Pinky Jones
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Pinky Jones
@pinkyjones.bsky.social
I never could get the hang of Thursdays.
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Hey Toronto: Mask up! Get your vaccines (Covid, Flu, RSV). Big jump in waste water values and that data is 2 weeks old.

Source: @young.me (thanks!)
wwater.ca/Ontario/Toro...
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Getting govt to reduce fossil fuel subsidies is unlikely.

But what if they decided to spend the same amount on:
retraining coal workers
tax breaks for EV/Hybrid/PHEV owners
grants for regenerative ag farmers
Electrifying public transport
etc.

We're talking $14 billion

Would you support that?
November 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
SA govt sent us all out an Algal Bloom Information Pack.

It's a glossy 12 page A4 brochure with plenty of photos.

Kinda ironic given this sort of waste of the world's resources and lack of respect for its forests and waterways is what probably got us here in the first place.

Sigh.
#SANotSoGreat
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November 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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"House Democrats on Wednesday released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein wrote that President Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims, among other messages that suggested that the convicted sex offender believed Mr. Trump knew more about his abuse than he has acknowledged."
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The coming generation -

Crippled by HECS debts

Unable to afford a house

Unemployed by AI

Taxed to look after elders living long but infirm & the increasing numbers disabled by covid

Part of a massively falling population

Facing climate catastrophe

Doesn't look real promising, does it?
😳
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Sorry to be a doomer, but stories like this make me so sad. I watch everyone going about their life as if we weren't headed for global disaster on an unprecedented scale.

How much money should you put into averting the coming disaster?

All of it.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘She rang me to say there was water coming into the house’ – This is climate breakdown
His mother had lived in the same house for 83 years. When the floods came, no one was ready. This is Paul Gilbert’s story
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Jesus freaking wept.
What was monitoring the algal bloom going to do? The oceans are dying.

I laughed when I got to the bit about a second round of tourism vouchers.

Our governments are all fiddling while Rome burns.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Government preparedness for SA's algal bloom criticised in Senate report
A Senate inquiry into South Australia's toxic algal bloom has been tabled highlighting "limitations" in how the government has handled the crisis.
www.abc.net.au
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
If you live on planet Earth,
this is required viewing.

YouTube.com/watch?v=Vl6VhCAeEfQ
The Tipping Points of Climate Change — and Where We Stand | Johan Rockström | TED
We're nearly halfway through the 2020s, dubbed the most decisive decade for action on climate change. Where exactly do things stand? Climate impact scholar Johan Rockström offers the most up-to-date scientific assessment of the state of the planet and explains what must be done to preserve Earth's resilience to human pressure. If you love watching TED Talks like this one, become a TED Member to support our mission of spreading ideas: https://ted.com/membership Follow TED! X: https://twitter.com/TEDTalks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ted Facebook: https://facebook.com/TED LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ted-conferences TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tedtoks The TED Talks channel features talks, performances and original series from the world's leading thinkers and doers. Subscribe to our channel for videos on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. Visit https://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. Watch more: https://go.ted.com/johanrockstrom24 https://youtu.be/Vl6VhCAeEfQ TED's videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy: https://www.ted.com/about/our-organization/our-policies-terms/ted-talks-usage-policy. For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at https://media-requests.ted.com #TED #TEDTalks
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November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Couldn't get it to work.
Sounds like a great idea though.
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I just want to make sure... You do know renewables are just one part of the fix right?

Like agriculture, deforestation, plastics, pollution, landfill, soil degradation, urban heat effect from infill, ocean acidification/coral bleaching/algal bloom...

There's quite a big list.
“The reason it is happening is a profound surge of renewable energy generation in the country. In October, for the first time ever, clean energy trumped fossil fuels in supplying electricity to homes and businesses on the eastern seaboard”

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
The wind blows, yet turbines lie still. It's a symptom of Australia's renewables glut
Mountains of clean power are regularly "wasted" as Australia's energy system evolves. But a large amount of battery storage is waiting in the wings, ready to soak it up.
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Jesus wept, BOM.
Why have I got LESS information about the weather and what there is available is IMPOSSIBLE to find now you've upgraded your website.
Unacceptable.
Your website sucks.
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Once again vulnerable kids are left out of policy, just like Australia's upcoming detail-lacking social media ban for under 16s.

No scope for disabled kids, socially isolated kids, and kids who need to be contactable at school.

How many more kids get home schooled when these kind of bans begin?
😡
'Ultimately, the anti-smartphone crusade feels like a nostalgic yearning for a simpler time that never truly existed. The solution isn't a ban that relieves us of our educational duty'

https://schoolsweek.co.uk/banning-phones-in-schools-is-a-lazy-opt-out/
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Eh.
People still read this and go,
Someone else's problem.

The world of humans isn't set up to deal with this stuff.

But some of us see it. And weep.
#climatechange
November 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Jeepers. Another failing system.
Sounds like a world out of whack on too many fronts.

No surprise to anyone informed on the pressures our planet is facing, but terrifying nonetheless.

These stories are popping up too frequently to ignore.
#climatechange

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
These trees are usually laden with apples. This year they're strangely bare
Across the the Blue Mountains, apple farmers are noticing less fruit this season. Some are wondering if it's linked to varroa mite.
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Yet another article that we're in deep shit.
Extreme weather, pests, diseases happening daily now.
Tipping points passed.
Supply chains broken, food production at risk.

What about you today? Can you educate yourself? Make changes? Write to govt?

Can you do ONE thing?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
2025 set to be in top three warmest years on record, report says
According to the report, the past 11 years, 2015 to 2025 have been the 11 warmest individual years in the 176-year observational record.
www.abc.net.au
November 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Mouse plague
Algal bloom
Giant hailstones
Power outage
Feral pigs
Mini tornado
And that's just this week in Australia.

Meanwhile the nationals want to fiddle while Rome burns.

#netzero

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Worrying signs another mouse plague could be on the way
The CSIRO is urging farmers to reduce opportunities for mice breeding this harvest season as the threat of a pest population boom looms.
www.abc.net.au
November 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Anyone else feeling like bluesky is no longer working for them?
Twitter is pointless.
Where is everyone?
November 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
BOM rain radar is useless.
I had to go to a non BOM radar to see what I wanted.
Jesus wept.
November 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Hey! Nationals!
Tell us how "climate adaptation" helps us solve SA's algal bloom?
#netzero
November 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This should be absolute headline news, shouted on every news broadcast and every front page of papers, talked about at every worksite and around every dinner table.

I bet everyone just scrolls past.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
'Serious need for speed' in global climate commitments amid 2035 target shortfalls
A report from the UN's climate change body shows global carbon emissions appear to be on track to fall by 10 per cent by 2035, far short of its 60 per cent target.
www.abc.net.au
October 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
If it ain't broke, don't spend 4 million to fix it

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Bureau of Meteorology defends unpopular new weather website
In a week of wild weather across the country, the Bureau of Meteorology's new website missed the mark.
www.abc.net.au
October 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
A fund to fight bullying, for a one off package?
10 million.

Fossil fuel subsidies, every year?
14 million.

Do you get it?

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Schools must respond to bullying within two days under national plan
Australian schools will need to initiate action against a bullying complaint within two days of a reported incident as part of a new national plan to tackle bullying.
www.abc.net.au
October 18, 2025 at 5:16 AM
We've got a lovely Nissan leaf that we slow charge off our home solar panels.
It's so marvellous.
Highly recommend.
❤️❤️❤️❤️
October 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM