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Tim Stephens
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Professor of International Law, University of Sydney Law School.

Former Councillor, Inner West Council, Sydney.

www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/tim-stephens.html

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Tim Stephens is Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. Stephens' main areas of research are the international law of the sea and international environmental law. .. more

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · Nov 12
Our edited collection on 'Geopolitical Change and the Antarctic Treaty System' will be out in January 2025.

A big thanks to co-editors Shirley Scott and Jeff McGee and to the contributors for making this project possible.

link.springer.com/book/9789819...
Geopolitical Change and the Antarctic Treaty System
This book explores all aspects of geopolitical considerations between key states of the Antarctica Treaty System (ATS) and lessons that can be gained.
link.springer.com

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 39m
The Coalition always talks down Australia when Labor is in government.
chrisbowenmp.bsky.social Chris Bowen @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social · 47m
You can't be a serious Australian party if you can't support Australia.

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Chris Bowen @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social · 47m
You can't be a serious Australian party if you can't support Australia.

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 4h
It’s the new needles in strawberries panic

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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 7h
Google's parliament house passes are sponsored by Liberal MPs.
Google and YouTube ‘This matter falls outside the scope of the Senate inquiry. That said, Google is happy to share that the following Google personnel presently have a sponsored pass: 1. Stefanee Lovett, sponsored by Zoe McKenzie MP 2. Rebecca Turner, sponsored by Simon Kennedy MP 3. Clare Kennedy, sponsored by Senator the Hon Jane Hume’

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 8h
To defeat the global Goliaths devastating our planet, we must raise an army of Davids | Peter Lewis
To defeat the global Goliaths devastating our planet, we must raise an army of Davids | Peter Lewis
As Australians face a maelstrom of interconnected disasters, the climate catastrophe has become just one of many things to doomscroll about * Guardian Essential poll: only a quarter of older Australians believe climate change can be prevented The Cop30 climate talks have ended in Brazil with a collective shrug of the shoulders after the Goliaths of the fossil energy industry once again flexed their muscles to show the world who is really in control. As our Pacific Island neighbours pleaded for their very survival, more than 1,600 industry lobbyists crashed the party, joining forcing with the Saudis and Russians to kibosh the phase-out of fossil fuels. Continue reading...
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 11h
This is definitely a blind spot in the EPBC Act reform bills.

#auslaw #auspol #climatecrisis

theconversation.com/long-awaited...
Long-awaited environment laws might get Australia sued. Here’s why
Labor has pledged to pass long-awaited environment laws this week. But the current reforms leave Australia open to legal challenge.
theconversation.com

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 11h
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 12h
You can see why the Coalition has gone full climate denial from these numbers. Their MPs, Senators, branch members and voters are disproportionately older (and male).

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Guardian Essential poll: only a quarter of older Australians believe climate change can be prevented
Results show a ‘general sense of gloom’ as fewer Australians now believe climate change is caused by humans compared with March
www.theguardian.com

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Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 12h
Overestimated natural biological nitrogen fixation translates to an exaggerated CO2 fertilisation effect in Earth system models

...meaning models may overestimate future plant carbon uptake as CO2 rises

Better nitrogen modelling = better climate predictions

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Overestimated natural biological nitrogen fixation translates to an exaggerated CO2 fertilization effect in Earth system models | PNAS
CO2 fertilization of the terrestrial biosphere is limited by nitrogen. Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is the dominant natural nitrogen source t...
www.pnas.org

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Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 12h
Scientists warn mountain climate change is accelerating faster than predicted, putting billions of people at risk

👉 Temps are warming 0.21°C per century faster than in the lowlands
👉 Precipitation and snow are more unpredictable, with a significant change from snow to rain

phys.org/news/2025-11...
Scientists warn mountain climate change is accelerating faster than predicted, putting billions of people at risk
Mountains worldwide are experiencing climate change more intensely than lowland areas, with potentially devastating consequences for billions of people who live in and/or depend on these regions, acco...
phys.org

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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 12h
Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.

What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.

And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 12h
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"

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The Keeling Curve @keelingcurve.bsky.social · 1d
426.64 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 23-Nov-2025
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
The Keeling Curve
The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 1d
Australia's British invaders certainly committed a lot of crimes (including genocide)

www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
Trump administration orders US embassy to collect data on migrant crime in Australia
Diplomats at the US embassy in Canberra have been instructed to report on migrant-related crime as the State Department warns Australia against mass migration.
www.smh.com.au

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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 1d
Australia’s longest and deadliest conflict is no longer deniable. The Australian Wars gathers generations of research and testimony into one defining volume — and makes clear that the truth is here. Time to reckon with it. #FrontierWars #TruthTelling #TheAustralianWars #PearlsandIrritations
Massacres, memory and the Memorial: facing our most deadly war
The evidence is overwhelming – Australia’s Frontier Wars were real, deadly, and long, and a landmark new book lays it out in full. So when will the Australian War Memorial fully face the truth?
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d
I thought this was fairly well established, but: here's another new study showing that wind and solar complement each other and make for a more stable grid when combined.
Intermittent solar and wind complement each other for a more stable grid
A study finds combining wind and solar leverages their alternating peak periods, significantly boosting total generation capacity while providing a constant, predictable power curve critical for grid ...
pv-magazine-usa.com

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.

It’s Russian.
Collingwood @admcollingwood 田 Date joined January 2017 • Account based in Europe Veritied since Since August 2024 > 1 username change Last on January 2017 Connected via Eastern Europe (Non-EU) Android App

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Tim Christiaens @timchristiaens.bsky.social · 1d
Calling holding on to your phone as long as it keeps working "device hoarding" is particularly diabolical during an environmental crisis.

www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h...
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 2d
‘Of the 10 Cops held since the landmark Paris agreement was reached in 2015, seven have been led by government ministers who have retained their domestic role, one by a prime minister and one by a senior diplomat.’

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 2d
‘Experts have dismissed claims Chris Bowen cannot remain a senior minister while playing a leading role in international climate negotiations, with one describing the argument as evidence of an Australian “culture cringe”’

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Culture cringe’: experts dismiss Coalition claims Chris Bowen cannot remain minister while leading Cop31 negotiations
Coalition claims key diplomatic role at next year’s conference in Turkey would make Bowen a ‘part-time minister’ while Australians face inflated energy prices
www.theguardian.com

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 2d
“Accelerating the shift to green energy would help cut off support for autocrats like Putin”

www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
‘This should ring alarm bells’: Twiggy Forrest demands an end to Russian oil loopholes in Australia
One of the country’s top business leaders says no Australian motorist should have to wonder whether their money is helping bankroll Vladimir Putin’s assault on Ukraine.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 2d
Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.
aaronparnas.bsky.social Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 2d
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.

This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
NEWS: Major MAGA Accounts on Twitter Exposed as Foreign Actors
A stunning development over the past 24 hours.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 2d
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.

This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
NEWS: Major MAGA Accounts on Twitter Exposed as Foreign Actors
A stunning development over the past 24 hours.
open.substack.com

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 2d
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 2d
What sheep know about the benefits of wind turbines that Australia's National Party doesn't

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 2d
“The latest Newspoll has spelled bad news for the Coalition - with the party’s announcement on net zero failing to lift their primary vote beyond record lows.”

www.news.com.au/breaking-new...
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 2d
Very glad I abandoned the bad place.
dieworkwear.bsky.social derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.

My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
A Twitter account called Ivanka News tweets an AI image of a young woman wearing Muslim garb. The woman is holding a sign that says "I came here illegally. Should I be deported?" Ivanka News writes: What is your response to this person ?? In the "About this account" tab, it appears the account is based in Nigeria An account called MAGA scope writes: Who, in your view is the great enemy of the United States? Communism, Islam, Democratic Party, or Satan? The account is based in Nigeria. An account called MAGA Nadine writes: You go to work and find this. What would you do? The attached pic is an AI image that shows a microwave. The microwave has a sign that says "For religious reasons, this microwave is now making halal food only." The account is based in Morocco. An account called America First posts an AI image of Tulsi Gabbard. They wrote: How would you rate your trust in Tulsi Gabbard on a scale of 1-10?

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 2d
Newspoll. Wow.
kevinbonham.bsky.social Kevin Bonham @kevinbonham.bsky.social · 3d
#Newspoll 58-42 to ALP (yep)

ALP 36 L-NP 24 Green 13 ON 15 IND/other 12

Albanese net 0 (haha) (47-47)
Ley net -29 (26-55)
Better PM (favours incumbents) Albanese leads 54-27.

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 2d
“Climate activists said the declaration was the strongest statement on reducing fossil fuel use ever backed by an Australian government.”

#auspol #climatecrisis

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Now is the hour’: Labor urged to speed up fossil fuel phase-out to justify Cop30 pledge
Despite Australia signing the Belem declaration, Albanese rejected suggestion Labor shouldn’t develop new gas fields
www.theguardian.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.

My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
A Twitter account called Ivanka News tweets an AI image of a young woman wearing Muslim garb. The woman is holding a sign that says "I came here illegally. Should I be deported?" Ivanka News writes: What is your response to this person ?? In the "About this account" tab, it appears the account is based in Nigeria An account called MAGA scope writes: Who, in your view is the great enemy of the United States? Communism, Islam, Democratic Party, or Satan? The account is based in Nigeria. An account called MAGA Nadine writes: You go to work and find this. What would you do? The attached pic is an AI image that shows a microwave. The microwave has a sign that says "For religious reasons, this microwave is now making halal food only." The account is based in Morocco. An account called America First posts an AI image of Tulsi Gabbard. They wrote: How would you rate your trust in Tulsi Gabbard on a scale of 1-10?