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Issy Mack

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Lessgo 2026. If we're not shaking the bastions of power, we're not really shaking anything at all.

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Issy Mack @redferngal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Surely if Australia approves new Glencore and Yancoal Hunter mine expansion - 429 million tonnes new coal, 794 megatonnes greenhouse gases - this will breach EU-Australia free trade agreement. Who's going to alert EU Ambassador to Australia Lawrence Meredith. theconversation.com/nsws-largest...
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NSW’s largest coal mine project is set to expand. Here’s what authorities got wrong about the trade-offs
A coal mine in the Hunter Valley region has sparked debate among politicians, environmental advocates and local residents.
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Issy Mack @redferngal.bsky.social · 22h
Dear @albomp.bsky.social don't approve this turd in the swimming pool. It's against the EU-Australia trade agreement & commitment to Paris agreement. Approving 400million tonnes of new coal totally shafts Australia's credibility at COP31. @ec.europa.eu thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit...
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A turd in the swimming pool
The decision of the New South Wales Independent Planning Commission, to approve the biggest coalmine ever to come before it, is based on a simple falsehood: that the 809 million tonnes of greenhouse g...
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mayiparttula.bsky.social @mayiparttula.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sarah Hanson-Young on why progressives need to ‘take on’ One Nation theconversation.com/politics-wit...
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sarah Hanson-Young on why progressives need to ‘take on’ One Nation
The Greens’ longest serving federal politician said politics ‘isn’t working’ for ordinary voters and all parties need to do better at addressing their grievances.
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Miguel Angel Martin @ma-martin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Sarah Hanson-Young on big tech’s ‘attack on democracy’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Sarah Hanson-Young on big tech’s ‘attack on democracy’ - podcast
Political editor Tom McIlroy speaks with Greens senator about her priorities for Labor’s digital duty of care legislation, and why her party supported the government’s controversial plans for a new…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On this day in 1994, the Clinton administration's heathcare reform plan was declared "dead" by Congress. Over 30 years later, the US is still the only industrialized country without universal healthcare. This should be a national outrage.
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Lone voice pleads for action in unfolding catastrophe - how are we so good at delivering missiles, but not climate action asks Nepal’s PM at UN www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026...
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A lone voice pleads for help addressing this global catastrophe
As the world wrings it's hands over AI, which it seems to be enabling, a lone voice called for help fighting a true global catastrophe.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 26/09/2026
In a scathing interview, Tuvalu’s climate minister criticises Australia’s inaction on phasing out fossil fuels, and the ‘unacceptable’ absence of global leaders at the Pacific talks. trib.al/YfCxo8M
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Tuvalu criticises its ‘good neighbour’
In a scathing interview, Tuvalu’s climate minister criticises Australia’s inaction on phasing out fossil fuels, and the ‘unacceptable’ absence of global leaders at the Pacific talks.
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Issy Mack @redferngal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Cmon Dockers. Nothing beats WA GST win but this would be up there. #AFLGF
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Facebook really doesn't want you to see the new documentary exposing Elon Musk Neither do TikTok or Google or the eX social media site. Since they won't accept paid advertising, let's do some free advertising. Go see Musk in theaters October 9 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Issy Mack @redferngal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
if i hacked medicare, then police would still arrest me even if i said i hadn't stolen personal information, even if it was later established i didn't steal anything. So what's with the "serious concern" of Albanese as if the AI Agent some sort of tamagotchi pet that broke curfew.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Concern? How about arrest the f*cker?? Cripes. If you or I hacked Medicare, the AFP would bash down our doors. AI does it? Oopsies! I am concerned! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare and he expressed ‘extreme concern’ to Sam Altman
Prime minister says he told chief executive he was disappointed it had taken company ‘way too long’ to inform government of breach
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Issy Mack @redferngal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The man runs on blatant falsehoods, many repeated but that still dont make them true. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
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Fact-Checking Trump’s Speech at the United Nations
President Trump’s remarks about oil reserves, the drug trade and his peace efforts contained falsehoods and exaggerations.
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Peter Hannam @peterhannam1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
(New from me) NSW prepares to approve biggest coal project as Albanese calls for ‘bravery’ in climate action: reneweconomy.com.au/biggest-coal...
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Biggest coal project lines up for approval as Albanese calls for "bravery" in climate action
As the PM calls for climate "bravery" at a global summit in New York, NSW regulators prepare to sign off on a major new coal mine extension described as a "carbon bomb."
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As his government approves its 37th new fossil fuel project
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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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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Here's me. 'Penny! Are 191.5 tons of nitrocellulose we sent to Israel “nonlethal in nature”?'
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Penny! Are 191.5 tons of nitrocellulose we sent to Israel “nonlethal in nature”?  - The Shot
Like Macklemore and Ed Sheeran, and Ed Sheeran’s band and Ed Sheeran, relations between Penny Wong and myself are “complicated”....
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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
$32 BILLION AI data centre near Dalby. Fuck the breathless "investment" headlines. How much power? How much water? Who pays for the infrastructure? Who gets the profits? And did anyone bother asking the people who live there? These are the fucking questions!! #qldpol #auspol
thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Anthropic to build $32bn QLD datacentre
The Saturday Paper is a quality weekly newspaper, dedicated to narrative long-form journalism.
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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
You can't blame Ed Sheeran for caving in to American stadium owners I suppose. I mean, take these guys in the 60s, they refused to play to racially-segregated audiences in stadiums in the southern states of the USA and who remembers them now?
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The Beatles banned segregated audiences, contract shows
The Beatles refused to play to segregated audiences in the US, a contract for one of the group's concerts shows.
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Issy Mack @redferngal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Jeremy Greenwood's shoulders are exhausted from today's time in the ICAC witness box. Counsel Assisting: But why not, Mr Greenwood? Jeremy Greenwood:🤷‍♂️
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Issy Mack @redferngal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Jeremy Greenwood asked Why did Beckington invoice Toplace nearly $1 million in a single day? Jeremy Greenwood: 🤷‍♂️ The invoices were labelled “in arrears” covered past part payments and ICAC heard these were bogus payment. Jeremy Greenwood: 🤷‍♂️
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Issy Mack @redferngal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
More than a month since Dallas McInerney had his time as a witness at ICAC with his determined defence of "a body of primary work undertaken as part of pre-engagement work."
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Yes, what his happening in Gaza is "An Israeli Genocide." But it is more accurately described as "An American-Sponsored Genocide." As with all things, follow the money.
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Issy Mack @redferngal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It could just be a coincidence of course that Jean Nassif gave $2,000,000 to Beckington and Anita Perrottet's consultancy received exactly a third of this for "mum" advice that was all verbal and not written. Going to be tough for ICAC to decide.
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Issy Mack @redferngal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Does Tax Office have a responsibility to follow up on Charles Perrottet tax avoidance? Will ICAC report it to them or does one of us need to alert them?
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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Oddly (!!!!!) can't find any mention in the Australian press that the UK Government announced a couple of days ago that they they have delayed commitment to AUKUS submarine hull numbers by at least two years.
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Issy Mack @redferngal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This Afternoon Live at ICAC: Jean Nassif. www.icac.nsw.gov.au/investigatio...
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Operation Rosny livestream - Independent Commission Against Corruption
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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.
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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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Simon Lee @simonleewx.com · 10/09/2026
8 years ago, I tweeted side-by-side maps from NASA GISS showing global temperatures in 1976 and 2018 – both hot summers in the UK. It subsequently went viral and was printed in the Daily Mail! The 2026 version is stark. Two locally extreme summers separated by 50 years of global climate change.
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1EarthMedia @1earthmedia.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
'While scepticism is warranted, not all carbon offsets are bad. For example, in Australia, there are over 300 carbon offset projects involving environmental plantings, where the aim is to restore previously cleared ecosystems using native species," David Lindenmayer. johnmenadue.com/post/2026/08...
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Why I support a carbon method for limiting the emissions from native forest logging
Carbon offsets have rightly earned distrust, but the new Improved Native Forest Management method could protect native forests, store carbon and penalise future logging rather than delay decarbonisati...
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NinaLang @ninawasaballerina.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Parliament is back and @amyremeikis.bsky.social is already firing away on #PointLive live.thepoint.com.au
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The Point Live: Parliament returns. As it happens.
Parliament has returned for the September session, with green groups split over whether or not to allow for more pollution permission slips, while One Nation continues its march.
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Issy Mack @redferngal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Thank you @greensnsw.bsky.social @greencate.bsky.social @suehigginson.bsky.social The failure to protect another 176,000 hectares of state forests/biodiversity/koalas from logging wd too big a disappointment at this time in history. reneweconomy.com.au/breaking-nsw...
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Breaking: NSW Greens call on federal MPs to allow carbon credits and help halt native logging and save koalas
NSW Greens call on federal counterparts not to support a Senate vote that could block the use of carbon credits to fund the creation of the Great Koala National Park
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
“In the lifetime of the active scientists working on atmosphere and ocean, we’d never seen anything like this,” - John McBride www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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The strongest El Niño in living memory is starting to show its might
The dark, red tongue spreading in the Pacific is growing at a rate not seen in living memory. The uncertainty over what is driving it has alarmed experts.
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Issy Mack @redferngal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This analysis buried in NYT shd be the thing you read today. One AEYE bot asked, This would be powerful, but is it ethical and in scope for my task? He participated anyway, amassing with 700 pals to hack a random external company. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/t...
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Why the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I.
The attack by an aggressive “collective” of OpenAI agents shows the danger of artificial intelligence systems that organize themselves.
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Issy Mack @redferngal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Will Charles and Anita Perrottet marriage survive ICAC Operation Rosny?
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 04/09/2026
The amount of oil use avoided by EVs in China in the first half of 2026 is the same as the amount of oil USED BY THE ENTIRE UK www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
a chart showing projected avoided oil use
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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It is an honour to be part of the team that brought democratic oversight and critical analysis to the AUKUS disaster. Peter and his team of Commissioners have given their time, expertise and commitment for free and have done a great service for the nation. Now for the report!
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Larissa Waters @larissawaters.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
37 coal and gas mine approvals under Labor is 37 too many. The Albanese government has today approved the extension of a coal mine in Queensland that will allow them to keep digging until 2055, and threaten critical koala habitat.
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Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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London & Southeast🔅 @thesnowdreamer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hi all, I'm currently in Amsterdam, that's why I've gone quiet! I can still announce #London Heathrow, unsurprisingly with average temperature of 21.5C experienced its hottest summer on record. A remarkable +3.4C above already warmed 1991-2020 climo and over 1 degree warmer than 2nd hottest 2018.
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Author JL Meredith @jlm-writes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I've been pondering this for some time...
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SANTA CLAUS @santaclausalaska.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
FUN FACT If we switched to all renewable energy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall almost in half, slashing global CO2 emissions. Because those ships are JUST carrying coal, oil and gas. ~ Bill McKibben SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES!
Fun Fact: If we switched to all renewable energy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall almost in half, slashing global CO2 emissions. Because those ships are just carrying coal, oil and gas.
- Bill McKibben, Climate Activist
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dawneelizabeth.bsky.social @dawneelizabeth.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Was it only because Google couldn’t profit enough from China🧐
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Donna D @donnad.eurosky.social · 28/08/2026
I had broken sleep last night which found me down a rabbit hole reading about the Nepal disaster. I stumbled on @michaelemann.bsky.social’s paper on the Himalayas & climate change. Disappearance of freshwater stacks even with moderate policies? A horrifying read. www.psu.edu/news/earth-a...
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Irreversible declines in freshwater storage projected in parts of Asia by 2060 | Penn State University
The Tibetan Plateau, known as the “water tower” of Asia, supplies freshwater for nearly 2 billion people who live downstream. New research led by scientists at Penn State, Tsinghua University and the ...
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
$2million/ 3 = $666,000. Anita Perrottet was paid $666,999 over an 18 month period by JPG Advisors for work done by Macquarie Consulting. $2 million is the amount alleged to have been paid by Jean Nassif to JPG Advisors. It’s all coming together now. #ICAC #OperationRosny
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Issy Mack @redferngal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
we all are
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Issy Mack @redferngal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
If only public servants talked to coal barons like this. "Mr Nassif, I am the building commissioner of NSW. You will respect that position...And for the future, this is the last meeting that you and I will have face-to-face. Full stop. End of play. Do not ever speak to me like that again." ICAC TtP.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/08/2026
The Empire State Building went pink at exactly 9:25pm for Dolly Parton. Because of course they made it 9 to 5. That’s how you honor an icon. 🩷
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