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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 24d

Can we actually train ourselves to be more open-minded and harder to fool?

New research says yes. A short message warning us about closed-mindedness made people better at spotting misinformation, less likely to believe conspiracy theories, and more thoughtful about what they shared #MisinfoResearch

How to Train Yourself to Be More Open-Minded and Less Easily Misled

New research shows that cultivating open-minded thinking can be taught, and that this simple shift improves our ability to tell facts from falsehoods.

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Lisa Cliff @lisaofyourworries.bsky.social · 24d

Some good news reading for your Saturday 💚🙏🏻

Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 24d

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Here’s Saturday’s good news story. Australian Wildlife Conservancy do a great job buy properties, excluding predators and reintroducing wildlife

Baby numbats spotted at two wildlife sanctuaries in hopeful sign for one of Australia’s rarest marsupials

Video shows some of the juveniles exploring outside their den at Mallee Cliffs national park in south-western NSW

www.theguardian.com

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Lisa Cliff @lisaofyourworries.bsky.social · Jun 8

Referring to the law’s fate in Congress, Ms. Stokes said, “It’s not dead yet.”
Update on efforts to save the inflation reduction act
👇🏽 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/c...

Don’t Mention Climate: Now, Clean Energy Is All About the Money

www.nytimes.com

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Lisa Cliff @lisaofyourworries.bsky.social · May 25

10 yrs ago, I wrote a blog post 'Life—Left Undone', as I was stepping away from my job & moving overseas. This post is a follow up reflection. If you're feeling stretched or navigating your own turning point, maybe this will resonate. thelisaofyourworries.wordpress.com/2025/05/25/l...

Life – Left Undone | A Decade of Reflection

Ten years ago, I wrote a blog post titled Life Left Undone. It came at a time when everything felt like it was speeding up and splintering all at once. I was finishing my Masters, quitting my job, …

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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · Mar 16

The Australien Government and the Opposition have made an ad about minority government, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative. #auspol #2025election

Honest Government Ad | Minority Government

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

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Lisa Cliff @lisaofyourworries.bsky.social · Feb 18

So we're officially in the dystopian Matrix timeline, right? Where are the red and blue pills when you need them?!

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Lisa Cliff @lisaofyourworries.bsky.social · Feb 15

Case study from NZ shows how to cut coal & gas use & lower energy bills with #IndustrialHeatPumps. Meanwhile, #AustralianEnergyProducers lobby for more public subsidies to prop up more gas. Australia needs to adopt solutions working now. ieefa.org/resources/au... thanks @ieefainstitute.bsky.social

Australia lagging behind New Zealand on cutting industrial energy costs

While Australian industry is moving slowly in embracing the decarbonisation opportunities offered by industrial heat pumps (IHPs), New Zealand is moving ahead in implementing the technology.

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Lisa Cliff @lisaofyourworries.bsky.social · Feb 14

This isn’t integrity—it’s entrenching power.
I’m really struggling to understand how the #electionfundingbill passed. Is there no level of self-reflection among individuals in the #majorparties? How does this strengthen #democracy or make elections fairer?

www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/13/p...

'A crap deal': Labor's spending cap for independents vulnerable to High Court test

Simliar changes in Victoria have already become the subject of a High Court complaint, a constitutional expert says.

www.crikey.com.au

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Lisa Cliff @lisaofyourworries.bsky.social · Jan 31

Why Ziggy is such a great #PawsForClimate activist 👇🏼
"Because border collies are left brain, they like a procedure, things in sequential form, they like things to be organised." 🐾🌏 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...

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Michael Mazengarb @michaelmazengarb.bsky.social · Jan 30

Australian fossil fuel giant Santos’ pursuit of the Environmental Defenders Office could lead to its closure.

This is what SLAPP actions look like, and designed to silence an organisation that held fossil fuel companies to account.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...

Santos ruling could deter other law firms taking action, experts warn

Australia’s biggest enviro-law charity is scrambling to recover financially, after copping a $9 million legal bill in a high-profile loss against Santos. Experts fear it puts the entire future of envi...

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Lisa Cliff @lisaofyourworries.bsky.social · Jan 31

ChatGPT's attempt at capturing a lot of the conversations I've had to kick off 2025. A reminder that while there's a lot we can’t control, there’s plenty we can change if we're working together—and pacing ourselves for the long haul. #ClimateAction #Resilience #SerenityPrayer

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Lisa Cliff @lisaofyourworries.bsky.social · Jan 27

😭💔*rolls up sleeves*💪🏼⚡

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Pat Simons @patsimons.bsky.social · Jan 27

Good to see community independents taking the fight right to Dutton. Does the colour really matter though? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Don’t call me teal: meet the Climate 200-backed candidate set to take on Peter Dutton

Environmental consultant Ellie Smith knows she has a tough job ahead of her to unseat the federal opposition leader, but she’s up for the challenge

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Tom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · Jan 27

The transformation of the electricity market we are witnessing is incredible.

Right now it's 34C, air-con demand very high, but the wholesale price is extremely low.

A decade ago, power companies would have been making bank, but can't anymore thanks to regular Aussies installing rooftop solar.

Screenshot of the wholesale electricity market for Victoria showing that prices are currently 10c and that 78% of electricityis from renewable energy in the grid. An exclamation mark is followed by the words "extremely low prices".

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Lisa Cliff @lisaofyourworries.bsky.social · Jan 27

"...#AI #datacenter owners will reduce cost & risk not by centralizing assets & building a wall around them, but by working with other stakeholders..." - Michael Liebreich
about.bnef.com/blog/liebrei...

Liebreich: Generative AI – The Power and the Glory | BloombergNEF

This year will go down in history as the year the energy sector woke up to AI. This is also the year AI woke up to energy. Is the data center power frenzy just the latest of a long line of energy sect...

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Lisa Cliff @lisaofyourworries.bsky.social · Jan 22

Devastating 💔😭😞

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Lisa Cliff @lisaofyourworries.bsky.social · Jan 22

Fingers crossed you're right Ani

Lisa Cliff @lisaofyourworries.bsky.social · Jan 22

“We are in a generational struggle to move the world to a safer place. Today’s abdication of responsibility by President Trump will not derail the world from this fight.” - Ani Dasgupta, President and CEO, World Resources Institute
www.wri.org/statement-pa...

STATEMENT: Paris Agreement Withdrawal Erodes America’s Standing in the World

WASHINGTON (January 20, 2025) — On his first day in office, President Donald Trump announced that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change. Following is a statement b...

https://www.wri.org/statement-paris-agreement-withdrawal-erodes-americas-standing-world?apcid=0065832df241868dfaf29300&utm_campaign=wridigest&utm_medium=email&utm_source=wridigest-2025-01-21“We

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Dr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · Jan 21

We all need these gang-gang smiles 🤩🪶🌏🧪🌿

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Lisa Cliff @lisaofyourworries.bsky.social · Jan 21

Feeling fearful for the world today, so I revisited this #FutureCrunch 2024 wrap for a much needed dose of optimism. Thought others might find it uplifting too, to keep on with the flight for positive change: fixthenews.com/86-stories-p...

86 Stories of Progress from 2024

Not everything that happened this year was terrible.

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Lisa Cliff @lisaofyourworries.bsky.social · Jan 19

A decarbonised economy is still within reach, but the fight is far from over.

Calling all solutions-focused friends—let’s bring our tenacious selves into 2025.

Read more: e360.yale.edu/digest/2024-...

Carbon Dioxide Levels Rose by a Record Amount Last Year

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John Englart / Indiana Jones & Juliet @takvera.bsky.social · Jan 17

Comment template means it is easy to make a comment on the Browse Carbon Capture and Storage project.
Just fine tune your comment, make it personal.

Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · Jan 17

ICYMI. There’s still time to get your submission to stop Woodside’s toxic, dangerous, #FossilFuel Pollution Dumping Project. 💀

You can complete a simple submission in a couple of minutes or be as extensive and detailed as you want.
🔥
www.gobeyondgas.com.au/stop_woodsid...

Closes January 31.

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Biodiversity Council @biodivcouncil.bsky.social · Jan 17

New polling reveals that ending native forest logging is a key issue that could swing the election.

The majority of voters in five key battleground seats supported ending native forest logging and sourcing all timber from plantations.

A great glider being held by a conservation biologist. Text over the image says "Polling reveals voters in five battleground electorates support ending native forest logging."

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · Jan 13

Want to support #communityindependents against the lies of #coal-funded advertising? Donate to @climate200.bsky.social ... it's going to go low & those for honesty in #politicaladvertising are going to have to speak up and get involved! #auspol #democracy #election2025 tinyurl.com/yeus7p67

We’ve got their backs. | Climate 200

www.climate200.com.au

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