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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 03/10/2026

The talent pool of the Australian Greens for foreign relations and national security is VERY shallow. What a disappointment. They should take some private lessons from the 🇩🇪 Greens. They got high calibres like @agnieszka-brugger.de or @hofreiter.bsky.social #auspol

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 16/09/2026

In Australien kannste jetzt einen BYD Atto 1 für umgerechnet 12500 € beim Händler abholen. Ich bin mir sicher dazu gibt's ein passendes Habeckzitat ...

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 10/09/2026

Apple has chartered three full air freight flights to bring the new iPhone due to Australia. They sell for $3500 to $5900 🤯 The other iPhone 18s will take up something like 20 planes worth lower deck cargo - just for the launch. #supplychain #logistics

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 08/09/2026

Auch 2027 wird wieder ein deutsches Kontingent an Talisman Sabre teilnehmen. Frankreich, die Niederlande, Großbritannien, Spanien und Norwegen sind weitere Europäische Teilnehmer.

Personnel from 21 partner nations attend opening briefs at the Exercise Talisman Sabre 2027 Initial Planning Conference at Gallipoli Barracks, Brisbane. Photos: Corporal Gabriel Argent

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 08/09/2026

The German Embassy Australia also shared this clip of a ballistic missile test. They really want to make sure that everyone including russia sees that, don't they? #auspol

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 08/09/2026

Ich nehm' ab sofort Vorschläge an um dem Igelschredder* einen anständigen Namen zu verpassen 👇 * hier gibt's keine Igel. Die sind also alle sicher.

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 07/09/2026

Kenn ich jemanden die/der bei Rheinmetall arbeitet? Ich überleg gerade mal ob das ein guter Tapetenwechsel wäre ... DM ist offen

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 03/09/2026

Within the next four weeks the 365-day average global mean surface temperature anomaly (vs preindustrial 1850–1900) will cross +1.5°C. You'll need to ask Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net about the probability of it dropping below ever again.

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 28/08/2026

Hier um die Ecke wollen sie eine 290 MW / 1160 MWh Anlage bauen. Das ist im Australischen Vergleich nichts besonderes. Mir war gar nicht so klar wie weit Deutschland beim Thema BESS hinterherhinkt.

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 21/08/2026

Kann jemand mal der Gaskathi diese Grafik zeigen? Danke.

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 20/08/2026

What. The. Actual. Fuck. 🫢 Meanwhile some NIMBYs want to stop a BESS in our backyard because "green wedge". JFC ...

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 13/08/2026

"Hitze ist vor allem für ältere und alte Menschen gefährlich. Mit rund 6300 wurden laut RKI die meisten Todesfälle in der Altersgruppe von 85 Jahren oder älter verzeichnet." Vielleicht sieht Merz das als Teillösung für die Probleme Rente & Pflege? 🤷🏻‍♂️ Weiss man nie …

spiegel.de

Zahl der Hitzetoten in Deutschland weiter gestiegen

In diesem Sommer sind nach Berechnungen des Robert Koch-Instituts bisher deutlich mehr Menschen infolge von Hitze gestorben als sonst in ganzen Jahren. Der Hausärzteverband bezeichnet das als »schocki...

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 07/08/2026

This drone attack should be a wake-up call, but who are we kidding? Australia remains totally blank on drone defense and hybrid warfare. Turns out our politicians’ national security expertise is just like our power projection 👉 all talk, no range. #auspol

theguardian.com

The Leipzig drone bomb marks a dangerous escalation for Europe

Initial evidence suggests aerial drone, found near Ukrainian cargo planes at German airport, came from Russia

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 07/08/2026

#FunFact On Wednesday the Daily Sea Surface Temperature (SST 60°S–60°N) reached 21.2°C. If you want to find a day (!) with a higher value in the past, you have to go back to the Last Interglacial / Eemian Period about 125,000 years ago. #climatechange #thefuckingplanetisonfire

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 01/08/2026

Germany has an equally disturbed relationship with ACs as Australia has with proper building standards. In this episode Matzig tries to make the point that ACs are unnecessary for residential dwellings. JFC - they're just heatpumps running in reverse and when 🇩🇪 needs them it's normally very sunny.

podcasts.apple.com

Kühlung statt Klimatisierung: Wie baut man für Hitze?

Podcast Episode · Auf den Punkt · 30 July · 13min

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Australian Strategic Policy Institute @aspi-org.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨 In a new ASPI explainer, ‘From the old world to the new: Why German rearmament matters for Australia’, Carl Janz examines Germany's ambitious rearmament and its implications for Australia's security interests. 🔖 Read it here: bit.ly/4fEujYW

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 31/07/2026

Australia is putting two helicopters into C-17s and flying them to France. That's how bad the wildfires are.

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 30/07/2026

Over the past 115.000 years the global mean surface temperature has gone above 17 °C only during these three years: 2023, 2024 and this year. #climate #climatechange #thefuckingplanetisonfire

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 29/07/2026

Mapping out interdependencies and planning for potential disruptions is probably something Australia doesn't do. But it should. #auspol

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Sara Nanni @sarananni.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Merz wird wegen seiner Personalentscheidungen immer mehr zur Belastung für die Union aber aus anderen Gründen auch für den Zusammenhalt in der Gesellschaft. Er mäandert zwischen markigem Altherrengetue und väterlicher Fürsorge auf eine Art und Weise hin und her, die verstörend wirkt. 1/x

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 24/07/2026

There's no "here we go again": Somebody in the administration simply found a legal loophole to keep the Trump Tariffs alive and in the SCM world this was expected. The smart thing to do would be to fast-track the ratification of the free trade agreement with the EU. #auspol #logistics #SCM

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Bijan Moini @bijanmoini.de · 23/07/2026

Vor vier Wochen erschien unser AfD-Gutachten. Drei Erkenntnisse, die noch viel zu wenig durchgedrungen sind: 1. Es gibt keine gemäßigte Strömung mehr in der AfD. Die Partei richtet sich als Ganzes gegen unsere Grundordnung. Die Vorstellung, ohne Höcke & Co. wäre alles gut, ist falsch.

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 23/07/2026

Just said „Is mir egal“ to my son. His reply: „Roboter mit Senf“ 🥺 RIP Kazim

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 22/07/2026

2 days ago #PitchBlack 2026 kicked off in Darwin and @luftwaffe.bundeswehr.de rocked up with some Typhoons and an A400M www.airforce.gov.au/our-work/exe...

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 22/07/2026

0.022% or roughly 1 in 5000 That's the probability of this happening. If we were to randomly re-live 2026 for 5,000 times and we'd compare each of the 2026 temperatures to the 1991-2020 numbers, we'd only experience this 1 time. You get the point. #auspol #climatechange

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 21/07/2026

Sie gibt dann auch gleich die Antwort auf Joergs Frage: "Es geht vielen in der Politik, in der katholischen Kirche und in Teilen der Unionsfraktion hier leider gar nicht um Vernunft und Sachargumente, sondern vor allem um die eigene Ideologie."

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 16/07/2026

Falls ihr Euch wundert wer der Australier im MoMa vor zwei Wochen war ... It was me 😎 (Und wer sich's nochmal antun will: ARD Mediathek - Morgenmagazin - 12 Euro für den Dom – darf das sein?)

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 16/07/2026

"China does not need to strike Bandiana directly to disrupt the value of a Bandiana stockpile." No 💩 Sherlock - China doesn't need to strike Australia at all to massively disrupt the whole country. If the USMC wants to store some stuff in Albury >> and pay for it << let them. #auspol

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 16/07/2026

"The level of global oil inventories is now much closer to a 'tipping point' compared to a few months ago, there is less room to absorb a sustained loss of oil flows without prices rising sharply." Fun times ahead! #SCM #logistics

abc.net.au

Global reserves that spared the worst of the oil shock are spent, IMF says

The International Monetary Fund says the global economy was spared the worst of the oil price shock because of large reserves. Now they are running out.

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 10/07/2026

Klimawandel ... so'n Quatsch. Wir bringen hier einfach nur das Wetter aus Australien mit! So sieht's nämlich aus meine Freund!

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 10/07/2026

FYI: This is just a - admittedly very creative - way to replace the Trump Tariffs which were axed by SCOTUS. Slapping Australia with the higher 12.5% tariff instead of 10%, is just another sign the "strategic partnership" is actually an abusive relationship. #auspol

abc.net.au

Trump tariff fight resumes as Australia tells US it has no evidence

The Australian embassy in Washington lodges an objection to the Trump administration's proposal for a 12.5 per cent tariff on Australian imports.

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 10/07/2026

In "normal times™️" this headline would have been discussed widely and probably lead to massive demonstrations within Germany. ... but now we live in the "jungle times™️" and this is merely a side note in the news cycle. ™️by @mattbevan.bsky.social

dw.com

Merz: Germany agreed to buy Tomahawk missiles at NATO summit

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has informed the Bundestag parliament of a deal to buy US Tomahawk cruise missiles and station them in Germany. He said this closed a "important strategic ‌gap in our defens...

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 07/07/2026

Can someone* explain to me why the Type 212CD is good enough for Canada, Germany and Norway but not Australia? #auspol * By someone I obviously mean @alxluck.bsky.social 😆

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 26/05/2026

For the running nerds 🏃👟🤓 If you start a course and use Garmin Livetrack, you can see where the phone reception dropped out. This might be a helpful feature for RDs. #ultrarunning #trailrunning #runsky

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 22/05/2026

“Train graveyard adjacent Bolivian lithium mines.” 🚂⚰️🇧🇴🔋⛏ I appreciate @mattbevan.bsky.social 's effort to pronounce "Zugzwang" although it was terrible 😎 Don't let that deter you from listening to him. #auspol

podcasts.apple.com

Trump and Xi Jinping’s deadly game of chess

Podcast Episode · If You're Listening · 20 May · 26min

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 22/05/2026

Is it too much to ask for an Aussie defence podcast with actual depth? 🫠 The takes on major strategic issues feel incredibly surface-level. If we're talking about massive shifts like the Port Kembla sub base or Ukraine striking Russia, we need real, expert insights not just half-baked commentary. 👇

youtu.be

Missile manufacturing, Collins LOTE upgrades and submarine base east

YouTube video by Defence Connect

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 20/05/2026

#FunFact Within the ADF you can not talk about drug use and other inconvenient truths because it's not allowed to acknowledge these problems exists. All the topics @juliaweigelt.bsky.social is covering within the German Bundeswehr would be a big no-no Downunder.

static.klipy.com

Rainn Wilson: Everything Is Fine Meme

ALT: Rainn Wilson: Everything Is Fine Meme

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 14/05/2026

Nächsten Monat geht's nach Deutschland und vorher bring ich den Kids noch bei Schnappi zu singen. #actsofterrorism

youtu.be

Schnappi Das Kleine Krokodil

YouTube video by Sentinel79

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