Reposted by UpsweptYung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Not only will data centres steal our water, cannibalise renewable energy that could be used for decarbonising our economies, & provide a demand lifeline for planet-destroying fossil fuels, they will also comprehensively & eternally poison our air, land, & waters with PFAS 13218
Reposted by UpsweptTrump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The Interior Department, which oversees the National Park Service (NPS) has reportedly blocked more than 130 planned projects at national parks across the country, putting more than $25 million worth of funding on hold. TAT: [Attacking education | Hollowing state]thehill.com$25 million in national park project funds blocked by Trump administration: ReportThe Trump administration has reportedly blocked more than 130 planned projects at national parks across the country, putting more than $25 million worth of funding on hold. The Interior Department,… 1229
Reposted by UpsweptSANTA 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! 259117934316
Upswept @upswept.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I remember watching that episode. My grandparents, who both served in WWII, were very emotional. I'm so grateful I inherited their compassion. 010
Reposted by UpsweptVarsha Yajman @varshayajman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Another terrifying headline and now what? The Labor government approves another gas project? Another coal mine? Another gas project? The only way we can get back to 1.5 degrees is through immediate emissions cuts and removing carbon from the atmosphere - Australia has the resources to do this. 02610
Upswept @upswept.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Except, it IS game over for the thousands of people who have already died, and the many thousands (if not millions) more who'll die in the next few decades as a result of climate inaction. Even if we drastically cut back emissions tomorrow. Which industrial interests guarantee won't happen. 000
Upswept @upswept.bsky.social · 02/09/2026If I hadn't already lost my last shred of respect for Djokovic when he believed he was exempt from Australia's Covid entry requirements, I absolutely would have done when he met kids unmasked at a tennis event while waiting for the result of a Covid PCR test which came back later as positive. 000
Reposted by UpsweptKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 02/09/2026I am a scientist – and the answer is climate change. Yes, there is nuance. Yes, it could take a long time to identify the precise mechanisms. But there is no question why ice and snow-related disasters are on the rise. Our planet is warming at an unprecedented rate, and humans are responsible. 392326824
Upswept @upswept.bsky.social · 02/09/2026At least someone noticed. AI seems to infect people like Covid. Or maybe toxoplasmosis. It's alarming how many people accept it without questioning the harm it causes. 000
Upswept @upswept.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Filing this one away under 'great responses to anti-trans, manosphere and toxic Christianity cult members'. Such a multi-purpose fact! 120
Reposted by UpsweptAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Dehumanization is one of the oldest political tactics there is. When people are portrayed as something other than human, it becomes easier to convince the public to accept policies that would be far harder to justify if people saw immigrants as neighbors, coworkers, parents, and children. 849791
Reposted by UpsweptHumanists UK @humanists.uk · 27/07/2026Bill Oddie has died aged 85. We'll certainly be thinking of this quote today. #Humanist #Nature #Birdwatching #Humanists #HumanistsUK #BillOddie 5538165
Upswept @upswept.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Bill Oddie was always my favourite Goodie, and inspired me to buy my first pair of binoculars and take up birding. May be rest in peace, but for the delightful sound of (not too early) morning bird song. 000
Reposted by UpsweptDr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP @davidjoffe64.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Hold my beer, Australia says‼️ Maaaate..... We are cutting health and science, crushing our disability safety net whilst shrinking our economy and crushing higher education with deep cuts and unaffordable student debt But we give away our gas and oil... No longer the "Lucky Country" 43413
Reposted by UpsweptMsPraxis @mspraxis.bsky.social · 27/07/2026For those who understand how testing works, if you did not receive the #NationalAlert go to this site and let them know. 94% of mobile towers received it which is excellent, now they need to know individual receipt numbers and issues. #WorkTogether. www.ausalert.gov.au/feedbackausalert.gov.au 105744
Reposted by UpsweptHarriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Fun fact: contrary to intuition, comet tails point away from the sun (rather than trailing behind the comet), aligning with solar winds ☀️🌬️ ☄️ esa.int/ESA_Multimed... starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChi... Image: lasp.colorado.edu/outerplanets... 122
Upswept @upswept.bsky.social · 21/07/2026We CAN'T solve this crisis. It's too late. David Suzuki is right. The best we can do is try to limit the scale of the catastrophe, but 40 years of screaming for meaningful action on climate change has shown that the political will isn't there. Our governments serve industrial, not public interests. 010
Reposted by UpsweptYung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 21/07/2026As people all over the world suffer fossil-fueled deadly heatwaves, raging wildfires, smoke-filled skies, extreme rainfall, devastating floods & landslides, the Victorian Liberals & Nationals want to THROW OPEN THE DOOR TO NEW GAS EXPLORATION🤯 www.jesswilsonkew.com.au/media-releas... 21813
Reposted by UpsweptMongabay @mongabay.com · 21/07/2026[Commentary] True conservation requires a partnership between science and traditional knowledge. Charudutt Mishra, director of the Snow Leopard Trust, highlights how Indigenous communities co-producing research has transformed regional conservation and created thriving winter economies.mongabay.ccScientific & traditional knowledge are key for effective & community-centered conservation (commentary)A group of women often climbs steep cliffs to set up camera traps for snow leopards around Kibber in Spiti Valley, India. The senior women know the landscape intimately, like what areas the animals… 1267
Upswept @upswept.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Bushfires are the reason why I already had an air purifier and an FFP2 mask when Covid-19 hit. Now I have half a dozen purifiers (for both home and travel) and elastomeric respirators with replaceable N99 filters. 010
Upswept @upswept.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Except in the US National Park Service, where the rangers and ecologists, etc. were among the first to speak out, and haven't stopped. People working in conservation (and adjacent professions) have to fight everyday to protect things. 000
Upswept @upswept.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Another colleague has gone down with Covid 😒. A fellow union delegate, who's been leading rallies in Melbourne CBD. I feel entirely justified in keeping my mask on despite being outside. So many people aren't even testing anymore "It's just a cold". God help us if bird flu jumps to humans. 020
Reposted by UpsweptNatacha @natacha.bsky.social · 21/07/2026PSA on the Victoria Line tube in London. Phillipson and every other GC weirdo needs to take note. 65111013395
Reposted by UpsweptOmnigeek @omnigeek.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Terry Pratchett always had an appropriate quote. This one is from Night Watch. "it wasn’t that you had the wrong kind of government, which was obvious, but that you had the wrong kind of people. As soon as you saw people as things to be measured, they didn’t measure up." 032
Reposted by UpsweptLilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 17/07/2026El Nino is coming. www.theguardian.com/environment/... 065
Reposted by UpsweptLyndallTerrier @lyndallterrier.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Just putting this here F.Y.I. NZ "swamp harrier hawk, known locally as a kahu" infected - a species known to hunt live prey and opportunistically scavenge... :-( bsky.app/profile/jhau... 064
Reposted by UpsweptJohnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I want people to understand the full impact of the devastation that First Nations in Canada are facing. It's NOT just that people and wildlife are losing their homes...it's the history that is being lost for generations to come. 3845112172
Reposted by UpsweptChef Kennedy🐸🏳️🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 17/07/2026ass out flower ate this is how i like pollinate 5982532270
Reposted by UpsweptMichael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Canada announced a deal to acquire up to 12 *new* attack submarines from German shipbuilder TKMS in partnership with Norway. The deal will replace Canada's aging Victoria-class fleet, representing a significant geopolitical pivot toward Europe & NATO … for a tiny fraction of #AUKUS cost. #auspol . 01610
Upswept @upswept.bsky.social · 17/07/2026This does not apply to experimenting with water and electricity as I discovered to the detriment of myself and my sister at the age of 4 and 2 respectively. Our mother certainly did not think that carefully picking shards of lightbulb glass out of us for an hour was time well spent. 000
Upswept @upswept.bsky.social · 17/07/2026For a long time, I mistakenly thought that lichen was a kingdom of its own. It was only relatively recently I learned that it's classed as fungi. 010
Reposted by UpsweptPetter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 07/07/2026‘Polarization’ has become the master concept for diagnosing our current democratic crisis. But this is not polarization. It is the radicalization of the political right. By misdiagnosing it, we risk becoming complicit in the crisis. 🧵 Just out in Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153... 4834451428
Reposted by UpsweptThe Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 08/07/2026Animals that feed on infected carcasses could be accelerating the spread of the H5N1 strain.theconversation.comScavenger animals are the missing link in Australia’s bird flu response. Three experts explain 035
Reposted by UpsweptKatherine Copsey @katcopseygreens.bsky.social · 08/07/2026There are already 21 Very Hungry Data Centres proposed in our communities and the government doesn’t even know the full extent of the risks. 🧵 (2/4) 16114
Upswept @upswept.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Dreading what's going to happen as this takes off 🫣🥹. I'm going to have to evict the doves that nest 30cm from my back door and crap over everything. 000
Reposted by UpsweptKatherine Copsey @katcopseygreens.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Gather round for the story of the Very Hungry Data Centre... 🧵 (1/4) #datacentre #ai 3174101
Reposted by UpsweptYung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 08/07/2026HEY VICTORIANS, GET ON BOARD THE DATA CENTRE MORATORIUM‼️ 01713
Reposted by UpsweptJosh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Me on the Telstra outage today. I have covered so many in my time as a reporter and it's always hunting to figure out which exact single point of failure is responsible this time. www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comThe Telstra outage is a stark reminder of the widespread effects of single system failuresThe network disruption – which brought trains, traffic lights and Eftpos payments to a halt – raises questions about the resilience of services 55117
Upswept @upswept.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Every so often I see a job back in Blighty that makes me wonder if I should leave Australia and go back to the UK. Usually when it's winter here and summer there. And I do love the South Downs. But, even if my career here has hit a dead end, Australia has so much more to offer in other ways. 010
Reposted by UpsweptLAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 07/07/2026On June 21, 2026, the average global sea surface temperature peaked at an astounding 21°C (70°F). According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, this sudden spike completely eclipses the previous record highs set in 2023 and 2024. 8324214
Upswept @upswept.bsky.social · 08/07/2026I was planning to join a rally in Melbourne today to support park rangers demands for better pay, but Telstra and VLine had other plans. Apparently there was good support from Friends of the Earth, the VNPA, and other NGOs and unions, so that was good. 020
Upswept @upswept.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Did you know that park rangers in Victoria are the lowest paid in Australia? The starting salary is not much over minimum wage!!! Or that all parks staff are paid less than other state government employees? I didn't until recently. Please support the parkies www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/fa...megaphone.org.auFair Pay for Parks VicAfter a year of negotiating in good faith, union members at Parks Victoria are taking action. They have repeatedly asked to be treated the same as any other public sector workers - but management aren... 000
Upswept @upswept.bsky.social · 15/06/2026That's the question I should have posted in the chat of today's all staff gaslight- sorry - I mean MEETing! I settled for asking if any of our esteemed leaders genuinely think they could live on the wages of our two lowest grades instead. They did not respond. 000
Upswept @upswept.bsky.social · 15/06/2026I worked closely with Muslim students, refugees and community workers in the UK thirty years ago. Every single Muslim woman I knew had experienced genuinely frighteningly behaviour at least once and regular hostility. I've seen it in Australia too. Women who wear hijab etc. are sadly easy targets 😡 010
Reposted by UpsweptSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Key findings include - Half of Muslims surveyed experienced prejudice last year (a third did so online) - 6 out of 10 people support action to tackle anti-Muslim hostility - 1 in 6 people hold sweepingly hostile attitudes towards Muslims, while a third have negative views bsky.app/profile/brit... 1137
Upswept @upswept.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Very timely. I attacked the mould starting to grow in my bathroom last weekend. I might do a wipe down with washing up liquid next before using a UV disinfection lamp. Or maybe the other way around. The UV lamp proved very effective last year. 031
Reposted by UpsweptRex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 05/06/2026#AUKUS is a textbook example of the sunk cost FALLACY - a cognitive bias that sees people continue to pursue a project when it no longer makes sense, simply because they’ve already invested significant time, money and effort into it. #OnlyYOURMoney #auspolthesaturdaypaper.com.auCould Australia still ditch AUKUS?ANALYSIS: As the US downgrades the nuclear submarines deal to second-hand vessels, Australia’s options to back out have narrowed to one possible shift in domestic politics. 98834