Graeme
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Graeme
@melaleuca-north.bsky.social
I'm a social democrat who is passionate about environmental sustainability.
Words of wisdom from the President of the United States.

" – he mixed market-moving announcements with personal boasts and conspiracy theories, including the possibility that Joe Biden was executed in 2020 and replaced by robots and clones."

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‘You don’t want to live inside his head’: diplomats’ dilemma in the age of Trump
The president’s onslaught of boasts, broadsides and conspiracy theories leave envoys sifting for the signal within the Trumpian noise
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January 25, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Under Trump's peace deal the killing continues.

"Hospitals in Gaza say Israeli forces killed at least 11 Palestinians on Wednesday, including two 13-year-old boys and three journalists, in the latest violence to undermine a three-month-old ceasefire."

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Three journalists among 11 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza
Reporters had been in car on way to new camp, says media group, as two 13-year-old boys killed in separate incidents
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January 21, 2026 at 8:22 PM
"We ask what resistance may cost. Not what non- resistance is already costing."

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January 17, 2026 at 11:51 PM
A really good graphic article about a really bad situation.

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Mapped: how the world is losing its forests to wildfires
Wildfires now destroy twice as much tree cover per year as two decades ago – a crisis fuelled by climate change
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January 13, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Because it is right wing Russian propaganda!

"Even the right-leaning podcaster Megyn Kelly, a former Fox host herself, said the cable network’s early coverage was like watching Russian propaganda."
Some US media are cheerleading Trump’s Venezuela raid. That’s not their job | Margaret Sullivan
An almost admiring feeling pervaded the early coverage – and not just among right-leaning outlets
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January 8, 2026 at 9:14 PM
"The agency was holding 68,440 people in detention in mid-December; nearly 75% of them had no criminal convictions."

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‘Don’t believe this’: Minnesota politicians slam Trump officials’s reasoning for fatally shooting woman in car during ICE raid – live
Governor Tim Walz slams Trump’s ‘propaganda machine’ as Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey tells ICE to ‘get out’ of the city; Noem claims ‘domestic terrorism’ act spurred agents to shoot woman
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January 7, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Simple solutions to reduce emissions.

"all-economy-seat planes, 95% flight occupancy and using today’s most efficient aircraft could cut fuel use and therefore emissions by 50-75%."

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Revealed: how aviation emissions could be halved without cutting journeys
Exclusive: Getting rid of premium seats, ensuring flights are near full and using efficient aircraft could slash CO2, analysis suggests
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January 7, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Will AI undo all the good work on reducing CO² emissions.

"....xAI’s Colossus datacentre was spewing more of the planet-heating gas than a large power plant. “Just an unbelievable amount of pollution.”

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‘Just an unbelievable amount of pollution’: how big a threat is AI to the climate?
Defenders say AI can do good to fight the climate crisis. But spiralling energy and water costs leave experts worried
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January 3, 2026 at 9:41 PM
The future of AI nobody should want.

"“white genocide” was taking place in South Africa.....The posts were quickly deleted but Grok has gone on to praise Hitler, push far-right ideologies and make false claims."

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‘Just an unbelievable amount of pollution’: how big a threat is AI to the climate?
Defenders say AI can do good to fight the climate crisis. But spiralling energy and water costs leave experts worried
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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"She said that Kennedy (RFK Jr) “slashed billions in funding from the National Institutes of Health, the world’s largest sponsor of medical research"
Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of JFK, dies after rare leukemia diagnosis
Schlossberg, 35, revealed in November diagnosis of mutation of cancer of blood and bone marrow
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December 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
When social media companies own research shows harm to teenagers, it is real.

"The Wall Street Journal revealed in 2021 that Facebook’s “own in-depth research shows a significant teen mental-health issue that Facebook plays down in public”.

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Will Australia’s social media ban survive a high court challenge from two teenagers? Most likely – here’s why | Luke Beck
The under-16s ban is a pragmatic first step in trying to reduce the potential harm on young people of addictive products. It is not undermining the democratic process
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December 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Senseless dribble from a man parroting Trump.

Infantino remarked: “This is what we want from a leader …...what you have obtained in your way but you obtained it in an incredible way and you can always count, Mr President, on my support.”

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Gianni Infantino accused of breaking Fifa rules with Trump’s peace prize
After the Fifa president awarded trump the inaugural Fifa peace prize at the World Cup draw, accountability group FairSquare has called for an investigation
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December 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
This is what this legislation is about. It may not be perfect, but it is necessary.

....Three-quarters of those had most recently encountered that content – including misogyny, violence, disordered eating and suicide – on a social media platform."

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Julie Inman Grant: Who is the Australian woman taking on the social media behemoths?
Overseeing the world’s first social media ban has been bruising for Julie Inman Grant, but she says ‘there’s no playbook for this’
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December 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It's been referred to as Consumer Media not Social Media for good

“Use at your own risk.”

.....he promotes a peptide retailer that he owns, business records show. (The influencer did not respond to a request for comment.)'

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‘Not approved for human use’: the online frenzy for injectable peptides sweeping Australia
Social media is driving a boom in the use of peptides to improve appearance and physical performance. Many are experimental and come with risk of serious side effects
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December 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Aggresssive takeoverhardly worthy of a peace prize.

"The takeover of the Peace Institute was also anything but peaceful, with his administration seizing the independent entity and ousting its board before actually affixing his name to the building."

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US Institute of Peace renamed for Donald Trump despite legal battle
Renaming ‘adds insult to injury’ says lawyer for staff fired from non-profit thinktank by Trump administration
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December 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Let's become aware of simple solutions to catastrophic climate change

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December 3, 2025 at 6:26 AM
AI and Palantir.
"Building the infrastructure for a police state"

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December 3, 2025 at 12:55 AM