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Damien Irving

@drclimate.bsky.social
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Climate scientist. Data science educator. Tasmanian. Interested in Green politics. damienirving.github.io

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The Swing Is On @theswingison.com · 7h
🟢 The Greens have an outside chance or better in 8 seats on today’s polling for the VIC state election: Very likely: Brunswick, Richmond, Melbourne (3) Favoured: Northcote, Prahran (2) Outside chance: Footscray, Pascoe Vale, Albert Park (3) Full model: theswingison.com/track-polls/...
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 10h
Under Labor we have seen wages flat line, the rise of the far right and record war profits from fossil fuels going untaxed. We think these are ‘somewhat concerning’.
Albanese says new Greens leader's remarks 'somewhat concerning'
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Roland Browne @slowguns.bsky.social · 12h
How can abandoning a $2.5 billion spend (including interest) not help the Tas budget??
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 10h
"We vote, we make submissions, we go to court,we meet our MPs, we compile & present evidence.All of this activity rests on a belief in the systems of govt that have now clearly failed to meet their solemn public duty.We must seriously consider what avenue remains available to us to fend off despair"
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 10h
Why doesn't Labor work with the Greens to tax gas? Why doesn't Labor work with the Greens to build public housing? Why doesn't Labor work with the Greens to end AUKUS? Greens are happy to be constructive about things that materially benefit the public. We are not a rubber stamp.
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Mehreen Faruqi @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social · 11h
August was the hottest month in global history and yet, NSW has just approved the biggest coal mine expansion ever proposed in the state. It is scandalous that Australia is leading negotiations at global climate talks, including in the Pacific next week.
theguardian.com
Approval of biggest coal project in NSW planning commission’s history described as ‘infamous betrayal’
Independent Planning Commission says climate change impacts from Hunter Valley project will be ‘outweighed’ by economic benefits
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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today, the NSW Independent Planning Commission approved the largest coal project in the state's history, in a move Lock The Gate called "catastrophic system failure". That's the context in which @davidshoebridge.bsky.social takes on the leadership of the Australian Greens. Some thoughts here
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The Greens change leaders amid catastrophic system failure
Shoebridge over troubled Waters? A huge earthquake in environmental politics happened in Australia today. And no, I don't mean the change in Greens leadership. Important as this event is - and I wi...
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 29/09/2026
The Oz piles straight in before Mehreen has even declared, just to remind her what it'll do to her if she dares.
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Damien Irving @drclimate.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The government’s leaked proposals add up to this: making Australia to AI regulation what the Cayman Islands is to tax evasion."
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Damien Irving @drclimate.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Whatever your Hobart City Council politics, I think we can all agree that this is a *much* needed intervention from @cdownes.bsky.social. #politas #lgtas www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmani...
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The war you supported
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Someone needs to pay for that stadium
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As his government approves its 37th new fossil fuel project
theguardian.com
No avoiding the cost of inaction on climate, Anthony Albanese says in New York
Before United Nations meeting, prime minister says Australians knows the impact of global heating as well as anyone
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PIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🆕7 of 9 Planetary Boundaries are now transgressed; all 7 at their highest recorded levels: Planetary Health Check 2026 finds Earth’s interconnected life-support systems under increasing strain. Report👉️ www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late... Video👉️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnpE...
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bronte lee @brontelee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
in case you missed it!! new release of @kudelka.bsky.social’s rusted-on bingo tea towels, with $5 from every tea towel sold going to the Jon Kudelka Fund for Glioblastoma Research at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research get yours now!! www.kudelkashop.com/product/rust...
Screenshot of a post from facebook:

The Kudelka Shop is at The Kudelka Shop.
RUSTED ON BINGO IS BACK.
Jon Kudelka's classic tea towel is getting a special re-release.
This time, $5 from every tea towel sold goes to the Jon Kudelka Fund for Glioblastoma Research at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research.
#JonKudelka #RustedOnBingo
#glioblastomaresearch #menziesinstituteformedicalresearch
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Katherine Copsey @katcopseygreens.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Today I mourn the loss of our dear friend and colleague Dr Tim Read, Greens MP for Brunswick. A champion for our climate, for his local community and for the integrity of our parliament. 🧵
Tim Read and Katherine Copsey standing with their bikes, with helmets on, smiling at the camera, at a Critical Mass ride.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Statement from Senator Shoebridge on the Parliamentary Joint Committee on AI
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Damien Irving @drclimate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Looks like ACT Labor tried the Tasmanian Labor approach of offering the Greens zero concessions in return for confidence and supply. Good on the ACT Greens for standing strong. #actpol #politas
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Googling these days
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Damien Irving @drclimate.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
How about this for a woke WFH policy! One Nation is happy for public sector employees take their pay check, move interstate and pursue personal side quests during work hours. #politas
theguardian.com
Pauline Hanson’s daughter Lee working for a NSW One Nation senator remotely from Tasmania without ministerial approval
Exclusive: Lee Hanson also appears to be regularly campaigning for party during work hours, social media shows
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Important investigation by @nickfeik.bsky.social billions of public wealth is being poured into Nauru with little to no oversight. All so Labor can continue its race to the bottom on immigration. thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
thepoint.com.au
Why is Australia propping up Nauru Airlines to keep offshore detention alive?
Here’s a question you’ve probably never asked yourself: Why does Nauru Airlines exist? There’s a simple answer – Australia’s offshore detention regime. Australia’s “resettlement” program in Naoero req...
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Damien Irving @drclimate.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is certainly not unique to climate science, but getting paid by the government to produce research into a problem that the government has absolutely no intention of acting upon is a strange (and a bit soul destroying if I'm honest) way to make a living.
theconversation.com
It’s been one year since Australia assessed its national climate risk. But have we listened?
Over the past 12 months, the federal government has approved multiple fossil fuel projects and cut climate science funding.
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Andrew B. Watkins @windjunky.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My latest for the Conversation - a year on from the release of the NCRA, so what do we have to show for it (TL:DR not much). We have to do better, because we know the future we face. theconversation.com/its-been-one...
theconversation.com
It’s been one year since Australia assessed its national climate risk. But have we listened?
Over the past 12 months, the federal government has approved multiple fossil fuel projects and cut climate science funding.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New investigation: How Australia is propping up an entire international commercial airline (and a dangerously mismanaged one) for its offshore detention regime:
thepoint.com.au
Why is Australia propping up Nauru airlines to keep offshore detention alive?
Here’s a question you’ve probably never asked yourself: Why does Nauru Airlines exist? There’s a simple answer – Australia’s offshore detention regime. Australia’s “resettlement” program in Naoero req...
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Damien Irving @drclimate.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Good question from @js.jonathansri.com.ap.brid.gy - why are we talking about taxing an industry that shouldn't exist?
jonathansri.com
Let the centrists push for gas export taxes – the Greens must call for a ban
We won't save the planet by wasting energy on sidequests
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"People are really mad and however mad you are, it’s not enough. Because there is something so profound about no longer believing in the future, about seeing no value in our shared home, in the natural world. They’re traitors to creation.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Pathetic again from Labor. They have no interest in environmental causes, nil ambition, and zero inclination to resist corporate pressure.
theguardian.com
Labor ditches new packaging laws to cut plastic waste, sparking unprecedented ‘scale and breadth of outrage’
Federal environment department tells industry representatives the government does not want to ‘exacerbate cost of living pressures’
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LouiseMorris @louisemorris.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Whatever standards eventually emerge from this mess won’t even apply to most of the industry. Dozens of approved but yet-to-be-built data centres will escape the government’s energy and water rules entirely because they won’t apply retrospectively, #auspol thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
thepoint.com.au
Big Tech's AI boom is turning into a lifeline for Big Gas
Everyone's talking about how much power AI will need. Almost no one is talking about where that power is going to come from. In Australia, the honest answer is gas, and a mountain of dodgy offsets to ...
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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This was a really fun conversation - I got to really dig into where my thinking is at right now. Have a listen.
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Nick McKim @nickmckim.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We will not be party to making forest protection contingent on a mechanism that drives their destruction.
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LouiseMorris @louisemorris.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Most excellent first speach from the former enviornmental lawyer and activist Senator Vanessa Bleyer youtu.be/iv8Zfiogclg?...
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Senator Vanessa Bleyer - First Senate Speech
YouTube video by Australian Greens
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 08/09/2026
OpenAI fought dirty on career-making math problem, says NYU mathematician
techcrunch.com
OpenAI fought dirty on career-making math problem, says NYU mathematician
There is a $1 million bounty for the first person providing a solution to the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem.
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Damien Irving @drclimate.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is insane.
wccftech.com
A Mathematician Working On The Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize Problem Now Wonders If OpenAI Stole His Notes That He Stored In Codex [Updated]
OpenAI told Tristan Buckmaster its model 'did not look up user data' but refused to say whether his notes fed the training set.
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Sickandtiredaus Jordan Crane @sickandtiredaus.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Australian weekly C19 cases. 4/4
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Labor, the Coalition and One Nation all support this US Israel war on Iran, just like the last one. Only the Greens say no to US forever wars. We say it every time. It’s because we back peace, not power, profits and endless killing.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A foreign military is getting more and more bases, control and domination over our country. Labor, the Coalition and One Nation are all celebrating this. They are not on our side.
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Penny Allman-Payne @pennyallmanpayne.com · 04/09/2026
Labor has approved yet another coal project, extending it to 2055. Fossil fuels are incompatible with a liveable future. Far North Qld will be most at risk of sea level rises and heat-related deaths. We need a government that works for everyday people, not corporations.
Screenshot of The Guardian's article. Headline reads "Australia's new environmental protection agency approves coal project, angering climate groups". Byline reads "Queensland open-cut Saraji mine will be able to keep digging until 2055 as Anthony Albanese denies tensions with Pacific leaders over fossil fuels".
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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It's a scam, it's a scam, it's a scam. Taxpayers will pay for 95% of the NSW Great Koala National Park. Yet Chris Minns/Bowen say $$ from climate polluters for offsets are essential. Me in The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 03/09/2026
The Australien Government made an ad about carbon offsets and koalas, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative 🌏🌳🐨 💛 produced by our Patrons 🙏 support us on Patreon: patreon.com/thejuicemedia ☕ buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/thejuicemedia
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Damien Irving @drclimate.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
An insanely short ski season this year... and yet I haven't seen a single fossil fuel captured political leader questioned about JOBS in the ski industry. @weatherzone.bsky.social
weatherzone.com.au
Historically low early September snow depth as more resorts announce closure
Just 31.2 centimetres of snow at Australia's highest measuring site of Spencers Creek on September 3 at a time of year when average depth is well over a metre.
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Damien Irving @drclimate.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“What function is the Wellington Park Management Trust not fulfilling that Minister Ellis thinks this new body could – aside from facilitating the construction of a cable car?” - Vica Bayley 🎯 #politas
tasgreensmps.org
Tasmanian Greens MPs | Ellis’ Plan for Kunanyi Cable Car
Felix Ellis’ Kunanyi/ Mount Wellington Action Plan looks more like a plan to pave the way for a cable car than the proper protection and funding Kunanyi/ Mount Wellington deserves.
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Cate Faehrmann MP @greencate.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Still think Labor is serious about climate action?
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Damien Irving @drclimate.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
While the Liberals are in parliament today taunting Labor for not producing an alternative budget (fair enough, the Greens manage to every year), it's good to see @utas.edu.au produce the kind of budget we should actually focus on. #politas @vprahalad.bsky.social events.humanitix.com/doughnut-eco...
events.humanitix.com
What would it take to get Tasmania into the Doughnut?
Doughnut Economics offers a simple but ambitious goal: meeting the needs of all people within the limits of our living planet.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/09/2026
Which 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?
"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”
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Malaysian speaker refused visa to attend Ecosocialism 2026 conference - this is plain wrong - a young capable Tamil voice from the Malaysian Socialists is being excluded from an important political dialogue in Australia www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1461/ne...
greenleft.org.au
Malaysian speaker refused visa to attend Ecosocialism 2026 conference
Ecosocialism 2026 organisers are calling on immigration minister Tony Burke to grant a visa to Malaysian activist Kirisna Veni Singham so she can attend the conference, reports Peter Boyle.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/09/2026
Politicians like Anthony Albanese say stuff like "now is not the time to discuss climate" in the wake of fossil-fuelled disasters because they know that **there is no single better time** to talk about it, and his fossil fuel donors know that too.
News article screenshot headlined "Climate change a debate for later, PM says on Nepal floods," showing a serious middle-aged man wearing glasses and a light-blue button-up shirt outdoors against blurred trees.
PRIME MINISTER: Look, I think on Nepal, 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 to Nepal. And we'll continue to do that. Those debates will take place. But I don't think, from Australia's perspective, now's the time. My focus is very much on people who are incredibly traumatised by not knowing what has happened to their loved ones.
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Australia's Left must unite and rise to meet the moment, @davidshoebridge.bsky.social writes. "what the ruling class have yet to grasp is that for every encroachment on our rights, for every attempt to suffocate us, creative pathways to resist are found." www.deepcutnews.com/p/we-can-bea...
deepcutnews.com
We can beat the 1 per cent – David Shoebridge
Australia’s Left must unite and rise to meet the moment
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 30/08/2026
Four months ago, top scientists published a report showing that Himalayan glaciers are losing ice at double the rate since 2000, with some glaciers losing a third of their area in just three decades. "This isn’t a distant problem; it’s a crisis unfolding in real-time," they said. We were warned.
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Andrew B. Watkins @windjunky.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Likely hottest winter on record (1910-2026) in Vic, Tas and possibly NSW. Latest video from BoM also shows emerging dry. No wonder the snow season was so short… Video at www.bom.gov.au/climate/outl...
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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Ffs!!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 Why are we even building these dens of climate disasters!? Who the hell does it benefit??? 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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