Volewica

Former fund manager and economist. Deeply alarmed by the climate crisis. Neo-liberalism has been catastrophic for our civilisation. I mostly follow back.

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2026-07-01 07:06:15 UTC

UK emissions fall to 1872 level
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/03/uk-emissions-fall-to-1872-level.html

2026-05-11 00:52:24 UTC

His father had just been buried. Then West Bank settlers forced him to dig up the body
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjrpnjpl39po

2026-04-13 23:24:56 UTC

Accidents will happen
By Australian cartoonist Mark David from Independent Australia
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2026/04/accidents-will-happen.html

2026-03-29 04:45:40 UTC

Ironic that Trump, so opposed to EVs and renewables, has done so much for EV sales. In Australia, EV sales have exploded as everyone realises that the oil price is volatile and supply unreliable. I'm sure it's happening everywhere.
The pro fossil fuel idiots here have been very, very quiet, as they realise just how half-witted they've been.

2026-03-28 20:26:48 UTC

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2026-03-15 21:45:47 UTC

Israeli police kill two young Palestinian boys and their parents in West Bank
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/15/israeli-police-kill-two-young-palestinian-boys-and-their-parents-in-west-bank
#Israel #Murder

2026-02-11 10:50:07 UTC

TikTok is tracking you, even if you don't use the app. Here's how to stop it
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260210-tiktok-is-tracking-you-even-if-you-dont-use-the-app-heres-how-to-stop-it

2026-01-30 21:39:45 UTC

Real zero vs net zero
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2026/01/real-zero-vs-net-zero.html
#ClimateChange

2026-01-19 05:53:25 UTC

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2026-01-18 00:53:58 UTC

The final nail in the fossil fuel coffin
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-final-nail-in-fossil-fuel-coffin.html
#ClimateChange

2025-12-11 06:08:16 UTC

‘The whole thing disgusts me’: Australians ditch US travel as new rules require social media to be declared
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/11/australia-us-tourism-new-visa-rules-social-media-history
Ozzie visitors to the US have fallen from 100,000 a month to below 50,000.

2025-12-10 11:23:23 UTC

Why Is Europe Still Pretending Trump Is Their Ally?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW8ZDIaoBN4

2025-12-09 21:38:05 UTC

MI5 closely involved in handling of IRA spy Stakeknife, says report
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2g05g3r7xo
Shameful.

2025-12-08 21:55:30 UTC

‘Yellow line’ that divides Gaza under Trump plan is ‘new border’ for Israel, says military chief
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/08/yellow-line-that-divides-gaza-under-trump-plan-is-new-border-for-israel-says-military-chief

2025-11-23 04:28:27 UTC

Anti-vax is based on a faked paper
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/05/anti-vax-is-based-on-faked-paper.html
#AntiVax

2025-11-23 01:06:39 UTC

Britain to get its first SMR
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/11/britain-to-get-its-first-smr.html
#SMR #Nuclear #ClimateCatastrophe

2025-11-22 11:38:56 UTC

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan is a gift to Putin
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/22/trump-ukraine-peace-plan-gift-to-putin
#Ukraine #Russia #Putin #Trump

2025-10-20 20:17:44 UTC

At least 135 mutilated bodies of Palestinians had been held at notorious Israeli jail, say Gaza officials
Documents indicate they came from Sde Teiman, which already faces allegations of torture and unlawful deaths
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/20/mutilated-bodies-palestinians-held-notorious-israeli-jail-gaza-officials
#Murder #Torture #Genocide
We must sever all ties with #Israel.

2025-10-18 07:09:56 UTC

Centrelink illegally cancelled Daniel’s jobseeker payment. He fought back against the system – and won
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/18/centrelink-illegally-cancelled-jobseeker-payment-tribunal-case
#Centrelink is evil

2025-09-25 23:11:07 UTC

AI is wreaking havoc on global power systems
From The Guardian.
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2024/06/ai-is-wreaking-havoc-on-global-power.html
#ClimateChange #AI

2025-09-25 22:59:57 UTC

The green technology that could save us all
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-green-technology-that-could-save-us.html
#PrecisionFermentation #Vegan #Agriculture #Vegetarian

2025-09-23 13:11:41 UTC

It's not just the BLS's data
In this piece, I discussed a few indicators of the US labour market from surveys not carried out by the BLS (Bureau of labour statistics). I said I would combine them into a composite indicator. This is a partial result.
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/09/its-not-just-blss-data.html
#Unemployment #Recession

2025-09-22 07:07:01 UTC

Heavy truck sales continue to decline
I talked before about how heavy truck sales lead the cycle, and have done so for 60 years.
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/09/heavy-truck-sales-continue-to-decline.html
#Recession

2025-09-19 22:31:42 UTC

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2025-09-17 06:33:02 UTC

We are spending scandalous amounts of money on useless submarines, but there is exciting news!
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/sep/17/we-are-spending-scandalous-amounts-of-money-on-useless-submarines-but-there-is-exciting-news
First Dog on the Moon

2025-09-12 06:28:00 UTC

Revealed: the astonishing greenhouse gas emissions that will result from the North West Shelf project
(The soi-disant "progressive" Labor party has authorised the extension of this gigantic gas project until 2070. So much for caring about the climate!)
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2025/jun/19/north-west-shelf-project-greenhouse-gas-emissions-burrup-peninsula-western-australia
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

2025-09-11 23:26:23 UTC

Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting military coup in Brazil
Former president sought to ‘annihilate’ country’s democracy after losing 2022 election
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/11/brazil-supreme-court-bolsonaro-guilty-coup

2025-09-11 02:13:41 UTC

Working class tax rates now higher than billionaires'
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2024/05/working-class-tax-rates-now-higher-than.html

2025-09-10 22:00:51 UTC

Does raising the minimum wage kill jobs?
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2022/05/does-raising-minimum-wage-kill-jobs.html
#Inequality #MinimumWage

2025-09-10 13:34:43 UTC

India's renewable electricity reaches new record
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/09/indias-renewable-electricity-reaches.html
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #India

2025-09-10 00:44:55 UTC

UK summer hottest on record
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/09/uk-summer-hottest-on-record.html
#ClimateChange #ClimateCatastrophe

2025-09-08 06:27:29 UTC

Revealed: the huge growth of Myanmar scam centres that may hold 100,000 trafficked people
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/08/myanmar-military-junta-scam-centres-trafficking-crime-syndicates-kk-park
#Slavery #Scam #Evil

2025-08-28 01:09:45 UTC

Russia's economy is in trouble
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/08/russias-economy-is-in-trouble.html
#Russia #Ukraine

2025-08-27 22:50:26 UTC

Why the world cannot afford the rich
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2024/03/why-world-cannot-afford-rich.html
#Inequality #ClimateChange

2025-08-27 13:18:55 UTC

Africa's solar surge
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/08/africas-solar-surge.html
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

2025-08-24 01:26:29 UTC

What fascism looks like
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2022/12/what-fascism-looks-like.html

2025-08-23 08:11:45 UTC

Will AI take your job?
Survey results from 21 countries.
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/08/will-ai-take-your-job.html

2025-08-19 21:59:23 UTC

From The Guardian
#Russia is not to be trusted.
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2025-08-18 13:13:51 UTC

How Medicare (socialised healthcare) saves lives
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/08/how-medicare-saves-lives.html
#Healthcare

2025-08-17 00:05:16 UTC

An artist on the run, an exhibition censored: How China tried to silence a Thai art show
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj6yx71565jo

2025-08-16 14:12:25 UTC

The Jaws of Stagflation
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-jaws-of-stagflation.html
#Stagflation #EconMastodon

2025-08-13 06:03:10 UTC

New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/13/new-zealand-woman-six-year-old-son-ice-detention-us-ntwnfb
The lesson is: don't ever visit the USA. If you do, you will be disappeared into a gulag. Don't go.

2025-08-11 02:43:26 UTC

#Inequality #TrickleDown #FarRight
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2025-08-11 00:33:47 UTC

Wind turbines like palm trees?
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2019/01/wind-turbines-like-palm-trees.html
#Wind #ClimateChange

2025-08-10 22:04:54 UTC

First SMR (small modular reactor) in a G7 country
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/08/first-smr-in-g7-country.html

2025-08-08 01:34:21 UTC

Inflation higher for the poor than the rich
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/08/inflation-higher-for-poor-than-rich.html
#Inequality #Extremism

2025-08-07 23:12:25 UTC

Pari just wants to get a good night’s sleep – but each morning he’s woken by NSW police, telling him to move on
People sleeping rough at Sydney’s Central station now also face having their belongings confiscated and thrown out
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/08/pari-just-wants-to-get-a-good-nights-sleep-but-each-morning-hes-woken-by-nsw-police-telling-him-to-move-on
Why don't they just frigging well build more social housing? Cruelty.

2025-08-04 02:11:03 UTC

US definitely slowing
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/08/us-definitely-slowing.html
#Economy #EconMastodon #recession

2025-07-13 07:59:52 UTC

#OrangeOaf #Trump #Corruption
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2025-07-12 21:47:06 UTC

Why the world cannot afford the rich
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2024/03/why-world-cannot-afford-rich.html
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

2025-07-11 11:50:41 UTC

“We Don’t Want an Emperor” — World Slams Trump Tariff Demands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUbkKYGSGsU&ab_channel=MallenBaker

2025-07-10 08:03:48 UTC

#Inequality #Billionaires #TaxTheRich
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2025-07-10 00:38:50 UTC

From the President of Brazil.
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2025-07-09 07:15:56 UTC

The livestock lobby wages war on Lab-Grown meat
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-livestock-lobby-wages-war-on-lab.html
#ClimateCatastrophe #Environment

2025-07-07 06:55:04 UTC

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2025-07-02 11:00:16 UTC

Brokeback Mountain at 20: Does it hold up?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYA9NpjJU4w&ab_channel=MattBaume
I remember watching Brokeback Mountain and leaving the cinema weeping. What a great film.
#Gay #Queer #Freedom

2025-07-02 04:08:09 UTC

Spain and England record hottest June as heatwave grips Europe
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70rrlexnwzo
#ClimateChange #ClimateCatastrophe

2025-07-01 12:57:58 UTC

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2025-06-27 22:22:53 UTC

Iranian woman, who has lived in US for 47 years, taken by Ice while gardening
Madonna ‘Donna’ Kashanian, 64, was taken by plainclothes officers from her home in New Orleans
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/27/ice-detains-woman-iran-new-orleans
Let us call this what it is: racist, evil, persecution.

2025-06-18 23:03:50 UTC

Israeli forces kill 11 Palestinians awaiting food trucks, say Gaza officials
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/18/israeli-forces-kill-injure-palestinians-food-trucks-gaza-officials
#Gaza #Genocide #Israel

2025-06-16 00:34:32 UTC

Forget the "hockey stick". Now we have the "scythe"
From an article by Michael E Mann in Time Magazine.
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2021/08/forget-hockey-stick-now-we-have-scythe.html
#ClimateChange

2025-06-15 11:05:03 UTC

Half the tree of life is going extinct
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/06/half-tree-of-life-is-going-extinct.html
#ClimateCatastrophe #ClimateChange #Insectageddon

2025-06-15 00:15:56 UTC

Iran's threatening to close the Straits of Hormuz, through which flow 20% of the world's oil, and even more of its LNG.
The last major oil crises (1973, 1979), were followed by deep recessions. We're already facing an economic slowdown caused by the #OrangeOaf. This will sharply worsen the downturn.

2025-06-09 05:58:06 UTC

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2025-06-08 03:40:51 UTC

Trump warns Musk of ‘very serious consequences’ if he backs Democrats
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/07/trump-threatens-musk-democrats
#Tyranny #Dictatorship #Fascism #Trump #Musk

2025-06-03 14:29:36 UTC

Coventry's very light rail
Sometimes you see an idea that is so clever you wonder why no one thought of it before. Coventry's proposed very light rail is one of those.
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/06/coventrys-very-light-rail.html
#Tram #LightRail

2025-06-02 12:52:11 UTC

Solar passes nuclear in global electricity generation
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/06/solar-passes-nuclear-in-global.html
#Solar #ClimateChange

2025-05-31 13:45:37 UTC

Tesla Is Getting Absolutely Creamed In Europe
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/05/tesla-is-getting-absolutely-creamed-in.html
#Tesla #Musk

2025-05-30 06:51:24 UTC

The ecological disaster unfolding on Australia's coast
From Australia's public broadcaster, the ABC.
"This is potentially the start of the decay of the oceans, which is the start of the decay of mankind. This could be the beginning of the end."
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-ecological-disaster-unfolding-on.html
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange

2025-05-27 12:25:03 UTC

50 years of green hydrogen failure
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/05/50-years-of-green-hydrogen-failure.html
#Hydrogen #ClimateChange

2025-05-25 12:44:03 UTC

Solar in Texas up six-fold in four years
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2023/09/solar-in-texas-up-six-fold-in-four-years.html
#Solar #Climate #ClimateChange

2025-05-25 12:38:37 UTC

A sobering look at key climate indicators
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/05/a-sobering-look-at-key-climate.html
#Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe

2025-05-24 23:25:27 UTC

#Trump #Dictatorship #PoliceState #Republicans
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2025-05-24 23:21:28 UTC

Israeli airstrike kills nine of Gaza doctor’s 10 children
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/24/israeli-airstrike-kills-nine-of-gaza-doctors-10-children-reports-say
#Gaza #Israel #Genocide

2025-05-13 02:58:07 UTC

Conservatives are trumpeting a new abortion-pill study. One problem: it’s bogus
The FDA chief suggested he wouldn’t crack down on mifepristone without new data. Conveniently, misleading research emerged within days
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/13/republican-conservatives-abortion-pill-study-fda

2025-05-12 12:58:11 UTC

#Trump
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2025-05-07 03:05:21 UTC

#antivaxxers
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2025-05-06 21:47:35 UTC

Gaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister says
Bezalel Smotrich says Palestinians will ‘leave in great numbers to third countries’, raising fears of ethnic cleansing
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/06/hamas-israel-hunger-war-in-gaza
#Israel #Gaza #Genocide

2025-04-24 12:20:39 UTC

From The Guardian
#OrangeOaf #Trump
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2025-04-18 00:26:52 UTC

Video claiming re-elected Labor would ‘plunder’ middle class made by member of WeChat Liberal campaign group
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/18/mandarin-wechat-video-labor-greens-election-claims-made-by-member-of-aston-liberal-party-campaign-group-melbourne-ntwnfb
Note to non-Australians: The so-called "Liberal" Party in Oz is actually fairly right-wing.

2025-04-17 22:03:20 UTC

Toothpaste widely contaminated with lead and other metals, US research finds
Most of 51 brands tested, including those for children, contained dangerous heavy metal
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/17/toothpaste-lead-heavy-metals
Extracts from cow bones? Excessive lead? And when the companies heard about her testing, they sent her lawyers' letters!

2025-04-17 01:19:47 UTC

#Trump #Krasnov
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2025-04-15 22:49:13 UTC

😂
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2025-04-14 00:50:09 UTC

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2025-04-13 13:00:29 UTC

Who should pay?
From The 99% Organisation
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/03/who-should-pay.html
#Inequality #Billionaires

2025-04-13 10:55:15 UTC

Gaza is a ‘killing field’ where people are being starved. How long will the world tolerate this?
What is happening is, quite simply, annihilation. Yet our politicians keep funding it and media outlets normalize it
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/13/gaza-killing-starved
#Gaza #Genocide

2025-04-11 00:34:08 UTC

Australian comedian ditches US trip due to concern she could be denied entry over Trump jokes
Alice Fraser thought she was being paranoid until her lawyer advised her jokes about Donald Trump and Elon Musk could be scrutinised at US airport
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/11/australian-comedian-alice-fraser-ditches-us-trip-over-concerns-she-could-be-denied-entry-due-to-trump-jokes

2025-03-30 01:50:30 UTC

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This is a completely different dam, as far as I know. Hers is a micro dam, which aren't damaging to the environment
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2021/05/micro-hydro.html

2025-03-29 23:46:45 UTC

#Musk
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2025-03-29 22:59:10 UTC

Brisbane city council blocks plans for fridge-sized community batteries "due to loss of green space"
Local (right-wing) councillor says federal Labor should not be ‘plonking giant batteries in public parks’ though no other council has refused development applications in the state
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/30/brisbane-city-council-blocks-plans-for-fridge-sized-community-batteries-due-to-loss-of-green-space
#ClimateCrisis

2025-03-29 22:51:46 UTC

Oh, Muskie, my sweet. Yes, we do want to destroy your "influence" (= complete control), because we believe in democracy. Where ordinary people (remember them?) have a say.
And no, the "Nazi stuff" isn't fake. We saw you, light of my life, heart of my heart's desiring, we *saw* you make a Nazi salute. We *know* you enabled a fascist president, and spent $400 million to get him elected. We *know* you supported the neo-nazi AfD in Germany.
*You* are the evil one.
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2025-03-29 13:12:30 UTC

Congo nun overcomes blackouts with homemade hydroelectric plant
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2022/04/congo-nun-overcomes-blackouts-with.html

2025-03-28 22:30:11 UTC

How the Republican Party has moved right
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/03/how-republican-party-has-moved-right.html

2025-03-27 13:08:43 UTC

NZ glacier melt accelerates
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2020/08/nz-glacier-melt-accelerates.html
#ClimateChange #ClimateCatastrophe #Glaciers

2025-03-24 09:25:29 UTC

EV sales could reach 25% mkt share this year
https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/03/ev-sales-could-reach-25-mkt-share-this.html
#EVs #ClimateChange

2025-03-22 23:05:57 UTC

America is no longer a trustworthy ally. It would be unsafe to buy military hardware from them. Meanwhile, all the US's former allies will need to double their defence spending, buying jets, tanks, missiles, etc., from non-US democracies.
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2025-03-22 12:55:38 UTC

#AOC #Billionaires #Inequality #Socialism
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2025-03-20 09:31:59 UTC

Tourist in US chained
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly67j35y99o
Don't visit the USA. It's not safe.

2025-03-20 07:53:18 UTC

#Krasnov #Trump
😂
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2025-03-19 13:16:53 UTC

I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-detained-us-immigration-jasmine-mooney
Do not go to the USA. It isn't safe. Don't go as a tourist. Don't go on business. Don't go to study. Don't go.