Charlie Bell
@charlieb0.bsky.social
Retired scientist, greenie, social activist. On Yuin land.
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We all agree that if the government said that they were banning people under 16 from reading newspapers or watching the news, that that would be an unjustifiable overreach, right?
October 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
We all agree that if the government said that they were banning people under 16 from reading newspapers or watching the news, that that would be an unjustifiable overreach, right?
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Australia’s biggest miners have pocketed almost $60BN in diesel tax subsidies in <20 years.
Unless we act, taxpayers lose $84BN more by 2030.
It makes no sense for 🇦🇺ns to pay tax while coal giants get a free pass.
End this fossil fuel subsidy now.
www.afr.com/companies/mi...
Unless we act, taxpayers lose $84BN more by 2030.
It makes no sense for 🇦🇺ns to pay tax while coal giants get a free pass.
End this fossil fuel subsidy now.
www.afr.com/companies/mi...
Big miners have banked $60b in diesel fuel tax credits
A Climate Energy Finance report recommends a $50 million cap on the fuel tax subsidy for mining companies to create more cash for green projects.
www.afr.com
August 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Australia’s biggest miners have pocketed almost $60BN in diesel tax subsidies in <20 years.
Unless we act, taxpayers lose $84BN more by 2030.
It makes no sense for 🇦🇺ns to pay tax while coal giants get a free pass.
End this fossil fuel subsidy now.
www.afr.com/companies/mi...
Unless we act, taxpayers lose $84BN more by 2030.
It makes no sense for 🇦🇺ns to pay tax while coal giants get a free pass.
End this fossil fuel subsidy now.
www.afr.com/companies/mi...
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NRAR, Australia's National Resource Access Regulator, has paused all environmental water for the Murray Darling Basin. No environmental flows means no water for the fish or animals. Cotton Barons have been pushing for this for a long time. Get angry. 😡
August 18, 2025 at 4:46 AM
NRAR, Australia's National Resource Access Regulator, has paused all environmental water for the Murray Darling Basin. No environmental flows means no water for the fish or animals. Cotton Barons have been pushing for this for a long time. Get angry. 😡
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The truth is out about Australia’s military exports to Israel and ongoing Labor lies.
Defence Minister Marles said exports were all “dual use” for civil or military purposes.
Turns out 90% are “inherently lethal” or only for military purposes.
He has never apologised.
Defence Minister Marles said exports were all “dual use” for civil or military purposes.
Turns out 90% are “inherently lethal” or only for military purposes.
He has never apologised.
August 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The truth is out about Australia’s military exports to Israel and ongoing Labor lies.
Defence Minister Marles said exports were all “dual use” for civil or military purposes.
Turns out 90% are “inherently lethal” or only for military purposes.
He has never apologised.
Defence Minister Marles said exports were all “dual use” for civil or military purposes.
Turns out 90% are “inherently lethal” or only for military purposes.
He has never apologised.
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Australian journalists #withMEAA have made a video in recognition of the many Palestinian journalists and media workers killed by Israel while/because of reporting on the ground in #Gaza. #StopKillingJournalists #StoptheKilling
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMq8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMq8...
Stop Killing Journalists
YouTube video by withMEAA
www.youtube.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Australian journalists #withMEAA have made a video in recognition of the many Palestinian journalists and media workers killed by Israel while/because of reporting on the ground in #Gaza. #StopKillingJournalists #StoptheKilling
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMq8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMq8...
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Just a thought: what if we stopped measuring the economy by the state of the stock market and started measuring it based on how many people are housed and clothed and fed? https://youtu.be/tFjoDq0HfFw?si=vtbE2QNmXskvutjF
The Biggest Economic Lies We’re Told | Robert Reich
Just a thought: what if we stopped measuring the economy by the state of the stock market and started measuring it based
youtu.be
July 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Just a thought: what if we stopped measuring the economy by the state of the stock market and started measuring it based on how many people are housed and clothed and fed? https://youtu.be/tFjoDq0HfFw?si=vtbE2QNmXskvutjF
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CO₂ removal (CDR) deployments require materials and energy, which emit CO₂. That’s why we talk about net CDR.
Even if CDR affects ecosystems, it’s likely minor compared to the significant negative impacts of climate change on ecosystems. So we should focus on the net ecosystem benefits of CDR.
Even if CDR affects ecosystems, it’s likely minor compared to the significant negative impacts of climate change on ecosystems. So we should focus on the net ecosystem benefits of CDR.
July 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
CO₂ removal (CDR) deployments require materials and energy, which emit CO₂. That’s why we talk about net CDR.
Even if CDR affects ecosystems, it’s likely minor compared to the significant negative impacts of climate change on ecosystems. So we should focus on the net ecosystem benefits of CDR.
Even if CDR affects ecosystems, it’s likely minor compared to the significant negative impacts of climate change on ecosystems. So we should focus on the net ecosystem benefits of CDR.
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South Australia’s algal bloom isn’t random. It’s what happens when we cross #PlanetaryBoundaries—climate, nitrogen, ecosystem collapse.
This is real. It’s economic. It’s now.
My latest blog:
🔗 www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/south-a...
#AlgalBloom #ClimateCrisis
This is real. It’s economic. It’s now.
My latest blog:
🔗 www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/south-a...
#AlgalBloom #ClimateCrisis
South Australian Algal Bloom: A Warning Shot on Planetary Boundaries
South Australia’s algal bloom is more than an environmental incident. It’s a warning shot to Australia from our planet. We’ve been red-lining our life support systems. And now the consequences are com...
www.lyrebirddreaming.com
July 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
South Australia’s algal bloom isn’t random. It’s what happens when we cross #PlanetaryBoundaries—climate, nitrogen, ecosystem collapse.
This is real. It’s economic. It’s now.
My latest blog:
🔗 www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/south-a...
#AlgalBloom #ClimateCrisis
This is real. It’s economic. It’s now.
My latest blog:
🔗 www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/south-a...
#AlgalBloom #ClimateCrisis
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Giving billions in tax cuts to big business would strip $57 billion out of the budget, meaning less to spend on things like hospitals and schools.
Our research details 10 reasons why Australia does not need company tax cuts. @jack-thrower.bsky.social #auspol
Our research details 10 reasons why Australia does not need company tax cuts. @jack-thrower.bsky.social #auspol
10 reasons why Australia does not need company tax cuts
1/ Giving business billions of dollars in tax cuts means starving schools, hospitals and other services. Giving business billions of dollars in tax cuts
australiainstitute.org.au
July 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Giving billions in tax cuts to big business would strip $57 billion out of the budget, meaning less to spend on things like hospitals and schools.
Our research details 10 reasons why Australia does not need company tax cuts. @jack-thrower.bsky.social #auspol
Our research details 10 reasons why Australia does not need company tax cuts. @jack-thrower.bsky.social #auspol
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"Like an old street directory, the left/right/centre map of Australian politics is dated, disorienting and dangerously incomplete."
"We need a new map."
Dead Centre, the Vantage Point essay is available to pre-order now ⤵️ @richarddenniss.bsky.social
australiainstitute.org.au/store/dead-c...
"We need a new map."
Dead Centre, the Vantage Point essay is available to pre-order now ⤵️ @richarddenniss.bsky.social
australiainstitute.org.au/store/dead-c...
July 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
"Like an old street directory, the left/right/centre map of Australian politics is dated, disorienting and dangerously incomplete."
"We need a new map."
Dead Centre, the Vantage Point essay is available to pre-order now ⤵️ @richarddenniss.bsky.social
australiainstitute.org.au/store/dead-c...
"We need a new map."
Dead Centre, the Vantage Point essay is available to pre-order now ⤵️ @richarddenniss.bsky.social
australiainstitute.org.au/store/dead-c...
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July 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The Empire Has Accidentally Caused The Rebirth Of Real Counterculture In The West
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-empire...
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-empire...
The Empire Has Accidentally Caused The Rebirth Of Real Counterculture In The West
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
July 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Empire Has Accidentally Caused The Rebirth Of Real Counterculture In The West
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-empire...
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-empire...
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If you can watch this and then think ‘I won’t share because that might be putting myself on the line’ then you know what you’d have done if you were in Germany when your Jewish neighbours were being loaded into to cattle trucks. Nothing. Please share - it’s our ‘I’m Spartacus moments
Today, the UK government intends to ban the non-violent protesters Palestine Action as a "terrorist" group, exposing anyone supporting them to terrorism charges. In 2 days, 380,000 people have watched this video on YT alone.
You're going to need a bigger prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...
You're going to need a bigger prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...
Sharing This Video Could Get You 14 Years in Prison
YouTube video by Double Down News
www.youtube.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
If you can watch this and then think ‘I won’t share because that might be putting myself on the line’ then you know what you’d have done if you were in Germany when your Jewish neighbours were being loaded into to cattle trucks. Nothing. Please share - it’s our ‘I’m Spartacus moments
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New:
It’s absurd and embarrassing in a liberal democracy to have to say this, but people shouldn’t be punished for protesting against genocidal oppression, or speaking about it.
So many cultural institutions have done this very thing though - and damaged themselves in the process.
It’s absurd and embarrassing in a liberal democracy to have to say this, but people shouldn’t be punished for protesting against genocidal oppression, or speaking about it.
So many cultural institutions have done this very thing though - and damaged themselves in the process.
The Lattouf case and the ongoing chilling effects
On pro-Israel pressure campaigns and Australia’s cultural organisations
nickfeik.substack.com
June 28, 2025 at 6:45 AM
New:
It’s absurd and embarrassing in a liberal democracy to have to say this, but people shouldn’t be punished for protesting against genocidal oppression, or speaking about it.
So many cultural institutions have done this very thing though - and damaged themselves in the process.
It’s absurd and embarrassing in a liberal democracy to have to say this, but people shouldn’t be punished for protesting against genocidal oppression, or speaking about it.
So many cultural institutions have done this very thing though - and damaged themselves in the process.
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"The government likes to claim the moral high ground... the Woodside decision is proof of Labor’s allegiance to fossil fuel companies until the bitter end," writes Joëlle Gergis.
The moment for bold climate action is now
As I write, I’m listening to the sound of repairs to my home following the impacts of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, a rare category 2 system that tracked as far south as the Gold Coast in March, and left a trail of destruction throughout northern New South Wales and south-east Queensland.
satpa.pe
June 25, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"The government likes to claim the moral high ground... the Woodside decision is proof of Labor’s allegiance to fossil fuel companies until the bitter end," writes Joëlle Gergis.
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Remember these people - already starved and weak- are forced to walk up to 10km to pick up this food and carry it back to wherever they have managed to make a temporary home
Photo of the Day.
Credit to Palestinian photographer, Saeed Jaras.
Posting this here because hardly any mainstream media outlets will publish it. An ongoing genocide silenced.
#Gaza
Credit to Palestinian photographer, Saeed Jaras.
Posting this here because hardly any mainstream media outlets will publish it. An ongoing genocide silenced.
#Gaza
June 19, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Remember these people - already starved and weak- are forced to walk up to 10km to pick up this food and carry it back to wherever they have managed to make a temporary home
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The Not-Fab Four- my cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As the threat of war looms, are these four horsemen out of a job? | Fiona Katauskas
It’s all looking a bit apocalyptic
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The Not-Fab Four- my cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Not-Fab Four www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As the threat of war looms, are these four horsemen out of a job? | Fiona Katauskas
It’s all looking a bit apocalyptic
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The Not-Fab Four www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
F U Labor.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Revealed: the astonishing greenhouse gas emissions that will result from the North West Shelf project
The annual total dwarfs CO2-e from many other sources – including whole countries
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
F U Labor.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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An exciting battery project - based on rusting iron! - is being developed in Donegal, one of Ireland's most remote outposts.
It's a new ultra long-duration energy storage tech, and the subject of my latest column:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
It's a new ultra long-duration energy storage tech, and the subject of my latest column:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
One of Ireland’s most exciting energy projects is taking place at a remote outpost in Donegal
At a Time of Climate Crisis: Pioneering Donegal project shows how long-duration energy storage can make a big contribution
www.irishtimes.com
June 5, 2025 at 6:02 AM
An exciting battery project - based on rusting iron! - is being developed in Donegal, one of Ireland's most remote outposts.
It's a new ultra long-duration energy storage tech, and the subject of my latest column:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
It's a new ultra long-duration energy storage tech, and the subject of my latest column:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...