Campaigns Coordinator for Yes2Renewables at FoE Australia bsky.app/profile/foe.org.au Climate jobs, energy democracy, punk & hip hop. he/him.
Pat Simons
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Love this story about PayphoneGo, where players get points for leaving voicemail messages on payphones around the country.
"It’s based on the idea of going back to the old internet: no ads, no tracking"
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Reality has intervened with Richard Marles' big AUKUS trip www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
If you're in Naarm get along to this community meeting about AI and data centres hosted by 350 in Brunswick next week. Great speakers and will help build momentum for community action act.350.org.au/events/commu...
Anti-racist protestors force ON to move fundraising event🥚
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
Interesting how data centre industry tells everyone it will be powered by renewable energy.
But as soon as there's talk of *requiring* that, the goalposts shift. Belinda Dennett CEO of Datacentres Australia tries to argue renewables take too long to build www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
A big part of the AI / data centre industry's strategy is to present itself as a done deal: their line is this technology can't be stopped and we can only get on board or get left behind. But people have more power than that and we can learn from the past commonslibrary.org/how-to-un-do...
Grid-scale batteries can now meet 20% of peak electricity demand in Australia, and are starting to outcompete gas peakers and push down prices reneweconomy.com.au/big-and-smal...
A brand new piece for Crikey: digging into what happens now for Australia's data centre debate
Anthropic, planning 20GW, would have to build 1.7x the amount of all renewable energy ever built in Australia to date, to meet the 100% mandate.
www.crikey.com.au/2026/06/10/m...
Australia’s biggest operating #wind farm has set a stunning new #record, becoming the first in the nation to surpass one gigawatt of #generation output.. https://reneweconomy.com.au/golden-moment-australias-biggest-wind-farm-becomes-first-to-reach-1-gw-of-output/
“China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels. This trend will continue simply because renewables are cheap.”
Gift link: China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
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Assistant minister agrees concerns over resource usage are legitimate but argues Australia cannot ignore ‘consequential’ economic wave
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Defence Minister Richard Marles's visit to the United Kingdom has been thrown into chaos after his British counterpart John Healey resigned hours before they were due to speak.
A One Nation fundraiser in Melbourne has been moved to an undisclosed location after several protest groups vowed to demonstrate outside, the party says.
Are you worried about what the rapid expansion of AI and data centres means for our future? Do you want to organise with others to protect workers and the planet? Join us for a conversation with union...
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Quaint and often overlooked, payphones continue to provide an essential public service, with millions of free calls being placed each year
Batteries – big, small and in-between – are "fundamentally changing" the electricity system – while also changing the outlook for AEMO's grid blueprint.
