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Alan Arnold

@alanarnold.bsky.social
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Educator, information professional, molecular engineer. Husband, father, grandfather. Lapsed chemist. On Ngunnawal land.

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1EarthMedia @1earthmedia.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Minns NSW Government is working with the Commonwealth on a new 20-year approval to allow native forest logging to continue without federal environmental assessments. We have until this Friday to send objections to Natural Resources Commission #NSWpol #Auspol www.suehigginson.org/strategic_as...
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Don't Let Labor Give Native Forest Logging Another 20 Years.
Native forest logging's exemption from national environment laws is finally ending. But Labor wants to replace it with a new 20-year approval. We have until Friday 16 October to stop another free pass...
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 16h
DYK the diesel burned by these data centres is eligible for govt rebates of >50 cents/litre‼️🤯 NextDC of West Footscray infamy used ~2 ML of diesel across its national portfolio in the 2025 financial year, meaning taxpayers gifted >$1 million to DCs to run polluting diesel generators 🤯 🤬
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1EarthMedia @1earthmedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Happy 94th birthday to Barry Owen Jones AC FAA FAHA FTSE FASSA FACE FRSA (born 11 October 1932). Australian writer, teacher, lawyer, social activist, quiz champion, & former politician in the Australian Labor Party. He is on the National Trust's list of Australian Living Treasures. #auspol
A 1974 photo of Barry Jones, MLA for Melbourne.Australian Politician Barry Jones at a Fabian Society event at the Victorian Trades Hall in 2000Barry Jones at the March for Science – Melbourne 2017
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 07/10/2026
Something is happening in Texas. Lifelong Republicans are saying the same thing: “I’m voting for James Talarico.” 🔥 #VoteBlue down ballot 🗳️ #SheShed #TeamTalarico
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everaldatlarge.bsky.social @everaldatlarge.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Made it around #Uluru on my 95th birthday. So many friends helped me walk the 11kms. And so far we have raised 105000 dollars for @DorcasACTS. My grateful thanks.
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Roscoe @saysroscoe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So the only tool the RBA can use is to up interest rates so the poor can't spend, go out, eat etc? Why aren't the billionaires hit in any way whatsoever? What about a tax on unjustified price increases? Share profits? Why only hit the poor?
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mind-boggling - just mind-boggling Now expected to peak at an extraordinary 4.2C in December
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mariecolemanao.bsky.social @mariecolemanao.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Used to be called South Australia Northern Territory oil search. Now totally unAustralian
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Dark Matter Zine @darkmatterzine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
101% Humidity. Does this have anything to do with BOM outsourcing services to a USA company (after @albomp.bsky.social promised to develop in-house talent instead of engaging expensive ”consultants”)? #auspol
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The important question is not which faction supplies the next PM. It is what substantially different Australia any of the factions proposes to create. ...the problems confronting government are becoming larger as its political imagination becomes smaller." pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10...
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Labor’s Left has won the party. So what happened to the Left?
Labor’s Left has the prime minister, the numbers and formidable control of the party machinery. What it lacks is a program for changing Australia. After decades spent accumulating power, the bigger qu...
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Larissa Waters @larissawaters.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The biggest coal mine expansion ever proposed in NSW has been approved by the Minns government. It threatens to wipe out Australia's emissions reductions. This is a major test for Anthony Albanese and Murray Watt; they cannot provide federal approval to a project of this scale.
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Steve Cohen @drstevecohen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Robert Millikan, 115 years ago this month, showed that electricity was quantized into electrons (and gave a value for Avogadro's number) with his famous oil-drop experiment in Phys Rev 32 (1911), 349-97. #ChemSky #Chemchat 🧪 Read the long paper here: www.columbia.edu/~mm21/exp_fi...
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Dee Madigan @deemadigan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Rich of Kochie to attack the govt. He’s the ‘economic director’ of Compare the Market,a comparison site that takes commission when people switch.The commissions come out of your premiums.They’re profiting from churn while driving up your cost of living.
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’m devastated this morning. We have just had two of our @asrc1 social enterprise catering vans stolen. Roller door smashed. Food stolen. Safe destroyed. Staff distressed. TWO VANS LICENSE PLATES - mini vans with ASRC Catering on them Renault is 1UO2YV Peugeot is 2DW4TB
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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 21/09/2026
Do you love spinning bullshit? Then #AustralianSuper might have the job for you! Find out more and apply 😉 australiansuperpolluter.com #climate #auspol
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ASRC had TWO VANS STOLEN OVERNIGHT in Melbourne from our CATERING SOCIAL ENTERPRISE. We are all so distressed and angry. Who robs a charity! Here’s are the license plates of the two white vans 👇🏼 and photos of them too➡️➡️➡️ Call 000 if spot them please 🙏🏼 Renault 🚐 is 1UO2YV Peugeot van 🚐 is 1QR 8PO
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Australia halved its public housing in a generation and handed the young a voucher instead. The fix is a public builder, a 10 per cent target and a national summit." Andrew Brown #auspol Australia's Housing Casino Part 1 michaelwest.com.au/australias-h...
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Australia’s Housing Casino: the house always wins - Michael West
Andrew Brown analyses how successive Australian governments turned shelter into a casino. Australia's Housing Casino.
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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Morning. ☕️
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We (rightly) talk a lot about gas, but we should not forget we export a hell of a lot more coal and most of it is for burning for electricity rather than being used to produce steel. And all of it destroys the planet. #NoNewMines
Charts showing annual exports of thermal and coking coal and LNG since  1960-61

In 2024-25:

Thermal coal: 204,847ky
Coking coal: 146,987kt
LNG: 79,128kt
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Latest energy figures are out for 2024-25 - once again 83% of Australia's gas is exported or used to convert gas to PNG exports. There is no gas shortage. We do not need more gas. We need to #TAXtheGAS
Charts showing in 2024-25 4,862PJ of gas was exported or used in LNG plants, while only 1,016PJ was use by the domestic economy of mining, manufacturing, residential and gas power plants.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"When faced with skyrocketing pesticide and nitrate levels in its drinking water supply, the city of Munich, Germany bypassed expensive chemical treatment plans and chose a radical path: they tackled the contamination at its very root." via Thefarmacyreal www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
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Briony Kidd @brionykidd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
‘…The answer to a world under strain is not less international cooperation, it is more. The answer to the weakening of principles is not to abandon them, it is to defend them….’ 🔥🔥🔥
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tonywindsor.bsky.social @tonywindsor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Take the time to read the article written by Kos Samaras. An analysis of Hansons cruel existence. Thankyou Kos. Your Mother would be very proud if you.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A Labor govt who won't cut $ to wealthy private schools does not inspire confidence that it will take on "the fight against socio-economic segregation between schools, growing privatisation and the marginalisation of public schools as a pillar of democracy." pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/09...
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Why are we still funding Australia’s wealthiest schools?
Australia’s wealthiest private schools continue receiving public funding despite mounting budget pressures, raising questions about whether government spending on education reflects need and the broad...
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Prof Marcia Langton demolishes One Nation's bullshit approach to 'race characteristics' - never based on good data & science but - for more than 200 years - on wanting a justification for barbaric words & policies. nit.com.au/16-09-2026/2...
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Racist pseudo-science still shapes Australian politics
Pauline Hanson speaking about Aboriginal people on a white Christian podcast last year said 'they're the most primitive race on Earth and we're supposed to be holding them up and saying what they've a...
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Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wel, this is amazing. #insulin #diabetes hrnews1.substack.com/p/communist-...
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Communist China Just Cured Diabetes and America's Insulin Industry is Not Happy About it
Groundbreaking Diabetes Cure Developed by Chinese Scientists
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Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If Australia has such a great economy, why do public bins in Melbourne now come with side cages for recyclables? So it's easier for the vulnerable to bin hunt for their "box of chocolates". See also: record highs of copper theft. #AusPol
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‘Every yellow lid is like a box of chocolates’: the Sydney retirees fossicking in bins to pay the bills
Early mornings, razor-like broken window panes, private property restrictions and territorial fellow recycling collectors – it’s all in a day’s work for a growing cohort of elderly Australians
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Albanese Gov is looking to bring in an asylum ban & remove the right to work. We’ve just weeks to stop this, organise & mobilise a community push back & send refugee led delegations to Canberra. Help the @ASRC1 win this fight. Donate: donate.asrc.org.au
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.
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Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report
A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.
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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
just learned this today
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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
My God, the Coalition is pathetic. A new curriculum focusing on "Western Culture"? As we sit at the bottom of the world with the Asian and Pacific nations as our neighbours? Wake me up when this shit is over!
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
An acting commissioner was questioned by the Joint Standing Committee on the National Anti-Corruption Commission about the agency's track record. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nJNxDRp6pM…
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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Paul Keating calls out the madness that is AUKUS. We need sensible members of the Labor caucus to speak up and support Keating. Malcolm Fraser’s book “Dangerous Allies” preempted the defeat and retreat of the US in a war with China.We are being treated as mugs by the US and UK!
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Andrew Wilkie MP @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A petition with 124,665 signatures says we don’t want our weapons, components & resources contributing to war crimes or genocide. The Red Lines Package gives Gov an opportunity to restore Aus's leadership on international law. I urge the Gov to act. #auspol #politas
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Ian McPhee @igas2.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Pensioners funding #AUKUS !
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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I criticise Labor because they often say they're better than "the alternative". Such a very low bar. Coudn't even limbo under it. How about a bar, so high (as third richest country on earth), that others could never hope to reach?
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The major parties and their ultra-wealthy backers target migrants for every issue under the sun because they are an easy distraction. Migrants don’t vote, they aren’t massively rich. They are the perfect scapegoat for a political class that refuses to take on the ultra-wealthy.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Defence officials today tried to prevent the sharing of public evidence on social media at a hearing into Defence land sales. The fact I am posting this should tell you how that went.
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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Dr Michael Keating and Jon Stanford exploding the myth that the US will be rotating through HMAS Stirling. It will be a US base with a US Commodore. Sick of Marles/ALP trying to hide the facts from the public. Stanford says it’s a US base and we have no say in what they do.🤬
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Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Ladies and menin Australia and worldwide, give Kon a follow. He supports women and migrants. He is a good man.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Mary Kostakidis stared down the Zionist lobby, and courage won Andrew Brown reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/mary-kostakidis-…
Michael West Media story graphic
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Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...
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Declaration — Math and AI
Read the declaration and add your name.
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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
Map showing Lower Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
There's no requirement for a light, a sound, or any outward sign that a pair of glasses is recording you or searching your identity online. We continue to push for a 12 month import ban on covert recordable devices to get the laws to match community expectations.
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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
In 1986, I endowed a chair at the Environmental Defense Fund for Dr Michael Oppenheimer to focus on the dangers of climate change. He along with other climate scientists and Al Gore warned the world was short on time to address its worst impacts.
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andyroz Go Green @andyroz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I hope she continues to publish her cartoons on www.cathywilcox.com.au!
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Cathy Wilcox
Website of Australian cartoonist Cathy Wilcox
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