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H_81 @h340.bsky.social · 1d

Well done @australianlabor.bsky.social and Murray Watt in particular for taking such well care of our environment. #auspol2025

Miki Perkins @mikiperkins.bsky.social · 5d

This is desperately sad. Professor John Woinarski breaks the news for @aunz.theconversation.com that Australia's next animal - the tiny Christmas Island Shrew - has officially been declared extinct.

theconversation.com/and-then-the...

And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct

Australia’s only known shrew has been declared extinct. Its loss emphasises the need for national protection of Australia’s rare and unique wildlife.

theconversation.com

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H_81 @h340.bsky.social · 1d

What people fail to understand is that 50% of oxygen comes from the oceans. Dead oceans = mass dying of homo sapiens (and all other animals…)

John Holmes @jhaue.bsky.social · 1d

‘The blob’, rain and La Nina: What the summer forecast holds for Australia www.theage.com.au/environment/...

‘The blob’, rain and La Nina: What the summer forecast holds for Australia

Global marine heatwaves will help raise the risk of severe weather between October and April.

www.theage.com.au

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Miki Perkins @mikiperkins.bsky.social · 5d

This is desperately sad. Professor John Woinarski breaks the news for @aunz.theconversation.com that Australia's next animal - the tiny Christmas Island Shrew - has officially been declared extinct.

theconversation.com/and-then-the...

And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct

Australia’s only known shrew has been declared extinct. Its loss emphasises the need for national protection of Australia’s rare and unique wildlife.

theconversation.com

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John Holmes @jhaue.bsky.social · 1d

‘The blob’, rain and La Nina: What the summer forecast holds for Australia www.theage.com.au/environment/...

‘The blob’, rain and La Nina: What the summer forecast holds for Australia

Global marine heatwaves will help raise the risk of severe weather between October and April.

www.theage.com.au

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Michael Dahlstrom @michaeldahlstrom.bsky.social · 2d

It's been confirmed that the call of another Australian mammal has been heard for the last time.

The Christmas Island shrew was declared extinct on the IUCN Red List.
au.yahoo.com/news/austral...

Australian island changed forever after after disastrous mistake: 'Could have done better'

No one thought to record the noise echoing through the hills before it vanished in the 1980s. Find out more.

au.yahoo.com

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H_81 @h340.bsky.social · 2d

It’s just like Pissafooli taking credit for increase of QPS recruitment. Or any Labor policy that suits his narrative. Useless shit he is.

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 2d

God forbid that we'd tax gas companies or tech giants or superannuation funds properly tho

Penny Allman-Payne @pennyallmanpayne.com · 2d

🚨 BREAKING: Brand new @ACOSS report finds 1 in 7 Australians are living in poverty, including 757,000 children. Millions of families are struggling while our leaders sit on their hands and let it happen.

Poverty in Australia 2025: Overview – Poverty and Inequality

povertyandinequality.acoss.org.au

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Mini Motley Sanctuary @minisanctuary.bsky.social · 2d

Hello, if you’ve just stumbled across us— here’s a little more about us

You can watch the full video (& so much more) on our YouTube channel. It’s free to subscribe: youtube.com/@minimotleys...

We’re a mother daughter duo caring for a unique crew of rescue animals, all with very different stories

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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 2d

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK? Reynolds is a monster. Utterly ghastly person.

Vaxatious Litigant 💉 @exposingnv.bsky.social · 2d

Linda Reynolds launches bankruptcy proceedings against Brittany Higgins

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H_81 @h340.bsky.social · 5d

@davidpocock.bsky.social is a rare species - unlike 95% of his colleagues, he has a spine. Imagine what an amazing country this would be if there more like him. #auspol #corruption
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club

Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby

www.theguardian.com

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H_81 @h340.bsky.social · 6d

They’re a bunch of talent-free nut jobs. It’s more important to lock up black kids than solving problems.

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Jimmy Kimmel Live @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social · 6d

Did Trump write the infamous Epstein birthday letter? You decide.

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Father of Lies 💀 @fatheroflies.bsky.social · 6d

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H_81 @h340.bsky.social · 6d

When corrupt (state and federal) governments are supposed to protect the environment over the mining industry's interests... www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol

Fiery Senate exchange reveals investigation into coal firm allegedly clearing endangered greater glider habitat

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young called environment department bureaucrats ‘weak’ - though later withdrew the remark

www.theguardian.com

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H_81 @h340.bsky.social · 6d

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

Good news for nature, wildlife and abused farmed animals. Hopefully, this toxic business model will soon be dead for good. Govt’s should compensate farmers, buy back land and re-wild the country. #ecocide #farming

Struggling dairy farmers disappointed with milk prices

"Farm exits" are predicted amid drought and floods as dairy companies announce their minimum farm gate milk prices for the next financial year.

www.abc.net.au

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Climate, Ecology, War & More by Dr. Glen Barry, BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.bsky.social · 7d

Media and political attacks on Australia's emissions targets 'straight out of the climate obstruction playbook', expert says
->The Guardian | #EmissionsTarget #ClimateChange | More from Lil' Dr Glen at BigEarthData.ai

Media and political attacks on Australia's emissions targets 'straight out of the climate obstruction playbook', expert says

Political and media attacks on renewable energy and climate action in Australia in recent months have come “out of the climate obstruction playbook” that has been honed over decades around the world by fossil fuel interests. Prof Christian Downie, an...

www.theguardian.com

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H_81 @h340.bsky.social · 7d

Sie?

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Bob Lawrence 💙 @trumpluvsobama.bsky.social · 7d

Worth a thousand words😱

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H_81 @h340.bsky.social · 7d

Schlauer wäre es, mit gutem Vorbild voran zu gehen und keine weiteren Plagen in die Welt zu setzen. Eins der wenigen Dinge, die Merkel richtig gemacht hat.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 9d

"Musk’s data centers will probably bring in only a few hundred jobs to Memphis while consuming millions of gallons of water a day and more electricity than is needed to power all the city’s homes. Natural-gas turbines powering the data centers have brought pollution and controversy over their use.."

Elon Musk Gambles Billions in Memphis to Catch Up on AI

xAI is aiming to win the tech arms race with its “Colossus” data centers, thrown up at lightning speed, but Memphis is divided over the massive power and water demands.

www.wsj.com

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alice says Palestinians in Gaza aren’t scammers! @bluwhalien.bsky.social · 13d

Peaceful activists are being sprayed with chemical weapons for trying to send food to starving people by Israel.

Pride Was A Riot, Sacramento @pridewasariot.bsky.social · 13d

“UPDATE: As of 1:45am UK Time 13 flotilla boats have been intercepted. An Israeli warship is seen here spraying the boat Ohwayla with what journalist Greg Stoker, aboard the Ohwayla, called 'skunk water'.”

-Novara Media, 15m ago.

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H_81 @h340.bsky.social · 13d

Farmer always like to argue that they are so important because they feed us. While there is some truth to that, farming is also the most destructive industry on the planet by a long stretch. Kills ecosystems, waterways, wildlife and the food is often poisoned. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

‘Most precious thing in the desert’: the fight to protect sacred sites against the NT’s largest water licence

Traditional owners have lost repeated legal challenges over the 40-gigalitre-per year water licence at Singleton Station – and now they’re taking it to the high court

www.theguardian.com

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H_81 @h340.bsky.social · 13d

Someone using the phrase ‘one of the only’ has already himself as an idiot.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 13d

This you, Trump?

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H_81 @h340.bsky.social · 14d

I often wonder if the general populace is too dumb for a democracy.

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