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David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · 21h

“Health-related absences from work continued to track COVID-19 circulation and were 12.9% higher in the postpandemic period compared with before the pandemic.” jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Enduring Outcomes of COVID-19 Work Absences on the US Labor Market

This cohort study examines the extent to which COVID-19 continues to generate work absences and decrease labor force participation beyond the pandemic period in the US.

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Damien Irving @drclimate.bsky.social · 1d

A very wise man once labelled them "tactical fatalists"

Forget climate denial, Labor's tactical fatalism will burn us all

The climate movement is ill-equipped to deal with a threat that looks like this. Any fantasy we had of a global moral pact of good intentions is dead.

www.crikey.com.au

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

We have truly not yet figured out how to cope with a person or institution that is "aware" of climate change, "accepts the science", but then decides to continue actively worsening it anyway

We don't even have a word or a phrase for this!

theconversation.com/mark-carneys...

Mark Carney’s climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate change’s existential threat

Climate action no longer seems to be a priority for Prime Minister Mark Carney, despite his previous activism. This is bad news for Canadians and the climate.

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Damien Irving @drclimate.bsky.social · 1d

"An extension of the huge BHP/Mitsubishi Peak Downs mine in Queensland aims to continue operations for almost another century - out to 2116."

Labor’s slate for fossil fuel approvals

The Albanese government has already approved 31 fossil fuel projects, and more than that are waiting, even as renewables overtake coal as the top source of electricity.

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CODEPINK @codepink.bsky.social · 1d

"Anyone who knows what she stands for knows there’s nothing remotely peaceful about her politics."

CODEPINK's Latin America campaigner Michelle Ellner explains the problem with this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

Read her full article at buff.ly/rN8GzUt

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 1d

'Peace' Has No Meaning When Right-Wingers Like Maria Corina Machado Win the Nobel Prize | "If Henry Kissinger could win a Peace Prize, why not María Corina Machado? Maybe next year they’ll give one to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation for 'compassion under occupation.'"

'Peace' Has No Meaning When Right-Wingers Like Maria Corina Machado Win the Nobel Prize

As Venezuelan-American, I know exactly what Machado represents: the smiling face of Washington’s regime-change machine, the polished spokesperson for sanctions, privatization, and foreign intervention dressed up as democracy.

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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 1d

The Climate Council identifies another 38 new or expanded coal projects seeking federal government approval. Collectively, they would produce more than 5.7 billion tonnes of coal over their lifetimes, equivalent to more than 14 years of current production. satpa.pe/3S4vDMi

Labor’s slate for fossil fuel approvals

The Albanese government has already approved 31 fossil fuel projects, and more than that are waiting, even as renewables overtake coal as the top source of electricity.

satpa.pe

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 1d

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

www.youtube.com

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

One curious thing on this site about speaking out against the encroachment of LLMs is that inevitably you get accused of being anti-tech. I don’t hate technology. I’ve used machine learning in my own code before. But I also recognize that oligarchs are so hellbent on pushing this tech for a reason.

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Damien Irving @drclimate.bsky.social · 1d

"This is not balance, unless we accept a world where truth is balanced by lies" is a pretty good encapsulation of the problem with most reporting these days.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Patrick Reinsborough ❌👑 @giantwhispers.bsky.social · 3d

25 years of analysis confirms what many frontline, indigenous and climate justice groups have been loudly saying for that whole 25 years: climate offsets are a scam meant to mask the obvious reality that we must stop burning fossil fuels. #ClimateSky 🔌💡

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 3d

Some frank words about the hollow rhetoric that now stands as Labor’s climate policy, and how its PR-first strategy has been rewarded by the media. Thanks to 7am

How Albanese killed the climate wars

Podcast Episode · 7am · 08/10/2025 · 15m

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 3d

Just so we’re clear: Labor is choosing to work with the worst possible party on environmental issues, instead of the Greens and teals who actually want environmental regulation.
And Watt is already admitting it won’t have a climate trigger …

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

www.abc.net.au

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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 2d

Consultancy firm charging $440k for an AI generated report with huge errors? Ethical, apparently.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Peter Brannen @peterbrannen.bsky.social · 2d

Just remembered this jaw-dropping graph by @oceansclimatecu.bsky.social showing the rate of change in CO2 during the previous two deglaciations of the Pleistocene (which, as a fun aside, featured ~400 feet of sea level rise) as compared with today

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 3d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t know about you, but I’m a bit scared of any new ‘environment laws’ that Labor can get Matt Canavan and Andrew Hastie to vote for…I think they will be better described as ‘ how to build more mines faster laws’ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

www.abc.net.au

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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 3d

September climate warming stripes. It's as if something has changed. 🤔

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 3d

Asking Home Affairs about staffing for the Special Envoys - the Antisemitism envoy has 5 FTE positions (6 staff) and the Islamophobia envoy is still recruiting 👀

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 3d

Reminder: Australia's only emissions reduction legislation - the safeguard mechanism - allows for unlimited use of offsets instead of requiring genuine cuts from polluters

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 4d

News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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Larissa Waters @larissawaters.bsky.social · 4d

Outrageous to learn in #estimates that most of the federal $5.8 mil allocated to truth-telling wasn’t spent, and was then cancelled, and now NIAA are not working on truth or treaties, and have just half an FTE to monitor work by states and territories.

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 5d

Reminder - carbon offsetting is a con. We have to BOTH stop burning fossil fuels and look after nature

#ClimateEmergency #NatureCrisis

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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