Tony Fisk
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Tony Fisk
@arfisk.bsky.social
· Jan 28
So Here We Are
wearebouthere.blogspot.com
Anyone interested in news articles about the environment, climate, clean energy (and maybe a spot of resistance) may like to add my blog to their RSS feeds.
wearebouthere.blogspot.com
wearebouthere.blogspot.com
Anyone who believes that AI can solve climate change is in dire need of bridge shares.
Big Tech says AI can solve climate change. The actual data says not so fast. Learn why/how so many claims about AI’s climate benefit are a hoax 👇
beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/02/17/t...
beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/02/17/t...
February 17, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Anyone who believes that AI can solve climate change is in dire need of bridge shares.
Petro-patronymic?
Just learnt a new term:
Petro-masculinity
Where burning down the planet is a strong thing
Petro-masculinity
Where burning down the planet is a strong thing
February 17, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Petro-patronymic?
"We have always been at war with the Fascist State."
👀 Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 17, 2026 at 1:01 AM
"We have always been at war with the Fascist State."
... and suddenly, the objections to online voting fade away.
Holy shit. This is extremely relevant -- like, it's eerie how relevant -- to a story called "Lily the Immortal" by Kyile Lee Baker, that I narrated for It's Storytime last week.
This is happening at a far faster pace than we anticipated in the episode. Extremely grim, very enraging
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
February 17, 2026 at 1:00 AM
... and suddenly, the objections to online voting fade away.
"Change or die" he said.
... and that's how the Liberals became a party of shambling nuclear zombies. #radzzz
... and that's how the Liberals became a party of shambling nuclear zombies. #radzzz
"Change or Die" Angus Taylor tells the Liberals.
Embracing the half life is half way to political death....
Less than a year ago Australians voted for an energy future that is #renewable, not #radioactive.
No place, time or license for #nuclear
Embracing the half life is half way to political death....
Less than a year ago Australians voted for an energy future that is #renewable, not #radioactive.
No place, time or license for #nuclear
February 17, 2026 at 12:50 AM
"Change or die" he said.
... and that's how the Liberals became a party of shambling nuclear zombies. #radzzz
... and that's how the Liberals became a party of shambling nuclear zombies. #radzzz
Man who says party must change or die turns to necromancy.
Angus Taylor promotes Tony Abbott, John Howard and the corpse of Martin Bormann to his front bench, as party attempts to win back voters fleeing to One Nation.
February 16, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Man who says party must change or die turns to necromancy.
AUKUS was a plan hatched out between Trump and Morrison.
Says it all.
Says it all.
AUKUS: jobs gloss, dependence fine print - and the reality that it makes Australia less safe.👇🏽
www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/aukus-i...
www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/aukus-i...
AUKUS: An Expensive Way To Make Australia Less Safe
Has anyone else noticed how Anthony Albanese spruiks AUKUS with the gloss of “jobs”. Yes, shipbuilding jobs are real jobs. They matter. But if the argument a $368 billion program has to rely on jobs a...
www.lyrebirddreaming.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:26 AM
AUKUS was a plan hatched out between Trump and Morrison.
Says it all.
Says it all.
Criminals?
Polling these last two weeks is very clear that Trump has not only lost the argument about ICE, he's also lost it on mass deportation. Country wants him to focus on the criminals and leave the rest of us alone. From new Yahoo/YouGov:
www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
February 15, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Criminals?
Always recall that Ghislaine Maxwell's father was a media baron, and a Russian and Israeli asset.
The newly released Epstein files show a former Israeli PM asking a convicted sex criminal for help brokering a Trump media interview, and plotting to bring a million Russians to Israel to dilute the Palestinian population. MSM keeps leaving the Israel part out. mondoweiss.net/2026/02/newl...
Newly released Epstein files reveal further ties to Israel
The release of more Jeffrey Epstein files reveals further connections between the late, convicted sex criminal and the state of Israel.
mondoweiss.net
February 14, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Always recall that Ghislaine Maxwell's father was a media baron, and a Russian and Israeli asset.
A moral panic about... bicycles!?
Rental ebike programs booming in Australian cities as e-scooter ‘moral panic’ sees take-up stall
Rental ebike programs booming in Australian cities as e-scooter ‘moral panic’ sees take-up stall
After a fast kick-off in Australia, e-scooter hire crackdowns fuelled by safety concerns have seen shared ebikes pull ahead
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Rental ebikes are booming in popularity as e-scooter hire operations decline across Australia amid what some have labelled a “moral panic” over safety.
The ebike boom has been led by Sydney, where the number of vehicles on streets nearly doubled in 2025 as US operator Lime deployed thousands more. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:04 PM
A moral panic about... bicycles!?
Reposted by Tony Fisk
He’s a liar. He lied under oath. He lied to get the job. Impeach him.
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p
RFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He's broken many of them
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both.
n.pr
February 13, 2026 at 5:08 PM
He’s a liar. He lied under oath. He lied to get the job. Impeach him.
Was Ley smiling when she announced her retirement?
Angus Taylor faces leadership test in Farrer byelection as independent vows to ‘finish what we started’ and oust Liberals
Angus Taylor faces leadership test in Farrer byelection as independent vows to ‘finish what we started’ and oust Liberals
With backers including Climate 200, Michelle Milthorpe is confident she can win Sussan Ley’s south-western NSW seat
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Some are tucked away in sheds, gathering dust. Others were never taken down, but have been crowded out by undergrowth in the nine months since the federal election.
But across the electorate of Farrer, in south-western NSW, they’re about to return to roost: the orange emu corflutes used to support independent candidate Michelle Milthorpe. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Was Ley smiling when she announced her retirement?
High maintenance folk require qualified carers.
The details of the Kristi Noem blanket incident are just fucking perfect
February 14, 2026 at 9:47 AM
High maintenance folk require qualified carers.
May you have the grace to respond to it happening today.
The courage to accept that maybe it won't.
And the wisdom to know the difference.*
*a coherent video message with an AI tag might be a hint.
The courage to accept that maybe it won't.
And the wisdom to know the difference.*
*a coherent video message with an AI tag might be a hint.
February 14, 2026 at 12:49 AM
May you have the grace to respond to it happening today.
The courage to accept that maybe it won't.
And the wisdom to know the difference.*
*a coherent video message with an AI tag might be a hint.
The courage to accept that maybe it won't.
And the wisdom to know the difference.*
*a coherent video message with an AI tag might be a hint.
PSA: Police are allowed to lie, if it helps further their investigations.
otoh 'Perverting the Course of Justice' is also a thing.
otoh 'Perverting the Course of Justice' is also a thing.
February 14, 2026 at 12:42 AM
PSA: Police are allowed to lie, if it helps further their investigations.
otoh 'Perverting the Course of Justice' is also a thing.
otoh 'Perverting the Course of Justice' is also a thing.
Gotta keep one's groaking game en pointe
“You realize it’s an hour and a half until dinnertime and you don’t need to sit there the whole time and stare at me, right?”
“I got nowhere to be”
“I got nowhere to be”
February 14, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Gotta keep one's groaking game en pointe
Drone strike.
New drone footage from @floodlightnews.org - the fossil methane power plant Musk built specifically to create abusive and racist material on his social media website is still wildly breaching EPA regulations even after a ruling against using them -->>>
floodlightnews.org/thermal-dron...
floodlightnews.org/thermal-dron...
February 13, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Drone strike.
MAHA!
Surviving Americans *will* be healthier
... than those who don't.
Surviving Americans *will* be healthier
... than those who don't.
After a year of RFK, Jr., heading the Department of Health and Human Services, the “Make America Healthy Again” movement has upended science and medicine
Here's how a year of RFK, Jr., has changed American science
After a year of RFK, Jr., heading the Department of Health and Human Services, the “Make America Healthy Again” movement has upended science and medicine
www.scientificamerican.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:02 PM
MAHA!
Surviving Americans *will* be healthier
... than those who don't.
Surviving Americans *will* be healthier
... than those who don't.
missiles, or missile systems?
Ukraine is set to receive 35 missiles for U.S.-produced Patriot air defense systems from its partners soon, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius told journalists on Feb. 12 following a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at NATO headquarters.
Allies pledge 35 Patriot missiles for Ukraine — sounds a lot, but is it?
Ukraine is set to receive 35 missiles for U.S.-produced Patriot air defense systems from its partners soon, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Feb. 12.
kyivindependent.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
missiles, or missile systems?
A racial memory.
"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)"
Written by Rudy Clark. Published by Sony/ATV Songs LLC / BMG Gold Songs.
Performed by Cher. Courtesy of Geffen Records.
Written by Rudy Clark. Published by Sony/ATV Songs LLC / BMG Gold Songs.
Performed by Cher. Courtesy of Geffen Records.
February 13, 2026 at 9:52 PM
A racial memory.
Maybe he was just blindly chasing acclaim even then but, given his current attitudes, I'm beginning to think Musk didn't mean for his batteries to actually work.
I doubt he'd make that bet today.
I doubt he'd make that bet today.
>Secret Sauce: Huge investments in utility-scale batteries and the new Goyder South wind farm (the state’s largest) are the primary drivers displacing expensive gas generation
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February 13, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Maybe he was just blindly chasing acclaim even then but, given his current attitudes, I'm beginning to think Musk didn't mean for his batteries to actually work.
I doubt he'd make that bet today.
I doubt he'd make that bet today.
Once the people who did the paint job were acquitted, it would have been ridiculous to rule otherwise.
(of course, the law is often ridiculous)
(of course, the law is often ridiculous)
A UK court has just ruled that the ban on the Palestine Action Group is blatantly unlawful - EXCELLENT news
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
February 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Once the people who did the paint job were acquitted, it would have been ridiculous to rule otherwise.
(of course, the law is often ridiculous)
(of course, the law is often ridiculous)
Reposted by Tony Fisk
Wow!
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Wow!
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
But, if they time it just so, young girls also know they can walk out and leave the mess for the blokes to clean up.
Fortunately for them, this will not be difficult.
... will it?
Fortunately for them, this will not be difficult.
... will it?
I think there’s something in that for all of us, don’t you?
#auspol
#auspol
February 13, 2026 at 9:39 AM
But, if they time it just so, young girls also know they can walk out and leave the mess for the blokes to clean up.
Fortunately for them, this will not be difficult.
... will it?
Fortunately for them, this will not be difficult.
... will it?
One would need to know context (many folk are simply referred to in passing), but that is quite a list
February 13, 2026 at 7:18 AM
One would need to know context (many folk are simply referred to in passing), but that is quite a list