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How important is it to shift electricity demand from early evening to around midday?
In NSW, electricity consumers paid over $1 billion MORE in June for electricity used between 5PM and 9PM than they did in May.
The total used was about the same. Only the cost was 5 times MORE.
In NSW, electricity consumers paid over $1 billion MORE in June for electricity used between 5PM and 9PM than they did in May.
The total used was about the same. Only the cost was 5 times MORE.
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As we face more bushfires & storms caused/worsened/made more deadly by fossil fuels…
It’s the right time to quit EVERYTHING fossil fuels. Divest from institutions that fund, facilitate coal, oil, gas.
Refuse FF sponsorships.
Electrify your home. Remove gas appliances.
Live cleaner. 🤗
It’s the right time to quit EVERYTHING fossil fuels. Divest from institutions that fund, facilitate coal, oil, gas.
Refuse FF sponsorships.
Electrify your home. Remove gas appliances.
Live cleaner. 🤗
Hope they have a version for the WA nippers ...
December 26, 2025 at 5:23 AM
As we face more bushfires & storms caused/worsened/made more deadly by fossil fuels…
It’s the right time to quit EVERYTHING fossil fuels. Divest from institutions that fund, facilitate coal, oil, gas.
Refuse FF sponsorships.
Electrify your home. Remove gas appliances.
Live cleaner. 🤗
It’s the right time to quit EVERYTHING fossil fuels. Divest from institutions that fund, facilitate coal, oil, gas.
Refuse FF sponsorships.
Electrify your home. Remove gas appliances.
Live cleaner. 🤗
A Federal Court judge is intent on obstructing legal action against the Commissioner of Taxation.
In previous litigation:
> Senior Tax Officers admitted giving untrue evidence under oath.
> Their solicitors hid evidence.
They caused needless further litigation.
fca.legalnotes.au/2025/12/appl...
In previous litigation:
> Senior Tax Officers admitted giving untrue evidence under oath.
> Their solicitors hid evidence.
They caused needless further litigation.
fca.legalnotes.au/2025/12/appl...
Applicant's Oral Submissions at Hearing for Thawley J to Make Vexatious Litigant Order
fca.legalnotes.au
December 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
A Federal Court judge is intent on obstructing legal action against the Commissioner of Taxation.
In previous litigation:
> Senior Tax Officers admitted giving untrue evidence under oath.
> Their solicitors hid evidence.
They caused needless further litigation.
fca.legalnotes.au/2025/12/appl...
In previous litigation:
> Senior Tax Officers admitted giving untrue evidence under oath.
> Their solicitors hid evidence.
They caused needless further litigation.
fca.legalnotes.au/2025/12/appl...
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One the first set climate research centers, labs & groups joined Bluesky, the next group came fast: so I needed a Part 2.
Here's the 2nd list of official organizations who made the move to bluer skies. Choose a few to follow or click the whole list!
Day 7 of my 20 Days of Climate Starter Packs.
Here's the 2nd list of official organizations who made the move to bluer skies. Choose a few to follow or click the whole list!
Day 7 of my 20 Days of Climate Starter Packs.
December 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
One the first set climate research centers, labs & groups joined Bluesky, the next group came fast: so I needed a Part 2.
Here's the 2nd list of official organizations who made the move to bluer skies. Choose a few to follow or click the whole list!
Day 7 of my 20 Days of Climate Starter Packs.
Here's the 2nd list of official organizations who made the move to bluer skies. Choose a few to follow or click the whole list!
Day 7 of my 20 Days of Climate Starter Packs.
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"Not since the ransacking of the Library of Alexandria have we witnessed such a wanton, intentional assault on scientific knowledge."
"Science Under Siege -- the NCAR Development" | My new commentary: michaelmann.net/science-unde...
#ScienceUnderSiege
#ScienceUnderSiege
Science Under Siege -- The NCAR development | Michael E. Mann
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has played a key role developing the science of climate modeling and the measurement of climate observations going back […]
michaelmann.net
December 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
"Not since the ransacking of the Library of Alexandria have we witnessed such a wanton, intentional assault on scientific knowledge."
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Check out the @mannresearch.bsky.social at #AGU2025 happening Dec 15-19 in New Orleans. Happening TOMORROW Dec 18 from 4:45-4:55pm you can hear from MRG Research Associate Dr. Xueke Li at her talk titled "Increased Frequency of Planetary Wave Resonance Events over the Past Half-Century".
December 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Check out the @mannresearch.bsky.social at #AGU2025 happening Dec 15-19 in New Orleans. Happening TOMORROW Dec 18 from 4:45-4:55pm you can hear from MRG Research Associate Dr. Xueke Li at her talk titled "Increased Frequency of Planetary Wave Resonance Events over the Past Half-Century".
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"Trump team ‘breaking up’ top climate research center" | I weigh in via @eenews.bsky.social & Robin Bravender: www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
#ScienceUnderSiege
#ScienceUnderSiege
Trump team ‘breaking up’ top climate research center
The White House says it’s targeting the “premier research stronghold for left-wing climate lunacy.”
www.eenews.net
December 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"Trump team ‘breaking up’ top climate research center" | I weigh in via @eenews.bsky.social & Robin Bravender: www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
#ScienceUnderSiege
#ScienceUnderSiege
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This is the case for a majority of people in New Zealand due to the response in 2020 and 2021 which could explain why our excess mortality continue to be lower than other countries. Lockdown gets proven to be the right decision (at the time).
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
This is the case for a majority of people in New Zealand due to the response in 2020 and 2021 which could explain why our excess mortality continue to be lower than other countries. Lockdown gets proven to be the right decision (at the time).
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Great read. Follow the power, fight that, not the people they’re telling you to hate… #auspol Asking questions vital to understanding. Here’s some questions answered.
Great read. Follow the power, fight that, not the people they’re telling you to hate… #auspol Asking questions vital to understanding. Here’s some questions answered.
Who Really Pulled the Rug? A Three-Part Investigation. Following the Money Behind Australian Men's Anger
Part 1: The Evidence – How They Dismantled the Australian Fair Go By Sue Barrett This is Part 1 of a three-part investigation into who’s responsible for Australia’s declining living standards. Over th...
theaimn.net
December 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
theaimn.net/who-really-p...
Great read. Follow the power, fight that, not the people they’re telling you to hate… #auspol Asking questions vital to understanding. Here’s some questions answered.
Great read. Follow the power, fight that, not the people they’re telling you to hate… #auspol Asking questions vital to understanding. Here’s some questions answered.
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And for mean temperatures, last month was a near-equal second hottest October. Last month’s anomaly was 2.51C above the 1961-90, and the previous October in 2024 had a 2.52C anomaly. Both lagged 2015’s October anomaly of just over 3C:
November 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
And for mean temperatures, last month was a near-equal second hottest October. Last month’s anomaly was 2.51C above the 1961-90, and the previous October in 2024 had a 2.52C anomaly. Both lagged 2015’s October anomaly of just over 3C:
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Researchers have devised an electrochemical process to convert nitric oxide emissions into pure, concentrated nitric acid, a crucial ingredient for metal processing and fertilizer production. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky 🧪
Electrochemistry turns nitrogen emissions into a valuable product
A device that transforms smog-forming nitric oxide into useful nitric acid could be a win for metal mining
cen.acs.org
August 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Researchers have devised an electrochemical process to convert nitric oxide emissions into pure, concentrated nitric acid, a crucial ingredient for metal processing and fertilizer production. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky 🧪
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Fluorescence Friday! Gargi images a lot of DRGs in the lab, and these two appeared as animals to her. Can you see them? #fluorescencefriday #peripheralnervoussystem #rorschach 🧪🧪
August 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Fluorescence Friday! Gargi images a lot of DRGs in the lab, and these two appeared as animals to her. Can you see them? #fluorescencefriday #peripheralnervoussystem #rorschach 🧪🧪
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At #ACSFall2025, PNNL scientist Chinmayee Subban explained how she and her team extract critical minerals using the waste from a technology capable of tweaking ocean chemistry, to lower the costs of both processes. cen.acs.org/acs-news/acs... #chemsky 🧪
Waste from carbon capture helps extract critical minerals
Coupling critical mineral extraction with carbon removal technologies makes both more efficient
cen.acs.org
August 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
At #ACSFall2025, PNNL scientist Chinmayee Subban explained how she and her team extract critical minerals using the waste from a technology capable of tweaking ocean chemistry, to lower the costs of both processes. cen.acs.org/acs-news/acs... #chemsky 🧪
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August 23, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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I don't want to say I told y'all.
But...
thebulletin.org/2024/08/project-2025-the-right-wing-conspiracy-to-torpedo-global-climate-action/
But...
thebulletin.org/2024/08/project-2025-the-right-wing-conspiracy-to-torpedo-global-climate-action/
Project 2025: The right-wing conspiracy to torpedo global climate action
The GOP threatens to weaponize a potential second Trump term against any and all domestic climate action. But what happens in the United States doesn’t stay in the United States.
thebulletin.org
August 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I don't want to say I told y'all.
But...
thebulletin.org/2024/08/project-2025-the-right-wing-conspiracy-to-torpedo-global-climate-action/
But...
thebulletin.org/2024/08/project-2025-the-right-wing-conspiracy-to-torpedo-global-climate-action/
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The Colorado River Basin has lost nearly the equivalent of an underground Lake Mead 💧🌎⚠️
📰 A recent study finds the basin lost about 27.8 million acre-feet ❗ of groundwater from 2002-2024. About 68% of the losses occurred in the lower part of the basin, which lies mostly in Arizona 🧪
📰 A recent study finds the basin lost about 27.8 million acre-feet ❗ of groundwater from 2002-2024. About 68% of the losses occurred in the lower part of the basin, which lies mostly in Arizona 🧪
July 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The Colorado River Basin has lost nearly the equivalent of an underground Lake Mead 💧🌎⚠️
📰 A recent study finds the basin lost about 27.8 million acre-feet ❗ of groundwater from 2002-2024. About 68% of the losses occurred in the lower part of the basin, which lies mostly in Arizona 🧪
📰 A recent study finds the basin lost about 27.8 million acre-feet ❗ of groundwater from 2002-2024. About 68% of the losses occurred in the lower part of the basin, which lies mostly in Arizona 🧪
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🧠 Optimists think on the same wavelength
Brain scans show that optimists share similar activity in a region linked to future thinking. They process good and bad events more distinctly, possibly explaining greater social resilience.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
#SciComm 🧪
Brain scans show that optimists share similar activity in a region linked to future thinking. They process good and bad events more distinctly, possibly explaining greater social resilience.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
#SciComm 🧪
Optimists share similar brain patterns when thinking about the future, scans show
Positive thinkers are ‘literally on the same wavelength’, say Japanese researchers
www.theguardian.com
July 24, 2025 at 4:55 AM
🧠 Optimists think on the same wavelength
Brain scans show that optimists share similar activity in a region linked to future thinking. They process good and bad events more distinctly, possibly explaining greater social resilience.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
#SciComm 🧪
Brain scans show that optimists share similar activity in a region linked to future thinking. They process good and bad events more distinctly, possibly explaining greater social resilience.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
#SciComm 🧪
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I really hoped that the negative effects of lead exposure, socially, are mostly behind us... but it looks like Gen X is actually hit hard by the side-effects of lead exposure, and it's not going their neurology any favors. 🧪
Link: acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Link: acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
July 24, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I really hoped that the negative effects of lead exposure, socially, are mostly behind us... but it looks like Gen X is actually hit hard by the side-effects of lead exposure, and it's not going their neurology any favors. 🧪
Link: acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Link: acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Never forget nor forgive Australia's role as an enabler of the Gazan genocide. @albomp.bsky.social, @senatorwong.bsky.social and many others should be brought to The Hague.
Gaza’s “last lifelines keeping people alive are collapsing,” according to the United Nations.
Children are starving. In recent weeks, Israeli forces have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians seeking food aid, per the UN.
Learn more:
Children are starving. In recent weeks, Israeli forces have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians seeking food aid, per the UN.
Learn more:
July 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Never forget nor forgive Australia's role as an enabler of the Gazan genocide. @albomp.bsky.social, @senatorwong.bsky.social and many others should be brought to The Hague.
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'We must respect and uphold the rule of law, until it's inconvenient for us'
Climate, Environment, Gaza, Refugees, Deaths In Custody...
Climate, Environment, Gaza, Refugees, Deaths In Custody...
July 23, 2025 at 11:23 PM
'We must respect and uphold the rule of law, until it's inconvenient for us'
Climate, Environment, Gaza, Refugees, Deaths In Custody...
Climate, Environment, Gaza, Refugees, Deaths In Custody...
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Australia supported asking the ICJ for a climate ruling—then argued states have no legal duty beyond the Paris Agreement, claimed no historical responsibility, and rejected applying the no-harm principle to emissions. In short: backing the process, but blocking the outcome. #auspol #climate
The ICJ is set to decide the future course of climate accountability in a landmark legal case brought by Vanuatu.
‘Historic’ ruling on climate change by World Court: What to expect
The ICJ is set to decide the future course of climate accountability in a landmark legal case brought by Vanuatu.
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July 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Head of FEMA Urban Search and Rescue branch resigns.
He told colleagues that TX delay was tipping point after months of admin efforts to dismantle the agency. DHS Sec Noem took 72 hours after TX flooding to authorize the deployment of FEMA’s search and rescue network
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/p...
He told colleagues that TX delay was tipping point after months of admin efforts to dismantle the agency. DHS Sec Noem took 72 hours after TX flooding to authorize the deployment of FEMA’s search and rescue network
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/p...
FEMA search and rescue chief resigns after frustration with Texas flood response | CNN Politics
The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can swiftly respond to natural disasters, resigned on Monday.
www.cnn.com
July 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Head of FEMA Urban Search and Rescue branch resigns.
He told colleagues that TX delay was tipping point after months of admin efforts to dismantle the agency. DHS Sec Noem took 72 hours after TX flooding to authorize the deployment of FEMA’s search and rescue network
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/p...
He told colleagues that TX delay was tipping point after months of admin efforts to dismantle the agency. DHS Sec Noem took 72 hours after TX flooding to authorize the deployment of FEMA’s search and rescue network
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/p...