Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedRichard J Torres @rjkeats98.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Congratulations to Apple on their most recent iOS update. My phone now kills the battery before noon, it used to make it all the way to 1 PM. Their planned obsolescence is working 4328148
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 07/05/2026Data Centre + Battery ≠ "renewable energy" Airtrunk is causing a massive impact on the grid. They wanted 400 megawatts, but got 300 and the remaining 100 has to be "flexible" So this is just the bare minimum, yet they frame it as climate altruism and "clean tech" www.afr.com/chanticleer/... 45112
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedJen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Voter suppression is treason in a government based on the will of the people. Thank you for your attention to this matter. 622860807
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedMartin Jones @martincjones.com · 08/05/2026Big fan of these income overview tables from the @grattaninstitute.bsky.social grattan.edu.au/news/grattan... 031
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedDanielle Binks @daniellebinks.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Teens came first at Australia’s world‑leading Centre For Youth Literature – until it was axed #AusPol theconversation.com/teens-came-f...theconversation.comTeens came first at Australia’s world-leading Centre For Youth Literature – until it was axedWhat happened to the groundbreaking centre that ran Australia’s only national teen-voted awards for teen literature and hosted a lively online community? 044
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedLee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Elon Musk's no-show for a French judicial summons did not slow the inquiry. Paris prosecutor's office confirmed on Thursday, May 7, that it had opened a criminal investigation on May 6 into the parent company of the social network X and its owner, Musk. www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/ar...lemonde.frFrench prosecutors open criminal investigation into Elon Musk and XThis latest legal step follows Musk's failure to respond to a summons by the Paris prosecutor's office to appear for a voluntary interview on April 20. Since summer 2025, national cyber prosecutors ha... 1182827805
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedYung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Great read from @dharna.bsky.social on the expansive vision putting decarbonization at the heart of breaking free from fossil fuel tyranny, reducing inequality & living well‼️ Terrific to see this ambitious vision for a "Stop Greed, build Green" working class climate agenda‼️ 25421
Reposted by Brisbane Residents United4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Only in America can one party control the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives, win the popular vote,and hold the majority of governorships... and still blame the other party for everything wrong with this country 26168001892
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedSLC Unc @dadshammdad.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Shocked to my core that our governor is getting a huge kickback for the data center he helped get approved. 791235651
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedRenew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 08/05/2026Regulator says surge in home battery and rooftop #PV installations puts the 82 pct #renewables target back in reach because it reduces the burden on large scale #projects.. reneweconomy.com.au/blows-your-mind…reneweconomy.com.au"Blows your mind:" Regulator says boom in home batteries and PV puts 82 pct renewables within reachRegulator says surge in home battery and rooftop PV installations puts the 82 pct renewables target back in reach because it reduces the burden on large scale projects. 01912
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedTom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Over 24 hours later, the article is still up, unaltered. The ABC is by now in receipt of questions for publication from one source. I will continue to pursue every avenue of accountability—internally and publicly—until the article is retracted and the proper information published with apologies. 419056
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Sure looks like Republicans redrew the map in Tennessee to stop Memphis from sending Justin J. Pearson to Congress, who is/was poised to win the primary after fighting like hell against Elon Musk's methane-spewing data centre monstrosities in South Memphis. Craven, desperate and racist as hell. 512531952
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/05/2026Once again: close an area to cars, business *increases*. Every time. And yet every new proposal to close an area to cars meets the same resistance from business owners. I'm starting to wonder whether business owners really are rational self-interest maximizers, I tell you! 35965265
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedDr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 06/05/2026The latest in my 10-part series on climate change and hurricanes: one of the most certain ways climate change will make hurricanes worse is by increasing their rainfall. Over 1/2 of U.S. deaths from hurricanes are now from rainfall-induced flooding. yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/05/clim...yaleclimateconnections.orgClimate change is supercharging hurricane rainfall, contributing to deadly floods » Yale Climate ConnectionsFreshwater flooding has caused over half of all direct hurricane deaths since 2013. The threat will increase as climate change makes hurricanes wetter and potentially slower-moving. 24728
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedJohn Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 07/05/2026The more miles you drive per year, the more the economics of electrification make sense. Guess who drives a lot? And who idles a lot? 1193
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedJeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 07/05/2026This is getting sooo silly now. They've now added "including sick leave" to the headline. Just delete the article! 613742
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedClimate Change Solutions @climatechange.solutions · 07/05/2026Hey friends! Did you hear? Solar and wind with batteries are now cheaper than fossil fuels in some places! Firm solar costs are as low as $54/MWh. Looks like the sun and wind are winning! 🌞💨 Check it out: www.pv-magazine.com/2026/05/06/firm… 24676235
Reposted by Brisbane Residents Unitedjae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 07/05/2026BIG SCOOP: Energy industry reps tell me the Trump administration is now extrajudicially blocking all new wind projects in the United States Apparently the Pentagon is refusing to sign off on once routine FAA airspace clearances even when military assets aren’t around My latest for @heatmap.newsheatmap.newsTrump Is Getting Away With Murdering an American IndustryAnd future administrations will learn from his extrajudicial success. 32931579
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedPolitico @politico.com · 07/05/2026FEMA’s top official said that the “vast majority” of calls were answered during the deadly Texas floods. But new data indicates that the agency failed to answer 58% of the calls, and the average wait was 61 minutes at the peak.politico.comFEMA said it answered the phone during the Texas floods. Most callers didn’t get through.The agency’s top official told lawmakers that the “vast majority” of calls were answered. New data indicates most people couldn’t get through. 41565123117
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedRick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 06/05/2026neither here nor there but i keep hearing this dude’s name to the tune of 🎶Jason Derulo🎶 and that’s about the best to be said of his contributions, of which I have more to say here rick-morton.ghost.io/immoral-rear...rick-morton.ghost.ioImmoral RearmamentThat terminated Department of Home Affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo thirsts for war quite as desperately as he does is confusing for, however much he fancies himself the master of whispers and strat... 58625
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedThe Shovel @theshovel.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Donald Trump says the US’s war with Iran will not end until the war has achieved its primary objective of allowing safe passage through a body of water that was closed due to the US’s war with Iran. theshovel.com.au/2026/05/08/u...theshovel.com.auUS Threatens To Keep Bombing Iran Until Access to Straight of Hormuz Returns to How It Was Before Us Started Bombing Iran — The ShovelDonald Trump says the US’s war with Iran will not end until the war has achieved its primary objective of allowing safe passage through a body of water which was closed due to the US’s war with Iran. 38730
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedMelissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 08/05/2026www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.com‘Came here with hope’ and ‘died unseen’: tearful crowd says goodbye to homeless man Bikram LamaPeople gathered at dusk under the fig tree canopy of Sydney’s Hyde Park to pay tribute to the 32-year-old who died nearby and lay undiscovered for up to a week 053
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedMelissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 08/05/2026www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...abc.net.auNew gas field in waters near Twelve Apostles given green lightThe gas field off the south-west coast of Victoria could provide up to 4 per cent of the east coast's energy supplies. 013
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedAbilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 07/05/202610 Reasons to Love Solar Power 1. Zero CO₂ to run 2.Infinite fuel 3.sunlight 4Cuts air pollution 5.Creates local jobs 6.Low water use 7.Price keeps dropping 8.Powers homes + grids 9. Works off-grid too 10. Energy independence Future-proof tech 598146213823
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedDanielle Binks @daniellebinks.bsky.social · 07/05/2026New gasfield approved near Twelve Apostles puts climate and ‘pristine’ ocean in jeopardy, environmentalists warn Victorian and federal Labor governments greenlight Otway basin drilling project with potential to supply one-third of state’s gas #AusPol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comNew gasfield approved near Twelve Apostles puts climate and ‘pristine’ ocean in jeopardy, environmentalists warnVictorian and federal Labor governments greenlight Otway basin drilling project with potential to supply one-third of state’s gas 1147
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedLeigh Thompson @jennytheroselady.bsky.social · 07/05/2026 21379242042
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedDavid Fickling @davidfickling.bsky.social · 07/05/2026You know how if you’re hit by a truck, the impact is 10 times harder than from a car going the same speed? Well, EV trucks are about to upend the freight industry, and the impact will be 10 times bigger than from EV cars. The scale of what is coming is HUGE: 🧵 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comChinese Truck Drivers Are Going Electric as Gas Prices SoarAs electric car sales soften in China after years of breakneck growth, electric trucks are taking off, with the emerging industry expected to get a boost from the Iran war. 17287130
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedJohn Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 07/05/2026The U.S. continues to shoot itself in the foot. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/c...nytimes.comThe Global Oil Crisis Seems to Be Helping One Industry: Renewable Energy 711039260
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/05/2026Amazing research out of UC Berkeley: "Off-grid renewable energy combined with heat batteries or heat pumps could cost-effectively supply one third of U.S. industrial heat demand."electrifyheat.netAffordable Clean Industrial Heat — Off-Grid RE Combined with Heat Batteries or Heat Pumps 9482143
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedSimon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 07/05/2026Wind and solar have now beaten fossil fuels in Great Britain for a record 15 months in a row Just a decade ago, fossil fuels were generating four times more than wind + solar Now that's flipped: Since the Iran war, wind and solar generated twice as much as fossil fuels 11935362
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/05/2026All right, this just came across my radar, and it is *brilliant*. You won't find a better or more compact explanation for [waves hands] all of this. This is the skeleton key. 27697205
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 07/05/2026The last coal mine in Norway (in Svalbard) just closed. Pretty ironic choice of words here: "the atmosphere is fine" (they mean the mood among people) en.highnorthnews.com/business/end... 18224
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedMelissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 07/05/2026theconversation.com/fed-up-fired...theconversation.com‘Fed up, fired up, and finally heard’: inside the political earthquake brewing in FarrerIn Australia’s regional heartland, something unusual is happening, it’s no longer predictable, listening to voters might give some clues. 022
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedDr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Like, I cannot believe that capital took at look at climate breakdown and said, “yeah no, we’re not going to decarbonize; we’re going to build tens of thousands of huge conglomerates of machines that use a shit ton of water and methane instead.” 718044
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 06/05/2026This is insane. This is the government’s “independent” advisor on antisemitism. He sees four antisemitic cartoons targeting Zack Polanski. His response? To demand an end to the antisemitic targeting of Polanski? No. It’s to attack the Green Party. 1351733625
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedPup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 07/05/2026At least once a decade a NSW premier should be brought down by ICAC It’s a tradition 75917
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedMelissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 07/05/2026theconversation.com/increasing-j...theconversation.comIncreasing JobSeeker is long overdue. Here’s how we could do it, without breaking the budgetResearch shows where those cost-of-living stresses are greatest. It’s not the vast bulk of middle income Australia, but working age welfare recipients. 022
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedTom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 07/05/2026The article was updated five hours after publication to add information identifying the report as self-interested lobbying propaganda, and some actual content from the report. This means the ABC initially published an industry lobby press release largely unmolested. web.archive.org/web/diff/202... 1117666
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedRick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 07/05/2026how the fuck do sick leave entitlements count as income support 1427975
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedDanielle Binks @daniellebinks.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Islamic State wives’ return is no threat, but our cruelty to their kids is shameful #AusPol www.theage.com.au/national/isl...theage.com.auIslamic State wives’ return is no threat, but our cruelty to their kids is shamefulThe four women face some of the toughest counter-terrorism laws in the democratic world upon their return. I worry for their children, the victims of callous indifference from our politicians. 49827
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedGo Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Cruise ships are reservoirs for the spread of diseases They are also polluting machines In 2024, more than 80,000 tourists visited Antarctica, polluting a threatening a fragile eco system But instead of banning them - they are massively increasing www.euronews.com/2026/05/06/h...euronews.comBoom in ‘last chance tourism’ is huge risk to fragile AntarcticaTrips to Antarctica “need to be regulated appropriately, as you would with any of the world’s sensitive and precious ecological sites,” says one expert. 1177
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 06/05/2026 1174140054726
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedPenny Allman-Payne @pennyallmanpayne.com · 07/05/2026Yesterday the ABC posted a story with a headline claiming that 8 million Australians are on income support. This is entirely false but it's being weaponised to demonise people on welfare and undermine the social safety net. It’s a dangerous headline and the ABC needs to fix it. 1418796
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedGo Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 07/05/2026From 2002 to 2020, roughly 149 billion metric tons (164 billion tons) of Antarctic ice melted per year This is our natural air conditioning system and its disappearing Without it - Earth will be to hot for most life to survive science.nasa.gov/earth/antarc... 0146
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 07/05/2026The National Weather Service is struggling to recover from last year’s deep staff cuts, raising doubts among some meteorologists about whether the agency is ready for severe storms or hurricane season, which starts next month.nyti.msWeather Service Races to Rehire as Storm Season ArrivesAfter deep cuts last year, the agency is hiring hundreds. But fears linger that it isn’t equipped for imminent tornado and hurricane threats. 98242
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedGo Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 07/05/2026EU tax payers pay €1.17 billion every year for industrial trawlers to obliterate marine life dragging heavy nets fitted with metal chains – some as large as 12 Boeing 747s – along the seabed, indiscriminately scooping up marine life as they go. www.euronews.com/2026/04/28/t...euronews.com‘Economic failure’: Bottom trawling costs EU taxpayers €16bn a yearTürkiye’s Gökova Bay shows what happens when bottom trawling is banned. What can other European countries learn? 24837
Reposted by Brisbane Residents UnitedCrikey @crikey.com.au · 07/05/2026The gutting of non-white Americans voting rights began long before Trump took office, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes. www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/07/u...crikey.com.auAmerica has waged a war against Black voters for 150 years. It may just have wonThe Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v Callais is only the latest attack on Black voting rights. The attacks started as soon as the right was granted. 135