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Tim @tdc24.bsky.social · 4h

"New analysis from the insurance industry,... reveals ... concern ... that large swathes of housing and commercial property in densely populated areas will be at greater risk. Separately, experts have said that some towns may need to be abandoned "
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk

Every constituency projected to be at greater risk, with many areas likely to be uninsurable, Guardian investigation finds

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Tim @tdc24.bsky.social · 12h

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Two years after school phone bans were implemented in Australia, what has changed?

Phone bans are now well-established in many Australian primary and secondary schools. Have they made a difference?

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Tim @tdc24.bsky.social · 19h

For 🇦🇺 to thrive we need to be better at science. Hard to maintain momentum when the money is drying up...
"... CSIRO’s funding has dropped from 0.16% of GDP in 1978-79 to just 0.03% of GDP in 2024-25."

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Albanese urged to ‘secure the future of science’ as CSIRO reckons with ongoing decline in funding

CEO Doug Hilton says the agency’s budget allocation ‘has not kept up with the cost of doing science’

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Eateth Pilaf @johnnypi.bsky.social · 3d

the void has politely asked me to keep all the screaming down

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Eateth Pilaf @johnnypi.bsky.social · 1d

insomnia should be more fun. someone look into that

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Alexander J. Stein @ajstein.bsky.social · 1d

80% of people want their countries to take stronger #climate action, over half think about #climatechange frequently; humanity is united on wanting to do more. Governments & big businesses hold the most power to halt climate change. They can reshape global systems… (1/2) www.wri.org/insights/cli...

A chart with 19 climate-friendly choices ranked, starting with: Go car-free (most effective by far), fly less, shift to renewable home energy, switch to a EV or hybrid car, go #vegan, etc. all the way to "compost" (which is hardly doing anything).

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 1d

Our planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback
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Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 1d

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Independent Media Australia. @indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Australia’s climate assessment fails on sea-level rise risks and vulnerable communities https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10/australias-climate-assessment-fails-on-sea-level-rise-risks-and-vulnerable-communities #auspol

Australia’s climate assessment fails on sea-level rise risks and vulnerable communities

Australia’s first climate risk assessment has the stated purpose of guiding adaptation responses to protect people and property in a heating climate, but what happens if the reality is worse than some low-ball projections of future risks?

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 1d

Shame and harm at every JobSeeker turn – and now with added AI slop australiainstitute.org.au/post/shame-a...

Shame and harm at every JobSeeker turn – and now with added AI slop

“Single JobSeeker just hit $400 a week. Let me know how you’d go if you were getting that little and were randomly not paid.” This comment, from the

australiainstitute.org.au

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 1d

Nice to see Chris Rudge get the recognition he deserves www.afr.com/politics/how...

How one academic unravelled Deloitte’s AI errors

“I would’ve studied that book if it existed” – the moment welfare academic Chris Rudge knew he had sprung AI fictions in a consultancy report.

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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 1d

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Tim @tdc24.bsky.social · 23h

I don't get the US fear or suspicion of atheists. Here in 🇦🇺 it's pretty much the default. We treat religion as a private matter & not a topic for everyday conversation. Those who proselytise are generally deemed intrusive & rude.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

You gotta give ‘em hop.

A tweet from the Anonymous account says, “Make sure the dude in the frog costume in Portland knows he's an icon.” The image is a stylized poster of a frog wearing a stars-and-stripes scarf with the word “HOP” below, in the style of the Obama “HOPE” poster.

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Glenn Vowles @enviroman.bsky.social · 1d

The 50 richest billionaires produce more carbon pollution in 90 minutes than the average person does in a lifetime. No surprise then that Greens want #WealthTaxes and the redistribution of wealth and power. Go @zackpolanski.bsky.social !
www.oxfamamerica.org/press/billio...

Billionaires emit more carbon pollution in 90 minutes than the average person does in a lifetime

Fifty of the world’s richest billionaires on average produce more carbon through their investments, private jets and yachts in ju

www.oxfamamerica.org

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Stop Peter Thiel @stoppeterthiel.bsky.social · 1d

TAX BILLIONAIRES AND INSTITUTE UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME

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Tim @tdc24.bsky.social · 23h

"For years, artists knew streaming wouldn’t make them rich but needed the visibility. Now there’s so much music out there, people are questioning whether it’s doing much for them.”

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app

Musicians have long criticized the streaming service’s paltry payouts, but a new wave of boycotts is emerging

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David Tomkins @davidctomkins.bsky.social · 1d

A Nationals senator’s claim that Australia’s public science organisation has admitted that coal is the cheapest form of electricity is misleading.
#climatecrisis #renewableenergy #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

Senator's 'cheapest form of electricity' claim misleads

Nationals senator Matt Canavan's claim that the CSIRO has admitted that coal is the cheapest form of electricity is misleading.

www.thenewdaily.com.au

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 1d

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 1d

Climate investment is growth opportunity of 21st century, says economist #Climate

Climate investment is growth opportunity of 21st century, says economist

Lord Stern warns that fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction

www.theguardian.com

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Viktoria Spaiser @viktoriaspaiser.bsky.social · 1d

The second Global Tipping Points Report has been launched today. Please see our press release here: www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
Find the full report here: global-tipping-points.org @gsiexeter.bsky.social #TippingPoints #COP30

‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point

Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 1d

Why is the gas industry notorious for paying so little tax, despite making billions in revenue?

Santos has made it 10 years in a row paying no tax!

@grogsgamut.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social
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Tim @tdc24.bsky.social · 1d

Sarah Goodyear @sgoodyear.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, fuck these people

Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 4d

Do we really want 250,000 mirrored satellites in Low Earth Orbit? Hasn't the Starlink megaconstellation already done enough damage?
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Duncan Waddell @duncan-waddell.bsky.social · 1d

Doing his job

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo says that American bishops need to be more vocal and support migrant communities from being abducted by ICE in US cities

"Important that we as church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what's going on in some cities in the US"

"The church cannot be silent"

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