Paul Whyte
@paulgelworks.bsky.social
Medicinal Chemical Engineer
Medical Device Manufacturer
Founder Owner Gel Works Pty Ltd
Subsidies Condoms and Lubes for prevention programs since 1985. Funds Research into compatibility for lube use.
Activist for last 50 years (environmental chemist)
Medical Device Manufacturer
Founder Owner Gel Works Pty Ltd
Subsidies Condoms and Lubes for prevention programs since 1985. Funds Research into compatibility for lube use.
Activist for last 50 years (environmental chemist)
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Now is an exceptionally good time to stop flying to avoid dying.
It’s always a great time to stop flying to help prevent total climate collapse.
But just to not die instantly, now is a good time to stop flying.
It’s always a great time to stop flying to help prevent total climate collapse.
But just to not die instantly, now is a good time to stop flying.
80% of air traffic controllers absent at New York facilities.
The system is at breaking point.
The system is at breaking point.
November 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Now is an exceptionally good time to stop flying to avoid dying.
It’s always a great time to stop flying to help prevent total climate collapse.
But just to not die instantly, now is a good time to stop flying.
It’s always a great time to stop flying to help prevent total climate collapse.
But just to not die instantly, now is a good time to stop flying.
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I’m tired and no longer capable of being measured when speaking to reporters…
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
August 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I’m tired and no longer capable of being measured when speaking to reporters…
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Still, the Minns ALP is happy to hike tolls on a bridge we paid off in the ’80s.
Why?
Because, somehow the state is broke & modestly taxing coal & gas polluters is “communist,”
… but squeezing drivers on tolls is “free enterprise.”
#auspol #nswpol
Why?
Because, somehow the state is broke & modestly taxing coal & gas polluters is “communist,”
… but squeezing drivers on tolls is “free enterprise.”
#auspol #nswpol
Minister defends decision to increase Harbour Bridge tolls
Transport Minister John Graham announced the tolls will increase on July 1, in the midst of traffic delays and disruptions from the Warringah Freeway upgrade.
www.smh.com.au
May 31, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Your 'moment of doom' for May 16, 2025 ~ Feedback loop alert!
“Our result showed that we’ve been underestimating how much methane the atmosphere has been removing, which means that there’s actually more methane being emitted than we previously estimated,”
www.earth.com/news/arctic-...
“Our result showed that we’ve been underestimating how much methane the atmosphere has been removing, which means that there’s actually more methane being emitted than we previously estimated,”
www.earth.com/news/arctic-...
Arctic warming fuels dangerous methane feedback loop
Arctic warming accelerates methane emissions, creating a feedback loop that could intensify climate change.
www.earth.com
May 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Your 'moment of doom' for May 16, 2025 ~ Feedback loop alert!
“Our result showed that we’ve been underestimating how much methane the atmosphere has been removing, which means that there’s actually more methane being emitted than we previously estimated,”
www.earth.com/news/arctic-...
“Our result showed that we’ve been underestimating how much methane the atmosphere has been removing, which means that there’s actually more methane being emitted than we previously estimated,”
www.earth.com/news/arctic-...
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Must watch from @weareyellowdot.bsky.social
The Extreme Weather Report, May 15, 2025: This is your weather on fossil fuels, during an increasing perilous situation in the US.
May 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Must watch from @weareyellowdot.bsky.social
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The world needs more of this and less of most other things
May 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The world needs more of this and less of most other things
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‘It’s not my time’ is a wonderful way of saying ‘I had zero chance of getting any numbers and it would have been embarrassing’.
Delulu is not always the solulu
Delulu is not always the solulu
May 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
‘It’s not my time’ is a wonderful way of saying ‘I had zero chance of getting any numbers and it would have been embarrassing’.
Delulu is not always the solulu
Delulu is not always the solulu
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Fentanyl deaths are up by 50 percent in San Francisco after Mayor Lurie replaced harm reduction programs with police and prisons. It's almost like you put lives in danger when you treat a public health problem like it's a crime
48hills.org/2025/05/fent...
48hills.org/2025/05/fent...
Fentanyl deaths up 50 percent in three months; why isn't this a big news story? - 48 hills
Plus: A terrible project that Yimby, Wiener and Co. has forced on San Francisco. That's The Agenda for May 11-18
48hills.org
May 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Fentanyl deaths are up by 50 percent in San Francisco after Mayor Lurie replaced harm reduction programs with police and prisons. It's almost like you put lives in danger when you treat a public health problem like it's a crime
48hills.org/2025/05/fent...
48hills.org/2025/05/fent...
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I’m ready to return to Parliament and fight for what matters most to Warringah: banning gambling ads, stronger climate targets, tackling domestic violence and building community resilience to climate risks.
Independent voices matter more than ever.
#Warringah #AusPol #Integrity #ClimateAction
Independent voices matter more than ever.
#Warringah #AusPol #Integrity #ClimateAction
May 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I’m ready to return to Parliament and fight for what matters most to Warringah: banning gambling ads, stronger climate targets, tackling domestic violence and building community resilience to climate risks.
Independent voices matter more than ever.
#Warringah #AusPol #Integrity #ClimateAction
Independent voices matter more than ever.
#Warringah #AusPol #Integrity #ClimateAction
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Correction: This is another example of an entire ecosystem distorted by global warming due to greenhouse gas pollution.
Algal blooms are a symptom of ecological degradation, not the ultimate cause.
Algal blooms are a symptom of ecological degradation, not the ultimate cause.
‘A horror movie’: sharks and octopuses among 200 species killed by toxic algae off South Australia
‘A horror movie’: sharks and octopuses among 200 species killed by toxic algae off South Australia
Karenia mikimotoi algae can suffocate fish, cause haemorrhaging and act as a neurotoxin, one expert says
* Get Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an email
More than 200 marine species, including deepwater sharks, leafy sea dragons and octopuses, have been killed by a toxic algal bloom that has been affecting South Australia’s coastline since March.
Nearly half (47%) of the dead species were ray-finned fish and a quarter (26%) were sharks and rays, according to OzFish analysis of 1,400 citizen scientist reports.
Get Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an email Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Correction: This is another example of an entire ecosystem distorted by global warming due to greenhouse gas pollution.
Algal blooms are a symptom of ecological degradation, not the ultimate cause.
Algal blooms are a symptom of ecological degradation, not the ultimate cause.
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When an empire’s leader states he wants to reclaim what has been lost. A map can help focus our attention.
March 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
When an empire’s leader states he wants to reclaim what has been lost. A map can help focus our attention.
Whose interest does he serve?
March 6, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Whose interest does he serve?
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Breaking News!
Code Yikes!
January, 2025, finished as the hottest January on record since 1940 and likely the hottest January in the last 120,000 years, at 1.745°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline.
Code Yikes!
January, 2025, finished as the hottest January on record since 1940 and likely the hottest January in the last 120,000 years, at 1.745°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline.
February 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Breaking News!
Code Yikes!
January, 2025, finished as the hottest January on record since 1940 and likely the hottest January in the last 120,000 years, at 1.745°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline.
Code Yikes!
January, 2025, finished as the hottest January on record since 1940 and likely the hottest January in the last 120,000 years, at 1.745°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline.
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Just in case the Arctic sea-ice f&%kery loses accesibility due to the US fascist coup, we have, among others:
ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/meant...
ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/meant...
February 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Just in case the Arctic sea-ice f&%kery loses accesibility due to the US fascist coup, we have, among others:
ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/meant...
ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/meant...
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Trump is yet again talking about imposing 25% tariffs on imports from Canada, including crude oil — which could maybe actually be a reasonably good thing for the climate, weirdly.
Here's @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social to explain in @heatmap.news:
Here's @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social to explain in @heatmap.news:
Trump Is About to Wreck U.S. Oil Refineries
The American oil industry wasn’t built for Canadian tariffs.
heatmap.news
January 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Trump is yet again talking about imposing 25% tariffs on imports from Canada, including crude oil — which could maybe actually be a reasonably good thing for the climate, weirdly.
Here's @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social to explain in @heatmap.news:
Here's @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social to explain in @heatmap.news:
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October 14, 2024 at 2:37 PM
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I’m with Grace.
Murdoch is one of Australia’s most powerful unelected, anti-science climate-change deniers.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Murdoch is one of Australia’s most powerful unelected, anti-science climate-change deniers.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
January 27, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I’m with Grace.
Murdoch is one of Australia’s most powerful unelected, anti-science climate-change deniers.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Murdoch is one of Australia’s most powerful unelected, anti-science climate-change deniers.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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I assume that some lab research that’s been underway can’t even be paused, without screwing up the project, & that this basically causes them to be scrapped, after countless tax $ had gone into them. So senseless & wasteful.
January 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I assume that some lab research that’s been underway can’t even be paused, without screwing up the project, & that this basically causes them to be scrapped, after countless tax $ had gone into them. So senseless & wasteful.
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It's been estimated between 100,000 and 210,000 lives were lost because of Trump's ruinous COVID-19 response. He's apparently willing to kill even more of us. 😡
January 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
It's been estimated between 100,000 and 210,000 lives were lost because of Trump's ruinous COVID-19 response. He's apparently willing to kill even more of us. 😡
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Bluesky -- not X/Twitter, TikTok, or Meta -- is where you can get real science, expertise, facts, and common sense...
Thank you, @bsky.app and @jay.bsky.team, for this refuge of sanity during insane times!
Thank you, @bsky.app and @jay.bsky.team, for this refuge of sanity during insane times!
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X
https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai
https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai
Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
go.nature.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Bluesky -- not X/Twitter, TikTok, or Meta -- is where you can get real science, expertise, facts, and common sense...
Thank you, @bsky.app and @jay.bsky.team, for this refuge of sanity during insane times!
Thank you, @bsky.app and @jay.bsky.team, for this refuge of sanity during insane times!
