Gekko
@gekko.bsky.social
Now is the time to be disruptive - to be silent is to be complicit! ✊ Engage with me on issues in climate change, politics, technology and global affairs Melbourne/Narrm, Australia
Some GOOD news from America!! AI helping spot wild fires before they become out of control - and that capability should reduce huge fire disasters www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
How satellites and AI cameras are detecting wildfires before they get out of control
This year is becoming one of the worst for U.S. wildfires in at least a decade. There have been more fires and more acreage burned at this point in the year compared to any in the last ten. With fire ...
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Clearly governments do not care about transitioning to renewables - Australia still subsidises fossil fuel corporations and is complicit in war in the Middle East We'll likely learn more about the consequences this summer as El Niño creates havoc this coming summer
As the LNP IPA glue themselves to a nuclear power policy d was pure losing at the last election, Europe is closing their nuclear power plants due to an inability to cool them during heatwaves THAT’S how blind the LNP IPA is to reality as they dig in behind ideology - never solutions
Earth is now warming faster than at any point in recorded geological history - around 10 times faster than the extreme warming event 56 million years ago and 20 times faster than at the end of the last ice age. We are almost certainly in a new extinction event.
The FantaFührer yanked everyone's chain yet again The oil price fell, the complacent and complicit let out a sigh and Iran tightened its grip in the Middle East with the Hormuz Strait, the Bab al-Mandeb Strait and the Suez Canal all within easy reach, like a tap American credibility is ZERO
Crikey You won't read this in mainstream media - only in Australia's independent media He represents the decay and collapse of our body politic and mainstream parties full of ideology, hate and bearing no solutions Labor, the LNP IPA and One Nation Vote for solutions and community representation
See how the hard right operates, internationally? There's a playbook they literally share, with people like Abbott - couriers, scurrying around spreading the hate of "others". First in the UK with Farage then in Hungary Here, One Nation with it's sweaty ex-military lieutenants romancing your vote
Japanese scientists created a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours—no microplastics left behind. Made from plant-based CMC with salt-sensitive bonds, it breaks into harmless nutrients. [📹 RIKEN CEMS / Univ. of Tokyo] Original post
Environmentalist and author Tim Flannery exposed how carbon offsets are being used to excuse fossil fuel expansion in Australia's Biggest Book Club! Watch the full video here! ⤵️ youtu.be/BCVAWn5ZGMw
I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.
Climate catastrophe A dire report on climate warming which has accelerated in recent years It raises the challenge to similarly urgently, accelerate our transition to renewables A challenge Labor is clearly not pursuing www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Scientists detect a sharp acceleration in global warming
Global warming appears to have shifted into a faster gear. After removing the effects of El Niño, volcanic eruptions, and solar cycles, researchers found that the planet has warmed at roughly 0.35°C p...
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It takes a lack of vision in a country as rich as ours in 2026, to not provide free tertiary education Political interference in education over decades has been ideological - look at the damage to Australia and Australians this has done Demand better! www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/03/h...
A new generation of people are retiring with HECS/HELP debt. Expect more to join them
More and more people are beginning to retire while still owing repayments on their student loans. With higher course fees and bloated interest rate repayments, things will only get worse.
crikey.com.au
@albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social Australia needs to do the same! Israeli ministries trying to sway Dutch public opinion and political decisions. Using political and external pressure directed by Israel (alongside the United States) against the International Criminal Court (ICC)
China has a global strategy involving self-reliance emphasising domestic innovation and resilience and, it's long-term security Australia could and should have been learning the lessons for itself were it not so ideologically entangled with America johnmenadue.com/post/2026/08...
China is remaking globalisation on its own terms
China’s push for technological self-reliance does not signal a retreat from globalisation, but a strategy to remain globally integrated while reducing strategic vulnerability.
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It's taking a long time for Australian politicians to wake up to crisis - and opportunity An oil crisis they helped create in their support to America and its illegal war in Iran and the consequences The opportunity to accelerate, urgently, investing in the future, protecting national security
Very many Australians see that lobbyists - particularly corporate lobbyists - are indeed corrupting the democratic process There are two players here - the lobbyists and the politicians 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧
Every single second, the world hands $6,000 to the fossil fuel industry in subsidies. That’s $5 TRILLION every year. Renewables? Barely a fraction of that. We are literally paying to cook our own planet. When does this madness stop? 🌍💸 #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency
David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”
The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.
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The biggest boost to "resilience" and to our national security is to understand this illegal war isn't going to end soon - and to take the initiative and urgently accelerate our transition to renewables NOT invest in the past The total lack of forward thinking in our body politic is alarming
Rex Patrick@mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 4d agoWe mustn’t gift public money to a new refinery. If it needs a ‘resilience’ leg-up, it should be done by equity stake - with a senior official on the board to guard against price gouging, tax evasion and to ensure national interest is ever present. #auspol
Don't tell Australian farmers - it will destroy their argument totally that they alone are allowed to threaten starvation because they don't want to adapt to the consequences of an illegal war with Iran their politicians support
SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19)@covid19disease.bsky.social · 4d ago🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.
"will?" Australian voters don't want nuclear powered submarines - only the grifting ideological body politic 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚'𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 Voters who want to retain sovereignty of our country need to speak up 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚'𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐫
How can this be? Indian conglomerate Adani will pay no company tax despite generating almost $1bn in revenue from coal mining in Queensland over the past year. We should be marching on Parliament. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Adani to pay no company tax despite $1bn revenue from Queensland coalmine
Indian conglomerate offsets earnings from Carmichael mine to report $340.6m loss, after promising billions in taxes and royalties
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Our body politic delivers deceit, and denial - building their personal party careers based on ideology with no regard for voters, our problems or wishes Our own politicians do so much more to damage our national security than anyone else country abroad theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Bipartisan suits went on an AUKUS junket to sell out Australian sovereignty - The Shot
Fresh after the Labor National Conference, Federal Labor Senator Raff Ciccone takes a smiling picture in Washington, proud to announce...
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The illegal war with Iran is widening - and there's no Plan B Iran appears to be setting up 3 chokeholds over global oil supplies 👉 The Strait of Hormuz 👉 The Bad al-Mandeb Strait 👉 The Suez Canal MEANWHILE Australia continues to invest in fossil fuels! www.pbs.org/video/wider-...
PBS News Hour | How shipping risks from Ukraine and Iran wars are converging | Season 2026
How shipping risks from Ukraine and Iran wars are converging
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Climate Catastrophe Yes it is - I wonder what took this farmer by surprise? This is only the beginning of the end game of course Options like building reservoirs, adopting regenerative farming practices, and using more drought-tolerant crop varieties - they're not going to save the day anymore
