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Anthony Burke
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Australian political theorist & international relations professor. Climate, justice, biodiversity, ecodemocracy. He/him. New book: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262552554/the-ecology-politic About: https://www.anthonydburke.net .. more

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Anthony Burke is an Australian political theorist and international relations scholar. He is Professor of Environmental Politics and International Relations at the University of New South Wales. He is co-principal at the Planet Politics Institute. .. more

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 6d
Meanwhile, some good #climate news from 2050.

It was fun doing this with @darkmatterlabs.org and @berggruen.org - a little chastened hope. #COP30
Amazon Tipping Point Postponed • Planetary Compendium
This speculative future shows how transnational Indigenous leadership could forge eco-democratic infrastructure to delay the Amazon tipping point.
governtheplanet.org

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 21h
Great ACCR study: Shell actively lobbies to increase demand for the stuff it sells, even though using more of it causes more destruction and damage to our lives.

ie: Suppliers create demand. And so putting a leash on supply is vital for climate.

www.accr.org.au/research/com...

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 2d
Shocked I tell you shocked

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 2d
It’s called a failed state.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 2d
I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 2d
That’s cool, but it reads as a pitch to ECRs and frankly would be most useful to them - build a project, get mentoring etc. how many ECRs have full time jobs now.

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 2d
That was just the planet
jefftheyoung.bsky.social Jeff Young @jefftheyoung.bsky.social · 2d
Just got a "client satisfaction" survey request from #COP30 and, hoo-boy.

Let's see: transportation nightmare, sweltering venue, leaking roof, toilets out of service, very little food--oh, and the place caught fire.

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 2d
Read for the subtext - the inability of human civilisations to share the earth with its beings.

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Jeff Young @jefftheyoung.bsky.social · 2d
Just got a "client satisfaction" survey request from #COP30 and, hoo-boy.

Let's see: transportation nightmare, sweltering venue, leaking roof, toilets out of service, very little food--oh, and the place caught fire.

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 2d
Colorado has wolves again for the first time in 80 years. Why are they dying? www.vox.com/climate/4700...
Colorado has wolves again for the first time in 80 years. Why are they dying?
A controversial reintroduction program is off to a messy start.
www.vox.com

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 3d
When the climate crisis becomes diplomacy porn and mainlined hopium.

We will rue the day the climate movement was taken over by people in suits.
Australia’s unconventional Cop31 deal puts Chris Bowen at the helm of the world’s most complex negotiations. It’s a huge opportunity | Thom Woodroofe and Dean Bialek
Australia may not be hosting Cop31, but the unprecedented Turkey partnership is a real chance to secure global influence and turbocharge a new green zeitgeist
www.theguardian.com

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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 4d
Cop30 live: ‘Clownshow’ talks run into overtime with no clarity on climate deal
Cop30 live: ‘Clownshow’ talks run into overtime with no clarity on climate deal
Negotiations ran late last night, and as delegates begin to leave the outcome of the summit remains unclear
www.theguardian.com

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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 4d
‘The new narcotics’: how waste crime is causing environmental disaster across the UK
‘The new narcotics’: how waste crime is causing environmental disaster across the UK
Organised criminals face few repercussions for dumping toxic rubbish as Environment Agency struggles to keep up
www.theguardian.com

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Simone Tulumello @simtulum.bsky.social · 4d
Great stuff by @versobooks.bsky.social: Harvey at 90, a series if posts honouring David Harvey's oeuvre in celebration of his 90th birthday.
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/h...
Harvey at 90: A Verso Series
Last year, we celebrated Fredric Jameson's ninetieth birthday with a month long series commemorating his impact on literary criticism, critical theory and philosophy.  This month, in honour of David H...
www.versobooks.com

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 6d
A kind of hilarious analysis. If one could laugh.

I feel for the Australian NGOs who have been robbed of this year’s source of futile hopium.

Maybe we could try for coal and deforestation treaties through the General Assembly, where there is no consensus rule to empower the spoilers.
Australia’s failed bid to host Cop31 looks like a mess – but it may actually be the best result possible | Adam Morton
While the outcome is a let down for those who want Australia to do better on climate, Chris Bowen looks set to play a pivotal role in the UN talks
www.theguardian.com

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 6d
Yet our leaders are deaf dumb and blind.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 7d
If we don't rapidly phase out fossil fuels, we can say goodbye to coral reefs, the Greenland and Antarctic icesheets, and permafrost. The results will not be pretty.
3 massive changes you'll see as the climate careens toward tipping points
Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun.
www.npr.org

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 8d
This is what happens when you try to run the world on bullshit.
jamesrball.com James Ball @jamesrball.com · 8d
Two signs the crash must be nigh on recent months:
1. Tech companies have been actively working to spread around the exposure to AI debt
2. People have increasingly been talking about that (which of course ‘strengthens’ the case for bailouts when it comes)
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9d
WSJ: “.. If the AI market blows up, the blast radius would be wide, hitting not only Wall Street firms, but also pensions, mutual and exchange-traded funds and individual investors, because of how debt is often sliced and resold across the financial landscape.”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

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IngerAndersen.bsky.social @ingerandersen.bsky.social · 8d
Reducing methane emissions is one of the most immediate and effective steps to slow the climate crisis.

The latest Global Methane Status Report, launched today at #COP30 by @unep.org @ccacoalition.bsky.social, shows progress, but more is needed to deliver global goals.

www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 8d
Two signs the crash must be nigh on recent months:
1. Tech companies have been actively working to spread around the exposure to AI debt
2. People have increasingly been talking about that (which of course ‘strengthens’ the case for bailouts when it comes)
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9d
WSJ: “.. If the AI market blows up, the blast radius would be wide, hitting not only Wall Street firms, but also pensions, mutual and exchange-traded funds and individual investors, because of how debt is often sliced and resold across the financial landscape.”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 9d
The vandalism is well under way at the Belém climate #COP30 - opposition from the fossil fuel states on any sectoral initiative. They want the treaty to fail.

It’s working.
Daily report for 17 November 2025
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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 10d
Sorry the situation is disturbing not your argument. 🙏

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 10d
I so hate that new climate elite and professional NGO talking point. Tipping points are to be censored cos hopist narrative

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 10d
Disturbing comments about lying. Arendt had issues

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 11d
Joan Didion on the fatal touch of Dick Cheney: “Dick Cheney pioneered the tactic of not only declaring…apparently illegal activities legal but recasting them as points of pride, commands to enter attack mode, unflinching defenses of the American people

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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 11d
NEW

Indigenous people have defined the image and sound of the climate talks in Brazil - and today was no different

COP30: Climate protest in Brazil's city of Belem aims to hold governments' feet to the fire

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COP30: Climate protest in Brazil's city of Belem aims to hold governments' feet to the fire
After a week of dreary negotiations at the COP30 climate talks, the streets were alive with the drumming of maracatu music and dancing to local carimbo rhythms on Saturday.
news.sky.com

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 12d
Uh uh. Australian democracy ceased to function when it became clear our governing parties take their marching orders from corporations. When they refused to reform donations law or create a working NACC, we knew.

Some of our richest business owners are fascist. I can think of at least three.

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 12d
It’s too much to hope modern civilisation comes to its senses. The first sign will be that everyone on the AI grift will learn to distinguish between artificial intelligence (which does not exist) and machine agency (which is scary as hell bc it’s an abstraction of human or institutional thinking.)