Tom Quinn
@tomquinn.bsky.social
Number cruncher. Story teller. Coalition builder. Vision setter.
Working to build a better future and drive emissions down as fast as possible.
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Working to build a better future and drive emissions down as fast as possible.
#atypoineverypost
#climate #energy #economy #IntRel
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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.
Will share some sporadic updates and reflections here as we go.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Example 1312 of why this all sucks and any govt that gives them ever greater powers to do this are garbage racists too
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Example 1312 of why this all sucks and any govt that gives them ever greater powers to do this are garbage racists too
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"Project researchers said that in 2024, Aboriginal people were 15 times more likely to be searched by Victoria Police officers than white people, while people perceived to be African were about nine times more likely."
Victoria Police banned racial profiling a decade ago. Has it made a difference?
Researchers said that in 2024, Aboriginal people were 15 times more likely to be searched by Victoria Police than white people.
www.sbs.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
"Project researchers said that in 2024, Aboriginal people were 15 times more likely to be searched by Victoria Police officers than white people, while people perceived to be African were about nine times more likely."
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I wrote about the absurdity of the COPs failing to make fossil fuels the villain.
"We have spent 30 years trying to arrive at the place we should have started: that fossil fuels must go."
"We have spent 30 years trying to arrive at the place we should have started: that fossil fuels must go."
The UN Climate Process Still Doesn't Understand the Assignment
The original sin of the UN's work was to fail to center coal, oil, and gas as the primary villains in the entire enterprise.
www.gravityisgone.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I wrote about the absurdity of the COPs failing to make fossil fuels the villain.
"We have spent 30 years trying to arrive at the place we should have started: that fossil fuels must go."
"We have spent 30 years trying to arrive at the place we should have started: that fossil fuels must go."
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This BBC article gets right to the heart of my rants about modern media. The vast majority of big MAGA accounts were fake yet they’ve managed to find a handful of small Democrat fake accounts and given them equal merit. Fake Scot indie - yes. No mention of fake Reform or ‘English Patriot’ at all.
How X's new location feature exposed big US politics accounts
Dozens of pro-Trump accounts are being accused of misleading followers after the social media site began showing user locations.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
This BBC article gets right to the heart of my rants about modern media. The vast majority of big MAGA accounts were fake yet they’ve managed to find a handful of small Democrat fake accounts and given them equal merit. Fake Scot indie - yes. No mention of fake Reform or ‘English Patriot’ at all.
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🙏🇺🇦 A person may be under the rubble in Kyiv, — Ministry of Internal Affairs
Currently, 6 people are known to have died as a result of the enemy attack on the capital, 8 people have been hospitalized.
Currently, 6 people are known to have died as a result of the enemy attack on the capital, 8 people have been hospitalized.
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🙏🇺🇦 A person may be under the rubble in Kyiv, — Ministry of Internal Affairs
Currently, 6 people are known to have died as a result of the enemy attack on the capital, 8 people have been hospitalized.
Currently, 6 people are known to have died as a result of the enemy attack on the capital, 8 people have been hospitalized.
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“This is complete overkill by Victoria police to designate such a large area for six months... What it means is that a police officer or protective services officer can stop and search anyone, no questions asked, at any time in the CBD and its surrounds.”
‘Vast overreach’: police allowed to conduct warrantless pat-downs of people across inner Melbourne for six months
Search powers, usually reserved for protests, will be in effect in the CBD and beyond in a move criticised by human rights groups
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
“This is complete overkill by Victoria police to designate such a large area for six months... What it means is that a police officer or protective services officer can stop and search anyone, no questions asked, at any time in the CBD and its surrounds.”
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Good morning with good news: China's electric heavy trucks sales skyrocket, bad news for diesel and LNG demand.
EV heavy truck market share surged to 22% in first half of 2025 from 9% in 2024! EV market share jumped 139%.
EVs were 28% of sales in August 2025!
apnews.com/article/chin... #energysky
EV heavy truck market share surged to 22% in first half of 2025 from 9% in 2024! EV market share jumped 139%.
EVs were 28% of sales in August 2025!
apnews.com/article/chin... #energysky
China's diesel trucks are shifting to electric. That could change global LNG and diesel demand
China is rapidly replacing its aging diesel trucks with electric models, signaling a major shift in the world’s largest vehicle market.
apnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Good morning with good news: China's electric heavy trucks sales skyrocket, bad news for diesel and LNG demand.
EV heavy truck market share surged to 22% in first half of 2025 from 9% in 2024! EV market share jumped 139%.
EVs were 28% of sales in August 2025!
apnews.com/article/chin... #energysky
EV heavy truck market share surged to 22% in first half of 2025 from 9% in 2024! EV market share jumped 139%.
EVs were 28% of sales in August 2025!
apnews.com/article/chin... #energysky
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Pakistani Airstrikes Kill 10 in Afghanistan - https://en.tempo.co/read/2068526/pakistani-airstrikes-kill-10-in-afghanistan
Pakistani Airstrikes Kill 10 in Afghanistan
An airstrike in Khost province, Afghanistan, killed a woman and nine children, following a suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan, that killed three.
en.tempo.co
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Pakistani Airstrikes Kill 10 in Afghanistan - https://en.tempo.co/read/2068526/pakistani-airstrikes-kill-10-in-afghanistan
Can get pretty heated I hear, the Big Begonia racket heavying the smaller stalls.
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Can get pretty heated I hear, the Big Begonia racket heavying the smaller stalls.
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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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Seeing media people post praise for Bevan Shields’ run at SMH so I genuinely want to know was it the starting by outing a queer woman, directly telling journalists to lie about a union strike or the genocide denial that made it a ‘great run at a hard job’?
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Seeing media people post praise for Bevan Shields’ run at SMH so I genuinely want to know was it the starting by outing a queer woman, directly telling journalists to lie about a union strike or the genocide denial that made it a ‘great run at a hard job’?
"Victoria Police are facing accusations of racial profiling after new data showed Aboriginal people were 15 times more likely to be searched than Caucasian people"
HT @leanneveronica.bsky.social
HT @leanneveronica.bsky.social
Not just 'a few bad apples': Data shows Victoria Police far more likely to target Aboriginal and racialised communities
Victoria Police are facing accusations of racial profiling after new data showed Aboriginal people were 15 times more likely to be searched than Caucasian people, as legal groups argue it shows the is...
nit.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
"Victoria Police are facing accusations of racial profiling after new data showed Aboriginal people were 15 times more likely to be searched than Caucasian people"
HT @leanneveronica.bsky.social
HT @leanneveronica.bsky.social
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And just yesterday data was published that revealed the rate of searches and use of force against Aboriginal people is "getting worse, not getting better" ...
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
And just yesterday data was published that revealed the rate of searches and use of force against Aboriginal people is "getting worse, not getting better" ...
Will these powers be abused ✅️
Will these be deployed excessively against young people and people of colour ✅️
Will these be used disproportionately against climate and genocide protesters- you betcha.
This won't make any of us safer.
Will these be deployed excessively against young people and people of colour ✅️
Will these be used disproportionately against climate and genocide protesters- you betcha.
This won't make any of us safer.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Will these powers be abused ✅️
Will these be deployed excessively against young people and people of colour ✅️
Will these be used disproportionately against climate and genocide protesters- you betcha.
This won't make any of us safer.
Will these be deployed excessively against young people and people of colour ✅️
Will these be used disproportionately against climate and genocide protesters- you betcha.
This won't make any of us safer.
Victoria has just the police a blank cheque to search you and everybody else in the Melbourne CBD.
"Police officers and protective service officers (PSOs) are empowered to search a person and anything in the possession or control of the person, or a vehicle, for weapons under the Act."
"Police officers and protective service officers (PSOs) are empowered to search a person and anything in the possession or control of the person, or a vehicle, for weapons under the Act."
Wtf? Vic police have declared the entire CBD a designated area for a period of 6 months.
Definitely an overreach...
#VicPol
www.police.vic.gov.au/public-notic...
Definitely an overreach...
#VicPol
www.police.vic.gov.au/public-notic...
Public notice: Melbourne CBD - Sunday 30 November 2025 to Friday 29 May 2026
A public notice for Melbourne CBD and surrounds from Sunday 30 November 2025 to Friday 29 May 2026.
www.police.vic.gov.au
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Victoria has just the police a blank cheque to search you and everybody else in the Melbourne CBD.
"Police officers and protective service officers (PSOs) are empowered to search a person and anything in the possession or control of the person, or a vehicle, for weapons under the Act."
"Police officers and protective service officers (PSOs) are empowered to search a person and anything in the possession or control of the person, or a vehicle, for weapons under the Act."
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Wtf? Vic police have declared the entire CBD a designated area for a period of 6 months.
Definitely an overreach...
#VicPol
www.police.vic.gov.au/public-notic...
Definitely an overreach...
#VicPol
www.police.vic.gov.au/public-notic...
Public notice: Melbourne CBD - Sunday 30 November 2025 to Friday 29 May 2026
A public notice for Melbourne CBD and surrounds from Sunday 30 November 2025 to Friday 29 May 2026.
www.police.vic.gov.au
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Wtf? Vic police have declared the entire CBD a designated area for a period of 6 months.
Definitely an overreach...
#VicPol
www.police.vic.gov.au/public-notic...
Definitely an overreach...
#VicPol
www.police.vic.gov.au/public-notic...
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8 years since I published the first investigative piece into gig economy rider safety conditions here in Australia. No one else was writing about it at the time medium.com/@Asher_Wolf/...
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
8 years since I published the first investigative piece into gig economy rider safety conditions here in Australia. No one else was writing about it at the time medium.com/@Asher_Wolf/...
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Australia doesn't have a gas shortage problem.
We have a gas export problem, and Australians are paying the price.
Great to see this issue being discussed in Parliament this week! #auspol
We have a gas export problem, and Australians are paying the price.
Great to see this issue being discussed in Parliament this week! #auspol
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Australia doesn't have a gas shortage problem.
We have a gas export problem, and Australians are paying the price.
Great to see this issue being discussed in Parliament this week! #auspol
We have a gas export problem, and Australians are paying the price.
Great to see this issue being discussed in Parliament this week! #auspol
💯 - and they also got the turbine order in before the global production delays kicked in.
Too slow, too expensive during both construction and operation.
Too slow, too expensive during both construction and operation.
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
💯 - and they also got the turbine order in before the global production delays kicked in.
Too slow, too expensive during both construction and operation.
Too slow, too expensive during both construction and operation.
On a somewhat related note (poorly known union actions for the greater good), union black bans also stopped Bjelke-Petersen from establishing oil rigs through the Great Barrier Reef and directly led to its protection and establishment as a marine park under Whitlam.
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
On a somewhat related note (poorly known union actions for the greater good), union black bans also stopped Bjelke-Petersen from establishing oil rigs through the Great Barrier Reef and directly led to its protection and establishment as a marine park under Whitlam.
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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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More than Israel bombing Gaza or Lebanon, the IDF continuing to invade Syria after Al Sharaa's DC visit and photo op is pretty corrosive to Trump's credibility.
BREAKING: The Israeli army has launched an incursion into the countryside of Quneitra in southern Syria with five vehicles entering Syrian territory.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ovn8p0
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ovn8p0
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
More than Israel bombing Gaza or Lebanon, the IDF continuing to invade Syria after Al Sharaa's DC visit and photo op is pretty corrosive to Trump's credibility.
If you've ever wondered how much gas we need for electricity generation now and into the future? What drives electricity prices, or is there enough gas supply?
We produced this easy to access summary report last year for Solutions for Climate to cut through the spin and provide you with the facts.
We produced this easy to access summary report last year for Solutions for Climate to cut through the spin and provide you with the facts.
November 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you've ever wondered how much gas we need for electricity generation now and into the future? What drives electricity prices, or is there enough gas supply?
We produced this easy to access summary report last year for Solutions for Climate to cut through the spin and provide you with the facts.
We produced this easy to access summary report last year for Solutions for Climate to cut through the spin and provide you with the facts.