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Ali Rubie

@alir5.bsky.social
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Inspired by nature. Interested in science, politics, music, art, photography. Vegan for the animals 🌱 Born 316.18ppm CO2 NZ. now Sydney, Australia.

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Ali Rubie @alir5.bsky.social · 16h
A wonderful success story and very welcome good news
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 18h
This should be condemned and considered as a potential crime against future generations. It’s not as if Aus governments are ill informed- this is wilful. And it’s not as if the 2020 fires are distant memories - remember 3 billion animals affected !
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Australian Bushfires of 2019/2020
Now that the catastrophic 2019-20 fires are out, it’s time to focus on the long road to recovery as well as restore and future-proof Australia for the fire seasons ahead.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Cloudflare Data Explorer shows the amount of russian bot traffic has dropped to 49% after Ukraine struck a yandex data center.
Chart showing plummeting bot traffic
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•Marns🌿🍉🐸 @marnshibski.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Holding a sign for Palestine action vs destruction of Gaza
Who’s the terrorist?
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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The new national EPA has issued its first-ever order to stop deforestation — to a cattle property in far north Qld — after the land clearing was exposed by ACF investigations. #auspol www.acf.org.au/news/first-e...
acf.org.au
First ever enforcement order halting deforestation welcome, but this…
ACF has welcomed the first ever environment protection order issued by the new national EPA to halt deforestation on a north Queensland cattle property…
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
In the horror of a Genocide this is a moment of hope. 15 of the children from the Gaza Nipper’s program got back in the surf this week. 30 of the other nippers can’t be found, many have been killed. How has the world made the decision to send so many bombs and so few lifesavers?
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Any fool can see the absurdity of culling an animal that lives for 400 years and only reaches sexual maturity at 150.
theguardian.com
To cull or not to cull: Greenland debates fate of world’s slowest shark
As trawlers compete with Greenland sharks for halibut and cod, conservationists and fishers clash over what to do about misunderstood species
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the only mikewilson in oz @mikewilsoninoz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
South Australia's power grid will be decarbonised next year: “The most striking thing about this transition is how mundane it has been,” David adds. “In contrast to the forecasts of doom, South Australia’s economy hasn’t lost out from the decline of fossil power.”
progress; a bar chart
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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 07/10/2026
A High Court ruling has reversed a NSW approval for an extension of one of the country’s biggest coal mines because of the climate change impacts, a verdict that environmentalists say may overturn other mine approvals ow.ly/GY4p50ZVcBS
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High Court rejects major coal mine extension in landmark decision based on climate change impacts
A High Court ruling has reversed a NSW approval for an extension of one of the country's biggest coal mines because of the climate change impacts, a verdict that environmentalists say may overturn other mine approvals.
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Ali Rubie @alir5.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Japan is making money from Australian gas. China is making money from Australian gas. And in Australia, we can’t even get governments to agree on a gas reservation policy, let alone adopt a gas tax that would not only ease revenue woes of Treasury, it would give space for cost-of-living relief.”
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Jeffrey Archer has died - here is the obituary of Monica Coghlan www.heraldscotland.com/news/1216989...
heraldscotland.com
Misogyny killed Monica many years before she died
When poor Monica Coghlan died in a car crash last week, it was a result both pitiful and inevitable. The rightful order had been restored. Justice had been done. Her sad, brief life was over: she had ...
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Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
David Pocock’s Commonwealth Land (Affordable Housing) Bill would require affordable housing to be built into residential development on Commonwealth land. It deserves support because public land should deliver lasting public value, not simply the highest possible sale price.
pearlsandirritations.com
Public land should deliver public value
David Pocock’s Commonwealth Land (Affordable Housing) Bill would require affordable housing to be built into residential development on Commonwealth land. It deserves support because public land shoul...
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Ali Rubie @alir5.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Stung by high costs and supply uncertainty, Asian governments are busy transitioning to solar. Thailand is the most prominent example forecasting 89% renewable energy by 2050, in the words of Energy Minister Akanat Promphan, to reduce reliance on “expensive and volatile spot LNG imports.”
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A case like this has not been brought before, but the constitutional principles are solid, and the impact of a win will be very significant. The case will be heard in Sydney on 2 and 3 Nov. Patrick vs Secretary DCCEEW, Minister Bowen and Snowy Hydro Ltd 3/3 #SaveTheDate #auspol
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This dossier on Pauline Hanson's utterances, actions, controversies, attempts to solicit money, donations & gifts accepted & voting record looks incredibly comprehensive‼️ Kudos & thanks to the person/team/org behind this incredible public service‼️ 🙏 No journo will be able to say 'I didn't know'
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Loony Left Media 🚨#TaxTheGas + KillAUKUS @loonyleftmedia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We’re here for it 🙌🏼💚
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Biggest improvement in housing affordability for 40 years”
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 28/09/2026
Google is updating its satellite images of Gaza. The comprehensiveness of effort required to reduce an urban landscape to this is beyond imagining. Literal carpet bombing.
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Rachel Hollis @rachelhollisart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Did you know a group of finches is called a 'charm'? Inspired by Neville Cayley's 'A Charm of Finches' this drawing includes every one of Australia's finch species #birdart #finch #finches #birds
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Did you know that producing one pound of beef is 25-50x worse for climate change than burning a pound of coal? In fact, it’s one of the most polluting things we can consume. And grass-fed beef is usually *even worse* — thanks to its much higher land use and methane emissions.
Bar chart showing greenhouse gas emissions for different food items. Beef is the worst, by far.
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Vegan FTA @veganftaofficial.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Cow and bull flesh production accounted for 41% of global deforestation between 2001 and 2023, and almost two thirds of that forest loss took place in Brazil. 🌳 veganfta.com/articles/2026/09/21/me…
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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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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Vegan FTA @veganftaofficial.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Why Vegans Don’t Use Wool
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Why Vegans Don’t Use Wool
I have seen it with my own eyes. It wasn’t when I was working as an animal rights investigator. It was much earlier than that. I think it was 1994. I saw it on a farm somewhere near Haweswater…
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
For the first time, an Australian court has heard expert evidence linking Pine Gap to Israel's atrocities. Prof Richard Tanter tendered a 34-page report to the Alice Springs Local Court in a case involving two protestors. www.deepcutnews.com/p/pine-gap-l...
deepcutnews.com
Pine Gap linked to Israel’s atrocities, NT court told
Expert evidence was tabled in the defence of two protestors charged for an offence at the US spy base
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Gnome De Plume (Sista Cate Ruth) ♿🎃👻💀🧛🏽‍♂️ @sistacatruthpurry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
One Nation absolutely WILL try to roll back abortion rights. I hope voters realise that before giving their protest votes to Hanson and her regressive minions. If you want your protest vote to really make a difference, vote Green or Independent. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
Victorian Labor puts reproductive rights on election agenda as it warns One Nation could try to wind back abortion access
‘We don’t want to see any winding back of women’s rights,’ health minister says before state election
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Another fn Capewell (née - fcapas@magpieranting) @anothercapewell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“It begins, I think, with that act of recognition. Recognition that it was we who did the dispossessing. We took the traditional lands and smashed the traditional way of life. We brought the diseases. The alcohol. We committed the murders.” Keating ‘92 Redfern Who even is labor anymore
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Roscoe @saysroscoe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What has the RBA ever done about excessive profits? Why do wage earners have to bear the brunt of inflation?
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Ali Rubie @alir5.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If only we valued our wildlife, preparedness might have looked like having trained volunteers, or better yet, paid staff, dispose of deceased, diseased birds & animals to limit the spread. There could have been a geolocating app for members of the public to notify the disposal team.
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Follow this very important special independent news focus from a range of outlets on the crises overwhelming the Northern Territory. Betraying children, fossil fuel, US militarisation. Don’t miss it. #Auspol truenorthnews.substack.com/p/sun-20-sep... @deniseshrivell.bsky.social
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This place is so messed up and dysfunctional and the rest of the country is paying for it all without truly
understanding the extent of the corruption and dysfunction going on here.
Chris Walsh - NT Independent
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Independent news media matters
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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 21/09/2026
Excellent article. There really is no getting around that global beef production needs to decrease (both overall and per-capita), and while regenerative grazing is better than not doing that, most of its benefit is from reducing that production, not making current production somehow sustainable.
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Ali Rubie @alir5.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Seven of the nine earth boundaries are broken, and no single nation can restore them alone; this is a peace process the entire world must commit to, together, starting now.” - former President of Colombia and Co-Vice Chair of the Planetary Guardians, President Juan Manuel Santos.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Maybe there's still a lack of awareness, but it's baffling that there're people out there still prepared to serve/eat industrially-farmed, antibiotic-loaded, potentially diseased Tasmanian Salmon with a side of exploded seal (do Huon, Tassal & Petuna leadership eat it with their families❓)
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Ali Rubie @alir5.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Don’t support this toxic industry! Huon Aquaculture, owned by the Brazilian meat company JBS, used 1126 underwater explosives against seals in the first half of 2026. Tassal is also complicit, increasing their use of explosives. Seals no doubt drawn to the smell of rotting fish flesh
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Worth signing www.sophiescamps.com.au/support_the_...
sophiescamps.com.au
Support the Red Lines Package to ensure Australia does not profit from genocide
Dr Sophie Scamps is Mackellar's independent MP. Driving a clean bill of health for climate, integrity and the economy.
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 14/09/2026
A future with more organic farming and less agricultural land than today would only be possible with larger shifts toward more plant-based, less land-hungry diets.
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Heather F. @heather142886.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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We've lodged a landmark cruelty complaint for salmon in Tasmania's underwater factory farms
A staggering 4 million salmon perished in salmon farms in Tasmania last year, yet it seems nobody asked why they died — until now.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Far be it from anyone to say ‘I told you so’, but delighted to see iron grip of agri industry on politics FINALLY getting some sustained media focus. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...
irishtimes.com
The Irish Times view on farming and politics: unhealthily close
For decades the Department of Agriculture has operated as though it were a branch office of the Irish Farmers’ Association
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Since 2021, a former dredging site in Cheshire has been transformed into a network of freshwater pools and reedbeds. It's now home to almost two-thirds of the UK's breeding black-necked grebes, one of the UK's rarest breeding birds. Given a chance, nature bounces back. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Restored Cheshire wetland becomes haven for rare birds
Woolston Eyes, near Warrington, is home to the largest black-necked grebe population in the UK.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 15/09/2026
Australia Institute research shows the Safeguard Mechanism's reliance on offsets has enabled big polluters, including fossil fuel producers, to INCREASE their actual pollution. Read more: australiainstitute.org.au/post/safegua...
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Safeguard mechanism failing to drive actual emission reductions – new research
Australia’s flagship climate policy, the Safeguard Mechanism, is failing miserably, according to new research by The Australia Institute.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@albomp.bsky.social’s👇answer👇 to a question today from @allegraspender.bsky.social about his willingness to proactively disclose his diary reminded me of Scott Morrison saying it was a triumph that protesters outside Parliament House weren't "met with bullets". #LostThePlot #auspol
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Andrew Wilkie MP @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Red Lines Package would codify Aust’s commitment to accountability, human dignity & the rule of law, ensuring we do not fund, arm or invest in illegal settlements, war crimes or genocide. Aus must strive to lead in upholding international law #auspol
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Vegan FTA @veganftaofficial.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A 15-year-old lioness named Luena died at Tama Zoological Park in Tokyo, Japan, the third lion to die there in less than a week as Japan endures several heatwaves. 🦁💔 veganfta.com/articles/2026/09/07/th…
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Regenerative grazing has gotten a lot of buzz — maybe thanks to big money from the beef industry? — but it’s NOT an effective climate solution. I wish it was. But it’s time to move on from greenwashing and focus on things that work.
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Ali Rubie @alir5.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If we don’t alter our consumption habits, companies won’t change. If we don’t build public pressure, politics won’t change. Companies are supplying animal products because people are buying them. There is not the slightest doubt in the good that can be done 3 times a day to help stop climate change
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Andreas Sieber @andreassieber.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#Nepal needs $5bn to rebuild from the #floods. Oil giants Exxon, Chevron & Shell made $36.5bn profit in the past quarter alone. The #LossandDamage Fund can provide only up to $20 million in emergency support. Shared thoughts with @stuti.bsky.social on why this is a test for #climatejustice.
independent.co.uk
Nepal floods disaster offers crucial first test of world climate fund
Nepal wants up to $5bn to rebuild after devastating floods – a figure that is 200 times what’s on offer. Stuti Mishra explains where that leaves the Himalayan nation
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Ali Rubie @alir5.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
UN finally calls for radical transformation of our society - Australia is a high contributor to this crisis. Contain overshoot to get back to 1.5 as quickly as possible. No new fossil fuel projects. Food from plants. Renewable energy. Limit data centres ayanaelizabeth.substack.com/p/i-read-the...
ayanaelizabeth.substack.com
I read the new UN climate report so you don't have to.
TL;DR they are calling for radical transformation of our society.
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Ali Rubie @alir5.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Sorry - yes, it’s your word! Good article 🙏
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Ali Rubie @alir5.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“Our governments are ramping up suppression of protest instead of tackling the very real threat to Australians’ welfare.” Yes, they do know something we don’t know. Climate refugees, food and water insecurity, unaffordable insurance and climate ‘permacrisis’ - good word @davemilbo.bsky.social
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
In 2003, before he held any significant office, Chris Minns was selected for the AIJAC Rambam Israel Fellowship – an all-expenses-paid program with one purpose: take promising Australian political figures to Israel, immerse them, and bind them. michaelwest.com.au/groomed-capt....
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Groomed, captured, deployed. How the Israel lobby runs Chris Minns - Michael West
Police brutality, intimidation, harassment, free speech attacked. NSW Premier Chris Minns was groomed for Israel, writes Andrew Brown.
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