Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 12/02/2026John Howard brought in a tax policy that delivers 59% of the benefit to the richest 1%. It truly is time to ditch the Capital Gains Tax 50% discount www.theguardian.com/business/gro... 12394134 394
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialKevin Hell-iott @kjephd.bsky.social · 11/01/2026I had no idea the material conditions in Iran had degraded so badly. As the speaker, Prof Fatemeh Shams explains later, these are explosive, borderline revolutionary conditions, much more serious than previous rounds of mass protest 15713237 713
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10/01/2026....Did anyone actually listen to Woods' statement?? Woods specifies it's "uninvestable" *today*, lays out a series of changes that would be needed to make investable, and then says "We're confident that with this administration and President Trump....those changes can be put in place 2232994 329
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10/01/2026The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same 738276926954 27.7K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialDinsdale Piranha @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Nobody could have predicted this. 12637191403 3.7K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialJJWalsh @jjwalsh.bsky.social · 04/01/2026I challenged myself to rent an electric car #EV in the UK & yes there were some ups and downs, but I would do it again - here are some tips for anyone considering an EV rental when traveling medium.com/@jjwalsh/ele...medium.comElectric Car Rental Challenges in 2026It is so exciting to see EV electric vehicle car options on rental car companies becoming more mainstream as the transition to electric… 7231 23
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialJon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Under the Treason Felony Act 1848, it is a crime punishable by life imprisonment to intimidate parliament or encourage any foreign power to invade the U.K. We should be applying this law to every traitor openly calling for the U.S to depose our democratically elected government. 1632583790 2.6K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 05/01/2026Just to restate this very clearly: the fossil fuel industry isn't a normal business. They are powerful enough to draw subsidies and other forms of gov't intervention for otherwise unprofitable ventures. They are just absurdly good at this. oilchange.org/news/us-foss... 37225 72
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 05/01/2026The fossil fuel companies are insisting they're not interested in increasing oil extraction in Venezuela but their investors / shareholders don't seem to believe them 25578173 578
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 31/12/2025Media outlets have played no small part in this. Not just News Corp. They consider it their sacred duty to make the fallout as racist and harmful as possible 214642 146
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/12/2025How we beat back the corporate takeover of America: 1. Break up corporate monopolies 2. Continue building union power 3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics Let’s keep working to unrig the system. 424116953568 11.7K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialZeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 13/12/2025Actual climate scientist here. 2.5C is on the optimistic end of the literature on current policy outcomes, which spans the range from 2.3C to 3C. I wrote a review of the literature on the subject earlier this year: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comAn assessment of current policy scenarios over the 21st century and the reduced plausibility of high-emissions pathways - Zeke Hausfather, 2025The literature on current policy scenarios has become increasingly robust in recent years, with a growing consensus that the central estimate of 21st century wa... 913552 135
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialLiam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 27/11/2025The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff. 1223375975 3.4K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialHelen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Imagine showing a petrol engine to someone who had only known electric vehicles, and trying to convince them to switch to petrol. No-one would choose the dirty, noisy, less efficient, more expensive vehicle. This isn't 1910, hostage to gender insecurity. We can just choose the better tech. 42167311157 6.7K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 28/11/2025The climate crisis won’t wait and neither will we. With this team, we’ll meet it head-on. 242154302192 15.4K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 26/11/2025New York City helped my mother become the artist she is today. The next generation deserves a City Hall that lifts up tomorrow's artists as well. 143153902020 15.4K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialMichael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 13/11/2025i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass” 259116392011 11.6K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13/11/2025It's astounding how much CO₂ we put into the atmosphere each year by burning fossil fuels. For comparison, we all agree that plastic pollution is bad, but the mass of ALL THE PLASTIC humanity has ever produced is only 25% of the CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere in 2025. 6450170 450
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 11/11/2025"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people" Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->truthdig.comThe Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - TruthdigAs the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle. 12367258 367
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 07/11/2025virtue signalling is good actually 423683683 3.7K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialDr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Today feels like a good day to remind everyone that there is literally no empirical evidence that economic growth will just continue if the world heats up to, say, 3°C by 2100. Continued growth is just *assumed* in every economic model of the relationship between temperatures and growth. 🧵 20308122 308
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 05/11/2025This NYT story about how Mamdani dealt with the opposition by the city's elites fails to mention one particular elite institution: The NYT editorial page, which last June railed against him as "uniquely unsuited to the city’s challenges... lacks political savvy" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n... 1/nytimes.comHow Zohran Mamdani Beat Back New York’s Elite and Was Elected Mayor 844980841 5K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 05/11/2025A highlight of last night I'm not seeing much today: Spanberger, Shirrell, and Mamdani all won clear majorities of young male voters last night. 473818590 3.8K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialSantiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 05/11/2025Republicans thought they had a permanent hold over young men. They didn't. Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%. 5771651544 7.2K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 05/11/2025A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM 89109762270 11K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialJoshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 05/11/2025Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969 43158892859 15.9K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 05/11/2025 31118591418080 85.9K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialNBC News @nbcnews.com · 05/11/2025BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC 240179483923 17.9K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 03/11/2025Seriously nuts: the US threatened African and small Pacific and Caribbean island diplomats with cancelled visas and refused entry if they didn't vote against a shipping carbon price. "Bullying" doesn't do this justice. They're gangsters and criminals. www.ft.com/content/4e0a... 8176104 176
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Oh no! Not our beloved fossil fuel company doing something shitty.theguardian.comExxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents revealTexas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process 15454178 454
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/11/2025One time. The GOP has won more than 50% of the popular vote <one time> since 1992. And yet, every day, you are bombarded with Takes™️ from Ezra Douthglesias about how deeply unpopular The Democrats and their policy platform are, without any reflection on how the same standard applies to the GOP. 261465369 1.5K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.social💧 simon holmes à court @simonahac.bsky.social · 04/11/2025add a home battery and an EV and most households would never need to pay a petrol bill ever again. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comAustralians to get at least three hours a day of free solar power - even if they don’t have solar panelsLabor announces ‘solar sharer’ program for households in NSW, south-east Queensland and South Australia 23557154 557
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialLex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 03/11/2025I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue. 2049283198177 28.3K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/11/2025Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day. Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...abc.net.auEnergy retailers to be directed to offer free power three hours a daySaying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers. 492036792 2K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Forrest Smith, the only National Park Service engineer cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells, lost his contract, leaving 93 orphaned wells on park lands unmanaged. These leaking wells release methane and toxins, threatening human health and the environment.nytimes.comHe Alone Tracked Leaky Oil Wells in National Parks. He Was Let Go. 271606832 1.6K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Meanwhile, in South Korea: "Starting at the end of November, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. This obligation applies not only to newly constructed parking lots but also to existing ones." cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...cm.asiae.co.krMandatory Installation of Solar Panels in Public Parking Lots to Apply Retroactively to Existing FacilitiesStarting at the end of November this year, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. ... 752695792 2.7K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.' We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them. Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse. Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped? www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN headExclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30 472302794 2.3K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/10/2025‘Not a luxury, a necessity‘: how aid cuts to birth control harm Senegal’s womentheguardian.com‘Not a luxury, a necessity‘: how aid cuts to birth control harm Senegal’s women‘The women here are warriors,’ says a midwife in Joal, and contraception is key to their health and life chances. But now UK and US aid cuts threaten to undo years of progress 110442 104
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 24/10/2025this question being led by a private firm (and potential privatization of rollout) is a worst case scenario if you ask me 2331655 316
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialDave Lee @davelee.me · 21/10/2025WELL HOW ABOUT THAT "A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comMillionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in MassachusettsA millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing... 266140944860 14.1K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you… 593105442758 10.5K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 15/10/2025It's tough to explain exactly how nutty this new report from fossil fuel industry consultant Wood Mackenzie is, but I'm going to try in a short thread. As you can guess: 1 trillion barrels of oil is...............................A LOT archive.ph/grTVe 15256105 256
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13/10/2025“Living car-free is the most impactful behavior by far in terms of reducing emissions.” 15492124 492
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialDavid Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 13/10/2025On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already. 622437729 2.4K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialYung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 13/10/2025BREAKING📢 Crack team of climate scientists show "it is no longer defensible for companies proposing new or extended fossil fuel projects to claim the climate harms will be negligible. Our research shows the harms are, in fact, tangible and quantifiable – and no project is too small to matter"theconversation.comFor the first time, we linked a new fossil fuel project to hundreds of deaths. Here’s the impact of Woodside’s Scarborough gas projectThe results challenge claims that the climate risks posed by an individual fossil fuel project are negligible or cannot be quantified. 4349157 349
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialonion person @junlper.beer · 13/10/2025watching the UKs green party elect an actual unafraid leftist into leadership and see party membership double in under a month is once again endless proof that if you stand up for leftist causes and treat the electorate like adults, you’ll win people over easily 11189631724 9K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialDavid Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 14/10/2025A new study published in Nature Climate Action finds Woodside’s Scarborough gas project could cause 100s of heat-related deaths & exposed 500k people to unprecedented heat. Govt can’t claim climate leadership while approving projects like this. www.afr.com//policy/ener...afr.comForrest-backed study links Woodside mega-project to hundreds of deathsThe research, conducted by academics at ANU, suggests the massive offshore gas project off the coast of Western Australia will cause warming of 0.00039 degrees. 9214117 214
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialProfessor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 12/10/2025"One consultant totalled $85,000...almost $3,000 a day". "Last year, a NTEU report estimated universities across Australia spent $734 million a year on consultants, a practice across the sector which the union has strongly criticised." Here's an idea, hire more staff instead of consultants on $$$! 97835 78
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialWRMS Traffic & Weather Reporter on the 2’s @carnegro.blacksky.app · 09/10/2025Pope Leo is spitting. www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n... 10455711663 5.6K
Reposted by @andwcampbell.bsky.socialThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 09/10/2025Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.bit.lyPope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxuryPope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. 503202425081 20.2K
