Catherine Strong

The ARIA charts are about to undergo a big change. It could be a boost for local artists Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours album has been in the Top 50 albums chart for more than 400 weeks – but it won’t be there for much longer.

Discussing changes to how the ARIA Charts are compiled, with @hellharpy.bsky.social

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Rosemary Hill and Olly Carter on a video call for Sound Advice podcast.

It was great to talk to Oliver Carter about our book 'Unsilenced: Women Musicians, Gender-Based Violence, and the Popular Music Industry' (by @hellharpy.bsky.social , @snappyalligator.bsky.social and me).

Podcast: linktr.ee/soundadvicepod

Book: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/unsilenced-9798765101742/

Wait, do you mean the caps that effectively give power to the 2 major parties from here on in by locking everyone else out? That’s not a master stroke, that’s just the two parties working for their own interests

Protect Trans Youth National Day of Action Protect Trans Youth National Day of Action Join the National Day of Action

Protect Trans Youth - National Day of Action across Australia Sat Feb 8. See the events and ways to participate here (via @transjusticeau.bsky.social) - transjustice.org.au/youth/

Nice present waiting on my first day back for the year! Shout out to my co-authors @rosemaryhell.bsky.social @hellharpy.bsky.social order your copy now, it’s actually affordable! www.bloomsbury.com/au/unsilence...

Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.

Keith Wasserman: Does anyone have access to private firefighters to protect our home in Pacific Palisades? Need to act fast here. All neighbors houses burning. Will pay any amount. Thank you.

“Will pay any amount.”

Feels like one of those futile pleas we’re going to hear from wealthy people more and more in the era of climate change.

Got mine too!

New book! Unsilenced: Women Musicians, Gender-Based Violence, and the Popular Music Industry.

Australia leads the world in arresting climate and environment protesters A new study shows more than 20 per cent of climate and environment protests in Australia lead to arrests, more than in the UK, Norway, and the United States.

Labor and Liberal governments have passed 49 anti-protest laws across the country over the last two decades.

It is damning (& history will judge us harshly) but no surprise that 🇦🇺 leads the world on climate protest arrests.
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Breaking News!
Code Yikes!

Yesterday's global 2m surface temperature hit a new high for 2023, at 1.98°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC baseline. Only one day since 1940 has been more extreme than yesterday. That day was Feb. 28, 2016, with an anomaly of 1.99°C.

Tomorrow?

Humans: Lets agree on the international climate policy goal of limiting global warming to less than two degrees Celsius by 2100 compared to the pre-industrialization level.

Climate: We’ll always have Paris

Hello Bluesky! Am I allowed to talk about decolonization here?