Sometimes the truth escapes like a cat out a door you thought was closed.

Damit Apple, Amazon und Co. hierzulande Steuern zahlen, ersann der Fiskus eine spezielle Regel. Die soll nun leise verschwinden. Ein teures Geschenk an die Tech-Branche.

#COALition #Straya #auspol #climate

The thing to understand about this is that this catastrophe in the UK has redounded to the political benefit of the very same people and political movement that pushed for it! Extremely perverse.

Recognizing bicycle parking as a critical component of any infrastructure network, The Hague’s Amare concert hall has opened 1,000 guarded and sheltered spaces—intended not just for ticket holders visiting the largest cultural building in the Netherlands, but anyone visiting the city’s busy centre.🧵

A deep commitment to anti-wokeness

In a first-of-its-kind ​t​ria​l​​ in Ukraine, Russian soldier Dmitri Kurashov ​was convicted ​​b​y a court of ​​executing​ Ukrainian soldier Vitalii Hodniuk ​a​s he surrendered on the battlefield and sentenced to life imprisonment​. We mentioned the case in our FT investigative doc film below.

It’s already been bad with this Luxon government already on so many issues, but it got even worse now.

🚨Breaking🚨 🕴️Just a few days ahead of #COP30, today, the #KickBigPollutersOut coalition uncovered that there are more than 5000 fossil fuel lobbyists attending the climate talks over the past four years. It's high time to #KickBigPollutersOut: www.theguardian.com/environment/... A 🧵

Although we're not where we should be, we're on a significantly better trajectory than we were 10 years ago.

Wins and losses as Australian Centre for Disease Control moves ahead www.croakey.org/wins-and-los... #publichealth

The cover of next week's New Yorker, "Mayor Mamdani," by Edel Rodriguez.

60 years ago today (November 5, 1965), the first US government report to warn about climate change was published. "Restoring the Quality of Our Environment" included a brief section on carbon dioxide build-up, and a longer annexe. Details below... allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/04/6...

“A transformative moment for health and equity” – VicHealth on Treaty – Croakey Health Media www.croakey.org/a-transforma...

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So tackling climate change is an ‘environmental imperative’ but Labor has specifically ruled out putting a climate trigger in their proposed changes to our environmental laws… Checks out

As we head to #COP30, check out all the #ClimateHealthMatters reading at @croakeynews.bsky.social – & there's more to come too! www.croakey.org #ClimateHealthSummit25 #HEAL2025

#AirPollution #AirQuality #FossilGas

@ruraldoctorsaus.bsky.social @acrrm.bsky.social #RMA25 #rural #DestinationRural #gorural @judster5.bsky.social

The Heavy Metal Tooth Fairy Club: a great #PublicHealth initiative which aims to secure clean, safe drinking #water for communities in the Western Desert. #RMA25 @acrrm.bsky.social @phaa-onehealth.bsky.social @phaahpsig.bsky.social

Simon Quilty presents the Doctors for Bricks project at #RMA25 Poorly designed, culturally inappropriate #housing is one of the biggest #PublicHealth issues in northern Australia #HousingJustice @acrrm.bsky.social @phaahpsig.bsky.social

#RMA25 #ClimateAction #fossilfuels

#straya @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social #climate #auspol

“Economic pressure alone is not enough” #Russia

Death of baseload: World's biggest isolated grid is reaching 84 pct wind and solar almost daily reneweconomy.com.au/death-of-bas... @gilesparkinson.bsky.social @reneweconomy.com.au And batteries surging in Western Australia, too Battery dispatch now greater than utility solar generation in WA

At this point I'm rooting for this to be a heist team of African artists that will exhibit Napoleon's jewelries in a National Museum in Kinshasa or Nairobi and when Macron demands it back they say: clearly you can't keep these objects safe, we should keep them here for the world to see its heritage.

#FFMV @friendsofbats.bsky.social #lovegippsland #forests www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

"We also gain a deeper appreciation for one of nature’s quiet heroes – fattening up, flying through the night and holding ecosystems together, one wingbeat at a time." theconversation.com/bats-get-fat...

In times of moral uncertainty Mr Albanese should ask himself, “what would Midnight Oil do?”.

#Trump #Putin

#Trump #Russia

#Straya #auspol #Nationals

#Germany #Russia

Topical “graph of truth” by Katja Berlin in Die Zeit — Q.: Who takes an interest in German infrastructure? Black column: German federal governments until a couple of years ago Blue column: German federal governments as of a couple of years ago Green column: Russia Touché.

If #Trump says he might do something in the future, ignore him Don’t let him shape the narrative

@albomp.bsky.social talks about his cosy relationship with #gambling lobbyists: “It comes with the gig.” who does he think he’s fooling #auspol @davidpocock.bsky.social @docsamantha.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

#Trump #Ukraine

SCIENCE POLICY NEWS: During Yom Kippur, all the members of the High Energy Physics Advisory Committee (HEPAP), myself included, received a letter thanking us for our service and telling us essentially that the almost 40 yo standing federal advisory committee was no more. ⚛️🧪🔭 Why that matters 🧵

Trump playing up his bullet dodging skills at the Charlie Kirk memorial is really beyond parody.

In her monumental work, Darya Tsymbalyuk insists the world must reckon with the full cost of the destruction in Ukraine — not just in hectares lost or tons of grain burned, but in the severed roots that once tied generations to the land they called home.

Macquarie has betrayed investors and its climate commitments by continuing to support one of Australia's biggest proposed gas developments. Join the campaign to stop Australia becoming a fracking hellscape. Tell Macquarie to stop financing Beetaloo: marketforces.org.au/beetaloo

Woodside's Browse LNG project doesn't stack up environmentally and there's growing questions over the project's economics 👇 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Nineteen years ago, on October 7, 2006, Anna Politkovskaya was assassinated by Putin's hitmen. She was the first to tell the truth about Russia's mass crimes in Chechnya, which foreshadowed those in Syria, Ukraine, Africa and elsewhere. They could have been prevented. Almost no one listened to her.

😏 Thiel said: "“​​It’s become quite difficult to hide one’s money...An incredible machinery of tax treaties, financial surveillance, and sanctions architecture has been constructed.”" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

#MAGA #PublicHealth

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

#Straya #gambling #auspol @docsamantha.bsky.social