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This ten year old paper by my friend & colleague Eugenia Kalnay and colleagues modeling the combined effects of environmental degradation and wealth disparity on societal stability didn't get much attention at the time. It feels especially relevant now: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 15 days ago • 21 comments

Make Americans die again

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Make America even more stupid again

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Make America slim again

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Make America sick again

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This guy at the FBI painting over vibrant, positive values with thick strokes of dull paint is such an apt metaphor for the Age of Trump 2.0.

submitted 21 days ago • 86 comments

Invasive species threaten so many of the landscapes & native species we love. I’ve been calling on govt to set up a fund that ensures we have consistent funding and research into new tech like gene drive. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

submitted 22 days ago • 8 comments

Challenge every RW truism SM #CLEARTHINKING101 Incrementalism is the enemy of the perfect You cant have the fairytale of GDP growth on a finite planet

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workers in nuclear power plants routinely exposed to radiation face significantly increased cancer risks, risks of cardiovascular disease including heart attacks and strokes andvteir kids get leukaemia #NuclearKillsKids @Ipanaus

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We've already raised $25K that's 10% of our target!!!!

submitted 33 days ago • 2 comments

Wait, I thought TikTok was evil and a threat to national security. And yet they appear to be coordinating with Donald Trump to make him look good. Surely, this means he is also evil and a national security threat.

submitted 35 days ago • 320 comments

In 2022, the Environment Minister pledged there would be no more extinctions. In 2023, scientists warned that unless salmon farming is better regulated, the Maugean skate will go extinct. Now the Minister faces a potentially imminent decision on the skate's future. #auspol

submitted 34 days ago • 3 comments

Hey Guardian & MET -- this is what the actual future Keeling curve looks like. Nice try. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

submitted 37 days ago • 18 comments

#TelltheTruth #ClimateEmergency

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If only WA would take responsibility for electrifying our ports

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In which I have a bit of a rant about how shite the current climate change policy debate is just 5 months from the election. www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

submitted 38 days ago • 16 comments

The world’s richest 1% have already used up their fair share of the global carbon budget for 2025, just 10 days into the year. Taxing their socially and ecologically destructive wealth should be a no-brainer. #TaxTheirBillions www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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People still tend to think of gas as a vital industry to Australia, but the truth is, if anything, it costs the Australian economy. Throwback to Polly Hemming dropping some truth bombs on ABC The Drum 💣💥 #auspol

submitted 38 days ago • 10 comments

Show Australia we care about our heritage and making sure our mates are OK Help heal and unite Australia #Changethedate www.greenleft.org.au/content/inva...

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I have a rant because... well things are on fire, and neither Labor nor Liberal give a damn. So give a damn about who you give your first preference to www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

submitted 38 days ago • 37 comments

Dick Smith's pro-nuclear campaign has brought an 'expert' (who works for a large nuclear energy provider) to Australia to sell nukes. They reckon its "just fancy hot rocks that boil water". Thats even dumber than the usual Sky after Dark 'experts'. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...

submitted 39 days ago • 2 comments

“The Federal Opposition has refused to release a single policy to promote energy efficiency. They clearly want Australians to pay more for power.”

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"NSW produces a lot of coal but the public, who own the coal, get hardly anything from it. All while coal companies reap enormous profits." @adamchalksitup.bsky.social, Anne Kantor Fellow, explains that coal royalties are a tiny part of NSW Govt revenue ⤵️

submitted 40 days ago • 10 comments

The nation must decide whether it will accept the death of empathy millions of people whose respect for life and elemental compassion evaporated in the seconds it took them to compose a social media Idiots Antonym to Woke johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-califo...

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from February, 2001 through September, 2024, the planet has heated by an equivalent total of 5.28 billion Hiroshima bombs And that is accelerating because the world is increasing its use of fossil fools @Extinction Rebellion climatecasino.net/2025/01/25-b...

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Can Saul Griffiths Electrify Australia or Renew Economy please translate this into Australian Do Australian low income homes need to split energy to electrify their homes more affordibly www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/this-solutio...

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

Is MSM finally going to give a voice to #ClimateScience and #TelltheTruth about the #ClimateEmergency

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

Your 'doom quote' for today: "We are living in a world locked into a suicide pact, with deeply entrenched ways of thinking about energy and security which are designed, unwittingly, to keep us on course for disaster."

submitted 43 days ago • 13 comments

The peer-reviewed science shows that the primary factor behind the increase in wildfire extent in the western U.S. is increased aridity and fuel load due to human-caused warming. Via #AAAS #SciLine: www.sciline.org/climate/clim...

submitted 42 days ago • 24 comments

Foxtel: no bank account, no tax, no employees, que? One for Sky News' prominent commentators ... or at least the ATO #auspol michaelwest.com.au/newscorps-fo...

submitted 45 days ago • 16 comments