Jules
@julesdigsforfire.bsky.social
She/her. AuDHD. Inclusive feminist cat lady. Antiracist. Antifascist. Atheist. LGBTQIA+ ally. Pro choice & science.
South African living on unceded Wurundjeri Land.
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No DMs please.
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Remarkable to see this finally being uttered out loud but I'm wondering why it took half a decade (including three years under the Labor gov't) for it to be even acknowledged as a problem.
The Free Market sucks at causing a rapid energy transition. Gov't policy can potentially not suck.
The Free Market sucks at causing a rapid energy transition. Gov't policy can potentially not suck.
Australia could miss clean energy target as solar and wind investment slumps, investors warn
Expert warns large pipeline of potential projects will not deliver required energy capacity unless companies make final investments
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Remarkable to see this finally being uttered out loud but I'm wondering why it took half a decade (including three years under the Labor gov't) for it to be even acknowledged as a problem.
The Free Market sucks at causing a rapid energy transition. Gov't policy can potentially not suck.
The Free Market sucks at causing a rapid energy transition. Gov't policy can potentially not suck.
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“Absolutely. But the arrogance to promote someone with full culpability for the horrendous suffering that comes from being trapped fighting to save your kids in a car as it’s set on fire.”
I know. Lets promote the negligent motherfucker
www.theguardian.com/society/vide...
I know. Lets promote the negligent motherfucker
www.theguardian.com/society/vide...
December 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
“Absolutely. But the arrogance to promote someone with full culpability for the horrendous suffering that comes from being trapped fighting to save your kids in a car as it’s set on fire.”
I know. Lets promote the negligent motherfucker
www.theguardian.com/society/vide...
I know. Lets promote the negligent motherfucker
www.theguardian.com/society/vide...
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Today. Renewable energy more than half the electricity grid for the first time, despite Coalition/Murdoch fear campaign
(data also proves solar & wind far cheaper than coal & gas)
#whatsthescam #auspol #NEM
michaelwest.com.au/renewable-en...
(data also proves solar & wind far cheaper than coal & gas)
#whatsthescam #auspol #NEM
michaelwest.com.au/renewable-en...
Renewable energy hits half the grid as Coalition scaremongering hits overdrive - Michael West
While the Coalition and Murdoch media ramp up their campaign against renewable energy, renewables set yet another record - 50.1% of the grid
michaelwest.com.au
December 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Today. Renewable energy more than half the electricity grid for the first time, despite Coalition/Murdoch fear campaign
(data also proves solar & wind far cheaper than coal & gas)
#whatsthescam #auspol #NEM
michaelwest.com.au/renewable-en...
(data also proves solar & wind far cheaper than coal & gas)
#whatsthescam #auspol #NEM
michaelwest.com.au/renewable-en...
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Malcolm Roberts Q backfires after asking CCA Chair Matt Kean if he still stands by a former claim he made that 53% of the world is signed to Net Zero, now that USA/others are out
Kean “No I don’t stand by those previous comments, they’ve been EXCEEDED since then.”💥 #Estimates
Kean “No I don’t stand by those previous comments, they’ve been EXCEEDED since then.”💥 #Estimates
December 1, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Malcolm Roberts Q backfires after asking CCA Chair Matt Kean if he still stands by a former claim he made that 53% of the world is signed to Net Zero, now that USA/others are out
Kean “No I don’t stand by those previous comments, they’ve been EXCEEDED since then.”💥 #Estimates
Kean “No I don’t stand by those previous comments, they’ve been EXCEEDED since then.”💥 #Estimates
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In Western Australia, news editors see record breaking high temperatures as a justification for bikini photos
Not an opportunity for good journalism to foster discussion on fate of our planet in relation to #climatechange
Every time
Brain dead humans
Hottest start to summer in #Perth on record
Not an opportunity for good journalism to foster discussion on fate of our planet in relation to #climatechange
Every time
Brain dead humans
Hottest start to summer in #Perth on record
December 1, 2025 at 7:58 AM
In Western Australia, news editors see record breaking high temperatures as a justification for bikini photos
Not an opportunity for good journalism to foster discussion on fate of our planet in relation to #climatechange
Every time
Brain dead humans
Hottest start to summer in #Perth on record
Not an opportunity for good journalism to foster discussion on fate of our planet in relation to #climatechange
Every time
Brain dead humans
Hottest start to summer in #Perth on record
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🚨Just released🚨
'Tipping the balance: Cheaper electricity is needed to drive clean heating'
Our brand new globally focussed paper looks at the role of energy pricing in delivering clean heat uptake and provides examples of what has been done to reduce electricity prices.
'Tipping the balance: Cheaper electricity is needed to drive clean heating'
Our brand new globally focussed paper looks at the role of energy pricing in delivering clean heat uptake and provides examples of what has been done to reduce electricity prices.
December 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
🚨Just released🚨
'Tipping the balance: Cheaper electricity is needed to drive clean heating'
Our brand new globally focussed paper looks at the role of energy pricing in delivering clean heat uptake and provides examples of what has been done to reduce electricity prices.
'Tipping the balance: Cheaper electricity is needed to drive clean heating'
Our brand new globally focussed paper looks at the role of energy pricing in delivering clean heat uptake and provides examples of what has been done to reduce electricity prices.
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CONGRATS to Australian fossil fuel company Santos, which has been granted 614,133 carbon offsets for its new CCS facility.
Assuming a price of $37, that's $22m AUD in profits if they sell the CCS offsets. Or 600k tonnes of fake "neutralisation" if they claim it for themselves.
archive.ph/jqIZe
Assuming a price of $37, that's $22m AUD in profits if they sell the CCS offsets. Or 600k tonnes of fake "neutralisation" if they claim it for themselves.
archive.ph/jqIZe
November 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
CONGRATS to Australian fossil fuel company Santos, which has been granted 614,133 carbon offsets for its new CCS facility.
Assuming a price of $37, that's $22m AUD in profits if they sell the CCS offsets. Or 600k tonnes of fake "neutralisation" if they claim it for themselves.
archive.ph/jqIZe
Assuming a price of $37, that's $22m AUD in profits if they sell the CCS offsets. Or 600k tonnes of fake "neutralisation" if they claim it for themselves.
archive.ph/jqIZe
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Political journalists are incapable of understanding climate example #290093 -> Jacob Greber from the ABC insisting that a new environmental law that ignores climate should provide 'solace' to 'doom-fed' young people
Patronising AF and representative of Australia's media class
archive.ph/EGLFU
Patronising AF and representative of Australia's media class
archive.ph/EGLFU
November 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Political journalists are incapable of understanding climate example #290093 -> Jacob Greber from the ABC insisting that a new environmental law that ignores climate should provide 'solace' to 'doom-fed' young people
Patronising AF and representative of Australia's media class
archive.ph/EGLFU
Patronising AF and representative of Australia's media class
archive.ph/EGLFU
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Imagine all cars were electric, and then one Volkswagen engineer comes up with another idea …
#EMobility
#EMobility
August 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Imagine all cars were electric, and then one Volkswagen engineer comes up with another idea …
#EMobility
#EMobility
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“For global warming, organisms can migrate towards the poles if they’re really lucky, but ocean acidification is everywhere. It’s absolutely pervasive and totally underreported. The sea is already 30 per cent more acidic than it was in pre-industrial times.”
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
How a beautiful curtain of bubbles led to a bleak undersea discovery
A carbon dioxide seep on a reef in Papua New Guinea is being used as a time machine to see into the future of the world’s coral.
www.smh.com.au
November 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“For global warming, organisms can migrate towards the poles if they’re really lucky, but ocean acidification is everywhere. It’s absolutely pervasive and totally underreported. The sea is already 30 per cent more acidic than it was in pre-industrial times.”
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
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November 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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Did you know the definition of ‘housing stress’ is when 30% of your household income is taken up by your rent or mortgage?
This isn’t normal.
This isn’t normal.
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Did you know the definition of ‘housing stress’ is when 30% of your household income is taken up by your rent or mortgage?
This isn’t normal.
This isn’t normal.
"Welfare recipients have a right to be treated equally under the law, and should not be subject to punishment before having access to legal advice for any reason, ever. This heinous new law must be reversed."
This is an appalling law that will further criminalise poverty.
#auspol
This is an appalling law that will further criminalise poverty.
#auspol
Today @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social succeeded in establishing new powers to cancel Centrelink payments before conviction.
Thanks @senatorthorpe.bsky.social @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social @davidpocock.bsky.social @pennyallmanpayne.com for trying to stop this dangerous law.
Thanks @senatorthorpe.bsky.social @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social @davidpocock.bsky.social @pennyallmanpayne.com for trying to stop this dangerous law.
Shame Labor shame: New powers to cancel Centrelink payments before conviction pass the senate
Welfare recipients have a right to be treated equally under the law, and should not be subject to punishment before having access to legal advice for any reason, ever.
apcentre.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 AM
"Welfare recipients have a right to be treated equally under the law, and should not be subject to punishment before having access to legal advice for any reason, ever. This heinous new law must be reversed."
This is an appalling law that will further criminalise poverty.
#auspol
This is an appalling law that will further criminalise poverty.
#auspol
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Increasing body of robust scientific evidence demonstrates that logged forests are at significantly greater risk of high-severity wildfire than intact (unlogged) forests. An analysis of the 2019-20 Black Summer fires showed that logged & then regenerated forests nearly always burnt at higher
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November 26, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Increasing body of robust scientific evidence demonstrates that logged forests are at significantly greater risk of high-severity wildfire than intact (unlogged) forests. An analysis of the 2019-20 Black Summer fires showed that logged & then regenerated forests nearly always burnt at higher
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November 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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|Signing and ratifying the TPNW would mean Australia ends US access to this communication.|
#FukAukus
#FukAukus
An ABC Four Corners program has highlighted how the Anthony Albanese government has walked away from its pre-election promise to sign and ratify the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1443/an...
Marles walks back from TPNW due to AUKUS war alliance
Four Corners asked war minister Richard Marles why Labor had walked away from its promise to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. His incoherent answer was that things are different ...
www.greenleft.org.au
November 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
|Signing and ratifying the TPNW would mean Australia ends US access to this communication.|
#FukAukus
#FukAukus
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"Australia cannot continue to develop and expand fossil fuel exports and pretend it’s going to be a renewable superpower supporting a 1.5C limit"
@billhare.bsky.social in @australia.theguardian.com
#auspol #COP30 #fossilfuels #climate
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
@billhare.bsky.social in @australia.theguardian.com
#auspol #COP30 #fossilfuels #climate
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
How can Australia convince the world to give up fossil fuels if Anthony Albanese is contradicting himself on gas expansion? | Bill Hare
Getting to net zero CO2 emissions globally means we can halt global warming. This requires a rapid phase-out. It’s physics
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
"Australia cannot continue to develop and expand fossil fuel exports and pretend it’s going to be a renewable superpower supporting a 1.5C limit"
@billhare.bsky.social in @australia.theguardian.com
#auspol #COP30 #fossilfuels #climate
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
@billhare.bsky.social in @australia.theguardian.com
#auspol #COP30 #fossilfuels #climate
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Please sign and repost. #environment #auspol
Australians voted for climate action!
Australia Institute research shows that Australia is currently expanding fossil fuels.
We need stronger environmental laws that stop new coal and gas projects.
Sign your name here: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
Australia Institute research shows that Australia is currently expanding fossil fuels.
We need stronger environmental laws that stop new coal and gas projects.
Sign your name here: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Please sign and repost. #environment #auspol
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"Large parts of Northern Australia are now firmly on a path to being uninhabitable for people before the end of this century"
Read that again!...and then read the whole cracking piece by @euanritchie.bsky.social on @thepointau.bsky.social.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Read that again!...and then read the whole cracking piece by @euanritchie.bsky.social on @thepointau.bsky.social.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Iran is likely to be forced to relocate the country’s capital, as Tehran suffers critical water shortages & irreversible subsidence from over-extraction of artesian water.
This is the real social & economic impact of climate change.
It is not a drill
#auspol
ca.news.yahoo.com/iran-preside...
This is the real social & economic impact of climate change.
It is not a drill
#auspol
ca.news.yahoo.com/iran-preside...
Iran’s president says moving capital ‘an obligation’ as Tehran sinks
Ground subsidence and water scarcity in Tehran may necessitate moving the Iranian capital to a different region, the country's leader said this week
ca.news.yahoo.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Iran is likely to be forced to relocate the country’s capital, as Tehran suffers critical water shortages & irreversible subsidence from over-extraction of artesian water.
This is the real social & economic impact of climate change.
It is not a drill
#auspol
ca.news.yahoo.com/iran-preside...
This is the real social & economic impact of climate change.
It is not a drill
#auspol
ca.news.yahoo.com/iran-preside...
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116 legal and policy experts have now opposed Labor’s new powers for police to recommend cutting payments from people without them even having been convicted of a crime.
Cops shouldn’t be anywhere near welfare law and Labor should withdraw this amendment. www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/treat...
Cops shouldn’t be anywhere near welfare law and Labor should withdraw this amendment. www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/treat...
November 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
116 legal and policy experts have now opposed Labor’s new powers for police to recommend cutting payments from people without them even having been convicted of a crime.
Cops shouldn’t be anywhere near welfare law and Labor should withdraw this amendment. www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/treat...
Cops shouldn’t be anywhere near welfare law and Labor should withdraw this amendment. www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/treat...
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Australia’s rental market remains dire according to the latest data from SGS Economics and Planning’s Rental Affordability Index 2025. Australia is in a national housing crisis that is spiralling out of control and renters are paying the price. 🧵
sgsep.com.au/publications...
sgsep.com.au/publications...
Rental Affordability Index 2025: Signs of stabilisation, but pressures remain high | SGS Economics & Planning
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sgsep.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Australia’s rental market remains dire according to the latest data from SGS Economics and Planning’s Rental Affordability Index 2025. Australia is in a national housing crisis that is spiralling out of control and renters are paying the price. 🧵
sgsep.com.au/publications...
sgsep.com.au/publications...
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"That racist vein which runs through the majority of Australia” #Auspol #racialprofiling #vicpolice #FirstNations #InstitutionalRacism
"Research by the Centre Against Racial Profiling found people perceived by [Victorian] police to be Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander were 15x more likely to be searched than white people in 2024, but were less likely to be found with prohibited items" www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
November 24, 2025 at 1:42 AM
"That racist vein which runs through the majority of Australia” #Auspol #racialprofiling #vicpolice #FirstNations #InstitutionalRacism
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The moral vacuity of signing up to "a “just, orderly and equitable” transition away from fossil fuels" because fossil fuel GHG emissions are incompatible with the 1.5°C goal, then immediately reaffirming that Australia will "continue to develop new fossil fuel projects"
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‘Now is the hour’: Labor urged to speed up fossil fuel phase-out to justify Cop30 pledge
‘Now is the hour’: Labor urged to speed up fossil fuel phase-out to justify Cop30 pledge
Despite Australia signing the Belem declaration, Albanese rejected suggestion Labor shouldn’t develop new gas fields
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The Albanese government is being urged to explain how it will drive a fossil fuel phase-out, after it joined dozens of countries at a UN climate summit to back a declaration that the world should quickly wean off coal, gas and oil.
Australia signed up to the declaration on a just transition away from fossil fuels at a side event at the Cop30 conference in the Brazilian city of Belem, which finished on Saturday night local time, more than 24 hours after the scheduled close. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The moral vacuity of signing up to "a “just, orderly and equitable” transition away from fossil fuels" because fossil fuel GHG emissions are incompatible with the 1.5°C goal, then immediately reaffirming that Australia will "continue to develop new fossil fuel projects"
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