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Anthony Burke
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Australian political theorist & international relations professor. Climate, justice, biodiversity, ecodemocracy. He/him. New book: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262552554/the-ecology-politic About: https://www.anthonydburke.net .. more

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Anthony Burke is an Australian political theorist and international relations scholar. He is Professor of Environmental Politics and International Relations at the University of New South Wales. He is co-principal at the Planet Politics Institute. .. more

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d
Learned from the Posting Through It podcast just how many MAGA-era influencers turned to politics after failing at more glamorous pursuits — theater, comedy, fashion, TV, movies, music. Knowles, if I’m not mistaken, had dreams of Broadway.
aselrod.bsky.social Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 2d
Michael Knowles and the other Daily Wire chuds play act at being celebrities because it’s the thing they actually crave
liberalcurrents.com Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 3d
“You can sense, particularly from characters like Knowles, a cloying desperation to be seen as important, shiny media figures in their own right. They want the glow of stardom, and they hate the people who have it.” www.liberalcurrents.com/none-more-wo...

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bioGraphic @biographic.bsky.social · 2d
A Mysterious Salmon-Killing Affliction is a Mystery No More

In California, scientists tracked the source of a severe vitamin deficiency that’s killing endangered fish.

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A Mysterious Salmon-Killing Affliction is a Mystery No More - bioGraphic
In California, scientists tracked the source of a severe vitamin deficiency that’s killing endangered fish.
www.biographic.com

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 3d
British colonists committed genocide against Australia's Indigenous population in Victoria, a landmark Aboriginal-led inquiry has found www.bbc.com/news/article...
Inquiry finds British committed genocide on Indigenous Australians - BBC News
It is the country's first formal "truth-telling" inquiry that ran for four years from 2021.
www.bbc.com

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Moriaki Yasuhara @moriakiyasuhara.bsky.social · 3d
New! Transactions B special issue on The biosphere in the Anthropocene: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3... Hope you like the cover and lineup!

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 4d
"Glencore asks Murray Watt to sacrifice koala habitat for coal mine" thepoint.com.au/news/260205-...
Glencore asks Murray Watt to sacrifice koala habitat for coal mine
Australia’s largest coal producer, Glencore, has applied to the Federal Government to extend its Hail Creek open cut coal mine, near Nebo in Central Queensland.
thepoint.com.au

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 4d
US “democracy” is over. It’s a nation on the edge of civil war and it deserves no strategic allies, only human rights ones.

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Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social · 4d
Now would be an even better time.

WaPo is done.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4d
🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 4d
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · 49m I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated. Quote lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · Jan 25 Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp.

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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 5d
NEW BOOK!

I'm very happy to say that my new book, Utopia, co-written with Douglas Mao, has been published on-line

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Utopia
Abstract. Ideal societies, better worlds, more just and peaceful ways of living: these have long been the stuff of human beings’ social dreaming. In this c
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 5d
As extreme heat intensifies across India, public servant Supriya Sahu has been working at the forefront of efforts to help communities adapt to a warming climate in Tamil Nadu.

More on this 2025 #EarthChamps: www.unep.org/championsofe...

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 5d
The commonwealth is struggling to fulfil its role already. It doesn’t have the capacity or will.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 5d
1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
Mandelson’s Fifth Column
The British government’s business department exists to undermine democracy.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 6d
Last night saw russia’s most massive combined strike on Ukraine this year.
The approximate routes of missiles and drones:

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 6d
Feeling this, even though it’s also a bit silly. We should be proud but that’s not what science is for.
lissaharris.bsky.social Lissa Harris 🌈🗑️🔥⚔️🐀 @lissaharris.bsky.social · 6d
I feel extremely perceived by this
menrywy.bsky.social Matt Henry @menrywy.bsky.social · 6d
I recently heard someone say the key to recovering from deep burnout is becoming comfortable with being unremarkable, which I think is really good advice for former academics coming from spaces where the primary currency is individual accolades within an interminable productivity arms race.

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Lissa Harris 🌈🗑️🔥⚔️🐀 @lissaharris.bsky.social · 6d
I feel extremely perceived by this
menrywy.bsky.social Matt Henry @menrywy.bsky.social · 6d
I recently heard someone say the key to recovering from deep burnout is becoming comfortable with being unremarkable, which I think is really good advice for former academics coming from spaces where the primary currency is individual accolades within an interminable productivity arms race.

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Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 6d
NY Times:
"the Energy Department violated the law when Sec. Chris Wright handpicked 5 researchers who reject the scientific consensus on climate change to work in secret on a..report on global warming..Koonin.. Christy..Curry..Ross McKitrick..the Cato Institute..coordinated the report" #AtlasNetwork

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6d
Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.

“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...
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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 6d
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Review of Machin and Wissenburg (2025) (eds.), Handbook of environmental political theory in the Anthropocene and Burke and Fishel (2025), The ecology politic: power, law, and earth in the Anthropocen...
Download Citation | On Jan 19, 2026, Jonathan Pickering published Review of Machin and Wissenburg (2025) (eds.), Handbook of environmental political theory in the Anthropocene and Burke and Fishel (20...
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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 6d
Thank you to Jonathan Pickering for this review of The Ecology Politic, which annoyingly asks the hardest question! and to the 1200 peeps who downloaded the volume last year. It’s also a beautiful book on the shelf.

mitpress.mit.edu/978026255255...
The Ecology Politic
In The Ecology Politic, Anthony Burke and Stefanie Fishel contend that the roots of our planetary crisis lie in the modern state: in its destructive entangle...
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John Fodi @j-fodi.bsky.social · 6d
Brazil's National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan includes the goal of conserving 80% of the Brazilian Amazon by 2030. It is easy to announce targets, but another thing to achieve them. I hope that Brazil succeeds. 🌍

#amazonrainforest #amazonia #amazon

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Brazil sets out its strategy for nature
Brazil is the world’s most biodiverse country, and the title is not closely contested in absolute numbers: between 10% and 15% of all known species live within its borders. The country contains nearly...
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Eos @eos.org · 6d
There’s no tipping point beyond which ocean acidification kills corals, new research shows. With every creeping bit of acidification, corals just continue to die off. 🧪🌊 eos.org/articles/cor...
Coral Diversity Drops as Ocean Acidifies - Eos
As seawater becomes steadily more acidic, complex branching corals die off and are replaced with hard boulder corals and algae.
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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 7d
January 2026 temperature rankings compared to all Januarys since 1895.

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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 10d
Very close to 100% #renewable electricity is feasible for Australia’s main #grid at reasonable cost using just several hours of storage. Four years of #data proves this is so.
Near 100 pct renewable electricity for Australia’s main grid is achievable and affordable: Year 4 update
Very close to 100% renewable electricity is feasible for Australia’s main grid at reasonable cost using just several hours of storage. Four years of data proves this is so.
reneweconomy.com.au

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Alex Steffen @alexsteffen.bsky.social · 10d
NEW: When it comes to climate foresight, the small stuff really adds up.

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Things fall apart; the maintenance schedule cannot hold.
Climate foresight at a small scale.
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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 10d
Government rejecting solid business cases for climate resilience, loading costs onto local councils.
New emergency response system will cost local govt $82m
Local and central government hope to save money by investing in resilience, and will split the cost of implementing a new response system
newsroom.co.nz

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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 10d
Coolcool. But who really needs a habitable planet? Probably worth it to churn out some sick memes, fake photos, and plagiarized papers. Right?
US leads record global surge in gas-fired power driven by AI demands, with big costs for the climate
Projects this year expected to triple global gas capacity, forecast finds, as concerns grow over impacts on planet
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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 11d
Anodyne word for fascism?

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James Brandt @jamesbrandt.bsky.social · 11d
I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:

"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11d
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
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The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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