The NYTimes Cooking app really is a window into another world.

Turns out politicians can actually just do good things when they’re in power.

Great piece and continuing coverage of Climate Integrity’s breakdown of the problematic modelling Deloitte produced for Woodside’s Browse project. “Garbage in, garbage out.” www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/busines...

truly a cursed timeline if this is the top story of the day...

This is real Christian Porter "embarrasing backdown by the ABC" territory for the United States. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/u...

"After Only 6 Months Under Socialist Rule, New Yorkers Say This Is The Best Year Of Their Lives" www.betootaadvocate.com/after-only-6...

not now el nino www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

Big consultancies might profess commitments to net zero, but they are core to the fossil fuel propaganda playbook tempestsandterawatts.substack.com/p/big-consul...

Who’s writing the thinkpiece on the implications of the Socceroos victory on the COP31 hosting dynamics?

You’re next, USMNT.

wooaaahhhh!

Can SBS maybe tone down the ads during the match breaks? This is like prime kids watching time for the soccer, and there was just three gun-heavy ads for other SBS programs.

Big consultancies might profess commitments to net zero, but they are core to the fossil fuel propaganda playbook tempestsandterawatts.substack.com/p/big-consul...

The Climate Change Authority wants input into how Australia can address methane emissions from fossil fuels. Sharing because there's lots to unpack, and plenty of issues to raise, any many groups working in that space. consult.climatechangeauthority.gov.au/fossil-metha...

Fossil #fuel industry wants to expand oil, gas and #coal production, and win approvals through modelling that exaggerates economic benefits and ignores their #harm.. https://reneweconomy.com.au/consultants-might-profess-a-commitment-to-net-zero-but-they-are-core-to-fossil-fuel-propaganda-playbook/

wild.

holy shit what a basketball game.

Also, what is this absolute word salad response from Woodside. You should trust this modelling, but also its only "a structured comparison of plausible scenarios to understand system‑level impacts under consistent assumptions."

A report commissioned by Woodside exaggerated the economic benefits of its Browse gas project, over-inflating the number of jobs it would create, according to not-for-profit research group Climate Integrity. www.theage.com.au/national/wes...

“It’s like a used car salesman touting a car’s low price, leather seats and sound system, but neglecting to mention the car needs a new gearbox.” - me, on the report Deloitte wrote for Woodside to talk up the Browse gas project. www.smh.com.au/national/wes...

👀

These AI IPOs are a new marker for late stage capitalism. Trillions in value being ascribed to what mostly remains stolen intellectual property, hype and slop - combined, particularly in the case of SpaceX, what appears to be a massive rug pull.

cursed sentence.

Chimney stacks from shuttered #Liddell coal plant come down in a series of spectacular explosions, highlighting the close of one era, and the start of another.. https://reneweconomy.com.au/theyre-gone-end-of-an-era-as-liddell-coal-plant-chimneys-come-down-brought-down-in-spectacular-explosion/

Yeah, because climate change is definitely not something that has, and will continue, to impact Australia... www.smh.com.au/environment/...

The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to welcome the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the obligations of States in respect of climate change news.un.org/en/story/202...

Jeepers... check out the big brain plenary address at the Australian Energy Producers conference on Thursday.

EnergyAustralia has formally withdrawn from the Climate Active carbon neutral certification program. They were, by far, the largest participant in the scheme, representing something like 25% of offsets claimed under the scheme.

major international incident averted. thanks Bulgaria

“Delta Goodrem wows in Eurovision finals” is exactly the kind of headline that could’ve been written in 2004 in a speculative fiction/alternative history story line.

Great new event being co-hosted by Climate Integrity (online and in person, in Melbourne)! It will cover the implications of the ICJ Advisory Opinion on climate for Australia, with some great speakers, including climate law experts Jacquline Peel and Zoe Bush. events.humanitix.com/internationa...

This is a pretty cooked legal development happening in NZ. The government is protecting major emitters from “findings of liability for tort for climate change damage or harm”. www.beehive.govt.nz/release/gove...

Whole bunch of climate funding being cut and redirected.

Yeah good www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

who is even running the ANU at this point...

One Nation now represents two of Australia’s best wind and solar regions, and they think it’s a scam reneweconomy.com.au/one-nation-n...

Wales has a genuine chance of doing something pretty amazing at this year’s Senedd election. Progressive Welsh nationalist party could form government for the first time, keeping out Reform. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Jordan Roth channelling 90s Australian childrens TV show Lift Off energy at the Met Gala.

Australian Human Rights Lawyer Jennifer Robinson has just been announced as the winner of 2026 Sydney Peace Prize. Come to Climate Integrity's event, THIS THURSDAY, and hear from Jennifer in person! events.humanitix.com/launch-of-ex...

I retract anything bad I ever said about the Sixers. I love them. I love their stupid drama. FTC.

One of the underrated features of Malaysian and Indonesian restaurants is that you can order a cold Milo as a perfectly acceptable drink to have with dinner.

I’ve always been pretty fitness ‘adjacent’, and recently shifted from the CrossFit/cross-training sphere into the distance running sphere, I know they focus on different things, but it’s fascinating how much dietary conventional wisdom in each sphere wildly differs.

Cursed list of invitees to the Trump-King Charles dinner. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/u...

There are 60 something countries are currently meeting in Santa, Marta, Colombia to discuss phasing-out fossil fuels. Chris Bowen isn't attending and meanwhile his government is announcing we'll allow companies to search for more gas to extract. reneweconomy.com.au/australias-b...

Leading climate law experts have authored a new joint opinion on what recent developments in international law mean for Australian fossil fuel producers and company directors. Come join our launch event on 7 May at the State Library of NSW. open.substack.com/pub/tempests...

Ships passing in the night

Labor really did decide this week that it was more willing to kick people out of the NDIS, than they are willing to raise taxes on fossil fuel companies making war profits.

And if you're in Sydney - please come to our launch event on 7 May at the State Library of NSW. events.humanitix.com/launch-of-ex...

Listen to Michael. Save the AYCC: www.aycc.org.au/emergencyapp... I should do a thread of prominent Australian climate advocates and the roles that they had at AYCC during their formative years. Honestly the idea of doing it kind of exhausts me, because it would be so, so, so bloody long.

So the AYCC emergency appeal is on track for success. My understanding is the total shown on the site only shows donations through raisely, not including offline pledges or bank transfers. The true figure is at least 2x, possibly 3x or more, what is shown. 💛 This is hopeful one day in, BUT...