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Jeffrey Sachs: The Geopolitics of Peace consortiumnews.com/2025/02/27/j...

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In 2024, Germany achieved its cleanest electricity mix ever, with renewables powering 62.7% of net electricity generation. With no nuclear power for the first time since 1962, Germany shows we can build a future powered by sustainable energy without relying on outdated technologies. #SmartSolutions

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Licensing deliberate lying is the 'new normal'. Such people no longer feel any need to hide who they really are. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...?

submitted 159 days ago • 1 comment

Yep. The creeps you wouldn’t want to sit next to are destroying the world and, apart from everything else, its embarrassing. Brilliant column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 159 days ago • 23 comments

physics of climate impacts 101: - Stuff gets hot (worse heatwaves) - Hot air holds more water vapor (heavier rainfall) - Hot air is thirstier air (higher drought risk) - Warm water is hurricane food (stronger storms) - Hot water expands and hot ice melts (sea level rise)

submitted 161 days ago • 306 comments

A handful of billionaires now have unprecedented control over banking, the food we eat, our healthcare, and the information we receive. Many are now currying favor with Trump to avoid accountability and maintain their power. This is what oligarchy looks like.

submitted 160 days ago • 141 comments

Peter Dutton wants to keep Australians angry & fearful, so they're distracted from the fact that his ONLY policy is to serve the interests of Gina Rinehart. The Liberal Party's only goal is to protect the profits of the fossil fuels industry. Voters in Dickson can #DumpDutton. #auspol #AusVotes2025

submitted 163 days ago • 12 comments

Leaked polling shows Peter Dutton's nuclear nonsense not a big hit in regional areas. Renewables preferred b/c environmental concerns & economic opportunities of wind & solar as Albanese govt on track to achieve 82% renewable energy generation by 2030 #auspol www.theaustralian.com.au/business/min...

submitted 162 days ago • 4 comments

I’m sorry but the fact that Congress is about to throw immigrants under the bus at the very same time that countless immigrants in California are risking their lives to protect neighborhoods many of them could never aspire live in is breaking my brain in a whole new way.

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John Menadue skewers the egregious Rupert Murdoch, his murky Foxtel deal & the incompetent politicisation of the Australian: 'What a mad hatters castle The Australian has become .. as Rupert Murdoch insists on loyalty rather than competence at News Corp' #auspol johnmenadue.com/john-menadue...

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Secretary Buttigieg visited CMU today. I got to thank him for speaking at our White House ARPA-I Summit in 2023, but more importantly for all the work he’s led on climate & equity at DOT. A really phenomenal Secretary of Transportation.

submitted 164 days ago • 93 comments

Fact is that #Trump Citizen would have been jailed or fined or both after guilty verdict in #StormyDaniels case but Trump President Elect goes free. Belief that America stands for equality of justice for all citizens is lie and farce.

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‘Think of this newsletter as a ‘hey – thinking of you’ rather than a call back into action. That will come soon enough…we hope you are getting some rest and recharging. It’s too much to ask for anyone to relax with the world as it is, but know that you aren’t alone,’ @amyremeikis.bsky.social #auspol

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On this feed, at least, the idea of a four-year term very popular. #Auspol

submitted 165 days ago • 27 comments

Deakin!! There you are 🙌🙌🙌 #auspol

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Galen Buckwalter, 68, shared with me his harrowing tale of being forced to flee the Eaton fire alone on his wheelchair through dark streets and fierce winds, dodging debris as fire neared his home. “In emergencies, disabled people are the last to get services…We have no system. You’re on your own”

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Don't they know that nuclear - no, seriously 😵‍💫 - is much cheaper? #Auspol

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Voices of Deakin today launched their endorsed candidate for the next election: Jess Ness!! A fun launch and lots to do now. Meet Jess at www.jessness4deakin.com.au So happy that this is our first post on Bluesky!

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We’re seeing the state capture of political parties by fossil fuel companies. They’re putting short term profits ahead of protecting the people and places we love. We need the moral courage to end this and legislate a duty of care to young people. www.smh.com.au/environment/...

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Hundreds of Mexican firefighters have arrived in Southern California to help combat the wildfires. Thank you, Mexico🇺🇸🇲🇽

submitted 164 days ago • 1810 comments

i don’t understand how, psychologically, a person gets to a place where they interpret sign language as some kind of attack or imposition on their life. like, what the fuck is wrong with you?

submitted 165 days ago • 2364 comments

Really love it when the “flag-waving patriots” start verbalising abt migrants with regard to “assimilating”, “fitting in” & “learning the English language” 🙄 Especially hypocritical when fck all “fitting into” First Nations ppl’s culture, customs & language was even attempted by early “colonisers”

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Shhhhhh! No Warren will be a great candidate! He’s just what is needed!!!

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What’s going on in the USA is not normal. We need a collective global effort to defeat fascism & the dark forces of fossil fuel interests, ‘Christian’ nationalists, white supremacists and billionaires on an ego trip. We need to take the gloves off with these people. Our kids lives are at stake.

submitted 165 days ago • 9 comments

Remarkable

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Miracle has occurred. #SupremeCourt of USA has ruled in 5/4 vote that #Trump must be sentenced in New York today for guilt in hush money trial. Swing vote was Judge who is devout conservative #Catholic. Hope she is now given personal protection as Trump seeks revenge in his usual lawless way.

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Donald Trump faces sentencing in hush-money trial after supreme court rejects his request for delay – live

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The Washington Post calls January 6 and the events leading up to it "election-reversal efforts." It has gotten Orwellian over there. I will say again, support independent, pro-democracy media.

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The only LNP seat that voted ‘Yes’ in the Voice referendum gets a candidate who led the ‘No’ campaign backed by another 2 leaders of the ‘No’ case, 1 of whom was the first to lose his seat to a Teal on the Nth Shore partly because he voted No on gay marriage when his constituents voted Yes. Genius!

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On January 7, 2021, Trump called the Capitol riots a “heinous attack” and promised accountability for the rioters. Today, he’s painting them as heroes and promising pardons. The Big Picture breaks down how Trump and his allies have tried to rebrand Jan. 6—and why we can’t let it go unchallenged.

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Climate Betrayal: how backroom deals with Japan locked Australia in for decades of gas Despite the Australian public voting for the need to address climate change, the Labor government has backed in decades of future gas exports. Rex Patrick and Philip Dorling Listen to this story #auspol

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Wonderful .. #auspol

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Hottest year on record sent planet past 1.5C of heating for first time in 2024

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It was like #abc730 went out of their way - in their report about the Californian wildfires last night - not to mention climate change 🤔 #auspol

submitted 166 days ago • 18 comments

Musk and Ramaswamy sending agents across US government to seek cuts

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Can Australian cities survive #bushfires of power of one that hit #LosAngeles Answer is NO. We do not invest in our underresourced Fire Brigades and we waste 90% of rain that falls on our continent.

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Yep. The LA fires have made it abundantly clear the response will always be: 1) Blame environmentalists 2) Try to buy their way out of it. Tbh Australia has now had a 20 years of so of bushfires being blamed on Green groups.

submitted 166 days ago • 43 comments

Perfectly depicted.

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I know I keep screaming this into the void but just because climate change isn’t the only factor contributing to an extreme event doesn’t mean it’s not a factor. Literally nothing on Earth is unaffected by the changing climate.

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If we were facing a water shortage, our first step wouldn't be to start importing water, we'd say 'how can we reduce water demand?' When the majority of Australian gas is exported, why are we looking to import gas from overseas? @pollyjhemming.bsky.social #auspol youtu.be/zLJyZhrv2wg?...

submitted 166 days ago • 9 comments

A good read … Australia’s National Debt could be reduced and wiped out over time with structural change to our revenue collection for our National mineral assets. Tax our natural resources at 78% Be a Norway .. 🇳🇴 Every Billionaire is a policy failure. #auspol

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