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Please 'like' & share to help spread the news so more Australians can get prepared with quality gear at bargain prices. emergencybk.com.au/shop/ols/cat... Ends 31st March (or earlier), 30% of stock sold in first 4 days! Prices as marked, up to 45% off!

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French Senator Claude Malhuret: "Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."

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Nothing better than a box of quolls! Spent yesterday at one of the sanctuaries that make up the Tasmanian Quoll Conservation Program, helping conserve both eastern & spotted-tailed quolls in the wild @utas.edu.au @tasland.bsky.social

submitted 6 days ago • 12 comments

Making Australia’s NBN rural/regional telecomunications services dependent on either Bezos or Musk low orbit satellites remains problematic. >> www.afr.com/politics/fed...

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Really feels like Trump and Vance's actions on Ukraine seem to be personal, more about punishing Zelenskyy for Ukraine's perceived involvement in Russiagate than international geopolitics. This is why you have repeated demands that Zelenskyy "just say thank you" and "be grateful".

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Today we witnessed President Zelensky stand up to a bully. Think about how vulnerable he must have felt. Think about the setup. It was arranged to make him feel powerless. Despite that, he didn’t cower. Don’t focus on the bully. Think about the courage that took & what it means for us & the world.

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How could @ourworldindata.org maps be better? Do you experience any annoyances or pain points when you interact with our maps? Is there something you wish you could do that you currently can’t? What’s the next cool thing we could build on top of our maps? Any notes welcome! Thank you 🙏

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One of the measures you can take now is refusing to buy from Walmart, target or Amazon More actions to print off and consider

submitted 22 days ago • 82 comments

You can ignore climate change. The political system can ignore climate change. But the insurance industry cannot ignore climate change.

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David Pope in Canberra Times

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One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it should be about 10%. The actual number is less than 1%. Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.

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A spine chilling moment from Donald Trump to Michaelia Cash promising strong-man leadership from Dutton. Trump's tariff announcements mean trouble for the global economy and it's the workers and consumers in every country who will pay with job losses and higher prices.

submitted 34 days ago • 30 comments

Read this.

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Even if you believed "small government" works to give some people some more $ exactly what "power" is Price or small government going to give to anyone? Individuals acting in their own self-interest or for vested interests are not going to solve the housing crisis, or reduce living costs.

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In preparation for an election here in Australia I genuinely support different politics and points of view. But you have to be able to argue your policies will benefit everyone -queer, First Nations, migrant, the young - and not just straight white ppl. And you need to argue it with civility!

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As the govt junks its gambling reforms, we discover a $600m black hole in Sportsbet accounts #foxtel #auspol #janus #asic #ato michaelwest.com.au/sportsbet-ga...

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

#OnThisDay, 1 Feb 1998, Lillian Fishburne becomes the first African-American woman to be a rear Admiral in the US Navy. #WomenInHistory #AmericanHistory

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

Many of my US friends say that they are coping by not turning on the news. I understand it and don't blame them but I guess this is also how descent into authoritarianism works - most people, understandably, just concentrating on getting by in their lives and in their local community.

submitted 36 days ago • 112 comments

The school system's response to the executive order threatening to defund schools based on their curriculum is one of the best things I've seen all week. #resist

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

I've 🤔 about these excellent ?s. I've reflected on what others have said about Musk, Zuck, the far right, loneliness, broken politics, fragmented media & cities. There's no silver bullet. Part of what might work is strengthening & building communities. Imagining more communal ways of being.

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In Australia, the concept of "free speech" is even more complex. There's no Human Rights Act (Cth) or constitutional right to free speech - only an implied freedom of political communication. And as explored recently in @joshbornstein.bsky.social's book there is so much hypocrisy on this topic.

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This has always been my worst fear about climate change: the worse it gets, the more geopolitical chaos it causes; the more geopolitical chaos there is, the harder it is to cooperate to fight climate change. theconversation.com/a-doom-loop-...

submitted 89 days ago • 114 comments

What happens when #climatechange makes more properties uninsurable? When banks can no longer lend to people living in uninsurable communities? What happens to an #economy underpinned by property values when large numbers of homes become stranded assets? @albomp.bsky.social @phannam.bsky.social

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“Extinction is a massive, global challenge...but I think it’s really important to remember that we are still having wins...with increased and sufficient support and investment, we could make great strides to repair the damage that’s already been done and prevent further environmental harm.”

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I ❤️ Quebec! Big! www.theenergymix.com/quebec-to-ba...

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At @ourworldindata.org we publish a new data insight every day. Find them all here: ourworldindata.org/data-insights Today's insight is that Spain and Portugal now get 40% of their electricity from solar and wind. Interesting how similar their trajectories are!

submitted 109 days ago • 11 comments

The self satisfied tiredness of a #dogonthebeach

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For the folks interested in #energytransition, here are two recent pieces we rolled out. Both #openaccess 1️⃣ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 2️⃣ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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A photo, taken by my very clever brother, of the black-necked stork that came to visit near my home. A totally captivating visitor!

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