Tim Baxter
@timinclimate.bsky.social
Australian climate researcher and advocate on unceded Wurundjeri Country. Burgeoning neo-luddite. Becoming more anarchist with each passing disaster. Not interested in your white supremacy.
To hell with fascists, crypto and cryptofascists.
To hell with fascists, crypto and cryptofascists.
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Tim Baxter
@timinclimate.bsky.social
· Dec 3
Gorgon CCS is the world's largest pure carbon capture and storage operation. Since 2019, it has been weakly sputtering away out on Barrow Island at Australia's highest emitting industrial facility.
You may have heard it's a failure. Do you know why it's a failure?
A long article and accompanying 🧵
You may have heard it's a failure. Do you know why it's a failure?
A long article and accompanying 🧵
Gorgon carbon capture and storage project: The failure of the world’s largest CCS facility
After decades of abject failure, these days even the most enthusiastic proponent of carbon capture and storage can at best mount a muted…
medium.com
I'm really glad that people found so much good in this piece. As I said in the thread, I was pretty nervous about it.
If you enjoyed it or learned something from it: Thank you! 💛
If you enjoyed it or learned something from it: Thank you! 💛
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Didn’t she drown?
Dingoes on Australia’s K’gari island to be euthanised after tragic death of Canadian tourist Piper James
Dingoes on Australia’s K’gari island to be euthanised after tragic death of Canadian tourist Piper James
Queensland government says pack linked to 19-year-old’s death pose ‘unacceptable public safety risk’ as Indigenous traditional owners say they were not consulted
The dingo pack linked to the death of Canadian tourist Piper James on Australian island K’gari will be destroyed, the Queensland government has announced.
Environment minister Andrew Powell said on Sunday that an entire pack of 10 animals would be euthanised. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Didn’t she drown?
This man is so fucking pathetic.
Multiple people have been murdered by the President’s personal band of domestic terrorists, and the best he can come up with is ”I wanted to vote to increase funding for the terrorists, but in light of the extrajudicial killings I must sadly vote no. 😢”
Multiple people have been murdered by the President’s personal band of domestic terrorists, and the best he can come up with is ”I wanted to vote to increase funding for the terrorists, but in light of the extrajudicial killings I must sadly vote no. 😢”
What’s happening in Minnesota is appalling—and unacceptable in any American city.
January 25, 2026 at 9:45 AM
This man is so fucking pathetic.
Multiple people have been murdered by the President’s personal band of domestic terrorists, and the best he can come up with is ”I wanted to vote to increase funding for the terrorists, but in light of the extrajudicial killings I must sadly vote no. 😢”
Multiple people have been murdered by the President’s personal band of domestic terrorists, and the best he can come up with is ”I wanted to vote to increase funding for the terrorists, but in light of the extrajudicial killings I must sadly vote no. 😢”
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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'Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.'
January 25, 2026 at 9:15 AM
'Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.'
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Trump, Kristi Noem and Greg Bovino claim Pretti was a ‘gunman’ who wanted to “massacre law enforcement.” That is directly contradicted by video evidence of the incident reviewed by the Guardian.
Video contradicts Trump’s claim man killed in Minneapolis was a ‘gunman’
Video evidence reviewed by Guardian shows Alex Pretti, killed by agents in Minneapolis, held a phone, not a gun
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Trump, Kristi Noem and Greg Bovino claim Pretti was a ‘gunman’ who wanted to “massacre law enforcement.” That is directly contradicted by video evidence of the incident reviewed by the Guardian.
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As Trump administration officials claim shooting a man 10 times while he was on the ground was self-defense, two witnesses to Alex Pretti’s killing in Minneapolis have said in sworn testimony that he wasn’t brandishing a weapon when he approached agents
Alex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimony
Pair testify that Pretti did not hold weapon and was trying to help woman federal agents had shoved to the ground
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:21 AM
As Trump administration officials claim shooting a man 10 times while he was on the ground was self-defense, two witnesses to Alex Pretti’s killing in Minneapolis have said in sworn testimony that he wasn’t brandishing a weapon when he approached agents
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The beauty of this is that Guttenfelder is covering these men the way they have always wanted: dripping in tacticool gear, in action, looking down their sites at an enemy which surrounds them. In doing so, he reveals who they are. They imagine themselves heroes; he shows they are villains.
Dave Guttenfelder is an amazing photojournalist who‘s most recently primarily focused on conflict photojournalism in Syria and Ukraine.
Hes recently turned his talents to Minneapolis.
Hes recently turned his talents to Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 7:07 AM
The beauty of this is that Guttenfelder is covering these men the way they have always wanted: dripping in tacticool gear, in action, looking down their sites at an enemy which surrounds them. In doing so, he reveals who they are. They imagine themselves heroes; he shows they are villains.
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The One Nation vote is at an all time high.
It’s clear Parliament platforms Islamophobia by platforming Pauline Hanson.
If Albanese is concerned about “social cohesion” then this means addressing Islamophobia through education, not dangerous and divisive hate speech laws.
It’s clear Parliament platforms Islamophobia by platforming Pauline Hanson.
If Albanese is concerned about “social cohesion” then this means addressing Islamophobia through education, not dangerous and divisive hate speech laws.
January 25, 2026 at 8:13 AM
The One Nation vote is at an all time high.
It’s clear Parliament platforms Islamophobia by platforming Pauline Hanson.
If Albanese is concerned about “social cohesion” then this means addressing Islamophobia through education, not dangerous and divisive hate speech laws.
It’s clear Parliament platforms Islamophobia by platforming Pauline Hanson.
If Albanese is concerned about “social cohesion” then this means addressing Islamophobia through education, not dangerous and divisive hate speech laws.
My mum is in this video!
COLDEST 100: 2026 EDITION
25. All the Bowling Ladies (2017)
Chadstone Bowls Club
#coldest100 #hottest100
youtu.be/76rcwg3xuR4
25. All the Bowling Ladies (2017)
Chadstone Bowls Club
#coldest100 #hottest100
youtu.be/76rcwg3xuR4
25 COLDEST 100 | Chadstone Bowls Club | All the Bowling Ladies (2017)
YouTube video by Oz Kitsch
youtu.be
January 24, 2026 at 12:45 PM
My mum is in this video!
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But watermelon pins.
“Leaked chatlogs, photographs and other evidence analysed by this masthead show that members of the NSN have been in close contact with at least 30 neo-Nazi extremist groups overseas since forming five years ago. Nine of those groups are listed internationally as terror cells.”
“Leaked chatlogs, photographs and other evidence analysed by this masthead show that members of the NSN have been in close contact with at least 30 neo-Nazi extremist groups overseas since forming five years ago. Nine of those groups are listed internationally as terror cells.”
‘A scary time’: Nazi terror links revealed as disbanding sparks fears of violence
Experts say far-right extremists are more dangerous than ever, even as they officially split, and this masthead reveals the extent of their connection to terror cells around the world.
www.theage.com.au
January 23, 2026 at 9:47 PM
But watermelon pins.
“Leaked chatlogs, photographs and other evidence analysed by this masthead show that members of the NSN have been in close contact with at least 30 neo-Nazi extremist groups overseas since forming five years ago. Nine of those groups are listed internationally as terror cells.”
“Leaked chatlogs, photographs and other evidence analysed by this masthead show that members of the NSN have been in close contact with at least 30 neo-Nazi extremist groups overseas since forming five years ago. Nine of those groups are listed internationally as terror cells.”
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ABC Indigenous doesn’t mince words
January 23, 2026 at 6:33 AM
ABC Indigenous doesn’t mince words
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Dangerous fire weekend and Telstra has had a total outage since Friday morning for our district.
Ok for us as we've got wifi, could be deadly for visitors or those without home internet.
Damn near negligent.
Ok for us as we've got wifi, could be deadly for visitors or those without home internet.
Damn near negligent.
January 24, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Dangerous fire weekend and Telstra has had a total outage since Friday morning for our district.
Ok for us as we've got wifi, could be deadly for visitors or those without home internet.
Damn near negligent.
Ok for us as we've got wifi, could be deadly for visitors or those without home internet.
Damn near negligent.
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We’re going to go through the whole explanation of what anarchy is again, aren't we?
January 23, 2026 at 6:08 AM
We’re going to go through the whole explanation of what anarchy is again, aren't we?
I wasn’t much of a Tesla fan before, but our new house came with two Tesla products pre-installed.
Both of these are kinda fucked due to intentional decisions made by Tesla to screw over customers.
The EV charger will only charge Tesla EVs and the Powerwall essentially cannot ever be upgraded.
Both of these are kinda fucked due to intentional decisions made by Tesla to screw over customers.
The EV charger will only charge Tesla EVs and the Powerwall essentially cannot ever be upgraded.
January 23, 2026 at 11:29 AM
I wasn’t much of a Tesla fan before, but our new house came with two Tesla products pre-installed.
Both of these are kinda fucked due to intentional decisions made by Tesla to screw over customers.
The EV charger will only charge Tesla EVs and the Powerwall essentially cannot ever be upgraded.
Both of these are kinda fucked due to intentional decisions made by Tesla to screw over customers.
The EV charger will only charge Tesla EVs and the Powerwall essentially cannot ever be upgraded.
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This is a fascist technology that fundamentally -by its core design and characteristics as a technology- serves the goals of bigots, racists and bloodthirsty white supremacists
It has no role in progressive or left advocacy, no matter how much time it saves you. When you use it, you're helping them
It has no role in progressive or left advocacy, no matter how much time it saves you. When you use it, you're helping them
WH posted AI faked photo of arrested protestor
“Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
“Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:54 AM
This is a fascist technology that fundamentally -by its core design and characteristics as a technology- serves the goals of bigots, racists and bloodthirsty white supremacists
It has no role in progressive or left advocacy, no matter how much time it saves you. When you use it, you're helping them
It has no role in progressive or left advocacy, no matter how much time it saves you. When you use it, you're helping them
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The heatwave in Australia is beyond belief. And it's caused by people making decisions to burn coal, oil and gas when there's so many other options available.
January 23, 2026 at 8:55 AM
The heatwave in Australia is beyond belief. And it's caused by people making decisions to burn coal, oil and gas when there's so many other options available.
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Some good news in protest: the declaration of the Melbourne CBD as a ‘designated area’ for six months (allowing police to search people without warrant and direct people to move face masks) is legally invalid. Quick explainer here:
www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Ju...
www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Ju...
Browne v Assistant Commissioner of Police, North West Metro Region [2026] FCA 15
www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au
January 23, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Some good news in protest: the declaration of the Melbourne CBD as a ‘designated area’ for six months (allowing police to search people without warrant and direct people to move face masks) is legally invalid. Quick explainer here:
www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Ju...
www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Ju...
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Hypothetically speaking, what would Republican congresspersons do if red district Republicans were being gassed, beaten, and shot dead over a period of a month by federal agents under a Democratic president?
January 22, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Hypothetically speaking, what would Republican congresspersons do if red district Republicans were being gassed, beaten, and shot dead over a period of a month by federal agents under a Democratic president?
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Compare the pair. I think the argument can be made they are legally distinct.
January 22, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Compare the pair. I think the argument can be made they are legally distinct.
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Australia’s worst heatwave since black summer made five times more likely by global heating, analysis suggests
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia’s worst heatwave since black summer made five times more likely by global heating, analysis finds
Extreme heat ‘is getting worse and whether we like it or not … there’s ultimately a limit to what we can actually physically cope with,’ scientist says
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Australia’s worst heatwave since black summer made five times more likely by global heating, analysis suggests
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The intense heatwave in south-eastern Australia in early January was made five times more likely by human-caused climate change, a new international analysis has found. #heatwave #climatechange www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Climate change 'made January heatwave five times more likely'
A study by World Weather Attribution has analysed temperatures during the intense early January heatwave. It found that what was once a rare event is now happening far more often.
www.abc.net.au
January 22, 2026 at 10:30 PM
The intense heatwave in south-eastern Australia in early January was made five times more likely by human-caused climate change, a new international analysis has found. #heatwave #climatechange www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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As Bill Gates recommends a “strategic pivot” away from climate change, the Gates Foundation made record investments in fossil fuel companies in 2024, despite its 2019 pledge to divest.
No one should ever listen to Gates about climate change again.
No one should ever listen to Gates about climate change again.
January 20, 2026 at 12:27 PM
As Bill Gates recommends a “strategic pivot” away from climate change, the Gates Foundation made record investments in fossil fuel companies in 2024, despite its 2019 pledge to divest.
No one should ever listen to Gates about climate change again.
No one should ever listen to Gates about climate change again.
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WA's EPA granted fracking in the Kimberley too on Tuesday www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
State's EPA recommends Valhalla gas project for approval
Traditional owners and environmental groups are calling on the premier and environment minister to reject a controversial proposal to explore gas wells in the Kimberley.
www.abc.net.au
January 23, 2026 at 1:01 AM
WA's EPA granted fracking in the Kimberley too on Tuesday www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
In what galaxy is an offshore gas project that ships gas straight overseas "nation-building". I know the NT News is famous for its hilarious headlines, but this is just deadshit.
Words used to have meanings, y'know.
Words used to have meanings, y'know.
January 22, 2026 at 11:46 PM
In what galaxy is an offshore gas project that ships gas straight overseas "nation-building". I know the NT News is famous for its hilarious headlines, but this is just deadshit.
Words used to have meanings, y'know.
Words used to have meanings, y'know.