Michael Ruyg

How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action

Exclusive by me: How thousands fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then oil and gas companies kept drilling
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Someone please help the sad trillionaire-to-be...

I thought, "This is sad." Until I saw it was posted at 1:20 in the morning and thought, "This is PATHETICALLY sad." (And if someone looks at you like that, it may be the last thing you ever see.)

Net zero is an insidious loophole that distracts from the scientific imperative to eliminate fossil fuels | Joëlle Gergis History tells us that polite incrementalism and political kowtowing will prevail at Cop30 – even as catastrophe unfolds around us

Net zero is a straw man. Net-negative is the goal we need.
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AI-powered nimbyism could grind UK planning system to a halt, experts warn Tools that help people scan applications and find grounds for objection have potential to hit government’s housebuilding plans

Extremely funny that the abundance-aligned tech industry created the single most effective weapon for development opponents they've ever got their hands on

Going to be a fun time when the anti-wind and anti-solar groups get going on this stuff

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“they are very tricky, these neonazis”, says the minister, of nazis who <submitted a form under the Act for their nazi rally at Parliament House more than seven days prior as required by law>

Revered and reviled, cats in the crosshairs on Christmas Island On a speck of land in the Indian Ocean, one of the world's most ambitious wars is being waged against feral cats. But not everyone is celebrating.

Brilliant story-telling and visuals, despite the tragic impacts of feral cats www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Image of Trump in prison in orange clothes with a fancy Out Of Office sign on the bars in gold lettering

From Oval Office to Out Of Office

A white and gold coffin with Out Of Office written on the side

Whe he dies they should put an Out Of Office label on his coffin in fancy gold script.
It’s what he would have wanted

I'm not sure what these backbenchers expect us to think of them given they only thing they can seem to do is anonymously background the media about how scared they are of Anthony Albanese. You must be the only ones in the country.

A tweet from Sara McGee for Texas House (@SaraMcGeeTX) says: “My ovaries just shriveled up and yeeted themselves into the sun.” Below it, Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) had posted: “Dr Oz: ‘We’ve dropped the infertility drugs to make lots of Trump babies I’m hoping by the midterms.’” The accompanying photo shows Dr. Oz speaking at a podium with others behind him, and subtitles reading: “European company. We’ve dropped in fertility drugs to make lots of…”

“Why are so many young women Democrats?”

Will Labor’s environment laws actually address Australia’s biodiversity crisis? Five reasons to be concerned Experts say the proposed legislation is full of problems, including excessive ministerial discretion and relaxing like-for-like offset rules

5 areas of grave concern
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‘Highly unusual’ exemption in Labor’s environment laws open to interference, integrity experts say Nature legislation should not cede such ‘significant powers’ to a minister even in ‘national interest’, thinktank says

Hmmmph
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Cop out? Anthony Albanese wants to host the next global climate summit – so why isn’t he attending this one? The Australian PM’s non-attendance at Cop30 would ‘raise questions’ about his seriousness about co-hosting Cop31 in Adelaide

@albomp.bsky.social is NOT serious about climate change.

the extrajudicial boat murders have become so prevalent they meet the official definition of serial killing

A word for the days

World must fight Israel’s genocide in Gaza like it did apartheid, pioneering South African judge says Former UN inquiry chair Navi Pillay says ‘what’s so unusual about this genocide’ is that ‘we are all witnesses to it’

Assisting genocidal Israel is a crime @albomp.bsky.social
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Absolutely appalling but strangelly hilarious at the same time.

Plibersek has become the patron saint of lost-cause portfolios

The people who entrapped and radicalised a 13 year old boy are about to be given the power to tell the government to cancel a person's Centrelink payment if they are suspected of a serious offence and cannot be located.

if there was a rich person with the will, you could build the most incredible news organization that has ever existed just from the wreckage of this year alone.

Nearly 90% of jobseekers unable to get long-term work despite millions spent on private job agencies Employment department’s annual report shows just 11.7% of jobseekers ended up with jobs lasting at least 26 weeks last year

Jobs which do not exist
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when did a snake oil salesman in Australia ever go broke? Aussies fall for it, every time.

Sycophants exist to suck. Our 'legacy media' sure do suck.

I wonder how much longer the world can go on pretending that Donald Trump’s ‘peace plan’ has been successful?

AI psychosis is a growing danger. ChatGPT is moving in the wrong direction | Amandeep Jutla OpenAI’s CEO has announced loosening the platform’s safety restrictions. He seems not to understand how humans are wired

A wrong solution in search of a problem.
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So well said Sue.
USA has been a dubious partner forever.
Time to realign!

Australia’s future is in our region, not in America’s decline Australia stands at a crucial moment, choosing whether to follow the fading US or embrace our region’s future.

Australia stands at a crucial moment, choosing whether to follow the fading US or embrace our region’s future, writes Su Dharmapala.

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Births mark conservation success for rare Queensland wombat Three wild-born northern hairy-nosed wombats born in Powrunna State Forest mark a new chapter in the species' recovery from near extinction.

This is so wonderful, I'm old enough to remember when there were fewer than 40 individuals left in the wild! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...