Gaza is a ‘killing field’ where people are being starved. How long will the world tolerate this? | Arwa Mahdawi
What is happening is, quite simply, annihilation. Yet our politicians keep funding it and media outlets normalize it
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
“Water is also being used as a weapon of war. In early March, a week after stopping any food…from getting into Gaza, Israel cut off the electricity supply to Gaza’s main operational desalination plant. The situation now could not be more desperate. ‘Gaza is a killing field’.”
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Exactly Jane!
“The one thing that can stop the rise of the far right is the one thing mainstream parties are currently not prepared to deliver: greater equality. The rich should be taxed more, and the revenue used to improve the lives of the poor.“
The rich are getting richer & poor poorer.
“The one thing that can stop the rise of the far right is the one thing mainstream parties are currently not prepared to deliver: greater equality. The rich should be taxed more, and the revenue used to improve the lives of the poor.“
The rich are getting richer & poor poorer.
Yep. Exactly. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature | George Monbiot
Economic inequality breeds resentment and a desire to get even. That’s what fuels support for even incompetent regimes, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Exactly Jane!
“The one thing that can stop the rise of the far right is the one thing mainstream parties are currently not prepared to deliver: greater equality. The rich should be taxed more, and the revenue used to improve the lives of the poor.“
The rich are getting richer & poor poorer.
“The one thing that can stop the rise of the far right is the one thing mainstream parties are currently not prepared to deliver: greater equality. The rich should be taxed more, and the revenue used to improve the lives of the poor.“
The rich are getting richer & poor poorer.
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"In Gaza, human shields are used by Israeli soldiers at least six times a day...Today, almost every platoon keeps a "shawish," and no infantry force enters a house before a "shawish" clears it. This means there are four "shawishes" in a company, twelve in a battalion, at least 36 in a brigade. 1/4
In Gaza, almost every IDF platoon keeps a human shield, a sub-army of Palestinian slaves | Opinion
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www.haaretz.com
March 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"In Gaza, human shields are used by Israeli soldiers at least six times a day...Today, almost every platoon keeps a "shawish," and no infantry force enters a house before a "shawish" clears it. This means there are four "shawishes" in a company, twelve in a battalion, at least 36 in a brigade. 1/4
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If Dutton wins, those of us who have worked and paid taxes will be put on the Indue Card. Yet Dutton made money during the GFC, while we lost our superannuation. A ‘NO’ for Dutton.
March 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
If Dutton wins, those of us who have worked and paid taxes will be put on the Indue Card. Yet Dutton made money during the GFC, while we lost our superannuation. A ‘NO’ for Dutton.
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These Federal environment law reforms are cooked.
It boils down to Labor effectively saying that if we learn in the future an activity we thought was benign (any activity) is actually having a significant impact on the environment, they won't stop it. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
It boils down to Labor effectively saying that if we learn in the future an activity we thought was benign (any activity) is actually having a significant impact on the environment, they won't stop it. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Bill to protect Tasmanian salmon farming passes House despite fears of ‘alarming’ environmental protections rollback
Environment minister defends ‘balanced and sensible’ changes amid questions of how ‘rushed legislation’ would work
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:51 AM
These Federal environment law reforms are cooked.
It boils down to Labor effectively saying that if we learn in the future an activity we thought was benign (any activity) is actually having a significant impact on the environment, they won't stop it. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
It boils down to Labor effectively saying that if we learn in the future an activity we thought was benign (any activity) is actually having a significant impact on the environment, they won't stop it. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Absolutely truly pathetic. Scott Morrison would be proud.
Labor’s bid to protect Tasmanian salmon industry met with unease from pro-environment MPs
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor’s bid to protect Tasmanian salmon industry met with unease from pro-environment MPs
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor’s bid to protect Tasmanian salmon industry met with unease from pro-environment MPs
Party’s full caucus endorsed legislation on Monday morning after three meetings, meaning it can go before parliament this week
www.theguardian.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Absolutely truly pathetic. Scott Morrison would be proud.
Labor’s bid to protect Tasmanian salmon industry met with unease from pro-environment MPs
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor’s bid to protect Tasmanian salmon industry met with unease from pro-environment MPs
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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This is an abysmal, brutally reverse-engineered instance of mega-corp fossil-fuel lawfare waged against Greenpeace.
It’s a strategic takedown of a deep-rooted, rare-growing force for good on Earth.
A(nother) desperate day for justice and the planet.
It’s a strategic takedown of a deep-rooted, rare-growing force for good on Earth.
A(nother) desperate day for justice and the planet.
Absolute destruction of the First Amendment to enable absolute destruction of a habitable planet.
Greenpeace ordered to pay Dakota Access Pipeline operator $667 million in case that could destroy the group
A North Dakota jury awarded $667 million in damages to Energy Transfer, the company that runs the Dakota Access Pipeline, after finding Greenpeace liable in a high-stakes defamation case.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This is an abysmal, brutally reverse-engineered instance of mega-corp fossil-fuel lawfare waged against Greenpeace.
It’s a strategic takedown of a deep-rooted, rare-growing force for good on Earth.
A(nother) desperate day for justice and the planet.
It’s a strategic takedown of a deep-rooted, rare-growing force for good on Earth.
A(nother) desperate day for justice and the planet.
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This article is generally spot on, but in particular:
"...the US is allowing a convicted felon to flush the world order down the toilet, courtesy of a handful of voters in a small number of small-population ‘swing states’...... tell Trump’s voters: look what you have done, put it right, clean it up"
"...the US is allowing a convicted felon to flush the world order down the toilet, courtesy of a handful of voters in a small number of small-population ‘swing states’...... tell Trump’s voters: look what you have done, put it right, clean it up"
🔴‘Trump’s New World Order: America Will Enable Authoritarians to Win’
The spread of war in Europe is now a greater possibility than it has been since the height of the Cold War, writes AC Grayling
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/25/t...
The spread of war in Europe is now a greater possibility than it has been since the height of the Cold War, writes AC Grayling
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/25/t...
'Trump's New World Order: America Will Enable Authoritarians to Win'
The spread of war in Europe is now a greater possibility than it has been since the height of the Cold War, writes AC Grayling
bylinetimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
This article is generally spot on, but in particular:
"...the US is allowing a convicted felon to flush the world order down the toilet, courtesy of a handful of voters in a small number of small-population ‘swing states’...... tell Trump’s voters: look what you have done, put it right, clean it up"
"...the US is allowing a convicted felon to flush the world order down the toilet, courtesy of a handful of voters in a small number of small-population ‘swing states’...... tell Trump’s voters: look what you have done, put it right, clean it up"
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If ABC news was doing its job properly, it would report on who is behind the alleged community concerns about off-shore wind farms.
And their connections to fossil fuel interests, and the far-right dark money entity Advance who used disinformation to stop The Voice.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
And their connections to fossil fuel interests, and the far-right dark money entity Advance who used disinformation to stop The Voice.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
PM heckled as wind farms remain key battleground in Labor heartland
Offshore wind is proving a key challenge for the government, with hecklers interrupting the prime minister's announcement of Labor's new candidate in the Illawarra.
www.abc.net.au
February 14, 2025 at 7:08 AM
If ABC news was doing its job properly, it would report on who is behind the alleged community concerns about off-shore wind farms.
And their connections to fossil fuel interests, and the far-right dark money entity Advance who used disinformation to stop The Voice.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
And their connections to fossil fuel interests, and the far-right dark money entity Advance who used disinformation to stop The Voice.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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In an affluent country every homeless person is a sign of political failure.
The two party system has failed us.
Time for us to elect representatives who will act on these vital issues. It's up to us! #auspol
The two party system has failed us.
Time for us to elect representatives who will act on these vital issues. It's up to us! #auspol
January 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
In an affluent country every homeless person is a sign of political failure.
The two party system has failed us.
Time for us to elect representatives who will act on these vital issues. It's up to us! #auspol
The two party system has failed us.
Time for us to elect representatives who will act on these vital issues. It's up to us! #auspol
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If she can do it, we can all do it.
January 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
If she can do it, we can all do it.
‘Has the world gone mad? It has’: foreign reporters share a view of Trump from abroad
I woke up to this! So, to my Seniors gym class or back to sleep…that’s the question?
Answer:the gym of course. Need to keep fit for this! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I woke up to this! So, to my Seniors gym class or back to sleep…that’s the question?
Answer:the gym of course. Need to keep fit for this! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Has the world gone mad? It has’: foreign reporters share a view of Trump from abroad
Journalists from countries that have seen challenges to democracy give their view on the second Trump presidency
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
‘Has the world gone mad? It has’: foreign reporters share a view of Trump from abroad
I woke up to this! So, to my Seniors gym class or back to sleep…that’s the question?
Answer:the gym of course. Need to keep fit for this! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I woke up to this! So, to my Seniors gym class or back to sleep…that’s the question?
Answer:the gym of course. Need to keep fit for this! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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In the conversations that are starting about the slow-motion collapse of the insurance industry, I hope journalists don't lose sight of the core reason: massive increases in risk from #climatechange.
We're reaping the consequences of politicians failing to heed decades of warnings from scientists.
We're reaping the consequences of politicians failing to heed decades of warnings from scientists.
January 10, 2025 at 6:05 AM
In the conversations that are starting about the slow-motion collapse of the insurance industry, I hope journalists don't lose sight of the core reason: massive increases in risk from #climatechange.
We're reaping the consequences of politicians failing to heed decades of warnings from scientists.
We're reaping the consequences of politicians failing to heed decades of warnings from scientists.
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
I just reread this and it gets more relevant minute by minute.
I just reread this and it gets more relevant minute by minute.
January 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
I just reread this and it gets more relevant minute by minute.
I just reread this and it gets more relevant minute by minute.
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In Australia its a cheaper to cause an oil spill than to get a nursing degree
In Norway they tax their oil industry and give kids free degrees while in Australia we subsidise the oil industry and charge kids a fortune to go to uni
Priorities matter
In Norway they tax their oil industry and give kids free degrees while in Australia we subsidise the oil industry and charge kids a fortune to go to uni
Priorities matter
Accused by a whistleblower of covering up an oil spill that killed dolphins and sea snakes, Santos get fined just $10k 🤯
Santos spends up to $US3.3m per year on a private jet for their executives so I don’t think AUD10k is going to hurt them.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Santos spends up to $US3.3m per year on a private jet for their executives so I don’t think AUD10k is going to hurt them.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Gas giant Santos fined $10,000 for 25,000-litre oil spill off Pilbara coast
The energy giant has pleaded guilty to causing an oil spill in 2022, that leaked 25,000 litres of oil off WA's north-west coast. Santos will pay a $10,000 fine and $9,700 in court costs for failing to...
www.abc.net.au
January 7, 2025 at 5:45 AM
In Australia its a cheaper to cause an oil spill than to get a nursing degree
In Norway they tax their oil industry and give kids free degrees while in Australia we subsidise the oil industry and charge kids a fortune to go to uni
Priorities matter
In Norway they tax their oil industry and give kids free degrees while in Australia we subsidise the oil industry and charge kids a fortune to go to uni
Priorities matter
So it seems we may all die of boredom, other people’s boredom.
An excellent article, and I except a piece from it I find especially compelling, having observed conspiracy theorists over a sadly extended period.
December 26, 2024 at 10:19 PM
So it seems we may all die of boredom, other people’s boredom.