CommonEndeavour
@commonendeavour.bsky.social
A place to explore political possibilities.
Putting our connections at the heart of our politics.
www.commonendeavour.org
Putting our connections at the heart of our politics.
www.commonendeavour.org
Terrific news about the Ipswich big battery. An amazing development on the old Swanbank coal fired power station site.
www.indailyqld.com.au/news/just-in...
www.indailyqld.com.au/news/just-in...
Big Ipswich battery powers up
The state Government introduces a new full-capacity grid-scale battery in response to demands for affordable and sustainable energy.
www.indailyqld.com.au
February 5, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Terrific news about the Ipswich big battery. An amazing development on the old Swanbank coal fired power station site.
www.indailyqld.com.au/news/just-in...
www.indailyqld.com.au/news/just-in...
Love this idea of “rebellious connection” from the folk at Good Conflict.
People expecting division? Connect anyway. You just might see the power of diversity in action.
Takes courage but many worthwhile things do. And you’ve got it.
www.thegoodconflict.com
People expecting division? Connect anyway. You just might see the power of diversity in action.
Takes courage but many worthwhile things do. And you’ve got it.
www.thegoodconflict.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Love this idea of “rebellious connection” from the folk at Good Conflict.
People expecting division? Connect anyway. You just might see the power of diversity in action.
Takes courage but many worthwhile things do. And you’ve got it.
www.thegoodconflict.com
People expecting division? Connect anyway. You just might see the power of diversity in action.
Takes courage but many worthwhile things do. And you’ve got it.
www.thegoodconflict.com
In Davos , Canadian PM Mark Carney talked about the dangers of unconsidered connection.
“Over the past two decades, a series of crises in finance, health, energy and geopolitics have laid bare the risks of extreme global integration.”
theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#AusPol #Connection
“Over the past two decades, a series of crises in finance, health, energy and geopolitics have laid bare the risks of extreme global integration.”
theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#AusPol #Connection
‘The powerful have their power. We have the capacity to stop pretending’: the Canadian PM’s call to action at Davos | Mark Carney
In a rousing speech, Mark Carney made the case for unity in the face of Donald Trump’s new world order. We reproduce it here
theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:59 PM
In Davos , Canadian PM Mark Carney talked about the dangers of unconsidered connection.
“Over the past two decades, a series of crises in finance, health, energy and geopolitics have laid bare the risks of extreme global integration.”
theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#AusPol #Connection
“Over the past two decades, a series of crises in finance, health, energy and geopolitics have laid bare the risks of extreme global integration.”
theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#AusPol #Connection
Join in the polis chat @CAPADAUS.bsky.social are running.
WHAT do you want GOVERNMENT to do for us in 2026?
Take our poll to help shape a clear message to our MPs
Vote on others' ideas
Share the poll widely: more people, stronger message.
Details & links: canberra-alliance.org.au/activity/
WHAT do you want GOVERNMENT to do for us in 2026?
Take our poll to help shape a clear message to our MPs
Vote on others' ideas
Share the poll widely: more people, stronger message.
Details & links: canberra-alliance.org.au/activity/
January 28, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Join in the polis chat @CAPADAUS.bsky.social are running.
WHAT do you want GOVERNMENT to do for us in 2026?
Take our poll to help shape a clear message to our MPs
Vote on others' ideas
Share the poll widely: more people, stronger message.
Details & links: canberra-alliance.org.au/activity/
WHAT do you want GOVERNMENT to do for us in 2026?
Take our poll to help shape a clear message to our MPs
Vote on others' ideas
Share the poll widely: more people, stronger message.
Details & links: canberra-alliance.org.au/activity/
We know parent-child relationships are important for children's health. Now we are learning that supporting safe, stable & nurturing relationships in the first three years of childhood can prevent the harm that comes from childhood adversity.
www.apa.org/monitor/2026...
#ChildHealth #Connection
www.apa.org/monitor/2026...
#ChildHealth #Connection
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January 25, 2026 at 11:57 PM
We know parent-child relationships are important for children's health. Now we are learning that supporting safe, stable & nurturing relationships in the first three years of childhood can prevent the harm that comes from childhood adversity.
www.apa.org/monitor/2026...
#ChildHealth #Connection
www.apa.org/monitor/2026...
#ChildHealth #Connection
A LinkedIn post about the ease of, and the trouble with, looking down on others.
www.linkedin.com/posts/remo-o...
www.linkedin.com/posts/remo-o...
#connection | Remo Ostini
I’m going through a Ballpark Music phase. Going to the BPM concert last year was one of most fun things I did in 2025.
As well as the energy and joy that comes with their music they often have intere...
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January 21, 2026 at 10:09 AM
A LinkedIn post about the ease of, and the trouble with, looking down on others.
www.linkedin.com/posts/remo-o...
www.linkedin.com/posts/remo-o...
A new publication from the National Academies (USA) about the the way "mutual, meaningful, and affirming moments of connection" in our earliest relationships help build "thriving children, families, and communities."
www.nationalacademies.org/publications...
#Connection
www.nationalacademies.org/publications...
#Connection
January 12, 2026 at 4:56 AM
A new publication from the National Academies (USA) about the the way "mutual, meaningful, and affirming moments of connection" in our earliest relationships help build "thriving children, families, and communities."
www.nationalacademies.org/publications...
#Connection
www.nationalacademies.org/publications...
#Connection
Life was never meant to be a DIY project.
It’s also true that no one in the world can live your life as well as you.
You just shouldn’t be expected to do it on your own.
#connection #DIY
It’s also true that no one in the world can live your life as well as you.
You just shouldn’t be expected to do it on your own.
#connection #DIY
December 8, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Life was never meant to be a DIY project.
It’s also true that no one in the world can live your life as well as you.
You just shouldn’t be expected to do it on your own.
#connection #DIY
It’s also true that no one in the world can live your life as well as you.
You just shouldn’t be expected to do it on your own.
#connection #DIY
December 6, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Agree that it’s important to state that climate report says we’ll just miss the 2030 target but miss the 2035 target by a mile.
It also noted that we achieved our biggest CO2 reduction outside Covid. So perhaps there is reason to hope for more improvement.
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/7...
It also noted that we achieved our biggest CO2 reduction outside Covid. So perhaps there is reason to hope for more improvement.
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/7...
podcasts.apple.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Agree that it’s important to state that climate report says we’ll just miss the 2030 target but miss the 2035 target by a mile.
It also noted that we achieved our biggest CO2 reduction outside Covid. So perhaps there is reason to hope for more improvement.
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/7...
It also noted that we achieved our biggest CO2 reduction outside Covid. So perhaps there is reason to hope for more improvement.
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/7...
Stephen Dubner on what he learnt from hanging out with economists — probability and clear-eyed reasoning is important.
And what he didn’t — the connection between people is far more important.
freakonomics.com/podcast/what...
And what he didn’t — the connection between people is far more important.
freakonomics.com/podcast/what...
November 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Stephen Dubner on what he learnt from hanging out with economists — probability and clear-eyed reasoning is important.
And what he didn’t — the connection between people is far more important.
freakonomics.com/podcast/what...
And what he didn’t — the connection between people is far more important.
freakonomics.com/podcast/what...
A new post on LinkedIn about a beautiful podcast from Yo Yo Ma and Anna Gonzales.
Reminding us of the importance of place to who we are, and the dangers of throwing in your lot with an extractive industry.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/our-co...
Reminding us of the importance of place to who we are, and the dangers of throwing in your lot with an extractive industry.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/our-co...
Our Common Nature
Our Common Nature is a beautiful new show by Anna Gonzales of Radiolab and Terrestrials fame. It's a podcast project of Yo Yo Ma with not as much Yo Yo Ma as I was expecting but a beautiful exploratio...
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November 30, 2025 at 12:21 AM
A new post on LinkedIn about a beautiful podcast from Yo Yo Ma and Anna Gonzales.
Reminding us of the importance of place to who we are, and the dangers of throwing in your lot with an extractive industry.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/our-co...
Reminding us of the importance of place to who we are, and the dangers of throwing in your lot with an extractive industry.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/our-co...
A thoughtful exploration of important ideas about what it means that something is being said at all, rather than the specific words being said.
Points to the important nexus between the market for ideas and the role of leadership.
in-between-days.ghost.io/the-hitchhik...
By @timhollo.bsky.social
Points to the important nexus between the market for ideas and the role of leadership.
in-between-days.ghost.io/the-hitchhik...
By @timhollo.bsky.social
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Political Psychology?
"The point, in short, is that we need to talk less about politics (in the sense of arguing with people) and instead build a world where those people are likely to encounter more and thus change their ...
in-between-days.ghost.io
November 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
A thoughtful exploration of important ideas about what it means that something is being said at all, rather than the specific words being said.
Points to the important nexus between the market for ideas and the role of leadership.
in-between-days.ghost.io/the-hitchhik...
By @timhollo.bsky.social
Points to the important nexus between the market for ideas and the role of leadership.
in-between-days.ghost.io/the-hitchhik...
By @timhollo.bsky.social
Thank you @david-ritter.bsky.social for your informed, thoughtful interview on the 7am podcast.
It is deeply encouraging to hear someone speak calmly and clearly about all that has already been achieved while still highlighting how far we have to go - as fast as possible.
#connection #AusPol
It is deeply encouraging to hear someone speak calmly and clearly about all that has already been achieved while still highlighting how far we have to go - as fast as possible.
#connection #AusPol
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Thank you @david-ritter.bsky.social for your informed, thoughtful interview on the 7am podcast.
It is deeply encouraging to hear someone speak calmly and clearly about all that has already been achieved while still highlighting how far we have to go - as fast as possible.
#connection #AusPol
It is deeply encouraging to hear someone speak calmly and clearly about all that has already been achieved while still highlighting how far we have to go - as fast as possible.
#connection #AusPol
What's Common Endeavour about?
Connection. Not always easy but important.
Political parties are important too - but don't always do a lot to help connection.
The goal of Common Endeavour is to to be a party focused on the importance of connection.
#connection #auspol #DemocracySausage
Connection. Not always easy but important.
Political parties are important too - but don't always do a lot to help connection.
The goal of Common Endeavour is to to be a party focused on the importance of connection.
#connection #auspol #DemocracySausage
November 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
What's Common Endeavour about?
Connection. Not always easy but important.
Political parties are important too - but don't always do a lot to help connection.
The goal of Common Endeavour is to to be a party focused on the importance of connection.
#connection #auspol #DemocracySausage
Connection. Not always easy but important.
Political parties are important too - but don't always do a lot to help connection.
The goal of Common Endeavour is to to be a party focused on the importance of connection.
#connection #auspol #DemocracySausage
Potato ethics, by Malin Fors, in Bioethical Inquiry is one of our best reads of the year. Not only showing the value of ordinary ethics (Veena Das) and relational ethics (Joan Tronto) but also what rural experience can teach us all about being useful.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37043082/
#connection
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37043082/
#connection
Potato Ethics: What Rural Communities Can Teach Us about Healthcare - PubMed
In this paper I offer the term "potato ethics" to describe a particular professional rural health sensibility. I contrast this attitude with the sensibility behind urban professional ethics, which often focus on the narrow doctor-patient treatment relationship. The phrase appropriates a Swedish meta …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Potato ethics, by Malin Fors, in Bioethical Inquiry is one of our best reads of the year. Not only showing the value of ordinary ethics (Veena Das) and relational ethics (Joan Tronto) but also what rural experience can teach us all about being useful.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37043082/
#connection
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37043082/
#connection
The Canberra Alliance for Participatory Democracy is hosting an afternoon event on Sunday, December 14 to show how the online political collaboration tool Pol.is works.
If you’re in town in December, go along and find out what it’s about.
Register here
canberra-alliance.org.au/event/
If you’re in town in December, go along and find out what it’s about.
Register here
canberra-alliance.org.au/event/
Events - Canberra Alliance for Participatory Democracy
canberra-alliance.org.au
November 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The Canberra Alliance for Participatory Democracy is hosting an afternoon event on Sunday, December 14 to show how the online political collaboration tool Pol.is works.
If you’re in town in December, go along and find out what it’s about.
Register here
canberra-alliance.org.au/event/
If you’re in town in December, go along and find out what it’s about.
Register here
canberra-alliance.org.au/event/
"Parasocial" is Cambridge Dictionary's word of the year
One-sided relationships with people seen in media, or with chatbots, that resemble relationships with 'real' people.
These can be felt as strong connections despite people not knowing them.
#Connection
www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/2025/11...
One-sided relationships with people seen in media, or with chatbots, that resemble relationships with 'real' people.
These can be felt as strong connections despite people not knowing them.
#Connection
www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/2025/11...
'Parasocial' is Cambridge Dictionary's 2025 word of the year
The connection someone feels with a person they don't know is captured in Cambridge Dictionary's word of the year for 2025 – “parasocial”.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 1:38 AM
"Parasocial" is Cambridge Dictionary's word of the year
One-sided relationships with people seen in media, or with chatbots, that resemble relationships with 'real' people.
These can be felt as strong connections despite people not knowing them.
#Connection
www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/2025/11...
One-sided relationships with people seen in media, or with chatbots, that resemble relationships with 'real' people.
These can be felt as strong connections despite people not knowing them.
#Connection
www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/2025/11...
#HealthPsychology
"The interconnectedness of fear of cancer recurrence components."
Cancer symptoms, bodily triggers, perceived risk of cancer returning, and coping strategies are all part of the fear of cancer returning.
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
#Connection #Connectedness
"The interconnectedness of fear of cancer recurrence components."
Cancer symptoms, bodily triggers, perceived risk of cancer returning, and coping strategies are all part of the fear of cancer returning.
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
#Connection #Connectedness
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
#HealthPsychology
"The interconnectedness of fear of cancer recurrence components."
Cancer symptoms, bodily triggers, perceived risk of cancer returning, and coping strategies are all part of the fear of cancer returning.
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
#Connection #Connectedness
"The interconnectedness of fear of cancer recurrence components."
Cancer symptoms, bodily triggers, perceived risk of cancer returning, and coping strategies are all part of the fear of cancer returning.
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
#Connection #Connectedness
Fascinating numbers from @azeem.bsky.social
📈 Data to start your week
open.substack.com/pub/exponent...
Most interesting
i. almost 90% of China's new electricity demand is met by renewables
ii. China's CO2 emissions are flat
iii. China's per capita electricity consumption now higher than Europe's
📈 Data to start your week
open.substack.com/pub/exponent...
Most interesting
i. almost 90% of China's new electricity demand is met by renewables
ii. China's CO2 emissions are flat
iii. China's per capita electricity consumption now higher than Europe's
November 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Fascinating numbers from @azeem.bsky.social
📈 Data to start your week
open.substack.com/pub/exponent...
Most interesting
i. almost 90% of China's new electricity demand is met by renewables
ii. China's CO2 emissions are flat
iii. China's per capita electricity consumption now higher than Europe's
📈 Data to start your week
open.substack.com/pub/exponent...
Most interesting
i. almost 90% of China's new electricity demand is met by renewables
ii. China's CO2 emissions are flat
iii. China's per capita electricity consumption now higher than Europe's
Connection can be considered a conduit that creates an association or relationship but it's not value free, it has direction and valence. It can be positive or negative, strong or weak.
From Brown et al. 2015, Applied Geography.
From Brown et al. 2015, Applied Geography.
November 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Connection can be considered a conduit that creates an association or relationship but it's not value free, it has direction and valence. It can be positive or negative, strong or weak.
From Brown et al. 2015, Applied Geography.
From Brown et al. 2015, Applied Geography.
Reposted by CommonEndeavour
An important force for social cohesion:
Australia’s public libraries are thriving as the cost of living rises. We can’t afford to lose them theconversation.com/australias-p...
Australia’s public libraries are thriving as the cost of living rises. We can’t afford to lose them theconversation.com/australias-p...
Australia’s public libraries are thriving as the cost of living rises. We can’t afford to lose them
A new report shows that visits to Australian public libraries are up 10% – though funding is down. They provide everything from books and internet to help with CVs.
theconversation.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
An important force for social cohesion:
Australia’s public libraries are thriving as the cost of living rises. We can’t afford to lose them theconversation.com/australias-p...
Australia’s public libraries are thriving as the cost of living rises. We can’t afford to lose them theconversation.com/australias-p...
Not just in the United States?
www.apa.org/pubs/reports...
The crisis of connection is a defining feature of our times.
See also the Common Endeavour essay on loneliness.
journal.commonendeavour.org/loneliness/
#AusPol #DemocracySausage
www.apa.org/pubs/reports...
The crisis of connection is a defining feature of our times.
See also the Common Endeavour essay on loneliness.
journal.commonendeavour.org/loneliness/
#AusPol #DemocracySausage
Loneliness
Loneliness is a topic that's rarely discussed in polite company. Perhaps it sounds silly to tell someone whose presence you are literally in that you are lonely. In a world full of technology that can...
journal.commonendeavour.org
November 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Not just in the United States?
www.apa.org/pubs/reports...
The crisis of connection is a defining feature of our times.
See also the Common Endeavour essay on loneliness.
journal.commonendeavour.org/loneliness/
#AusPol #DemocracySausage
www.apa.org/pubs/reports...
The crisis of connection is a defining feature of our times.
See also the Common Endeavour essay on loneliness.
journal.commonendeavour.org/loneliness/
#AusPol #DemocracySausage
“In a time defined by distance and division, connection isn’t a luxury. It’s a responsibility.”
Intrepid might be trying to sell impact and adventure travel but these words are spot on.
Intrepid might be trying to sell impact and adventure travel but these words are spot on.
November 9, 2025 at 7:12 AM
“In a time defined by distance and division, connection isn’t a luxury. It’s a responsibility.”
Intrepid might be trying to sell impact and adventure travel but these words are spot on.
Intrepid might be trying to sell impact and adventure travel but these words are spot on.