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Ginda @ginda65.bsky.social · 1d

Voted. Don’t want to get a fine.

Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll

From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll

www.theguardian.com

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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 2d

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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Ginda @ginda65.bsky.social · 2d

Palestinians will be screwed over again if these stooges are at the controls.

Hamas is trusting Trump as his 'eternal peace' in Gaza turns into a shaky ceasefire

With Israel and Hamas not sticking to Donald Trump's proposed "20-point plan", the deal to bring "eternal peace" in the Middle East looks more like a temporary ceasefire.

www.abc.net.au

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pnwg69.bsky.social @pnwg69.bsky.social · 2d

If you are afraid for the future of our country, plz join the October 18th No Kings Protest!

You have 10 days to find one near you, make signs, & show up! It’s only a couple hours of your time!

Plz share, repost, spread the word, bring your family, friends, & neighbors.

www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Ginda @ginda65.bsky.social · 2d

Grown men. Yes, what can you say.

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Ginda @ginda65.bsky.social · 2d

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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 2d

Available evidence suggests overwhelmingly that people exposed to the rantings of RFK Jr. and/or Donald Trump have a highly elevated risk of developing ignorance.

Headline of USA Today article, October 9, 2025, by Bart Jansen:

Health Secretary Kennedy, Trump link circumcision to autism through Tylenol
Kennedy and Trump have warned pregnant women not to take Tylenol. But medical groups continue to recommend the pain reliever for lack of proof that it's active ingredient acetaminophen causes autism.

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Ginda @ginda65.bsky.social · 3d

Coming up in Heidelberg VIC

events.humanitix.com/ourvoice

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Michael Mazengarb @michaelmazengarb.bsky.social · 4d

ACT went first and fastest to 100 per cent renewables: It now looks like the smartest policy of all
reneweconomy.com.au/act-went-fir...

reneweconomy.com.au

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Ginda @ginda65.bsky.social · 4d

This is I bit rich coming from the media outlet that is doing everything it can to stop climate action. A heating destructive climate caused by fossil fuel burning. That’s monstrous! That will stuff up our children’s futures!
#auspol #climate #media

News Corp Australia chair says social media platforms are ‘true monsters’ and ‘torment our children’

Michael Miller also says media must unite against second ‘big steal’ by tech companies seeking changes to copyright law to access content for free

www.theguardian.com

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 5d

There's a very nice new report from @climateanalytics.org on precisely this: "Hard to abate" has become its own form of subtle climate delay --->>

@billhare.bsky.social @cindybax.bsky.social

ca1-clm.edcdn.com/assets/Clima...

Conclusion
The persistent classification of iron and steel and cement as “hard-to-abate” sectors has
shaped both policy and industrial responses in ways that risk undermining the urgency
and effectiveness of global climate mitigation efforts.
While the technical and process-related challenges in these sectors are non-trivial, the
evidence presented in this report demonstrates that their decarbonisation is not only
possible but highly achievable with existing and emerging technologies—especially
when guided by integrated, whole-of-system approaches and supported by robust
policy frameworks.
A narrow focus on production-side constraints—such as process emissions in clinker
production or the fossil fuel dependence of BF-BOF steelmaking—has encouraged
decarbonization strategies put forward by the industry to rely heavily on CCUS and
offsetting as core mitigation strategies. This framing assumes that a substantial portion
of sectoral emissions are unavoidable, which justifies delayed action and continued
operation of high-emissions infrastructure. However, our analysis shows that much of
what is labelled “residual” or “unavoidable” emissions can, in fact, be abated at source
through a combination of clean technology deployment, material efficiency, and
demand-side reductions.
In the iron and steel sector, commercially available technologies—particularly electric arc
furnaces (EAFs) coupled with high scrap availability and direct reduced iron (DRI) using
green hydrogen—can replace the BF-BOF pathway. While steel production capacity is
long-lived and capital-intensive, studies show that aligning investment timelines with
early retrofit and decommissioning schedules could reduce cumulative emissions by up
to 66% over 2020–2050, compared to just 47% if low-carbon measures are delayed by
five years.

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 5d

FAA reports staffing issues at airports as government shutdown continues

No air traffic controllers were expected at the tower at Hollywood Burbank Airport in the Los Angeles area, and the Denver and Newark airports were experiencing delays due to shortages
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

FAA reports staffing issues at airports as government shutdown continues

No air traffic controllers were expected at the tower at Hollywood Burbank Airport in the Los Angeles area, and the Denver and Newark airports were experiencing delays due to shortages.

www.nbcnews.com

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 5d

More renewables records, fossil fuel generation in decline, emissions peaking. This is the historic global transformation Badenoch, Farage, and Trump want to put us on the wrong side of. Like wanting to set up a typewriter business in 1979.
www.businessgreen.com/news/4520004...

Study: Renewables generated more electricity than coal worldwide in first half of 2025

Solar and wind together outpaced growth in global electricity demand between January and June this year, according to new Ember analysis

www.businessgreen.com

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 5d

China remains way ahead in clean energy growth, adding more solar and wind capacity than the rest of the world combined.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Tampa Bay resister 🇺🇸🇨🇿🇨🇴🏴‍☠️⚡️🐶🎧 @depechemodefan101.bsky.social · 5d

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Ginda @ginda65.bsky.social · 5d

Make the fossil fuel barons pay, not the tax payers
#auspol

Make fossil fuel exporters pay for the damage they are causing, not ordinary Australians

Climate change is making natural disasters like fires, floods, heatwaves and drought worse, costing Australians billions every year. Make fossil fuel producers pay a climate disaster levy to help pay...

nb.australiainstitute.org.au

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Karla 💙💛🐇✝️🏈❤️💛💙🌻Slava Ukraini! @kfitzbunny.bsky.social · 6d

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Ginda @ginda65.bsky.social · 6d

Nothing to see here. Just a demented geriatric with his finger on the trigger!

‘The president is unhinged’: Trump’s online behavior grows increasingly odd

The US president’s recent behavior is strange to many, from reposting a false AI video of himself to confusing comments during press conferences

www.theguardian.com

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USDemocracy @usdemocracy.bsky.social · 8d

What's happening with the government shutdown? Simply put, Republicans are holding the government hostage to get their extreme agenda passed.

Democrats are fighting for a fair budget that benefits everyone.
#TrumpsHealthCareShutdown
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 8d

ICE "is beginning to target unaccompanied immigrant children, pressuring them to accept cash payment in exchange for agreeing to be deported."

"[C]hildren 14 years or older would receive $2,500."

"[C]onsidering lowering the range to children as young as 10."
#USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

ICE Targets Unaccompanied Immigrant Children, Offering Payment for Deportation

ICE confirmed its plan to pay unaccompanied immigrant children in exchange for their agreement to be deported.

theintercept.com

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Ginda @ginda65.bsky.social · 8d

Amazes me how poorly so many journalists handle this. For people who are supposed to report the facts and be reasonably sophisticated in their information skills, they constantly betray how poorly informed they are. That’s the reasonable ones. The partisan hacks are another story.

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Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · 8d

Today, a look at the role the media has played in climate obstruction, with @maxboykoff.bsky.social and Melissa Aronczyk: drilled.media/podcasts/dri...

S14, Ep4 | The Media As a Tool of Climate Obstruction

Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

drilled.media

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 8d

"Hamas is being offered a choice between accepting injustice, denigration, humiliation and permanent illegal occupation or accepting the credible risk of imminent physical extermination." #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

No justice or peace for Palestinians in Trump’s Plan

The Trump Plan is designed to reframe the issues in favour of Israel. Palestinians have been betrayed again.

johnmenadue.com

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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 9d

It is all about trying to keep all of us scared all the time. It is what fascists do. These American fascists are no different.

Those of us with any sort of privilege MUST stand up. We must not turn away from what we witness. We need to document it and share it.

ACLU @aclu.org · 9d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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Pat Simons @patsimons.bsky.social · 9d

Spain's wholesale electricity prices were 32% lower than the European average in the first half of 2025 -- thanks to wind and solar reducing the influence of costly fossil fuels on prices. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

Decoupled: how Spain cut the link between gas and power prices using renewables | Ember

Spain has some of the lowest wholesale electricity prices in Europe, largely owing to the country’s strong solar and wind growth which reduced the influence of expensive coal and gas power on the elec...

ember-energy.org

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