More than 1,000 birds found dead in three mass mortality events amid ‘significant’ H5 escalation in Australia

More than 1,000 birds found dead in three mass mortality events amid ‘significant’ H5 escalation in Australia

South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas says there have still been no detections in poultry or livestock and no mass deaths involving mammals South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas has declared a “significant escalation” in H5 bird flu in the state after the detection of three mass mortality events involving more than 1,000 greater crested terns. Malinauskas said the cause of the deaths was presumed to be H5 bird flu. Continue reading...

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On BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze tonight: “Slavery - Right or Wrong?” Some people say it’s morally wrong. On the other hand, it makes a tonne of money. On the panel: Edward Colston, King Leopold II, Tommy Robinson and Matt Goodwin. Join us as we discuss one of the great moral dilemmas of the day.

Xenophobia writ large “I would be terrified having 1,200 predominantly men from God knows where living two [kilometres] from my house,” Bowman told the meeting. “They are not locked in.” reneweconomy.com.au/they-are-not...

Back when i was editor of @lonrec.bsky.social the BBC asked me during an interview if i thought the Elizabeth line would be Sadiq Khan's big legacy for London. i said: "no. it's ULEZ expansion." they looked at me like i had three heads. Every year though there's more and more proof I was right.

Caroline Russell@carolinerussell.bsky.social · yesterday

ULEZ was never a crack down on people driving, always a push for better respiratory health. 🚗 💨 “Examinations of London schoolchildren before and after the introduction of the city’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) found a restoration of lung capacity […] stunted by exposure to pollution”.

Global mean sea surface temperature anomalies (departure from average) so far this year ➡️ 2nd highest on record 🌊 Data from ERSSTv6 averaged over January to July.

As the government passes cuts to the life-changing and life-saving disability services that your friends and family rely on, please know that the same government is also giving a half billion dollar fossil fuel subsidy to an already vastly profitable mining company that did nothing to deserve it.

Tim Baxter@timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 2d ago

Luckily, this year we will give half a billion dollars to a company that has booked $10b in profit. I can't think of anything else that we could have done with that money.

BHP reported an after-tax profit of US$9.83 billion (A$13.8 billion) – a 9% increase on the previous year – while at the same time pocketing around A$548 million in fossil fuel subsidies under the Fuel Tax Credit (FTC) Scheme. climateintegrity.org.au/latest/bhp-b...

BHP banks surging profits while receiving over half a billion dollars in diesel rebates — Climate Integrity

Mining giant BHP has reported an after-tax profit of US$9.83 billion – a 9% increase on the previous year – while at the same time pocketing around $548 million in rebates under the Fuel Tax Credit (F...

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The NZ Justice minister makes it pretty clear they were acting in the interests of business. www.beehive.govt.nz/release/gove...

Anyway, good luck to the ANU's new Chancellor, former public service commissioner Gordon de Brouwer, who tried to argue before parliament in December that writing down the 'genuine' advice to govt on a yellow sticky note to be thrown away wasn't illegal.

Pretty cooked climate law developments in New Zealand. The NZ parliament has passed legislation preventing courts from making findings of climate liabilities under tort law. www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...

Legislation to end climate lawsuits against companies passes third reading in Parliament

Legislation that would stop a climate activist's lawsuit against New Zealand's biggest emitters has passed its third reading in Parliament.

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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

Cory Doctorow Explains Why CEOs Bank On AI To Replace All Workers | @doctorow.pluralistic.net: youtu.be/ZsmzqY_bHWQ

Fortescue’s mission to produce “green metal” with Pilbara ore hits a significant milestone, with first production of molten metal using electric smelting at its Christmas Creek hub https://ow.ly/NKYE50ZBafv

Fortescue achieves "first hot metal" using electric smelting, as it seeks to solve Pilbara green iron puzzle

Fortescue's mission to produce "green metal" with Pilbara ore hits a significant milestone, with first production of molten metal using electric smelting at its Christmas Creek hub.

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What is market response? Iran war is driving investors into renewable energy stocks at the fastest pace in 5 years, per FT. Why? Investors see the demand order books of electrotech companies soaring in geopolitical crisis as countries and consumers push for energy security. bsky.app/profile/70sb...

Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Points we make in this essay: Why exactly is this shock different What are policy & mkt response China and electrotech order All energy transitions are driven by geopolitical energy shocks Hyperagency of Consumers who want solar,EV,battery Counterarguments-Oil will win!Coal will entrench!- don't fly

white male who drove 80km/hr in his large Ute with bullbar at two Aboriginal children given bail. Content warning💔 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

Family breaks silence after man accused of running over kids gets bail

The family of an Aboriginal boy who was run over by a ute in Mildura's town centre has spoken for the first time after the incident, calling on politicians to re-examine bail laws.

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“The manosphere routinely sells a model of hyper-masculinity that capitalizes on young men's insecurities. Many of the terms we now hear — looksmaxxing and mogging — are traditionally from the incel community and used by them to reinforce misogynistic beliefs.” An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social

Treat incels as the violent extremists they are

Misogynistic incel subculture — elements of which have become disturbingly mainstream — is a serious public safety threat.

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If a group or category you’re talking about is whiter than the country at large (59% +), then you should get used to using the word “white” to describe them. Any group where non-Hispanic whites make up a plurality is “diverse.” I promise adding “white” to things will help clarify your life.

No need for safety substack.com/@claudemytho...

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OpenAI just disbanded its third safety team in two years, this time the one specifically responsible for catastrophic risks. The Preparedness team, created in October 2023 to assess existential threa...

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"China’s auto factories are building so many cars the global shipping industry can’t keep up Some automakers are so desperate to get vehicles to Europe, Australia & Latin America they're squeezing them in containers more commonly used to ship furniture, clothes and electronics" @katemac.bsky.social

There Aren’t Enough Ships to Handle China’s Booming Car Exports

As demand slumps at home, Chinese cars are flooding other markets—and testing the shipping industry.

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‘It’s been very tough’: hope of progress in gruelling battle against south Wales wildfire “It burns very deep, the peat…You think you’ve got a handle on it but it’s burning underground and it just pops up again somewhere else” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

‘It’s been very tough’: hope of progress in gruelling battle against south Wales wildfire

Efforts of emergency services and military in Blaenavon appear to be working but there are fears for the future

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Louise Adler sits down in a wide-ranging interview that covers the Holocaust, Zionism, the Royal Commission and her time as Edward Said's teaching assistant www.deepcutnews.com/p/louise-adl...

Louise Adler - the Royal Commission is a propaganda project to silence critics of Israel

The former Adelaide Writers' Week director sits down in a wide-ranging interview that covers the Holocaust, Zionism, the Royal Commission and her time as Edward Said's teaching assistant

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A temperature above 37°C has only been recorded on nine days in the UK since records began – three of those occasions have now been in 2026, including today. Reading University has recorded its warmest August day on record (since 1908), and second warmest day overall.

As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity?

As Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carports

Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations

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Holy shit! While I complain about 37C of #climate induced heat at my desk in the Netherlands, in #SouthKorea potatos “boil“ under ground 😳 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Potatoes ‘boil’ in the ground as record heatwave sweeps across swathes of Asia

South Korean farmers are suffering in record heat, as Hong Kong reports its highest ever temperature and Japan swelters through newly designated ‘cruelly hot’ days

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“A new study finds that climate change has already cut incomes in the US by around 12% since 2000. The figure is a significant increase on previous estimates & a signal that the costs of global warming are not just future projections, but a present-day reality.” www.sciencefocus.com/news/climate...

Climate change has now shrunk US salaries by 12%. And worse is to come | BBC Science Focus Magazine

No matter where you live, a new study has found warmer temperatures are picking your pocket

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Health and safety failure INPEX reaps $1.5b half-year profit from Ichthys LNG after it spilled oil into Darwin Harbour, exposed offshore workers to dangerous mercury, and was prosecuted for under-reporting toxic emissions by more than 100-fold.

Health and safety failure INPEX reaps $1.5b half-year profit from Ichthys LNG

INPEX has spilled oil into Darwin Harbour, exposed offshore workers to dangerous mercury, and been prosecuted for under-reporting toxic emissions by more than 100-fold, all in the past 12 months.

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A new executive order injects disproven claims into the process by which doctors and nurses advise parents and, if followed, will result in more illness, hospitalizations, and deaths of American children.

Yes, that's where I'm going here. So many ways that climate change will hammer humanity were simply not imagined until they occurred.

You can't predict the turns this sentence takes. Extreme heat is threatening Italy’s “cheese banks,” where hundreds of thousands of Parmigiano-Reggiano wheels are stored as loan collateral. fortune.com/2026/08/10/i...

Italy's $4.7 billion cheese economy is feeling the heat as climate change threatens its cheese banks that hold Parmigiano wheels as loan collateral | Fortune

Extreme heat is straining the vaults that hold Parmigiano wheels as loan collateral, and economists say the damage runs wider than the vault

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I looked it up, and there are a whole bunch of historic examples of people being executed for doing things like this. Mostly by hanging or marooning, but also keelhauling and even gibbeting!

Zuckerberg faces questions over why superyacht reportedly declined to help stranded boat

Small cruise ship rescued skiff in south-east Alaska even though Meta billionaire’s $300m megayacht was closer

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