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Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 2h

Interesting piece on Thiel’s nazi father.

Peter Thiel Represents the Hidden Genealogy of American Fascism | flyingpenguin

www.flyingpenguin.com

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Michael Taylor @ausindimedia.bsky.social · 10h

“US political leaders’ statements touting US as the beacon of democracy, humanitarianism, fair play, decency on the world stage ring hollow to anyone with an iota of moral clarity.”

theaimn.net/in-its-250th...

In its 250th year, America’s genocide support has forever destroyed its worldwide moral authority

By Walt Zlotow US political leaders’ statements touting US as the beacon of democracy, humanitarianism, fair play, decency on the world stage ring hollow to anyone with an iota of moral clarity. The...

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Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 13h

So long as they are in fact “out”.

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Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 15h

The Journo, Tobi Loftus, is yet another News corp ring in.

Murdoch’s ABC

Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 20h

It really does say something when an article about reactions to a coal power plant continuing to operate says nothing about climate change, the existential threat it poses and the need to phase out oil, gas and coal.

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 20h

Communities across Queensland have welcomed plans to keep coal and gas burning across the state, though some warn a lack of future planning could undermine short-term benefits.

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Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 15h

Tobi Loftus = Newscorp ring in

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Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 15h

Wait til you see peak oil supply kick in

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Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 1d

Another term of this gov and Kiwis won’t be able to afford to leave.

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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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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 1d

Exceptional heat in AUSTRALIA

In New South Wales max. temperatures yesterday >35C and today tropical nights in some areas.
In fact, the minimum of 20.4C at Mount Seaview is the highest ever recorded in October.

Next days heat wave in Western Australia with up to 44C/45C

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Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 2d

Reddit Agriculture. US farmers are up shit / Trump creek

Reddit post. Farmers believing China won’t come back to buy US soybean. Asking what’s else to grow.

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 2d

For one, the loudest climate deniers sure do love to tell you about their credentials. Another is the extent to which individual anti-renewables groups are spamming submissions to create the impression of much more opposition or frustration than there actually is.

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 3d

'Our capability to observe the Earth's energy imbalance and budget terms is threatened as satellites are decommissioned'

And now it's (temporarily? 🤞) not being updated.

We need more CERES satellites.

Can @esa.int @esaclimate.bsky.social @ecmwf.int and others help?
@carlobuontempo.bsky.social

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Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 2d

Where do we get source data of NASA reports on this

Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 2d

Japan need to get off gas

Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 2d

Japan should stop burning gas

Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 7d

This is quite something.

More summer warming over the oceans around and East of Japan in the past 5 years that the preceding 170 years..

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 4d

I just updated this NASA CERES graph. The regional level of Absorbed Solar Radiation increased by 4.2 W/m² in 20 years!!

That's more than the global greenhouse gas forcing increase since 1750!

The 2 W/m² Net Flux increase indicates that there is a lot more regional warming in the pipeline.

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Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 3d

Sounds like Queensland

Oil Change International @oilchange.bsky.social · 3d

“This two-tiered approach...won't lower electricity costs," said Ted Kelly, of the Environmental Defense Fund. “It just saddles families and businesses with higher bills and more asthma-causing pollution.”

For the Trump admin, fossil fuel profits always matter more than the people.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3d

The White House is offering “concierge, white glove service” to oil, coal and other fossil fuel companies that are seeking to gain fast approval for their projects, according to an energy official, while slowing down or blocking solar and wind projects.

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Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 3d

About consensus v reality of 2°C by 2030. #cssmyass

Chart highlighting rapid and reserved global warming above all models

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 4d

Antarctica may have passed a climate tipping point of no return, scientists are warning, with mounting evidence that a sudden slump in sea ice formation since 2016 is linked to human-induced ocean warming.

Antarctica may have crossed a tipping point that leads to rising seas

Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it represents a permanent shift with potentially catastrophic consequences

www.newscientist.com

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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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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 3d

More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows

- Fossil fuel donors poured $96m into Trump’s 2025 presidential campaign and affiliated action committees

Story by @dharna.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows

Report looks at White House nominees and appointees and agencies dictating energy, environment and climate policy

www.theguardian.com

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Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 3d

Oh Japan, this is seriously not the right path.

www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/japan-is-bet...

Japan is betting heavily on CCS — which involves capturing concentrated CO2 from industrial sites or power plants, and moving it by pipeline or ship to sites.

a man wearing a yellow hard hat holds a stop sign

ALT: a man wearing a yellow hard hat holds a stop sign

media.tenor.com

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Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 3d

It’s pretty simple. His electorate needs an independent.

The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 3d

“I fear, given Hastie’s religious and military backgrounds, that he seems to be flirting dangerously with the hard-right strongman image that the Americans have embraced. And no good can come of it,” writes John Hewson. satpa.pe/l9LgRZ5

Andrew Hastie’s play for the leadership

satpa.pe

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Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 3d

Corporate ventriloquism 📌

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 3d

I have not actually read the new climate obstruction book yet but my mate sent me this really excellent extract

www.routledge.com/Climate-Obst...

Corporate Ventriloquism

Corporate ventriloquism is a rhetorical process by which companies transmit messages through other entities, usually of their own creation, to construct and animate an alternative ethos, voice, or identity that advances their interests.

Some companies have used corporate ventriloquism to advance their agendas through support for community organizations.

Ventriloquism Companies may create front groups and information campaigns, but also leverage corporate social responsibility strategies that invest in community development. Such strategies have been used for decades as a means for industry actors to underscore their legitimacy and to shore up the perception that they are positive social contributors to the environments in which they operate.

Research has shown how extractive industries such as coal have invested heavily in local communities to sow solidarity and support for the industry.

Material investments such as parks, community centers, sponsored events (concerts, car shows, etc.), and museums are not only a means of winning support through material investment in communities (a form of philanthropy or bribery), but also of symbolically “branding” the community and of making it more difficult for the community to oppose industry goals.

Similarly, investor-owned utilities sponsor sports stadiums and museums—branding efforts that double as philanthropy—in their efforts to effectively blur the line between public and private interests.

Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 3d

So they’re going to take on Bunnings?

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