9 big oil firms on track to share more than $9️⃣5️⃣bn profit 2 quarters in a row Companies have used the biggest disruption of fossil fuel supplies in the market’s history to bolster their profits www.theguardian.com/business/20...

Nine big oil firms on track to share more than $95bn profit two quarters in a row

Windfall for oil corporations such Saudi Aramco and BP comes on back of soaring fuel prices driven by Iran war

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It's a normal human thing to assign blame to someone proximate, e.g. local politicians. The reality—greenhouse gas polluters and enablers—is complex and diffuse. With an immediate crisis, attention focuses on adaptation and recovery, of course. But don't allow polluters to get away with it.

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 10h ago

Wildfires are nothing new in Indonesia. But the fires this year are far worse than usual, said one resident who has been documenting Indonesia’s air quality since 2014.

In yet another crass move that debases their international standing, the US has called for the abolition of the UN's Fourth Committee on Decolonization and attacked GA Res 1514, i.e. "Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples" islandsbusiness.com/news-break/u...

US seeks abolition of UN decolonisation committee, mocks Pacific visits

THE US has explicitly called for the UN Fourth Committee’s mandate to end, saying it has “outlived its original purpose”, and has attacked...

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Mock their stupidity, sure, but modern attacks on #LGBTQI+ folks have moved beyond "school yard behaviour" and well into legalised prejudice. Remember: the Nazis targeted gay and bisexual men almost immediately after taking power in 1933, and executed as many as 15,000 queer men.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 13h ago

John Oliver on Maga’s James Talarico smears: ‘middle school level homophobia’

How do we bust that myth that conservative goverments are better managers of the economy?

@angloczech.bsky.social · 18h ago

Just checking, National party John Key was PM in 2010. Two National party led governments hold records further most business failures. #NZPol

Low (no amendment necessary) The Poo Fighters #cantbeatwellingtononagoodday Subtropical Fuck Storm Porno for Miners Rage Against the Pristine Het Shop Boys

Julie Fairey (she/her)@juliefairey.bsky.social · yesterday

Come up with a band name that's #nzpol relevant The Overhang Threat

A new report updating Inland Revenue's work: NZ's very wealthiest families paid an effective tax rate of 8.1% over 2021–24, counting capital gains as income. The median-wealth adult paid 17.4%. The difference is mostly gains we choose not to tax. #nzpol

Early Bird: Richest families pay tax rate of 8.1%

New report updates IRD work, finding richest 311 families paid effective tax rate of 8.1% from 2021 to 2024, vs effective rate paid by median-wealth adult of 17.4%; Mortgage debt now over $400b

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The view from the kayak yesterday morning. I got to spend some time with this lovely coyote and listen to its packmates howling in the morning fog. #mammals.

When John overlooks some of the main causes of "grumpiness"—like 50 years of economic mismanagement, massively exacerbating social inequality (with everything that involves), destroying nature and undermining trust in government and public bodies—is that ideology, ignorance or malice? 🤦 #nzpol #fw

"No shit," said normal person. "The damage already done to the cryosphere couldn't be repaired without a total reversing of global warming and probably an ice age." They then added, with a concerned look, "Are you stating the bleeding obvious for morons in the political class?"

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2d ago

Cryosphere faces permanent damage when world overshoots 1.5C, scientists warn

Whenever Billy Corgan talks about himself, he sounds like Captain Briggs and the internet's response sounds like Dirty Harry in this scene from Sudden Impact:

I went to this game last night and the atmosphere was electric! I'd love to see this match-up on a regular basis. Just epic. #TongavSamoa #SamoavTonga #rugbyleague

RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · 2d ago

Why Tonga and Samoa can be the State of Origin of the new century

The atmosphere at the #TongaVsSamoa #rugbyleague world cup match was ELECTRIC

I caved in. Predictably, I suppose. It should arrive early next week. 🎸

Nathan Ross@n-j-ross.bsky.social · 2w ago

Do I or don't I ... ? #guitar #pedals #fuzz #bigmuff

Australia: Dead dolphin at Encounter Bay tests positive for H5 bird flu www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

Dead dolphin tests positive for H5 bird flu

A dolphin that washed ashore on South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula tests positive for bird flu.

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Ultra © me After a many-years break because…life, it's wonderful to play my Fender Strat again. I've been slowly re-building a setup; a fantastic setup. There's a form of #flow I experience playing #guitar and, geez, it's awesome to experience it again ☺️ #photography #stilllife #4x5 #analog

"I'm Here Now" by The Drones is poetic tension and explosion 🎸 open.spotify.com/track/1l5OkA...

I'm Here Now

The Drones · Gala Mill · Song · 2006

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“By any international comparison, the list of climate policy rollbacks and reversals is staggering. The only two comparable examples the Climate Action Tracker is aware of are the United States and Canada." #nzpol climateactiontracker.org/publications...

New Zealand: three years of systematic climate policy rollbacks

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Voting is open. You know what to do!

The hard right's claims of support for a free market were always the same as their claims of support for free speech – just as their support for free speech stops when people say things they don't like, their support for a free market stops when it affects their own business ambitions. Liars.

Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 5d ago

Shut it down say Trump and waste billions Trump Targets $6.2 Billion Offshore Wind Project Nearing Completion The 704-MW offshore wind farm began supplying electricity in March 2026 and is expected to serve more than 350,000 homes and businesses. oilprice.com/Alternative-...

Whatever else you remember him for, remember him for this.

Vale Patrick Stewart Pictured here in my all-time favourite film, Excalibur, as King Leondegrance, father of Guenevere and fatherly mentor to a young squire named Arthur.

Key findings from latest annual "Countdown on Health and Climate Change" by Lancet: 1) Progress has reduced 2100 warming projections from 3.5°C to 2.6°C. 2) Between 2016 and 2023, 3 million deaths can be attributed to climate change. More in the summary below. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

Hundreds of scientists across the globe declare 'climate health emergency'

A new Lancet report finds the number of heat-related deaths has been growing since the 2015 Paris Agreement, despite real gains from the climate pact.

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“Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men for the nastiest of motives will somehow work for the benefit of all.” —John Maynard Keynes

Rock Face © me In 2006, while working for @iclei.org, I went to #CapeTown for a conference and, from one of the trade displays, won a guided multi-day hike through the Table Mountain National Park. It was absolutely brilliant. I shot the whole trip on Ilford Delta 3200. #photography

Extreme temperatures combined with withering drought mean plants and animals on Aṉangu land are struggling to bounce back.

Climate change is killing the plants of Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa. Aṉangu traditional owners are concerned

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I just changed the battery of my laptop. It was a fiddly job that took ~45 minutes, but the battery cost me just $90 and I don't have to buy a new laptop. Planned obsolescence is gross, so changing a battery shouldn't feel like a win, but here we are, with all those corporate sustainability plans 🫠

Instead of "here are their homes", can we look at "here is their carbon footprint"? Who knows: perhaps they have solar PV plants and can tell an okay story? If not, we should be exposing the super rich's #climate and #nature impacts and stop pretending their lifestyles are "good".

Business Insider@businessinsider.com · 6d ago

Including a former church in New Orleans and a sprawling mansion in the Hamptons. https://bit.ly/3Rd08zJ

It's nice to be here and re-find and reconnect with old Twitter buddies