I find it incredibly difficult to write about my Jewishness. I didn't want to write this, but I did. We need to re-embrace complexity and nuance in thinking about and discussing the Jewish future.

I've read Music Camp and can attest that the Staff Recommendation is ACCURATE!

As much as this book is about kids on music camp it is also a creative wing of www.chumpslist.org where I list fossil fuel sponsorships in Australia and the people trying to stop them

Loved to see this staff recommendation for Music Camp when I was panicking in their shop (don't worry I found the present I needed.) Thanks to UQP for publishing Music Camp this year and to everyone who supports the vision for a safe world where all kids can pursue their dreams with friends

In case you have never seen this.

Were I in a govt that really cared about kids, I’d be banning new coal and gas mines with rather more fervour than the current ban on social media. Probably wouldn’t get the same boasting front pages in the Herald Sun and Daily Telegraph though…

Australia's ruling parties, Labor and the Liberal-Nationals Coalition, are comfortable for children to be harmed, whether by incarceration, bombing, shooting, starvation or destroying the liveable climate But social media ban on under-16s warrants lighting up Sydney Harbour bridge in celebration

*poisons the atmosphere with coal* “LET THEM BE KIDS!”

Since the social media ban started some young teens in my neighbourhood have started a club, well it's really more a business than a club, offering to babysit younger children. You can only reach them on a landline and one of them has diabetes. Heartwarming.

Incredible the difference I'm observing mere hours after the child social media ban. Four boys on my street started a journey from their treehouse to find the body of a missing kid in the wilderness. Along the way, they're learning about themselves, & the meaning of friendship. Great to see

Conversation in my house this morning: Me: Kris is coming to fix the bathroom. Child: Who's Kris. Me: He's a man who fixes things. Child: Is he the one who pulled all the bras out of the wall? Me: No. Let me make this conversation make sense for you...

Turns out Mr Wolf's benevolent program for the School of Little Piggies 🐷🐷🐷 is not what it seems to be...🤔 #Shell #QueenslandMuseum #FutureMakersProgram #HowMuchIsThatSocialLicence #ChumpsList

A lack of government funding isn't an excuse to take fossil fuel sponsorship. You wouldn't: - rob a train - defraud pensioners - advertise asbestos Fossil fuels will kill everything we love unless we kick them out of society. But we CAN have nice things without them.

Inspired by the report by @commsdeclare.bsky.social on STEM programs funded by Shell's at Queensland Museum. Mister Wolf is not motivated by altruism towards the School for Little Piggies.

A gay man from a country town once showed me the newspaper column of mine he'd kept in his wallet since (pre-socials) school; it said he was not alone & would find his people. Social media can be a lifeline for kids who're bullied, live in abusive home, or whose hobbies/interests are anti-anxiety.

"Belinda Noble, founder of Comms Declare, said: “This is climate obstruction dressed up as education. We wouldn’t let big tobacco sponsor teaching materials – fossil fuel companies shouldn’t shape how kids learn about the climate.” Quite right. Should be illegal www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Fossil fuel sponsored education programs distract from & obscure harms caused by fossil fuels. These companies aim to delay the energy transition, harming the kids they claim to help. It should be illegal. Thanks @commsdeclare.bsky.social for this work. www.desmog.com/2025/12/07/e...

Users of @pennytangey.bsky.social's Chumps List are prob already aware of Shell QGC's sponsorship of the Qld Museum's Future Makers program with offerings for children & "professional development" for teachers @desmog.com explains how pervasive & insidious Shell's "learning resource" petroganda is

For more 💣 findings read Ellen Ormesher's piece for @desmog.com Legal analysis commissioned by @commsdeclare.bsky.social from @edolawyers.bsky.social finds partnership may breach the Queensland Museum Act, which requires “leadership and excellence” in communicating the state’s natural heritage

As a Freo Dockers supporter and member, I'm really hoping that they make the smart choice to get rid of Woodside once their contract is up. I'll be as vocal as I was last time they were reviewing it.

If you have a moment check out the groups trying to end fossil fuel sponsors. There are some really quick, easy ways to support. www.chumpslist.org/changers

Woodside are expanding fossil fuels during the climate crisis. They have chosen to be the bad guys. We shouldn't let them launder their reputations through our community institutions. Student & staff members of @stopwoodsidemonash campaigned fearlessly against Woodside's partnership at Monash Uni.

Melbourne/Naarm, save the date: Thursday 11 Dec, 6:15PM at Trades Hall! Join us in welcoming Chief Na'moks and Gwii Lok'im Gibuu of the Wet'Suwet'en and Gitxsan nations, visiting Australia for the first time to Stop Woodside on their ancestral lands.

"Albanese government staffers – as well as senior Commonwealth public servants – privately fume at what they claim are abuses of laws and practices surrounding transparency by people whose sole aim is to embarrass the government."

Great work @commsdeclare.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Orwellian in a good way. George Orwell's eleven steps for making a nice cup of tea. www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...

Bravo @risingtideaus.bsky.social , @greenpeaceap.bsky.social & the thousands-strong #RisingTide community of activists & supporters💪 Sending this clip in solidarity✊️ The mighty Climate Choir Melbourne (recorded 21 Nov outside Josh Burns' office)

Jesse Noakes:"In WA,[..] it often looks like Woodside owns the state[..] where fossil fuel sponsorship is the norm, sports & culture bodies give each other cover to maintain the arrangement, immune to needling inquiries from national media,[..] these partnerships continue despite public exposure"

Banner up. Wording suggested by @kazcooke.bsky.social

HEY FRIENDS For @thepointau.bsky.social, I decided to do the unthinkable and just actually check whether Australia's gas exports are being a magical climate solution and displacing shittonnes of Asian coal You know what I found, but you will enjoy me saying it: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

Cricket Australia is the first Chump to evolve into a Champ and then revert back to a Chump again. Dropped Alinta sponsorship 2023 New Origin sponsorship 2025 Global heating caused by fossil fuel companies like Origin will kill cricket. This is sad. Vale their values. www.chumpslist.org/chumps

Conservation Council SA's new campaign is Dump Santos. They are calling for the SA govt to end Santos's sponsorship of the Tour Down Under. The Santos branded race will ride past areas affected by the algal bloom. Makes me mad. Join and take action to Dump Santos dump-santos.conservationsa.org.au

Jesse Noakes in Last Place on Earth on the inspiration & lessons in Stop Woodside Monash's win to end the Woodside-Monash partnership. "The celebrations from the Monash students and staff this week should be sufficient incentive to have another crack." www.lastplaceonearth.com.au/how-to-wipe-...

Alongside the Chumps list of fossil fuel sponsorships, I also keep a "Changers" list of groups campaigning against these. Recently I added Front Runners & Conservation Council SA. Check out the Changers list to support them and oppose fossil fuel greenwashing. www.chumpslist.org/changers

Big Tobacco no longer has a seat at the table at the World Health Organization. So, why should #BigOil have a say at #COP30? It’s time to change the UNFCCC process so profit-driven polluters don’t continue to derail critical climate policy. #KickBigPollutersOut

Some extremely strong words on the gas industry by Mike Rann speaking at the @australiainstitute.org.au’s Hugh Saddler Memorial Lecture thepoint.com.au/news/251116-...

Outstanding rebuke of PM Albanese by cartoonist David Pope. #auspol #Whitlam #Albanese #Mamdani #CostOfLivingCrisis

I have had this conversation many times

I learned Indonesian and I'm having fun imagining a wall inspired by Echols and Shadily.

More big news today as the Land and Environment Court makes orders, by consent, overturning approval of Glencore’s Ulan Coal Mine expansion. Johnson Legal proudly represented Mudgee District Environment Group, in their fight for a clean, healthy and safe environment. www.smh.com.au/environment/...

How I feel listening to people explain their fossil fuel sponsorship deals

Extinction Rebellion will be holding their annual dump Santos protests. Get involved!

The success of Stop Woodside Monash @stopwoodsidemonash.bsky.social got me thinking about what fossil fuel partners should get dumped next. Top 5 coming up (let me know if you would choose differently!)

Woodside are climate criminals making obscene profits destroying the planet. They contribute a tiny portion of their profits through philanthropy and this is part of how they justify their continued operation & destruction. To stop them we need to stop working with them...

I've loved seeing the joy that the end of the Monash Woodside partnership has brought people. Criticizing fossil fuel sponsorship can feel lonely, but it turns out, lots of people want their education & workplace free from climate criminals. We can have nice things without them.

Lovely write up of our @badvertising.bsky.social station takeover campaign in Creative Review

Academics and students fought for 5 years against research sponsorship at Monash University from oil and gas company Woodside. This week, we forced Australia’s largest university to abandon its greenwashing contract www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

On one🫱, @monashuniversity.bsky.social VC says,"It has been abundantly clear thru communications with our broader community[that] they expect us to work in alignment with our values” On other🫲, Monash&WoodCIDE remain "in discussions on opportunities for a future phase of the research partnership"🤔

The Woodside Monash Partnership is over...there's some concern this may be permuted into a situationship through continued Woodside funding of research BUT overall a strong message that taking fossil fuel funding is NOT aligned with sustainability.