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neilforbes.bsky.social @neilforbes.bsky.social · 2d

If we do not acknowledge and address climate change we are buggered as a species. Forget house prices, Ukraine, Gaza, and any other man made political distraction, climate change will kill us, and our children. Wake up.

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 12d

“If we continue, however, with the policies that we have out there, we are clearly on a pathway now of 2.7 degrees or 3 degrees where adaptation is simply not doable anymore. This is just what it is. We cannot protect Amsterdam from sea level rise of 3m. This is just not doable,” Thallinger said.

Why insurers worry the world could soon become uninsurable

Günther Thallinger, a board member at Allianz, one of the world's biggest insurers, says the climate crisis could make adaptation economically unviable.

www.cnbc.com

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call634-5789 @call634-5789.bsky.social · 21d

Quick primer on Fascists. You're welcome.

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neilforbes.bsky.social @neilforbes.bsky.social · 23d

No wonder the Democrats can’t mount an effective rebuttals of the Trump Republicans, they obviously endorse what they are doing.

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 28d

'Fear of war? The climate crisis truly threatens billions of lives'

In Volkskrant, Kas Bakx and I wrote about how European security debate ignores the greatest security threat of all.

Climate change poses an existential threat, and we'd better address it as such.

www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...

Opinie: Angst voor oorlog? De klimaatcrisis bedreigt pas echt miljarden levens

Het Europese veiligheidsdebat negeert de grootste dreiging voor ons allemaal: de klimaatcrisis.

www.volkskrant.nl

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 27d

Dr Richard Denniss says the “obvious” ones to pay for damage from increased floods as per the latest climate report should be the Fossil Fuel co’s, as houses will become uninsurable
“The insurance industry will not help ppl in 20yrs time with their flooded houses”💯 #Estimates

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · Sep 5

Some good advice for your government, @albomp.bsky.social.

Don't forget to ditch #AUKUS,
close down Pine Gap,
tell Trump he can't use Tindal,
and take any other measures necessary to stop Australia from being involved in another stupid US war. #auspol

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · Sep 5

Dear rest of the world,
Sever all ties with the U.S. while Trump is in charge. Our country has gone insane, sabotaging the world’s economy and promoting war and cruelty. if you don’t cut us loose, you’ll go down with us.
Sincerely,
Mark

Trump seeks to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War.

apnews.com

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · Sep 3

New video from Pieter Kriel - a young South African intellectual who has been exposing the Elon Musk “white genocide” in South Africa for the opportunistic racist white supremacist propaganda it is.

Worth watching:

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neilforbes.bsky.social @neilforbes.bsky.social · Aug 31

Donate to the Supreme Court Challenge to North West Shelf chuffed.org/project/1358...

Supreme Court Challenge to North West Shelf

We’re taking the WA Government to court over Woodside’s climate-wrecking gas project.

chuffed.org

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Sydney EV @sydneyev.bsky.social · Aug 25

Australia’s traffic pollution problem:
• 3,700 premature deaths/year from air pollution • 51% linked to traffic = 1,800 lives lost
• Sitting in traffic = high exposure
• EVs reduce emissions, but not exposure
• Trains & quiet streets = cleaner air
Ev tax not a good idea yet. #auspol

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neilforbes.bsky.social @neilforbes.bsky.social · Aug 18

A very good rebuttal of RW Christian nutjobs. Even for a good atheist like myself

John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · Aug 18

This was a very detailed attack by a MAGA Christian, with very common talking points, so I gave a very detailed reply: x.com/JohnFugelsan...

x.com

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Paul Beckwith @paulhbeckwith.bsky.social · Aug 18

Climate Surprises and What You Probably Don’t Know about Climate; from new report: State of the Climate 2024
youtu.be/9zQM4Uoql1w?...

#climate #ClimateCrisis #weather #ClimateAction

Climate Surprises and What You Probably Don’t Know about Climate; from “State of the Climate 2024”

YouTube video by Paul Beckwith

youtu.be

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Aug 15

📝 Add your name to the petition and join the 24,000+ others wanting a Parliamentary review into the AUKUS deal:

nb.australiainstitute.org.au/aukus_parlia...

✍️PETITION: Launch a Parliamentary Inquiry into AUKUS

Launch a Parliamentary Inquiry into AUKUS NOW! Australia Institute research shows a majority of Australians support a parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS ✍️ Add your name now >

nb.australiainstitute.org.au

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neilforbes.bsky.social @neilforbes.bsky.social · Aug 13

The Government needs to find a way to incentivise owners of commercial properties to install solar. A huge area of rooftop going to waste in an area where a large proportion of electricity is used. Just fly over any industrial area to see the missed opportunities

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Sydney EV @sydneyev.bsky.social · Aug 13

Tesla’s new Model 3+ hits 830km range, only sold in China. would be perfect for Australia, where we drive 30km a day but still think we need to cross the Nullarbor on a whim and back via the Gibb River Rd on the way to the shops and the office.

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neilforbes.bsky.social @neilforbes.bsky.social · Aug 11

Darwinian selection at its best 👍

neilforbes.bsky.social @neilforbes.bsky.social · Aug 10

This is also shown by nature having no value in our economic system. Guaranteeing our extinction I would have thought

Climate Psychology Alliance of North America @climatena.bsky.social · Aug 10

“The modelling predicts an ongoing “extinction of experience” with future generations continuing to lose an awareness of nature ….] www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Human connection to nature has declined 60% in 200 years, study finds

Prof Miles Richardson says people risk ‘extinction of experience’ in the natural world without new policies

www.theguardian.com

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · Aug 9

The lethal legacy of Aukus nuclear submarines will remain for millennia – and there’s no plan to deal with it

Australia’s future nuclear submarines will produce highly radioactive waste, and allies in the UK and the US still don’t have a safe place to store their own * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast In the cold deep waters of Rosyth Harbour lie the dormant hulks of Britain’s decommissioned nuclear submarines. One of the shells lashed to the dock here is HMS Dreadnought, Britain’s first nuclear-powered submarine. It was commissioned in 1963, retired in 1980, and has spent decades longer tied to a harbour than it ever did in service. The spent nuclear fuel removed from its reactor remains in temporary storage. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · Aug 9

“Our track record is one of genocide and extinction, because this is the natural role we see for ourselves within the super organism: we view ourselves as a predatory entity which must pursue conflict in order to survive”
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...

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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · Aug 3

“Capitalism is a funeral business enriching itself through extinction, extraction and inequality. Its biggest commercial threats are a biodiverse planet, an egalitarian society, and humans who want to work to live rather than live to work”
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...

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neilforbes.bsky.social @neilforbes.bsky.social · Jul 27

At heart caucasians are still colonising racists. The proof of this is delivered daily

neilforbes.bsky.social @neilforbes.bsky.social · Jul 22

a man with glasses and a mustache is sitting on a couch and making a funny face .

ALT: a man with glasses and a mustache is sitting on a couch and making a funny face .

media.tenor.com

neilforbes.bsky.social @neilforbes.bsky.social · Jul 22

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Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · Jul 22

The spineless weasel falsely claimed that NWS is necessary to firm renewable energy in WA.
This is an absurd claim.
$215b worth of free gas will be exported through Woodside’s project, making Labor’s approval of the extension the biggest giveaway of Australia’s resources yet.
#Auspol #ClimateChange

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neilforbes.bsky.social @neilforbes.bsky.social · Jul 22

The Greens position is the only sensible one, indexation is the problem and the Government should not be making money out of educating its population

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neilforbes.bsky.social @neilforbes.bsky.social · Jul 20

Business as usual George.