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Bravo, @coveringclimatenow.org! Fantastic! Climate psychology tells us that underneath “business as usual” grief, helplessness, rage, overwhelm … anything but indifference. Instead of adding to the overwhelm, journalism can help tap the love & yearning that undergirds support for climate action!

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This is the book @davemilbo.bsky.social recommended.l on today's #SundayShot. Adding my thumbs up as well. Such an eye opener that the whole 'leader of the free world' thing is a major crock.

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Enjoyed #TheSundayShot Everyone fantastic, and especially the wisdom and insight of @janecaro.bsky.social 🙏 .

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“the United States is not a startup. The federal government exists to do all of the things that are definitionally not profitable, that serve the public good rather than protect investor profits. (The vast majority of startups also fail, something the United States cannot afford to do.)”

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"Maybe, to put it more simply: we are living in symbol collapse, in which everything is both literal and symbolic, in equal measure. The planes falling from the sky are symbols of a failed regime, but also…they are literal planes falling from the sky. It is endlessly recursive." - Branton Taylor

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excellent first show ... aside from the technical glitches #auspol

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"'Pedagogy,' [Jameson] said in an interview, 'is not inflicting discipline but awakening interest.' [W]hat interested him always was the student’s own interest... Interest, Jameson elaborated, was 'that sense of attention + curiosity + the investments of ⏰ + vital energies (rather than dividends)'"

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Absolutely. "The climate crisis is also a crisis of culture, and thus of the imagination" – Amitav Ghosh, The Great Derangement

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Based on carbon budgets from Lamboll et al www.nature.com/articles/s41... - updated to January 2025, the global rate for cutting CO2 inline with a 50% chance of not exceeding 1.5°C is ~19% year on year. For "well below 2°C" its ~7% each year; i.e. a technology revolution AND profound social change.

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Labor and the LNP teaming up to rig campaign financing is a clear admission of their own unpopularity and the malaise of two-party politics. It isn't an either/or game anymore. And you can't entrench something that is inherently unpopular. open.substack.com/pub/tdunlop/...

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The willingness of our politicians, institutions and corporations, from the ABC down, to allow themselves to be intimidated like this speaks to the fragility of our democracy. Lattouf, Sakr, Lalor and now Sabsabi. By being so gutless, these organisations make us all vulnerable to authoritarianism.

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I think “nailed it” is appropriate here.

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It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.

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The corporate coup is global. Trump's mad tariffs do not mark the end of neoliberalism or free trade or whatever you want to call it. They mark the end game of what we have been fighting for decades: corporate rule. They do not believe in the public. They believe in their wealth.

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This is disturbing but I take consolation in all the local and global communities that are focussed on one or more of the planetary and social boundaries. There are things I can do to support, unite and expand those groups. Also … here is my cup of tea.

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I finally launched my own newsletter! I'm happy to be albeit write what I want when I want. And to put a lot of short in-the-moment essays that used to be on FB at this site instead. Please subscribe! meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/welcome-to-m...

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& so say all of us!

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We are not giving up.

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It’s surprising how few people need to protest for political change to happen. Learn about it here.

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Over the next few years, many statements will be made which are distractions. Particularly on social media, amplifying and dissecting these words is fruitless: they feed into the distraction and sap energy from any resistance. Instead, focus on the actions being undertaken and in building community.

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We need to have the confidence that big community can beat big money. My interview with former member for Indi, Cathy McGowan. @cathyindigovalley.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/tdunlop/...

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🇩🇪 During a moment of silence before a football match in Germany, someone shouted "Germany belongs to the Germans" and the stands chanted "Nazis out". While Musk supports the AfD, it seems the German people are more resilient...

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I just wrote a long thread about misinformation, but here's the short version.... bsky.app/profile/davi...

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A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳

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So much good thinking packed in this short @himself.bsky.social post, but to me this gets at the heart of it: "Making individuals better at thinking and seeing the blind spots in their own individual reasoning will only go so far. What we need are better collective means of thinking."

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The start of the exciting announcements for 2025! The Sydney Opera House are releasing the Tracy Westerman in conversation with Stan Grant recording on their streaming platform on 28 Jan, 9am. I’ll post it here. Some pics from the talk with credit to Stephen Wilson Barker.

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