Mike Roberts
@miker66.bsky.social
Settler on Wangal land, researcher in renewable energy integration & just transition, leftard. My employer definitely doesn't agree with all my views. (he/him)
“Australians are not being investigated for hating Jews. They are being investigated for objecting to a genocide.” Andrew Brown on the Royal Commission into #Antisemitism #auspol michaelwest.com.au/royal-commis...
Royal Commission into Antisemitism a "$131 Million Whinge" - Michael West
Royal Commission into Antisemitism will not defeat antisemitism. It is a government buying absolution with $131m of public money
michaelwest.com.au
Jillian Segal & Mark Leibler will be unhappy. Legal rulings are noticed elsewhere (the colonies). And yes, it is a coherent argument when someone says Zionism is 'a racist ideology' and can also be described as "colonial and imperialistic" =/ #auspol www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-appe...
'Coherent to describe Zionism as racist': UK tribunal upholds protection for anti-Zionist beliefs
Court says Zionism could also be described as imperialistic as University of Bristol loses appeal over professor's dismissal
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Palestinians face escalating Israeli terrorist attacks in the West Bank https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2026/08/04/palestinians-settler-violence/
Do we have a "made without genAI" badge or digital sticker that science communicators and artists can use so people know that our work is for humans by humans?
THREAD/ORIGINAL ART GIVEAWAY This hare linoprint is by my mum, Jo. I'll be sending an original of this to one randomly chosen person who reposts this link to my recently updated website & pops a reply below. www.tom-cox.com The offer is open worldwide. I also have some more art to give away...
92% of terror arrests in Britain are now for alleged Palestine Action supporters The cohort has an average age of 59 and an even gender split between men and women, but outside of Palestine Action-related arrests, the vast majority of terror suspects are male with an average age of 31
Is “pragmatic” the new, “grown up” word? Andy, there’s nothing “pragmatic” about drilling for more oil & gas - to even consider it with the planet literally on fire is total madness. How many times must we say it will do nothing for energy bills or security? It would be an act of utter recklessness
Burnham promises ‘pragmatic’ approach to North Sea oil and gas
PM tells reporters the government cannot ignore the energy resource ‘when people are struggling’
theguardian.com
In the same way we now talk about the USA’s 1950s McCarthyist era, we will, in the next 20 years or so, talk about Australia’s 2020s Segalist era.
stranger@strangerous.bsky.social · 6d agoJillian Segal says her plan is to expand IHRA training “at scale” — to all govt depts & all businesses in the country — & be driven by a new taxpayer funded body - which she reveals is already in the works.😳 What the hell is going on?
Instead of using a photo of the current conflagrations caused by climate breakdown, the Telegraph uses a pic of a wind turbine burning ... in February 2025. Because that's the important thing: 17 months ago a turbine ignited. Caption: "It’s time to cease building wind turbines". #FossilFuelStooges
George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · last wk.I'm not qualified to judge whether such people are psychopaths. All I can say is that they behave as if they are. From today's Telegraph.
I have never been shown one advantage of using AI to write or research. Every single example of someone saying how they find it helpful is accompanied with "But make sure you check it because you can't trust it". Enshittifying your writing and research should not be an aim.
Damon Young@damonyoung.com.au · last wk.Another one bites the dust. Just *do the work* you lazy poseurs. You want all the laurels of scholarship and publication without the labour.
It’s a Fair Question….. “Why is it that it takes 900 years and 5000 impact studies to build high speed rail but a 5 minute city council meeting is all it takes to approve a massive data center?”
The point isn't to produce essays, it's to teach students how to think for fuck's sake. The minute you automate that, it's over. You might as well close the course. Which they're also doing. This is an attack on learning, and everyone is just shrugging.
about half of centrists and the center-left for some reason concluded that climate change was passe hippie bullshit that doesn't matter, and we're about to learn how wrong that was, the hard way prospect.org/2026/07/28/c...
The Strongest El Niño in History Is Coming. Get Ready. - The American Prospect
Donald Trump has no ideas, but America is ready for a U-turn on climate change.
prospect.org
When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.
christ, our political press are the most pathetic people on earth.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump jokes about serving a third term — and gets laughs at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
"Jewish groups and Israel’s embassy have lobbied the party to water down the draft text..." So a foreign power and their Australian lobbyists interfere in party politics. And MSM reports this as if perfectly normal. They'd go beserk if it was China, Russia, or even the US. #hypocrisy #auspol 1/2
Robynne@haddagutful.bsky.social · 2w agoEd Husic-led push for Labor recognise Gaza genocide claims set to fail, preventing public stoush www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The framing of "preventing a public stoush" and maintaining party unity is just pathetic. What is being prevented here is accountability for genocidal apartheid Israel. 2/2
This is the bike of one of the cyclists who was "bumped" by the pick-up truck driver. This sort of language is one way that media outlets downplay traffic violence.
The Durango Herald@durangoherald.bsky.social · 2w agoMedics and law enforcement responded Tuesday to a crash south of Durango where a pickup truck driver – suspected of impairment – allegedly bumped several road cyclists and seriously injured one.
France is on fire. Spain is on fire. Norway is on fire. Sicily is on fire. Ontario is on fire. Scotland is on fire. Bolivia is on fire. Algeria is on fire. England is on fire. Greta wasn't wrong when she said our house was on fire. We are in a climate emergency. - Greenpeace UK
@noampeleg.bsky.social describes the Israeli onslaught against Palestinian children that the world continues to alllow
The world must stop Israel's unprecedented assault on Palestinian children
After nearly three years of genocide, the international community is failing in its duty to protect the most vulnerable
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The IPCC is pretty clear that there has to be no new oil and gas extraction to remain within safe limits. And yet every country is finding an excuse for why it should be the one to extract that little bit more. The el nino next year may give us a glimpse of what that future will look like