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Tom Quinn

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Number cruncher. Story teller. Coalition builder. Vision setter. Working to build a better future and drive emissions down as fast as possible. #atypoineverypost #climate #energy #economy #IntRel Posting from Dja Dja Wurrung Country

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Tom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · Aug 13

So a few weeks ago we packed up the trailer, loaded up the kids and set off on a three month road trip up Australia's East Coast.

Will share some sporadic updates and reflections here as we go.

A wing door trailer with bikes loaded on the draw bar ready to start the adventure.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 3h

This is actually what is going to happen.

That’s already what’s happening in Lebanon. Israel kills regularly, violates the ceasefire agreement on an hourly basis.

It’s just not on the news anymore.

This is why pressure against Israel mustn’t just continue, but increase.

The Onion @theonion.com · 4h

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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Josep Goded (New Main Account) @josepgoded2.bsky.social · 17h

Israel has unleashed around 200,000 tons of explosives on Gaza — the destructive force of nearly 13 Hiroshima-sized bombs.

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 2h

The Govt has developed preliminary costs for the storage & disposal of #AUKUS high level nuclear waste. You’re not allowed to see what it is and the Senate is not being told either. The only thing we do know is that you’ll be paying for it. #FOI #auspol

AUKUS nuclear waste costs? Government: we know but we're not saying - Michael West

The Government has calculated preliminary costs for the treatment and storage of high-level radioactive waste from AUKUS submarines.

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 2h

Israeli attacked a residential building in Gaza City and, according to Al Jazeera, killed and injured more than 70 civilians with most of them still under the rubble.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 4h

A map of Gaza shows how Israeli forces will withdraw under the first phase of the ceasefire plan while remaining in control of nearly 60% of the besieged Strip aje.io/kekalb

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Tom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · 1h

Which is an interesting contrast I guess vis a vis the gleaming new cities and infrastructure of China in contrast to the crumbling infrastructure particularly in the US.

Tom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · 1h

The strong cultural memory of that time is striking too. Newspapers there still describe Argentina as an advanced Western nation.

While all around BA, you see the literally crumbling infrastructure of that past glory.

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Dr Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · 2h

there is no reason on earth to create more child abuse material and my god getting police officers of all people to do it??? Remember we already recruit abusers into the carceral system, the public pays them, governments give them access to victims, and impunity. All prisons employ abusers.

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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 2h

Australian newspapers are reporting only the ceasefire, not Israel’s violation of it. The bombing hasn’t stopped but that’s an inconvenient truth.

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Tennant Reed @tennantreed.bsky.social · 2h

OUT NOW: Australia’s first national climate risk assessment got a trifle overshadowed by the 2035 target. It deserves a second look! But it’s 284 pages of yikes. LMSU has read it so you can skip to the bits you need most.

Pod: www.letmesumup.net/the-ghost-of...

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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 15h

The Govt committed publicly to chipping in 42.5% of the cost of public hospitals by 2030.

But we’re now told that that is actually unlikely to happen.

Public hospitals are experiencing huge demand, so it’s frustrating to see the promises but no firm commitment on delivery.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 11h

Please enjoy this executive at one of America's biggest gas companies openly admitting that expanding supply leads to increased demand for fossil fuels

He is not wrong: frantic expansion of fossil fuel supply worsens climate change. Tax it, cut subsidies, wind it down

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Will Jordan, chief legal and policy officer at EQT, a leading US gas producer, also thought that any glut would be temporary, and said US demand was also rising on the boom in power-hungry artificial intelligence data centres.

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BP’s new chair signals more asset sales and demands faster restructuring

“Supply leads demand — you put the supply on the market and demand gets created.,” he said. “Over the long term we’re very bullish.”

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Abu Aardvark’s Ghost @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 21h

I’ll fucking sign Trumps Nobel Peace Prize myself if it ends the genocide, starts aid, prevents Israeli annexation and stops the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza. We are a long way from that. Still better than Biden’s crew of super-geniuses managed.

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Gaza's Tomorrow is Yesterday

Plus the latest from the MENA Academy Last week, the Trump White House announced a somewhat odd 20 point peace plan for Gaza; the language was so casual and the key points so vague that I at first as...

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Ren Wyld @wyld.bsky.social · 16h

@southerlylitmag.bsky.social, so-called Australia's oldest literary journal, has quietly woken from a long hiatus to join us in the Bluesky. This must be a sign of something brewing. So give them a follow.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Almost 55,000 children in Gaza acutely malnourished, Lancet study estimates

Study shows clear link between Israeli restrictions on aid entering Gaza and levels of malnutrition among children Almost 55,000 children in Gaza are estimated to be acutely malnourished, far more than have so far been identified as victims of the potentially lethal condition, a study published in the Lancet, the respected international medical periodical, has revealed. The study, published on Wednesday, and led by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa), offers a month-by-month breakdown through much of the two-year conflict, and shows for the first time a clear link between Israeli restrictions on supplies entering Gaza and levels of malnutrition among children. Continue reading...

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 1d

BTW this National Press Club story hasn't been reported in any major news outlet yet. Indies like Lamestream, We Used to Be Journos, Pearls and Irritations etc all over it.

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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 14h

The Israeli Hostages Families Forum, a grassroots organisation representing many of the hostage families, said it received the news of a ceasefire with “excitement, anticipation, and apprehension.”

Hamas plans to release all 20 living hostages this weekend.

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Gaza ceasefire deal: What we know so far about the ‘first phase’ of the peace plan

US president Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to ‘first phase’ of plan to pause fighting and release some hostages and prisoners

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 21h

ברוך הטוב והמטיב

May this truly be beginning of a real ceasefire, and the beginning of permanent peace and *true justice* for everyone in the land.

May the memories of all those annihilated in the genocide, all those slaughtered, be for a revolution.

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Tom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · 13h

We should never forget, that in the face of these daily atrocities and so much more, our government did nothing to sanctions Israel and its genocide of Palestinians.

Nothing.

Contemptible.

They shamed us all through their inaction.

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Tom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · 13h

The average daily toll of the two-year genocidal war on the enclave. Since October 7, 2023, Israel:

- killed 18 students and one teacher daily
- destroyed 367 housing units daily
- demolished more than one mosque daily
- destroyed a central water well daily

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ISRAEL, HAMAS AGREE ON GAZA CEASEFIRE DEAL

Gaza ceasefire breakthrough announced by US President Donald Trump on third day of talks in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh.

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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 13h

Live cam in Gaza on Sky News just showing a strike on the coast, amongst civilians, anda massive smoke plume from a big bomb dropped elsewhere on the Strip

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 14h

The thousands of hostages we never hear about.

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Molly Quell @mollyquell.bsky.social · 13h

The ICJ will issue an advisory opinion on Oct. 22nd on Israel’s legal obligations to ensure humanitarian aid reaches Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

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Tom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · 13h

Thank you!

Tom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · 13h

Such a big land! We've covered 10,000 km, but still only really visited a little bit of the place!

Plus lots of spots we're keen to get back to which we just didn't have enough time in.

Tell you what though, very nice to have a proper bed again after 3 months in the tent. 😂

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