Tim Baxter
@timinclimate.bsky.social
Australian climate researcher and advocate on unceded Wurundjeri Country. Burgeoning neo-luddite. More anarchist with every passing climate 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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ouroborbus
In Oslo, four articulated buses trapped themselves in a roundabout yesterday.
"I don't know what I'm most impressed with: That they managed to get into the situation, or that they got out of it."
"I don't know what I'm most impressed with: That they managed to get into the situation, or that they got out of it."
– Vet ikke hva jeg er mest imponert over: At de klarte å komme seg inn i situasjonen, eller at de kom seg ut av den
Mandag kveld bød på komiske scener fra Alexander Kiellands plass.
www.ao.no
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
ouroborbus
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Seems like everyone discovered the internal railway abbreviation for Frankston today. (It's not new) #Melbourne
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Seems like everyone discovered the internal railway abbreviation for Frankston today. (It's not new) #Melbourne
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Listening to @amyremeikis.bsky.social talk to @seankelly.bsky.social about how Albanese pretty much prevents cabinet ministers from doing anything he doesn’t want…. And pondering how long they will allow that to keep happening
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Listening to @amyremeikis.bsky.social talk to @seankelly.bsky.social about how Albanese pretty much prevents cabinet ministers from doing anything he doesn’t want…. And pondering how long they will allow that to keep happening
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Gas use for electricity generation in Australia is plummeting.
Down 50% over the past decade (!!!) in the NEM on the east coast.
Gas has a small role that's getting smaller and will be absolutely crushed by big batteries in the electricity.
Not a transition fuel, no matter what BS the PM pushes.
Down 50% over the past decade (!!!) in the NEM on the east coast.
Gas has a small role that's getting smaller and will be absolutely crushed by big batteries in the electricity.
Not a transition fuel, no matter what BS the PM pushes.
November 24, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Gas use for electricity generation in Australia is plummeting.
Down 50% over the past decade (!!!) in the NEM on the east coast.
Gas has a small role that's getting smaller and will be absolutely crushed by big batteries in the electricity.
Not a transition fuel, no matter what BS the PM pushes.
Down 50% over the past decade (!!!) in the NEM on the east coast.
Gas has a small role that's getting smaller and will be absolutely crushed by big batteries in the electricity.
Not a transition fuel, no matter what BS the PM pushes.
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This weekend I did about half of the work required to sand three(?) layers of paint off the fucking ugly white-washed pine balustrade around the top of the stairs.
I genuinely can't think of a less worthwhile activity to have engaged in.
I genuinely can't think of a less worthwhile activity to have engaged in.
November 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This weekend I did about half of the work required to sand three(?) layers of paint off the fucking ugly white-washed pine balustrade around the top of the stairs.
I genuinely can't think of a less worthwhile activity to have engaged in.
I genuinely can't think of a less worthwhile activity to have engaged in.
Ro-Ro Kurmi delivers the goods.
To give you an idea about just how eventful the end of COP30 was, I wrote and rewrote this entire 2000 story for @drilledmedia.bsky.social three times over a period of about six hours as it was all happening.
COP-tastrophe: How the COP of Implementation, Truth, Forests, and Indigenous Peoples Failed on All Counts
COP30 began full of promise but ended as yet another reminder that the mechanism for global climate governance is broken.
drilled.media
November 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Ro-Ro Kurmi delivers the goods.
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To give you an idea about just how eventful the end of COP30 was, I wrote and rewrote this entire 2000 story for @drilledmedia.bsky.social three times over a period of about six hours as it was all happening.
COP-tastrophe: How the COP of Implementation, Truth, Forests, and Indigenous Peoples Failed on All Counts
COP30 began full of promise but ended as yet another reminder that the mechanism for global climate governance is broken.
drilled.media
November 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
To give you an idea about just how eventful the end of COP30 was, I wrote and rewrote this entire 2000 story for @drilledmedia.bsky.social three times over a period of about six hours as it was all happening.
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The shit this guy gets away with is stunning. Transplant the exact same words into Scott Morrison's mouth and we get 300 debunks and fact checks in response
November 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The shit this guy gets away with is stunning. Transplant the exact same words into Scott Morrison's mouth and we get 300 debunks and fact checks in response
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Albanese basically just blurting out ExxonMobil / Woodside Energy talking points - but because it's Albanese, it doesn't get debunked in the article text.
youtu.be/iclIVwl8KIA?...
youtu.be/iclIVwl8KIA?...
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Albanese basically just blurting out ExxonMobil / Woodside Energy talking points - but because it's Albanese, it doesn't get debunked in the article text.
youtu.be/iclIVwl8KIA?...
youtu.be/iclIVwl8KIA?...
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#esa2025 Greens need to not do a Safeguard or Nature Repair-style flop and not cave to these absurd crumbs offerings #EPBCAct
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Labor offers Greens forestry deal in exchange for support on environment laws
The ABC has been told the federal government is willing to ensure native forestry complies with tougher new standards within three years if the Greens back the reforms.
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
#esa2025 Greens need to not do a Safeguard or Nature Repair-style flop and not cave to these absurd crumbs offerings #EPBCAct
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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#Victorians! Our State Library is being trashed by a series of executives with no experience or understanding of public collections. Many hired as 'temps' without full process, who then caused scandals & exodus of specialist & librarian staff: a full wreck looms. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
State Library proposes major cuts to staff and services
The library plans halve the number of reference librarians it employs and reduce the number of computers available for public use in a move that has outraged staff.
www.theage.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
#Victorians! Our State Library is being trashed by a series of executives with no experience or understanding of public collections. Many hired as 'temps' without full process, who then caused scandals & exodus of specialist & librarian staff: a full wreck looms. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
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Just casually reading in the 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer that nearly a quarter (28-country average) seem to think that intentionally spreading disinformation (!) or committing violence (!!) is OK as a means to bring about societal change.
www.edelman.com/sites/g/file...
www.edelman.com/sites/g/file...
November 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Just casually reading in the 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer that nearly a quarter (28-country average) seem to think that intentionally spreading disinformation (!) or committing violence (!!) is OK as a means to bring about societal change.
www.edelman.com/sites/g/file...
www.edelman.com/sites/g/file...
Leopards and faces something something. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
Major MAGA figure Marjorie Taylor Greene resigns after Trump clash
Greene says 'standing up for American women raped at 14' should not lead to being branded a 'traitor' by Trump.
www.aljazeera.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Leopards and faces something something. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
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"Sewell and his White Australian group are fundamentally our homegrown problem to deal with as an Australian community. I think the same about Gruter." - Tom Tanuki
Deporting a neo-Nazi is a funny, terrible idea
Sending a 'Go Back to Africa' neo-Nazi back to Africa is poetic. But this ideology in Australia is our homegrown problem to deal with — and progressives should know deportations are not our friend.
www.crikey.com.au
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 AM
"Sewell and his White Australian group are fundamentally our homegrown problem to deal with as an Australian community. I think the same about Gruter." - Tom Tanuki
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The mining lobby is weak right now.
Perfect time for strong env laws, @albomp.bsky.social
Last week the Minerals Council and gas lobby literally threw a party and no one (important) turned up.
My piece on it for @thenewdaily.bsky.social
@australiainstitute.org.au
Perfect time for strong env laws, @albomp.bsky.social
Last week the Minerals Council and gas lobby literally threw a party and no one (important) turned up.
My piece on it for @thenewdaily.bsky.social
@australiainstitute.org.au
It's the perfect time for the government to defy the mining lobbies
Long-gone are the days when the mining industry could claim to have the power to topple prime ministers and governments.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
November 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The mining lobby is weak right now.
Perfect time for strong env laws, @albomp.bsky.social
Last week the Minerals Council and gas lobby literally threw a party and no one (important) turned up.
My piece on it for @thenewdaily.bsky.social
@australiainstitute.org.au
Perfect time for strong env laws, @albomp.bsky.social
Last week the Minerals Council and gas lobby literally threw a party and no one (important) turned up.
My piece on it for @thenewdaily.bsky.social
@australiainstitute.org.au
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omfg. "wicked problem" are you fucking kidding me, jesus fucking christ
The real wicked problem here is Australia's mostly-white journalist class persistently stepping on the exact rakes the salivating white nationalists want them to step on. It is so nuts to me how none of this ever changes
The real wicked problem here is Australia's mostly-white journalist class persistently stepping on the exact rakes the salivating white nationalists want them to step on. It is so nuts to me how none of this ever changes
November 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
omfg. "wicked problem" are you fucking kidding me, jesus fucking christ
The real wicked problem here is Australia's mostly-white journalist class persistently stepping on the exact rakes the salivating white nationalists want them to step on. It is so nuts to me how none of this ever changes
The real wicked problem here is Australia's mostly-white journalist class persistently stepping on the exact rakes the salivating white nationalists want them to step on. It is so nuts to me how none of this ever changes
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I am *not* sold on this take that interviews for lower-skilled jobs are a "low stakes" matter (and thus, AI is fine!). Like, lower stakes for who? www.ft.com/content/9998...
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I am *not* sold on this take that interviews for lower-skilled jobs are a "low stakes" matter (and thus, AI is fine!). Like, lower stakes for who? www.ft.com/content/9998...
OH MY GOD.
The session after "Can COPs still deliver?" - which took place while the COP venue was actually on fire - was titled "Fireside conversation with DCCEEW’s new Secretary, Mike Kaiser"
The metaphor is actually kinda on the nose.
The session after "Can COPs still deliver?" - which took place while the COP venue was actually on fire - was titled "Fireside conversation with DCCEEW’s new Secretary, Mike Kaiser"
The metaphor is actually kinda on the nose.
Overnight there was a fire at the COP30 venue. No-one was hurt but part of the venue was evacuated.
While that was occurring, elsewhere at the Australian Pavilion was hosting an event called "Can COPs still deliver?"
This feels like a metaphor for Australia's international climate diplomacy.
While that was occurring, elsewhere at the Australian Pavilion was hosting an event called "Can COPs still deliver?"
This feels like a metaphor for Australia's international climate diplomacy.
November 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
OH MY GOD.
The session after "Can COPs still deliver?" - which took place while the COP venue was actually on fire - was titled "Fireside conversation with DCCEEW’s new Secretary, Mike Kaiser"
The metaphor is actually kinda on the nose.
The session after "Can COPs still deliver?" - which took place while the COP venue was actually on fire - was titled "Fireside conversation with DCCEEW’s new Secretary, Mike Kaiser"
The metaphor is actually kinda on the nose.
Overnight there was a fire at the COP30 venue. No-one was hurt but part of the venue was evacuated.
While that was occurring, elsewhere at the Australian Pavilion was hosting an event called "Can COPs still deliver?"
This feels like a metaphor for Australia's international climate diplomacy.
While that was occurring, elsewhere at the Australian Pavilion was hosting an event called "Can COPs still deliver?"
This feels like a metaphor for Australia's international climate diplomacy.
November 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Overnight there was a fire at the COP30 venue. No-one was hurt but part of the venue was evacuated.
While that was occurring, elsewhere at the Australian Pavilion was hosting an event called "Can COPs still deliver?"
This feels like a metaphor for Australia's international climate diplomacy.
While that was occurring, elsewhere at the Australian Pavilion was hosting an event called "Can COPs still deliver?"
This feels like a metaphor for Australia's international climate diplomacy.
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wow this is a surprise
Labor tipped to drop proposal for online gambling ad ban
Political and industry sources expect Communications Minister Anika Wells to crack-down on illegal offshore gambling websites.
www.afr.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
wow this is a surprise
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Marine wildlife fleeing to poles due to global heating as Australian oceans face ‘uncharted’ future. The rules that we’ve been relying on for ocean protection and conservation… they’re going to have to evolve.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Marine wildlife fleeing to poles due to global heating as Australian oceans face ‘uncharted’ future
From 2040 onwards the average year for marine ecosystems is likely to be more extreme than the worst years experienced up until 2015, researchers say
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Marine wildlife fleeing to poles due to global heating as Australian oceans face ‘uncharted’ future. The rules that we’ve been relying on for ocean protection and conservation… they’re going to have to evolve.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The shambolic way Australia's withdrawal from the running for COP31 has been handled has all the hallmarks of yet another Albanese cowardly captain's call from Albanese.
The dude can't help himself from jumping at shadows and destroying the work being done by his ministers.
The dude can't help himself from jumping at shadows and destroying the work being done by his ministers.
November 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The shambolic way Australia's withdrawal from the running for COP31 has been handled has all the hallmarks of yet another Albanese cowardly captain's call from Albanese.
The dude can't help himself from jumping at shadows and destroying the work being done by his ministers.
The dude can't help himself from jumping at shadows and destroying the work being done by his ministers.
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Australia dropped its fight to host co-COP31 with the Pacific, being able to avoid the shame of being called out for its bs environmental laws, approving a huge gas project and its failure to actually support Pacific Islanders or Indigenous Peoples.
November 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Australia dropped its fight to host co-COP31 with the Pacific, being able to avoid the shame of being called out for its bs environmental laws, approving a huge gas project and its failure to actually support Pacific Islanders or Indigenous Peoples.