Niall Bennett
@niallobennett.bsky.social
Australia has so much solar power, they're literally giving it away for free ☀️
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Three hours of free power for everyone from July – but there’s a catch
Electricity companies will be forced to offer a new type of bill plan that supplies all households – with and without solar panels – with free power in the middle of the day.
www.smh.com.au
November 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Australia has so much solar power, they're literally giving it away for free ☀️
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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If someone is advocating for "debate" as the underpinning for democratic society, but doing it entirely in service of a political movement that is in the process of destroying rule based democratic order, then they're not *really* advocating for debate.
It is a cover. A lie.
It is a cover. A lie.
September 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
If someone is advocating for "debate" as the underpinning for democratic society, but doing it entirely in service of a political movement that is in the process of destroying rule based democratic order, then they're not *really* advocating for debate.
It is a cover. A lie.
It is a cover. A lie.
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Amazing how those democratic lawmakers who were hunted down in their homes in the middle of the night in Minnesota weren’t a watershed moment of political violence, huh?
The assassination of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk marks a watershed moment in a surge of US political violence, one that some experts fear will inflame an already-fractured country and inspire more unrest reut.rs/41PWH4l
Nation on edge: Experts warn of “vicious spiral" in political violence after Kirk killing
The assassination of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk marks a watershed moment in a surge of U.S. political violence, one that some experts fear will inflame an already-fractured country and inspire more unrest.
reut.rs
September 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Amazing how those democratic lawmakers who were hunted down in their homes in the middle of the night in Minnesota weren’t a watershed moment of political violence, huh?
'None of the above' only without Montgomery Brewster
August 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
'None of the above' only without Montgomery Brewster
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Are Private Eye jokes now... criminal?
PALESTINE Solidarity campaigner Jon Farley was arrested during a silent march in Leeds last weekend. What egregious act had prompted the police to act? He was, er, carrying a Private Eye joke piece as a placard!
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PALESTINE Solidarity campaigner Jon Farley was arrested during a silent march in Leeds last weekend. What egregious act had prompted the police to act? He was, er, carrying a Private Eye joke piece as a placard!
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July 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Are Private Eye jokes now... criminal?
PALESTINE Solidarity campaigner Jon Farley was arrested during a silent march in Leeds last weekend. What egregious act had prompted the police to act? He was, er, carrying a Private Eye joke piece as a placard!
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PALESTINE Solidarity campaigner Jon Farley was arrested during a silent march in Leeds last weekend. What egregious act had prompted the police to act? He was, er, carrying a Private Eye joke piece as a placard!
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I've been talking about this for years but the fossil fuel industry has five key narratives, they haven't changed much in decades, and they just shift between them/combine them depending on what is happening in the world. Made a quick and dirty flow chart to illustrate it:
July 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I've been talking about this for years but the fossil fuel industry has five key narratives, they haven't changed much in decades, and they just shift between them/combine them depending on what is happening in the world. Made a quick and dirty flow chart to illustrate it:
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Exclusive: New Zealand government sued over ‘dangerously inadequate’ emissions reduction plan
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
New Zealand government sued over ‘dangerously inadequate’ emissions reduction plan
Exclusive: In the first legal challenge to the plan, top climate lawyers claim the government relies too heavily on forestry and failed to consult the public
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Exclusive: New Zealand government sued over ‘dangerously inadequate’ emissions reduction plan
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Even if "white British" will be a minority in the UK in 40 years - so what? Seriously, so what? What is so terrible about that? Make people spell out their horrors. Make them spell out the things they are supposedly not allowed to say. Make them own it.
June 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Even if "white British" will be a minority in the UK in 40 years - so what? Seriously, so what? What is so terrible about that? Make people spell out their horrors. Make them spell out the things they are supposedly not allowed to say. Make them own it.
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The Telegraph is now having to publish so many corrections to articles where it attempts to find *any angle whatsoever* to attack net-zero polices that it makes sense to start tracking them here.
These are the ones published since Labour won the election.
"We are happy to correct the record."
These are the ones published since Labour won the election.
"We are happy to correct the record."
June 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The Telegraph is now having to publish so many corrections to articles where it attempts to find *any angle whatsoever* to attack net-zero polices that it makes sense to start tracking them here.
These are the ones published since Labour won the election.
"We are happy to correct the record."
These are the ones published since Labour won the election.
"We are happy to correct the record."
Doesn't this strongly suggest that Bishop continues to back the Treaty Principles Bill after 2nd reading? That would be directly against his party's position and his PM's position, no? Maybe he could clarify?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
June 3, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Doesn't this strongly suggest that Bishop continues to back the Treaty Principles Bill after 2nd reading? That would be directly against his party's position and his PM's position, no? Maybe he could clarify?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Really classy Daily Mirror front page on the 80th anniversary of VE Day.
This Philip Zec celebrated cartoon was in the paper on this day in 1945
This Philip Zec celebrated cartoon was in the paper on this day in 1945
May 8, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Really classy Daily Mirror front page on the 80th anniversary of VE Day.
This Philip Zec celebrated cartoon was in the paper on this day in 1945
This Philip Zec celebrated cartoon was in the paper on this day in 1945
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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just the perfect story
May 4, 2025 at 7:15 AM
just the perfect story
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Tony Blair Institute have released a report which is getting a lot of coverage in UK today
It says the drive for net zero emissions is flawed and some media outlets have gone to town
However it’s a bit odd
By odd, I mean there’s a lot of bollocks in it and shouldn't be taken seriously 🧵🧵
Tony Blair Institute have released a report which is getting a lot of coverage in UK today
It says the drive for net zero emissions is flawed and some media outlets have gone to town
However it’s a bit odd
By odd, I mean there’s a lot of bollocks in it and shouldn't be taken seriously 🧵🧵
April 30, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Tony Blair Institute have released a report which is getting a lot of coverage in UK today
It says the drive for net zero emissions is flawed and some media outlets have gone to town
However it’s a bit odd
By odd, I mean there’s a lot of bollocks in it and shouldn't be taken seriously 🧵🧵
Tony Blair Institute have released a report which is getting a lot of coverage in UK today
It says the drive for net zero emissions is flawed and some media outlets have gone to town
However it’s a bit odd
By odd, I mean there’s a lot of bollocks in it and shouldn't be taken seriously 🧵🧵
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“Labour…pointed out that the Tony Blair Institute works for the government of Saudi Arabia”
April 30, 2025 at 6:52 AM
“Labour…pointed out that the Tony Blair Institute works for the government of Saudi Arabia”
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A potentially game-changing climate story has been hiding in plain sight — until now. Starting Monday, CCNow’s #The89Percent Project will highlight a pivotal but little-known fact: The overwhelming majority of people in the world want their governments to take stronger climate action
The 89 Percent Project
Between 80 and 89% of the world’s people want their governments to be doing more to address climate change. Let’s tell their stories.
buff.ly
April 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
A potentially game-changing climate story has been hiding in plain sight — until now. Starting Monday, CCNow’s #The89Percent Project will highlight a pivotal but little-known fact: The overwhelming majority of people in the world want their governments to take stronger climate action
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March 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
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CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
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CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
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BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
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HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
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HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
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HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
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No need for subtlety here.
February 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
No need for subtlety here.
Farmers taking govt to court over climate change. The case ‘marks a big shift in the position of farmers on environmental issues’ after climate pollution ‘led to losses of 10–40% in annual turnover over the past three years’
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Why farmers are beginning to take their government to court over climate change
How a Swiss lawsuit is recasting agriculture’s role in climate policy.
www.nature.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Farmers taking govt to court over climate change. The case ‘marks a big shift in the position of farmers on environmental issues’ after climate pollution ‘led to losses of 10–40% in annual turnover over the past three years’
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
You've still got til 11.59pm to make a submission on the Treaty Principles Bill. You don't have to make a long complicated submission - you can take just a few minutes out of your day to write a few sentences. And you know you'll feel better afterwards! Get involved
www.parliament.nz/en/ECommitte...
www.parliament.nz/en/ECommitte...
Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill Submission - New Zealand Parliament
In the 54th New Zealand Parliament there are 6 parliamentary parties represented by 123 MPs. These MPs represent 65 general electorate seats and 7 Māori electorates. The other 51 MPs are selected from the party lists.
www.parliament.nz
January 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
You've still got til 11.59pm to make a submission on the Treaty Principles Bill. You don't have to make a long complicated submission - you can take just a few minutes out of your day to write a few sentences. And you know you'll feel better afterwards! Get involved
www.parliament.nz/en/ECommitte...
www.parliament.nz/en/ECommitte...
Totally this! NZ needs a big fat reminder that our covid response was one of - if not the - best in the world. 10,000s of lives saved, economy better than nearly everywhere else, and for large amounts of time in NZ we were free to do things most of the rest of the world weren't
Conventional wisdom in 2024 seems to dictate that the Covid-19 response was an overreaction, but that conventional wisdom is wrong.
My analysis on the Royal Commission report and the response to it:
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/03/h...
My analysis on the Royal Commission report and the response to it:
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/03/h...
Historical revisionism on Covid threatens NZ's pandemic preparedness
Comment: The Royal Commission report fundamentally validates the strategic and tactical choices made during the acute phase of the pandemic
newsroom.co.nz
December 2, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Totally this! NZ needs a big fat reminder that our covid response was one of - if not the - best in the world. 10,000s of lives saved, economy better than nearly everywhere else, and for large amounts of time in NZ we were free to do things most of the rest of the world weren't