A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it | George Monbiot Scientists say a crucial Atlantic system is set to collapse. But the billionaire death cult that steers humanity’s destiny just doesn’t do existential crises, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it

By George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Amal Khalil’s Two Decades of Militant Journalism Journalist Amal Khalil, who stayed on the frontlines throughout the Israeli war on Lebanon, reflects on her experience, work ethic, labor, and politics of journalism.

An interview with Amal Khalil, the Lebanese journalist who was killed yesterday - first targeted by airstrikes, then rescuers prevented from reaching her by the Israeli military: thepublicsource.org/amal-khalil-...

Victorian Police raid peace activists YouTube video by anticop

Police have raided the homes of four peace activists in Victoria, in the latest case of cops using searches and bail conditions to incapacitate our organisations.

Live: Government to cut more than 150,000 people from NDIS scheme as budget blows out NDIS Minister Mark Butler says the scheme was designed to support 410,000 people with a disability, but currently supports 760,000. Follow live.

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Won’t somebody save these hundreds of turtles condemned to death? | First Dog on the Moon There is a whole dam full of water right there but the turtles can’t have it

Letting one person's 'concerns' prevent a life-saving release of environmental water for wildlife, including turtles, is truly fucked up, and those responsible should all be ashamed.

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Wild attack on batteries and renewables by 7's Spotlight program falls over at the first fact check TV program looking at appalling mining practices in Congo says it is a blight on the renewables and storage industry. But it falls over at the first fact check.

TV program looking at appalling mining practices in #Congo says it is a blight on the #renewables and storage industry. But it falls over at the first fact check.

Disturbing find on side of quiet Aussie road highlights 'well-meaning' mistake There's a common behaviour that is making the problem worse.

Remember when bird nests used to have leaves and moss in them?

Not anymore. This one was full of synthetic stuffing, plastic string, cotton, and even human hair.
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The quiet disappearance of Australia's rainfall observation network For more than 60 years, Frank Pritchard has diligently checked the weather, adding to a record that stretches back more than a century. But he's part of a quietly shrinking network of observers around...

A direct effect of the consolidation of land ownership: "If we don't have stations there to catch that information then we're going to miss out on that, which is going to affect the accuracy [...] of climate projections [...] there's not people to take those weather observations."

When ‘the birdman’ of St James tunnel died, Sydney commuters streamed past his body for days Exclusive: The strange and lonely death of Bikram Lama exposes a glaring gap in homelessness services. What hopes and dreams brought him to Australia, and what went wrong?

No one should have to suffer the indignity & injustice of neglect. Direct government funding in public housing and robust, wrap around, homeless support services stops people falling through the cracks.

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The RBA’s policy deliberately creates unemployment. So why do we treat the jobless so badly? The way we deal with rising inflation is highly problematic.

Yup

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In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

Multiple protesters charged under Queensland’s ‘from the river to the sea’ ban Police arrested 20 people in Brisbane after demonstrators chanted phrase at Saturday rally

'Those who recite or display [globalise the intifada” and “from the river to the sea”] could face up to two years in jail, but that didn’t stop the crowd from chanting them in front of police.'

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‘Incomprehensible’: birds flee and hundreds of turtles left to die after government cuts water to NSW wetlands Frogs and sheep in the Gwydir wetlands near Moree have also been bogged after WaterNSW stopped environmental flows, researchers say

An “incomprehensible” disaster is unfolding at wetlands in New South Wales after the state water agency abruptly stopped environmental flows in the state’s north-west, leading to the deaths of turtles, waterbirds, frogs and sheep.

It's criminal that the Rohingya genocide has been all but forgotten by the world while this is still happening

'If Someone Won’t Answer, Persist' Steal This Story, Please! looks at Amy Goodman, the unflinching Democracy Now! host, and her prescient vision for indepe

Amy Goodman has spent 30 years building an independent media with no corporate funding. Meredith Blake on why her story matters right now:

A vital system of Atlantic Ocean currents is weakening and closer to collapse than thought, new studies find | CNN New research provides alarming evidence this ocean circulation is slowing and could be heading toward a shutdown, which would have catastrophic impacts on the planet’s weather and climate.

New study: most climate models underestimate the decline of the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC. The AMOC is on course to slow by more than 50% by the end of the century. 🌊
Very likely the AMOC will then be past the tipping point for full shutdown. 😨
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Straya - where an alleged serial murderer can get bailed, but children who allegedly steal groceries can get remanded for months in rape factories

Now is the time for public food procurement policies that achieve positive health, environmental and economic outcomes Introduction by Croakey: Governments spend vast sums of public funds on buying food – for people in healthcare, aged care,

Now is the time for public food procurement policies that achieve positive health, environmental and economic outcomes – Croakey Health Media www.croakey.org/now-is-the-t...

By Leah Galvin and Dheepa Jeyapalan

"this is a moment of extraordinary possibility "

It is the fossil fuel industry that benefits the most when we fail to realise that listening to the constant pleas of the climate movement would be saving all of us billions and billions and billions of dollars right now, before we even consider the lives saved by avoiding their use

Australian bush tea hits shelves in Asia The product is being sent from a remote property in the Northern Territory all the way to Japan, Korea and China.

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How mobile phone cameras have helped unearth a mysterious kingdom An exhibition bridges the gap between art and science by inviting visitors to imagine the world through the senses of other species and consider our own fragile relationship with nature.

Photographers and artists showcase world of fungi in exhibit at WAMA www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

Geelong fire: blaze at one of Australia’s two oil refineries extinguished after 13 hours as fuel supply fears remain Petrol production affected and full extent of damage unknown after ‘unprecedented’ fire at Viva refinery in Corio

File away for the next time some anti goes on about fires and wind turbines ....

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Pauline Hanson’s One Nation banks millions in public funding. Where does all the money go? Exclusive: Former candidates accuse party of enriching itself at their expense, while insiders lift veil on chaos in Brisbane HQ – and staffers’ contempt for rank-and-file members

Some of the best journalism on party finance and organisational structure I've seen in a long time. Much of it aligning with a known pattern over decades, but still interesting to see - and adds to my suspicion of PHON as a lasting force.
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Middle East carnage continues to line the pockets of superfunds - Michael West The Iran war has brought another round of Middle East destruction, and windfalls for weapons companies supported by our superannuation money.

With a couple of notable exceptions Australia's superfunds continue to profit from the industrial slaughter of civilians in Iran, Lebanon, Palestine. Unions need to step up.
#auspol @ajgardineresq.bsky.social
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Thirty-five years later, governments remain complicit in this "human rights catastrophe"

Thirty-five years later, governments remain complicit in this "human rights catastrophe" www.croakey.org/thirty-five-... #publichealth

Governments should in fact be ashamed of responding to a crisis in a way that makes this crisis and the next one hurt us more

They should be *increasing* taxes on luxury SUVs, private jets, cruise ships etc to fund generous subsidies for public and active transport, better services, small EVs

Old m8 was hit by a train shortly afterwards because he was too dumb to stop at a level crossing.

Today marks 35 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody made 339 recommendations to address systemic racism and over-incarceration of First Nations people.

Since then, more than 630 First Nations people have died in custody, including 12 so far in 2026.