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eco mindful Earthling 🌏 in the land Down Under “Famine is coming… “ 😱 The Great Acceleration 📈 Ecological Overshoot 📉 Limits to Growth 🌏 Future Shocked 😳 Restore Nature 🌱 Light Triad ❤️ Degrowth 😎

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eco mindful @ecomindful.bsky.social · 14d

Urgent time to screen politicians, CEO’s, board members, religious leaders and any wealth, fame and power seeking adults, against the anti-social “Dark Tetrad”!

And… screen against Scott Barry Kaufman’s “Light Triad”, pro-social characteristics.

#DarkTetrad
#DarkTriad

#LightTriad

#auspol

How Psychopathy, Narcissism, and Machiavellianism Impact Our Cultures & Social Systems | RR 19

YouTube video by Nate Hagens

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 7h

Honestly not trying to boost sales here: I just think this is really important to understand — and the thing my critics *really* don't want you to know.

Hit me up for a PDF if you're curious. Happy to send one. Don't tell my agent.

Genevieve @ genevieveguenther.com

/fin

The Language of Climate Politics - Genevieve Guenther

Genevieve Guenther is an expert in climate communication, the founding director of End Climate Silence, and affiliate faculty at The New School.

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 7h

Anyway, all this is complicated and perhaps hard to see clearly just in a quick, during-coffee morning thread.

I explain all this in detail (in order to dismantle the fossil-fuel propaganda that we can expect continued economic growth, despite climate change) in Chp 3 of my last book.

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A picture of The Language of Climate Politics, by Genevieve Guenther

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LisaZed 👩🏻‍🎨 🌏 🐨🌳 @lisazed.bsky.social · 7h

Teachers shocked by #National’s racist decision to remove Treaty of Waitangi requirement in schools!
Axing schools' obligation to give effect to the Treaty of Waitangi has shocked groups representing school boards, teachers & principals.
Fascist wannabes #ACT importing #Trumpian
#nzpol

Teachers shocked by government decision to remove Treaty of Waitangi requirement in schools

The minister had been moving to change the requirement, but has announced it will remove it altogether.

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 7h

Neo-conservativism presaged Trumpian neo-fascism in several respects. It saw violence as a positive policy option not a defensive last resort. It held laws, norms and the lives of non-white people in total contempt. And many, many centrists either cringed in deference to it or actively collaborated.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8h

Dick Cheney, vice-president and giant of Republican politics, dies aged 84

* VP served under presidents from Nixon to George W Bush * Cheney will be remembered for key role after 9/11 The former White House chief of staff, congressman, secretary of defense and US vice-president Dick Cheney has died, his family has said. He was 84. A Yale dropout who avoided service in Vietnam, Cheney nonetheless became a giant of Republican politics. Continue reading...

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Prof. Rob McLeod @robscot.bsky.social · 7h

“The fight in the big pandemic public health story has moved from proving COVID is airborne to building a public health system that acts like it.”

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This Physicist Says We Don’t Take COVID Seriously Enough | The Tyee

We downplay the virus at our peril, warns Yaneer Bar-Yam. And children are more at risk than we thought.

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 7h

The Arctic just hit its lowest winter sea ice maximum 🌍 Could this reshape British & Irish winters?

In our latest Climate Conversations, experts discuss the tug-of-war between Arctic sea-ice loss & ocean warming.

Watch 👀 youtu.be/JbaZfdxyIOY
Read 👉 bit.ly/49Bxu27

@universityofexeter.bsky.social

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 19h

Australian scientist who alerted world that COVID is airborne wins top science prize

When the WHO falsely claimed in March 2020 that COVID wasn’t airborne, Professor Lidia Morawska took action—organising 239 scientists worldwide to warn about SARS-CoV-2 airborne spread and urge global recognition.

Australian scientist who alerted world that Covid is airborne wins top science prize

Prof Lidia Morawska says recognition of her research comes at a fraught time – an ‘age of anti-science’

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 7h

Solow would likely say that we could come up with artificial substitutions for coffee, chocolate, and wine, so what's happening to those commodities isn't really a cost.

Here's Solow on "substitutability," in the context of the 1970s debate over limits to growth.

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His position on substitution is perhaps best encapsulated by the summary he offered in his Richard T. Ely Lecture at the 1973 annual meeting of the American Economic Association. There, he announced, the "key factor" in the question of whether or not economic
growth would lead to collapse is "the degree of substitutability": "If it is very easy to substitute other factors for natural resources, then there is in principle no "problem." The world can, in effect, get along without natural resources, so exhaustion is just an event, not a catas- trophe... If, on the other hand, real output per unit of resources is effectively bounded ... then catastrophe is unavoidable .. Fortunately what little evidence there is suggests that there is quite a lot of substitutability between exhaustible resources and renewable or reproducible resources, though this is an empirical question that could absorb a lot
more work."

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eco mindful @ecomindful.bsky.social · 7h

Also worth noting:

Josh Farley — The Myths Shaping Our Economies: The Disconnect between Economic Theory and Reality

#JoshFarley

#Economics

#NateHagens
#Reality101
#TGS

Josh Farley — The Myths Shaping Our Economies: The Disconnect between Economic Theory and Reality - The Great Simplification

Economic theory has come to wield outsized influence over our societal goals, decisions, and policies – often relying on models that claim to optimize how human systems function. Yet the outcomes of o...

www.thegreatsimplification.com

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 7h

The 20th-century economist Robert Solow created the theory of infinite economic growth by substituting "technological innovation" for the productivity of land in his model, thereby decoupling the economy from any limits imposed by land or ecosystems.

The world took his theory as gospel.

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IOP Publishing @ioppublishing.bsky.social · 10h

Climate intervention may not be enough to save coffee, chocolate and wine, new study finds

A new study published in Environmental Research Letters reveals that even advanced climate intervention strategies may not be enough to secure the future of wine grapes, coffee and cacao. These crops are vital to many economies and provide livelihoods for farmers worldwide. However, they are increasingly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Rising temperatures […] The post Climate intervention may not be enough to save coffee, chocolate and wine, new study finds appeared first on IOP Publishing.

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 7h

[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social]

Once the first district leader of Samosir, Wilmar Eliaser Simandjorang has spent his retirement rewilding parts of this landscape sacred to the Batak people.

“If we don’t pay attention to this, Lake Toba will be just a memory,” he says.

One man’s mission to rewild a dying lake

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. From a hillside overlooking Lake Toba, the vast volcanic basin at…

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CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk · 9h

Why care is the foundation of a thriving society – #Mindvalley Book Club with @timjackson.org.uk and Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/...
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cc #TheCareEconomy #CareEconomy #Kairos #PostGrowth #Degrowth #ProsperityWithoutGrowth #LifeAfterCapitalism #BigFood

Why care is the foundation of a thriving society | Mindvalley Book Club with Tim Jackson

Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani speaks with Tim to discuss why modern economics overlooks care work, how the pandemic exposed the real foundations of society, and wh ...

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 8h

[COMMENTARY]

Heading into COP30, where tropical forests are set to be a central theme, Mongabay's Founder and CEO @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social offers a thought experiment—tracing today’s trajectories a little further forward to imagine where they might lead.

** The views expressed are author's.

What might lie ahead for tropical forests (commentary)

Heading into COP30, where tropical forests are set to be a central theme, it seemed worth attempting a thought experiment: to trace today’s trajectories a little further forward and imagine where…

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Climate Disconnect @climate-disconnect.bsky.social · 7d

A clear and insightful piece from @popnbalance.bsky.social.
Dear Elon and friends, this one's for you.

"While human overpopulation is not the only factor driving ecological overshoot, it is the most neglected one, and the factor that intensifies every crisis confronting us."

The Perils of Population Denialism — Population Balance

We are in a state of extreme overshoot, which is driven by too many people on the planet consuming too much. This should not be a controversial statement. And yet, bringing up the population issue, or...

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Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) @lossanddamage.bsky.social · 8h

1/14. 📢NEW BRIEF: What does the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) ⚖️historic Advisory Opinion (#ICJAO) on the obligations 🧑‍⚖️ of states in regard to #ClimateChange mean for #LossAndDamage 🔥🌊⛈️ under the #UNFCCC? 🤔

🔗Find out here: www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/th...

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Rick—The Political Gardener @politicalgardener.bsky.social · 8h

MMT isn’t communism or scary.

It explains how fiat money works: governments create currency with no limit.

Taxes manage inflation, not fund spending.

Meanwhile, capital enriches the 1% by draining state resources via tax cuts and paying interest on debt to maintain economic control.

#LearnMMT

HT4Ecosocialism @ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social · 9h

There is a simple solution #LearnMMT

The Independent @the-independent.com · 9h

Reeves’ Budget dilemma: tax rises or reforms? Have your say

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 8h

"This is what an American political earthquake looks like."

Great report from John Lyons on the huge significance of #ZohranMamdani likely becoming the next mayor of New York. #abc730
iview.abc.net.au/video/SEGS20...

7.30: Will Zohran Mamdani be the next mayor of New York?

Polls in the New York will open in the coming hours and locals will vote for their new mayor. While the Democratic candidate is leading the polls, the party faithful are hoping lessons can be learned...

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CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · 8h

The federal government has put out a list of 8 platforms it expects to comply with the teen social media ban:

- FB
- IG
- Snapchat
- TikTok
- YouTube
- X
- Reddit
- Kick

Most were already were known, but a few of inclusions & exclusions are interesting! (More to come)

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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 8h

Priceless ‘simplified’ HAFF diagram on p307 - not to be missed.

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Ashoka Mukpo @shokes.bsky.social · 9h

The only bit of light i see here is that people are going to want alternatives to this emergent media regime, especially as the political order damages their lives. There will be openings for critical voices to find a large following - the problem is there will be limited resources for them.

Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 1d

In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system.

Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.

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Stockholm Resilience Centre @sthlmresilience.bsky.social · 10h

Landmark report shows how decision-makers can manage global crises.

For the first time, researchers have compiled decades of resilience science research into nine critical Must-Knows, refined through dialogue with decision-makers.

Access the full report: www.stockholmresilience.org/research/res...

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 13h

"Shortages of food...combined with unreasonably high university fees, have become the reality of higher education today for many students."

Read an extract from Aiming Higher: Universities and Australia's future by Prof George Williams in the Sydney Morning Herald! #auspol

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Sustainable Australia Party @votesustainable.bsky.social · 13h

📰 The proposed changes keep decisions firmly in a minister's hands… ➡ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

📌 Let's create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/ENVIRONMENT 🐨🐸🦇

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 10h

New study: Right-wing adherents tend to show stronger commitment to consuming meat and animal products, partly due to beliefs in human superiority over animals and resistance to the perceived threat that veganism/vegetarianism poses to traditional food norms

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Why the right resists veg(etari)anism: Ideological commitment to consuming animal products

Right-wing adherents — those higher in social dominance orientation (SDO) or right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) — tend to show stronger commitment to c…

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Kym Chapple @kymtje.bsky.social · 16h

This is so unfair

Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 18h

🚨BREAKING🚨

Labor has just voted AGAINST granting super to workers under 18.

The Greens amendment would have seen all workers under 18 have the right to superannuation contributions, regardless of how many hours they worked.

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