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📢 New research by colleague Hugh Stanford: Exploring how cities can unlock the potential of overlooked, informal green spaces! #urbanism 🌏 #urbanNature #naturebasedsolutions theconversation.com/old-drains-a...

Me too!

Woodside Watty strikes a blow for international parasites This bloke has just etched his name into the Australian Betrayal Board of infamous Cun_s And @albomp.bsky.social ensures he lives on as the destroyer of millennias of history in stone Where's the "respect" for First Nations Voices?

Good grief! Well said @grogsgamut.bsky.social !

On the day of its fiery AGM, Woodside spilled 16,000 litres of oil into the Indian Ocean north of Ningaloo. It also thinks a damaging oil spill from it drilling near Scott Reef for Browse gas is "only a mere theoretical possibility." www.boilingcold.com.au/woodside-spi...

At least 3 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded after Israeli forces opened fire on starving crowds at a US- and Israel-backed aid site in Rafah, causing outcry from the UN and aid groups aje.io/z8rqc7

Mr Kidd: "And you're the chief whip?" Ms Landry: "Yeah." Mr Kidd: "You don't know?" Ms Landry: "No." www.canberratimes.com.au/story/897805...

Trump is Making Covid Great Again.

ICYMI- yesterday's cartoon on the proposed super changes for @australia.theguardian.com

The Woodside boss’s attacks on my generation are blatant scapegoating – and we see straight through them | Hannah Ferguson

Great demonstration of non-linear risks in global warming - the risk of species going extinct at 2°C of warming is double that at 1.5°C theconversation.com/overshooting...

Oh, Sussan. That ‘exhaustive analysis’ didn’t take long. 😇➡️🤯

Especially when that detail doesn’t exist 🤪😶‍🌫️🧐

Oh, that’s a fantastic formula to use - you go for it, Matt Canavan, and see where it gets you 🥵🤯

💯! Thank you @larissawaters.bsky.social 🤩

Bringing back the birds: the ‘ghost woodlands’ transforming England’s barren sheep fells - A tree-planting programme is uniting farmers and rewilders, as parts of common ground in the Yorkshire Dales national park are being restored to their ancient glory www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Veteran-led disaster recovery group calls on Albanese for help to build army of 10,000 volunteers: Exclusive: Disaster Relief Australia pushes for funding deal as it positions itself as alternative to ADF in aftermath of floods, fires and cyclones Get our breaking news email, free app or...

Absolutely ridiculous lines here from Anthony Albanese - the only ‘firming’ gas provides is a firmer (and faster) path to more dangerous global heating.

Last September, I reported exclusively this analysis by Pesticide Action Network Revealed: Far higher pesticide residues allowed on food since Brexit - Unlike the EU, Great Britain has slashed protections for scores of food types 1/2 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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"Geoengineering to redirect sunlight is 'a hare-brained scheme' that will have unintended consequences - eg, reducing sunlight and photosynthesis that could lead to loss of crops & mass starvation" Florida bill would ban 'chemtrails' & 'geoengineering.' phys.org/news/2025-05...

Shared by @AbbeyRose on Substack - seen in Kentucky substack.com/@abbeyneedha...

What an smug arrogant man

Very disturbing!

The dissident filmmaker's thriller is a stinging critique of oppression in his home country.

So many Liberal MPs and officials are actively backgrounding journalists, blaming some colleague or thing on the election result. I know they want to believe the problem is not them individually, but you can’t solve a problem until you admit it exists! Less backgrounding, more soul searching needed!

Israel is using starvation as a weapon - not just genocide and mass murder of civilians, but torture. It is evil beyond belief, and it is evil that the world isn't rising collectively to stop this country. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Hello Australia, I got a real juicy piece here for ya. Carbon offsets were created by capitalism, to protect polluted profits. What the hell does capital do when it loses its best ever greenwashing method? I got THEORIES ->> for @crikey.com.au www.crikey.com.au/2025/05/23/c...

here's my attempt to share some social psychology basics, in the hopes that every little bit will help to reweave our social fabric 🙏🏻 theconversation.com/making-eye-c...

‘The role of art is not to frame policy or propose legislation but to create the conditions in which we can begin to imagine a future different from the present’ Wonderful to work alongside @margaretheffernan.bsky.social and graduates from both our universities, embracing uncertainty.

“Six years ago, I found myself face to face with a white farmer preparing for the government to take his land. This did not happen in South Africa. It was in South Texas, and it was because of Trump…” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...

Leadership isn't just about power—it's about humility, empathy, and service. Learn how leaders can foster trust and innovation with humility at the core. 💡❤️Read the full article: centreforpublicimpact.org/resource-hub... #LeadershipWithHumility #PublicImpact #ServeAndLead #EmpathyInGovernment

📊 The economic cost of domestic & sexual violence? 💥$4.1 trillion ❗But survivors and their support systems are getting ~$100 in public funding. 👎 Something doesn’t add up. 📘▶️ Read our latest report, Funding for the Future, now: centreforpublicimpact.org/resource-hub... #DV #SV #Funding #Report

Welcome to Reasons to be Cheerful, a place to stay informed about smart, effective solutions that make the world a better place. Stop by at reasonstobecheerful.world to stay informed about positive changes that don't always make the news.

Massive congratulations to @parentsforclimate.bsky.social for launching the legal action against EnergyAustralia and securing a landmark result: an apology for greenwashing and a commitment to direct emission reduction. Well done to Equity Generation Lawyers as well. Have a read:

Hi, Teddles. Women have always been in Australia, sweetheart. Not only ‘modern Australia’

When Hunt, O'Dwyer, Pyne & Dutton were celebrating the repeal of the carbon tax in 2014, the Liberal Party had 58 seats in the lower house, & the Coalition had a total of 90 Today, the party has 18 seats & the Coalition 43. ALP has 93 Without effective Climate Policy, the LNP is history. #auspol

"In science and academia, as elsewhere, these risks are greatest for those most vulnerable [...]. Therefore, it is incumbent upon senior colleagues—who have outsize privilege, responsibility, and collective power in universities and professional societies—to lead the way." eos.org/opinions/sen...

We're looking for a Policy Fellow to oversee our UK ecological transitions programme at @iipp-ucl.bsky.social. This role will connect theory with practice, engaging senior policymakers to implement our work reshaping finance around public purpose. Apply here ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

I just listened to the first episode of the podcast series abt the origins, content and reception (backlash) of the pivotal 1972 report The Limits To Growth. OMFG. It is *essential* listening, and perfectly done. tippingpoint-podcast.com

Here's a figure from IPCC AR6 Summary for Policymakers showing the linear relationship between fucking around and finding out. Every tonne of CO₂ we add to the atmosphere makes things worse for us and all other living things.

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did.

I have zero idea why this passage seems phrased as some sort of gotcha. Scientists were suspicious about something, so they investigated and found that in fact their suspicions were unfounded. That's...exactly what they are supposed to do.

We came close — and we changed the game. This was never just about one result. We’re building a bold, honest, community-powered movement on the belief we can do politics differently in Forrest. The major parties can’t ignore the South West any longer. And that’s because of you.

OK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*. What the HELL? 1/