China has developed a battery that is based on sea salt. Not lithium. It is now being used in Chinese vehicles. It’s more efficient, can hold 90% of its charge at -40c, provides a range of 500 kms, cheap to manufacture, and better for the environment. The US is being left in the dust.

I asked the outgoing NACC Commissioner whether he accepts responsibility for keeping his own CEO in the dark about his ongoing defence work. His answer was that his CEO had no business knowing what he was doing on the side 🤯🤯🤯 They just don't think the rules apply to them!

"James Faithful has been farming cattle in Darnum in west Gippsland for about 11 years." @daverino.bsky.social: James Faithful has also been a mining engineer, including a stint at Engie, responsible for the Hazelwood disaster: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazelwo... #climate #AusPol #disinformation

I am not of the faith. The Dalai Lama teaches us to see another person as if they were ourselves. The person on the other side of Earth is a person just like me. This is the true path to peace. People just want peace. We are tired of authorities sending us to fight each other.

Someone in the AG's department not realising that FOIs about FOIs are likely to be FOIed and then putting in writing that they wanted to delay publishing an FOI due to estimates. Yeesh. australiainstitute.org.au/post/doublin...

Check out this GetUp! Campaign to reform the press council! So needed! @#auspol getup.to/WA5geys7XAuw...

More on the US imposed fuel crisis in Cuba. Solar, batteries and EVs are the future theconversation.com/cuba-needs-a...

I support @albomp.bsky.social and other world leaders' condemnation of what these 'settlers' are doing. They serve no-one's interests (including Israel's) but their own. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

‼️Temperatures again >48C in INDIA. The heat is becoming deadly in The East, next days we might see exceptional Mins up to 35C in Andhra Pradesh and Maxes >45C with heat indexes up to 60C, as forecast by your author several weeks in advance (once again,I was unfortunately right).

Social Platform for Water: Sign the Letter! Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, Pedro Arrojo-Agudo. blue-community.net/b...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/o...

If your plan is to get very rich on the back of Australian public services, then just say ‘thanks’ when you pay taxes If you think your start-up is all you, then by all means, don’t hire anyone with an education or health needs; don’t require your staff to come to work or use data infrastructure…

“Climate change driven chiefly by our burning of fossil fuels and land clearing will take the planet up by +4 degrees by 2078 – and the natural release of methane this is triggering may add a further +5-10 degrees.” pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/05...

#LNPQLD motto "f*ck the koalas"🐨

“A series of public-health decisions made by the United States in the past year and a half—among them, dismantling USAID, withdrawing from the WHO, and ousting infectious-disease experts en masse from the CDC, which remains without a permanent director. “ www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...

"There has been a failure, an inability to grapple w the gravity of what is happening.The anti-migrant right has been given too much space & time by the media & politicians to establish itself as the mainstream. So-called legitimate concerns around immigration have turned into covers for prejudice."

This is what the climate crisis looks like. Our beautiful homes, luxurious cars, and money has no value on a dead planet. There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate #ClimateEmergency #climate #energy #renewables

It’s amazing that the Colorado River Basin states are not ALL demanding more action to halt the climate change that is causing a significant portion of the river flow declines that are creating a growing water crisis in their states. apple.news/A8ZbVkbOxRne...

Zelenskyy: Russia simplified access to citizenship for people originating from Transnistria region of Moldova. It is a very telling move. It means not only Russia is looking for new soldiers in this way – citizenship also entails military obligation – it is also a claim to Transnistria’s territory.

This is deplorable! #AusPol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

“Opposition Leader Angus Taylor is launching his first attack in Australia’s Climate War 3.0, switching the Liberals’ focus from nuclear energy to coal power” Fantastic, great move, keep digging Angus. #auspol www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Why is a 76-year-old man doing all the hard work in this moment? Where are the Millennial/Gen Z artists (ahem, Taylor Swift) to shake their audiences into sobriety about what is going on? open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

“New research shows high-intensity noise associated with seismic surveys of the sea floor is linked to harm to marine animals..catch rates for whiting in the Gippsland Lakes were reduced by 99% following a seismic survey” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

JJ Richards & Sons declared $2,115,736 in political donations. {11} https://politicalgadgets.com/

EXTRAORDINARY HEAT WAVE Weeks with deadly heat and thousands of records in every single African country. There has never been anything like this: ‼️Today 47C in Algeria,Burkina Faso,Mali,Niger,Senegal,Mauritania,Chad,Sudan May Record again at Ouahigouya 🇧🇫with 44.9C.

As each new model run comes in, it seems more possible that we are witnessing history. The latest NMME (North American Multi-model Ensemble) forecasts the strongest El Niño on record, with the white shading +3°C or higher (+5.4F) anomalies covering an immense section of the Central-East Pacific. 1/

PremierNational donated $51,134 in 2023-24. That was $24,774 to Labor and $26,360 to the Coalition. {771} #auspol https://politicalgadgets.com/PoliticalDonations/

The VIP fleet flew at least 4,101 km in the last few days. That's 2 planes doing 6 flights over 6 hrs and 21 mins and costing around $29,007. https://politicalgadgets.com/

“The continuation of coal mining in NSW prioritises the private interests of a few over a safe climate and the future of our children and grandchildren” Fabulous energy from a community group to fight the good fight for all of us 👏👏👏

Mood: Deep frustration with Labor, anxiety over democratic institutions & corporate capture. 176 engagements on the BHP story alone. https://politicalgadgets.com/SocialMedia/bs_pulse/ #auspol 🧵3/3

The standout: BHP ($300b multinational) is literally suing independent media to suppress wage theft reporting. Press freedom vs corporate power—this one's resonating hard across the discourse. 🧵2/3

Nothing beats nostalgia for coal power. youtu.be/50ZpDFJw_18?...

"Snowy Hydro and the Minister have spent more than 600K trying to stop reports from being made public." @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social on the disaster & the cover-up #auspol michaelwest.com.au/snowy-2-0-a-...

A 25% tax on gas exports wouldn't just raise $17 billion a year to fund essential services. It would mean more Australian gas sold to Australians! @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

Meanwhile, Brisbane is burying its already reclaimed inner-city Victoria Park Golf Course under an elites-only sports stadium and gambling palace.

“The Santos-led Gladstone LNG joint venture does not currently supply any gas to Australia and, in fact, buys gas from the domestic market to fulfil its export contracts with Malaysia and South Korea.” Santos single handedly reduced Australian GDP www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Mark Zuckerberg built a massive data center in Georgia just hundreds of yards from people’s homes. Now the water pressure is gone. Sinks don’t run. Toilets won’t refill. Homes shake nonstop. Power outages are routine.

Starvation was the cause of death for a 17 year old Palestinian who died in an Israeli prison. Walid Ahmad had been held for 6 months without being charged. He suffered from extreme malnutrition, and also showed signs of inflammation of the colon and scabies. www.timesofisrael.com/doctor-says-...

#Nats Inland rail to nowhere. Lots of talking points, but never saw a business case that stacked up. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

They call them "data centers" because “mass-surveillance centers” would be harder to sell.

94% of teachers have to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. 85% of teachers are working second jobs during the school year, often just to keep up with the cost of living. Meanwhile, the average Wall Street employee got a bonus of $246,900 in 2025. Something has gone terribly wrong.

I get mixed up, did WA elect the ALP or the Mining Council? #AusPol #WApol

The Japanese PM is in Australia right now to talk about our gas exports. She must be pretty keen to keep things how they are, considering Japan makes more revenue from Australia's gas exports than Australia does! @grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol

#Sweden is electrifying everything that moves — trucks, buses, ferries, and mining vehicles — building the world's most complete 0-emission transport system. While most countries are focused on getting private EVs onto roads, Sweden has been electrifying every category of transport #ActOnClimate

Pokrovske, Dnipropetrovsk region. Same street, one year between the footage. Russia's war crime. 📹: toronto_tv/Instagram

Pretty happy with this guy 👇👇 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

BREAKING: US national debt just exceeded 100% of GDP for the first time since 1946 (due to World War II). So what happens next? Two things: 1. Higher inflation 2 Higher interest rates $1.9 trillion deficit this year. $24 trillion in projected deficits over the next decade.

What’s the Australian government doing about Israel’s act of piracy in international waters near Greece FFS? How the fuck do these people get away with blatant crimes? Young Australians were in that flotilla. Do something @albomp.bsky.social 😡

Israel kidnapped hundreds of people from the Global Sumud Flotilla this morning. They were in Crete 1,000km from Israel. But despite this being international Piracy and Kidnapping and being a gross violation of International Law. Nobody has even mentioned it.