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Melbourne, Australia Born 313 ppm CO2 Interested in - Renewables energy transition - Slide rules and other old technology - Linux and network automation - Quality political representation - Christmas Lights Previously jm493_au on Twitter

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Mike Holloway @mikeholloway.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
🧪 #resistrfk #defendresearch #standupforscience #RFKJr #Vaccines #HHS #CDC #antivax Thread
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 07/10/2025
You can't fix offsets, because they're not really broken They are designed from the ground up as a way for polluters to falsify climate action, and for disgustingly rich bankers to divert funds away from frontline communities As long as fossil fuels exist, offsets will exist Good paper! -->>>
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Are Carbon Offsets Fixable?
This article provides a systematic review of the literature on carbon offsets. A growing number of studies have found that the most widely used offset programs continue to greatly overestimate their p...
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Pollutting now and cleaning up later is not a viable strategy: Direct Air Capture (DAC) is hitting a hard reality check. Costs are falling much slower than anticipated, casting doubts on the nascent technique’s role in tackling climate change.
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
In 2022, with a two seat majority, the Albanese government legislated our first climate targets. In 2025, with a supermajority, it’s claiming it lacks political support to update those targets. It’s time for transparency about climate risk and our climate targets. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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Bowen says political environment may prevent 2035 emissions target becoming law
The climate change minister says he will have to assess whether legislating the government's 2035 emissions target is politically feasible, with the major waypoint towards net zero due to be announced...
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John Mann @jm493.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
www.climatecouncil.org.au/actions/peti...
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Call on the Government to set the strongest possible 2035 climate target - and take urgent action to meet it | Climate Council
If you believe the Government must go further and faster to protect Australians and slash climate pollution by 2035 - please add your name today.
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ice.cream.assassin (spooky edition) @icassassin.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
I genuinely believe that we as a society have made a big mistake by not *constantly* calling Donald Trump stupid. That actual fucking word. None of this pussyfooting with strongly implying - we need to use ths word stupid because Donald Trump is the stupidest motherfucker on the planet.
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Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
When you strip away humanity
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 26/07/2025
Electrification isn’t new. It has been transforming global energy use for over a century. Here is the history of electrification in six moments and today’s defining 🧵 1/10
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 26/07/2025
MORNING AUSTRALIA I found a fun and frightful little chart buried in the government's own data, revealing that even they expect domestic gas consumption to never return to its glory days THE GAS SHORTAGE IS A BIG LIE USED TO JUSTIFY EASING APPROVALS = SUBSIDIES FOR HUGE NEW FF PROJECTS
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Glen @gergyl.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Faark ... that's nearly AUD$25,000/kW of installed capacity. No, really, faark. And you haven't paid to run it yet, insured the site disaster risk (that is commercially impossible), even bought the fuel, or sorted the waste disposal (how?), or npv'd the eventual decommissioning cost. Faark.
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Well-said, @ketanjoshi.co. Fatalism supports apathy and leads to deeper failure. I’ll pass, David. www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/14/c...
crikey.com.au
Climate fatalism is just as wrong as climate denial — it's never 'too late' for change
Veteran environmentalist David Suzuki believes the time has passed us to stop climate change. He's wrong.
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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 11/07/2025
Australia’s uniquely isolated and massive power grid has seen massive renewable energy growth while maintaining world-leading levels of reliability.
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The lights have stayed on in Australia, even as more wind and solar is added to the grid
Australia’s uniquely isolated and massive power grid has seen massive renewable energy growth while maintaining world-leading levels of reliability.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 09/07/2025
A reminder: this is what's fuelling Elon Musk's racist text generation software over on the white supremacist website that major institutions can't stop using
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John Mann @jm493.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Why we can’t insure our way out of climate crisis www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
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Wins: Why we can’t insure our way out of the climate crisis
Just as bookmakers won’t take bets on a one-horse race, insurers will never offer insurance against inevitable sea level rise and floods.
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Leanne Minshull @leanneminshull.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Just turned on ABC to get news on the US bombing Iran and they are talking to Scott Morrison? WTF?? Who on earth wants to hear from him? Where can I find decent coverage? #iran
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LouisViljee @louisviljee.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
The US, Europe, Australia, everywhere. The denialism of our governments, captive to the #fossilcriminals. #capturedstate #auspol #wapol
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 17/06/2025
Israel hasn't stopped gunning down the Palestinians they're starving, as those Palestinians try to feed themselves There is nothing wrong with continuing to say it: these are war crimes, this is genocide, this is murder. It must be stopped, and those perpetrating the crimes must be held accountable
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Vipps is down
Published at09:44 inVips
Vipps is experiencing problems logging into the app on Tuesday morning. This affects all users and all Vipps MobilePay services, Vipps writes, according to NTB.

Vipps states that they are working to resolve the problem and will provide an update as soon as they have new information.


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DN: John Fredriksen oil tanker involved in collision in the Gulf of Oman
Published at09:43
Reuters reports on Tuesday about a collision in the Gulf of Oman, near the Strait of Hormuz.

John Frederiksen's tanker company confirms to Dagens Næringsliv that one of their ships, "Front Eagle", was involved in the collision.

All crew members are safe. No spills have been reported.

The oil tanker Adalynn was also involved in the collision, the United Arab Emirates Coast Guard confirms, Khaaleej Times and Gulf News report.

24 people were evacuated from the ship, the Coast Guard said.

The incident is not said to be related to the unrest in the area.


45 people reportedly killed while waiting for aid in Gaza
Published at09:23 inThe Israeli-Palestinian conflict
At least 45 Palestinians are reported to have been killed in Khan Younis while waiting for trucks carrying relief supplies. Many are also reported to have been injured.

This is reported by Reuters, citing Palestinian health officials.

Medical personnel told Reuters that witnesses claimed Israeli tanks were firing into the crowd. They expect the death toll to rise as many are critically injured.

Pictures show the dead and wounded being transported to Nasser Hospital, where large, angry crowds have also gathered.

The Israeli military has not yet commented on the incident.

Also on Monday, dozens of Palestinians were reported killed during the distribution of emergency aid.


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Scott Hamilton @sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
‘Renewables investment has doubled in 5 years. This needs to double again in the next 5.’ - @iea.org World Energy Report C’mon AUS, let’s keep going #renewables #auspol #G7 www.iea.org/news/global-...
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Global energy investment set to rise to $3.3 trillion in 2025 amid economic uncertainty and energy security concerns - News - IEA
Global energy investment set to rise to $3.3 trillion in 2025 amid economic uncertainty and energy security concerns - News from the International Energy Agency
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John Mann @jm493.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Australia definitely needs a law like this!
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
@clmazin
One of the hallmarks of the dangerously stupid is the consistent belief they've found great solutions that experts somehow missed.
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John Mann @jm493.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
We need politicians to stand up and demand action on principles like this in Australia! #auspol
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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 22/05/2025
The implosion of the opposition hands the Albanese government a once-in-a-hundred year opportunity to go hard on climate and renewables
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Coalition’s nuclear split leaves Labor with zero excuses on climate and renewables
The implosion of the opposition hands the Albanese government a once-in-a-hundred year opportunity to go hard on climate and renewables.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 19/05/2025
look at this freaking chart. The orange is the gap between claimed emissions (blue) and real-world emissions. Fossil-fuelled cars that carry around a battery are not low emissions. Sort of blows my mind that this isn't a bigger scandal www.transportenvironment.org/te-united-ki...
a chart showing emissions from fossil-tank and fossil-battery cars
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Dutton didn't appeal to the country’s worst impulses: "he attempted to create them. He invented new fears and passed them off as the public’s. He intimated that this was a sombre duty but in fact it was an ugly pleasure" @thesaturdaypaper.com.au #auspol www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit...
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Stop the votes
Surely this is the end, the rock bottom drunks talk about at their first meeting. For more than 20 years, the Liberal Party has staggered further and further from the political centre, stopping occasi...
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Adam Lippiatt @adamlippiatt.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
So we had the 2006 Switkowski report - which concluded an industry could be developed by 2020’s but serious carbon price needed - no effort made by Coalition to implement the report.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 05/05/2025
One week on from Spain's blackout - and media outlets can talk about is solar power. So I decided to look into Spain's nuclear fleet, and discovered that in April, it was operating at its lowest levels in ten years Why? Here's a hefty piece digging into that, for you: ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/05/w...
a chart showing power generation data and price data for Spain's grida chart showing power generation data and price data for Spain's grida chart showing power generation data and price data for Spain's grida chart showing power generation data and price data for Spain's grid
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
"Can we power the entire world with just 100% clean renewable energy and storage for everything? We think the answer is yes... ...When we electrify and provide the electricity from clean renewable sources our requirements for energy go down significantly - by about 54%..."
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Eric Bananarama @ericbanana.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
“It’s evil, but it’s nervous evil, they hid this until the last moment possible ..” The Smart Energy Council has a list of programs the LNP party announced they’ll be axing as part of their ‘costings‘ released late on Thursday. The LNP are economic and environmental vandals. #auspol #TemuTrump
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 29/04/2025
Climate and nature crises won’t pause while politics plays out. The environment doesn’t care who’s in government — but Australians should. If we want to avoid catastrophic climate and biodiversity collapse, the next parliament has a clear path forward. From @pollyjhemming.bsky.social ⤵️ #auspol
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Five priorities for the next parliament if we want a liveable Australia - The Australia Institute
Climate and nature crises won’t pause while politics plays out.
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Glen @gergyl.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
And the huge CO2 content of the raw gas (18%!!) will be separated and vented -- to the atmosphere -- along with the CO2 from burning gas in the on-site power station required to run the gas liquefaction plant (giant refrigerator).
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💧 simon holmes à court @simonahac.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
omg… this is among @thejuicemedia.bsky.social's best… 🥇 …but beware, it's also (appropriately) the sweariest yet. 🙊 www.youtube.com/watch?v=euE8...
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Honest Government Ad | Peter Dutton
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
“When the IPA talks about individual freedom it is referring to the freedom of individual capitalists and materialists to pursue their dreams at the expense of everyone else. You will notice how the IPA plans for the NBN, the ABC and SBS play into the hands of media mogul Rupert Murdoch.” ➡️
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 17/04/2025
Despite the story we can’t do without it, the gas industry contributes very little to the Aus economy. With lost royalties, tax avoidance, subsidies and environmental costs, it’s fair to say the gas industry costs Australians more than it contributes. @pollyjhemming.bsky.social via Women's Agenda
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Despite the narrative that we can’t do without it, the gas industry contributes very little to Australia’s economy. Here's why
Australia’s gas industry impacts energy prices, climate, and policy — understanding its future is key to informed voting decisions.
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Dudley of Yesterzine @yesterzine.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
As always Terry Pratchett nailed it as "Lies to children". Telling something that's wrong but is right enough it serves as a baseline for learning the truth. eg - The World is round. No, it's a oblate bulging spheroid but maybe let's stay with "Round" when you're 4 years old.
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Smooth Polyester🏳️‍⚧️ @scantilychad.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
"Its basic biology" Yes. You're right. And in "basic english" we learn "i before e except after c". Then in ADVANCED english we learn that rule is wrong more often than it is right. Just like in advanced biology we learn there are more than 2 sexes
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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"? Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
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Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 16/04/2025
All of the major players have said there’s no gas shortage. It hasn't stopped Big Gas from crying about “demonisation of gas” when Vic Govt banned gas connections to new homes. Reducing gas dependence is the right response to engineered scarcity & price gouging, writes @joshuablackjb.bsky.social.
thenewdaily.com.au
Never mind Liberal v Labor – right now, it’s Big Gas v the rest
Despite the gas industry's attempts, all the major political candidates this election acknowledge there’s no supply shortage in Australia.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 14/04/2025
No mention yet of the major cause of rising house prices: increased demand from investors. Our research shows restricting negative gearing to newly built housing and scrapping the capital gains tax discount would reduce speculation and allow more first home buyers to get into their own home. #qanda
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JulieE 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺 @hotlily.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
It seems to me that a minority government is actually forced to represent more of the constituency represented by teals and small parties. Julia Gillard showed that not only can it be done, but can be v successful. Surely this is a better outcome for all, and not government for governments sake.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10/04/2025
Damn, "unseasonable" heat. It's really sad that no one has figured out why this is happening
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/04/2025
WARNER: Can you explain how it helps natl security or our trade balance - I loved your fancy Greek formula which was bad math on steroids - how with a trade surplus Australia got hit with a 10% tariff as well? GREER: Australia has the lowest rate available WARNER: We have a trade surplus!
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QuetzalcoatlusWellnessInstitute @8t3v3n.bsky.social · 27/07/2024
Petition: "Across the continent, we support the regions and say “NO to nuclear reactors in Australia." “To Peter Dutton and Coalition members, We stand with the seven communities you say should house nuclear facilities. www.nonukes.com.au #Nuclear #AusPol
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Community Alliance
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LisaZed 👩🏻‍🎨 🌏 🐨🌳🇪🇭🇺🇦 @lisazed.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
#ClimateCrisis #Climate200 #auspol #VoteIndependent #VoteGreen youtu.be/O6Hgii6Xpgo?...
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The Coalition - in their own words
YouTube video by Climate 200
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If we don’t create our dreams, who will? @newlife2024.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Have you seen this: youtu.be/MJbZCbBLqkk?...
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The ridiculous real story behind the tariff plan that turned Donald Trump into a global disaster
YouTube video by MSNBC
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John Mann @jm493.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Sign the petition: Make fossil fuel exporters pay for the damage they are causing, not ordinary Australians nb.australiainstitute.org.au/climatedisas...
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Make fossil fuel exporters pay for the damage they are causing, not ordinary Australians
Climate change is making natural disasters like fires, floods, heatwaves and drought worse, costing Australians billions every year. Make fossil fuel producers pay a climate disaster levy to help pay...
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Andrew J. Scott @andrewjscott.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I just heard something that makes sense to me. The tariffs are actually the plan, not a stupid mistake. Because now Trump can demand fealty in return for lifting the tariffs. He can make demands, and then lift them on a case by case basis once they’re met. It’s extortion on a global scale.
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a man with a ring on his finger is sitting in front of a netflix sign
ALT: a man with a ring on his finger is sitting in front of a netflix sign
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Dutton knows he's in the right to cut 41,000+ public service jobs. It's Australians wanting the public service to serve the Australian public that are confused and in the wrong. 😏 #auspol #AusVotes25 #DumpDutton #PutTheLibsLast
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