Biggerthanfrogs
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Lurking, learning, maybe commenting. "Conscientious objector from the culture war." Reposts ≠ 100% agreement
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“The Japanese Ambassador in Australia said, ‘Japan needs Australian gas for keeping the neon lights of Tokyo’, but it’s not true” – Yuki Tanabe at the Climate Integrity Summit 2025.
Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
November 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
“The Japanese Ambassador in Australia said, ‘Japan needs Australian gas for keeping the neon lights of Tokyo’, but it’s not true” – Yuki Tanabe at the Climate Integrity Summit 2025.
Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
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Just like that. After a week of frantic diplomacy and U.S. threats against Ukraine, Putin rejects ANY agreement.
The only path forward is pressure on Russia to change this stance—sanctions and resumed US military assistance to Ukraine. Otherwise, the last 10 months were a waste.
The only path forward is pressure on Russia to change this stance—sanctions and resumed US military assistance to Ukraine. Otherwise, the last 10 months were a waste.
November 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Just like that. After a week of frantic diplomacy and U.S. threats against Ukraine, Putin rejects ANY agreement.
The only path forward is pressure on Russia to change this stance—sanctions and resumed US military assistance to Ukraine. Otherwise, the last 10 months were a waste.
The only path forward is pressure on Russia to change this stance—sanctions and resumed US military assistance to Ukraine. Otherwise, the last 10 months were a waste.
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"In 2019, Albanese said, “We don’t need a culture of secrecy. We need a culture of disclosure.”
Well, in 2023, his government’s own formal review put the number of secrecy provisions in commonwealth law at 875. Two years later, there are more, not fewer secrecy offences."
Well, in 2023, his government’s own formal review put the number of secrecy provisions in commonwealth law at 875. Two years later, there are more, not fewer secrecy offences."
November 28, 2025 at 3:55 AM
"In 2019, Albanese said, “We don’t need a culture of secrecy. We need a culture of disclosure.”
Well, in 2023, his government’s own formal review put the number of secrecy provisions in commonwealth law at 875. Two years later, there are more, not fewer secrecy offences."
Well, in 2023, his government’s own formal review put the number of secrecy provisions in commonwealth law at 875. Two years later, there are more, not fewer secrecy offences."
"Cheap and unhealthy foods are set to become further entrenched in the Australian diet, according to health experts, who warn the federal government is developing a national food policy with heavy influence from profit-driven food and agriculture industries."
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australian diet set to worsen as national food policy is drawn up by profit-driven industry, experts warn
Many industries on new council are ‘associated with significant health harms’, one academic says
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
"Cheap and unhealthy foods are set to become further entrenched in the Australian diet, according to health experts, who warn the federal government is developing a national food policy with heavy influence from profit-driven food and agriculture industries."
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"The Trump administration on Thursday blamed Biden-era vetting failures for the admission of an Afghan immigrant ... but the alleged gunman was granted asylum this year under President Donald Trump, according to a U.S. government file seen by Reuters."
Officials criticize Biden vetting, but Afghan shooting suspect was granted asylum under Trump - www.reuters.com/world/us/off...
Officials criticize Biden vetting, but Afghan shooting suspect was granted asylum under Trump
The Trump administration on Thursday blamed Biden-era vetting failures for the admission of an Afghan immigrant suspected of shooting two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., but the alleged gu...
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"The Trump administration on Thursday blamed Biden-era vetting failures for the admission of an Afghan immigrant ... but the alleged gunman was granted asylum this year under President Donald Trump, according to a U.S. government file seen by Reuters."
"The Government has been so keen to tell everyone who will listen that one of its top priorities is productivity. This makes their decision to slash funding to the CSIRO all the stranger."
Budgets are about priorities. The idea is to tax things you want less of & subsidise things you want more of
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
If the Government's top priority is productivity, slashing the CSIRO budget does not make sense
Research and development is one of the major drivers of productivity and the CSIRO has a long track record of making productivity enhancing breakthroughs.
thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
"The Government has been so keen to tell everyone who will listen that one of its top priorities is productivity. This makes their decision to slash funding to the CSIRO all the stranger."
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"Housing is in an absolute state but Reeves can’t be arsed to mention it in the budget speech" www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Housing is in an absolute state but Reeves can't be arsed to mention it in the budget speech
Rachel Reeves failed to mention homelessness or affordable housing in her budget speech - that shows exactly what she thinks of poor people
www.thecanary.co
November 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
"Housing is in an absolute state but Reeves can’t be arsed to mention it in the budget speech" www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
"Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for “Living Hell” Under Trump"
“We are men marked for retribution, targeted for extra-judicial punishment,” ... “A sense of doom hovers ahead as I anticipate being buried alive at ADX.”
“We are men marked for retribution, targeted for extra-judicial punishment,” ... “A sense of doom hovers ahead as I anticipate being buried alive at ADX.”
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for “Living Hell” Under Trump: Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation. boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for "Living Hell" Under Trump - Bolts
Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation.
boltsmag.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
"Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for “Living Hell” Under Trump"
“We are men marked for retribution, targeted for extra-judicial punishment,” ... “A sense of doom hovers ahead as I anticipate being buried alive at ADX.”
“We are men marked for retribution, targeted for extra-judicial punishment,” ... “A sense of doom hovers ahead as I anticipate being buried alive at ADX.”
"University graduates in England may have to repay their student loans while earning close to minimum wage under measures announced in the Budget."
This is going to stop SO MANY students going to university.
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage on.ft.com/3M2AYkD
November 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"University graduates in England may have to repay their student loans while earning close to minimum wage under measures announced in the Budget."
"[M]any have treated Reform’s recent dominance as if it were baked in. Increasingly, though, it looks like Reform are struggling to hold on to the lead they’ve enjoyed for several months"
"Scandal-struck Reform are sliding back down the polls" www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Scandal-struck Reform are sliding back down the polls
Support for Farage's Reform slides as voters shift, ultimately proving that not all attention is good attention
www.thecanary.co
November 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
"[M]any have treated Reform’s recent dominance as if it were baked in. Increasingly, though, it looks like Reform are struggling to hold on to the lead they’ve enjoyed for several months"
"The UK has high ambitions for carbon removal projects scaling up in the 2030s – but risks spending billions on unproven technologies."
NEW | A single carbon removal project at a biomass power station In the UK could cost £30 BILLION in government subsidies.
This would cost more than the UK government plans on spending for carbon capture programmes over 25 years.
https://loom.ly/XibxT4k
This would cost more than the UK government plans on spending for carbon capture programmes over 25 years.
https://loom.ly/XibxT4k
November 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
"The UK has high ambitions for carbon removal projects scaling up in the 2030s – but risks spending billions on unproven technologies."
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Because the shooter was an Afghan, and Trump is asserting that it was terrorism. So they are pumping up the Christian nationalism to emphasise "us" vs the Muslim "them" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Because the shooter was an Afghan, and Trump is asserting that it was terrorism. So they are pumping up the Christian nationalism to emphasise "us" vs the Muslim "them" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics."
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:50 AM
"The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics."
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Let's be blunt: A good leader would never be threatened by their subordinates following the law.
Trump's tantrum isn't about politics; it's a preview.
He's telling our troops, "My word is above the law."
That's the opposite of everything our military family signed up to defend.
#IllegalOrders
Trump's tantrum isn't about politics; it's a preview.
He's telling our troops, "My word is above the law."
That's the opposite of everything our military family signed up to defend.
#IllegalOrders
November 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Let's be blunt: A good leader would never be threatened by their subordinates following the law.
Trump's tantrum isn't about politics; it's a preview.
He's telling our troops, "My word is above the law."
That's the opposite of everything our military family signed up to defend.
#IllegalOrders
Trump's tantrum isn't about politics; it's a preview.
He's telling our troops, "My word is above the law."
That's the opposite of everything our military family signed up to defend.
#IllegalOrders
“Silence is not neutrality; it is harm,”
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
“Silence is not neutrality; it is harm,”
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Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
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Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
"Not only did the University of California leadership have nothing to do with the case, but the school system leaders remain so cravenly wedded to capitulation that they’re still in settlement discussions with the administration."
"There are lessons to be learned from this victory — and from the absence of UC leadership in it."
Judge Rules Trump Can’t Cut UC Funding — but UC Leaders Are Still Negotiating a Settlement
While faculty and students won a federal ruling that Trump can’t cut UC funding, UC leaders are still negotiating a settlement.
interc.pt
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 AM
"Not only did the University of California leadership have nothing to do with the case, but the school system leaders remain so cravenly wedded to capitulation that they’re still in settlement discussions with the administration."
"Large parts of Northern Australia are now firmly on a path to being uninhabitable for people before the end of this century, with similar or even more dire predictions for wildlife and ecosystems already showing signs of severe strain and risk of collapse."
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Northern Australia is extraordinary, and it’s under severe threat
Right now, this region, is under siege, in large part due to insatiable corporate and government desires to ‘develop’ the North.
thepoint.com.au
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"Large parts of Northern Australia are now firmly on a path to being uninhabitable for people before the end of this century, with similar or even more dire predictions for wildlife and ecosystems already showing signs of severe strain and risk of collapse."
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
"[P]eople in Morrow County are now drinking from taps loaded with nitrates, with some testing at 40, 50, even 70 parts per million. (For context: the federal safety limit is 10 ppm."
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.
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
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
"[P]eople in Morrow County are now drinking from taps loaded with nitrates, with some testing at 40, 50, even 70 parts per million. (For context: the federal safety limit is 10 ppm."
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“He’s saying to the Coalition, make a deal with me. He’s saying to the Greens, make a deal with me. What does that tell you? ..."
Minister Watt really is making a mockery of this critically important environmental law reform. If he wanted, he could act on the advice of scientists and experts, and amend Labor's bills, and the Greens would agree to support them. Summon the courage, Murray. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor’s attempts to woo Greens and Coalition on nature laws revealed amid criticism of ‘coin toss’
Labor is continuing talks with both sides and could be prepared to give more ground
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“He’s saying to the Coalition, make a deal with me. He’s saying to the Greens, make a deal with me. What does that tell you? ..."
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Oh. So @australianlabor.bsky.social has plans to outsource more governmental work to their mates in the consultancy business. Bound to be at least $10 BILLION coming their way real soon. What a crock. #auspol
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Oh. So @australianlabor.bsky.social has plans to outsource more governmental work to their mates in the consultancy business. Bound to be at least $10 BILLION coming their way real soon. What a crock. #auspol