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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hey @albomp.bsky.social, when are you gonna start doing something about #climate change? & by that I mean our fossil fuel production, not bloody rooftop solar 🙄 thepoint.com.au/opinions/260... #auspol
thepoint.com.au
Albanese's Climate Week speech left out the numbers that matter most
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese opened Climate Week NYC on Monday by leaning on Australia's renewables progress: massive rooftop solar uptake, ten thousand home batteries a week, enough wind and solar...
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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 28/09/2026
Hiring is tough – especially when you’re the #1 investor in Whitehaven Coal and its massive coal expansion plans. (Yikes.) Will #AustralianSuper get the PR help it so desperately needs?? Stay tuned. In the meantime, visit australiansuperpolluter.com – they'd love that. 😉 #auspol #climate
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Steve Worcester @stevewfolds.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Neal Stephenson’s Baroque Cycle, 2,700 pages in print, was written longhand and then typed.
Neal Stephenson’s trilogy, The Baroque Cycle. Ink cartridges above hardback books.
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“damages from sea level rise and storm surges will be enough to potentially lower the [Australia]’s GDP, on average, each year, by 1.05-1.39%” Next time you hear a fossil fuel industry spruiking their economic contribution, remember that www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/ri... #auspol #climate
climatecouncil.org.au
Rising Seas, Rising Bills: How sea level rise will cost every Australian
This report finds sea level rise will conservatively cost Australia $855 billion this century, and become a constant drag on our economy.
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Rich Haridy @richharidy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This film was made in secret over several years. It's existence was only revealed a few weeks ago. It builds on previously reported information about the way AI has been used to generate target lists for bombing. In another world the revelations here would be front page scandalous news everywhere.
theguardian.com
Secret systems used by Israel in mass killings of Gaza civilians revealed in new film
Testimony from Israeli military insiders involved in surveillance and remote killings features in documentary produced by the Guardian
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Govt also now hiding data on fugitive emissions from the NT for confidentiality reasons. Fugitive emissions from fossil fuel industries 10% of Australia’s total. Then of course the emissions from burning it. But I’m sure our Pacific neighbours are cool w it hey @albomp.bsky.social? #auspol #climate
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 25/08/2026
Here's the 30-day running mean for the global temperature anomaly from Jan. 1, 1941 to Aug. 23, 2026, along with a quadratic trendline. The Climate Casino is taking the Over on breaking 2.0°C at some point in the next 6 months.
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
@warprecords.bsky.social can you release the @onhellmusic.bsky.social remix of Squarepusher’s Red Hot Car please?
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
In case you’d forgotten about #climate change www.themirror.com/news/weird-n...
themirror.com
'Collapse of civilisation is the most likely outcome' warn scientists
Scientists warn the planet is on the brink of a "tipping cascade" that could lead to the collapse of civilization
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
what can Australian govts do about inflation? Go back to subsidising electricity use - "annual rise in electricity costs is largely due to the ending of Commonwealth and State Government electricity rebates." Reduce miners' fuel tax credits to offset cost #auspol www.abs.gov.au/statistics/e...
abs.gov.au
Consumer Price Index, Australia, June 2026
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures household inflation and includes statistics about price change for categories of household expenditure.
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Angus Taylor banging on again about electricity prices under Labor. Here are prices in the National Electricity Market. Labour took office in the big peak in 2022. Why were prices so high then? GAS!!! Prices haven't returned to pre-Ukraine war levels #auspol www.aer.gov.au/industry/reg...
aer.gov.au
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Why do we let advertisers spread this shit? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
abc.net.au
Perfect dupes of ABC articles are fuelling an industrial-scale scam
A $350 million scam is targeting Australians using AI-generated images of ABC journalists and politicians.
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Accurate #climate www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-mas...
currentaffairs.org
The Gargantuan Lie That is Collapsing The World’s Climate
Thinking we have time left to address climate change, or that “Net Zero by 2050” will save us, is driving us toward full social collapse in ways that become more obvious with every new broken temperat...
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Watched @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social’s Press Club address. No mention of our fossil fuel exports. He can bang on as much as he wants about our domestic emissions reduction efforts, but while he & @australianlabor.bsky.social continue to fuel the #climate crisis, they’ll never get my vote #auspol
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Geez they’ve got Hans Zimmer scoring The Bear now
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
SBS ran a piece on replacing diesel generators in the Daintree with renewables. Great idea, but I see a bunch of people who chose to live in a remote region sticking their hand out for govt money when fuel prices are high. Why should the public foot the bill for their lifestyle decisions? #auspol
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Tim Flannery's launching his new book on solutions to our #climate problem tonight. Curious to hear what he's got to say
webinars.climatecouncil.org.au
In Conversation With: Professor Tim Flannery
Join us for a warm, wide-ranging virtual fireside chat with Professor Tim Flannery and Climate Council CEO Amanda McKenzie.
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Why, in coverage of the royal commission into anti-semitism, did SBS, when talking about the arson attack on Adass Israel Synagogue, not mention that the attack was actually undertaken by the Iran Republican Guard? We expelled their ambassador for it, as well as other efforts to divide us #auspol
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Rich Haridy @richharidy.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I know. Nothing matters anymore & this isn't the first time we've seen this over the last few months and years. But we shouldn't forget that for decades we drew a line against destroying civilian infrastructure like water supplies. We called it a war crime. And we should still call it that.
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Petition the Australian govt to reverse its approval of yet another major fossil fuel project #auspol www.getup.org.au/campaigns/co...
getup.org.au
Stop Woodside’s Climate Bomb - EPBC Submission
An independent movement to build a progressive Australia and bring participation back into our democracy.
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I saw someone using a payphone today
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
“At no cost”. WTF?
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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This graph from Australia shows how quickly the tide is turning.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 30/05/2026
I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”
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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
💯 It's time to fix media in general, and banning advertising is the radical solution we need.
theconversation.com
Advertising is obsolete – here’s why it’s time to end it
In the information age, advertising is no longer needed to inform consumers.That means its primary role is to manipulate.
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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.eurosky.social · 28/05/2026
The media never talks about this. The articles rejoice about the growth of tourism and the future miracles of alternative fuels. We live in a society that is one of the most unequal in world history, built on fossil fuels especially in transport. www.carbonbrief.org/two-thirds-o...
carbonbrief.org
Two-thirds of global warming since 1990 caused by world’s ‘wealthiest 10%’ - Carbon Brief
Of the 0.61C increase in global average temperatures over 1990-2020, a new study estimates that 65% was due to the emissions of the wealthiest 10%.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/05/2026
A senior CIA official was arrested last week after investigators found hundreds of gold bars worth over $40 million stashed in his Virginia residence, a small fortune that he apparently brought home from work, according to court papers.
nyti.ms
F.B.I. Arrests C.I.A. Official With $40 Million in Gold Bars in His Home
The only charge lodged against David Rush is that he inflated his academic credentials and obtained military leave pay worth tens of thousands of dollars.
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Dan Tehan trying to tell Australians that electricity prices have gone up under @australianlabor.bsky.social. That's a LIE. As can be seen (source below), prices are *down* from when his Coalition was in power #auspol very disingenuous politicking. Wish I was surprised www.aer.gov.au/industry/reg...
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
#auspol sign this open letter to @albomp.bsky.social asking for him to get a decent return on our resources greens.org.au/campaigns/ga...
greens.org.au
Gas Tax | The Australian Greens
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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I think people should be very, very careful when leaning ChatGPT or any bot for help navigating relationship issues or any other interpersonal conflict/crisis: futurism.com/chatgpt-marr... futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com
ChatGPT Is Blowing Up Marriages as Spouses Use AI to Attack Their Partners
Across the world, marriages are being destroyed as spouses use AI like OpenAI's ChatGPT to attack their partners.
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
so yeah, a little slow putting this one up #music www.mixcloud.com/sam_i_am/2024/
mixcloud.com
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 21/05/2026
Last year China sold more electric trucks than Australia’s entire existing diesel fleet.
fixthenews.com
339. Electric truck. African vaccines. American rivers. White-tailed eagles.
If it can’t happen there it probably can’t happen anywhere.
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Murray Watt assures us that the Great Barrier Reef is flourishing, but there've been six mass bleaching events since 2016, four of them global, supported by his party's pro-climate change resource extraction agenda #auspol a vote for @australianlabor.bsky.social is a vote for climate change
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Rich Haridy @richharidy.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The scale of the corruption is hard to fathom. Investing in weapons manufacturers while the US government increases defense spending? The lesson here is: commit one act of corruption and you're in trouble but commit 100s and the impact is so diffused no one cares anymore.
apnews.com
Trump discloses thousands of stock trades, some in companies directly influenced by his policies
Recent presidents have stayed away from trading stocks in companies whose fortunes they could lift or scuttle with the stroke of a pen.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 19/05/2026
Cybertruck owner believes advertising, drives into lake (!), is arrested? and they say the perfect news story doesn’t exist
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
theguardian.com
The American epoch of oil is collapsing. What comes next could be ugly | Jonathan Watts
China is dominating the energy transition with astonishing result, while fossil fuel fascists in the US try to turn back the clock
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/05/2026
Another for instance! Down in Queensland, Australia, fossil gas used to provide all the peak power. Then batteries start nibbling at it. Then chomping on it. And now they've basically eaten it all up. No more gas. Look at this graphic! Glorious. reneweconomy.com.au/big-batterie...
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Thank you to everyone who signed the petition 😆 www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Plans for Australia's first Trump Tower scrapped due to 'toxic' brand, developer says
The 91-storey luxury hotel on the Gold Coast in Queensland was meant to be Australia's tallest building.
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Love this #climate www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Trump and his oil-and-coal oligarchy should face sanctions for their war on the environment | Alexander Hurst
Europe punished Russian billionaires over the war in Ukraine. It should do the same to those abetting an ecocidal regime, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
“More than half (68 per cent) of the posts sampled were classified into dis- and misinformation-related anti-wind narratives” More bullshit making it hard to avoid climate change 🙄 www.euronews.com/2026/05/06/s...
euronews.com
Inside Europe’s struggle to set the record straight on wind power
Thousands of anti-wind social media posts have been analysed, as researchers warn that Europe’s energy security could be threatened.
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
here’s @australianlabor.bsky.social showing how proud they are to be causing climate change #auspol www.premier.vic.gov.au/more-gas-flo...
premier.vic.gov.au
More Gas To Flow Into Victoria
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 06/05/2026
"Imagine every human decision – personal, professional, political – tested against one simple question: “If we were in a capsule looping around the Moon, would this be a safe use of our shared life support?” climate scientist Chris Rapley asks.
theconversation.com
Why we need to treat Earth like a spaceship
Climate science is the anti-myth. Researchers have long noted that the human brain struggles with psychologically distant threats.
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Rich Haridy @richharidy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Everything you need to know about mass culture in 2026: A Michael Jackson biopic makes a billion dollars. Louis CK has a special on Netflix. Johnny Depp stars in a big budget Scrooge Christmas movie. Members of the US government make money by betting on when wars will start and stop.
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The biggest contributor to inflation in the year to March, other than automotive fuel, was the expiration of electricity rebates. State & Fed govts could easily reintroduce those, helping poorer households, who spend a larger share of income on energy, by more #auspol www.abs.gov.au/statistics/e...
abs.gov.au
Consumer Price Index, Australia, March 2026
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures household inflation and includes statistics about price change for categories of household expenditure.
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
But by all means, keep your Prime subscriptions & Amazon shopping habits
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Chris Bataille @chrisbataille.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
This @carbonbrief.org summary of the Santa Marta "coalition of the willing" summit is very good, but this was particularly striking, the first time I've seen such a clear commitment from a large fossil fuel producer, and a Global South one at that
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Chinese researchers have created a bamboo-based plastic as strong as petroleum-based plastics, which can fully biodegrade in soil in just 2 months phys.org/news/2025-10...
phys.org
Bamboo-based plastic can be made to biodegrade quickly, but still holds up in tough conditions
A new method to produce strong, biodegradable plastic from bamboo is reported in Nature Communications this week. The bioplastic resembles oil-based plastics in strength, shapability, and thermal stab...
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Pretty wild chart #energy www.carbonbrief.org/clean-energy...
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Wow, can’t believe this happened 😮🤦🏻‍♂️🙄 #auspol
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sam-dada.bsky.social @sam-dada.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Surely grandfathering the discount locks in the problem, because older generations already own the assets & so will still get the discount, whereas younger generations, who will be purchasing the assets in future, won’t 🤔 #auspol
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