Rob Phair

Solar has overtaken nuclear. A decade ago it supplied 1% of the world's power. In 2025 it met three quarters of global demand growth. Almost nobody saw it coming. I spoke to Jocelyn Timperley at BBC Future about why. www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

⚡️️️️️️️Russia's assault on Ukraine's energy grid is a war crime, UN says. Russia’s attacks on energy infrastructure, which weaponize winter to inflict suffering, amount to war crimes, a UN inquiry has found.

After 5 years of study, WA's independent environmental watchdog found Woodside's Browse gas project was an unacceptable environmental risk on multiple grounds. Read the confidential 2023 documents obtained by Boiling Cold in my story in The Guardian.

Lula vows to regulate Meta in his victory speech

Obrigado, povo brasileiro! 📸 Ricardo Stuckert

Best day for democracy worldwide in quite some time: Brazil’s center-left president won the runoff in an upset, blocking the far-right from gaining unified power. Serbia’s right-wing authoritarian government finally lost control of parliament after more than a decade in power

Meanwhile, pro-democracy, pro-Europe protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia, are tonight nearing their 700th consecutive day of protest against the pro-Russian government. They haven't missed a single day in the last 23 months.

#Serbia

The next 10 days will be monumental, with elections in Serbia, Brazil, Israel and the US. This one was a victory for democracy.

BREAKING: BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's strongman leader Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat to a student-led movement in a seismic political shift.

“there is important work that we can do together as middle powers to strengthen our supply chains, make them more robust and resilient and strengthen our economic security as a consequence,” he added.

Free weekend update is out. Its mostly a deep dive into the Starlink/Starshield move by Trump and Musk (yes both of them) which did real damage to Ukraine and proved a point. Trump reacts to pressure, not flattery. Standing up to him is the only way. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-up...

They had to kick up the cash to the boss to get out of the doghouse after they got called out making bank on their side gig during the midterms by Trump. The Republican Party operates like the Sopranos.

hmmmm...not sure one person giving half a billion dollars to one party is a great sign of a healthy political system just not quite on board with that

Kudos to the reporter here, who does something we almost never see: she interrupts Trump to try to make him and answer the question she asked, not allowing him to bloviate.

#CleanAir #USA

#Trump #AirPollution

It's like every day there is a headline "Techbro Creates Terrifying New Product that No-One Asked For, Valued at $1.2B"

#auspol #springst

@albomp.bsky.social

"the combination of universities’ self-image as incubators & world-leading labs of climate action & innovation, paired with the obscene energy bloat & fossil fuel hunger of generative AI. It’s something a little worse than mere hypocrisy, more in line with betrayal & treachery." - @ketanjoshi.co

@acrrm.bsky.social #RMA26 #ClimateAction

Helen Haines' husband, Phil, speaks from hospital: says she has lost both legs "Both her heart and her mind are in good shape" thanks her staff, locals who responded, paramedics, hospital staff "Helen's road to recovery will be long & difficult, but we know she is a fighter"

The Abduction of Persephone, by Nicola Maria Rossi, early 18th c

#MAGA #Russia

Helen Haines is the very best of people. She's respected and loved by every person in our Parliament. Those of us lucky enough to know her are praying for Helen and her family, team and community tonight.

Cannot make this party up. One Nation's national "balance of power priorities" are COVID-19 mandates, banging on about the family court, a motherhood statement about multinational tax in a link mostly about other things and a blank space.

@davidshoebridge.bsky.social, your position on military aid for #Ukraine remains untenable. 🇺🇦

1/ German far-right politician Alice Weidel, the co-leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, says that Ukraine has "already lost" the war with Russia and should sue for peace. She wants to end German support for Ukraine and expel all Ukrainian refugees. ⬇️

Latvia's decision last week to declare Russian-born journalist and blogger Leonid Ragozin persona non grata has drawn attention to a broader trend: Russians who once presented themselves as opponents of Vladimir Putin are now accused of echoing Kremlin narratives.

@acrrm.bsky.social #RMA26 #ClimateAction

Trump treats every day as if it were Putin’s birthday, and he wants to demonstrate his cartoonish affection for the Russian dictator with lavish unearned gifts. In exchange, Trump’s getting ... nothing. Remember when Trump’s own DNI wondered what Putin had on him? www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Trump and Musk are doing everything they can to try and force Ukraine to surrender to Putin while Musk spends over $300 million to try and buy the midterm elections to maintain total power. The American government under Republicans are on the side of evil. Vote them out.

Zelensky speaking the truth. The US is now a Russian ally, and the Starlink decision is a massive benefit for the Russian military (and it has nothing to do with Ukraine attacking Russian refineries). The US is literally riding to Putin’s rescue.

Trump and Musk going all out to protect Putin

Trump declared an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. So now, Russia is bombing Kyiv’s energy system with missiles, plunging the city into a complete blackout, while Ukraine isn't bombing Russian oil refineries. Very interesting, very cool.

I guess Trump forgot to clarify the details of his energy ceasefire with Putin. Again. So looks like we’ll be without electricity again soon. Russia is attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Zircon hypersonic missiles being used in strikes on power facilities in and around Kyiv.

I’ve got a piece in the @nytimes.com this morning about why Supreme Court reform has to be at the top of any agenda for democratic repair www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/o...

#Trump #Russia

Four weeks ago, Trump announced an “energy ceasefire” between Russia and Ukraine that didn’t exist. Yesterday, he did it again. Remember when the White House would be pressured to explain how/why the president managed to get something like this so terribly wrong — twice? www.ms.now/news/trump-e...

It's so hard to pick a date when the post-American world really began, because there are so many. Today makes a great candidate, though: right after Trump claimed there was an "energy ceasefire", Kyiv was bombed into another blackout. That's how much Putin despises the weakest American leader ever.

#MAGA #propaganda

#RedbridgeAccent Vic (state) ALP 24 L-NP 30 ON 24 Grn 16 (!) Ind/other 6 (seems too low) Their 2PP respondent prefs 56-44 to L-NP My est 53.5 to L-NP Their ALP vs ON respondent prefs 55-45 to ALP My est 50.5 to ON I'd expect an L-NP majority off these primaries. #springst

#Trump #Russia

Station car parks are full early in the morning. Expanding them is incredibly expensive and never meets demand. Vastly improving feeder buses, walking and cycling options is a better, more affordable, more scalable way of getting people to the station.

All these years later.... I'm STILL a member of The Resistance.

After Russia invaded Ukraine, trade between Moscow and the West stopped, not just to punish Putin, but also to deny him the resources needed to help fuel the deadliest conflict in Europe since WWII. Trump now claims he’s struck a deal to buy Russian fuel, which needs to be seen as a real scandal.

SPECIAL REPORT: Ukrainian forces have defeated the 2026 Russian campaign to seize Donetsk Oblast. 🧵(1/6) Read more: isw.pub/UkraineDisru...

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