#hothouseearth #rogerhallam #extremeheat #4billiondead #climateemergency #climatecrisis

Social cohesion doesn’t look like appointing an NT administrator who has mocked First Nations peoples, made sexist & transphobic comments, and “jokes” about family violence. Listening to First Nations communities doesn’t look like ignoring their concerns and emboldening racists.

Despite longstanding concerns that social media platforms are too addictive and harming young users, "they continue to optimize for spending more and more time on these platforms," says Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen.

Finally. This violent act targeting First Nations people on Invasion Day should have been investigated as terrorism and treated with the seriousness it deserved from the day it happened.

Vale Jon Kudelka - a brilliant artist who knew the power of comedy in holding truth to power, and effecting change.  His work showed a genuine and profound love for people and nature - often funny, often heartbreaking, but always incisive.  Australia has lost a great today.

#Australia #auspolitics #ausgreens #ausgreenparty #larissawaters #ausmisogyny #Dvaustralia

open.substack.com/pub/morethan... #usatoday #wildlifeusa #biodiversity #environmentusa #nationalparksusa #publiclandsusa

#Australia #australianpolitics #politicsaustralia

aje.news/q9f2ct #francescaalbanese #UNstafforganisation

#climateemergency #scope3 #climatecrisis #Australia #PMAlbanese #nomorecoal #LarissaWaters

‘Major leak at Highland nuclear site triggers hunt for mystery bunkers’ reminds us that spikes in childhood leukaemia, breast cancer, thyroid cancer and all cancers around nuclear facilities have been confirmed by German and other independent researchers talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/15/m...

The Alabama Solution features footage shot on contraband cellphones wielded by men incarcerated by the fifth-largest state prison system in the U.S.

At the end of this week, Anthony Albanese will become Australia's longest serving prime minister since John Howard. He's on track to rival Fraser and Hawke in time in the top job. But to leave what legacy?

The Liberals are pushing nuclear again – but the numbers haven’t changed. 😵‍💫 Nuclear is 2x the cost, decades away, & we’d already be at 96% renewables before 1x reactor could be built. So let’s stick with what’s already working to deliver reliable, affordable power: renewables backed by storage.

Democratic Congressmember Pramila Jayapal slams the "intentional" redaction of names in the Epstein files to protect powerful elites.

"The LNP were effectively giving Queensland's coal to Adani for free." After the LNP abandoned a court case against Adani over unpaid coal royalties, it looks pretty dodgy that the data shows they received over half a million dollars in donations from Adani. @rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol

World Laughs At Trump As He Accepts Ridiculous Coal Award Whilst Rescinding EPA’s 2009 Climate Endangerment Law. youtu.be/bmUjR0G67Ws

"The social license for continuing fossil fuel extraction is declining every day," says @kuminaidoo.bsky.social. "Even though there are outliers like the US, Saudi Arabia & Australia who continue to push for the expansion of fossil fuel exports." #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/46xvC8e

open.substack.com/pub/councile... #epsteinfiles #USAjustice ##pambondi

#Australia #herzogprotests #SydneyAus #policeviolenceaus

Peter Mandelson's official role in Gordon Brown's government was actually not that far away from his unauthorised dealings with Jeffrey Epstein. This week's column digs up some inconvenient truths and suggests the problem is much deeper than we're told. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#epstein #cadwalladr #broligarchy #paedophilia #corruption

aje.news/s1ry02 #thermobaric #evaporatedpeople #aljazeeranews #illegalbombs #genocide #palestine

open.substack.com/pub/jonathan... #jonathancook #channel4 #uktvchannel4 #palestineaction #proscribedorg #pmstarmer #elbitsystems

open.substack.com/pub/jonathan... #jonathancook #filtonsix #elbitsystemstrial #juryrightsuk

🔴 NEW: Israel is carrying out a targeted campaign of arrests against the wives and sisters of Palestinian detainees, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club said, condemning the latest detention and abduction of Wafaa Abu Ghlemi, wife of imprisoned leader Ahed Abu Ghlemi. She was seized from her home in...

It's time for the Australian Government to admit we can’t insure our way out of the climate crisis. It's impossible to get insurance against likely events, and climate disasters are becoming more and more frequent. It's time to make polluters pay for the damage. #auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social

Over 500 citizens of Northern Rivers NSW crowded into Lismore's Peace Park today to protest the invitation to and arrival of Israel's President Herzog. As part of nationwide event. #Australia #NorthernRiversNSW #hHerzogVISIT #AUSPROTESTSHERZOG #Genocide #Israel

BREAKING | Iran has sentenced 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to more than 7 additional years in prison, her lawyer said, after she launched a hunger strike on Feb. 2. The Revolutionary Court in Mashhad imposed 6 years for “gathering and collusion,” plus 18 months for propaganda...

#Sudan #massdisplacement

'...immigrants have been better at generating revenue for the government than the average person.' #immigration #immigrants #wealthgeneration #usaimmigrants

BREAKING | Israel’s security cabinet approved today a sweeping set of decisions designed to entrench Israeli control & accelerate de facto annexation across the occupied West Bank, according to a report from public broadcaster Kan. Defense Minister Israel Katz & Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich...

#climatechaos #climateemergency #biodiversity #wildlife #nativefauna #nativeflora #amazonia

A Labour MP remarks: "Starmer will go down as the worst PM in Labour history ... He’s a coward who refuses to take responsibility for his own actions. He is a moral gravity-well from which neither decency, honesty or integrity can escape. A genuine disaster for this country and the Labour movement.”

#Australia #Tasmania #forests #oldgrowthforest #stoploggingnow #bobbrownfoundation #weekofaction

Cost of living is rising in Australia – but migrants are not the cause. “Migration isn't the issue here and blaming migrants is not going to fix the problem.” - Matt Grudnoff Read more: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/is-population-growth-driving-the-housing-crisis-heres-the-reality/

www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/... #epsteinmandelson #petermandelson #ukgovernment #pmstarmer

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open.substack.com/pub/deanblun... #zee #elonmuskraided #Francenews #Muskaccusations

thepoint.com.au/news/260203-... #australia #electionlies #auspolitics #auselections #campaignfunding