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Voices of Wentworth @voicesofwentworth.bsky.social · 2h

Koala-based timeline cleanse

Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 2h

Timeline cleanse.

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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 1d

"Don't give up." I can't think of more perfect final words from Jane Goodall.

Every 1/10th degree of global warming we prevent is a profound gift to our children and grandchildren, and to the future of humanity.

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Jane Goodall’s Final Message: ‘Don’t Give Up’ - Inside Climate News

Primatologist and global icon Jane Goodall died last week at 91. Her legacy lives on in the next generation of conservationists, scientists say.

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 12h

Well done, Australia, we've eradicated another species of mammal - only 80 more threatened mammal species to go

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"Grim death, how foul and loathsome is thine image"
The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare

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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 12h

theaimn.net/poverty-incr...

Poverty increases to 1 in 7 people: New report

ACOSS and UNSW Media Release The number of people living in poverty in Australia has increased to 1 in 7, according to a new ACOSS and UNSW report released today at the start of Anti-Poverty [...]

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Alexander C. Kaufman @alexckaufman.bsky.social · 1d

Very cool visual story in the Financial Times on how batteries are transforming the grid in places such as California

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Grant Hamilton 🐨 @ecologygrant.bsky.social · 1d

Another individual tragedy. #Koalas are a high profile species but it’s reflective of what little regard we have for our biodiversity in general 🧪

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Rescued koala hailed as conservation success story killed by car

Koala deaths on Appin Road are not unusual this time of year, but the fatality of rescued koala Gage is cause for more than the usual frustration and despair.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 17h

This is a great, detailed piece of work. There is really no secret here: OpenAI fully intend to use fossil gas to power their data centres.

All the crap about fusion, dyson spheres etc is misdirection. This is what they're *actually* doing:

www.desmog.com/2025/10/13/o...

John McCarrick, the company’s new head of Global Energy Policy, was a senior energy policy advisor in the first Trump administration’s Bureau of Energy Resources in the Department of State while under former Secretaries of State Rex Tillerson and Mike Pompeo.

As deputy assistant secretary for Energy Transformation and the special envoy for International Energy Affairs, McCarrick promoted exports of American liquefied natural gas to Europe in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and advocated for Asian countries to invest in natural gas.

The choice to hire McCarrick matches the intentions of OpenAI’s Trump-donating CEO Sam Altman, who said in a U.S. Senate hearing in May that “in the short term, I think [the future of powering AI] probably looks like more natural gas.”

It also aligns with the company’s early moves toward powering new data centers, huge warehouses full of linked-up computers that require enormous quantities of water and electricity, to run with gas. OpenAI’s U.S. Stargate Project site in Texas, which is slated to become one of the largest data center sites in the world, is already installing off-grid gas turbines to power its operations.

“Big Tech’s collusion with the Trump administration’s fossil fuel agenda for artificial intelligence is evident in their massive investment in methane gas power infrastructure — as well as pro-gas political operatives like McCarrick,” Tyson Slocum, director of consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen’s Energy Program, said.

The “solution” of powering AI with gas is part of Trump’s AI energy policy platform. In a July speech to announce a $96 billion AI and energy funding package, Trump lauded fossil fuel and coal-powered data center development while flanked by oil and gas executives.

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Sydney EV @sydneyev.bsky.social · 1d

“They said steel needed fire.” Panatere said: “Try sunlight.” Switzerland just built a solar furnace that melts metal at 2,642°F. recycling stel without fossil fuels. what next, powering cars with sunlight! www.sustainability-times.com/energy/they-...

“They Said Steel Needed Fire”: This Swiss Solar Furnace Melts Metal With Pure Sunlight (and It’s Shattering an Entire Industry)

In a groundbreaking development, the Swiss company Panatere has unveiled the world’s first solar-powered furnaces designed to recycle luxury steel. These

www.sustainability-times.com

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Kenbehren @lyns84.bsky.social · 1d

and there will be many more in quick succession. Climate change is real, and the results will be increasingly catastrophic.

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’ — Guardian Australia

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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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 1d

The Rich People's Lobby has whacked the govt into a backflip on its superannuation reforms
#whatsthescam #auspol @kimwingerei.bsky.social
michaelwest.com.au/wealthy-supe...

The One Percent has a super win as Chalmers caves. What's the scam? - Michael West

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has announced Labor is backing down on the proposed tightening of the super tax for the very wealthy. What’s the scam? The scam is how the Labor Government is letting hyperbole ...

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 1d

The ALP might as well merge with the Minerals Council of Australia

Miners to get an early look at Labor’s new green laws

Tom Rabe
WA political correspondent
Oct 12, 2025 – 3.26pm

The Albanese government will give mining companies and other stakeholders draft extracts of its environmental protection laws before they go to parliament, as Environment Minister Murray Watt tries to rebuild trust after earlier negotiations on the reforms collapsed in acrimony.

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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 1d

The Climate Council identifies another 38 new or expanded coal projects seeking federal government approval. Collectively, they would produce more than 5.7 billion tonnes of coal over their lifetimes, equivalent to more than 14 years of current production. satpa.pe/MqrUOcC

Labor’s slate for fossil fuel approvals

The Albanese government has already approved 31 fossil fuel projects, and more than that are waiting, even as renewables overtake coal as the top source of electricity.

satpa.pe

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Ken @cowcakes.bsky.social · 2d

The continuing environmental devastation of coal mining and burning.

Dr Bino says the results "clearly show toxic brine is leaking from Energy Australia's Mount Piper Power Station ash dump".

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Platypus vanish from river where Charles Darwin pondered evolution

Almost 190 years on, in the place where Charles Darwin first spotted a platypus, the egg-laying mammal seems to have disappeared.

www.abc.net.au

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 4d

Brandolini’s Law (also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle):

The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.

H/t @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social

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Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 2d

Getting involved in local politics with others in my community is one of the best things I've ever done.

Remember - no one is coming to save us but us. We all have a role to play. Time to step up!

Please sign up to get involved in a local group in your community #auspol

Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 2d

Whenever I'm feeling anxious (a lot right now) - I reflect on what more I can do - & know that the solutions to the events we see here & OS are to go local

There are Voices of type groups across Aust to get involved with & make a difference #auspol

Find your group here > tinyurl.com/mr4buy48

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 4d

Exceptional heat in AUSTRALIA

In New South Wales max. temperatures yesterday >35C and today tropical nights in some areas.
In fact, the minimum of 20.4C at Mount Seaview is the highest ever recorded in October.

Next days heat wave in Western Australia with up to 44C/45C

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🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🍉 @chrishehim.bsky.social · 2d

This beautiful tree sadly fell on Bourke Street Surry Hills. Lucky no one was hurt.

Wild winds tear across the city, SES called as huge trees fall www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

Wild winds tear across the city, SES called as huge trees fall

The SES has responded to more than 160 incidents related to fallen trees since noon, as damaging weather hit the state.

www.smh.com.au

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Andrew B. Watkins @windjunky.bsky.social · 2d

NOAA has declared La Niña underway, though still right at their borderline. The BoM no longer has a La Niña warning system, as it fears misunderstanding and maladaption, but the old system would be at neutral.
NOAA www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ana...

BoM www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso...

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Voices of Wentworth @voicesofwentworth.bsky.social · 2d

Strength to you, Denise.

Thank you for what you do

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Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 2d

Whenever I'm feeling anxious (a lot right now) - I reflect on what more I can do - & know that the solutions to the events we see here & OS are to go local

There are Voices of type groups across Aust to get involved with & make a difference #auspol

Find your group here > tinyurl.com/mr4buy48

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 2d

A massive shout-out and thanks and much love to the woman juggling things behind the scenes today on this, @deniseshrivell.bsky.social

Denise helps our democracy in so many ways, every day. She is there helping behind the scenes on so many issues

She is a quiet, impactful giant

Thanks Denise 🙏🏽

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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 3d

Before it won the 2022 federal election, the Labor Party promised stronger action to curb climate change. Since then, it has approved coal and gas projects that will emit a cumulative 6.5 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide. satpa.pe/Fix1oXv

Labor’s slate for fossil fuel approvals

The Albanese government has already approved 31 fossil fuel projects, and more than that are waiting, even as renewables overtake coal as the top source of electricity.

satpa.pe

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Independent Media Australia. @indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

The Australian media is more concentrated than ever. Here are the three moments that got us here https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10/the-australian-media-is-more-concentrated-than-ever-here-are-the-3-moments-that-got-us-here #auspol

The Australian media is more concentrated than ever. Here are the three moments that got us here

In its announcement of the proposed merger with Southern Cross Media, Seven West described the deal as “consistent with Seven West’s stated strategic position of being in support of media consolidation in Australia”.

johnmenadue.com

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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 3d

Short-sighted and harmful to all of our futures. A backward-looking non-plan, continuing a polluting past. No strategy for the future of these small towns that aren't self-sufficient. Just kicking the can down the misinformed road.
But unsurprising from this lot.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Plan to extend life of coal-fired power stations sends 'mixed messages'

Communities across Queensland have welcomed plans to keep coal and gas burning across the state, though some warn a lack of future planning could undermine short-term benefits.

www.abc.net.au

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 4d

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.

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