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Dr. Bodie A. Ashton
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historian | postdoctoral fellow @unierfurt | editor @AncillaryReview | australian by birth | german by choice | very bisexual | he/she/they — anything goes 💜

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    Dr. Bodie A. Ashton‏ @manwithoutatan 1 Jan 2020

    I want to give some perspective for people not from Australia. More Aussie land is currently burning than exists in the entire country of Belgium. The smoke is causing breathing problems in New Zealand, 2,000km away. Half a billion animals have been killed. Eight people are dead.

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      2. Dr. Bodie A. Ashton‏ @manwithoutatan 1 Jan 2020

        One-seventh of the state of Victoria is on fire. The fire front in the state of New South Wales is so long that, if you made it a straight line, it would stretch from Sydney to Afghanistan. The fires are being fought by volunteers.

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      3. Dr. Bodie A. Ashton‏ @manwithoutatan 1 Jan 2020

        The Australian government refuses to discuss the fact that the NSW fires have now been burning for three months, and will still be burning in three months. Climate change is a “political issue” that shouldn’t be discussed at this time, apparently.

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      4. Dr. Bodie A. Ashton‏ @manwithoutatan 1 Jan 2020

        Many of the volunteer firefighters are unemployed; their benefits have been suspended because, while they’re saving people and habitats and homes, they can’t apply for the requisite number of jobs per week the government expects them to to continue receiving benefits.

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      5. Dr. Bodie A. Ashton‏ @manwithoutatan 1 Jan 2020

        The Australian Prime Minister, at the height of the crisis, went on holiday to Hawaii, which his office first denied and then insisted he was trying to get home, but it’s impossible to get flights from Honolulu to Sydney (???)

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      6. Dr. Bodie A. Ashton‏ @manwithoutatan 1 Jan 2020

        The New South Wales emergency services minister has also gone on holidays. And in the midst of this, the prime minister has declared that the country should take heart from its brave and courageous...cricketers, who are playing against New Zealand.

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      7. Dr. Bodie A. Ashton‏ @manwithoutatan 1 Jan 2020

        Also, while the entire country faced catastrophic fire warnings (so no barbecues, people!), the cities all had fireworks displays. One, in Adelaide, very unsurprisingly caused a (thankfully limited) brush fire. Millions were spent on these. But not to pay the firefighters.

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      8. Dr. Bodie A. Ashton‏ @manwithoutatan 1 Jan 2020

        It is true that Australia has bushfires every year, but the sheer scale of this event is unprecedented, as well as the fact that the fire season is now so long that typical preventative initiatives, such as backburning, are far too dangerous.

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      9. Dr. Bodie A. Ashton‏ @manwithoutatan 1 Jan 2020

        The devastation in Australia right now FAR exceeds the Amazon fires or the California fires by MANY ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE, and there is no expectation that it will recede for at least several more months. In parts of Sydney, breathing the air is equivalent to a pack of cigarettes.

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      10. Dr. Bodie A. Ashton‏ @manwithoutatan 1 Jan 2020

        Public buildings have been forced to close in Sydney and the capital, Canberra, because the smoke is concentrating in the ventilation systems, and is setting off building fire systems.

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      11. Dr. Bodie A. Ashton‏ @manwithoutatan 1 Jan 2020

        The average temperature across the entire country has been above 40C (105F). Australia is roughly the size of the contiguous United States. Imagine it being that temperature on average ANYWHERE in the country, from Denver to Boston, Seattle to New York.

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      12. Dr. Bodie A. Ashton‏ @manwithoutatan 1 Jan 2020

        And that firefront? Imagine an unbroken line of fire, stretching from New York to Los Angeles, then back to New York, then heading back to Los Angeles and getting at least as far as Indiana. That’s the firefront in JUST ONE STATE.

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      13. Dr. Bodie A. Ashton‏ @manwithoutatan 1 Jan 2020

        So, if you were wondering why I keep yelling that @ScottMorrisonMP is a coward who must resign, this is why. He didn’t start this, no. But he is the prime minister who, in this moment of Armageddon, continues to insist that climate change is not worth talking about.

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      14. Dr. Bodie A. Ashton‏ @manwithoutatan 1 Jan 2020

        And it is HIS people who, learning that two people had been killed, quipped that it was okay because they “probably voted Green.” This man is a gormless quisling who fiddles (at resorts in Hawaii) while Australia burns, and he comes back to sing the praises of coal. Fuck him.

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      15. Dr. Bodie A. Ashton‏ @manwithoutatan 2 Jan 2020

        Dr. Bodie A. Ashton Retweeted Dr. Bodie A. Ashton

        A couple more points to add here:https://twitter.com/manwithoutatan/status/1212682920592314373?s=20 …

        Dr. Bodie A. Ashton added,

        Dr. Bodie A. Ashton @manwithoutatan
        I’d like to clarify a point here: having originally said that volunteer firefighters “want to be there” and none will be paid, the federal government has now approved that firefighters who have taken days off work will now be paid $300/day for a maximum 20 days. https://twitter.com/GreatNorthMum/status/1212679999628677120 …
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      16. Dr. Bodie A. Ashton‏ @manwithoutatan 2 Jan 2020

        Dr. Bodie A. Ashton Retweeted Dr. Bodie A. Ashton

        Also this, concerning distances. I said that New Zealand is still a way away from Australia, yet is affected by the smoke. For non-Aussies or non-Kiwis, this might help you visualise it a little better:https://twitter.com/manwithoutatan/status/1212695471564763136?s=20 …

        Dr. Bodie A. Ashton added,

        Dr. Bodie A. Ashton @manwithoutatan
        The distance from Sydney to Wanaka is 1,950km (or 1,212 miles in the old money). For reference for Europeans and Americans, that's only a small distance shorter than London to St. Petersburg, or Miami to Boston. https://twitter.com/mcookhistory/status/1212150367992942592 … pic.twitter.com/va0QeGgYoK
        38 replies 1,914 retweets 8,707 likes
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      17. Dr. Bodie A. Ashton‏ @manwithoutatan 2 Jan 2020

        @threadreaderapp unroll please!

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      18. Dr. Bodie A. Ashton‏ @manwithoutatan 2 Jan 2020

        I have to mute this thread for a while—there are just so many responses that I simply can't keep up! BUT some people asked what you can do to help. Please consider donating to the firefighters on the frontline; @GuardianAus has some good info at this link.https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/dec/21/how-you-can-donate-and-help-the-volunteer-firefighters-in-australias-bushfire-crisis …

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      19. Dr. Bodie A. Ashton‏ @manwithoutatan 3 Jan 2020

        Dr. Bodie A. Ashton Retweeted Dr. Bodie A. Ashton

        Donation options here!https://twitter.com/manwithoutatan/status/1213146674627055616?s=20 …

        Dr. Bodie A. Ashton added,

        Dr. Bodie A. Ashton @manwithoutatan
        So, I've had to say a few times recently that I'm not often lost for words (maybe that means I *am* often lost for words), but you've so often left me grinning like an idiot. Many, having not been familiar with the #AustralianBushfire catastrophe, have wanted to help. 1/
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