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Spain’s Renewable-Energy Boom Loosens Gas’s Grip on Power Prices Soaring renewables output in Spain is weakening gas’s grip on electricity prices, setting the country apart from much of Europe where fossil fuels still dictate the cost of power.

"Spain’s rapid renewables build-out means its power prices were set by fossil generation just 19% of the time, down from 75% in 2019. As a result, wholesale electricity was almost a third cheaper than the EU average"

Imagine having cheaper power

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Queensland eyes eco-tourism boom with ambitious 20-year plan From rejuvenating the Great Barrier Reef islands to launching 45 new eco-tourism experiences, a bold strategy will position Queensland as a green travel destination - but the price tag remains unclear...

You'd have to have lived under a rock for a decade to think that tourism in Queensland in 20 years won't be profoundly changed by climate change.

Already, mass bleaching occurred in 6 of the past 10 summers. By 2045, the Great Barrier Reef will be unrecognizable. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

Siblings

Siblings https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/siblings-1930

Trump’s Vision: One World, Three Powers?

NEW: Trump's recent actions and statements suggest he sees the world carved up among three powers — the US, Russia and China. It's a throwback to the 19th century, when empires established their "spheres of influence." Gift link to @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/u...

Purchased 1985

John Constable, A Lock on the Stour, Suffolk, 1831 #artbots #tate
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1126171

Being asked to call themselves the “Nationalss” was just a step too far.

Moody’s downgrades U.S. credit as Congress considers bill that could add to deficits Moody’s knocked the government’s credit rating down a notch as debt soars.

Moody’s Ratings downgraded the United States’ credit rating, as the country’s debt soars and interest rates remain high.

The downgrade, from the highest rating to one notch below, comes as the president’s budget bill suffered a blow in Congress.

The militarisation of police forces and immigration agents is a real indicator of a failed state.

A fair question.

Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim:

“Australia plays a pivotal role in the Asia Pacific. The Albanese government’s attention to Southeast Asia during its first term did not go unnoticed, and we hope that spirit of engagement will continue.”

NEW: How Marco Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, became the Secretary of Everything. He has 4 titles now — 2 more than Henry Kissinger and 1 more than China's leader, Xi Jinping. It's likely a record in the modern history of the U.S. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...

Ex-Trump Official Targeted for Investigation Loses Global Entry Status Chris Krebs, a cybersecurity official in the first Trump administration, had declared that the 2020 election was conducted securely.

Chris Krebs, the former cybersecurity official in President Trump’s first term whom the president recently targeted for investigation because he had said that the 2020 election had been conducted securely, learned that his membership in a program giving travelers expedited status had been revoked.

Peter Dutton said today that Welcome to Country is “an important part of official ceremonies & it should be respected"

Was he hoping nobody realises he’s appointed Jacinta Price as Shadow DOGE Minister who wants to ban Welcome to Country ceremonies, regarding them as “waste”?🙄

Silence on big ute subsidies as Coalition backflips on EV's - The Australia Institute As Peter Dutton announces a Coalition government would scrap tax breaks for people who buy electric vehicles, The Australia Institute has called for him to scrap the ridiculous tax break for people wh...

As Peter Dutton announces a Coalition government would scrap tax breaks for people who buy electric vehicles, we are calling for him to scrap the ridiculous tax break for people who buy big utes.

MEDIA RELEASE:

Best yet 👏😂

Was a good Pope.

Why Albanese’s 2025 campaign is bursting with confidence LATIKA M BOURKE: Relaxed and smiling, Albanese is having fun, and after shadowing him on the campaign trail he looks and acts like a man on his way to victory.

I've spent more time on the campaign trail covering Prime Minister Anthony Albanese than any other journalist this federal election.

I hope you enjoy this special feature in @thenightly.bsky.social on what I observed about his mindset and his campaign style.

latika.me/3WeeksOnPMTr...

London bus stop near Amazon HQ 🔥

Trump Opens Marine National Monument to Commercial Fisheries The president said the move was aimed at making the United States the world’s “dominant seafood leader.”

President Trump on Thursday said he was allowing commercial fishing in one of the world’s largest ocean reserves, introducing industrial operations for the first time in more than a decade to a vast area of the Pacific dotted with coral atolls and populated by endangered sea turtles and whales.

Trump Aides Close State Dept. Office on Foreign Disinformation Secretary of State Marco Rubio put about 40 employees on leave who had tracked disinformation by China, Russia, Iran and terrorist groups.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his aides shut down a State Department office that tracks and counters global disinformation from foreign actors, including the governments of China, Russia and Iran.

Latika Takes interviews Anthony Albanese Listen now | The Australian Prime Minister discusses Trump, the US Alliance, Australia's defence spending, and his ambitions to be a long-term leader.

My podcast episode with PM Anthony Albanese

We discussed:

🇺🇸 Trump, AUKUS, the alliance

🛳️ defence spending

🇪🇺 EU deal

🇫🇷 his friendship with Macron (and Jodie's w. Brigitte)

3️⃣ and yes, the third term

🎧 at latikambourke.com or latika.me/AlboPodcast and on all podcast apps.
latika.me/AlboPodcast

Pope Places Antoni Gaudí, ‘God’s Architect,’ on Path to Sainthood Pope Francis on Monday signed a decree that recognized the 20th-century visionary’s “heroic virtues” and put him on the path to possible sainthood.

Pope Francis on Monday placed Antoni Gaudí, the Catalan modernist once called “God’s architect” for his work on the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona’s world-famous basilica, on the path to sainthood.

The gates of Harvard University. The text reads: "Harvard Says It Will Not Comply With Trump Administration's Demands." Photo by Sophie Park for The New York Times.

“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, said about President Trump's demands. nyti.ms/4jzSS9W

Jacinta Price has been busy this weekend trying to scrub the evidence of her family MAGA Christmas, deleting a Christmas Day post featuring her whole family wearing MaGA hats on Christmas Day. It has now been deleted from her personal FB page. She missed this one though, wearing her cap in public.

Surprise! Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard is at Labor's election campaign launch in Perth. Rapturous applause from party faithful.

Peter Dutton wants Australia to be a dumping ground for out-of-date models, that guzzle fuel and cost more to run – putting us in the same basket as Russia when it comes to standards.

Anything to distract from his $600 billion nuclear scheme.

‘Could be a quick’ AU-EU trade deal talks now a ‘priority’ EXCLUSIVE: The Nightly can reveal that collapsed talks over a trade deal between Australia and the European Union could resume, a result of Donald Trump’s actions.

EXCLUSIVE

THANKS DONALD TRUMP!

Australia and the EU will meet ASAP after the federal election to revive trade deal talks.

Read it in @thenightly.bsky.social:

latika.me/EUNewLife

Everybody romanticizing about the heyday of American manufacturing needs to carefully listen to one (1) Bruce Springsteen song.

A screenshot of a post on X by user Suzie Rizzo (@SUZIERIZZO1 ). The post includes a text graphic with an orange background and black text that reads: "WHEN did America become a place where people take joy in suffering? Celebrating job losses, cheering immigrant arrests, ignoring terrified schoolchildren, and applauding when neighbors lose public assistance—what happened to basic human decency?" Above the graphic, Suzie Rizzo's comment reads: "Anyone want to answer this??? "

This is the result of decades of civic poisoning by Fox News and right-wing echo chambers and channels.

The AEC is having words with Nuclear for Australia as the group spends $100,000s on its campaign

Mums for Nuclear, an offshoot of Nuclear for Australia, has been pulled aside by AEC to discuss "disclosure and authorisations considerations" after it ran an unauthorised newspaper advertisement.