Caroline Gardam

Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points

William Nordhaus received the Nobel Memorial Prize for these flawed economic models, and Bjorn Lomborg built a highly lucrative career on them.
They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear.
While helping to consign us all to catastrophe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I can only view a few of these at a time

I had a chat with @pardisyarahmadi.bsky.social about the situation in Iran, and the horrors hidden behind and by the digital blackout. If you'd like to know more about the context and how you can help, have a listen.

I’d like to think Prince would be proud.

A ginger cat photobombs an image of t-shirt with an illustration of First Nations warriors wearing colonial attire in front of the Australian Aboriginal Flag, above the words “Frontier War Stories”.

Not a date to celebrate

Relatedly

Top marks to Gareth Hutchens and the ABC for publishing this.

A discreet intellectual network has been reshaping the world for 70 years. Here's how A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network.

Woah, comprehensive. Make yourself a cuppa and settle in.
#atlasnetwork #thinktanks

Is there an option to listen to Triple J’s hottest100 without the commentary?

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales How We Make Hope Normal Again- Green Party Political Broadcast

Compelling

Interesting approach.

Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time

"All 98 editorials opposing climate action were in right-leaning titles, incl the Sun, Mail, Telegraph, Times & Express"

By Josh Gabbatiss & Sylvia Hayes

www.carbonbrief.org/...

As US weighs attack, fate of Iran protests may hang in the balance As Iran steps up a deadly crackdown on nationwide demonstrations, some analysts warned that if US President Donald Trump does not act on his vow to protect protestors, the unrest he helped galvanize m...

Sharing here on a friend and colleague's request. That is, getting information out.

New paper out with @snurb.info and Simon Copland, where we analyse Sky News Australia through the lens of network propaganda.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

NASA: we are about to cross the threshold above which the worst cascading impacts of catastrophic climate change will occur

YouTube video by Punter's Politics How a Small Group of Wealthy People Shapes What You Think | Punters Politics

@punterspolitics.bsky.social has a look at the IPA

Iran experiencing nationwide internet blackout, monitor says NetBlocks says the apparent blackout follows 'a series of escalating digital censorship measures targeting protests'.

Meanwhile

Statement: Jewish Council Condemns Adelaide Festival Removal of Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah

Grass roots.
My @smh cartoon.

Nigel Farage Accepted £10,000 Gifts from Petrostate Reform UK leader Nigel Farage received freebies worth £10,000 from the Abu Dhabi government, new records show. Farage’s latest register of interests shows that he accepted flights and accommodation to...

And in other news...
this timeline sucks.

Trump moves to pull US out of bedrock global climate treaty, becoming first country to do so | CNN The Trump administration is pulling the United States out of the bedrock treaty that underpins international cooperation on climate change, along with dozens of other global bodies.

No surprise, but dear Uma, how depressing.

Why not both? or either?

Clouds

Hello 2026. Thanks for the rad cloudscape.

What would Ahmed do? This is a tough one.

@birmo.bsky.social comes close to addressing how this 1000-year-long week has felt.

aliensideboob.substack.com/p/what-would...?

This is a useful 🧵

Ahmed al Ahmed.

Oh hi! Just me, my buddies, & our CIESJ Faculty awards for sustainability (digital climate communication & sustainability policy) with @carlylubicz.bsky.social & @riedlinm.bsky.social.

Cheers to the @qutdmrc.bsky.social team who worked on this report; particular thanks to @antmandan.bsky.social 🥹🙏

Drop in and say hi! I'll be onsite on Saturday 6 December
#Meanjin #Magandjin #Brisbane

Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.

File under: unsurprised.

For those who still, whatever the reason, must/choose to face the hellsite, you can play the location game yourself: click the three dots next to the follow button, then 'About this account' will show you what country it derives from.