Lukas Parker
@lukasteo.bsky.social
Associate Professor Lukas Parker is a member of the End Food Waste CRC, Head of 3C (Communication and Change Co-Lab) and a social change researcher at RMIT University, Melbourne (Naarm). Opinions are my own.
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Lukas Parker
@lukasteo.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Nice to see more people here. I duck in now and then, but mainly hang out on Masty @[email protected]
Hey everyone, come to Melbourne city where the police will randomly* pat you* down for knives to make you feel safe… how appealing.
*srsly, we all know how unrandom the pat-downs will be.
*srsly, we all know how unrandom the pat-downs will be.
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Hey everyone, come to Melbourne city where the police will randomly* pat you* down for knives to make you feel safe… how appealing.
*srsly, we all know how unrandom the pat-downs will be.
*srsly, we all know how unrandom the pat-downs will be.
WWTD - What would Trump do? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Vast overreach’: police allowed to conduct warrantless pat-downs of people across inner Melbourne for six months
Search powers, usually reserved for protests, will be in effect in the CBD and beyond in a move criticised by human rights groups
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
WWTD - What would Trump do? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Profoundly true and powerful article from @doctorvive.bsky.social
"Such a bloc will have no power if its leaders are not forced to resolve their ambivalence about phasing out fossil fuels"
And resolving "ambivalence" is what I meant in this post below five days ago
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#EdMiliband
scrapcc.org/COP30
"Such a bloc will have no power if its leaders are not forced to resolve their ambivalence about phasing out fossil fuels"
And resolving "ambivalence" is what I meant in this post below five days ago
👇
#EdMiliband
scrapcc.org/COP30
November 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Profoundly true and powerful article from @doctorvive.bsky.social
"Such a bloc will have no power if its leaders are not forced to resolve their ambivalence about phasing out fossil fuels"
And resolving "ambivalence" is what I meant in this post below five days ago
👇
#EdMiliband
scrapcc.org/COP30
"Such a bloc will have no power if its leaders are not forced to resolve their ambivalence about phasing out fossil fuels"
And resolving "ambivalence" is what I meant in this post below five days ago
👇
#EdMiliband
scrapcc.org/COP30
Who would have guessed that the big private consultant companies’ fingers were all over the crappy and expensive #BOM website? It’s almost like there’s a pattern. #auspol #Accenture #Deloitte
November 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Who would have guessed that the big private consultant companies’ fingers were all over the crappy and expensive #BOM website? It’s almost like there’s a pattern. #auspol #Accenture #Deloitte
This is extraordinarily worrying as this anti science misinformation will harm/kill people, and forge further distrust in health institutions
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is extraordinarily worrying as this anti science misinformation will harm/kill people, and forge further distrust in health institutions
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“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 AM
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
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The golden age of diversity and democracy in Oz.
November 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The golden age of diversity and democracy in Oz.
A sobering clip from pop-science show “Beyond 2000” from 1988, exploring the consequences of #climatechange in the 2020s and 2030s - watch from 6:45 onwards youtube.com/watch?v=3Hbr...
Beyond 2000 [incomplete] (15th March 1988)
YouTube video by BraydsTwo
youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:23 AM
A sobering clip from pop-science show “Beyond 2000” from 1988, exploring the consequences of #climatechange in the 2020s and 2030s - watch from 6:45 onwards youtube.com/watch?v=3Hbr...
As the US persistently focuses on itself, it increasingly feels like the rest of the world is moving on assuming a post-US future. #Trump
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
As the US persistently focuses on itself, it increasingly feels like the rest of the world is moving on assuming a post-US future. #Trump
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Pure joy on the Bike Bus this morning!
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Pure joy on the Bike Bus this morning!
Bánh whoever came up with this shit
#foodcrimes
#foodcrimes
November 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Bánh whoever came up with this shit
#foodcrimes
#foodcrimes
No, it means you should undertake a scientifically valid, independent investigation to test your hypothesis and produce rigorous evidence to support your stance.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
No, it means you should undertake a scientifically valid, independent investigation to test your hypothesis and produce rigorous evidence to support your stance.
Is several more than multiple? Or the reverse?
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Is several more than multiple? Or the reverse?
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Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
I would pay extra for an oven or a microwave that doesn’t have a clock on it
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I would pay extra for an oven or a microwave that doesn’t have a clock on it
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks #cop30 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks #cop30 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
#Greenwash Alert: this carton is not recyclable despite the misleading greenwash all over the pack. There’s also a misleading Australasian Recycling logo. Paul’s Rev Milk sold at Woolies in Melbourne City for consumption and disposal in the same location.
November 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
#Greenwash Alert: this carton is not recyclable despite the misleading greenwash all over the pack. There’s also a misleading Australasian Recycling logo. Paul’s Rev Milk sold at Woolies in Melbourne City for consumption and disposal in the same location.
Other people’s kids are never cute when they are the row behind you on the plane/ferry/train
November 2, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Other people’s kids are never cute when they are the row behind you on the plane/ferry/train
Climate deniers at the #Nationals wrecking any chance of their coalition partners in the Liberals regain lost seats - and therefore wrecking their own chances of regaining government any time soon - is truly delicious. #auspol
November 2, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Climate deniers at the #Nationals wrecking any chance of their coalition partners in the Liberals regain lost seats - and therefore wrecking their own chances of regaining government any time soon - is truly delicious. #auspol
Who could have guessed that two consultant companies - Accenture and Deloitte - would be behind this mess? It’s almost like there’s a pattern www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Cost of BoM’s website revamp revealed after deluge of public criticism
Public-facing site cost about $86m as part of almost decade-long IT overhaul known as Robust
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Who could have guessed that two consultant companies - Accenture and Deloitte - would be behind this mess? It’s almost like there’s a pattern www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I can’t overstate how much I adore Lee and Keith from #Gogglebox
October 30, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I can’t overstate how much I adore Lee and Keith from #Gogglebox
