‘the collapse of our civilisation is on the horizon’ David Attenborough

Unimaginable heat in China 🇨🇳 The longevity and intensity of the heatwave is hard to comprehend. Too many heat records to count, both day and night. Beibei hit 45°C for two consecutive and some places not falling below 34°C at night. The heat is ongoing...

So ... As temperatures slowly drop from #HeatWave2022 & we finally get some rain, I hope/expect all decent media outlets are preparing a SERIES of articles on the this unprecedented summer and the danger of our fossil-fuel-heated future. What should they cover?

If we lose the Arctic sea ice you’re looking at around and extra 0.5C of warming. Anyone concerned? I don’t see much panic in the Urban coffee shops etc

Impossible to get a GP now - Literally nobody taking new clients :(

BREAKING: heatwave in China described as worst in world climatic history 🧵

I thought India was going to be the story of the year with its incredible heatwave starting as early as Feb….but what is happening in China at the minute is the biggest warning humanity needs to heed. The consequences of 2 consecutive years at this intensity is deadly serious.

In systems 79% of substantiated abuse with Aboriginal kids is due to neglect &emotional abuse;arguably the most influenced by cultural bias. Substantiation is 7xs higher; removal 11xs. This is systemic racism sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2…

Celebrities, use your platforms to increase public urgency on climate. There’s no better use for them.

Labor supports $240 billion worth of tax cuts for the super wealthy and is happy to keep people on jobseeker on starvation payments. You are welcome to take your best shot at convincing me that the ALP is not a right wing party.

Albo government could have saved itself a lot of pain by taking a principled position on the unaffordable, unjustifiable high income earner tax cuts in the first place rather than waffling its way to the mess it’s in now.

Ten things twitter folks know about Covid that people on the streets don't.

Jacob Rees-Mogg today opened new North Sea oil and gas licensing. This isn't about energy bills (it won't affect prices and renewables are 9x cheaper). It's about profits for fossil fuel companies, who (coincidentally) donated £1,500,000+ to the Tories since the last election.

The biggest success of capitalism, and the most insidious, was making it seem like the best system to almost everyone within it. But we could do so much better. We could have a system whose overarching goal is flourishing for all instead of maximum wealth for a few.

Vulnerable people have a choice:

Plastic recycling remains a 'myth': " the study found that of 51 million tons of plastic waste generated by US households in 2021, only 2.4 million tons were recycled, or around 5%"phys.org/news/2022-10-p… via Phys.org

Say it with me: To control inflation, we must take aim at corporate profits, not working people.

Most people STILL have absolutely no idea what's already here, and what's coming very soon, with climate breakdown. A small number of people have been trying so hard to let everyone know and we are mainly ignored and ridiculed.

Don’t want to sound melodramatic but I hope enough people soon realise what this means, and hold all politicians, media, oil companies and think tanks, to account for what they’ve done.

We’ve built our world around a system that values corporate profit more than life itself. That’s the problem, & only system change can fix it.