The weather is freakish, the climate is freakish and politics is, well, freakish. They have pushed me to where my head tells me the chance to pull ourselves out of the fire is about gone. But it is not as simple as slipping into despair and apathy, though that would be easier in some ways.… Read More Letting go of rational hope
Without a large and rapid change in politics, not much in evidence, it now seems unlikely we can avoid climate apocalypse. [Published by Pearls & Irritations, 16 Dec 23.] The COP28 conference in Dubai on (allegedly) reducing greenhouse gas emissions has come and gone with the usual proclamations of triumph. Wow, this time they actually… Read More COP out: apocalypse next
The emptiness of modern Labor is now on full display: maligning refugees, promoting fossil fuels, tinkering around the edge of social crisis, pandering to the wealthy, condoning mass murder, adopting policies of Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison. [Published at Pearls & Irritations, 10 Dec 2023.] Labor’s reaction to the High Court’s decision to outlaw indefinite detention… Read More Labor Losers
It is sensible to be afraid of a crocodile sharing the river you are playing in. It is not sensible to be afraid of monsters under the bed. It is not sensible to be afraid of a puppy begging to be friends.… Read More Monsters, real and imagined
What fierce level of denialism must they call upon, so that no hint of the apocalypse they may be unleashing intrudes upon their awareness, relationships and dreams?… Read More Fossil Criminals
It is possible to create a much fairer, safer and more durable society than we have at present. The means are available, if we dispense with myths and special interests. It is there for us to do.… Read More A Thrival Budget
The neoliberal, social engineering experiment in privatisation has been an economic failure and a social disaster. Underpaid, insecure, fearful people can become desperate. They can look for someone to blame, and someone to save them.… Read More What if Labor has still got it all wrong?
Labor clearly is in climate denial. You cannot promote huge fossil fuel extraction projects if you understand the climate is critically close to tipping into unstoppable runaway. Or perhaps it is already tipping, for all we know… We, the Australian public, are paying extra to trash the planet faster.… Read More Labor’s climate denial, and lies
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