Gita Sonnenberg
@moretreesnow.bsky.social
Stubborn optimist, working for grassroots politics and independent representation. Loves trees.
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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The Aust Parliament Sports Club (the one that ditched David Pocock) is now formally registered as a lobby group👇🏽
Anthony Albanese is the President of the Aust Parliament Sports Club.
That means the Prime Minister of Australia is currently the president of a lobby group.
Just utterly unbelievable.
Anthony Albanese is the President of the Aust Parliament Sports Club.
That means the Prime Minister of Australia is currently the president of a lobby group.
Just utterly unbelievable.
October 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The Aust Parliament Sports Club (the one that ditched David Pocock) is now formally registered as a lobby group👇🏽
Anthony Albanese is the President of the Aust Parliament Sports Club.
That means the Prime Minister of Australia is currently the president of a lobby group.
Just utterly unbelievable.
Anthony Albanese is the President of the Aust Parliament Sports Club.
That means the Prime Minister of Australia is currently the president of a lobby group.
Just utterly unbelievable.
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Italy was on strike in solidarity with Palestinians last Monday.
Hundreds of thousands demonstrated blocking roads, ports & railway stations. In Rome, many drivers found themselves stuck in traffic — & were happy about it, saluting demonstrators & condemning Israel’s genocide against Palestinians.
Hundreds of thousands demonstrated blocking roads, ports & railway stations. In Rome, many drivers found themselves stuck in traffic — & were happy about it, saluting demonstrators & condemning Israel’s genocide against Palestinians.
September 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Italy was on strike in solidarity with Palestinians last Monday.
Hundreds of thousands demonstrated blocking roads, ports & railway stations. In Rome, many drivers found themselves stuck in traffic — & were happy about it, saluting demonstrators & condemning Israel’s genocide against Palestinians.
Hundreds of thousands demonstrated blocking roads, ports & railway stations. In Rome, many drivers found themselves stuck in traffic — & were happy about it, saluting demonstrators & condemning Israel’s genocide against Palestinians.
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As for biodiversity, a brand new study also confirms what's well established: overall ruminant meat, especially from grazing animals (which require more land, entailing more carbon & biodiversity opportunity costs) has the biggest 'extinction footprint' of all foods: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
September 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As for biodiversity, a brand new study also confirms what's well established: overall ruminant meat, especially from grazing animals (which require more land, entailing more carbon & biodiversity opportunity costs) has the biggest 'extinction footprint' of all foods: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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I wrote this story because the case of the Guatemalan children hasn’t received nearly as much media attention as it deserves.
I wanted to highlight the full extent of the government’s depraved conduct.
I hope you’ll read and share. Don’t look away.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
I wanted to highlight the full extent of the government’s depraved conduct.
I hope you’ll read and share. Don’t look away.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
September 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I wrote this story because the case of the Guatemalan children hasn’t received nearly as much media attention as it deserves.
I wanted to highlight the full extent of the government’s depraved conduct.
I hope you’ll read and share. Don’t look away.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
I wanted to highlight the full extent of the government’s depraved conduct.
I hope you’ll read and share. Don’t look away.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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The head of the Western Australian Museum has told staff that burning fossil fuels is something “almost all of us are guilty of in one way or another” in an email defending the institution’s renewed research partnership with Woodside.
WA museum tells staff ‘almost all of us are guilty’ of burning fossil fuels in email defending Woodside partnership
Exclusive: Climate advocates reject CEO’s claim he is ‘not qualified’ to comment on risks of gas firm’s plan to extend production to 2070
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The head of the Western Australian Museum has told staff that burning fossil fuels is something “almost all of us are guilty of in one way or another” in an email defending the institution’s renewed research partnership with Woodside.
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Crossing climate tipping points, such as ice sheet loss and AMOC collapse, becomes possible beyond 1.5°C
To prevent this, emissions cuts need to speed up
Could +ve tipping points, shifts to zero-emissions technology and behaviour, foster self-sustaining change?
theconversation.com/how-to-help-...
To prevent this, emissions cuts need to speed up
Could +ve tipping points, shifts to zero-emissions technology and behaviour, foster self-sustaining change?
theconversation.com/how-to-help-...
How to help trigger positive tipping points – and speed up climate action
The beauty of positive tipping points is that it only takes a small change to make a big difference.
theconversation.com
September 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Crossing climate tipping points, such as ice sheet loss and AMOC collapse, becomes possible beyond 1.5°C
To prevent this, emissions cuts need to speed up
Could +ve tipping points, shifts to zero-emissions technology and behaviour, foster self-sustaining change?
theconversation.com/how-to-help-...
To prevent this, emissions cuts need to speed up
Could +ve tipping points, shifts to zero-emissions technology and behaviour, foster self-sustaining change?
theconversation.com/how-to-help-...
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Very cool that the broad techno-apologist effective altruist substack complex maintains that the energy consumption of AI is incredibly insignificant, while the tech overlords they're apologising for are casually dropping data centres on top of manhattan
August 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Very cool that the broad techno-apologist effective altruist substack complex maintains that the energy consumption of AI is incredibly insignificant, while the tech overlords they're apologising for are casually dropping data centres on top of manhattan
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Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week.
newatlas.com/energy/large...
newatlas.com/energy/large...
The world's largest sand battery just went live in Finland
Finland has inaugurated an industrial-scale sand battery this week in the southern town of Pornainen, where it'll take over heating duties from an old woodchip power plant for the municipality. It's s...
newatlas.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week.
newatlas.com/energy/large...
newatlas.com/energy/large...
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What happens when voters have a choice between the party least shit
What’s the point of so many ALP members in parliament when debate is absent and decision-making evermore centralised and controlled among a few? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
What's the point of all these Labor parliamentarians?
Labor's strongest governments have often involved vibrant backbenches that took seriously the task of keeping the cabinet on its toes.
www.abc.net.au
August 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
What happens when voters have a choice between the party least shit
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"Around 2.5% of all global marine fish caught are used to feed Norwegian salmon farms" - wtf!!!
Norwegian salmon 🐟 + Spanish tomatoes 🍅
Both look ordinary on our supermarket shelves, but both fuel broken food chains: overfishing in West Africa, dangerous migration, and exploited labour in Europe.
Read my latest photojournalism article 👉 europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/how-eur...
Both look ordinary on our supermarket shelves, but both fuel broken food chains: overfishing in West Africa, dangerous migration, and exploited labour in Europe.
Read my latest photojournalism article 👉 europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/how-eur...
How Europe's salmon and tomatoes fuel a broken food chain | The European Correspondent
europeancorrespondent.com
August 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
"Around 2.5% of all global marine fish caught are used to feed Norwegian salmon farms" - wtf!!!
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Bless The Alaskans Who Greeted Putin With Ukrainian Flags
Well done, humans.
www.thegodpodcast.com
August 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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The meeting was a disaster for everyone except two people. Trump got his photo op and his ego boost.
Putin got his photo op, whitewashing of war crimes and no sanctions.
No one in Ukraine, Europe or the United States benefited in any way.
Putin got his photo op, whitewashing of war crimes and no sanctions.
No one in Ukraine, Europe or the United States benefited in any way.
August 16, 2025 at 4:12 AM
The meeting was a disaster for everyone except two people. Trump got his photo op and his ego boost.
Putin got his photo op, whitewashing of war crimes and no sanctions.
No one in Ukraine, Europe or the United States benefited in any way.
Putin got his photo op, whitewashing of war crimes and no sanctions.
No one in Ukraine, Europe or the United States benefited in any way.
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Solidarity ✊ with WA folks who will be holding a #RequiemForOurReefs as the @wamuseum.bsky.social accepts WoodCIDE sponsorship & hosts a Woodside Open Day on 17 Aug as part of #NationalScienceWeek (cringe)
#NorthWestShelfExtension #ScottReef #NoNewCoalAndGas #EndGreenwash #EndReputationLaundering
#NorthWestShelfExtension #ScottReef #NoNewCoalAndGas #EndGreenwash #EndReputationLaundering
REQUIEM FOR OUR REEFS TELL WA MUSEUM: CUT TIES WITH WOODSIDE
Fossil-fueled climate change is killing our coral reefs. So why are WA Museums accepting sponsorship from Woodside?
JOIN US:
10am, Sunday August 17th
WA Maritime Museum, Fremantle
Presented by Go Beyond Gas
Fossil-fueled climate change is killing our coral reefs. So why are WA Museums accepting sponsorship from Woodside?
JOIN US:
10am, Sunday August 17th
WA Maritime Museum, Fremantle
Presented by Go Beyond Gas
August 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Solidarity ✊ with WA folks who will be holding a #RequiemForOurReefs as the @wamuseum.bsky.social accepts WoodCIDE sponsorship & hosts a Woodside Open Day on 17 Aug as part of #NationalScienceWeek (cringe)
#NorthWestShelfExtension #ScottReef #NoNewCoalAndGas #EndGreenwash #EndReputationLaundering
#NorthWestShelfExtension #ScottReef #NoNewCoalAndGas #EndGreenwash #EndReputationLaundering
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Pls stop what you are doing and read this entire report on Israel's murder of journalist Anas al-Sharif and five colleagues in Gaza City.
"He characterized Israel’s threats as 'Silence or Death,' and he vowed not to be silent."
It ends with his final message. www.dropsitenews.com/p/anas-al-sh...
"He characterized Israel’s threats as 'Silence or Death,' and he vowed not to be silent."
It ends with his final message. www.dropsitenews.com/p/anas-al-sh...
The Israeli Assassination of Journalist Anas al-Sharif and Five Colleagues in Gaza City
“We understand these are our last days.”
www.dropsitenews.com
August 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Pls stop what you are doing and read this entire report on Israel's murder of journalist Anas al-Sharif and five colleagues in Gaza City.
"He characterized Israel’s threats as 'Silence or Death,' and he vowed not to be silent."
It ends with his final message. www.dropsitenews.com/p/anas-al-sh...
"He characterized Israel’s threats as 'Silence or Death,' and he vowed not to be silent."
It ends with his final message. www.dropsitenews.com/p/anas-al-sh...
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Feeling overwhelmed. Here’s some help to send in your submission wafa.org.au/wp-content/u...
August 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Feeling overwhelmed. Here’s some help to send in your submission wafa.org.au/wp-content/u...
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I can't imagine there will be any problems with this summary of climate science
July 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I can't imagine there will be any problems with this summary of climate science
I feel sorry for all the “nurses, teachers, police, hospitals, roads and other services and infrastructure for Queensland families and communities” who have missed out on $22bln.
#StopAdani #AdaniWatch @qldaah.bsky.social @betootaadvocate.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#StopAdani #AdaniWatch @qldaah.bsky.social @betootaadvocate.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
July 29, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I feel sorry for all the “nurses, teachers, police, hospitals, roads and other services and infrastructure for Queensland families and communities” who have missed out on $22bln.
#StopAdani #AdaniWatch @qldaah.bsky.social @betootaadvocate.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#StopAdani #AdaniWatch @qldaah.bsky.social @betootaadvocate.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Thank you, good teacher.
The heart that
breaks open can
contain the
whole universe.
-Joanna Macy
The heart that
breaks open can
contain the
whole universe.
-Joanna Macy
July 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Thank you, good teacher.
The heart that
breaks open can
contain the
whole universe.
-Joanna Macy
The heart that
breaks open can
contain the
whole universe.
-Joanna Macy
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Join the dots.
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social (both newly arrived to Bluesky)
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social (both newly arrived to Bluesky)
July 20, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Join the dots.
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social (both newly arrived to Bluesky)
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social (both newly arrived to Bluesky)