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UX + digital for not-for-profits. Parent. Surfer. Bird lover. Prev MSF + Greenpeace. Living + working on Gumbaynggirr Country. #climatejustice #refugeeswelcome πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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GEO: The Complete Guide to AI-First Content Optimization 2025 Learn how to optimize your content for AI-powered search engines like Gemini and ChatGPT. Get our actionable GEO checklist today.

A recent article in the Intelligencer said - SEO Is Dead. Say Hello to GEO. Search-engine optimization now feels dated. Generative-engine optimization is all about trying to trick AI chatbots. Want to know how? This is pretty comprehensive: totheweb.com/blog/beyond-...

28.08.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Good Trouble [official music video] Get in trouble - necessary trouble
YouTube video by music for sea monsters Good Trouble [official music video] Get in trouble - necessary trouble

"When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just - you have an obligation to say something, to do something... you too can do something." - Congressman John Lewis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCdP...

28.08.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Last week Macquarie received the biggest #climate vote against a bank in Australia’s history.

Investors want to see Macquarie do more – as do the 10,000+ people who signed an open letter calling on Macquarie to stop funding fracking.

01.08.2025 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So much power, AND lots and lots of water! Setting up new data centres in areas prone to drought and water shortages is a serious issue.

01.08.2025 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water **With Famine on the rise, we will significantly lower tent purchases and focus on food (rice and bread) and water over the next couple of weeks**

Temperatures are ~33Β°C, Gaza continues to be starved, the shortage of water and food is dire, governments continue to refuse to #SanctionIsrael

Help the Sameer project provide water & a little sustenance if you can

31.07.2025 03:28 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Australia has an opportunity to get out of AUKUS. We should take it.

We ask the Albanese Government to prioritise Australia's interests and security, and to join the UK and the US Governments in undertaking an independent parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS.

✍️ Add your name: theaus.in/AUKUS_inquiry

16.06.2025 05:53 β€” πŸ‘ 724    πŸ” 331    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 34
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And So I Roar wins Climate Fiction Prize 2025 - The Climate Fiction Prize The Climate Fiction Prize will support societies to fully grasp the climate change threat and to embrace its solutions through great stories.

Just clocked that there is now a @climatefictionprize and that all of the authors short listed were women. Check it out - some great reads here for those interested! #books @climate #reading #clifi
climatefictionprize.co.uk

17.06.2025 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Critical minerals: The one issue COP has forgotten about To reverse the climate crisis, COP30 must address the unforeseen consequences of the critical mineral boom, which is adding more deforestation and CO2 emissions

Transition minerals are mined in deeply destructive ways, threatening Indigenous people, communities & ecosystems vital for carbon storage. The green transition must also be a just transition, one that protects people & the planet, not just profits.
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns... #climatejustice

11.06.2025 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The OpenAI empire - podcast Technology journalist Karen Hao, who has been reporting on OpenAI since 2019, compares its unprecedented growth to a new form of empire

Just listened to this interview and learned a lot - especially about the labour/exploitation that is so typical of empire. I'm looking at AI with a broader perspective now. Highly recommend this, and am adding Karen Hao's book to my must-read list www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

02.06.2025 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The OpenAI empire - podcast Technology journalist Karen Hao, who has been reporting on OpenAI since 2019, compares its unprecedented growth to a new form of empire

Just listened to this interview and learned a lot - especially about the labour/exploitation that is so typical of empire. Thanks for re-framing AI for me with this insider insight, I'm looking at AI with a broader perspective now. Your book = a must-read. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

02.06.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Nationals leader has just said children who commit crimes should have their civil rights "put aside" if anyone was wondering how the campaign was going.

08.04.2025 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1193    πŸ” 469    πŸ’¬ 119    πŸ“Œ 60
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Forest destruction the size of Liverpool tied to UK imports UK imports in 2024 linked to forest destruction the size of a major city, despite government pledges to tackle the global nature emergency

Cattle products from Brazil are the worst offender for deforestation from the list of the UK’s direct imports globalwitness.org/en/campaigns... via @globalwitness.org #climate #forests

21.03.2025 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The American Beef Industry Understood Its Climate Impact Decades Ago - Inside Climate News New research finds the industry’s campaigns to confuse the public about beef’s climate impact go back longer than previously recognized.

The US beef industry knew it was a significant source of climate emissions since 1989. The meat industry has been involved with climate obstruction and efforts to derail attempts to persuade the public to eat less meat as a climate strategy, ever since.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1403202... #climate

21.03.2025 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How race for critical minerals fuels conflict and inequality While Trump zeroes in on embattled Ukraine's critical mineral reserves, conflict and inequality clash with efforts for a just energy transition across the globe

"Instead of enabling a fair and just transition for both communities and countries globally, the race for critical minerals is exacerbating human rights abuses, deepening inequality and fuelling global unrest." #climatejustice globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...

20.03.2025 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NGOs, Trade Unions, Call on EU to Ban Trade with Israel’s Illegal Settlements Over 160 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), trade unions, and civil society organizations, including Human Rights Watch, have called on the European Union to ban trade and business with Israeli set...

All #EU states say #Israel 's settlements are illegal and an "obstacle to peace", linked to very serious abuses. Then why do they keep trading with them?

163 NGOs & trade unions urge @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to #StopTradeWithSettlements, in compliance with #ICJ ruling: www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...

04.02.2025 07:36 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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'My legs were gone': Hidden danger spreads amid Myanmar war Jungle medics and ethnic medical groups have become a lifeline for displaced people in Myanmar as the country becomes the world's deadliest for landmines.

Daw Khin, 57, stepped on a landmine while cleaning her outdoor toilet. She had only recently returned to her village after being forced to flee by a military air strike.

"I didn't think the military would lay mines in my house," she told @hrw
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

10.02.2025 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Don't Believe Him | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show Don't Believe Him | The Ezra Klein Show

I took heart from this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8QL...

12.02.2025 04:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Green activists warn London exchange over possibly β€˜criminal’ copper trading Dealing in metal from Papua could break UK law because of environmental impact of mining it, campaigners argue

"Campaigners have warned the world’s largest metals market, the London Metal Exchange (LME), that it could be breaking the law by allowing the trading of copper from one of the world’s most controversial mines."

The Guardian covers @glanlaw.bsky.social's and LMN's action:
tinyurl.com/mry7z56f

05.02.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Starter Pack on Colonialism, Decolonisation & Race πŸ‘‡. Interdisciplinary and not limited to academics. Set it up last week so I may have missed people who joined recently - pls let me know if you'd like to be added (or removed). ..Overlapping starter packs v.welcome!

go.bsky.app/NypyY8Q

15.11.2024 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3583    πŸ” 764    πŸ’¬ 340    πŸ“Œ 41
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The Palestinian keffiyeh and its symbolism:
The firshnet represents its Mediterranean life.
The bold multi-laned borders represent the trade routes passing through Palestine.
The leaf pattern in between the two border lines represent olive leaves.
The hills, the sea, and the routes of travel.

17.10.2023 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 140    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

A huge win after many years of research, innovation and time spent building community trust. DNDi (The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative) do vital work!

07.02.2025 08:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking at Women Looking at War β€” a chronicle cut short by Putin’s invasion A Russian missile strike killed Ukrainian writer and war-crimes investigator Victoria Amelina, leaving her unfinished diaries as a poignant tribute to what might have been

My review of Ukrainian novelist and poetess Victoria Amelina's poignant, unfinished last work. Her life was gratuitously and carelessly snuffed out - by a Russian missile - cruelly early, but at least her words live on. www.ft.com/content/bf5b...

06.02.2025 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How to protect democracies from falsehoods? By empowering the young with open-source investigation skills β€œIf anyone with a smartphone can publish, they should also be able to verify,” argue Bellingcat’s founder Eliot Higgins and Dr Natalie Martin in this piece.

This feels like essential learning - to change the mindset of news consumers from passive to active, and give the next generation the skills to distinguish truth from chaos.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-pro...

07.02.2025 08:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Australia proved this in practice. Long-term & indefinite detention causes harm. Suicides, sexual assault, abuse, hunger & despair for men, women & kids left to languish in PNG and Nauru. All of this well documented. It's also expensive - many, many times the cost of resettlement - and corrupt.

07.02.2025 08:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Australia proved this in practice. Long-term & indefinite detention causes harm. Suicides, sexual assault, abuse, hunger & despair for men, women & kids left to languish in PNG and Nauru. All of this well documented. It's also expensive - many, many times the cost of resettlement - and corrupt.

07.02.2025 08:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s how to share sensitive leaks with the press Thinking about securely leaking information to news organizations? This guide will show you how.

Hold powerful people and institutions accountable - tips to do it safely: freedom.press/digisec/blog...

06.02.2025 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#campaigning #FossilFuels #refugee #UX #ally #divest #ceasefirenow

I'm looking forward to reconnecting with twitter peeps in a more positive space, but one that still shines a light on the darker side of governments and corporates too. (3/3)

19.12.2023 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Australian Climate Case and The Wilderness Society. Plus many others from the academic, health and union sectors.

I'm interested in #climate #ClimateJustice #ClimateEmergency #forests #oceans #biodiversity #treaty #Indigenous #FirstNations #TruthTelling #InvestigativeJournalism (2/3)

19.12.2023 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hello everyone, #introduction time...

I've been working on digital projects for environmental and humanitarian not-for-profits for 20+ years. I've had the privilege to work with amazing committed people at MSF, Greenpeace, Oxfam, The Climate Council, Market Forces, Grata Fund, (1/3)

19.12.2023 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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