Param Berg
@onlyparam2.bsky.social
Frequenter of rallies, protests, meetings, demos, plus libraries, arty films, veganish cafes, etc. Ebike rider for local trips. Ignorant gardener. Age pensioner. Gym & pool user. Prev posted as @onlyparam
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"Thousands gather in Newcastle Harbour as Rising Tide flotilla blocks coal exports" #RisingTide 👇🏽
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November 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
"Thousands gather in Newcastle Harbour as Rising Tide flotilla blocks coal exports" #RisingTide 👇🏽
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Champions‼️ Thousands of protesters including Greens leader Larissa Waters have gathered for the annual climate protest/festival in world’s largest coal export port 💚👇🏽
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
November 29, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Champions‼️ Thousands of protesters including Greens leader Larissa Waters have gathered for the annual climate protest/festival in world’s largest coal export port 💚👇🏽
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Ta-Nehisi Coates asks Palestinian scholar & writer Tareq Baconi “what is it about this genocide particularly” that has changed us? Baconi, who has written extensively on Hamas & the history of Palestinian resistance, points to 3 factors. It’s happening in full view of the world, yet still allowed...
November 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates asks Palestinian scholar & writer Tareq Baconi “what is it about this genocide particularly” that has changed us? Baconi, who has written extensively on Hamas & the history of Palestinian resistance, points to 3 factors. It’s happening in full view of the world, yet still allowed...
We want a 78% tax on coal exports to help fund a just transition away from the fossil fuel economy. #flotilla
November 29, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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This is civil disobedience‼️ We've asked 'nicely' for decades. Disobeying institutions that abuse power to deliberately harm those less powerful is a vital tenant of a healthy democracy. There is still time to join is at #RisingTide 👇🏽
www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025
www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025
November 29, 2025 at 5:04 AM
This is civil disobedience‼️ We've asked 'nicely' for decades. Disobeying institutions that abuse power to deliberately harm those less powerful is a vital tenant of a healthy democracy. There is still time to join is at #RisingTide 👇🏽
www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025
www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025
This is civil disobedience‼️ We've asked 'nicely' for decades. Disobeying institutions that abuse power to deliberately harm those less powerful is a vital tenant of a healthy democracy. There is still time to join is at #RisingTide 👇🏽
www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025
www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 AM
November 29, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Oops‼️ This coal ship TURNED AWAY due to the #RisingTide disruption of the world’s biggest coal port ✊🏽💚✊🏼
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Oops‼️ This coal ship TURNED AWAY due to the #RisingTide disruption of the world’s biggest coal port ✊🏽💚✊🏼
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The Government's changes to our environment laws fail to address the biggest threat to our environment - climate change caused by fossil fuels.
🔊Co-CEO Leanne Minshull
@leanneminshull.bsky.social #auspol
🔊Co-CEO Leanne Minshull
@leanneminshull.bsky.social #auspol
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The Government's changes to our environment laws fail to address the biggest threat to our environment - climate change caused by fossil fuels.
🔊Co-CEO Leanne Minshull
@leanneminshull.bsky.social #auspol
🔊Co-CEO Leanne Minshull
@leanneminshull.bsky.social #auspol
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Gupta: It’s clear that there’s age-related cognitive decline.
He’s confused a lot. He sometimes mumbles sort of incoherent nonsense when he’s asked a question in the Oval Office.
Clearly they’re not getting MRIs just because, because that’s the moment that we live in. There’s a reason
He’s confused a lot. He sometimes mumbles sort of incoherent nonsense when he’s asked a question in the Oval Office.
Clearly they’re not getting MRIs just because, because that’s the moment that we live in. There’s a reason
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Gupta: It’s clear that there’s age-related cognitive decline.
He’s confused a lot. He sometimes mumbles sort of incoherent nonsense when he’s asked a question in the Oval Office.
Clearly they’re not getting MRIs just because, because that’s the moment that we live in. There’s a reason
He’s confused a lot. He sometimes mumbles sort of incoherent nonsense when he’s asked a question in the Oval Office.
Clearly they’re not getting MRIs just because, because that’s the moment that we live in. There’s a reason
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There are some people who seem to see the recovery of ecosystems in a deforested waste as a personal affront. It's about power, and different landscapes reflect the different ways in which power is distributed - or concentrated.
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Willow trees on Prince William’s land in Devon poisoned with herbicide
Exclusive: Unknown culprit suspected of spraying glyphosate on protected trees hoped to stop peat erosion and flooding
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November 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
There are some people who seem to see the recovery of ecosystems in a deforested waste as a personal affront. It's about power, and different landscapes reflect the different ways in which power is distributed - or concentrated.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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“We are the ones that are saying what the forest is demanding. We are the ones that are saying what the river is asking for. We are going through a lot of violence in our territories.”
“We Need to Be Heard”: Indigenous Amazon Defender Alessandra Korap Munduruku on COP30
Thousands of Amazonian land defenders, both Indigenous peoples and their allies, have traveled to the COP30 U.N. climate conference in Belém, Brazil. On Friday night, an Indigenous-led march arrived a...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
“We are the ones that are saying what the forest is demanding. We are the ones that are saying what the river is asking for. We are going through a lot of violence in our territories.”
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"Right now, this region, is under siege, in large part due to insatiable corporate and government desires to ‘develop’ the North," writes @euanritchie.bsky.social in The Point.
Northern Australia is extraordinary, and it’s under severe threat
Right now, this region, is under siege, in large part due to insatiable corporate and government desires to ‘develop’ the North.
thepoint.com.au
November 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"Right now, this region, is under siege, in large part due to insatiable corporate and government desires to ‘develop’ the North," writes @euanritchie.bsky.social in The Point.
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It Should Be Illegal To Use AI To Deceive People
AI products which deceive people should be illegal in the same way fraud is illegal.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/it-should-...
AI products which deceive people should be illegal in the same way fraud is illegal.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/it-should-...
It Should Be Illegal To Use AI To Deceive People
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
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November 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
It Should Be Illegal To Use AI To Deceive People
AI products which deceive people should be illegal in the same way fraud is illegal.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/it-should-...
AI products which deceive people should be illegal in the same way fraud is illegal.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/it-should-...
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Israel’s National Security Minister Ben-Gvir ordered that a performance by children in the Palestinian National Theatre be raided and closed down just before the children were due to perform.
November 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Israel’s National Security Minister Ben-Gvir ordered that a performance by children in the Palestinian National Theatre be raided and closed down just before the children were due to perform.
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Credit: ABC News In-depth (‘Planet America’)
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Credit: ABC News In-depth (‘Planet America’)
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Referring to the roughly 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists who attended the COP30 talks in Brazil, climate activist Harjeet Singh says "it's like inviting arsonists to tell us how to put out the fire."
“Inviting the Arsonists”: Climate Activist Slams Fossil Fuel Lobbyists at U.N. Talks
Nations are struggling to reach a final text agreement at the COP30 U.N. climate summit in Belém, Brazil. Decisions are made by consensus at COPs, requiring consent among 192 countries, and the bigges...
www.democracynow.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Referring to the roughly 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists who attended the COP30 talks in Brazil, climate activist Harjeet Singh says "it's like inviting arsonists to tell us how to put out the fire."
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“Norway taxes its fossil fuel industry heavily and gives their kids free higher education ... we subsidise our fossil fuel industry and charge a fortune to go to uni.”
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November 24, 2025 at 5:25 AM
“Norway taxes its fossil fuel industry heavily and gives their kids free higher education ... we subsidise our fossil fuel industry and charge a fortune to go to uni.”
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Hear more from Richard Denniss - pre-order 'A Time for Bravery' (code SAVE5 for $5 off) australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time...
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There Are No Easy Fights In The Struggle Against The Empire
You fight them because what the hell else are you going to do? Even if the treads of the machine are going to roll over us all in the end, at least you’ll go down knowing you left it all in the ring.
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You fight them because what the hell else are you going to do? Even if the treads of the machine are going to roll over us all in the end, at least you’ll go down knowing you left it all in the ring.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/there-are-...
There Are No Easy Fights In The Struggle Against The Empire
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
November 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
There Are No Easy Fights In The Struggle Against The Empire
You fight them because what the hell else are you going to do? Even if the treads of the machine are going to roll over us all in the end, at least you’ll go down knowing you left it all in the ring.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/there-are-...
You fight them because what the hell else are you going to do? Even if the treads of the machine are going to roll over us all in the end, at least you’ll go down knowing you left it all in the ring.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/there-are-...
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Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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⭕️ Israel’s “Disco Room” Torture
Defense for Children International – Palestine has documented the ordeal of three boys from Gaza— ages 16 and 17 — who were abducted by Israeli forces while trying to reach food and then tortured inside Israel’s Sde Teiman military camp.
All three were seized...
Defense for Children International – Palestine has documented the ordeal of three boys from Gaza— ages 16 and 17 — who were abducted by Israeli forces while trying to reach food and then tortured inside Israel’s Sde Teiman military camp.
All three were seized...
November 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
⭕️ Israel’s “Disco Room” Torture
Defense for Children International – Palestine has documented the ordeal of three boys from Gaza— ages 16 and 17 — who were abducted by Israeli forces while trying to reach food and then tortured inside Israel’s Sde Teiman military camp.
All three were seized...
Defense for Children International – Palestine has documented the ordeal of three boys from Gaza— ages 16 and 17 — who were abducted by Israeli forces while trying to reach food and then tortured inside Israel’s Sde Teiman military camp.
All three were seized...
