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Australian governments subsidising fossil fuel use by more than $30,000 a minute, analysis finds Australia Institute data finds state and federal subsidies for coal, gas and oil products increased 10% in past year, growing at a faster pace than funding to NDIS

Remember this next time anyone in the govt says they can’t afford to raise the rate.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Elon Musk's xAI wins permit to build power plant in Mississippi despite pollution concerns Mississippi regulators authorized xAI to build a power plant with 41 natural gas-burning turbines in Southaven to power its nearby data centers.

You'd be hard pressed to find a worse climate villain when it comes to data centres than Elon Musk.

www.cnbc.com/2026/03/10/e...

By my own calculations, Musk's carbon bomb slop factories are undoing nearly half to all of the emissions cuts from Tesla products ketanjoshi.co/2026/03/02/m...

WHAT IF IT'S A BIG HOAX AND We CReATe A BeTTeR WORLD FOR NOTHING? • ENERGY INDEPENDENCE • PRESERVE RAINFORESTS • SUSTAINABILITY • GREEN JOBS • LIVABLE CITIES • RENEWABLES • CLEAN WATER, AIR • HEALTHY CHILDREN • етс. етс.

About time for this to get another run I reckon.

Is Australia at war? Legally, the answer is yes It's a reasonable question for Australians to ask given the government is sending a sophisticated reconnaissance plane — crewed by dozens of military personnel — to the Middle East. And legal experts ...

That clears that up

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

What isn't mentioned is that the Republicans are having their conference at Donald Trump's resort. In other words, it's a kickback to line the venal simpleton's pockets. We are living in the most corrupt times.

My hottest mental health take:

A lot of depression and anxiety is situational, and warranted, because people live in shit circumstances. They’re poor, without resources, etc. and the reason it’s become popular to blame “mental health” is because it’s a way of evading responsibility.

This is an excellent point by Murphy

You want to support the troops?

Then don’t give Donald Trump the money he needs to send them to die in an illegal war that he started to cover up his connection to Epstein

If I had a nickel for every time Franz Ferdinand was involved in the precursor events of a world war, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird it happened twice

If You’re Going To Defend AI And Whine About Its Critics, You Should Probably Be Honest About Its Actual Harms I think this recent post by AI industry CEO Matt Shumer is worth a read. In it, he basically explains how quickly LLMs (large language models) are evolving to supplant many developers and prog…

had some thoughts on AI boosters' weird myopia

think if our governments had spent the last couple decades seriously trying to end dependency on oil

Mary Wollstonecraft, once mocked as a “hyena in a petticoat”, argued in 1792 that women were rational beings who deserved the same education as men.

The idea was considered revolutionary.

Today she is recognised as one of the founders of modern feminism.

eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...

I covered the Middle East when Saddam was America’s friend. The bloodletting hasn’t stopped Iranians deserve better than the ayatollahs – and they deserve better than an illegal war waged by a felonious, feckless president with no plan for what follows.

www.smh.com.au/world/middle...
So well said by Geraldine Brooks in @sydmorningherald.bsky.social I hope the bots advising @albomp.bsky.social + @tonyburkemp.bsky.social take note + stop demonising those who think differently #auspol

Breaking: Antibiotic licence for salmon farming revoked over 'unacceptable risk' The use of florfenicol in Tasmania's salmon industry has been banned as the country's veterinary medicine regulator suspends an emergency licence for the antibiotic.

Good. No concern was given for the impact on other marine species nor for human health. #politas

Emails reveal that Woodside Energy cosied up with a senior official in the Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water to weaken proposed emission monitoring conditions and align public messaging for the North West Shelf development in WA. See for yourself ⬇️
#ClimateEmergency

‘A real dark situation to be in’: thousands of starving seabirds stranded in biggest ‘wreck’ in a decade Puffins, guillemots, razorbills and terns are washing up on shores across Europe, after a string of storms affected their ability to find food

Puffins 😔 How very sad.
We really have made a mess of things ...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

📣 Reportedly only 140,000 out of the 480,000 Robodebt class action members have registered to receive additional compensation in the proposed settlement.

If you're eligible, you have until 4pm tomorrow to register with Gordon Legal:

robodebtsettlement.com.au

Reports say Mariya Byhun — Zhytomyr Lyceum graduate, gold medalist, Olympiad winner, and Presidential Prize laureate — was killed defending Ukraine.

Her brilliance and sacrifice echo far beyond the front.
Heroyam Slava 🇺🇦💔

A children's hospital is renamed for Dolly Parton and hopes to transform pediatric care in Tennessee Dolly Parton’s name might inspire full-throated sing-a-longs to her working woman’s anthem “9 to 5,” or evoke memories of thrilling days spent at her Dollywood theme park.

“Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital did not share how much Parton donated as part of the naming announcement. But Matt Schaefer, its president and CEO, said her support would ensure ‘every child who walks through our doors receives the treatment they deserve.’”

GOD BLESS DOLLY PARTON

Eight prominent Americans have resigned because of the Epstein files, but the man mentioned the most in those files is still operating and waging war in the Middle East.

Shipping giant Maersk diverts from Suez route amid Iran-US tension The shift comes in reaction to the growing possibility of a military confrontation between the United States and Iran.

Shipping giant Maersk diverts from Suez route www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...

Which is worse?
Israel killing 70,000 Palestinians?
Iran killing 30,000 Iranians?
This is not a trick question. They’re both unfathomable atrocities which should be condemned.

Keep the U.S. out of forever wars! Americans overwhelmingly oppose the U.S. entering into war with Iran. The U.S. government should work to deescalate the crisis, prevent a full blown war, and not escalate tensions that put our nationa...

Americans overwhelmingly oppose the U.S. entering into war with Iran. The U.S. government should work to deescalate the crisis, prevent a full blown war, and not escalate tensions that put our national security at risk.
sign.moveon.org/petitions/no...

Albosleazysuckstrumpslimpy will think its fantastic for us and thank his master for it #auspol

Just remember what this is all for…. Distracting from the Epstein files

the bombings will continue until peace improves

A fucking fundamental problem with #auspol.
20+yrs as politician is way too long stuck in the Canberra bubble, the self entitlement fuelled by lobbyists & MSM, billionaires is clearly obvious by the rampant corruption.
It's beyond clear that they don't fukn care wat we want.
0 accountability

The zionist entity has been pressuring successive US administrations for 30 years to attack Iran. Only now, have they found one STUPID enough to do it, and willing to do it with no approval from congress, or it’s own people, or discussion with the UN.

“I will kill your friends and family to remind you of my love!”

Literally.

political and media operatives screeching and kerning over one word is a text book example of how conflict journalism and oppositional politics are <the> cause of everything they claim <we> are doing wrong on social cohesion.

Divisive. Heated. Careless. Comment threads awash with bigotry and hate.

The Constitution clearly gives Congress the power to spend taxpayer funds, and no law allows the president to halt if he feels some US states aren’t being “good stewards” of the money.

In case there’s any confusion on this, the Impoundment Control Act forbids it.

Taxation without representation.