Ian Mannix @sedvitae.bsky.social · 2hwww.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧪theguardian.comWorld’s largest penguin colony suffers ‘enormous population crash’Chinstrap penguins on Zavodovski Island in Antarctica down by two-thirds since 2011, probably due to climate crisis 0115
Reposted by Ian MannixZeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 06/10/2026This year's El Niño continues its climb into uncharted waters; Niño3.4 region anomalies are now at a 3.4C above normal (how fitting!), higher than any prior El Niño event on record. September monthly Niño3.4 anomalies also set a record at 2.9C (beating 2015 and 1877's 2.75C). 819387
Reposted by Ian MannixXenta @xenta.bsky.social · 22hTelegram channels report dozens of different types of ballistic missiles fired from multiple directions Kyiv and other cities are under attack 53115
Reposted by Ian MannixXenta @xenta.bsky.social · 22hCruise missiles, Kalibr, have been launched from the Black Sea They are expected to enter our airspace within 45 min 32910
Ian Mannix @sedvitae.bsky.social · 22hSo Victoria spends billions in a car race for 30 years to promote the place and still no-one knows about it! #auspol www.theage.com.au/national/vic...theage.com.auAustralia sells itself as ‘a reef, a rock and a harbour’. Melbourne wants to be its new faceVictoria boasts about being home to Australia’s sports and arts capital. We explore what it needs to do to retain this status and attract more international visitors. 011
Ian Mannix @sedvitae.bsky.social · 02/10/2026www.navylookout.com/mounting-con...navylookout.comMounting concern in Australia over UK ability to deliver SSN-AUKUS - Navy LookoutIn this guest article, Rear Admiral Peter Briggs, RAN (Rtd), articulates the worries held by some amongst the defence establishment in Australia about the promises the UK has made on submarine deliver... 321
Ian Mannix @sedvitae.bsky.social · 01/10/2026www.abc.net.au/news/science... 🧪abc.net.auAre we in the Anthropocene Epoch? Scientists can't decideWhile the Anthropocene is a term most of us are well aware of, it is not an official geological epoch. Now a group of scientists has reignited the push to get it formally recognised. 295
Reposted by Ian MannixEtte Media @ettemedia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Ette Media, in partnership with mathematician and data analyst Dr Richard Bean, reviewed and analysed 42 interviews from ABC's 7.30 programme between mid-2022, when Sarah Ferguson began her stint as host, until the end of August 2026. We've made this article free to access. Read the deep dive below:ettemedia.comWar of words: How ABC 7.30’s interview approach differs widely by conflictAn exclusive data analysis of interviews conducted on ABC’s 7.30 — and what they tell us about the broadcaster's bias. 49847
Reposted by Ian MannixThe Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 01/10/2026The story of industrial-scale conman Sanjeev Gupta is one that needs a teller with a nose for bullshit. Someone who can render its strange characters and trace its complex financial transactions. In Paul Barry, it has found it. trib.al/a78FU0Vtrib.alThe Big StealThe Saturday Paper is a quality weekly newspaper, dedicated to narrative long-form journalism. 066
Ian Mannix @sedvitae.bsky.social · 01/10/2026connectsci.au/news/news-pa... 🧪connectsci.auHas global warming accelerated where you live?While it’s too early to detect whether there has been a recent surge in the overall rate of global warming from the Earth’s average surface temperature, new research shows that accelerations and shift... 111
Ian Mannix @sedvitae.bsky.social · 01/10/2026connectsci.au/news/news-pa... 🧪connectsci.auThe second named Cretaceous bird ever discovered in AustraliaThe fossilised bones of a new bird species have been discovered in the Australian state Queensland.They were excavated from the Toolebuc Formation, a deposit which formed in a shallow 50–200m deep inl... 061
Ian Mannix @sedvitae.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Exporters would welcome a lower Ausdollar. It might increase employment (heaven forbid) and grow the economy off its 2% annual growth. Yes, it would increase import costs, but we don’t need more EVs and TVs. But Data centres need imported computers, and they’ve captured govt imagination now. #auspol 012
Reposted by Ian MannixIan Graves @xskinn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026On Australian Story tonight at 8pm tonight is the first part on the life of Chrissy Amphlett. Ian 2103
Reposted by Ian MannixMatt Baldwin @thisbrokenwheel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026By Any Other Name. Veale Park/Walyu Yarta, Adelaide, #Australia 🇦🇺 The last photo I took before I packed up my camera for the journey home. #birds 🦅🪶 0113
Reposted by Ian MannixDr Jan Eldridge @astro-jje.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Very proud of the amazing Dr @ordinarystarman.com who has now graduated and can get "Dr" on all her bank cards. Also not everyday you hear someone you work with on the radio because they're the first Samoan PhD in astrophysics from UoA: www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific...rnz.co.nzFirst Samoan astrophysicist encourages Pasifika students to reach for the starsThe first Samoan person to graduate with a PhD in physics at the University of Auckland has encouraged Pasifika students to remember that they belong and can succeed in academia. 222745
Reposted by Ian Mannix6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · 28/09/2026#BREAKING 🚨 Larissa Waters will resign as Greens leader due to ill health, saying she is managing a "pre-existing kidney disease that has declined significantly", although "prognosis for recovery is positive" Waters says she will remain as a Senator for Queensland 1115349
Ian Mannix @sedvitae.bsky.social · 21/09/2026www.indailysa.com.au/news/opinion...indailysa.com.auLibs new anti-vax SA president disappears into thin air - News | InDaily, Inside South AustraliaAfter winning the SA Liberal party's presidency, Alex Antic who says bird flu is a conspiracy of big pharma, disappears, Mike Smithson says. 011
Ian Mannix @sedvitae.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Unbelievable. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.au 011
Reposted by Ian MannixNOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 07/09/2026Russian Tu-160 bombers have taken off earlier and are now continuing west from Ukrainka airfield. No mass launches of jet-powered UAVs or Tu-95MS sorties have been recorded so far. Kh-101 launches are expected later, while the timing of ballistic missile launches cannot be predicted. #Ukraine 320155
Ian Mannix @sedvitae.bsky.social · 07/09/2026He’s off the radio and only doing digital now. He employs his own team who should not be surprised when he is inappropriate or criticises them…it’s what he does, his listeners love it, and there’s no show without it. 030
Ian Mannix @sedvitae.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Is this the most egregious PR for a casino of all time? And the bloody @Salvos are complicit. Sure, destroy people’s lives through gambling, but the Salvos want your donations! In today’s Age. 084
Ian Mannix @sedvitae.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The @Albomp govt should not introduce higher healthcare costs without promising the money will go to healthcare. I am able to pay, many cant, and i hope the Independents can force a change of policy. #Auspol 0103
Ian Mannix @sedvitae.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Congratulations Liam and William. Science journalism changes lives. #Eureka #sciencejournalism 041
Ian Mannix @sedvitae.bsky.social · 02/09/2026As i was saying… www.theguardian.com/business/gro...theguardian.comAustralia’s economy limps along, but the RBA should take a closer look before raising interest rates again | Greg JerichoThe story of the economy at the moment is one of give and take – and what’s good for investment is ‘bad’ for trade 062
Ian Mannix @sedvitae.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Do we have an issue: readmissions after discharge for heart attack patients and other things which block beds. From Aust #Health Journal. CSIRO @croakeynews.bsky.social 043
Reposted by Ian MannixAbbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This is what living next door to a 30 megawatt data center sounds like. 61372984264
Reposted by Ian MannixJeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 02/09/2026‼️ Breaking: 1000-YR Rainfall ‼️ This time from former Tropical Storm #Edouard which has dropped nearly 30 inches in Texas and it’s still raining hard! FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for #Hardin and #Tyler Counties in #Texas. Stay off flooded roads. #flood 16222103
Ian Mannix @sedvitae.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Bloody over it by day’s end as yet another media outlet declares “rate rise looms as economy grows faster than expected.” Its 2.1%. It’s falling. It’s anaemic. It’s propped up by migration. No need to lift interest rates, but sure, let’s accept the RBA as the gurus, #Auspol 161
Ian Mannix @sedvitae.bsky.social · 02/09/2026@fionaparker1.bsky.social hey mate you ever come across this lot or is this promotional Ai slop? Says they are from The Wimmera. The ads are in most media today. www.nuvaneo.com/report-woode...nuvaneo.comAdvertorial wooden cutting boardAdvertorial wooden cutting board 100
Reposted by Ian MannixWendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The absolute gall of it... when our PM is in Palau, mouthing useless platitudes about global warming. 2323591
Reposted by Ian MannixDr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 02/09/2026In honor of the new UN climate report, which spreads the entirely unsubstantiated myth that we can remove and sequester enough carbon from the atmosphere to cool the whole planet down again, here’s a paper that looks empirically at one component of this myth. And it’s not pretty. #EndFossilFuels 821698
Reposted by Ian MannixThe Press @thepress.co.nz · 02/09/2026In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the UN acknowledges that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms.dlvr.itGlobal warming will exceed limit, UN says in report that maps path below danger zoneIn a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the UN acknowledges that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. 035
Reposted by Ian MannixSANTA CLAUS @santaclausalaska.bsky.social · 02/09/2026FUN 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! 259117974318
Reposted by Ian MannixAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Dr Stefanie Hammond - Rural Generalist (FACRRM) based in southwest Victoria - talks about the impact of the NDIS cuts on patients she’s now seeing in her clinic 24823
Ian Mannix @sedvitae.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Govts of all sorts for many years have been overseeing the long term reduction in rate of growth of Australia’s gdp…and our wages keep falling…but we keep electing them. Try community independent for change? #Auspol 040
Ian Mannix @sedvitae.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Melbourne’s very expensive Scotch College principal defends (in The Age) anti-abortion lecture to his boys. Stand by as Nazis, terrorists, mysogonists, ethnic cleansers ask for the right to be part of “different perspectives.” #Auspol 151
Ian Mannix @sedvitae.bsky.social · 02/09/2026So maybe you can’t do a lot about climate change, but your vote counts in 2 ways. Keeps MPs on their toes, and help bring some mitigation strategies to your electorate: rock walls, water use reduction, better creek and river maintenance, less outfall into oceans, more levees, more fire fighters. 0107
Reposted by Ian MannixMichael Mazengarb @michaelmazengarb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026In case you're wondering what Australia's resources minister Madeleine King (left, in the fossil fuel company branded helmet) was up to yesterday, she was literally turning the tap on new fracked gas supply from the Beetaloo Basin. 914889
Ian Mannix @sedvitae.bsky.social · 02/09/2026My media spidey senses are buzzing over this content...which is on Fairfax and other news websites. At a guess I'd say none of it is true, and its made up AI slop. Happy to be corrected if some a rural bloke in the wimmera is really behind it. #auspol www.nuvaneo.com/report-woode...nuvaneo.comAdvertorial wooden cutting boardAdvertorial wooden cutting board 010
Reposted by Ian MannixDr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Starlink is trying to block its geostationary competitors. We should be monitoring this very closely. 🧪 🔭satnews.comSpaceX Petitions FCC to Block Viasat Satellite Authorization Over Starlink Interference Concerns – SatNews 612271
Reposted by Ian MannixHorrificallie @grissallia.bsky.social · 02/09/202622yo currently looking for extra work, and one of their friends mentioned he could ask his boss (fast food franchisee in a shopping mall). 22yo received this reply; it’s only a single data point, but we might have a bigger problem than we realised. 473
Ian Mannix @sedvitae.bsky.social · 02/09/2026If the RBA and Govt cant grow the economy faster than this anaemic rate, they both should retire gracefully. Fancy thinking rate rises are needed when growth is constrained AND falling. #Auspol 042
Reposted by Ian MannixStephen Mitchell @utterstevie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I never had a high opinion of Albo but turning into a scomo clone is still kinda surprising. #auspol 063
Reposted by Ian Mannixcoupdegraz7.bsky.social @coupdegraz7.bsky.social · 01/09/2026#auspol #AUKUS #PublicInquiry 012