Reposted by David MackieMiriam Cosic @miriamcosic.bsky.social · 11hMeanwhile, far away in Greater Santiago, Chile ... 021
Reposted by David MackieWolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Strong quote today at The Economist’s inaugural conference on power grids: “We should be careful applauding gas power plants for their stability and reliability. They have the effect of exporting instability and an unreliable climate to the world’s most vulnerable regions.” 0317
Reposted by David Mackieemilia @emilia-romanica.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Église Saint-Félix, Cadéac, Hautes-Pyrénées 65 (Occitanie) 🇫🇷 emiliaromanica.com/2026/10/07/ 📷 @emilia_romanica 13 août 2025 021
Reposted by David MackieAustralian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 04/10/2026In Fiji, the Albanese govt will ask Pacific countries to trust its leadership on climate, while at home it considers approving Woodside’s Browse gas project, fracking in the NT’s Beetaloo and a big coal mine expansion in the Hunter Valley. #auspol www.acf.org.au/news/fiji-pr...acf.org.auFiji pre-COP a test of Australia’s climate credibilityThe contradiction between the Australian government’s solid performance on domestic renewables and its continued support for expanded coal and gas exports… 610955
David Mackie @davidmontisi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026corrierefiorentino.corriere.it/notizie/econ...corrierefiorentino.corriere.itL’agricoltura toscana e il cambiamento climatico: poca acqua, terra bollente, troppo sole. Ecco perché coltivare è diventato un terno al lottoVerdura che non cresce, frutta da proteggere. Gli agricoltori: «Azzeccare la semina è difficilissimo» 020
David Mackie @davidmontisi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026youtube.comNon c’è più ACQUA! #siccità #emergenza #campagnaYouTube video by Il contadino Nick 000
Reposted by David MackieJack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"EVERYONE SHOULD NOT EAT" Washington state fish advisories say something terrible about our plunder of this land and waters. (Was going to say "stewardship" but hell no.) 3258
David Mackie @davidmontisi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026He's the most appalling example of insecure maculinity. 110
Reposted by David MackieMichael Mazengarb @michaelmazengarb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Summary of the IPC's consideration of the cost of HVO's Scope 3 emissions: 'Yeah, they might cause hundreds of millions in damage to NSW, but we're just not sure on the exact figure, so we're going to ignore it.' 32918
Reposted by David MackieSteffen Hope @hopesteffen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Reposting this for the morning crowd. I'm trying to say something intelligent about my intense dislike of generative AI, & why using this technology helps authoritarian projects. 0124
Reposted by David MackieLaura Lee on Lake ONTARIO 🇨🇦🍁🦫 @laura-leez.bsky.social · 26/09/2026OMG! This is fantastic!! Well done to the young Canadian inventors! 🇨🇦 We need to buy this game!! 1126
Reposted by David MackieLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 22/09/2026There is no such thing as art without a human on one end of the line and a human on the other end. In communication with each other. 16603122
Reposted by David MackieKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 21/09/2026This is why tech companies only want voluntary and partial standards for clean energy. They keep talking about how they're "powering clean energy" and "driving the energy transition", but look what happens when you hold them to that claim www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... 19742
Reposted by David MackieTom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Climate impacts just this year in the EU have caused damage of €180bn, a low ball figure of what is to come. That climate isn't broken out at a key trend is an embarrassment @jimchalmers.bsky.social - there is literally no other trend that will have a bigger impact on our economic trajectory.theguardian.comBurning forests, emptying rivers, €180bn in damage: Europe’s politicians face reckoning after ‘summer of truth’Amid record-shattering heatwaves and popular demand for climate action, why are politicians often timid or in denial? 22410
Reposted by David MackieDamian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Who could have guessed? The biggest super-emitter of #methane in the US, Energy Transfer, is run by major donor to Trump, who has gutted regulation @uclalawemmett.bsky.social Story by @olliemilman.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comUS ‘super-emitters’ of planet heating methane identified by satellite analysisEnergy Transfer, whose CEO is a major Trump donor, named as biggest single methane producer in new rankings 47442
Reposted by David MackieTim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 15/09/2026Did you know that Woodside's Browse gas project – starting in the early 2030s at the soonest – will likely get to pretend that it has always existed under Australia's climate pollution laws in order to avoid laws specifically put in place to hold that project to a higher standard? Now you do! 68049
Reposted by David MackieKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/09/2026OpenAI won't even consider renewable investments in Australia until the country agrees to kill its copyright laws so they can freely train on creative work. When Albanese caves and agrees to this, OpenAI will just run on fossil fuels anyway: guaranteed. archive.ph/mzSVj 29346159
Reposted by David MackieSon Of Dave @sonofdaveblues.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Listen to Beautiful Strangers by Mavis Staples on Qobuz open.qobuz.com/track/349598...open.qobuz.comOpen Qobuz 011
Reposted by David MackieCAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026NEW: Dozens of AI data centre projects will escape Australia's proposed energy & water restrictions which aren't expected apply to green-lit projects. While the Prime Minister said they're "smaller", these projects are generally bigger and power hungrier www.abc.net.au/news/... 1312081
Reposted by David MackieProf Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Understatement of the year… “Humanity has now spent more than 38 years trying collectively to stop climate change, with sub-optimal results.” www.ft.com/content/2bec...ft.comAn IPCC stand-off risks a historic climate rupturePointless obstruction by governments over publishing scientific climate evaluation is threatening crucial work 68435
Reposted by David Mackiepmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 06/09/2026A Bering Sea Inuit Carved Walrus Ivory Anthropomorphic Figure of a Polar Bear with its Cub, probably Amuletic, early 19th Century 010921
Reposted by David MackieBriony Neilson @brionyneilson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Water Towers, 1972–2009 (©Estate of Bernd Becher & Hilla Becher) – photo series by Bernd Becher and Hilla Becher, who was born on this day (2 September) in Potsdam in 1934 🗃️ 618154
Reposted by David MackieKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/09/2026Which one is Scott Morrison speaking to press in the midst of the 2020 Australian bushfires? Which one is Anthony Albanese speaking to press after the 2026 Nepal floods? 2119996
Reposted by David MackieDoug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 01/09/202662% of global losses from natural disasters are uninsured, leaving homes, businesses & govts facing about $279bn in uninsured losses annually The growing price tag reflects the mounting toll of climate change according to risk-modelling firm Verisk www.ft.com/content/b359...ft.comDisasters to cost world $450bn a year from climate change and developmentMore than half of losses not covered by insurance as carriers carve out risk and cut exposure 22723
Reposted by David MackieScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/08/2026As expected, the suspension of voters in Texas was very carefully crafted to target Democratic voters in major Democratic centers. This is how the Texas GOP controls the state: by insuring that it has the lowest levels of voter participation in the entire developed world.newrepublic.comTexas Has Suspended More Than 1 Million Voters Ahead of Senate RaceIf you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it. 701098712
Reposted by David MackiePurple Teacher @peaceandteachin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026If you live in Texas they have cancelled 1.2 million voters’ registrations. Please check your registration. If you are told you aren’t registered at the voting site, ask for a provisional ballot. They can’t steal our right to vote. #BlueWave #ProudBlue#Vouces4Victory #OneV1 vote.govvote.govRegister to vote in your state | Vote.govFind the information you need to make registration and voting easy. Official voter registration website of the United States government. 10203187
Reposted by David MackieStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Ah, but THIS time, fiddling with eligibility will produce real savings and not just more misery for the same amount of money, honest, I promise! 716628
Reposted by David MackieDr Mel T @drmel.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Paging: All the Brits wanting to move there as they still believe the Dickensian lies about it being ‘the lucky country for white folks’ 122
Reposted by David MackieUnusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 28/08/2026US corporate profits have hit a record, but as worker payouts have decreased to the lowest level since the 1950s, per FT 1214353
Reposted by David MackiePhilippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 27/08/2026To anyone who does not live in Paris but visits the city at regular intervals (as I do), the transformation has been staggering: Paris has been reclaimed from cars. It can be done, and could be done in London too. It is all about political will and taking the risk of being unpopular - for a while. 451880481
Reposted by David MackieOn the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 27/08/2026“When a third of the stock market is vaporized and takes the savings of everyday people with it, when the S&P 500 loses a third of its value overnight, it's going to make 2008 look like a walk in the park,” @doctorow.pluralistic.net said. 416188
Reposted by David MackieYung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 27/08/2026“How can you show proximate causation in injury?” With new statistical models, we can now calculate changes to extreme events based on historical emissions, & thereby infer a carbon major's contribution to the increasing risk of injurious events like extreme heat & rainfall “Every ton matters”motherjones.comIt just got way easier to sue fossil fuel companies over climate changeFor years, industry has argued you can't prove which company caused which disaster. A new study says otherwise. 210758
David Mackie @davidmontisi.bsky.social · 27/08/2026That's wonderful. The Maitre de Cabestany is a fascinating artist. Here is another version of Daniel in the Lion's Den by him, from a church near me in Italy, Sant Antimo, in Montalcino. 000
Reposted by David MackieAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The fallout from the collapse of this glacier - a torrent of mud surging down the valley - killed hundreds of people. Gone, in a flash. Those people were wiped out by anthropogenic climate change. Our governments are simply not responding quickly enough to this disaster which is already upon us. 8435621472
Reposted by David MackieTico Romao 🍁 @tico-romao.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Global Compendium of Animation: L is for Lotte Reiniger. German animator and pioneer of silhouette animation. Utilizing hand-cut articulated cardboard figures and stop-motion photography, she directed The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926), the oldest surviving animated feature. 0248
David Mackie @davidmontisi.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Here is a reproduction of a 19th C tin toy, Felix Der Rater, which you can buy online. When you press the lever in the back of it the cat holds up the mouse and his eyes roll towards it. Neat. 140
Reposted by David MackieThe Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 18/08/2026“When carbon credits, are traded as offsets, they don’t reduce emissions: they maintain the status quo. They don’t advance decarbonisation: they simply allow emitters to continue business as usual” writes Bob Debus. Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260... 36629
Reposted by David MackieThe Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 12/08/2026How NOT to watch the eclipse today! A Conjugal Eclipse, from J. J. Grandville's Another World, 1844. One of several Grandville prints available in our shop: publicdomainreview.org/shop/fine-ar… #eclipse #solareclipse 210327
David Mackie @davidmontisi.bsky.social · 12/08/2026www.ilpost.it/2026/08/11/s...ilpost.itLa siccità in Europa, con le fotoBanchi di sabbia, prati rinsecchiti, e barche senza alcun fiume su cui navigare 020
Reposted by David Mackielauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 10/08/2026thinking about what one trillion dollars of investment in clean energy would look like and getting so mad i need to lie down with the lights off 494111918
David Mackie @davidmontisi.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Here's a detail of the face. It really says Bad Day at Work. 110
Reposted by David MackieScott Hamilton @sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Europe shuts nuclear power plants due to drought. Now imagine putting nuclear power plants on the driest inhabited continent on earth 🙄 1022197
Reposted by David MackieDr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Hungary and Romania had to shut down atomic reactors normally cooled by the Danube. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comLost income, energy fears and a woolly mammoth: what Europe’s dried-up rivers have yieldedHeat and drought have affected shipping, power plants and tourism across eastern Europe – as well as unearthing some surprises 16029
Reposted by David MackieRhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 03/08/2026I’m bored of waking up and seeing a picture of a demonstrably shit golfer say the same old bollocks next to a tied back curtain by an aeroplane toilet 1346271
!["There have been a lot of provocative comments made [about climate change] over the last few days from all sides of the debate and I find it very unhelpful. There is a time and a place to debate controversial issues and important issues, right now it's important to focus on the needs of Australians who need our help”
“There will be time to examine the science and what has occurred here. My thoughts are solely focused, at this point in time, on the families and on the extraordinarily difficult time that we’re going through and offering our support….those debates will take place. But I don't think, from Australia's perspective, now's the time”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:66lbtw2porscqpmair6mir37/bafkreib5g624nlxmas3myjniuo4ua2i33hag6rd22isnxpn7mwuw5qqj4y)
