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CBS News just gutted its climate team Paramount and Bari Weiss aren't off to a great start. Here's why David Ellison should change course.

NEWS: CBS News gutted its climate team as part of the big Paramount layoffs this week. These journalists had been doing incredible reporting on extreme heat, flooding, clean energy investments and more.

I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...

Abuse, bullying and threats as anti-renewables rhetoric splits communities There are grave concerns that dangerous language and bullying of farmers who are hosting renewable energy projects on their properties could turn into violence.

Great story on ABC about the campaigns of bullying and intimidation experienced by farmers hosting renewable energy.

Michael McCormack's response? "I'm not going to take any responsibility. I'm sorry. I'm just not". Absolutely shameful.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.

Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵

One app, 60 men, 26 dates: my adventures in alt-right dating There’s no question that we’re living — and looking for love — in contentious times, where extreme political ideologies have all but divided parts of the dating pool. Or have they?

This is a good piece but god almighty is it sad, sad, sad

Monash staff vent in leaked document, demand university save key institute from chopping block or risk 'global reputation'

A final decision was expected on the institute's controversial closure by this Friday, but given “the level of detail in some of the feedback received”, that deadline was pushed back until November 14.

Australian gas exports don’t cut coal overseas, and here are the charts to prove it The point.com.au

Excellent by @ketanjoshi.co
"Australian gas exports don’t cut coal overseas, and here are the charts to prove it"

thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

Everybody's talking about Dem strategy, so here's something to add to the mix.

I start with this premise: The best and most reliable indicator of whether someone will vote red or blue is the density of the place they live. More dense, more likely to be blue, & vice versa.

Reuters, New York Times Top List of Fossil Fuel Industry’s Favorite Media Partners Taking a hard look at the media industry’s relationship with the fossil fuel industry.

when we did the most *conservative* accounting of this (using advertising data, because of course they're also not transparent about it), the NYT alone had taken in $20 million from oil and gas companies in just THREE years. it's absolutely wild drilled.media/news/drilled...

Question mark leads by a landslide

What a complete mess our political system is in. Just an utter laughable debacle.

Vietnam's former imperial city floods after record rains.

Centuries-old buildings in Vietnam's former imperial city of Hue, a UNESCO world heritage site, are flooded by brown water as heavy rainfall inundates the country's central coastal region since the weekend

The key role a 'lost' reef is playing in SA's algal bloom fight A marine ecologist's discovery two years ago that sparked a restoration project becomes a key element to South Australia's response to the devastating algal bloom.

A marine ecologist's discovery two years ago that sparked a restoration project becomes a key element to South Australia's response to the devastating algal bloom.

US accused of plotting false-flag operation to frame Venezuela Venezuela says it has thwarted what it calls a CIA-linked plot to attack a US warship anchored in Trinidad.

Venezuela says it has thwarted what it calls a CIA-linked plot to attack a US warship anchored in Trinidad.

‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

"Humanity has failed to limit global heating to 1.5C and must change course immediately, the secretary general of the UN has warned."

Australia’s most advanced renewable grid hits new wind and solar records, with batteries also playing a key part and gas relegated to a minor role.

Stunning satellite imagery of Hurricane Melissa tonight.

As oil market surplus keeps rising, something’s got to give – Analysis - IEA As oil market surplus keeps rising, something’s got to give - A commentary by Toril Bosoni

"The global oil market may be at a tipping point as signs of a significant supply glut emerge" writes the IEA.

Tepid demand due to "subpar economic conditions, increasing vehicle efficiencies, & robust electric vehicle sales in many markets." 😮

www.iea.org/commentaries...

Did you know that a seriously wealthy immigrant family from the USA, the Lennon family, and in particular the grandson is behind the anti- immigration rallies?

Ironically the family business Peet owns something like 48,000 properties that they land bank and do not rent out.

Jamaica braces as Hurricane Melissa strengthens offshore The storm, which threatens to dump up to one metre of rain, is moving at a worryingly slow pace.

Hurricane Melissa, which could bring up to one metre of rain to Jamaica, is moving towards the Caribbean island at a worryingly slow pace.
Climate change is making tropical storms more frequent and severe, including through heavier rainfall and slower-moving storms.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

Whitlam dismissal secrets unearthed from the archives of the Canadian governor-general

This is the first indication from Sir John Kerr that Queen Elizabeth II approved of the position he had taken during his dismissal of Gough Whitlam, historian @palaceletters.bsky.social writes.

The entire world was ready to reduce shipping emissions. Then Trump stepped in. After Trump threatened countries with tariffs and visa restrictions, a first-ever global carbon tax is left to an uncertain future.

“The entire world was ready to reduce shipping emissions. Then Trump stepped in. After the Trump administration threatened countries with tariffs and visa restrictions, a first-ever global carbon tax is left to an uncertain future.” Via @grist.org

Elections matter. And not just to YOUR country.

Eh, if it's a problem, I'm sure it's nothing AI can't fix.

The excess of this New Gilded Age is getting a bit much.

Two federal judges say use of AI led to errors in US court rulings Two federal judges admitted in response to an inquiry by U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley that members of their staff used artificial intelligence to help prepare recent court orders that Grassley called "error-ridden."

As a supervising attorney, I am here to tell young lawyers that AI is absolutely a threat to your career. I do not mean that it will replace you. I mean that if you use it, you increase the risk that another attorney will replace you when you are fired. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Hydrology Paper of the Day @manuelaibrunner.bsky.social on how droughts and floods occur at the same time in different places: the role of seasonality and hydrological processes; spatial clustering and hydroclimatology; the role of weather regimes and spatial patterns; and data from 4299 catchments.

Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows Executives at world’s biggest datacenter owner grappled with disclosing information about water used to help power facilities

“Amazon strategised about keeping the public in the dark over the true extent of its datacentres’ water use, a leaked internal document reveals. The biggest owner of datacentres in the world..is planning a huge increase in capacity as part of a push into AI”

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Americans are dying from extreme heat. Autopsy reports don’t show the full story Official reports are likely to overlook heat’s role in a death. As US temperatures rise, experts say the true toll needs to be counted

One of the many things @ninalakhani.bsky.social does so well is show the very real, very now cost of climate change at the most human level. This story is devastatingly good: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

New report "Culture for Climate Survey Report: The Australian performing arts sector’s response to the climate crisis" has zero mention of fossil fuel sponsorship in the arts. research-repository.griffith.edu.au/items/818af0...

‘Absurdist leaps of logic’: Robodebt misused in FOI reforms I am furious. Angry, certainly, about the federal government’s proposed freedom of information laws, which mock the very idea of transparency, but seething especially about the justification for them,...

The dishonesty around the use of Robodebt in prosecuting the government’s Freedom of Information secrecy drive is galling in the extreme. I set out some facts that deflate the specious claims being used as cover. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...

Graeme Samuel who was tasked by Sussan Ley to Review env. laws says he’s “frustrated” & “angry” Ley all of a sudden turned her back on the reforms & says it’s “bitterly disappointing” LNP offered a briefing & then went quiet🙄
“I say absolutely & then I’ve got nothing further”💥 #Abc