Volewica
Nigel_Purchase@mstdn.social
<p>Former fund manager and economist. Deeply alarmed by the climate crisis. Neo-liberalism has been catastrophic for our civilisation. I mostly follow back.</p>
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Post #4367064
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/03/july-driest-month-southern-england-since-records-began But no, ask any rabid right supporter: climate change isn't happening.
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Post #4197857
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/29/wildfires-rage-world-climate-action-scientists-fossil-fuels
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Post #4109225
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/26/how-the-met-police-spent-25m-hiding-spycop-from-former-partner
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Post #4055643
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/23/australia-politician-claims-northern-territory-water-could-flip-earths-magnetic-poles That's the Right for you. Innumerate.
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Post #3982437
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/21/australian-ski-resorts-smash-july-climate-records-with-temperatures-12c-above-average [Reminder: It's winter in Australia. Goddess help us if *summer* temperatures are so much above the average]
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Post #3601305
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2024/11/nsws-bi-mode-dieselelectric-trains.html
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Post #3580582
Just finished watching Department Q on Netflix. Gosh, it was good. It's based on a book by the Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen, but is set in Scotland. Netflix does make a lot of rubbsih but this was different.
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Post #3506782
UK emissions fall to 1872 level https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/03/uk-emissions-fall-to-1872-level.html
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Post #3420798
Christian Brothers sold real estate worth millions for $1. Now it claims in court it lacks money to pay abuse survivors https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/27/christian-brothers-real-estate-sales-catholic-group-failed-to-pay-abuse-survivors-ntwnfb
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Post #2390044
His father had just been buried. Then West Bank settlers forced him to dig up the body https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjrpnjpl39po
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Post #2390043
Doctors warned Andrea could die without safe housing, then discharged her to sleep on the streets https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/11/doctors-warned-andrea-could-die-without-safe-housing-then-discharged-her-to-sleep-on-the-streets-ntwnfb This, in one of the richest nations on Earth.
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Post #2096588
Israeli army chief says West Bank troops ‘killing like we haven’t killed since 1967’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/05/israeli-army-chief-unequal-enforcement-palestinians-west-bank Sever all ties with Israel.
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Post #1929850
Guilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition system struggle to clear their names https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/03/guilty-until-proven-innocent-shoppers-falsely-identified-by-facial-recognition-struggle-to-clear-their-name
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Post #1798937
Family of New Zealand woman detained by ICE pleads for government help to secure her release https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/30/new-zealand-woman-detained-ice *Don't* go to the USA. Don't visit. Keep away. It's not safe. The US is now a shithole country.
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Post #1329357
‘Incomprehensible’: birds flee and hundreds of turtles left to die after government cuts water to NSW wetlands https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/18/incomprehensible-birds-flee-and-hundreds-of-turtles-left-to-die-after-government-cuts-water-to-nsw-wetlands For all the gab, gab, gab about the #environment, they actually couldn&#39;t care less.
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Post #1213145
Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly ‘quadruple tap’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/16/israel-escalates-attacks-on-medics-in-lebanon-with-deadly-quadruple-tap
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Post #983051
Max Chandler-Mather says Greens can use ‘progressive populism’ to win voters deserting major parties for One Nation https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/07/australian-greens-max-chandler-mather-voters-major-parties-one-nation
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Post #974471
And this is just the beginning.
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Post #960082
‘Doesn’t make sense to hold onto a combustion engine’: used EV prices rise as Australia’s fuel crisis hits. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/06/secondhand-ev-prices-rise-fuel-crisis-australia
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Post #948170
A festering carcass By Oliver Kornetzke https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-festering-carcass.html
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Post #899841
Israel pushes ahead with vast illegal settlement in heart of West Bank Exclusive: Tender posted for construction of 3,401 homes in settlement designed to ‘bury idea of a Palestinian state’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/06/israel-vast-illegal-settlement-west-bank #Israel #Apartheid
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Post #718538
Trump derangement syndrome By Nick Anderson https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/01/trump-derangement-syndrome.html
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Post #712147
‘It’s stupid’: why western carmakers’ retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/21/west-carmakers-retreat-electric-vehicle-risks-irrelevance-iran-war-evs-china
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Post #648554
The Guardian view on the Iran war and international law: it’s worse than a mistake; it’s a crime https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/13/the-guardian-view-on-the-iran-war-and-international-law-its-worse-than-a-mistake-its-a
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Post #592791
Oil prices surge past $100 per barrel. Deep recession, here we come. Chart from Trading Economics
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Post #512145
Trump Just Demolished 80 Years of Global Order https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vaY7ZIDEoc A superb and trenchant analysis
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Post #512144
Is it constitutionally valid to prevent Australian citizens from entering Australia? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBb45XSbQt8