Dr Alex Wodak AM
@alexwodak
Retired physician. Live on Gadigal land. Always was, always will be. Advocate: reduce greenhouse gas emissions ASAP; drug law reform; harm reduction; smoke free nicotine; human rights; social justice; evidence based policy. Born when ~280 CO2 ppm
As of April 2026, global solar capacity now > 3 terawatts. 1st terawatt took 20 years. 2nd took 33 months. 3rd has arrived in 19 months.
Australian tobacco excise ⬆️ by ~60% since 2020 & now accounts for >2/3 of legal cost of packet of cigarettes. Australian Federal tobacco tax take as % of national income: 2009/10 0.5% 2018/19 0.8% 2028/29 0.2% @algore09algor.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social @igas2.bsky.social
Summit held in this house with US President Ronald Reagan & USSR general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, Reykjavík, Iceland, 11–12 October 1986.Talks collapsed at last minute but progress achieved eventually resulted in 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty between US & USSR
Iceland is not only queer friendly & takes gender equality very seriously. But also ~100% electricity from geothermal energy. Some city streets are warmed by geothermal energy in winter to melt snow! And they also keep economic inequality low. @sanho.bsky.social
Only 20%of Americans regard criticism of Israel as antisemitism @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social @jessemcnicoll.bsky.social
Look carefully at the roof of York Minster, one of UK’s greatest cathedrals, and you’ll see huge bank of solar panels. Well done York Minster! @simonahac.bsky.social @allegraspender.bsky.social #ClimateCrisis
Tobacco control very confident in its hostility to vaping & other smoke-free nicotine products. But these safer options rapidly replacing combustible cigarettes globally @chancethegardener.bsky.social @jgitchell.bsky.social @algore09algor.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social @jmenezes.bsky.social
Outstanding but extremely painful article re reality in Israel-Palestine’s West Bank villages with merciless cruelty by settlers driving out Arab villagers. Highly recommended
Martin Luther became a museum quality anti-Semite. This is from a display in Augsburg - an important step on the journey of the young Luther
Typewriters were swept away by laptops just as combustible cigarettes are being swept away by safer, smoke-free nicotine products like vaping. Phenomenon called ‘disruptive innovation’. Vaping opponents try to ignore it. Know what? They can’t! @algore09algor.bsky.social @igas2.bsky.social
Did you know this great new book on failure & futility of WarOnDrugs by James Gierach is now out in paperback? Just as true as hardback version but now you can save some $$s @aivl.bsky.social @harmreductionintl.bsky.social @tninstitute.bsky.social @steverolles.bsky.social
Some Jews just can’t ever love Israel enough! Others Jews, not so much - as this April 2025 photo of US Jews shows @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social
Did you know Australia prohibited alcohol for First Nations people for > 100 years? Ended in 1960s. Disaster of course. Australia’s first prohibition.
The future of transportation is electric. This is just the beginning
Online meeting in New York in memory of wonderful Dr Robert G Newman. A hero for very many all over world. Subject: alcohol.
This is what Indonesia’s smokers and policy makers should read. From a prominent Indonesian, ex WHO.
Congratulations Australian tobacco control magnificent achievement losing $62 billion/5 years cigarette excise from government revenue! Must feel very proud! @johnquiggin.bsky.social @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol @algore09algor.bsky.social @melissasweetdr.bsky.social @drbfreeman.bsky.social
Want to Make Smoking Great Again? Then just ask tobacco control: 1 Severely restrict vapes 2 Push cig tax to stratosphere 3 Create massive black market 4 Watch smoke rates ⬆️ 5 Deny responsibility @algore09algor.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social @igas2.bsky.social @jmenezes.bsky.social
Make Australia Republic Again! Visit spot in Sydney where visiting Prince Alfred narrowly dodged a bullet.
If that’s what George Orwell thought of 2024, what would he think of 2026?
Jenny Bowker’s absolutely exquisite quilts. Extraordinarily beautiful.
In 2024. Before Barnaby Joyce defected from Nationals to join One Nation.
Jewish Australians have suffered 1 massacre. 14 December 2025 Bondi. Appalling. Unspeakable. Imagine what it’s like for First Nations Australians? Map shows where their massacres have been. Keating said it all in his Redfern speech. One for the ages.
Ever get that feeling it’s all too much? US & Israel attack, kill & destroy Iran. Iran blocks Strait of Hormuz. Trump vandalises US & west. Russia destroys Ukraine & its invasion kills 2 million. Nuclear treaty allowed to lapse. Global increase in ultra right. Ultra rich get even greedier.
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam (1972-75) used to say that Australia’s international reputation would always be primarily based on treatment of its First Nations people. Which has been abysmal