Leon J Lyell

Historian | Writer | PhD Candidate

[Leon J Lyell @LeonLyell]

Nepal's glacier time bomb
A glacier collapse in Nepal triggered a flood that still isn't over, with new lakes threatening to burst again at any moment. It's a growing global problem, and a rare one we actually know how to fix, if anyone builds it.
https://t.co/loU6Wlbif2

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

El Niño is being supersized before our eyes.

The science is clear: Sea surface temperatures are rising, temperatures keep climbing & the world is in the danger zone of extreme weather.

The race now is between rising risks & our commitment to take #ClimateAction & protect people.

We must win that race.

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

Humanity is speeding towards a climate catastrophe.

That’s the stark warning from the latest @UNEP report.

Every fraction of a degree of warming will cost lives, deepen inequalities & push ecosystems closer to irreversible damage.

We must raise ambition, accelerate #ClimateAction & fight for humanity. NOW.

https://t.co/KhwIThOfMf

[United Nations Geneva @UNGeneva]

Presenting new report, @UNEP Executive Director, @andersen_inger, warns that global temperatures are likely to exceed the 1.5°c target in the coming years.

Now, the focus must be on limiting how high temperatures rise and bringing them back down as quickly as possible.

[UN News @UN_News_Centre]

New @UNEP report warns that global temperatures are likely to exceed the 1.5°c target in the coming years.

Executive Director Inger Andersen stressed that the focus must now be on limiting how high temperatures rise and bringing them back down as quickly as possible.

[GBC @GBC_Press]

🚨 BREAKING:

Obama: "Sir, I'm not currently the President of the United States, so there's no point in yelling at me. I'm not responsible for foreign policy right now."

[UN News @UN_News_Centre]

El Niño is forecast to persist through February 2027, with conditions expected to peak toward the end of 2026.

@WMO warns it could be the strongest El Niño ever recorded.

The UN is calling for action to mitigate its impacts.

https://t.co/Rmys1cbudw

[Mark Kenny @markgkenny.bsky.social @markgkenny]

Terribly sad and powerful piece by @AudetteExel today. All Australians should read.

[Ellen Sandell @ellensandell]

If your job is regulating the gambling companies, you shouldn’t be allowed to take gifts from them - that's the definition of corruption.

Today, the Vic Greens moved a motion to ban MPs from accepting gifts from gambling giants - but Labor & the Liberals teamed up to block it.

[Ellen Sandell @ellensandell]

In 6 months, seven Victorian Labor ministers and parliamentary secretaries accepted free tickets and VIP hospitality packages from gambling corporations 26 times.

The Victorian Greens are calling on Premier Caroll to ban Ministers from accepting gifts from gambling companies.

[Leon J Lyell @LeonLyell]

@MrRexPatrick Ah, a steam-driven submarine – just what we need. There might be some second-hand ones. The K-class subs were designed for the Royal Navy in 1913. Famous for endurance, speed, and accidents. When torpedoes failed to explode, they could steam away quickly.

[Leon J Lyell @LeonLyell]

@DavidShoebridge Looking forward to the Opposition insisting that: "We will decide who comes to this country and the circumstances in which they come".

[Brian Roemmele @BrianRoemmele]

In this machine I can scan 1000s pages a day and never destroy a book.

No guillotine spines, no ripped the bindings..

just a normal book ready to be treasured for centuries.

Any large AI company can afford this both financially and ethically.

[💧Michael West @MichaelWestBiz]

Private health insurance rort -they demand more public subsidies (got almost $7B in Budget for Medicare levy), make dazzling profits, BUPA quietly rips out $536m dividend to foreign parent company
Claudia Weisenberger
#auspol
https://t.co/2RzDjYTddd

[Leon J Lyell @LeonLyell]

A few thoughts for the fourth.
https://t.co/HdJy79UMRV

[sarah @sahouraxo]

This is Tyre in South Lebanon today.

Israel is leveling entire civilian neighborhoods in one of the most intense bombardments yet.

One of humanity’s oldest cities.

Is being systematically wiped out.

And not a peep from the complicit international community, of course.

[Prime Minister of Canada @CanadianPM]

Statement by the leaders of Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom on the situation in the West Bank. https://t.co/72icmeiQW9

[@VinniesAustralia @VinniesAust]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts — these are fair questions and we're happy to explain. Vinnies is a not-for-profit, which means every dollar of surplus goes directly back to supporting people in need. Last year alone, we helped over 1 million Australians through our services, and that's only possible with a sustainable model behind us.
We're also proud to pay our staff fairly. Our team works hard to serve some of the most vulnerable people in our communities, and we believe they deserve to be remunerated accordingly.
On pricing — it's a common misconception that op shopping is always the cheapest option, but the reality is that recycling and processing donated goods in Australia is genuinely expensive. Unlike fast fashion produced overseas at very low cost, we sort, clean, and prepare items locally while managing an enormous volume of donations. Australians donate millions of items each year, and responsibly handling that waste takes real resources. Without covering those costs, the alternative is more going to landfill — which helps no one.
Vinnies Shops exist to serve people doing it tough, not to turn a profit. Every purchase you make is part of that mission. 💛

[David Shoebridge @DavidShoebridge]

None of these reductions make it possible for most young people to buy a home. The huge missing piece of the puzzle is the hundreds of thousands of public homes needed to fix the crisis and give people homes they can actually afford.

[David Shoebridge @DavidShoebridge]

A budget detail many missed last night was how the Albanese Labor government is addressing what it calls social cohesion. It is cutting $9 million from the Australian Human Rights Commission, the independent body that protects and serves every community equally.