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Kaya Wanu.

@kayawanu.bsky.social

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Custodian Wadandi Boodja Yorga Ecologist and Indigenous science practitioner When murmurs become shouts

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Kaya Wanu. @kayawanu.bsky.social · Jul 15

I'm tired of being told we are all doomed when I see cultural awakening all around me. Custodians are returning to thier waters. Entire families are camped out on thier Lands, far away from media view The Sovereigns are waging a quiet war on colonisation. Always Was, Always will be Aboriginal Land.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 9h

Psst: Stop burning stuff on Earth for energy. Let the burning fireball in the sky be your energy source.

T&E @transportenvironment.org · 3d

NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.

The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
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Kaya Wanu. @kayawanu.bsky.social · 2h

Massive crowds in every major city and all the small towns protesting also against Israel's genocide and our governments complicity. People are angry and sad and sickened by the monster in chief, albanese.

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LKH @heudebourck.com · 7h

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free. 🇵🇸

#freepalestine #melbourne #photography

A protester holding up a placard that reads ‘Zionism is racism. Zionism is genocide.’ Photo taken at a street protest in Melbourne’s Central Business District.

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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 2h

Australian Politicians Ignore Israel’s Brutality Against Our Citizens. by Paul Gregoire.
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/austral...

Australian Politicians Ignore Israel’s Brutality Against Our Citizens

Australian politicians are more than happy to give the Israeli state a free pass when it comes to illegally detaining and brutalising our citizens.

www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 9h

Seagrasses are great but this is false. Most carbon in the ocean is dissolved inorganic carbon and seagrass carbon is a tiny fraction of that. The mixing of stock and flux is also unhelpful. The only way to stop climate change is not burning fossil fuels.

reasonstobecheerful.world/seagrass-res...

Despite covering just Q.2 percent of the sea floor, seagrasses account for an estimated 10 percent of all the carbon stored by the world's oceans. They are also able to capture carbon from the atmosphere up to 35 times faster than tropical rainforests such as the Amazon.

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elfdock.bsky.social @elfdock.bsky.social · 8h

Traditional owners have called on the Queensland environment minister to return an iconic saltwater crocodile to the wild, arguing his capture was a “wrongful arrest” – but that his case could prove “a landmark” in redefining consultation with First Nations people and the management of crocodiles.

Crocodile made famous by Steve Irwin ‘wrongfully arrested’ and should be returned to wild, traditional owners say

Exclusive: ‘Old Faithful’ was captured after Queensland authorities deemed him ‘a problem crocodile’, but an Aboriginal corporation says the government is mistaken

www.theguardian.com

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Davoyager @davoyager.bsky.social · 11h

‘Grid in a box’ combines storage and solar PV modules for a microgrid in a 20 ft. container – pv magazine International share.google/CRgRaOqC4siD...

‘Grid in a box’ combines storage and solar PV modules for a microgrid in a 20 ft. container – pv magazine International

Paired Power’s modular microgrid targets is assembly-free remote industrial and agricultural applications and rural electrification for Indigenous communities.

share.google

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 9h

Guess which idiot is now seeking this induction pack under FOI?

David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 12h

The Albanese govt’s first term was the second most secretive on record.

Rather than changing their ways, they’re doubling down and tightening our FOI system to make it even harder to get information. Not a single expert or member of parliament outside of the Labor party has backed their new bill.

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Talk With Saul @talkwithsaul.bsky.social · 3h

"Indonesia’s announcement that it would block Israeli athletes from competing at the upcoming world championships in Jakarta."
apnews.com/article/indo...

Gymnastics governing body reacts to Indonesia's block on Israeli team at worlds in Jakarta

Gymnastics’ governing body has given a muted reaction to Indonesia’s announcement that it would block Israeli athletes from competing at the upcoming world championships in Jakarta.

apnews.com

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Kaya Wanu. @kayawanu.bsky.social · 3h

Anything less than leave it in the ground, stop burning fossil fuels will never be enough and that is the crux of the matter.

Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 9h

Climate warming's already amplifying hazards such as heatwaves, extreme rainfall, dangerous fire weather, droughts, floods, & sea-level rises & in turn multiplying threats & risks of compound events

🇦🇺's fossil fuel exports contribute accelerated pollution & CC impacts no matter where they're burned

Labor is close to a deal on environmental law reforms. There are troubling signs these will fall short

Labor is close to a deal on its environmental law reforms. Will they strong enough to protect nature?

theconversation.com

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inblacknwhite @imagetree.bsky.social · 20h

While all eyes are on a 'ceasefire' the illegal apartheid state is still bombing and killing people somewhere in the Middle East. Wanton killing and carnage is their M.O.

source: @aljazeera.com

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 1d

CNN reports that Israel has refused to release two abducted Palestinian doctors, renowned pediatrician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and Dr. Marwan Al Hams, deliberately excluding them from the ceasefire and prisoner swap agreement.

A digital poster features two Palestinian doctors, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and Dr. Marwan Al-Hams, against a blurred background of destruction and smoke. Text at the top reads in bold yellow letters: “They are not coming home.” Below, in white and yellow text, it says: “Israel denies release of abducted Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and Dr. Marwan Al-Hams in deal.” Both men appear serious—Dr. Abu Safiya in a white medical coat, and Dr. Al-Hams in dark clothing with a stethoscope around his neck.

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Kaya Wanu. @kayawanu.bsky.social · 20h

Something something ceasefire....

Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 20h

"During the past 24 hours, hospitals in the #GazaStrip received the bodies of at least 17 civilians, as well as 71 people suffering from different injuries following #Israeli attacks, according to #Gaza ’s health ministry on Saturday morning."

english.palinfo.com/news/2025/10...

#Israel #Palestine

Gaza: Hospitals receive 17 martyrs, death toll climbs to 67,211 martyrs

During the past 24 hours, hospitals in the Gaza Strip received the bodies of at least 17 civilians, as well as 71 people suffering from different injuries following Israeli attacks, according to Gaza’...

english.palinfo.com

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Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies @palomarskies.bsky.social · 1d

How could this possibly be cheaper than batteries?

Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 1d

Do we really want 250,000 mirrored satellites in Low Earth Orbit? Hasn't the Starlink megaconstellation already done enough damage?
🧪 @mjibrown.bsky.social

A US startup plans to deliver ‘sunlight on demand’ after dark. Can it work – and would we want it to?

Satellites beaming sunlight down to Earth sound like science fiction – and they have astronomers very worried.

theconversation.com

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Alleen Brown @alleenbrown.bsky.social · 1d

An anti-protest law in Australia that was first used to go after climate activists is being used to go after pro-Palestine protesters

7news.com.au/news/south-a...

Pro-Palestine protesters locked up under strict ‘draconian’ laws

Protesters may have to miss national rallies under strict bail conditions.

7news.com.au

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 1d

Harmful uses of generative AI are limited only by imagination exhibit eleventy million

Headline is inaccurate—generation of false info by AI is DISinformation, people who unwittingly circulate that bad info are doing MISinformation

but in practice, DIS- or MIS- both create adverse impacts

AI-generated misinformation about 4yo Gus prompts tech and legal concerns

The thought of a missing boy lost in the outback is indescribably harrowing — but what's almost as disturbing is the realisation that some on social media have seized on the disappearance of four-year...

www.abc.net.au

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miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 1d

I loved that we were once a nominally independent nation, with its own foreign policy *sigh*
#nzpol
"In connecting to the network empire, we must ask on whose terms we fight"

An internet of military things - kill-webs – including drones, radars, and satellites, processed by AI-assisted “deciders".

Network empire: how advanced military tech is reshaping Five Eyes

NZ links to Five Eyes military technology could become tripwires if conflict breaks out, undermining our sovereignty

newsroom.co.nz

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 1d

Some of the clients of the lobbying firm the Prime Minister is currently the President of include:

Ampol Australia Petroleum P/L (fossil fuels)

Lion P/L (brewing, alcohol)

Pfizer Australia P/L (pharmaceuticals)

Serco Australia P/L (defence, immigration)

Responsible Wagering Aust (gambling)

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Kaya Wanu. @kayawanu.bsky.social · 1d

Every single article about Trump is like the mums page on fb my friend added me too which is just them whining about the stupid shit thier ball gremlins get up to while they are whining in a mums group and not supervising them.
Trump is an unsupervised toddler

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

MAGA is going through some things meidasnews.com/news/maga-fu...