Jaclyn
@jaclynmccosker.bsky.social
Currently really into birdwatching & Hallmark movies.
📍 Gladstone, QLD
📍 Gladstone, QLD
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Man that is a bad lie, even for him
Peter Dutton said today about the Coalition's nuclear energy policy that "you would expect a 44 per cent reduction, or of that order, being passed through in energy bill relief".
To say this isn't true and has no basis in the Frontier Economics modelling he cites is an extraordinary understatement.
To say this isn't true and has no basis in the Frontier Economics modelling he cites is an extraordinary understatement.
February 2, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Man that is a bad lie, even for him
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Our plan for public schools announced today includes all schools receiving 100% of funding which can cover adequate staffing (by Dept of Education costings), funding for critical infrastructure upgrades, and healthy learning conditions with clean air in every classroom and shared indoors space.
January 16, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Our plan for public schools announced today includes all schools receiving 100% of funding which can cover adequate staffing (by Dept of Education costings), funding for critical infrastructure upgrades, and healthy learning conditions with clean air in every classroom and shared indoors space.
Hey I might be the very first person in the world to observe this… but food is REALLY expensive right now.
I just used Google Maps photos to verify Lord of the Fries shoestring fries have gone up $1.50 in a year and that wasn’t my imagination.
I just used Google Maps photos to verify Lord of the Fries shoestring fries have gone up $1.50 in a year and that wasn’t my imagination.
December 17, 2024 at 7:33 AM
Hey I might be the very first person in the world to observe this… but food is REALLY expensive right now.
I just used Google Maps photos to verify Lord of the Fries shoestring fries have gone up $1.50 in a year and that wasn’t my imagination.
I just used Google Maps photos to verify Lord of the Fries shoestring fries have gone up $1.50 in a year and that wasn’t my imagination.
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Ten percent of all civic repression worldwide related to Palestine, study finds - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ten-percent-all-civic-repression-worldwide-related-palestine-study-finds
Pro-Palestine voices are among the most suppressed, global study finds
Across the board, civic space is shrinking, and both Israel and the US have used intimidation tactics to silence pro-Palestine voices
www.middleeasteye.net
December 6, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Ten percent of all civic repression worldwide related to Palestine, study finds - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ten-percent-all-civic-repression-worldwide-related-palestine-study-finds
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Now up to 7 days in a row of gas-sponsored coverage in the Murdoch tabloids....
December 7, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Now up to 7 days in a row of gas-sponsored coverage in the Murdoch tabloids....
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The callousness and disdain for disabled people has only intensified since Covid began
We’re a reminder of the frailty of the human experience. Of the fact that anyone can become disabled
A family member told me “you’ve been sick for years - just die already” because they NEEDED to deny my reality
We’re a reminder of the frailty of the human experience. Of the fact that anyone can become disabled
A family member told me “you’ve been sick for years - just die already” because they NEEDED to deny my reality
You’ve Been Sick for Years…. Just Die Already.
An exploration of rampant ableism and how the pandemic changed how disabled people are treated.
www.disabledginger.com
November 30, 2024 at 4:29 AM
The callousness and disdain for disabled people has only intensified since Covid began
We’re a reminder of the frailty of the human experience. Of the fact that anyone can become disabled
A family member told me “you’ve been sick for years - just die already” because they NEEDED to deny my reality
We’re a reminder of the frailty of the human experience. Of the fact that anyone can become disabled
A family member told me “you’ve been sick for years - just die already” because they NEEDED to deny my reality
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Go make yourself a strong cup of tea and have a read through Tim's excellent CCS essay. It is long, so keep the kettle warm, but very much worthwhile.
Gorgon CCS is the world's largest pure carbon capture and storage operation. Since 2019, it has been weakly sputtering away out on Barrow Island at Australia's highest emitting industrial facility.
You may have heard it's a failure. Do you know why it's a failure?
A long article and accompanying 🧵
You may have heard it's a failure. Do you know why it's a failure?
A long article and accompanying 🧵
Gorgon carbon capture and storage project: The failure of the world’s largest CCS facility
After decades of abject failure, these days even the most enthusiastic proponent of carbon capture and storage can at best mount a muted…
medium.com
November 30, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Go make yourself a strong cup of tea and have a read through Tim's excellent CCS essay. It is long, so keep the kettle warm, but very much worthwhile.
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If you want to support us to fight back against these brutal attacks on the human rights of refugee communities this week, support the ASRC. Our home of hope is more vital than ever. We’re fired up & ready to work harder than ever to protect refugees. We can’t do it on our own: donate.asrc.org.au
November 28, 2024 at 11:16 PM
If you want to support us to fight back against these brutal attacks on the human rights of refugee communities this week, support the ASRC. Our home of hope is more vital than ever. We’re fired up & ready to work harder than ever to protect refugees. We can’t do it on our own: donate.asrc.org.au
Just devastated.
Incredible scenes in QLD — terminating truth telling in an Olympics bill.
November 28, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Just devastated.
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Scientists have found that humans have pumped so much water out of the ground that the Earth has tilted on its axis by 80cm to the east in less than two decades.
Not a good sign.
inews.co.uk/news/science...
Not a good sign.
inews.co.uk/news/science...
Earth has tilted by 31.5 inches and humans are to blame - here's why it matters
Climate change has caused humans to take actions which have made the Earth tilt east on its axis
inews.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Scientists have found that humans have pumped so much water out of the ground that the Earth has tilted on its axis by 80cm to the east in less than two decades.
Not a good sign.
inews.co.uk/news/science...
Not a good sign.
inews.co.uk/news/science...
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I used to think Australia was best served by a majority government. Now I’m not so sure:
George Megalogenis
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
George Megalogenis
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I used to think Australia was best served by a majority government. Now I’m not so sure | George Megalogenis
A volatile minority government may be the lesser evil when compared with the narrowly cast and ineffectual governments of the past decade
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2024 at 10:02 PM
I used to think Australia was best served by a majority government. Now I’m not so sure:
George Megalogenis
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
George Megalogenis
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Yesterday we did it! Brave people ('kayaktivists', to borrow a US term) successfully stopped coal ship from the port of Newcastle - and 170 of these legends were arrested. Today we are supporting those who face court on this day. It's not over – join us in Canberra for action this week, 26-28th!
November 24, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Yesterday we did it! Brave people ('kayaktivists', to borrow a US term) successfully stopped coal ship from the port of Newcastle - and 170 of these legends were arrested. Today we are supporting those who face court on this day. It's not over – join us in Canberra for action this week, 26-28th!
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One thing I look for in a social network is not to have the CEO shove his reactionary political views in my face every time I open the app. So I’m happy here.
November 19, 2024 at 1:30 AM
One thing I look for in a social network is not to have the CEO shove his reactionary political views in my face every time I open the app. So I’m happy here.
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Earth did not survive a collision with another planet, hundreds of asteroid and comet impacts, hundreds of millions of years of deadly radiation from space, five mass extinctions, and literally freezing solid for you to give up on her now.
November 18, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Earth did not survive a collision with another planet, hundreds of asteroid and comet impacts, hundreds of millions of years of deadly radiation from space, five mass extinctions, and literally freezing solid for you to give up on her now.
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It is so incredibly nice to have a social platform that values links again - a breath of fresh air in the poisoned ecosystem of the creator economy
November 18, 2024 at 11:47 PM
It is so incredibly nice to have a social platform that values links again - a breath of fresh air in the poisoned ecosystem of the creator economy
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Australia's cost-of-living crisis is not evenly distributed - CBA data shows older people are spending more, while younger people cut back
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
November 19, 2024 at 5:16 AM
Australia's cost-of-living crisis is not evenly distributed - CBA data shows older people are spending more, while younger people cut back
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Australia must commit to 1.5 degree aligned climate action, to give the Great Barrier Reef a fighting chance.
That action includes a new Federal emissions reduction target of at least 90% below 2005 levels by 2035.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
That action includes a new Federal emissions reduction target of at least 90% below 2005 levels by 2035.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Graveyard of corals’ found after extreme heat and cyclones hit northern Great Barrier Reef
Marine scientists say one area around Cooktown and Lizard Island had lost more than a third of its live hard coral after bleaching event
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2024 at 2:19 AM
Australia must commit to 1.5 degree aligned climate action, to give the Great Barrier Reef a fighting chance.
That action includes a new Federal emissions reduction target of at least 90% below 2005 levels by 2035.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
That action includes a new Federal emissions reduction target of at least 90% below 2005 levels by 2035.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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New @reneweconomy.bsky.social “solar energy at an average cost of around 1.3 cents/kWh” 👀
#Solar #Nuclear #COP29
reneweconomy.com.au/will-solar-s...
#Solar #Nuclear #COP29
reneweconomy.com.au/will-solar-s...
Will solar succeed where nuclear failed and become “too cheap to meter”?
First uttered in 1954 in reference to the potential of nuclear, the phrase “too cheap to meter” became a bit of a joke. Now, with solar at 1.3 cents/kWh, could it have a new life?
reneweconomy.com.au
November 18, 2024 at 11:37 PM
New @reneweconomy.bsky.social “solar energy at an average cost of around 1.3 cents/kWh” 👀
#Solar #Nuclear #COP29
reneweconomy.com.au/will-solar-s...
#Solar #Nuclear #COP29
reneweconomy.com.au/will-solar-s...
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Terrible news today:
This year, one-third of coral cover has been destroyed in two northern sections of the Great Barrier reef due to anthropogenic heating.
Results for the southern sections (which were even hotter) have not been officially released.
www.aims.gov.au/information-...
This year, one-third of coral cover has been destroyed in two northern sections of the Great Barrier reef due to anthropogenic heating.
Results for the southern sections (which were even hotter) have not been officially released.
www.aims.gov.au/information-...
November 18, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Terrible news today:
This year, one-third of coral cover has been destroyed in two northern sections of the Great Barrier reef due to anthropogenic heating.
Results for the southern sections (which were even hotter) have not been officially released.
www.aims.gov.au/information-...
This year, one-third of coral cover has been destroyed in two northern sections of the Great Barrier reef due to anthropogenic heating.
Results for the southern sections (which were even hotter) have not been officially released.
www.aims.gov.au/information-...
The aircon repairman roasted me for this.
November 18, 2024 at 12:01 PM
The aircon repairman roasted me for this.
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Blocking Nazis, trolls, and fascists doesn’t make it an “echo chamber.” People need to stop gaslighting us into thinking we have to listen to Nazis and debate trolls in order to be informed.
November 17, 2024 at 12:52 AM
Blocking Nazis, trolls, and fascists doesn’t make it an “echo chamber.” People need to stop gaslighting us into thinking we have to listen to Nazis and debate trolls in order to be informed.
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The thing about Twitter versus Bluesky is that the right needs liberals on Twitter to make it feel worthwhile, whereas the left doesn’t need conservatives on Bluesky to make it feel worthwhile.
November 17, 2024 at 4:08 AM
The thing about Twitter versus Bluesky is that the right needs liberals on Twitter to make it feel worthwhile, whereas the left doesn’t need conservatives on Bluesky to make it feel worthwhile.
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Bluesky is an open network. This means we can eventually sort ourselves onto two apps, one that calls them posts and one that calls them skeets. All without losing our friends or followers.
November 17, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Bluesky is an open network. This means we can eventually sort ourselves onto two apps, one that calls them posts and one that calls them skeets. All without losing our friends or followers.