Simo @fringesimo.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Murray WattTF #auspol reneweconomy.com.au/murray-watts...reneweconomy.com.auMurray Watt’s climate masterclass: How to destroy the planet while pretending to save itWatt’s North West Shelf approval exposes the deeper dysfunction at the heart of Australian environmental governance: where the laws are weak, the incentives perverse, and real power lies with… 194
Simo @fringesimo.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Murray WTF #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...abc.net.auBreaking: Australia's largest gas project approved for operation to 2070The life of Australia's largest oil and gas project will be extended to 2070, with Environment Minister Murray Watt giving the long-awaited environmental approval for Woodside's North West Shelf proje... 194
Simo @fringesimo.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Woodside spills 16,000 litres of oil into ocean north of Ningaloo www.boilingcold.com.au/woodside-spi...boilingcold.com.auWoodside spills 16,000 litres of oil into Indian OceanThe company that thinks a damaging oil spill from its planned drilling near Scott Reef is "only a mere theoretical possibility" weeks ago accidentally released a cocktail of hydrocarbons, chemicals an... 010
Reposted by SimoThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 12/05/2025A gas exploration drilling rig has appeared within sight of one of Australia’s most loved natural wonders, the 12 Apostles. We don’t need to turn our iconic natural wonders into gas fields. We need to prioritise Australians over exports. @emmashortis.bsky.social went to take a look ⤵️youtu.beThere's a huge new gas rig looming over our 12 ApostlesYouTube video by The Australia Institute 41416255
Reposted by Simothe Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 23/04/2025Peter Dutton made a new election ad, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative. #auspolyoutube.comHonest Peter Dutton AdYouTube video by thejuicemedia 53762380
Reposted by SimoJennifer Crawford @ournewhomecoach.bsky.social · 23/04/2025If you are offended by women swearing, then do not watch this. It’s pure art. #auspol. 2024074
Reposted by SimoProfessor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 09/04/2025This is laughable and disingenuous. How on earth will such a piecemeal effort protect the reef while the very same government continues its love affair with coal and gas? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...abc.net.auLive: Albanese to announce $10m program to protect Great Barrier ReefPrime Minister Anthony Albanese is in Far North Queensland to spruik a new $10 million Reef Educational Experience Fund to protect and promote the Great Barrier Reef. Follow live. 2016868
Reposted by SimoRonni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 01/04/2025I recall seeing a reasonably well-known psephologist post a few months ago, that people thinking Dutton would borrow his tactics from Trump were completely barking up the wrong tree - almost borderline idiots in fact - which I think says a great deal about focusing solely on quantitative analysis. 28357120
Simo @fringesimo.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Religious fucknuts are invading my letterbox with their various scams and cons. JFC the Australian Christian lobby would actually work for Satan id he existed. 010
Simo @fringesimo.bsky.social · 16/03/2025reneweconomy.com.au/the-coalitio... The coalition will say and do anything for their coal and gas masters including throwing you and everyone under a bus #renewables #auspolreneweconomy.com.auThe Coalition MP who tried to stop the solar farm that will help save thousands of local jobsCoalition MP says wind and solar can’t power Gladstone’s huge smelters and refineries. The smelter owner disagrees, and thousands of local jobs will be saved. 66535
Simo @fringesimo.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Bad www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/c...cnn.comThe Arctic is in trouble. The consequences will be felt around the world | CNNArctic temperatures spiked 36 degrees Fahrenheit, or 20 Celsius, above normal. By the end of the month, sea ice was at its lowest level ever recorded for February. 25520
Reposted by SimoGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Dutton's property investments... A reminder, on this property he made $3,675,000. But because you get a 50% discount on capital gains, he only had to pay tax on $1,837,500. That tax discount each year costs around $22bn - of which $18bn goes to the richest 10% 25597274
Simo @fringesimo.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Ay carumba, One Nation, the rapist sympathy party. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...abc.net.auConvicted rapist runs One Nation election campaignPauline Hanson's party has quietly rehired convicted sex offender Sean Black a second time — this time as campaign director. 133
Simo @fringesimo.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Dutton's nuclear scam #auspol reneweconomy.com.au/the-four-acc...reneweconomy.com.auThe four accounting tricks behind Peter Dutton’s nuclear cost claimsClaiming nuclear will deliver you 44% lower bills is a bit like claiming a wrinkle cream will make you look 44% younger. 142
Simo @fringesimo.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Just finished our Reno/repair blitz. Sad to go back to the city but glad not to be drilling, cutting, carrying, digging etc #SundayVibes 150
Simo @fringesimo.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Just call the libs and Nat's the planet fucking party from now on. #auspol reneweconomy.com.au/nt-strips-fu...reneweconomy.com.auNT strips funding from green groups, boosts fossil fuels, in foretaste of Dutton administrationA sign of what’s to come? Northern Territory government moves to strip environmental groups of funding and push through reforms to expand fossil fuel extraction. 0127
Simo @fringesimo.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Big boom coming possibly Earthquakes at massive Alaska volcano Mount Spurr ramp up again — and there's now a 50-50 chance of an eruption #volcanoes www.livescience.com/planet-earth...livescience.comEarthquakes at massive Alaska volcano Mount Spurr ramp up again — and there's now a 50-50 chance of an eruptionTen months of unrest at Mount Spurr could be a sign of an upcoming eruption from a side vent or, less likely, from the main crater. 010
Simo @fringesimo.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Before and after photos of my wife and my efforts the last 2 weeks + a little in May working on the side of our house to refashion the are and make it fun tional. #tuesdayvibes 120
Reposted by SimoGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 10/02/2025My column on Trump's steel tariffs - so much for our glorious ASU-Aus Free Trade Agreement... www.theguardian.com/business/gro...theguardian.comTrump’s latest tariff bid shows the old rules of trade no longer apply. Scraps of paper will not save us | Greg JerichoA 25% tariff on all steel and aluminium imports, as flagged by the US president, is more evidence that Australia cannot rely on our ally to do good by us 3221880
Reposted by SimoThe Onion @theonion.com · 10/02/2025Fox Bleeps Out Entire Kendrick Lamar Performance theonion.com/fox-ble... 288204032352
Simo @fringesimo.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Very ironic that Peter Dutton is on TV in parliament emphasizing some of the things Kevin Rudd mentioned in his apology speech - the speech that Peter Dutton walked out. Anything this potato says regarding indigenous issues should be taken with a grain of chicken salt. #auspol 38925
Simo @fringesimo.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Almost finished building a deck and the stairs up a big gradient on the side of our house. My soft software hands aren't so soft anymore and my very soft body is slightly firmer. Next stop rejuvenating the pergola when we get more money! #sundayvibes 040
Simo @fringesimo.bsky.social · 03/02/2025If you're wondering if it has been really hot so far this year, the answer is yes, it's been feckin hot www.weatherzone.com.au/news/austral...weatherzone.com.auAustralia's second-warmest January on recordAustralia as a whole was 2.15°C above the long-term average in January 2025, making it the second-warmest January on record. 010
Simo @fringesimo.bsky.social · 29/01/2025This morning I thought this seal was dead and I went up to him and he told me to FRO! #thursdayvibes 1140
Simo @fringesimo.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Yesterday I went walking along the the beach and saw this beautiful sunset and also dropped one of my thongs. #tuesdayvibes 150
Reposted by SimoGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 26/01/2025The level of racism required to liken the first fleet to the first missions going to Mars - a plant with no life whatsoever- is off the charts 711304285
Reposted by SimoJane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Vote Teal number 1 in this election, even if you want Albo to win, put Labor 2. A progressive cross bench will force Labor to act & innoculate us against the right wing oligarchs. And vote carefully in the Senate. A progressive HOR is hobbled by a conservative Senate. 53542171
Simo @fringesimo.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Fuckwit👇 #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...abc.net.auSussan Ley compares First Fleet to Elon Musk's Mars missionSussan Ley says Australia Day is a day of celebration, likening the arrival of the British First Fleet to Elon Musk's efforts to build a colony on Mars. 021
Reposted by SimoDavid Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Here's me. 'How did America Nazi this coming?'theshot.net.auHow did America Nazi this coming? - The ShotElon Musk and the Broligarchy are now aboard the Nazi train. And it isn't that surprising. MAGA is a hate movement, don't play dumb. 83700249
Reposted by SimoZack Labe @zacklabe.com · 23/01/2025100 years of December sea surface temperature anomalies. Note the long-term warming and patterns of climate variability (e.g., El Niño/La Niña). Data from NOAA ERSSTv5 at climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climate-data... 🌊 213838
Simo @fringesimo.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Same old shit from these fossil fuel companies. reneweconomy.com.au/gas-industry...reneweconomy.com.auGas industry cooks up a “culture war” as the electrification of everything gathers paceClaims electric cooktops are vastly more expensive and more emissions intensive than cooking with gas are being called out as “potentially misleading,” as the fossil fight against home electrificat… 040
Reposted by SimoStilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 14/01/2025Very timely, @drspacejunk.bsky.social @cosmicrami.com! 2206
Simo @fringesimo.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Ay carumba www-mpnews-com-au.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.mpne...www-mpnews-com-au.cdn.ampproject.orgMcCrae house collapses in landslip - MPNEWSEmergency services are on the scene of a landslip that has caused the collapse of a house at Penny Lane in McCrae. The emergency alert, issued at 8.49am, stated that a house had “rolled down the hill”... 012
Reposted by SimoRenew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 13/01/2025A new low proposed for #solar feed-in tariffs is bound to spark consumer outrage and concern within the industry. But where are the headlines celebrating the fact daylight power prices are headed to zero?reneweconomy.com.auDaytime wholesale power prices are heading to zero – isn’t that good news?A new low proposed for solar feed-in tariffs is bound to spark consumer outrage and concern within the industry. But where are the headlines celebrating the fact daylight power prices are headed to… 14519
Reposted by Simo💧 simon holmes à court @simonahac.bsky.social · 12/01/2025🥹 shed a tear for @LiberalAus' "astroturf" (fake grassroots) "australians for prosperity" which cries about being 'bullied'. these actual bullies have received $725k+ from the #coal lobby. so we're helping the 🎯 pro-climate action MPs counter this coal industry campaign… 🧵 35610217
Reposted by SimoRex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Just released to me under #FOI is a never-before-seen chapter of the Official History of Australian Operations in Timor that was secretly expunged from the history. It tells uncomfortable truths and confirms Howard Govt lies and public deceit. Full story on Michael West Media soon. #auspol 13448165
Reposted by SimoAmy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 09/01/2025It would be a mistake to think that everyone experiencing the worsening impacts of climate change will suddenly accept what needs to happen to arrest it. Misinformation and conspiracy theories will be deployed to muddy the waters as much as possible - looking at the comments in the US, it's working 541144273
Reposted by SimoPhilip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Putting it in perspective thanks Matt Golding 115357
Reposted by SimoAndrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 09/01/2025🚨Reporters🚨: Don't say stuff like this. We know that climate change is now affecting EVERY EXTREME EVENT. Whether climate change contributed is no longer an interesting question. OF COURSE CLIMATE CHANGE CONTRIBUTED. The only interesting question is *how much of an effect it had*. 1534297
Reposted by SimoABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 09/01/2025It looks like a UFO, or an alien ship, but these oddly-shaped clouds snapped by locals west of Brisbane this morning are an indicator of Queensland's wild weather.abc.net.au'UFOish' clouds form as storms sweep across QueenslandIt looks like a UFO, or an alien ship, but these oddly-shaped clouds snapped by locals west of Brisbane this morning are an indicator of Queensland's wild weather. 1155
Reposted by SimoSydney EV @sydneyev.bsky.social · 09/01/2025#BYD Sealion 7 coming soon to #Australia! Looks good, and finally a wagon, or #shootingbreak as its very strangely called in the EU. Range is 502Km WLTP 91Kwh LFP blade battery, 230Kw Fast charging 8252
Reposted by SimoAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/01/2025Reelecting this guy is one of the greatest own goals in human history 5556331748