Spacekat9
@spacekat9.bsky.social
Forever wandering with the 3 Amigos/ cats...living on the unceeded lands of the Darumbal Nation
"If you are accustomed to privilege, ewuality feels like oppression"
"If you are accustomed to privilege, ewuality feels like oppression"
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Spacekat9
@spacekat9.bsky.social
· Aug 1
Climate target malpractice
As the Albanese government prepares to announce Australia’s 2035 climate target, pressure is mounting to show greater ambition. A cut in greenhouse gas emissions of at least 75 per cent below 2005 lev...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
The Great Labor Emissions Greenwash
Polly Hemming 🙏
Albanese needs to listen to climate experts, not fosdil fuel lobbiests
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21223/...
Polly Hemming 🙏
Albanese needs to listen to climate experts, not fosdil fuel lobbiests
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21223/...
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December 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Remarkable how CCS crumbles whenever it's held to any sort of real performance standard
In @heatmap.news -->
heatmap.news/am/energy-de...
In @heatmap.news -->
heatmap.news/am/energy-de...
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Remarkable how CCS crumbles whenever it's held to any sort of real performance standard
In @heatmap.news -->
heatmap.news/am/energy-de...
In @heatmap.news -->
heatmap.news/am/energy-de...
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'Rapist Bruce Lehrmann has lost his appeal,' no headline will say.
December 2, 2025 at 11:50 PM
'Rapist Bruce Lehrmann has lost his appeal,' no headline will say.
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When you stayed up too late shitposting.
December 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
When you stayed up too late shitposting.
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How weird…one minute we are supposed to have a gas shortage (hint: we didn’t) and now we are going to let AI data centres build new gas fired electricity generators to ensure they have enough electricity…
Its as if everything the government says about gas is BS #climate
Its as if everything the government says about gas is BS #climate
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
How weird…one minute we are supposed to have a gas shortage (hint: we didn’t) and now we are going to let AI data centres build new gas fired electricity generators to ensure they have enough electricity…
Its as if everything the government says about gas is BS #climate
Its as if everything the government says about gas is BS #climate
Environmentally disasterous, impacting water and climate change.
"In New South Wales and Victoria, where most are located, datacentres could comprise 11% and 8% of each state’s electricity demand"
"Technology companies including OpenAI and SunCable are pushing for Australia to become a hub for data processing and storage"
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"Technology companies including OpenAI and SunCable are pushing for Australia to become a hub for data processing and storage"
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Datacentres demand huge amounts of electricity. Could they derail Australia’s net zero ambitions?
Banks of servers operating 24/7 generate massive amounts of heat, requiring power to run and cool them
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Environmentally disasterous, impacting water and climate change.
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You don’t need a #Dell for Christmas 🎄
Michael and Susan Dell donate $6.25bn to encourage families to claim ‘Trump Accounts’
Billionaires aim to provide incentive for families to claim new investment accounts for children created as part of Trump legislation
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
You don’t need a #Dell for Christmas 🎄
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As ever, straight talker #TimWilliams dismantling many myths around housing supply that so distort our politics & society.
As practiced in Europe, Govts must step up & build public housing themselves - stop pretending anything else will work
thefifthestate.com.au/columns/spin...
As practiced in Europe, Govts must step up & build public housing themselves - stop pretending anything else will work
thefifthestate.com.au/columns/spin...
The UK and Aus ‘inspire’ each other on housing failure. Both need to remember public housing works
The housing crisis is international. It is not confined to Australia or New South Wales, though, from the hysteria of NSW property lobbyists, you would assume that the problem is caused by public sect...
thefifthestate.com.au
December 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
As ever, straight talker #TimWilliams dismantling many myths around housing supply that so distort our politics & society.
As practiced in Europe, Govts must step up & build public housing themselves - stop pretending anything else will work
thefifthestate.com.au/columns/spin...
As practiced in Europe, Govts must step up & build public housing themselves - stop pretending anything else will work
thefifthestate.com.au/columns/spin...
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Very cool radioactive fungus news
From @chelleraiser.bsky.social
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
From @chelleraiser.bsky.social
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
Chernobyl Fungus Appears to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability
The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but ever since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded nearly 40 years ago, other forms of life have not only move...
www.sciencealert.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Very cool radioactive fungus news
From @chelleraiser.bsky.social
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
From @chelleraiser.bsky.social
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
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Morton wins Walkley for “Mean Streak” www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202...
Morton wins Walkley for “Mean Streak” | Books+Publishing
Purchase a subscription to view job ads and other premium content on Books+Publishing.
www.booksandpublishing.com.au
December 2, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Morton wins Walkley for “Mean Streak” www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202...
First- nails it
Second- comments are as anticipated 😂
Tax breaks: Why the government should ditch negative gearing, capital gains and superannuation tax breaks share.google/7M3Xr6WumGMk...
Second- comments are as anticipated 😂
Tax breaks: Why the government should ditch negative gearing, capital gains and superannuation tax breaks share.google/7M3Xr6WumGMk...
If Labor really cared about our future, these tax breaks must go
If you’re buying your fourth investment property, you’re a true-blue Aussie. But a student receiving rent assistance? You’re a fiscal burden.
share.google
December 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
First- nails it
Second- comments are as anticipated 😂
Tax breaks: Why the government should ditch negative gearing, capital gains and superannuation tax breaks share.google/7M3Xr6WumGMk...
Second- comments are as anticipated 😂
Tax breaks: Why the government should ditch negative gearing, capital gains and superannuation tax breaks share.google/7M3Xr6WumGMk...
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No job allows poor performance without accountability, outside a dictatorship. This is what’s happening on government boards: unchecked poor performance and potentially problematic behaviour. Ordinary ppl answer to a boss; privileged ppl answer to no one. www.apsc.gov.au/sites/defaul...
December 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
No job allows poor performance without accountability, outside a dictatorship. This is what’s happening on government boards: unchecked poor performance and potentially problematic behaviour. Ordinary ppl answer to a boss; privileged ppl answer to no one. www.apsc.gov.au/sites/defaul...
FFS
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 AM
FFS
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"Recognizing that Carney’s political vision is fundamentally about using the government’s resources to clear the path for private sector growth is key to understanding what his leadership of Canada practically means"
@woodsideful.bsky.social for @nationalobserver.com --->>>>
@woodsideful.bsky.social for @nationalobserver.com --->>>>
Did the climate world misread Carney?
Many in the climate movement saw a fellow traveller in Mark Carney — the man who could preach climate action in the language of finance — but what if they were wrong from the very start?
www.nationalobserver.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"Recognizing that Carney’s political vision is fundamentally about using the government’s resources to clear the path for private sector growth is key to understanding what his leadership of Canada practically means"
@woodsideful.bsky.social for @nationalobserver.com --->>>>
@woodsideful.bsky.social for @nationalobserver.com --->>>>
We are reliving the 1980's, aren't we?
Fark...it was bad enough the first time.
Fark...it was bad enough the first time.
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 AM
We are reliving the 1980's, aren't we?
Fark...it was bad enough the first time.
Fark...it was bad enough the first time.
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Bracing #abc program on housing & homelessness, focusing especially on the vulnerable group of women over 50. Too many sleeping in cars, in vans, abandoned buildings…
Such a need for crisis housing, for long term structural solutions.
In such a rich country as Aust, no one should be homeless
Such a need for crisis housing, for long term structural solutions.
In such a rich country as Aust, no one should be homeless
December 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Bracing #abc program on housing & homelessness, focusing especially on the vulnerable group of women over 50. Too many sleeping in cars, in vans, abandoned buildings…
Such a need for crisis housing, for long term structural solutions.
In such a rich country as Aust, no one should be homeless
Such a need for crisis housing, for long term structural solutions.
In such a rich country as Aust, no one should be homeless
Estimates.
Far more entertaining than QT
Far more entertaining than QT
Kenneth Eagle “we didn’t have the data in the form you requested it”
David Shoebridge “was it in some other form?”
KE “not in the form you asked”
DS “…was it in some other form?”
KE “No”
DS “So you just didn’t have the data”
KE “No”🙄 #Estimates comedy skit.🎭
David Shoebridge “was it in some other form?”
KE “not in the form you asked”
DS “…was it in some other form?”
KE “No”
DS “So you just didn’t have the data”
KE “No”🙄 #Estimates comedy skit.🎭
December 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Estimates.
Far more entertaining than QT
Far more entertaining than QT