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23 June 2025

What lies beneath … the jewelled sea in my profile picture suffered a marine heatwave this year, there was an algal outbreak and most of the sea life died. Four years ago bushfires burned through nearly half the island, now this. We must change our way of life, no matter how hard it is to accept

@davidrvetter.bsky.social

So happy that Lula won. #Brazil #Amazon #Climate

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Dave Vetter

Kudos to NBC New York for saying it without equivocation: "The US is to blame for the world falling behind in the fight against climate change."

For Helen

Hard to sleep last night thinking about what happened to Helen Haines. So much hope that she recovers

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HBurlingame

@hburlingame.bsky.social

Is Penny Wong ‘deeply concerned’? Is this even worth lifting an eyebrow for, Penny? www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...

aljazeera.comGaza malnutrition and starvation at ‘catastrophic’ levels: Health MinistryAbout 67 percent of Gaza's population projected to face crisis-level food insecurity or worse through the end of 2026.

@ournewhomecoach.bsky.social

High school kids, got a job in the ‘lab’ of fruit canning factory, after two days told there too many in the lab and we had to work on the lines, went on our own two person strike, got sacked

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Jennifer Crawford

So hideous. We can’t have this. I’ve signed. I hope you will too. act.getup.org.au/s/QW2idxKa

act.getup.org.auStop the livestreamed firing squad!Trump's Pentagon is planning to livestream an execution on 3 December, and Australia has no law to keep it off our feeds. Sign the petition!

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John Vaillant

@johnvaillant.bsky.social

My latest on the implications of this summer's #wildfires. Please read and share: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/o...

nytimes.comOpinion | What Happens When You Can No Longer Fight a Wildfire?This year’s fast moving, virtually irrepressible events are not the seasonal burns of decades past.

theguardian.comExecution TV? Pete Hegseth has taken the once ‘greatest democracy’ to a horrific new low | Paul DaleyA proposal to livestream the killing of Nidal Hasan by firing squad opens a window ever wider to the Trump administration’s complete moral vacuity

There are many reasons why Australia should rethink its relationship with the US. But this is a fundamental moral and ethical reason. We can’t stand by and accept this. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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LouiseMorris

@louisemorris.bsky.social

Gawd, how ungracious and small do our politicians look when they can't even accept a hand made welcome garlands from hosts opening their home state to show how vulneralbe they are to climate. https//www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-06/pm-anthony-albanese-declines-hand-made-floral-head-garland-/107233480

abc.net.auPM Anthony Albanese declines floral head garland in TuvaluFollow the latest headlines from ABC News, Australia's most trusted media source, with live events, audio and on-demand video from the national broadcaster.

It’s disappointing that the Greens have once again given short shrift to a female leader. Larissa Waters wouldn’t have been my pick, but if they wanted a ‘stronger’ style leader, I think Faruqi or Hanson-Young would be fine. Like Labor, they revert to patriarchal stereotypes under pressure #AusPol

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As someone who was banned from the Greens at least in part because I was making too much fuss about feminist causes (in their eyes) - it’s a pattern. They prefer women who are conventionally feminine in style, but even then they won’t fully support them

theguardian.com‘The physical toll is visceral’: How Indonesia’s fire haze affects millions - visual guideIntensified by this year’s super El Niño, fires in Borneo and Sumatra are emitting toxic air for swathes of the population in Indonesia and its neighbours

If you’re considered ‘strong’ (like Hanson-Young or Faruqi) you won’t get leadership. If you’re considered too ‘strong’ (possibly even ‘aggressive’) like Alex Bhathal or me, you’ll get excluded. it’s all sad and predictable #Feminism #Patriarchy #Politics

I am personally not surprised that Steph Hodgins-May supported this. In my dealings with her, she came across as a ‘so-called’ feminist who is actually more concerned about her own success than the success of women in general

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Greg Jericho

@grogsgamut.bsky.social

The latest corporate tax data just dropped. And congrats to Santos Ltd - 11yrs in a row of no company tax.

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Yung En Chee

@yungenchee.bsky.social

22 Sept

South-east Asia has been shrouded in health-harming wildfire smoke for months, affecting tens of millions of people, but there's been barely any coverage in Australian media

Guardian Environment@environment.theguardian.com

‘The physical toll is visceral’: How Indonesia’s fire haze affects millions - visual guide

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Katharine Hayhoe

@katharinehayhoe.com

20 Sept

Elite athletes, musicians, actors & more often use cultural importance as an excuse for why they're exempt from cutting their emissions. In this new analysis led by @manuelsuter.bsky.social, we argue the opposite: visibility and influence should raise the bar, not lower it! Read more:

nature.comThe climate responsibility of cultural influencers - npj Climate ActionIn socially influential fields such as elite sport, music, and film, cultural relevance is often invoked as a special moral status that exempts them from genuine emissions reduction. We argue that vis...

theguardian.comLabor staffer and former Play School host sacked for ‘abhorrent’ posts attacking Peta CredlinRhys Muldoon uses X to target Tony Abbott’s former chief of staff and senator Jacinta Price

15 Sept

Julia Gillard suffered much worse abuse than this, and I don’t recall anyone being sacked. not that I’m condoning what he said, it’s wrong on either side of politics, but it still looks like selective outrage rather than genuine support for women www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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ABC News Australia

@news.abc.net.au

15 Sept

Impact of colonisation on First Nations people far greater than previous estimates, research finds

abc.net.auImpact of colonisation on First Nations people far greater than previous estimates, research findsAustralia's Indigenous population was up to seven times larger before colonisation than previously estimated, but was devastated following the arrival of Europeans, new research reveals.

10 Sept

I grew up on the Fleurieu peninsula, Kaurna and Ngarrindjeri country. My children grew up in the hills near Melbourne, near the border of Bunurong/Wurundjerri country. Every summer, my family would go to the beach for a holiday. As we drove, we children would vie to be the first to see the sea

Fossil fuel billionaires and their political lackeys are killing people, and they are also stealing the joy and beauty from our lives

10 Sept

I will never forget the faces of my children first seeing the snow covered world around them. I will never stop fighting the Woodsides and Santos‘s of this world, and the politicians in their pockets, for stealing their joy.

Last year, the beaches of my childhood were not safe for swimming because of an algal bloom related to ocean warming. Millions of sea creatures died. This year, the low-lying snowfield where my children learned to ski had almost no snow.

10 Sept

Thousands of people died in directly climate change-related disasters this year in Europe, Nepal and elsewhere. In Australia, we’ve also had climate disasters, though generally with loss of life, but I am also talking here about more insidious losses.

Most winters of my children’s childhood, we would drive a couple of hours to the nearest snowfield. My children would vie to be the first to see the snow. I am effortless in the ocean, my children are effortless on the snow. All this is being stolen from us.

4 Sept

Climate scientists are having debates on Bluesky about how we respond to overshoot and how best to get back to 1.5C or less. in spite of differences, it’s clear rapid reductions in methane need to be part of this So I ask all climate activists to stop treating veganism as ‘out there’ or ‘foolish’.

4 Sept

Treating veganism as a minority special interest or even a joke, is a way for some climate activists to perform that they’re relatable. they’re normal, one of the gang. It’s time to stop doing that and start treating veganism seriously

3 Sept

My experience with Greens here is they have a habit of treating people badly and then finding it impossible to acknowledge or resolve This spreads ripples of distrust into the community. In my case I’ve tried repeatedly to resolve this, but the party seems sadly unable to do so

Pearls and Irritations@johnmenadue.com

The major-party vote has collapsed, yet the Greens remain stuck around 12%. Their inner-city base limits where they can grow, Millennials are drifting away and even the Gen Z advantage comes with complications, Kos Samaras writes. #auspol #Greens #Politics

theguardian.comBoM forecasts strongest El Niño on record as research points to ‘alarming’ climate change influenceBureau of Meteorology suggests El Niño has already broken records, with Pacific Ocean temperature change exceeding 2C in six months

3 Sept

This is predicted to be hotter than 1983, the previous worst El Niño. I remember 1983 - living in the hills in Victoria, evacuating the Ash Wednesday bushfires with three little kids We’ve already had bad bushfires this year - what will next summer bring? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Matt Golding

@goldingcartoons.bsky.social

Melbourne has officially recorded the warmest winter since records began in 1855, with a mean temperature of 12.8 degrees – just above the 2013 record of 12.7 degrees.

i don’t know why women continue to let men run the world. Is it fear, or some kind of collective delusion (not involving all women, but a significant number), or a feeling that it can’t be changed so may as well just put up with it?

Thinking of situations like US/Israel-Iran war, but more broadly the amount countries spend on ‘defence’ and the damage it causes to people and planet, surely anyone can see it’s ridiculous? And yet, somehow no one says so

Looking at people like Trump, or Musk, or the Iranian IRGC, surely people can see that this is some kind of cult of masculinity which is not just ridiculous but existentially dangerous?

27 Aug

I have no cultural clout but it just so happens I did see The Rocky Horror Show in London in 1973, when I was living there, and I remember Dr Frank-N-Furter so clearly even after all these years. He was just so much - and the idea of don’t dream it, be it has always stayed with me #TimCurryRIP

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Gernot Wagner

@gwagner.com

27 Aug

I'm old enough to remember when one @ipcc.bsky.social statement about Himalayan glaciers "disappearing" by 2035 was some major scandal. Meanwhile, this today, via @apnews.com. Yes, that's climate change; i.e. us dumping CO₂ into the atmospheric sewer. Hundreds dead.

25 Aug

If you’re in the northern suburbs of Melbourne/Naarm, don’t forget our energy forum tomorrow (Wed 26) Affordable and Renewable Energy for All - making sure no one gets left behind Coburg Library meeting room, 6.30-8 pm (doors open at 6) Tell your friends - support energy justice

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Climate Action Merribek

@camerribek.bsky.social

18 Aug

Affordable and Renewable Energy for All forum If you’re in northern suburbs of Melbourne/Naarm, interested in reducing energy bills while doing your bit for climate and environment - this free forum is for you! See flyer for topics, experts available to answer questions, and how to register

15 Aug

I am having a vegan spaghetti bol (made with lentils) for dinner. It is so delish I understand people who have difficulty getting enough iron from plant food (2 of my daughters have that problem tho I don’t and my other daughter doesn’t) - but people who just eat meat for pleasure? I don’t get it

15 Aug

Sorry tried to add alt text but stuffed it up - the picture is spaghetti bolognese, sauce made with lentils instead of meat, served with broccoli

@astray-in-oz.bsky.social

13 Aug

Sorry but no one else is saying this so I have to. the victorian liberals could use the extra bin to get into #AusPol #VicPol

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Astray In Oz

11 Aug

Work from home laws won’t come into effect in Victoria until after election. Ben Carol manages to clearly define the unlikeable politician in record time. #vicpol

theguardian.comVictoria had bipartisan support for a legal right to work from home. So why has Ben Carroll kicked it down the road?New Victorian premier delays proposed right to work from home two days a week until next July, despite Coalition support

11 Aug

Didn’t expect much but this is ridiculous Just when you think Labor can’t let you down any further, they find a way #AusPol #VicPol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

6 Aug

Living in the southern hemisphere, you have to laugh sometimes. My iPhone plays me a video of Christmas photos - sunny, brightly coloured, big bowls of salad, often outdoors - to the tune of ‘Living in a Winter Wonderland‘ 😂

5 Aug

Why does Microsoft use ‘verbiage’ when they just mean ‘words’? do they think it sounds more impressive? Do they not know what it means? Is it an ironic joke?

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Climate Action Merribek

@camerribek.bsky.social

3 Aug

Replying to @camerribek.bsky.social

theguardian.comWho is Ben Carroll, the man who wants to be Victoria’s next premier?Carroll, who has confirmed he will make a leadership challenge, was elected to parliament in 2012 and says he has always been ambitious

27 July

Long time since I was involved with Vic Labor but apparently some things don’t change - haircut guy is a product of the Conroy Labor right machine #AusPol #VicPol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...