I fear we might see a new alignment between a radical right death cult and a rural revivalist "simplicity" drive, which views collapse and a return to "organic" communities as a solution to decadent urbanism. A century ago this convergence led to a very bad place. www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...

The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People

The astonishing story of how a movement’s quest for rural simplicity drifted into a formula for mass death

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Electric Buses Point of no return - have gone from 12% to 56% of new city bus sales in Europe in just 6yrs Europe's 2035 target of 100% zero emission bus sales could be reached as early as 2028 Bravo Europe 🇪🇺!

1/ Myopic that in a world that's on FIRE or in FLOOD, with millions harmed, Ken Henry's focus is "meeting the net zero by 2050 target" & opining that "the only mechanism we've got for doing that is carbon offsets. And carbon offsets are under threat" from environmentalists & conservationists

Dangerous times for climate policy: Ken Henry - ABC listen

Former Secretary of the Treasury Department Ken Henry is addressing the Clean Energy Council's summit in Sydney today.

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Butterflies around the world are changing habitats - and experts say it’s ‘signalling a warning’

Butterflies around the world are changing habitats - and experts say it’s ‘signalling a warning’

New research shows early-warning species is on the move, expanding or contracting geographic range and changing altitude * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Butterflies, often considered a “sentinel of change”, are on the move across every continent they inhabit, shifting to survive as global heating reshapes their environment. About one in 10 species have already expanded or contracted their geographic range, or shifted in altitude, according to a global study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution. Continue reading...

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The ignominy and utter disgrace of war-profiteering fossil fuel corps laid out in a First Dog on the Moon cartoon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Yung En Chee@yungenchee.bsky.social · 19h ago

The blood-soaked WAR-PROFITEERING is actually even MORE obscene Aramco, BP, Chevron, ENI, Equinor, ExxonMobil, Shell & TotalEnergies made nearly $93 billion🤯 in the Apr-June quarter Off the back of war & heatwaves, drought, fires, & floods caused by entrenched fossil fuel use

"Vote Liberal, get Pauline" is going to go gangbusters in the Teal seats

If I could be granted one wish that would change the world for the better… Find a dog to adopt. That’s it. Simple as that. There are millions out there waiting ❤️

If you have the BOM calendar, you may have noticed that it features one of my photos for August. I was so chuffed! This was taken on a nasty hot day in March last year. Cavin & I went for a drive in the hills east of Wilmington & looked out to see these willy-willies (dust devils) on the plain.

The plight of Palestine has been the emotional heartbeat of the Arab imagination for decades. From Casablanca to Baghdad, millions have chanted slogans, waved flags and wept over the dispossession of their Palestinian brethren.

🚨 New from @dropsitenews.com: "For Your Eyes Only": Israel’s Mole Inside the UN Hacked emails show Yahav Lichner, a UN official, repeatedly supplied Israeli diplomats with confidential UN reports & private briefings. He now... Story by @mazmhussain.bsky.social www.dropsitenews.com/p/for-your-e...

In Perth today for the 7th Senate inquiry into intergenerational housing inequity. Heard overwhelming evidence of a housing catastrophe with house prices & rents rising multiple times faster than wages or inflation.

The wildfires in the Pacific NW are incredibly sad and devastating. We have to face the fact that a warming climate is unsustainable. As you can see, fires in the Pacific NW are getting much larger in recent decades. The largest fires (100K acres+) have increased by 10-15X since the 1980s. 1/

Most Australians have Israel fatigue. No stark warning or Royal Commission will change it. My latest piece: 'Greenblatt’s warning and the same old noise' #auspol open.substack.com/pub/joeljenk...

Greenblatt’s warning and the same old noise

Most Australians have Israel fatigue. No stark warning or Royal Commission will change it.

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Washington and Tokyo's rare coordinated intervention aims to avoid spillover to global financial system.

Why the Trump administration is helping support Japan's weakening yen

Washington and Tokyo's rare coordinated intervention aims to avoid spillover to global financial system.

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Remember fawning all over Donald Trump when in Oct 2025 he claimed he had secured a "ceasefire" in Gaza, @senatorwong.bsky.social? Thought you might like an update. You and @australianlabor.bsky.social are part of this evil and shall never, ever, be forgiven. #auspol #GazaHolocaust #GazaGenocide

Jenny Difficult-Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithPalestine🍉🍉@joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 24h ago

"the largest mass funeral in recorded history, and not a peep from mainstream western media" — susan abulhawa #GazaHolocaust #GazaGeocide

When the internet was first around it used to scream at us every time we tried to connect to it. We should have listened.

In case you’re wondering who’s really “begging for a deal”

ASRC MEDIA RELEASE: Don't let Labor follow One Nation on immigration. Albanese Gov reportedly considering restricting work rights and appeal rights of people seeking asylum even further. We need Labor to know we want compassion and leadership, not fear and more division. asrc.org.au/2026/08/05/l...

MEDIA RELEASE: Labor must not capitulate to Pauline Hanson’s politics of hate

Human rights, refugee and migrant organisations are warning the Albanese Government not to capitulate to Pauline Hanson’s politics of hate by stripping rights from people seeking asylum in an attempt ...

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Dude, if there’s one thing in the world Australia doesn’t require its advice from an American on how to run a society. #AusPol

'Get this right': Top US Jewish leader's stark warning for Australia

The leader of one of the world's most high-profile Jewish organisations says Australia faces a crucial test on how it tackles the rise of antisemitism.

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She's been working so hard for her first week with us to get healthy. And the first weigh in went super well. 7 lbs down and she is starting to feel herself again! A long way to go but she is off and running

“𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮 is deliberately used to confuse and mislead. In any honest judgement how could Hamas be a terrorist organisation but not the state-sponsored terrorism of the IDF? “As a result, genocide is normalised.” johnmenadue.com/post/2026/08...

Terrorism and the deliberate corruption of language and meaning

The word “terrorism” is applied selectively to enemies of the US and its allies, turning a legal and moral category into propaganda that obscures state violence and normalises genocide.

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House prices have been growing three times faster than wages since 1999. If first home buyers are going to get a chance, we need a temporary drop in house prices. We need a public developer to build and sell homes people can actually afford. www.afr.com/property/res...

Top-end property prices hit hardest as housing slump deepens

Sydney led a national housing market downturn, tumbling 1.4 per cent in July alone as premium properties took the brunt of the fall with a 1.8 per cent decline.

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Something that’s been lost in the NAPLAN reporting today: the equity gap in our school system is growing. First Nations kids, kids living in poverty, and those in regional, rural and remote communities are falling further behind. Most of them attend an underfunded public school.

A new Senate investigation says JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America processed massive sums tied to Jeffrey Epstein despite glaring red flags. Powerful institutions helped keep his operation running and every one of them must be held accountable. Follow the money, release everything.

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Truly startling - across swathes of England and Wales, dozens weather stations recorded ZERO rainfall in July, for the first time in their history www.newscientist.com/article/2583...

Parts of the UK endure first ever month without any rain | New Scientist

For the first time since records began, there was no rain at all for parts of southern England and Wales in July, in a “truly exceptional” month of heat and sunshine

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🚨🎥 “We could hear the cries and screams of the wounded from beneath the rubble. Some were still alive. But because we lacked equipment, we could not reach them.” At the mass funeral for 112 members of the Al-Hasayna & Abu Sharia families, Fares Affana, dir. of ambulance & emergency services for...

"Our common law tradition assumes coastlines are stable and coastal property boundaries can be fixed," Professor Smith said. "But as the effects of climate change become more dramatic, those assumptions no longer hold" www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

Engineer says 50 years of erosion research being ignored

A co-author of the first NSW Coastal Protection Act says 50 years of research is being undermined by courts allowing people to protect their own properties at select locations.

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Caught giving false evidence, David Ossip tries dodging questions as Commr Bell demands he answer on his claim the Oct9 Opera House protest was held “before” Israel's military response. Toomey SC reveals Gaza was being hit by IDF airstrikes on Oct7.🙄 Another exposed witness.💥

Another botched job wapo.st/4fYGqQW