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kim mcfayden

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Founder of ecoshack.com, climate action advocate, feminist killjoy and aspiring author.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...
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kim mcfayden @ecoshack.com · 12/06/2025
Australians pay; Japan and Woodside profit. #climateemergency next-themonthly-www/zali-steggal... Code of resilience | The Monthly
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kim mcfayden @ecoshack.com · 20/05/2025
It’s not feasible for a political party to win in Australia without a credible commitment to reducing carbon emissions, and that is only likely to become more so as the planet warms and life becomes less tolerable and more expensive through higher insurance premiums 👇 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...?
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The Liberals will have to choose between the Nationals and the climate
It does not look feasible for a political party to succeed in Australia without a credible commitment to reducing carbon emissions.
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kim mcfayden @ecoshack.com · 30/04/2025
Louis Theroux deploying his usual charming candour and eliciting the most chilling of answers has (naturally) earned him the anti semitism badge. Well worth a watch. #thesettlers youtu.be/tC8l09ut418?...
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Louis Theroux’s The Settlers (2025)
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Alan Ferrier @alanferrier.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
It's rather remarkable and quite illuminating that Louis Theroux is being accused of antisemitism by simply broadcasting the words of Zionists.
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Prof. West Wing Chicken Fried Shack @garystark.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
I want a well hung parliament and a very cross bench. Very fucking cross.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
“The government is asserting a right to stash away residents of this country in foreign prisons without the semblance of due process that is the foundation of our constitutional order." - from the 4th Circuit's ruling on the Abrego-Garcia case. The US judiciary is still holding the line.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
🏆 @rollingstone.com wins the Headline of the Day Award This is how it’s done. At least someone understands the assignment. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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David S. Cohen @dsc250.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I'm old enough to remember JD Vance saying in the debate in October: "The most sacred right under the United States democracy is the First Amendment. . . . Kamala Harris wants to use the power of government and big tech to silence people from speaking their minds. That is a threat to democracy."
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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 27/03/2025
If the Atlantic journo that got added to Trump’s war-planning Signal chat was Australian, he could’ve copped two years in prison just for being added. How? @daanysaeed.bsky.social explains.
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To leave or not to leave the Trump war planning group chat? That is the question
The US government is in hot water after top officials added a reporter to a group chat about bombing Yemen. We asked three eminent Australian journalists what they would have done if it were them.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
If the White House is insisting that there was no classified or secret information in the Signal chat, does that mean Jeffrey Goldberg can publish it all?
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
The PERKINS COIE law firm spits hot fire in its suit against Trump’s executive order aimed at punishing the firm. Strongly recommend reading the first 10 paragraphs of the “WHAT THIS CASE IS ABOUT” section. (h/t @mikescarcella.bsky.social) fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...
Case 1:25-cv-00716 Document 1
Filed 03/11/25
Page 1 of 43
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
PERKINS COIE LLP,
Plaintiff,
V.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and, In their official capacities, PAMELA J. BONDI, BRENDAN CARR, RUSSELL T. VOUGHT, ANDREA R. LUCAS, CHARLES EZELL, STEPHEN EHEKIAN, and TULSI GABBARD,
Defendants.
Case No.
COMPLAINT
Plaintiff, the law firm of Perkins Coie LLP, brings this case against the U.S. Department
of Justice, the Federal Communications Commission, the Office of Management & Budget, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Office of Personnel Management, the General Services Administration, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the United States of America, and, in their respective official capacities, Pamela J. Bondi, Brendan Carr, Russell T.
Vought, Andrea R. Lucas, Charles Ezell, Stephen Ehekian, and Tulsi Gabbard, and states as
follows:
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WHAT THIS CASE IS ABOUT
1. This case concerns an Executive Order issued on March 6, 2025, entitled,
"Addressing Risks From Perkins Coie LLP" ("the Order"). The Order is an affront to the
Constitution and our adversarial system of justice. Its plain purpose is to bully those who advocate
points of view that the President perceives as adverse to the views of his Administration, whether
those views are presented on behalf of paying or pro bono clients. Perkins Coie brings this case
reluctantly. The firm is comprised of lawyers who advocate for clients; its attorneys and
employees are not activists or partisans. But Perkins Coie's ability to represent the interests of its
clients and its ability to operate as a legal-services business at all— are under direct and imminent
threat. Perkins Coie cannot allow its clients to be bullied. The firm is committed to a resolute
defense of the rule of law, without regard to party or ideology, and therefore brings this lawsuit to declare the Order unlawful and to enjoin its implementation.
The Order's peculiar title betrays its oddity as an Executive Order, for its purpose
is not executive in nature. Rather, the Order reflects a purpose that is judicial-to adjudicate
whether a handful of lawyers at Perkins Coie LLP ("Perkins Coie," "the law firm," or "the firm") engaged in misconduct in the course of litigation and then to punish them by: (I) terminating government contracts with firm clients, thereby driving away current and prospective clients; (2)
denying all members and employees of the firm access to federal buildings and meetings or other
engagement with federal employees; and (3) immediately suspending, and possibly revoking, security clearances for all firm employees.
3. The Order imposes these punishments on the entire law firm even though the
attorneys involved in the purported misconduct numbered a mere handful of the more than 1,200
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kim mcfayden @ecoshack.com · 09/03/2025
“The populist right is powered by scarcity. When there is not enough to go around, we look with suspicion on anyone who might take what we have. This is the fuel of Trump’s politics. Scarcity — or the perception of it — is the precondition to his success.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/o...
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Women and girls are on the frontline of climate change, but their stories are seldom heard. A vital piece by my dear friend @sanammahoozi.bsky.social, who recently received her PhD!🥳
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Women and girls are on the frontline of climate change – but their stories are seldom heard
The media must do more to amplify women in climate and environmental reporting.
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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
It would be helpful if more people understood renewable energy is actually an extremely disruptive technology and the reason monied interests are trying to make folks hate it is that they are the ones which will be disrupted.
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Terry Hughes @profterryhughes.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
In case you’re wondering why home insurance is costing more and more, Australia’s 3rd largest city is about to experience a rare Cyclone - fuelled by rising sea temperatures.
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
If you work at the Washington Post, now is the time to resign. You’re a part of this now.
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
We should have a Royal State Visit for Zelenskyy instead, on a grander scale than anything the Queen put on from Trump last time round.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
At University of Cambridge, I was asked if I maintain a sense of optimism about climate change. My answer: Yes, because unlike cancer, where we often don't know the cause and don't have a cure, we know exactly why global temperatures are rising and how to stop it. We just need the political will.
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Sean Solo @spqesq.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I am so sick of this shit. It’s a Sieg Heil. It’s a Nazi salute. Anyone who sees it knows. It’s ridiculous that legal departments presumably won’t let media call it what it is. Bannon made “a provocative gesture that resembled the salute Elon Musk gave at a post-inauguration rally”? Fuck off.
The Daily Beast tweet:
“Steve Bannon whipped up the CPAC crowd by talking about the possibility of Trump staying in office for a third term - and concluded his speech by giving a provocative gesture that resembled the salute Elon Musk gave at a post-inauguration rally last month.”
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
No one alive will experience a better climate than today. But young people will experience a much more dangerous and chaotic world in the future, and the extent to which that happens will depend on our choices today. Trump doesn't care because he's old and a sociopath. www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/s...
A visual representation of global temperature change from 1900 to 2100, illustrating past and projected warming relative to 1850-1900 levels. The timeline includes historical data up to 2020, where temperatures were about 1.1°C warmer than pre-industrial levels. Future temperature changes are depicted under different emissions scenarios: very high, high, intermediate, low, and very low. The color scale ranges from blue (cooler) to dark purple (warmer). Human figures show the expected lifetime temperature exposure for individuals born in 1950, 1980, and 2020, reaching 70 years of age in 2020, 2050, and 2090, respectively. The diagram highlights how future climate conditions depend on present choices regarding climate change mitigation.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.
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eve6 @eve6.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Are the next 4 years really going to be logging on everyday to sentences like "a 19 year old doge intern called Big Balls has your social security number" because I'm already at capacity for this sort of thing
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
For the visual learners...
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kim mcfayden @ecoshack.com · 03/02/2025
Yes!
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Grace Tame doesn’t miss in her piece. What a massive disappointment Albo and much of the political class are. www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/29/g...
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Why is my t-shirt more offensive to our prime minister than a 50-year assault on democracy?
The boy who lived in public housing comes to die on a corporately owned hill.
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kim mcfayden @ecoshack.com · 19/01/2025
Climate change became politically polarised when it “moved from a comfortably future issue to an issue that we had to do something about now” . . . people rejected the science to avoid the need for action. #climatesky #greensky #climatechange #climatepolitics
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
physics of climate impacts 101: - Stuff gets hot (worse heatwaves) - Hot air holds more water vapor (heavier rainfall) - Hot air is thirstier air (higher drought risk) - Warm water is hurricane food (stronger storms) - Hot water expands and hot ice melts (sea level rise)
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
I wonder what our so-called political leaders really think & feel when they approve yet more fossil fuel projects while fires rage & lives & livelihoods are destroyed? You can't defeat fundamental laws of physics & chemistry, & scientific evidence, with political spin. Climate criminals.
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kim mcfayden @ecoshack.com · 12/01/2025
Great article on why Zuckerberg is cosying up to Trump www.ft.com/content/917c...
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The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 10/01/2025
Well done humanity. For it is us who have caused this rapid warming of the planet, and the devastating consequences for people and ecosystems that are so visible today and every day. theconversation.com/my-new-dark-...
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My new dark red climate stripe for 2024 shows it’s the hottest year yet
These ‘warming stripes’, adopted around the world as a symbol of climate awareness, action and ambition, now include another dark red stripe for 2024.
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kim mcfayden @ecoshack.com · 11/01/2025
Climate change is not the only factor at play in the #lafires but it is a threat multiplier. Rapid expansion of housing adjacent to wild lands + land management geared to preserving timber stocks has resulted in a deficit of low-intensity and forest-regenerating natural fires allowing an (1/2)
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EarthlyEducation @earthlyeducation.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
this is what the world is like at 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) - we're on track for a significantly hotter planet, where we've passed dangerous tipping points, this is only the beginning
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 07/01/2025
The mistake being made about Meta is to say they're just doing this to make conservatives happy. They've been doing that a decade+. Removing fact checkers and bringing back political content means there will be more stuff that gets more people mad which creates more engagement. Growth at all costs.
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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
In Australia its a cheaper to cause an oil spill than to get a nursing degree In Norway they tax their oil industry and give kids free degrees while in Australia we subsidise the oil industry and charge kids a fortune to go to uni Priorities matter
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kim mcfayden @ecoshack.com · 07/01/2025
The most comprehensive scientific article I’ve read on the climate impact of beef. #climatesky #greensky #climatechange
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Jacek Debiec, MD, PhD, DPhil 🌎 🧠 @drjacekdebiec.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
"If humans are to have any chance of avoiding the collapse that is now so powerfully indicated, then it is only by the individual citizens of the Earth..despite the corruption of rulers, the ignorance of oligarchs, and the self-interest of corporations" #ClimateSky cribb.substack.com/p/2024-a-dir...
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2024 – a dire year for Human Survival
In 2024, humanity - as a whole - took a purposeful stride towards engineering the collapse of modern civilisation.
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kim mcfayden @ecoshack.com · 18/12/2024
72 days to stop a climate disaster - let Tanya Plibersek and the govenment know you oppose any more climate wrecking approvals by them 👇 #climateemergency #climateaction nb.australiainstitute.org.au/reject_north...
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SIGN NOW: REJECT AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST FOSSIL FUEL PROJECT!
Sign the petition: REJECT AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST FOSSIL FUEL PROJECT!
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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Scott Reef’s a rare, unspoiled gem home to endangered sea snakes, turtles & manta rays. But Woodside’s mammoth Browse gas project threatens it all. The Environment Minister must act to protect this natural wonder, not to allow further damage to our climate. www.smh.com.au/environment/...
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Rare glimpse at stunning reef near Woodside’s gas plans
Scott Reef is, in the words of author Tim Winton, the last “unspoiled” clear-water coral reef in Australia.
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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 09/12/2024
Latest CSIRO GenCost report confirms integrated #renewables – including storage and transmission – easily the cheapest option for Australia
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CSIRO GenCost: Falling costs of solar and batteries confirm integrated renewables are cheapest option
Latest CSIRO GenCost report confirms integrated renewables – including storage and transmission – easily the cheapest option for Australia.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 06/12/2024
When hearing talk about the need to protect the Tasmanian salmon industry, just remember this is not a local-owned industry. It is dominated by foreign-owned companies. The profits go offshore, and they don’t pay tax here. But the environmental damage very much happens here.
Charts showing income earned and tax paid by Tassal and Sealord in 2022-23
SEALORD AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED. Income: $159,915,664; tax paid $0
TASSAL GROUP LIMITED. Income: $323,217,126; tax paid $0
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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 04/12/2024
I haven't made one of these for a while, so here's a heatmap that shows the monthly global temperature anomaly for 1880–2024. This shows the difference between the average temperature in each month and the 20th century average for that month. Data from NOAA: www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monit...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
By far and away, my favourite thing about this spectacularly dumb post... Is that that's THE MATTERHORN
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Every time you use the GPS on your phone you're utilizing the Special Theory of Relativity, the General Theory of Relativity, and Quantum Mechanics. But go ahead and be a science denier.
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Kate Chaney MP @katechaneymp.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
It’s not us, it’s you. If you move to the right, you leave a space in the centre. @PaulFletcherMP should see the community independent movement is caused by the Libs abandoning liberal values, not an ‘elaborate plot by left wing political operatives’! #auspol www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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Coalition frontbencher says voters conned into backing independents
Opposition communications spokesman Paul Fletcher, facing a battle against an independent at the next election, says teals had duped traditional Coalition supporters.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 02/12/2024
The gas lobby is rolling out more fearmongering about a gas "shortage". Don't fall for the con job. It's a cover for them to justify opening up massive new export projects. Australia exports 35 times more gas than any predicted shortage. #auspol
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