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Christopher Wright
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Professor University of Sydney. Author of Climate Change, Capitalism and Corporations (2015) & Organising Responses to Climate Change (2022)

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Christopher Wright @chriswrightau.bsky.social · 2h
And the 'creative self-destruction' continues led by the US - all that technical innovation focused on even greater fossil fuel burning - capitalism will tank the planet's life support systems and those leading this could not give a damn!
mollytaft.com molly taft @mollytaft.com · 21h
i was actually shocked to see the numbers on new research from Global Energy Monitor on new gas projects in the US: nearly 100 gigawatts of power—enough to power tens of millions of homes—are currently in development explicitly to power data centers. At the end of 2023 that number was 4 gigawatts
Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom
Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.
www.wired.com

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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 21h
i was actually shocked to see the numbers on new research from Global Energy Monitor on new gas projects in the US: nearly 100 gigawatts of power—enough to power tens of millions of homes—are currently in development explicitly to power data centers. At the end of 2023 that number was 4 gigawatts
Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom
Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.
www.wired.com

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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 1d
From 2016 to 2024, the IDF received formal complaints alleging the killing of 696 West Bank civilians.

It opened investigations into 195 of the cases.

Just 2 soldiers were ever indicted in the cases.
Less than 1% of complaints against soldiers in West Bank lead to charges, data shows
Few investigations opened, and decisions on whether to probe allegations are often long delayed even in cases of deadly shootings, research by Yesh Din organization finds
www.timesofisrael.com

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 1d
Over 37,000 Palestinians displaced last year in occupied West Bank in all-time high: UN

UN cites record settler violence, operations in refugee camps as key drivers of displacement, marking highest annual figure on record

www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
Over 37,000 Palestinians displaced last year in occupied West Bank in all-time high: UN
UN cites record settler violence, operations in refugee camps as key drivers of displacement, marking highest annual figure on record - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 2d
“The AUKUS agreement is so absurd that it seems laughable one Australian government would sign up to it, but for two governments to be so reckless, strains credulity beyond breaking point. And yet here we are.” - Greg Jericho

Read Greg Jericho’s full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4qOAIFp

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Jommy Tee @jommytee.bsky.social · 2d
Genocide supporter Herzog to arrive in Aust on Feb 8 and depart Feb 12.

Will bring a delegation inc World Zionist Organisation Chair Yaakov Hagoel and Jewish Agency Chair Maj.-Gen. (res.) Doron Almog.

Will meet top Australian officials, including the GG and PM, & reps from political parties.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 3d
6/ My friend, environmental scientist turned photojournalist, @nealhaddaway.bsky.social conducted a beautiful project asking scientists about their feelings titled 'Hope?'.

The results of which you can see here:
Hope? and how to grieve for the planet
In this photography project, Neal Haddaway has worked with frontline workers in the global fight against environmental crises have chosen three adjectives to describe their feelings as they stand on t...
hopequestion.github.io

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Andrew Miskelly @anero.id · 3d
Current temperatures in the Mallee are the highest ever recorded in VIC. Several long-term, all-month temperature records have been broken at stations across southern Australia on Monday and Tuesday, with the heatwave ongoing in the east.
Observed maximum temperatures at BoM stations on 25, 26 and (partially) 27 January 2026.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d
Kanew: “One clapped. Another said it was like playing a video game. The way they are brazenly lying about Alex Pretti shows how full of 💩 they were about Renee Good. We are far off the cliff here, folks… Shame on anyone who tells you not to believe your own eyes.”

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Christopher Wright @chriswrightau.bsky.social · 4d
Yes I actually took one of those Nobel economists fishing when I was at UNSW - a favour to the Dean at the time. Once I realised who he was, we thankfully stuck to the fishing - don't think he would have liked my take on economics somehow!

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Christopher Wright @chriswrightau.bsky.social · 4d
Excellent analysis of the rise of neoliberalism, how the Right captured western politics and why we are in the current derangement: "How the Atlas Network is shaping your life, even if you've never heard of it" www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01... via @abcaustralia.bsky.social
A discreet intellectual network has been reshaping the world for 70 years. Here's how
A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network.
www.abc.net.au

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Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 4d
BREAKING! WORLD FIRST! 🔥Australia's public broadcaster publishes extended #AtlasNetwork explainer by Gareth Hutchens. When I went on ABC radio 3 years ago to talk about the global Atlas network of 550+ orgs, no one had heard of it. Atlas HQ wanted to keep it that way.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 4d
We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
Lies and Lawlessness
The Camps, the Executions, and the Future
snyder.substack.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d
Remember the Bundy insanity during the Obama years? Armed guys occupied a federal office and one of their buddies took position with a sniper rifle aimed at federal agents?

Exactly how many of those guys were shot and killed?

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