@zakmckrakken.bsky.social
Husband. Dad. If just one of us helps someone and that someone helps someone else... a chain begins #Humanity I was lucky to be born on Larrakia Land.
My down time is spent playing #WoW with great mates!
My down time is spent playing #WoW with great mates!
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
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“We’re paying more for gas just so that a Japanese company can export gas to Japan, and then export gas . . . for profit." - Greg Jericho, Chief Economist, The Australia Institute
✍️ Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
✍️ Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
December 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“We’re paying more for gas just so that a Japanese company can export gas to Japan, and then export gas . . . for profit." - Greg Jericho, Chief Economist, The Australia Institute
✍️ Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
✍️ Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
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If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder
No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.
www.thenation.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
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". . . without government policy also reducing the ability of property speculators to outbid homeowners . . . the problem will take much longer to solve," writes Australia Institute Chief Economist Greg Jericho in The Point.
Read here: thepoint.com.au/news/251203-...
Read here: thepoint.com.au/news/251203-...
December 3, 2025 at 5:10 AM
". . . without government policy also reducing the ability of property speculators to outbid homeowners . . . the problem will take much longer to solve," writes Australia Institute Chief Economist Greg Jericho in The Point.
Read here: thepoint.com.au/news/251203-...
Read here: thepoint.com.au/news/251203-...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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The Indian state of Rajasthan produces more solar than any other. It has rejected a 3.2 GW coal power plant, because the bids to build it were more expensive than bundling renewables with batteries.
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
India’s Desert State Reignites Coal-Fired Power Debate
The competitive cost of batteries is making clean energy a viable alternative to coal in parts of the country.
www.bloomberg.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The Indian state of Rajasthan produces more solar than any other. It has rejected a 3.2 GW coal power plant, because the bids to build it were more expensive than bundling renewables with batteries.
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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The Govt bought the land for between $4M and $10M and then sold it back to the seller for $1.27M. It refuses to tell the public (via #FOI) or the Senate (via questions on notice) the purchase price. Maladministration, or something more sinister? #auspol
Follow the money. A radioactive farce of failed land purchases - Michael West
The Federal Government is refusing to release any details of the land purchase for radioactive waste management.
michaelwest.com.au
December 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'
- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'
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"The Australian government has at all times known that the current Nauruan president and key members of his government are seriously corrupt, and they still signed a $2.5 billion deal with him."
Greens senator David Shoebridge reads what he alleges to be extracts from a secret AUSTRAC report that has not been made public, in the Senate late on Tuesday.
Labor accused of turning blind eye to Nauru corruption allegations
Greens senator David Shoebridge reads what he alleges to be extracts from a secret AUSTRAC report that has not been made public, in the Senate late on Tuesday.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
"The Australian government has at all times known that the current Nauruan president and key members of his government are seriously corrupt, and they still signed a $2.5 billion deal with him."
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Latest figures show renting while on JobSeeker is a living hell - me for #PointLive
live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
The Point Live — Daily Updates
Stay updated with the latest from The Point.
live.thepoint.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Latest figures show renting while on JobSeeker is a living hell - me for #PointLive
live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
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A giant hole, with a few ragged edges.
This is a map of the global data we possess on temperature-related deaths.
This is a map of the global data we possess on temperature-related deaths.
November 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
A giant hole, with a few ragged edges.
This is a map of the global data we possess on temperature-related deaths.
This is a map of the global data we possess on temperature-related deaths.
Sorry to report, I have officially crossed THAT line: My 16yo son listens to the most awful "music" anyone could ever broadcast. I hear it, and immediately dry reach #ParentingFail
November 21, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Sorry to report, I have officially crossed THAT line: My 16yo son listens to the most awful "music" anyone could ever broadcast. I hear it, and immediately dry reach #ParentingFail
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What a brain-dead dumb, completely shite appointment. @tonyburkemp.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
What a brain-dead dumb, completely shite appointment. @tonyburkemp.bsky.social
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Not sure this Y axis should've been zero but that aside: this masks the problem that the improvement in projections essentially stopped two years ago, and threatens to worsen in the coming years.
Things *were* getting better. They are not, now.
www.axios.com/2025/11/13/c...
Things *were* getting better. They are not, now.
www.axios.com/2025/11/13/c...
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Not sure this Y axis should've been zero but that aside: this masks the problem that the improvement in projections essentially stopped two years ago, and threatens to worsen in the coming years.
Things *were* getting better. They are not, now.
www.axios.com/2025/11/13/c...
Things *were* getting better. They are not, now.
www.axios.com/2025/11/13/c...
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Imagine raising the rent on a soup kitchen that feeds 17,000 people a month so much that they have to move out........all while claiming to follow the teachings of Jesus.
A "christian" church that is not helping to feed people, has shown they are a church of greed, not Jesus.
#Pinks
A "christian" church that is not helping to feed people, has shown they are a church of greed, not Jesus.
#Pinks
November 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Imagine raising the rent on a soup kitchen that feeds 17,000 people a month so much that they have to move out........all while claiming to follow the teachings of Jesus.
A "christian" church that is not helping to feed people, has shown they are a church of greed, not Jesus.
#Pinks
A "christian" church that is not helping to feed people, has shown they are a church of greed, not Jesus.
#Pinks
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I reckon if we deem you responsible and mature enough to face a 25 year jail sentence you're probably also mature and responsible enough to be able to use fucking tiktok
November 14, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I reckon if we deem you responsible and mature enough to face a 25 year jail sentence you're probably also mature and responsible enough to be able to use fucking tiktok
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How much carbon budget do we have left if we want to stay below 1.5˚C?
Just 2 more years at current rates. It is essentially impossible to avoid global temperature rise exceeding 1.5˚C.
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-shrink...
Just 2 more years at current rates. It is essentially impossible to avoid global temperature rise exceeding 1.5˚C.
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-shrink...
November 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
How much carbon budget do we have left if we want to stay below 1.5˚C?
Just 2 more years at current rates. It is essentially impossible to avoid global temperature rise exceeding 1.5˚C.
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-shrink...
Just 2 more years at current rates. It is essentially impossible to avoid global temperature rise exceeding 1.5˚C.
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-shrink...
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"Net zero" is a signifier with no actual meaning.
And that, of course, is why it is so beloved of the major parties and the press gallery. They can sound serious and committed without actually promising to do anything. Net zero commitment indeed.
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And that, of course, is why it is so beloved of the major parties and the press gallery. They can sound serious and committed without actually promising to do anything. Net zero commitment indeed.
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Have you subscribed to my blogletter yet?
Net zero reality and the extinction of politics-as-usual
On words without meaning, meaning without worlds
The sheer inanity, the ecocidal banality of our current political discourse was encapsulated perfectly this morning on the floor of the House of Repre...
in-between-days.ghost.io
November 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
"Net zero" is a signifier with no actual meaning.
And that, of course, is why it is so beloved of the major parties and the press gallery. They can sound serious and committed without actually promising to do anything. Net zero commitment indeed.
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Have you subscribed to my blogletter yet?
And that, of course, is why it is so beloved of the major parties and the press gallery. They can sound serious and committed without actually promising to do anything. Net zero commitment indeed.
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Have you subscribed to my blogletter yet?
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Israel has continued to murder Palestinians every day since you proclaimed "the greatest contribution to peace" in the ME when the main perpetrators of the GENOCIDE said "Ceasefire!"
Another 31 including 11 children have just been confirmed killed by the IOF.
Update, @senatorwong.bsky.social?
Another 31 including 11 children have just been confirmed killed by the IOF.
Update, @senatorwong.bsky.social?
October 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Israel has continued to murder Palestinians every day since you proclaimed "the greatest contribution to peace" in the ME when the main perpetrators of the GENOCIDE said "Ceasefire!"
Another 31 including 11 children have just been confirmed killed by the IOF.
Update, @senatorwong.bsky.social?
Another 31 including 11 children have just been confirmed killed by the IOF.
Update, @senatorwong.bsky.social?
"2 minutes looks like a long time from here 😳"
October 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
"2 minutes looks like a long time from here 😳"
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NEVER FORGET: President Biden added subsidies to Medicare Part D (those on Original/Traditional Medicare with or without Extra Help) for 2024, 2025, and 2026, & was going to permanently include them to KEEP the costs down. Well, The Trump Administration REPEALED them & that's why your PREMIUMS ARE 🚀
October 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
NEVER FORGET: President Biden added subsidies to Medicare Part D (those on Original/Traditional Medicare with or without Extra Help) for 2024, 2025, and 2026, & was going to permanently include them to KEEP the costs down. Well, The Trump Administration REPEALED them & that's why your PREMIUMS ARE 🚀
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Labor promised to act on climate change and people voted for them believing this. They still believe Labor are acting, because of all the BS the ALP spin abt the safeguard and their net-zero rhetoric. The media generally have been useless at informing them.
October 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Labor promised to act on climate change and people voted for them believing this. They still believe Labor are acting, because of all the BS the ALP spin abt the safeguard and their net-zero rhetoric. The media generally have been useless at informing them.
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There’s a sense of denialism in the air. Is is a “Don’t look up syndrome”?
We’re already in a climate emergency.
Climate related events fuelled by excessive burning of fossil fuels are causing ever worse catastrophes.
The window of opportunity to make a difference is closing.
We must act now.
We’re already in a climate emergency.
Climate related events fuelled by excessive burning of fossil fuels are causing ever worse catastrophes.
The window of opportunity to make a difference is closing.
We must act now.
A "climate trigger that could be used to block coal and gas projects has been formally excluded from the government's overhaul of Australia's environment laws, minister Murray Watt confirms.
'Climate trigger' formally ruled out of environment laws
A "climate trigger that could be used to block coal and gas projects has been formally excluded from the government's overhaul of Australia's environment laws, minister Murray Watt confirms.
www.abc.net.au
October 22, 2025 at 6:08 AM
There’s a sense of denialism in the air. Is is a “Don’t look up syndrome”?
We’re already in a climate emergency.
Climate related events fuelled by excessive burning of fossil fuels are causing ever worse catastrophes.
The window of opportunity to make a difference is closing.
We must act now.
We’re already in a climate emergency.
Climate related events fuelled by excessive burning of fossil fuels are causing ever worse catastrophes.
The window of opportunity to make a difference is closing.
We must act now.