Anti-communist panic has become a feature of the ‘no’ campaign over the Voice referendum. This ABC investigation shows that some circles are reviving an old Australian League of Rights book claiming that Aboriginal Land Rights were a secret communist plot. www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09...

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On the one hand, China is not smoothly top down and technocratic -- vertical and horizontal fragmentation abounds. But on the other, this is interesting. Add to the (quite large) file marked: FT being more open to straightforwardly discussing leftwing economic arguments than most would expect

Not a romantic exclave tail that wags the geopolitics. Couldn’t be clearer really

"We can’t save it all, so what do we try and protect?" 🌊🌡️ As we enter El Niño, periods of surging temperatures at sea are predicted to grow more frequent and intense. What do they do to marine life, and can we adapt? 🔎 Tap on the link to learn more: https://loom.ly/VEWSDvQ

Have Overcast users (@samuelwade.bsky.social ?) found that some podcast feeds no longer update? Any reason why? And what’s the best alternative app?

One of the many ways climate change is a wicked problem is that in response to crisis, many governments are happy to turn inward. The idea that anyone should be reducing an aid ('aid') budget now is ridiculous. The idea that development needs should compete with each other, more so.

Outrageous, particularly if the UK ever wants to claim the moral high ground at the UN https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/04/revealed-uk-plans-to-drop-flagship-climate-pledge-rishi-sunak?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Monday 3 July 2023, was the hottest day EVER recorded globally. The average global temperature reached 17.01C, surpassing the August 2016 record of 16.92C. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/04/monday-was-hottest-day-for-global-average-temperature-on-record-as-climate-crisis-bites

Globally, less than 1% of foreign aid to address climate change goes directly to Indigenous peoples and local communities, or projects to support their land tenure and forest management. https://chinadialogue.net/en/climate/new-direct-climate-fund-for-indonesias-indigenous-communities/

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Hello, it’s me. Follow me for climate, environment, political ecology, global affairs. And hopefully other curiosities, weird obsessions, friendly conversation. I gave up engaging on Twitter during the first lockdown and didn’t look back really, but hope this might be a more collegiate environment