Peter Sprivulis

Me, most afternoons at about 2pm

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The 3-year mean rate of atmospheric CO2 growth just hit a new record high reaching a growth rate of 7.88 ppm per 3 years for October, 2025. This breaks the previous record high of 7.83 ppm per 3 years, from February, 2019.

Net-Zero by 2050? The Climate 8-ball is bored.

Staghorn Coral in the Florida Keys

Staghorn coral

Coral collapse

Two of the most vital species of coral in Florida, elkhorn or staghorn, are “functionally extinct,” with scientists finding none remaining. We cannot ignore this alarming finding. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #FridayFieldUpdate #Coral #Extinction

Executive Summary Introduction This submission draws on research conducted by the ADM+S Australian Ad Observatory team ahead of the 2025 Federal Election to track political advertising in key electorates. The McKinnon Foundation supported this work by funding participant recruitment. We recruited more than 106 people in these electorates to install the Observatory’s ad collection tool on their phones during the two weeks prior to election day and collected a total of 22,370 ads. We then sorted through these ads to identify and analyse the political ads they received, noting that this did not include unsponsored, user-generated content. Of the 580 political ads seen by our participants, many focused heavily on energy and climate change, often in relation to increases in energy prices and the cost of living. As well as political parties, 7% of these ads came from third party organisations with a strong focus on energy and climate. Additionally, we used the PoliDashboard tool, developed and supported by our academic partners at the Social Media Lab (Toronto Metropolitan University), to track spending by major political parties, third-party organisations, and other actors. This submission summarises our key findings, focusing on third party groups, energy misinformation and political advertising. Key Findings ● Astroturfing is mainstream. Campaigns designed to appear grassroots are in fact coordinated, well-financed, and often linked directly to major political parties, donors, or lobby groups. ● Climate and energy are prime targets. Most third-party advertising during the 2025 Federal Election focused on energy costs, nuclear power, and climate action, framing vested interests as “ordinary Australians.” ● Systematic misrepresentation. Groups with names like Mums for Nuclear or Australians for Natural Gas disguised their partisan or corporate origins, sometimes even copying the identity of legitimate grassroots organisations. ● Heavy spending and reach. Lobby groups spe…

Another submission to the Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate and Energy.

We. Are. Screwed.

The ability of liars to lie convincingly has destroyed any hope of threat perception.

We will die of the heat and the dry, and the epic loneliness of having killed all the other creatures.

Creating that unrest maybe part of the plan: genuine unrest => allows Trump to declare state of emergency => defer/cancel elections & further consolidateo authoritarian power. He is trying to provoke trouble on the streets…

Brilliant cartoon. Thank you for making the comparison.

In my estimation the 50,000 years of unique rock art are of even greater significance to the world, culture, history, science… than even the French Crown Jewels.

WoodCide Ecocide
Perdaman
WA govt
Australian govt
Murdering First Nations art

If you were looking for one of the lowest cost ways of preventing climate change, you might head for the “deforestation frontier” in the Amazon rainforest.
economist.com/the-americas...

“Smart” beds? Perhaps “dumb” might be a better adjective for beds, fridges, blenders etc that, seriously, function way more reliably and effectively without internet connectivity.

That's right folks, focus on the real story (LNP is moribund): ~80% of Australia's contribution to global carbon emissions is embodied in fossil fuel exports

The @albomp.bsky.social gov's ceaseless enabling of NEW/EXTENSIONS of Coal & Gas projects (31🤯 & counting) is fuelling climate disaster

A SKELITEN TRYEN TO LIVE THERE DAMB LIFE BUT THEY HAVE TO USE THE TOUCH SCREEN IN THE CAR TO DO HALF OF DA SHIT IN THE CAR!!! AND IT AINT A NICE COMPUTER ITS LIKE TRYING TO USE YOUR NEPHEWS ANDOID TABLET!!! LAGGY AS HELL AND NONE OF THE MENUS WORK RIGHT!!!!!! DA TEXT SAYS "I DONT WANT A COMPUTER IN MY CAR, I DONT WANT A COMPUTER IN MY REFRIDGERATOR, I DONT WANT A COMPUTER IN MY THERMOSTAT,I DONT WANT A COMPUTER IN MY TELEVISON,I DONT WANT A COMPUTER IN MY EXERCICE BIKE, I DONT WANT A COMPUTER IN MY LIGHT BULB'S" - NEW ONE TODAY I DONT WANT A COMPUTER IN MY BED ETHIER YOU HEARD ABOUT THAT ONE, THEY MADE A SMART BED , WELL THE THINGS SENDING YOUR SEX DATA TO THE STARTUP IF YOUR ASKIN ME THATS THE MOST OBVIOUS CONCLUSION , AND WHO SUBSCRIBES TO BED, ITS BAD ENOUGH YA GOTTA PAY SO MUCH FOR A MATTRESS , LIFE IN 2025 MEANS YOU MUST PAY TO SLEEP - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

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a graphic showing space required for transport modes w/ people standing on a street - car, e-car, hydrogen car etc are the most, then bicycle, then bus and least space is walking

a simple reminder that walking is the best but pedestrians get a raw deal

A stem with two flowers and one bud. The flowers have four deep red petals, contrasting bright yellow pollen, and sepals that appear golden in the sunlight

Have you ever seen gold on a flower before?

This is the flower of the carnivorous plant Drosera calycina, which has striking deep red petals and sepals that glitter like gold in the afternoon sunlight.
#ozflora #fierceflora #Droseraceae #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #nature

Head of ABS defends debunking far-right ‘mass migration’ claims after censorship accusations Chief statistician David Gruen says bureau did not censor anyone and is ‘trying to take the side of truth’ after misuse of overseas arrivals figures

When claims made in the public arena using agency data is “flat-out contradicted by the statistical evidence", intervening to correct it upholds integrity

"you’re trying to take the side of truth [.. ]to take the side of explaining what the statistics say and what they don’t say"

#IStandWithABS

Melbourne: ever helpful

A diagram showing how the Overton Window works as the centre of politics is shifted ever further to the rigth by centrism. It is captioned: 'The Long-Term Effects of Voting For The Lesser Evil.'

Why 'centrists' must never get your vote... #SocialistSunday

It’s time Australia held that deep investigation that more than 500,000 Australians petitioned for.

Murdoch media are a cancer on society deliberately undermining our democracy.
#MurdochRC #auspol

skeletal fuigure dressedd up in a suit, carrying a sycthe with anti vaccines written on it

Patrick Kroon (1862-1941),
‘Death comes with Anti-Vaccination’, 1920-30
www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collectio...

Progressive patriotism: ACTU’s 25% gas export tax should replace broken PRRT Analysis by The Australia Institute reveals that replacing the broken Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) with a flat 25% tax on gas exports, as suggested by the ACTU, would raise more than $17 billion...

Analysis by The Australia Institute reveals that replacing the broken Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) with a flat 25% tax on gas exports, as suggested by the ACTU, would raise more than $17 billion a year, enough to quadruple Commonwealth spending on housing.

Read the full release below:

Climat : les forêts tropicales d'Australie ne sont plus un puits de carbone, selon une étude - RTBF Actus Ce bouleversement 'est largement dû à l'augmentation de la mortalité des arbres causée par le changement climatique,...

Climat : Les forêts tropicales d'Australie sont les premières au monde à émettre plus de dioxyde de carbone qu'elles n'en absorbent, révèle une étude parue mercredi dans la revue Nature, établissant un lien entre ce phénomène et le dérèglement climatique.

Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...

Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."

On a Saturday night I stumbled across something on the internet that made me feel like ****** my pants. A giant dataset of real surveillance operations targeting 1000s of people across nearly every country. Unraveling it and the mysterious company behind it has consumed 1.5 years of my life

Back over 1.5°C again and on the way up.

Coral has tipped. AMOC, Amazon, boreal forests, Antarctica, Greenland, permafrost, etc., are tipping.

The Climate 8-ball says, "Not to be!"

‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus

"Since 2021 when world leaders and corporate executives promised to halt deforestation, the new study found that forest loss has increased, driven by subsidies for livestock, monocrops, logging and other extractive industries."

"banks have made $26bn from financing deforesting companies"

Sprinting to stand still: Still no progress in Australia’s energy transition August 2025: The Australian Government’s oxymoronically named Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has just published its 2025 Australian Energy Statistics Update Report.

I think it is useful to remind folk coal is still far and away our largest form of ‘harvested’ energy. We simply export most of the coal we extract. Renewables? Less than 3%. Not a typo.

https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09/sprinting-to-stand-still-still-no-progress-in-australias-energy-transition/

Arctic seals and more than half of bird species are in trouble on latest list of threatened species Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction and more than half of bird species around the world are declining.

The IUCN calls the extinction crisis a mix of “hope and concern.” But hope thrives in the absence of honesty. Humanity would rather lie to itself about endless growth than face the limits of a finite planet.
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A yellow surveying equipment 'theodolite' on a tripod for measuring distances for coastal erosion

Storm surge eroding the coastline and washing away a set of wooden stairs to the beach

A two-lane road along the beach washed away by coastal erosion from beneath

It is estimated that by 2100, more than 50% of our sandy beaches will be completely lost due to sea level rise driven by climate change. In California, the estimate is 70%, and in Florida, the figure is as high as 80%. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #SeaRise #HabitatLoss

Down in Nannup I can never get close enough to white tail black cockatoos perched in the tall Marris and Jarrahs to be certain our local flocks are Baudin’s or Carnaby’s. They move away to quickly! The calls are even quite similar to my ear.

Here is the link to vote: birdlife.org.au/australian-b...

Quick. Vote for Baudin’s cockatoos for Australia’s bird of the year. They’re endangered and need their profile lifted fast do they get protection.

It's time to muddy these spats ... Help Barry Glendenning raise money to support Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity

Having been goaded into it by @maxrushden.bsky.social, I am doing the London Landmarks half-marathon in April for Great Ormond Street Children's Charity. I am 52, overweight, hideously unfit and I hate running. Please donate, if you can spare a few quid ...

www.justgiving.com/page/barry-g...

The ‘sour grapes’ of conspiracy theories: how does the emotion of ressentiment predict conspiracy beliefs? - Acta Politica This research examines how negative emotions affect the degree to which people endorse conspiracy theories. Conspiracy beliefs typically flourish in contemporary politics that evoke negative emotions. In the present article, we hypothesized that citizens in ressentiment, a particular emotional state salient in contemporary grievance politics, is a key underpinning of why people believe in conspiracy theories. Ressentiment is a multi-layered emotion, within which perceptions of unfairness, bitterness, and feelings of (suppressed) anger are central. Across three studies, we examined the role of ressentiment in predicting belief in conspiracy theories. Study 1 (United Kingdom, N = 300) and Study 2 (United States, N = 300) revealed a positive relationship between ressentiment, measured through a validated scale, and belief in conspiracy theories. This relationship was mediated by rejection of the status quo. In Study 3 (United States, N = 300, pre-registered), we used a vignette describing a fictitious country to experimentally show that evoking ressentiment (vs. control condition) significantly increased belief in conspiracy theories. Taken together, these findings reveal that ressentiment is central for understanding the emotional roots of believing in conspiracy theories.

New research found that belief in conspiracy theories is linked to a mix of perceived unfairness, bitterness, and suppressed anger. People who experience these feelings are more likely to reject the status quo and embrace conspiratorial explanations.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...