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Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 6h

Too often, people go from ignoring climate change to despairing that anything can be done. Hopkins suggests that this is “like waking up in the night, smelling smoke and calling the insurance company rather than the fire brigade.”

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Book review: How to fall in love with the future, by Rob Hopkins

Years ago when I was more involved in the Transition Towns movement, I took part in one of their community training sessions. One of the highlights was an imaginative exercise where we interviewed …

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Barnabas Calder @barnabascalder.bsky.social · 21h

I offered a dissenting voice in this article about "beauty" in #architecture, though little of it got in. Essentially, I can't see why style wars should wang on self-promotingly through a climate emergency.
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I put the case here too:
www.dezeen.com/2023/01/12/a...

Who should decide what makes a building beautiful?

Everyone agrees that we need more homes, and fast — and that we want them to look good. But who should be the judge: architects, governments or the general public?

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James Collis @jamescollis.bsky.social · 8h

The Big Beautiful Green Bill video from Friends of the Earth in the Netherlands:
youtu.be/DAGE2wtxxuM

Make Earth Cool Again
What does it say? 👇
✅ Companies adhere to international agreements, just like everyone else.
✅ Polluters pay, and going green pays off.
✅ Citizens receive a helping hand.

Vader Aarde: de Big Beautiful Green Bill

YouTube video by milieudefensie

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 8h

in any EU city - with the redevelopment of SLU... westlake would have been designated a car-free street - and the businesses here would be packed and pedestrian-oriented.

they also would have mandated waaay more housing and especially affordable housing - with such massive rezones.

poor leadership

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Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 7h

This would strike horror across our car centered nation. Every aspect of the designs of our cities have been designed with car travel as the main consideration.

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 6d

“Tony Blair should be heading to The Hague, not to Gaza.”

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social explains why Tony Blair should be on trial for war crimes in Iraq, instead of planning to destroy Gaza further with Trump on ‘Piers Morgan Uncensored.’

Read Mehdi’s article on Tony Blair: zeteo.com/p/tony-blair...

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Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 7h

Says it all

Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 2d

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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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 2d

They are so pathetic. There isn't a business lobby in existence they can't cave to.
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Treasurer announces rework of stalled superannuation tax increase plan

Treasurer Jim Chalmers announces the federal government's stalled superannuation tax increases will be reworked after criticism over the plan.

www.abc.net.au

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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 2d

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Albanese strikes again. So much revenue foregone now. This wasn't Chalmers call. The Greens wanted the threshold indexed as well which didn't make sense to me. #auspol

Treasurer announces rework of stalled superannuation tax increase plan

Treasurer Jim Chalmers announces the federal government's stalled superannuation tax increases will be reworked after criticism over the plan.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 2d

As of now there is nothing Albanese's govt has done that has changed the country in any structural way.

No change at all to how the fundamental debates of the nation are addressed.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 2d

While the media and political class fixate on tinkering with superannuation, a new report finds that 1 in 7 Australians are living in #poverty.

And it's 1 in 6 children.

In such a wealthy nation, this is an obscene policy choice. #inequality #RaiseTheRate #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

One in seven Australians living in poverty: report

Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.

www.abc.net.au

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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 1d

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Ian Verrender: The solution? Siphon gas from domestic market.

The end result domestic gas prices on Australia’s east coast have trebled, resulting surging electricity prices that have put Australian households and energy intensive businesses under extreme pressure.

Why Santos is behind your soaring electricity and mortgage costs

It was a primary force behind Australia’s inflationary surge, it’s forced businesses either to the wall or to shift offshore, undermined national industry policy and resulted in the loss of countless ...

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Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 7h

I am fast coming to the view that justice/pro poor/environment/ pro Gaza groups should all consider uniting to campaign for an end to Albanese’s leadership.

Thanks to Rudd, the next federal election is our best focus for this.

What do you think?

raven-mumur @raven-murmur.bsky.social · 1d

Commendably tidy summation of where we are right now.

Jen G Lambie @jenglambie.bsky.social · 1d

What a massive bloody flop Albanese turned out to be. Cautious to the point of paranoia. A myopic lens with which to view an obviously collapsing USA. Environmental betrayer of the climate & natural world. And a genocide enabler selling weapon parts empowering the ongoing #GazaHolocaust

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Glen @gergyl.bsky.social · 1d

Ouch, again.

The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 1d

The lights on the hill.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Single frame. Parliament House Canberra by night - with bright neon signs saying “AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARY SPORTS CLUB” “PLAY TO WIN - ACCESS” “TRY YOUR LUCK” “PAY TO PLAY” “‘RESPONSIBLE’ LOBBYING AUSTRALIA”

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

Since the Labor Party promised stronger action to curb climate change ahead of the 2022 election 31 new projects or extensions of existing projects have been waved through: 27 by Tanya Plibersek and four by the man who replaced her, Murray Watt. satpa.pe/JCmAeUE

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.

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Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 7h

Thanks Michelle. Do you know whether the talk will be recorded?

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20h

To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot

The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 1d

A new study published in Nature Climate Action finds Woodside’s Scarborough gas project could cause 100s of heat-related deaths & exposed 500k people to unprecedented heat.

Govt can’t claim climate leadership while approving projects like this.
www.afr.com//policy/ener...

Forrest-backed study links Woodside mega-project to hundreds of deaths

The research, conducted by academics at ANU, suggests the massive offshore gas project off the coast of Western Australia will cause warming of 0.00039 degrees.

www.afr.com

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Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 7h

Worth reading every single word of this article

Liz Furler @zilenaj.bsky.social · 9h

Muhammad Shehada tells me. “We’re screaming of a major warning of what’s about to come your way. When you have a media-political class that’s relishing, delighting in the murder of our children, do you think they’re going to care about yours?” 👇
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Be sure of this: many of the horrors the west allowed in Gaza will come closer to home | Owen Jones

History shows the crimes of empire were later mirrored on European soil. Dehumanisation and militarised terror both seem normalised now, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

www.theguardian.com

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Elaine Johnson @elainejohnson.bsky.social · 1d

Johnson Legal is proud to be representing Friends of Australian Rock Art in their challenge to Woodside’s North West Shelf extension project.

FARA is taking the case to uphold the law and protect the ancient Murujuga Rock Art from harm.

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

Two groups launch Federal Court appeals against Woodside gas extension

Two separate appeals are launched in the Federal Court in a bid to overturn Environment Minister Murray Watt's approval of Woodside's gas hub extension on the North West Shelf.

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 8h

If you’re a man in the room and a public official says this about your female colleague, you don’t continue as if nothing happened.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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Chris Nagano @charliesaito22.bsky.social · 7h

Awful. Didn’t take long for the Ceasefire to get broken

www.the-independent.com/news/world/m...

Trump-Gaza latest: Seven killed after Israel opens fire over ‘violation’ of ceasefire

Health authorities say fatalities occurred in two incidents including drone strike

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Nicole Chvastek @nicolechvastek.bsky.social · 7h

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The attempted global rebrand of Donald Trump as a peacemaker of the ages is beamed around the world as ICE goons terrorise Americans.

What news outlets are doing his bidding?

Trumpwashing the media - just dropped!
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TruthLies&Media On Apple & Spotify 🎙️

Truth, Lies and Media

News Podcast · Updated Weekly · Broadcast journalist Nicole Chvastek and Australia's pre-eminent journalism ethics expert Denis Muller seek out the media industry's good, bad and ugly, taking you behi...

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 15h

Apparently, they don’t hand out a Nobel Peace Prize to those who negotiated a ceasefire they had sabotaged a year ago just to get elected.

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Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 7h

Wtf

Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 8h

"I'd still like to see [Putin] do well"

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 8h

Q: Can you preview your meeting with Zelenskyy?

Trump: Look, I'm very disappointed because Vladimir and I had a very good relationship, probably still do. This war has been so bad for him. He should have won in 1 week. All of a sudden his economy is gonna collapse. I'd like to see him do well

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