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Peter Brannen @peterbrannen.bsky.social · 1d

Just remembered this jaw-dropping graph by @oceansclimatecu.bsky.social showing the rate of change in CO2 during the previous two deglaciations of the Pleistocene (which, as a fun aside, featured ~400 feet of sea level rise) as compared with today

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 1d

$10m of fraud recovered from the Australian “job provider” system in the last 3 years and not one provider removed from the system.

So welfare recipients lose their ability to pay for shelter or food due to other people’s errors, but job providers face no consequences for fraud.

Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 1d

Lmao the employment department has recovered 10.6 MILLION from providers due to fraud tip-offs over 3 years, and not shut down a single provider.

Reminder: They spend 4 BILLION A YEAR on this system, which is about 25% of how much they spend on JobSeeker payments each year.

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goodfellow.bsky.social @goodfellow.bsky.social · 2d

Etc etc etc

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goodfellow.bsky.social @goodfellow.bsky.social · 2d

CMAX

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goodfellow.bsky.social @goodfellow.bsky.social · 2d

ANACTA

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goodfellow.bsky.social @goodfellow.bsky.social · 2d

KBR too

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 3d

That's two years now where coal hasn't followed the downwards trajectory of the decade before that. It's flat: and that means cumulative emissions are rising.

We're doing this to get rid of fossil fuels, folks!

explore.openelectricity.org.au/energy/au/ex...

a chart showing coal output in Australia

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goodfellow.bsky.social @goodfellow.bsky.social · 3d

“the legislature directed the governor’s office to create a “Transmission Infrastructure Accelerator,” a program that will develop public financing options for new transmission lines”

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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 8d

Climate misinformation are common, influential and damaging. They’re spread for a reason: to slow the uptake of clean alternatives to fossil fuels.

reneweconomy.com.au

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goodfellow.bsky.social @goodfellow.bsky.social · 8d

Flotilla Tracker - their getting close now

globalsumudflotilla.org/tracker/

Flotilla Tracker - Global Movement to Gaza

globalsumudflotilla.org

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · Sep 8

The first time I heard someone cleanly explain what was going on was Mark Blyth during a talk at the London School of Economics soon after the inauguration. What we're looking at, he said, is an attempt to use government to strand renewable assets before fossil fuel assets become stranded.

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Burning Down the House: Carbon Politics, American Power, and the Almighty Dollar

YouTube video by LSE European Institute

www.youtube.com

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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 10d

Misinformation and “astroturfing” is alive and well in energy debates in Australia, and fostering community division, as well as bullying and intimidation, inquiry hears.

reneweconomy.com.au

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Max von Thun @maxvonthun.bsky.social · 13d

“We studied more than 70 different elections that took place in 12 western European countries over several decades, and found that when mainstream parties take more anti-immigration positions, it leads to more support for the radical right, not less.”

Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 14d

For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Our research makes it clear: by capitulating to the right, Labour is driving voters to Reform UK | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 12d

IPCC reports #renewables now 10 times more efficient than new #nuclear at #climate mitigation.
92.5% new power generation capacity added worldwide in 2024 was from renewables - with new nuclear nowhere.
New nuclear vastly over-cost and over-time.

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goodfellow.bsky.social @goodfellow.bsky.social · 16d

Farmers for Climate Action hit by social media attack, says fake news drowns out rural voices reneweconomy.com.au/farmers-for-...

reneweconomy.com.au

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goodfellow.bsky.social @goodfellow.bsky.social · 18d

“where the research was off the mark, the reality has tilted towards extreme outcomes, rather than more moderate ones.”

goodfellow.bsky.social @goodfellow.bsky.social · 18d

“The Garnaut review’s baseline forecast that unmitigated climate change would result in global temperatures rising by 2.3 degrees by 2050 remains largely on track, 17 years after it was first published.” www.afr.com/policy/energ...

‘Scam’, ‘hoax’, ‘rubbish’: Chris Bowen versus The Internet

This week’s grim climate report was met with a million “laughing emojis” on social media. But are climate sceptics losing their political power?

www.afr.com

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goodfellow.bsky.social @goodfellow.bsky.social · 20d

"There are just groups of human beings — all of whom came from Africa originally — who developed slightly different physical characteristics over time as they travelled to, and adapted to, different climates and environments."
theconversation.com/racism-isnt-...

goodfellow.bsky.social @goodfellow.bsky.social · 20d

"Research shows a link between prejudice and poor psychological functioning"

"..racism is an aberration, not an innate human trait. It’s also worth remembering that the very concept of race is baseless. There is no genetic or biological basis for dividing the human race into distinct “races”."

Racism isn’t innate – here are five psychological stages that may lead to it

There is no genetic or biological basis for dividing the human race into distinct “races.”

theconversation.com

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goodfellow.bsky.social @goodfellow.bsky.social · 20d

“You cannot reject renewables while cashing cheques for climate disasters fuelled by fossil fuels.”

goodfellow.bsky.social @goodfellow.bsky.social · 20d

“The choice is stark: be part of the solution and help safeguard the future by hosting renewable projects and supporting VNI West, or doom your communities to dust, debt and despair. Renewables” letter in the Stawell times

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 24d

Video shows an elderly Palestinian woman forcibly displaced from northern Gaza to the south, as Israel continues its ground invasion of Gaza City.

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goodfellow.bsky.social @goodfellow.bsky.social · 27d

Elia Suleiman on Being A Palestinian Director in a Post-Oct. 7 World www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Elia Suleiman on Being A Palestinian Director in a Post-Oct. 7 World

The filmmaker, who will be honored at this year's Sarajevo Film Festival with a Heart of Sarajevo award, talks politics, humor, and art as a form of resistance. "But art marches a lot slower than bull...

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 29d

Australia-specific data suggests BHP fuelled 50 heatwaves, Woodside 49, Santos 49, and Whitehaven Coal 41

Excerpt 👉 theenergy.co/article/expo...

Screenshot of excerpt from The Energy

It reads:
"Australia-specific data shared with The Energy suggested 50 heatwaves were made possible with BHP's contribution, 49 thanks to Woodside Energy, Santos was also 49, and 41 were attributed to Whitehaven Coal.

Insights on Australian heatwaves included:

• In 2009, 27.01 - 08.02 (Victoria, NSW & Tasmania). Reported casualties: 347. Made about 21 times more likely and 0.7C warmer by climate change.

• In 2014, 13.01 - 18.01 (Western Australia & Victoria). Reported casualties: 139.
Made about 7 times more likely and 0.7C warmer by climate change.

• In 2018.12 to 2019.01 (without regional breakdown). No information on reported casualties. Made more than 10,000 times more likely and 1.2C warmer by climate change."

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · Sep 6

Folks making submissions to the Senate Committee inquiring into "the prevalence and impacts of misinformation and disinformation which relates to climate change and energy" (due 12 Sep), you might like to check out the publication below

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