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David Ritter @david-ritter.bsky.social · 1d

Powerful words from Tuvalu climate minister Maina Talia in this piece by @lyndalrowlands.bsky.social. As Pacific states try and adapt to climate impacts while leading on climate action, big polluters must be stopped from evading their climate finance obligations.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

‘We don’t want to disappear’: Tuvalu fights for climate action and survival

Pacific island nation explores new ways to survive climate change but needs help to build protective sea walls now.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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Lyndal Rowlands @lyndalrowlands.bsky.social · 4d

I feel like the Sydney Peace Prize should be more well known.

In 2025 it was awarded to Navi Pillay for “a lifetime's work devoted to human rights, peace, justice and equality”

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2025 Navi Pillay - Sydney Peace Foundation

The 2025 Sydney Peace Prize awarded to Navi PillayThe 202 Sydney Peace Prize awarded to Navu Pillay for a lifetime's work devoted to human rights, peace, justice and equality

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Lyndal Rowlands @lyndalrowlands.bsky.social · 4d

I spoke to Tuvalu’s Minister of Climate Change Maina Talia about the different ways the island country is addressing climate change including the @fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social, storing Tuvalu’s culture with unesco and the world’s first climate visa

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

‘We don’t want to disappear’: Tuvalu fights for climate action and survival

Pacific island nation explores new ways to survive climate change but needs help to build protective sea walls now.

www.aljazeera.com

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Lyndal Rowlands @lyndalrowlands.bsky.social · 4d

Peru has imprisoned its five most recent Presidents before Boluarte

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4d

Peru’s Congress has voted to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office as a crime wave grips the South American nation.

Peru’s Congress votes to remove President Boluarte as a crime wave grips the country

Peru’s Congress voted to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office as a crime wave grips the South American nation.

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Lyndal Rowlands @lyndalrowlands.bsky.social · 4d

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Lyndal Rowlands @lyndalrowlands.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks so much again for reading Darren! It looks really beautiful and they definitely have so much that’s worth preserving

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Lyndal Rowlands @lyndalrowlands.bsky.social · 4d

I spoke to Tuvalu’s Minister of Climate Change Maina Talia about the different ways the island country is addressing climate change including the @fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social, storing Tuvalu’s culture with unesco and the world’s first climate visa

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

‘We don’t want to disappear’: Tuvalu fights for climate action and survival

Pacific island nation explores new ways to survive climate change but needs help to build protective sea walls now.

www.aljazeera.com

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5d

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 5d

In April, Spain and Portugal suffered Europe's worst blackout in 20 years. Now, 5 months later, an expert panel has released a report on the blackout. In the meantime, opportunists filled the information void, blaming renewables without evidence. The misinfo stuck, @juliaradio.bsky.social reports.

After Spain's blackout, critics blamed renewable energy. It's part of a bigger attack

When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.

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Lyndal Rowlands @lyndalrowlands.bsky.social · 5d

Melbourne

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COURIER @couriernewsroom.bsky.social · 7d

"With local news in a severe tailspin for decades, there was a real question about whether Chicago’s media would meet the moment. But they have indeed," writes @markjacob.bsky.social in Stop The Presses.

The press steps up as Trump targets Chicago

Local journalism is under siege, but still makes itself indispensable

www.stopthepresses.news

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 6d

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'SBS staff remain unable to use the word Palestine in news reporting despite federal recognition of the state last month as tensions over reporting on the conflict in Gaza remain high in newsrooms across the country two years after the October 7 massacre.'

www.theage.com.au/business/com...

SBS staff sworn off naming Palestine despite federal recognition

SBS staff remain unable to use the word Palestine in news reporting despite federal recognition of the state last month as tensions over reporting on the conflict in Gaza remain high.

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Lyndal Rowlands @lyndalrowlands.bsky.social · 6d

Almost a necessity in cold Australian houses

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 7d

A complete flip of the usual pattern we see in these updates - China's and India's emissions fell, and EU and US emissions increased.....

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Global CO2 emissions plateau
Global CO2 emissions from the power sector fell marginally by 12 MtCO2 (-0.2%) to 6,963 MtCO2 in the first half of 2025. The decline was possible because solar and wind power exceeded demand growth and led to a slight fall in fossil fuel use. Without solar and wind growth, emissions would have risen by an estimated 236 MtCO2 (+3.9%) globally, which is equivalent to almost all emissions (251 MtCO2) from Africa in H1-2025.

At the country level, there was significant variation. Among the four economies that account for the majority of global emissions (64%), emissions fell in China (-46 MtCO2, -1.7%) and India (-24 MtCO2, -3.6%), as clean electricity outpaced growth in demand in those countries.

In contrast, emissions rose in the EU (+13 MtCO2, +4.8%), where strong growth in solar was outweighed by shortfalls in wind, hydro and bioenergy, leading to higher gas and coal generation. Emissions also rose in the US (+33 MtCO2, +4.3%), as clean electricity growth was smaller than demand growth, leading to an increase in coal generation, which was exacerbated by gas-to-coal switching.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 7d

Sources familiar with the talks with Israel and Hamas say that progress was made on Monday, negotiations to continue.

Day one of Gaza peace talks ends on ‘positive’ note in Egypt

Sources familiar with the talks with Israel and Hamas say that progress was made on Monday, negotiations to continue.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8d

i had no idea this is how canada's supreme court dresses

Nine members of the Canadian Supreme Court sitting for a photo. They are dressed in red robes trimmed in white.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 8d

some days at the paragraph factory are more heartbreaking than others

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Lyndal Rowlands @lyndalrowlands.bsky.social · 8d

Australia, Papua New Guinea sign mutual defence treaty

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

Australia, Papua New Guinea sign mutual defence treaty

Pukpuk treaty commits the two neighbours to greater military cooperation, although the text is yet to be released.

www.aljazeera.com

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Lyndal Rowlands @lyndalrowlands.bsky.social · 9d

The new season of The Morning Show on Apple TV has an even more explicit climate change story line, including covering repression of protests and how greenwashing/disinformation works

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Lyndal Rowlands @lyndalrowlands.bsky.social · 9d

Australia, the penal colony, has certainly played a pretty big role in modelling policies like third country deportations

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Around the world, migrants are being deported at alarming rates – how did this become normalised?

The US, UK and Australia are all expanding efforts to deport non-citizens, reframing the act of seeking asylum from a human right to a criminal act.

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Darren Ewing @sadknob.bsky.social · 10d

anne frank diary entry

wed 13 january 1943

"Dearest Kitty,

This morning I was constantly interrupted, and as a result I haven't been able to finish a single thing I've begun.

We have a new pastime, namely, filling packages with powdered gravy. The gravy is one of Gies & Co.'s products."

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Lyndal Rowlands @lyndalrowlands.bsky.social · 11d

Nelson Mandela’s grandson Mandla Mandela is among nearly 500 people, including climate activist Greta Thunberg, kidnapped by Israel in international waters on their way to deliver aid to Gaza on the Global Sumud flotilla

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Mandela’s grandsons demand the release of their cousin Mandla detained by Isreal

Mayibuye Melisizwe Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela, demands the immediate release of his cousin and other activists detained by Israeli authorities during a humanitarian flotilla to Gaza, condemni...

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Lyndal Rowlands @lyndalrowlands.bsky.social · 11d

The flotilla was an incredible act of international solidarity with Palestinians and so are the protests that have been happening in Italy, with two million people in the streets on Friday "in defence of the flotilla”

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Pressure mounts on Meloni’s gov’t as Gaza protests paralyse Italy

Union says more than two million took to the streets Friday, with massive turnout expected tomorrow for Rome protests.

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Lyndal Rowlands @lyndalrowlands.bsky.social · 11d

Magestic

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