Wednesday, March 29, 2023 Tweets Archive Recent news

Ketan Joshi • March 29, 2023 • ketanjoshi.co
Musk is remaking Twitter into a climate denier sanctuary
I got some data that analyses how climate deniers have changed their audience size, relative to pro-climate accounts, on Musk’s Twitter. It’s….not good.
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Ketan Joshi@KetanJ0
Noticed that pro-climate-action accounts were stagnating or shrinking, and that denier accounts seemed to be ballooning. So - I checked, with some help, and....yep.
Elon Musk has made Twitter into a safe space for pro-fossil fuel disinformation. A 🧵
ketanjoshi.co/2023/03/28/mus…
March 29, 2023
The Guardian • Aamna Mohdin • March 29, 2023 • theguardian.com
Guardian owner apologises for founders’ links to transatlantic slavery
Scott Trust to invest in decade-long programme of restorative justice after academic research into newspaper’s origins
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The Guardian • Elias Visontay • March 29, 2023 • theguardian.com
Rise of ‘fuel-guzzling’ SUVs costing Australians $13bn extra at the pump per year, report finds
Exclusive: Thinktank says popularity of ‘big, dumb’ cars is turbocharging emissions and does not make sense in such an urbanised country
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Ketan Joshi@KetanJ0
""The trend of Australians buying large, inefficient, high emission vehicles” will make it “virtually impossible” to achieve the Albanese government’s 43% emissions reduction target by 2030""
theguardian.com/australia-news…
March 29, 2023
The Guardian • Marina Hyde • March 28, 2023 • theguardian.com
Did Gwyneth Paltrow ski into a retired optometrist? I couldn’t care less, but the farce is unmissable
A starstruck lawyer, a neutrals-clad wellness guru – this has to be the lowest stakes court battle of all time, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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The Guardian • Elias Visontay • March 29, 2023 • theguardian.com
Rupert Murdoch has fuelled polarisation of society, Barack Obama says
Former US president tells Sydney audience that media coverage has helped exacerbate divisions and that we no longer have a ‘shared story’
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Malcolm Turnbull@TurnbullMalcolm
Murdoch’s Daily Telegraph is trying to work out why Barack Obama would ever have imagined that Murdoch’s media is undermining democracy. So their Chief Reporter called to accuse me of putting this outlandish thought into his mind! theguardian.com/us-news/2023/m…
March 29, 2023
The New Daily • Michael Pascoe • March 29, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
How News Corp damages Liberal Party, and Australian democracy
The Murdochs’ local business model increasingly is that of its American Fox News organ, playing to a conservative audience.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Andrew Webster • March 29, 2023 • smh.com.au
Peter Bol deserves a Senate inquiry into handling of his doping case
Serious questions remain about the conduct and competence of the government agencies involved. Those questions must be answered.
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ABC News • Nour Haydar • March 29, 2023 • abc.net.au
Survey lays bare stalling attitudes toward domestic and family violence
Almost half of Australians incorrectly believe women and men equally commit domestic violence according to a major survey which shows "extremely troubling" community attitudes towards violence against women.
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Mashable • Matt Binder • March 29, 2023 • mashable.com
Half of Twitter Blue subscribers have less than 1,000 followers
And Elon Musk now says he wants to force these users all into your feed.
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Matt Binder@MattBinder
as Twitter plans to remove legacy verification & solely promote Blue subscribers on users' feeds, here's some new Twitter Blue data:
➡️ 50% of all paying subs have less than 1k followers
➡️ around 18% have less than 100
➡️ thousands have 0 followers mashable.com/article/twitte…
March 29, 2023
The Guardian • Jane Lee, Paul Karp, Camilla Hannan, Karishma Luthria, Daniel Semo, Molly Glassey • March 29, 2023 • theguardian.com
Aston byelection: Dutton’s high-stakes battle for the suburban Melbourne seat
Chief political correspondent Paul Karp joins Jane Lee to discuss the battle for Aston, what it means for Peter Dutton and how people in the area are thinking about their vote.
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Jane Lee@JaneSYLee
Can the Liberals hang on to the Melbourne seat of Aston this weekend? @Paul_Karp joins me on Full Story today to discuss the big issues for voters and why this is an important test for Peter Dutton: theguardian.com/australia-news… #auspol
March 29, 2023
The Guardian • Katharine Viner • March 29, 2023 • theguardian.com
How our founders' links to slavery change the Guardian today
The Guardian is facing up to, and apologising for, the fact that its first editor drew his wealth from a practice that was a crime against humanity
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The Australia Institute • March 24, 2023 • australiainstitute.org.au
Coal Mine Tracker
Coal Mine Tracker monitors every coal mine waiting for Federal Government approval, and their total emissions.
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Ben Eltham@beneltham
This is good: Australia Institute has launched a 'new coal mine tracker', listing all the new coal mines currently proposed australiainstitute.org.au/initiative/coa…
March 29, 2023
ABC News • Kim Honan • March 29, 2023 • abc.net.au
Report reveals 'alarming' number of farmers contemplating self-harm, feel their work is not valued by Australians
The National Farmers' Federation has called for governments to take action to stop the decline of mental health of farmers, where 30 per cent have attempted self-harm or suicide.
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Kim Honan@kimhonan
Farmers across Australia are struggling. A new report has revealed that 30 per cent, of the more than 1300 farmers surveyed, have attempted self-harm or suicide. @NationalFarmers is calling on state and federal governments to take urgent action. abc.net.au/news/rural/202… @abcnews
March 29, 2023
The Guardian • Tamsin Rose • March 29, 2023 • theguardian.com
One million people are living below the poverty line in NSW, census data has revealed
Exclusive: The figure includes one in seven children, with western Sydney suffering the highest rates of child poverty
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • March 29, 2023 • theguardian.com
Speaker calls out ‘disgusting’ behaviour by Coalition MPs that left parliament worker hurt
Politicians apologise for pushing past attendant to avoid a vote as she tried to lock a door
The Sydney Morning Herald • Michael Koziol • March 29, 2023 • smh.com.au
Obama warns about dangers of AI, polarisation and Murdoch at Sydney event
“So much of who we are and how we understand the world is related to the stories we receive. If we are vulnerable to bad stories, we can do horrendous things,” he said.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
Barack Obama in Sydney last night.
smh.com.au/national/obama…
March 29, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Andrew Webster • March 29, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘Catastrophic blunder’: Independent testing reveals Peter Bol did not use EPO
Peter Bol’s legal team claims “inexperience and incompetence at the Australian Sports Drug Testing Laboratory led to an incorrect determination”.
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Andrew Webster@awebster1975
An important story about @pbol800 who deserves answers about what's happened to him in the last three months. SIA and the ASDTL did not offer comment when I contacted them.
‘Catastrophic blunder’: Independent testing reveals Peter Bol did not use EPO smh.com.au/sport/athletic…
March 29, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Eryk Bagshaw • March 29, 2023 • smh.com.au
Forrest insists China is not a national security threat
The mining billionaire also said he would be happy to advocate for detained Australians Yang Hengjun and Cheng Lei when he meets China’s Premier on Wednesday.
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The Guardian • Lisa Cox • March 29, 2023 • theguardian.com
Environmental tragedy as fires burn through one-fifth of Northern Territory national park
More than 100,000 hectares burned in MacDonnell Ranges area, which has been declared a federal priority for threatened species conservation
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The Canberra Times • Jenna Price • March 29, 2023 • canberratimes.com.au
The shocking gap in Australia's understanding of domestic violence
'We have not done enough to dispel these myths.'
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sam mostyn@sammostyn
“New figures from the National Community Attitudes Survey (NCAS), conducted by the Australia's National Research Organisation for Women @ANROWS reveal a shocking gap in understanding domestic violence” via @JennaPrice @canberratimes #NCAS #VAW #auspol
canberratimes.com.au/story/8139700/…
March 29, 2023

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