Anthony Burke

@anthonyburke.bsky.social

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Australian political theorist & international relations professor. Climate, justice, biodiversity, ecodemocracy. He/him. New book: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262552554/the-ecology-politic About: https://www.anthonydburke.net .. more

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Anthony Burke is an Australian political theorist and international relations scholar. He is Professor of Environmental Politics and International Relations at the University of New South Wales. He is co-principal at the Planet Politics Institute. .. more

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 1h

might critical scholarship be better served by embracing the language game of science before activism? even the most deconstructive or postMarxist work poses open-ended scientific questions. it might stop the rigid binary allocation of positions as morally good/bad, which cramps inquiry.

Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 2h

True. Season 1 was a masterpiece, and I just enjoyed the rest for the performances and craziness.

Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 2h

And energy bros have low density noggins? I’m not anti-nuclear power, but it will never be economic here as capital costs are absurd.

Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 2h

Love dr who, but it’s Westworld!

Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 2h

You left out Robot Revolution

Reposted by Dana R. Fisher, Anthony Burke

Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 3h

This year has been brutal, and like most people you probably want to do more about climate change. But what, and how?

Great news – I’ve written just the book for you!

It’s called What One Person Can Do and it’s a clear and simple how-to guide, a roadmap to help you make influential changes...

Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 13h

Blue screen biosphere.

gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 14h

The humans had always considered the ocean tragically deficient in both advertising and imaginary whales. At last, technology had solved both problems.

Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 13h

On the east coast it’s supplying 45% of entire grid demand and sometimes up to 70%.

Now transport is another story. But the alliance of neoliberal policy and fossil fuel corruption has crippled enabling infrastructure and pricing systems.

Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 13h

At grid level some countries are well behind. But Australia is interesting. Big utility opposition has been bypassed with wind investment, batteries and massive levels of home solar, with modest gov rebates. The middle class can step up.

Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 14h

A few alarming facts for your morning. Let’s perform our way out of this.

Huge El Niño projected to cause 450,000 deaths in next six months

New report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US – and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis

www.theguardian.com

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 14h

The humans had always considered the ocean tragically deficient in both advertising and imaginary whales. At last, technology had solved both problems.

Reposted by Michael J. Allen, Philip Nel, Andrew Novak , and 1 more Michael J. Allen, Philip Nel, Andrew Novak, Anthony Burke

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

A federal judge has ordered Texas to air condition all of the state’s prisons by the end of 2029

High temperatures violate the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment, the judge ruled.

Texas ordered to air condition all prisons by the end of 2029

High temperatures violate the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment, the judge ruled. Just over a third of Texas prisons are fully air conditioned.

www.texastribune.org

Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 1d

My philosopher’s, somewhat metaphysical take: a tiny group elected to speak for humanity, for science, for the earth itself, and failed us. The most consequential event in human history is answered with a bureaucratic fudge.

Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips, Erle C. Ellis, Garry Peterson , and 5 more Oliver L. Phillips, Erle C. Ellis, Garry Peterson, Jamie Hannaford, Gavin L. Foster, Anthony Burke, Yuxin, Clark Gray

Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 1d

I have a new piece out in Nature today on the record-breaking 2026/2027 El Niño, what impacts we should expect, and how governments can prepare. The Niño3.4 region is currently running more than 1C hotter than any prior event on record, and we remain months away from the peak www.nature.com/artic...

Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 1d

Humans don’t seem to believe the earth has agency, despite evidence of their eyes and ears.

Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 1d

It’s cutting the technologies and practices that cause global heating, supporting affected workers or small businesses through the transition, and replacing them with sustainable ones. Across the entire economy.

Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 1d

Haha ha let them eat “net zero by 2050 in accordance with the science”, which is the Paris Agreement’s cheery lie about holding catastrophe to 1.5C.

Somehow the entire climate community fails to point this minor piece of pseudoscience out. Why do all the governments feel they can lie to humanity?

Fiona Harvey @fionaharvey.bsky.social · 4d

Net zero is a description of scientific fact: if we do not meet that target, we are doomed to repeat summers much worse than that just gone, with all of the accompanying damage to food supplies and infrastructure. So why are our politicians so weak on the climate? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Burning forests, emptying rivers, €180bn in damage: Europe’s politicians face reckoning after ‘summer of truth’

Amid record-shattering heatwaves and popular demand for climate action, why are politicians often timid or in denial?

www.theguardian.com

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 1d

Mekong’s Irrawaddy dolphins find cautious hope amid a river in crisis 🧪🌎🦑

Mekong’s Irrawaddy dolphins find cautious hope amid a river in crisis

KAMPI, Cambodia — At nine in the morning, the sun beats down on the Mekong River as Heang Koeurn turns off the motor of his boat and bobs on the water. He has done this every morning for 11 years,…

news.mongabay.com

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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 1d

The bedrock of AI discontent is a feeling that collective life is increasingly unrecognizable, dominated by efforts to automate social relations and synthesize creative expression, as many feel their own futures constrained by unaffordability, downward mobility, and the climate crisis.

After the Data Centers - Dissent Magazine

Data center opponents have assembled a potent political force. But without a more expansive vision, there is a risk that this techlash could be co-opted and fizzle out.

dissentmagazine.org

Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 2d

I was infuriated by the decision, the dissembling, the gaslighting. Which reason was it? If it’s about dating, why not affirm Crawford lake and other evidence! but narrate a longer human influence in the commentary.

Either they’re dumb binary thinkers, or something else is going on.

Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 2d

I didn't make that claim. But I have also heard dark, geopolitical stories about it, and there was quite a public controversy as well, which suggested that was precisely the objection! We’re being asked to deny the evidence of our eyes and ears.

Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 2d

Blah blah blah

Albanese takes climate warning to New York, but fossil fuel experts test credibility

Opening Climate Week with a stark warning on extreme summer heat, the prime minister faces international scrutiny over Australia’s status as a major energy exporter while spearheading global climate t...

www.smh.com.au

Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 2d

This is the most extraordinary controversy in the history of climate science. An indictment of the IPCC’s culture and systems.

I hope this team looks at the anthropocene vote next.

Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 2d

How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports

- Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’

#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports

Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Du Toit, Gerhard Krinner, Anthony Burke , and 1 more Du Toit, Gerhard Krinner, Anthony Burke, Béatrice Cointe

Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 2d

How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports

Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’

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