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The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.

Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Some further context by Suzuki in response to people freaking out over his honest, and earned perspective ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIV0...
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Good idea @aunz.theconversation.com - well worth reading.

Sign of the times at University of Canberra that three out of ten contributors (@michellegrattan.bsky.social @frankbongiorno.bsky.social & me) are #UniCBR academics.

theconversation.com/how-did-the-... #auspol #thedismissal
How did the 10 prime ministers since Whitlam change Australia?
As prime minister, Whitlam changed the country in profound ways. 10 experts assess how the prime ministers since shape up as agents of change - for better or worse.
theconversation.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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MEDIA RELEASE: The Jewish Council of Australia condemns the antisemitic Nazi stunt held yesterday outside NSW Parliament.

W refuse to be intimidated by these pathetic media stunts.

We stand with all Jewish people impacted by today’s racism and with all those experiencing bigotry and hatred. 1/5
November 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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It is the responsibility of all of us to return the nation to a path that is morally sustainable.
Trump is threatening the basic needs of poor Americans. How low he has sunk | Robert Reich
The president has put Snap benefits in jeopardy amid a fight over Medicaid. The nation has lost its moral authority
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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🚨🧵by @michaelryan756 on Twitter, highlighting three reasons why the book chapter linked below is worth reading

🧵 threadreaderapp.com/thread/19869...

Link to the FREE book chapter (PDF) 👇 which is from the book edited by Prof Deborah Lupton
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#Covid #LongCovid #SocialAspects
November 9, 2025 at 2:47 AM
James Hansen on where we are now, according to his work in climate science, and on "trying hard to understand what is needed to preserve a bright future."
jimehansen.substack.com/p/a-climate-...
A Climate Talk in Helsinki
James Hansen
jimehansen.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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November 8, 1989 – Australian Science Minister Barry Jones suggests the polluters pay….

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November 8, 1989 - somebody suggests the polluters pay…. - All Our Yesterdays
Thirty six years ago, on this day, November 8th, 1989, SYDNEY: The Federal Government should consider introducing a “polluter-pays” tax on companies which add to the greenhouse effect, the Minister fo...
allouryesterdays.info
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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President's message | November 2025 | Australian Human Rights Commission humanrights.gov.au/about/news/e...
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Urgent action on climate change essential for human rights | Australian Human Rights Commission humanrights.gov.au/about/news/m...
November 7, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Mainstream conversations about artificial intelligence tend to center around the technology’s economic and large-scale impacts. Yet it’s at the individual level where we’re seeing AI’s most potent effects, and they may not be what you think.
www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/real...
Reality Roundtable #20 — Hacking Human Attachment: The Loneliness Crisis, Cognitive Atrophy, and Other Personal Dangers of AI - The Great Simplification
Mainstream conversations about artificial intelligence tend to center around the technology’s economic and large-scale impacts. Yet it’s at the individual level where we’re seeing AI’s most potent eff...
www.thegreatsimplification.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Educators are walking away because Australia's corporate-style approach to public education just isn't working.
~ John Frew

Education in crisis: A growing storm in NSW classrooms
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
Education in crisis: A growing storm in NSW classrooms
Educators are walking away because Australia's corporate-style approach to public education just isn't working.
independentaustralia.net
November 6, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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The Govt voted against my amendments to the EPBC Act—missing a crucial opportunity to modernise our environmental laws.

My amendments involved:
* Climate financial risk disclosures
* A duty of care to future generations
* Assessment of cumulative impacts
* Fair appeal rights under enviro orders
November 6, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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For those who weren't able to attend, you can now view a recording of my talk: "Political Ecological Economics and the nature of economic growth"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJw7...

Hope you enjoy!
Giorgos Kallis: "Political Ecological Economics and the nature of economic growth"
YouTube video by ICTA-UAB
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November 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Disappointed by the govt’s rushed push to pass a 1,500-page environment bill without proper scrutiny or consultation. This is a key chance to protect nature & embed climate accountability—but the bill falls short.

View my full speech here: www.zalisteggall.com.au/speaks_on_th...

#EPBC #Auspol
November 5, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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"Many people (myself included) ... have undergone a violent awakening these past two years.

We’re shell-shocked not only by the brutality of what we’ve seen, but by the refusal of our elected officials to do something — anything — meaningful to try to stop it."
– Coen Luettringhaus

#FuckIsrael
What Israel's genocide has laid bare
Two years into an ongoing genocide — recognised as such by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, B’Tselem, Physicians for Human Rights, Doc...
johnmenadue.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions rise again in 2024, up 2.3%.

This is our collective progress, 10 years after the Paris Agreement.

www.unep.org/resources/em...

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November 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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The complete annihilation of entire ecosystems was not a side effect of civilisation. It was a deliberate crime perpetrated by the greatest minds, leaders and technologies humanity produced
November 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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“The creation of corporations was one of the biggest self-annihilation moves of civilisation.These entities exploit humans and the Earth and are governed not by humans or ethics, but by profit. Humanity is now owned by something abstract and inhuman, and this should be of grave concern to all of us”
November 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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It takes immense courage to wake up from the matrix, knowing already that doing so will get you depressed. How many of us wake up on a Monday, look outside our window and think : “What have we done to this world?”
November 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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The False Narrative of Conflict
Evolving Into One
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Here are the daily color stripes for 1940-2025, with 2025 now updated through November 1.

What will the future bring? The Climate 8-ball sings: "It's not easy being green."
November 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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60 yrs ago today (Nov 5, 1965), the 1st US government report to warn about climate change was published.
"Restoring the Quality of Our Environment" included warning of C02 build-up and sea-level rise/melting ice-caps.

allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/04/6...

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November 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM