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Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 14h

Reddit Agriculture. US farmers are up shit / Trump creek

Reddit post. Farmers believing China won’t come back to buy US soybean. Asking what’s else to grow.

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 14h

For one, the loudest climate deniers sure do love to tell you about their credentials. Another is the extent to which individual anti-renewables groups are spamming submissions to create the impression of much more opposition or frustration than there actually is.

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 1d

'Our capability to observe the Earth's energy imbalance and budget terms is threatened as satellites are decommissioned'

And now it's (temporarily? 🤞) not being updated.

We need more CERES satellites.

Can @esa.int @esaclimate.bsky.social @ecmwf.int and others help?
@carlobuontempo.bsky.social

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Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 15h

Where do we get source data of NASA reports on this

Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 15h

Japan need to get off gas

Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 15h

Japan should stop burning gas

Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 4d

This is quite something.

More summer warming over the oceans around and East of Japan in the past 5 years that the preceding 170 years..

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 2d

I just updated this NASA CERES graph. The regional level of Absorbed Solar Radiation increased by 4.2 W/m² in 20 years!!

That's more than the global greenhouse gas forcing increase since 1750!

The 2 W/m² Net Flux increase indicates that there is a lot more regional warming in the pipeline.

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Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds like Queensland

Oil Change International @oilchange.bsky.social · 1d

“This two-tiered approach...won't lower electricity costs," said Ted Kelly, of the Environmental Defense Fund. “It just saddles families and businesses with higher bills and more asthma-causing pollution.”

For the Trump admin, fossil fuel profits always matter more than the people.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

The White House is offering “concierge, white glove service” to oil, coal and other fossil fuel companies that are seeking to gain fast approval for their projects, according to an energy official, while slowing down or blocking solar and wind projects.

Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 1d

About consensus v reality of 2°C by 2030. #cssmyass

Chart highlighting rapid and reserved global warming above all models

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 2d

Antarctica may have passed a climate tipping point of no return, scientists are warning, with mounting evidence that a sudden slump in sea ice formation since 2016 is linked to human-induced ocean warming.

Antarctica may have crossed a tipping point that leads to rising seas

Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it represents a permanent shift with potentially catastrophic consequences

www.newscientist.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 2d

News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 1d

More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows

- Fossil fuel donors poured $96m into Trump’s 2025 presidential campaign and affiliated action committees

Story by @dharna.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows

Report looks at White House nominees and appointees and agencies dictating energy, environment and climate policy

www.theguardian.com

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Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 1d

Oh Japan, this is seriously not the right path.

www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/japan-is-bet...

Japan is betting heavily on CCS — which involves capturing concentrated CO2 from industrial sites or power plants, and moving it by pipeline or ship to sites.

a man wearing a yellow hard hat holds a stop sign

ALT: a man wearing a yellow hard hat holds a stop sign

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Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 1d

It’s pretty simple. His electorate needs an independent.

The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 1d

“I fear, given Hastie’s religious and military backgrounds, that he seems to be flirting dangerously with the hard-right strongman image that the Americans have embraced. And no good can come of it,” writes John Hewson. satpa.pe/l9LgRZ5

Andrew Hastie’s play for the leadership

satpa.pe

Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 1d

Corporate ventriloquism 📌

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

I have not actually read the new climate obstruction book yet but my mate sent me this really excellent extract

www.routledge.com/Climate-Obst...

Corporate Ventriloquism

Corporate ventriloquism is a rhetorical process by which companies transmit messages through other entities, usually of their own creation, to construct and animate an alternative ethos, voice, or identity that advances their interests.

Some companies have used corporate ventriloquism to advance their agendas through support for community organizations.

Ventriloquism Companies may create front groups and information campaigns, but also leverage corporate social responsibility strategies that invest in community development. Such strategies have been used for decades as a means for industry actors to underscore their legitimacy and to shore up the perception that they are positive social contributors to the environments in which they operate.

Research has shown how extractive industries such as coal have invested heavily in local communities to sow solidarity and support for the industry.

Material investments such as parks, community centers, sponsored events (concerts, car shows, etc.), and museums are not only a means of winning support through material investment in communities (a form of philanthropy or bribery), but also of symbolically “branding” the community and of making it more difficult for the community to oppose industry goals.

Similarly, investor-owned utilities sponsor sports stadiums and museums—branding efforts that double as philanthropy—in their efforts to effectively blur the line between public and private interests.

Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 1d

So they’re going to take on Bunnings?

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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 1d

As long as we get sausages in bread every three or four years, Australians are gonna sleepwalk their way through this fascistic global push. More of you need to be more serious, sooner rather than later.

Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 1d

In the Trump era, this is terrifying. Apparently criticising capitalism 🥴🤣 is terrorism now in the US.
#Auspol

Australian Federal Police ®
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The AFP has set up new National Security Investigations (NSI) teams to target groups and individuals causing high levels of harm to Australia's social cohesion.
The NSI teams will work closely with state and territory police, law enforcement and national security partners to provide a coordinated, consistent and intelligence-led response to security threats, and also work on a global level through operations, capabilities and relationships with the international law enforcement intelligence community.
There are current and emerging groups dispersed across Australia and in some cases, overseas, who are eroding our country's social fabric by advocating hatred, fear, and humiliation. While many of these crimes may not meet the threshold of terrorism, the AFP has identified concerning behaviours which could escalate to politically-motivated violence or hate crimes, which seriously put the Australian community at risk.
There is no place for hate or violence in our communities and the AFP will defend and protect Australia and Australia's future from these threats.
Anyone with information about possible threats to the community or suspicious activity should make a report to the National Security Hotline on 1800 123 400. In an emergency or life-threatening situation, contact Triple

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 1d

It's always great to sit down with The Australian for informed, balanced reporting on current events that is free from misinformation, disinformation or rabbit hole obsessions and cannot be found on social media.

Screenshot of front page of The Australian.

Screenshot of search for recent articles on "climate change" on The Australian website.

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Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 1d

Nationalise all Australian resource projects.

Breaking: Mining giant gets $600m worth of taxpayer funds to keep refinery open

The last Australian copper smelter processing third-party product will stay open after its owner accepted a support package.

www.abc.net.au

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Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 2d

Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society are 2 of the 550+ member organisations of the #AtlasNetwork in 100 countries. Some 200 are in the US.
#auspol your main Atlas orgs are the Institute of Public Affairs and the Centre of Independent Studies.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Kamala Harris: "It feels chaotic, but what I would offer you is what we are witnessing is the swift implementation of a plan that was decades in the making. Project 2025 didn't just drop out of thin air. That's a product of decades of work. Federalist Society, Heritage Foundation ... "

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Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah Well I’ve had mine for a few years. Damage done! Next one will be Chinese ev brand which is a human rights train wreck no doubt. It’s hard to get a win 🤷🏻

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 3d

🤯 Scitech is neck deep in fossil fuel & mining sponsorship❗

Lighthouse Maths - Chevron
Alcoa Foundation Digital Technologies Enrichment
Mitsui Future Computing Program
STEM Club - Woodside
DIY Science Kits - Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto Innovation Central
Karratha Integrated Digital Technologies - Woodside

Our Partnerships in Action - Supporting Scitech

Our dedicated partners help us achieve great things for Western Australians. Learn how they help us bring the very best in 21st century STEM learning skills.

www.scitech.org.au

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 4d

Everyone is ignoring the science on what Meta’s generative AI investment really costs, even though there's no evidence of a single, significant societal benefit.