All good, but it takes investment & policies that enable buy-in across the population. People can't do it alone. 7 things we can do today to meet Australia’s new climate goal theconversation.com/7-things-we-...

"Antiscience Is an Existential Threat" | My op-ed with @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social for #TimeMagazine on our new book, #ScienceUnderSiege: time.com/7317436/scie...

It doesn’t matter if you’re working class or a billionaire: climate change will hurt your grandchildren. That’s why I cannot understand oil executives who sacrifice the planet’s health for their short-term profits We must transform our energy system away from fossil fuels NOW.

Not ambitious enough; but good to see specific resource allocation: a C+ “The Albanese government has finally set a 2035 climate course – and it’s a mission Australia must accept” theconversation.com/the-albanese...

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide. As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire. End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

A new review of multicancer early detection tests (MCED). Without any controlled studies in people without symptoms (and at increased risk), they are "not ready for popular use." @annalsofim.bsky.social www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/... www.acpjournals.org/doi/epdf/10....

Is this Australia’s climate wake-up call? Official report reveals a hotter, harder future if we don’t act now @theconversation.com theconversation.com/is-this-aust...

Very helpful Substack article for making some sense of the diverse MAGA “factions” and their overlap & conflicting ideologies, especially Christian Nationalist cf atheist Tech Bros - thanks @asharangappa.bsky.social

v1.108 is rolling out today 🚚 Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to! Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇

Trial-based economic evaluations of non-drug interventions in the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Handbook of Non-Drug Interventions: a systemic review: "of 150 NDIs, 40% were cheaper and more effective, and 70% considered cost effective." pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40889888/

Percent change in GHG emissions (CO2eq) per year since 1990, G7/EU. 🫣🇨🇦

The past is prologue, the trend inexorably grim. Here's the story since 1970 & where we are now. If this doesn't make us think, nothing will. How can this be ignored by anyone in tourism, agriculture or human, animal, plant or ecosystem (land & marine)health. climate.copernicus.eu/graphics-gal...

If the administration releases the data for the causes-of-autism study that is supposed to be reported this month, then it could be useful to have a crowdsourced many analyst/multiverse investigation ready to go that leans-in on pre-commitment to analysis plans. Interested? Alternatives?

“For our scientists” - wonderful song by @ellecordova.bsky.social that sums up what’s happening to science in the USA youtube.com/shorts/AYm9w...

New research demonstrating a shift in online climate misinformation Rather than denying climate science, this 'new denial' comprises "attacks that seek to undermine and cast doubt on proposed climate solutions and those who support them." resolve.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Here's a ray of sunshine in a very dark world Germany has already exceeded its goal of shutting down 8 GW of coal plants - 3 years earlier than expected Amazing what a little sun and wind can do 😎 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Viewpoint: The definition of disease is vital for clinical and public health, but broad criteria risk overdiagnosis and overtreatment ja.ma/4nbWSzg

Sometimes I wish there really was a Hell … so that Turnip & his malignant fossil-fuel buddies received their well-deserved karma. But in reality, we have to provide that hell (and support to climate activists/policy-makers).

This is fundamentally insane. Trump, With Tariffs and Threats, Tries to Strong-Arm Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/c...

NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in Africa☀️✈️ x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths. x8 in Zambia x7 in Botswana x6 in Sudan x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia 🧵

Heartfelt solidarity from Sydney. Our open-access book has a large chapter detailing claims & tactics used by our local fruitcakes. Happy to say they are today all but totally neutered & ridiculed here. Good luck! open.sydneyuniversitypress.com.au/files/978174...

Saying there's no point in cutting emissions because it won't work, is like saying "I'm going to run into that wall anyway, what's the point of braking?" Every kilogram of carbon (and other) emissions avoided will reduce the extent of climate change.

States vow to fight #Trump official’s stop-work order on offshore #wind farm Rhode Island and Connecticut officials say project, slated to power 350,000 homes, is essential to their #climate goals www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Said it before ...would be happy to ignore the daily outrages from the U.S...if these fuckers were not an existential threat to the entire planet. They will not 'cook' alone. nypost.com/2025/08/21/b...

One quarter of Israelis protested.

“Effects of therapeutic interventions on long COVID: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials” - evaluation of 7 interventions across 51 trials found exercise the most promising www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...

It is egregious that RFK Jr requested @annalsofim.bsky.social retraction of this paper because he didn't like the data www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/... www.reuters.com/business/hea...

In 5 years, clean power surged to 40.9% of global electricity, solar doubled in 3 years & most new demand was met by renewables. EU clean share hit 47%, cutting fossil to 29% & saving €59B. Ember’s data now tracks 215 nations, turbocharging transparency in energy transition. The trend’s unstoppable.

The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better. All three statements are true at the same time. Understanding this is key to solving big global problems. We believe data & research can help us understand both the problems we face & the progress that’s possible. 🧵

Today global leaders in #EBHC are excited to launch the #WorldEBHCDay 2025 campaign, ‘Collaborative Knowledge Communication’ – because how we share knowledge matters as much as the knowledge itself https://ids.pulse.ly/roftjus4ht

Science will survive, but we're leaning the lesson that it's foolish to be too dependent on one country The attack on NOAA is the biggest global disaster. Trump and Kennedy are destroying global science. Even Einstein questioned facts – but there’s a method to it theconversation.com/friday-essay...

Snapshot of US beliefs about science and flat-earthy stuff. [1000+ people surveyed, +/- 3%] carsey.unh.edu/publication/...

Great initiative by Wiley! The publisher has started marking retracted papers in reference lists. When you click on the retraction notice, you can also see the date and reason for the retraction. All publishers should adopt this practice. But also screen references during submission.

Great to see conservation science focusing more on drivers not just symptoms, and recognising the importance of shaping policy But building public support isn't enough, because we have opponents You can't win a battle if you don't know you're in one onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Reminder: If you hear anyone claiming the #MarchForHumanity #SaveGaza March across the Sydney Harbour Bridge today in support of Palestine is somehow anti-Semitic,the Jewish Council of Australia supports it. 👇 And here's their full media release: www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/08/medi...

"Renewable energy will overtake coal to become the world’s top source of electricity 'by 2026 at the latest', according to new forecasts from the International Energy Agency (IEA)."

"people are fundamentally egalitarian but are led to collapses by enriched, status-obsessed elites"

Sustained private investment into European solar. 2024, US$10 invested into renewables for every dollar invested in fossil fuels. June 2025, more solar power in EU’s energy mix than any other power source for the first time ever. www.pv-tech.org/maintaining-...

Third Degree: the pharmacopoeia with the “pharma” - an interview about ideas behind the “Handbook of NonDrug Interventions” - www.medicalrepublic.com.au/third-degree...

The world’s fourth-largest economy, California, is generating power using 40% less natural gas than it did two years ago “If you wanna know why the fossil fuel industry is freaking out and sponsoring every bad politician on Earth, that's why.”

“Simply because it’s cheaper, better and ultimately more reliable, the transition is inevitable – but if we do it fast, we stabilize the climate and limit the destruction, and if we don’t, we don’t” - The renewable energy revolution is a feat of technology www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Astonishing graphs in The Guardian about Palestinian suffering:

Lifestyle interventions can slow cognitive decline in your 60s and 70s, according to a large randomized controlled trial. cnn.it/451M94d

GOP senators urge White House to release delayed NIH funding...

Apart from pressure to do the right thing & not eg subsidize fossil fuels & approve new gas fields & coalmines, the main consequence may be around reparations? Historic ruling finds climate change ‘imperils all forms of life’ and puts laggard nations on notice theconversation.com/historic-rul...

More than 90% of new renewable energy capacity is now cheaper than fossil fuels, study shows The global switch to renewable energy has passed a “positive tipping point”, according to two United Nations reports released on Tuesday.

World on brink of climate breakthrough as fossil fuels ‘run out of road’, UN chief says António Guterres says ‘sun is rising on a clean energy age’ as 90% of renewable power projects cheaper than fossil fuels www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'Electricity Generated from Solar Is Suddenly Unbelievable. Simply mind boggling. If it feels like the world is being deluged with bad news lately, here's an actual bright spot' futurism.com/electricity-...

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“Australia joins 24 countries to demand immediate end to Gaza war” - better late than never. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...