David Tomkins 🦋

People just do not understand simple things like
We cannot make, or build fresh clean water
We cannot make or build fresh clean air

I hope mother nature kicks the shit out of mankind before the stupidity of mankind destroys the whole planet.

Google pledges roughly three hours of its annual profit to fight climate change Google and others are committing $100 million to combat climate change.

The perfect headline doesn’t exi…

She helped design Australia’s aged care assessment tool – but now Lynda Henderson is too scared to use it Exclusive: Member of working group behind questionnaire had no idea it would eventually be underpinned by ‘ridiculously simplistic’ algorithm

“I have grave concerns about the use of algorithms and automation to make decisions about the complex individual care needs of older Australians,”
#agedcare #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

'Gobsmacked': threatened bird habitat cleared under Australia’s new nature laws Environmentalists have accused the Albanese Government of making a “mockery” of Australia’s new nature laws, saying they’re “gobsmacked” by its decision to greenlight the destruction of threatened bir...

"The federal environment department approved the Top End Pastoral Company to clear ~3,000 hectares of tropical savanna

1) without requiring an environmental assessment

2) despite the area being home to the endangered Red Goshawk & Gouldian Finch

3) to make way for cotton crops."

#VoteThemOut

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

Thought I’d share again this post from someone with family in Iran. He described how Iran itself is set up for an attack: “Four levels of succession for every key position…Regional commanders who don’t need orders from Tehran to act.”

Will be interesting to see this getting challenged all the way to High Court

Walk first. Doomscroll later.

Fever dream: Australia sweltered through one of the hottest summers on record, with little relief at night Data shows that some locations stayed well above 30C through the night during a heatwave in late January

Australia’s summer was one of the hottest since measurements began, with more than 60 weather stations recording their highest ever daily maximum temperatures during a heatwave in January.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

staying offline today, but all I'll say is:

Gaza was the test. Gaza was the precedent. Everyone that failed to speak out or condemn it is now seeing the cost of their silence.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on Iran: “Spain is against this disaster. Because we understand that governments are here to improve people's lives, to provide solutions to problems, not to make people's lives worse.

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“If you shut up truth, and bury it underground, it will but grow, and gather to itself such explosive power that the day it bursts through it will blow up everything in its way."

- Emile Zola

Go Electric Electrify your home or business and benefit from cleaner, cheaper energy.

Preston Library is hosting a free home electrification event on Thursday 12th March (6-7.30pm). Find out about Darebin Council's new Energy Upgrades program and how to reduce your energy bills and carbon footprint. Don't miss out! Book now at www.darebin.vic.gov.au/Waste-enviro...
#ClimateEmergency

Stop Trump Tower on the Gold Coast! If you, like me, are concerned about the direction our country will go if a Trump Tower is built in our country, then join me in objecting!

If you, like me, are concerned about the direction our country will go if a Trump Tower is built in our country, then join me in objecting! petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/st... @getup.org.au

Tell Congress: Demand AG Bondi release ALL of the Epstein files now Contact Congress today!

The Epstein cover-up is starting to crack, but Pam Bondi is still stonewalling. This is the biggest scandal in modern history, and it's being buried.

Congress: Do your job. Demand the full release NOW.

Who's with us? Tell your reps:

Australians who need care because of age or disability shouldn’t be reduced to an algorithm | Georgia Van Toorn When we relinquish care to a computer, we put lives at the mercy of a flawed system

The shift towards algorithmic decision-making can be seen in the new Integrated Assessment Tool (IAT), introduced on 1 November 2025 under the Albanese government’s Aged Care Act.
#NDIS #agedcare #auspol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Australian wildlife in ‘harm’s way’, with volunteers left to ‘pick up the pieces’ amid climate crisis, fires and floods Ken Henry leads push for federal government to do more to protect animals as biodiversity declines

Labor is being pushed to introduce tough new national rules for protecting threatened species exposed to disasters including bushfires and floods, with advocates warning that risks to wildlife could reach a point of no return.
#threatenedspecies #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I had a Kona EV before I got my Ioniq 6 and took multiple road trips in it. The charging speed never bothered me or got in my way. I just pointed out that newer EVs charge faster since a lot of people I talk to still thinks it takes over an hour. Which I don’t think was ever the case for modern EVs.

Analysis: China’s clean-energy exports in 2024 alone will cut overseas CO2 by 1% - Carbon Brief China’s clean-energy technologies such as solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles are helping to cut emissions in other countries.

The solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles (EVs) and wind turbines exported from China in 2024 are set to cut annual CO2 emissions in the rest of the world by 1%, some 220m tonnes (MtCO2). www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...

Graph of sea surface temperatures - just a few days ago we reached shortly 2024 values again when we had the El A graph showing the climate atrocity of sea surface temperatures peaking so shortly after the last El Niño. 2016 values had only been reached breached during 2024

Map of sea surface temperature anomalies. vast areas of the oceans are covered by marine heatwaves.

ENSO3.4. Index - red colors are El Niño events - the one in 2016 lasted into April, like the one in 2024...

A graph showing the climate atrocity of sea surface temperatures peaking so shortly after the last El Niño.

The grey line are the 2016 values of the El Niño that lasted well into the first half of 2016.

It took 7 years to reach these values again.

This time 2 years but with no El Niño in place

POLLUTING GAS REALLY STINKS Aussie power prices are high because expensive polluting gas often set the price of power and aging coal plants keep breaking down pushing prices higher. Meanwhile many households overpay on outdated plans. (Image of stacks burning excess gas)

Hold on a second, WHAT EXACTLY IS IN A POWER BILL? (Pie chart showing) NETWORK COSTS (POLES AND WIRES) 39% WHOLESALE COSTS (THE COST OF THE ELECTRICITY YOU USE) 38% OTHER COSTS (RETAIL SERVICES & COMPLYING WITH GOVT REGS) 17% RETAIL MARGINS 6%

The good news?
We already have the solution.
Renewables are the cheapest form of new electricity. They’re cleaner and more reliable when backed by storage.
#climatecrisis #fossilfuels #auspol

WHY DO OUR POWER BILLS KEEP GOING UP? ...and who's to blame?

THE STATE OF AUSSIE POWER BILLS Key facts: EXPENSIVE GAS IS DRIVING HIGH ELECTRICITY PRICES OLD COAL POWER STATIONS ARE CAUSING PRICE SPIKES MILLIONS OF AUSTRALIANS ARE OVERPAYING FOR ELECTRICITY RENEWABLE ENERGY IS ALREADY LOWERING BILLS GOVERNMENTS NEED TO ACCELLERATE CLEAN ENERGY AND PROTECT CONSUMERS

Power bills are high because Australia still relies on expensive gas and old coal stations that keep breaking down. It’s as simple as that.
So while households struggle, big energy companies keep making huge profits.
#climatecrisis #fossilfuels #auspol

HERE'S WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR BILLS Basically, these guys: EXPENSIVE POLLUTING GAS, DODGY ENERGY RETAILERS, UNRELIABLE COAL STATIONS AND POOR PAST PLANNING are sending power bills through the roof, meanwhile...

ABUNDANT, CLEAN RENEWABLES RENEWABLE ENERGY, ELECTRIFIED HOMES, BATTERY STORAGE CONNECTED WITH TRANSMISSION can keep power prices down!

THE GOOD NEWS: Renewables and storage now provide close to 45% of electricity in Australia's main grid, which is driving down bills. By expanding renewable energy, storage and transmission we can reduce our reliance on volatile fossil fuel prices and lower long-term costs for households and businesses.

More wind and solar means lower prices and less pollution.
Read the Climate Council report, Power Games: Who’s Driving High Power Bills? www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/po...
#climatecrisis #RenewableEnergy #auspol

Modern EVs go from 10-80% in under 20 minutes. That’s quicker than I can use the restroom and stretch my legs. Once again charging happens while I am doing something else.

And the award for fracking and f**king our future goes to… #APA GROUP! #UASolutionsSummit

Spoiler alert: making #climate change worse is not a solution for Australia’s future. 🙃 #auspol

This Is Me While My Car Charges Itself My EV is charging right now. I'm sitting in my garden, about to hit 'publish' on this blog. I'm not waiting at a charging station. I'm not surrounded by cement under fluorescent lights next to a fridg...

EV charging is something that happens while you’re doing something else. It's not a separate chore you have to plan your day around. This difference with fossil-fuelled cars isn't just a footnote. It is the entire upgrade.
#electricvehicles #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/this-is...

✍️ PETITION: Tax the gas industry its fair share Tax the gas industry its fair share! Australia Institute research shows a 25% tax on gas exports could solve the gas crisis – and raise $17 billion every year at the same time. ✍️ Add your name now...

It's a no brainer - the gas industry should be paying its fair share in tax. Please sign the @australiainstitute.org.au's petition: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/gas_export_t...

NT environmentalists ‘gobsmacked’ at federal green light to bulldoze nearly 3,000 hectares of tropical savanna Daly River region is home to threatened species such as the ghost bat, Gouldian finch, pig-nosed turtle and red goshawk

The environment minister, Murray Watt, has given the green light for the bulldozing of nearly 3,000 hectares of tropical savanna in the Northern Territory without an assessment under Australia’s nature laws.
#Environment #ClimateCrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Power Games: Who’s driving high power bills? | Climate Council Power bills have become a growing source of stress for Aussie families and businesses. More renewable energy offers a clear solution. Unlike fossil fuels, they rely on a free and abundant source of en...

Who’s driving high power bills?
Power prices are complex, and it can be hard to know what’s really going on. In short, there are three key drivers behind our high power prices.
#ClimateCrisis #fossilfuels #renewables #auspol
www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/po...

“We cannot change the science. All we can change is the political world,” South African human rights and climate advocate @kuminaidoo.bsky.social told The Australia Institute’s Follow the Money podcast.

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