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I see so much of the effort of the #climate movement is once again being effectively contained by the obsession with the global Climate COP approaching. Re-upping this piece I wrote last year (after threatening to write it for years), systematically detailing why I believe it's a waste of time.

All (climate) COPs Are B*stards

On the need to "Defund the COPs" The ACAB slogan has always jarred with me somewhat. I understand (and respect) it as a systemic critique, intended to reveal that it's impossible for any individual,...

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Ben Peake @reddishraven.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yeah, look, I think the state can do things that improve matters around the edges. There’s lots of examples of that. If we were in the 1990s and marginal improvements were useful, that’d be ok. And, tbh, that’s where I started. But that world is over. The state cannot do what is needed now.

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In which Tim fairly effectively argues that the COP is about as useful as a Climate League of Nations. To what effect we can actually do WITHOUT the coercive power of nation level state in driving action is a bit more of a question for me.

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I think it’s pretty obvious by now (to me, at least) that “the coercive power of nation states in driving climate action” isn’t a thing. The coercive power of nation states is entirely entwined with maintaining the extractive industries. To remove the latter, we must remove the former. I believe.

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today, the NSW Independent Planning Commission approved the largest coal project in the state's history, in a move Lock The Gate called "catastrophic system failure". That's the context in which @davidshoebridge.bsky.social takes on the leadership of the Australian Greens. Some thoughts here

The Greens change leaders amid catastrophic system failure

Shoebridge over troubled Waters? A huge earthquake in environmental politics happened in Australia today. And no, I don't mean the change in Greens leadership. Important as this event is - and I wi...

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I mean, this is it. I think the analysis of Israeli politics is silly, but the application onto Australia is silly cubed. Honestly couldn’t be bothered engaging with such inane nonsense.

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Sorry, but the idea that Israel became how it is because of minor parties is utter ahistoric and ignorant nonsense. The genesis (and I use that word advisedly) of its current crisis goes way back beyond that, and is baked into the political culture.

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I don't want to unnecessarily alarm you, but 2026 is now 3/4 through.

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The green light for the largest coalmine in NSW history is shocking proof that our governance systems are betraying Australians | Georgina Woods

“The approval of the HVO mine continuing is not just another climate failure among many. It is the failure that finally broke my faith in the capacity of public institutions to serve the public interest.” The brilliant George Woods www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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There is no greater treachery than this failure to face up to the climate crisis. How can we now fend off despair?

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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Analogy - study of one’s anus?

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“Nobody is coming to save us. Its up to us. We will have to cultivate new governing systems that are capable of making decisions that prioritise life. And we will have to put our bodies between the coal corporations and the planet as we do so." - @timhollo.bsky.social

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

George Woods summarises the context of NSW IPC's approval of HVO's coalmine extension (809 MtCO2e pollution) and the profound institutional failure it represents "our systems of government stand condemned. They have shown themselves to be incapable of dealing with the threat of climate change"

Excerpt from Tim Hollo's essay

"As my friend, Georgina Woods, the National Coordinator of Lock The Gate, wrote in sharing this news:

This was the first big mine expansion determined by the IPC since the creation of NSW's Climate Change Act three years ago and since the International Court of Justice advisory opinion about the obligation of states regarding climate change.

In the course of its deliberations the IPC heard from hundreds of people, many of them already directly harmed by climate change, and compelling evidence from experts on climate change, water, biodiversity and local air pollution. Over 4,000 objecting submissions were made. The approval comes despite overwhelming evidence that the project was not in the public interest and it was made under the best decision-making process of its kind in the country in a statutory framework that requires consideration of the public interest, intergenerational equity, downstream greenhouse gas emissions and the local impacts of climate change.

In our view, this decision is a turning point with much wider implications beyond the Hunter region and NSW. If this process, at this point in history, could not prevent the harm from this project, then our systems of government stand condemned. They have shown themselves to be incapable of dealing with the threat of climate change.

George declared this a "catastrophic failure" of the system."

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Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“This is a devastating decision. It's a decision that will quite literally kill people - we will be able to attribute a measurable proportion of the increased deaths & disasters & destruction of property from accelerating climate chaos to this decision.“ #FossilFuel induced #ClimateChange #Auspol

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But I think the real earthquake here is that a major Australian climate and environment
organisation has today very publicly called this a catastrophic failure of our institutions. And they set out systematically exactly why that is. The process was clear. The context was clear. Everything was set up for the decision to be made to protect life. But the decision was
made to protect profits instead, and screw life. In my view, it's been obvious for quite some time that Australia's governing institutions - our executive governments, our parliaments, our media, our "independent" planning bodies, our police - have absolutely no capacity to actually face up to the reality of the climate crisis. Coercive, extractive power closes ranks to protect and prolong itself. As that photo at the top demonstrates again, governments will use the police to protect profits
against people and the planet. Many of us have recognised this for a long time. Many have talked about it, mostly quietly,
behind closed doors.

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Paul B @paulbr4.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

'If this process, at this point in history, could not prevent the harm from this project, then our systems of government stand condemned. They have shown themselves to be incapable of dealing with the threat of climate change.' The largest ever coal project proposed in NSW

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Greens change leaders amid catastrophic system failure

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The Greens are founded on grassroots democracy – the leadership vote should be no exception

I strongly believe in grassroots membership election of the leader of a party that believes in grassroots democracy. I co-wrote this with @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social a few years ago. If Mehreen wins, she’ll be the first leader of the Greens to be on the record supporting it.

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Now is the time to champion participatory decision-making and rebuild the trust people have lost in democracy

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Yeah. With Luthen Rael tugging strings invisibly...

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I’m backing Cassian Andor and Leia Organa for co-leadership of the Australian Greens. They bring the right mix of insurgency and establishment to appeal to a large cross-section of voters across the galaxy at a moment like this. Plus, gender balance is crucial.

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LOL I am finding it very amusing that the next leader (or co-leader) is likely to be from the one state that locally refuses to endorse the very idea of a leader...

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Sending love to lovely @larissawaters.bsky.social for standing up with integrity when we needed her. And really wishing the Greens had direct member election of the leader. A contest over politics is what we need right now.

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If, for some reason, you are using this tech to do something for you, just - and I cannot stress this enough - don’t.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026

I read this story and can’t help think of the breathless coverage media has given these delusional fantasies about superintelligent AI killing humanity in ten years, when companies are releasing tools coaching mass shooters and helping people kill themselves. People need to wake the fuck up.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026

Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.

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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals

OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Yes, I generally agree. Liberal democracy is a mechanism to keep citizens compliant with a system which extracts from us constantly and gives us little if any agency.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?

Does the project involve any work that could be interpreted as promoting DEIA, climate change research, or non-compliant to any Presidential Executive Orders?

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In the light of Mark Carney again being LeaderOfTheFreeWorld TM at the UN, here's a piece I wrote early this year about his Davos speech declaring the old order dead... and proudly presenting the new order, same as the old. in-between-days.ghost.io/no-one-saw-t...

On the gothic absurdity of the geopolitical circus and the sovereignty salsa Far be it from me, who at primary school was forever "Tim Hollow Head", to make jokes about people's names... But Nick Ca...

No one saw the Carney go

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

They’ll also contribute to mass death and destruction. But investment returns are probably more important. Ahhh, Malcolm…

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The idea of proximity to coercive power is so utterly corrosive of basic brain function

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 21/09/2026

This year's El Niño event is moving into record territory, with the daily Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) tying the record previously set during the 2015/2016 super-El Niño. My latest over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A few weeks old and peripheral to Mann’s point, but… Well done to The Independent for illustrating #climatechange #heat with people sweltering on a bus, rather than picnicking in the park or playing on the beach

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So I had to wait for my daughter to tell me to find out there’s a new Phoebe Bridgers record?

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I think this is true. Same with ratcheting the screws on climate protesters, and suchlike. As long as we’re making noise but not a real threat, we can exist. The more we become a threat, the tighter the screws.

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ooh, I was there, too :-) A lovely show! Enjoyed the new songs, too.

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

One of the best of the best is gone and I’m home alone crying. It was always such a pleasure to talk and work with Tim Read. He was so thoughtful and wise and generous and gentle. He worked incredibly hard as a local MP, for the community and the planet. Deepest condolences to his family.

A slightly blurry crop of a group of people outside a community meeting. In the middle is me next to Tim Read.

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I keep hearing this idea that "I don't like AI, but maybe it can solve climate change" and I just... what? Surely there is nothing about "solving" climate change that needs more computing power or ideas. It's purely about the interaction of power structures and social realities. Can we not?

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Sadly, we barely had frost this winter…

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

You say nothing cool ever happens in Canberra, yet I went for a walk up the hill and saw two bearded dragons tussling in the leaves. This is cool. Also, yes, electrification is nice :-)

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

With the news that @zackpolanski.bsky.social is running for election to Westminster, I’m re-upping this piece I wrote at the beginning of the year. I genuinely hope he wins, but I hope even more that the @greenparty.org.uk has a plan to avoid capture and keep growing grassroots activism.

Zohran, Zack and the necessity - and limits - of left populism

💚 Zohran and Zack 💚 Is there a symbolism we can find in the fact that these two excitingly energetic, righteously angry, charmingly smiling outsiders shaking up global left politics both have names s...

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This was a really fun conversation - I got to really dig into where my thinking is at right now. Have a listen.

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This was a really fun conversation - I got to really dig into where my thinking is at right now. Have a listen.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/09/2026

Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right).

A crescent Moon seen during the day, arcing from upper left to lower right of the frame. At lower centre is the full disk of Jupiter; the small dots to its upper left and lower right and Io and Ganymede, respectively.

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"What started as a task to stop a mine has evolved into a quest for freedom for my clan with the now 5 year old Autonomous tribal clan estate of Waddananggu." Gurridyula (Coedie) MacAvoy This is one of the most exciting things going on on this continent in-between-days.ghost.io/no-permissio...

"No permission. Not a protest. We're just here."

On the transformative experience of being on country "What started as a task to stop a mine has evolved into a quest for freedom for my clan with the now 5 year old Autonomous tribal clan estate of W...

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026