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Leanne Russ @litoria1.bsky.social · 14d

Yes he is. I remember one he did about the endpoint of alcoholism and I think it should be shown in school so people understand the realities

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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 17d

I feel sure that every animal species that becomes extinct under our watch also takes a part of our humanity with it.

Heartbreaking.
Vale.

Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social · 17d

Sad news for Australian mammals..Australia's only shrew officially 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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Leanne Russ @litoria1.bsky.social · 19d

we really are screwed aren't we? I was hoping, in some tiny, overly optimistic way, that my PhD research would prove to be outdated, and that people would actually start to think. But, here we are (thesis-"preparedness of Australians to modify behaviour in order to avoid catastrophic climate change"

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Leanne Russ @litoria1.bsky.social · 22d

Yeah.

Leanne Russ @litoria1.bsky.social · 22d

Another reason to be grateful we're in the antipodes

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Leanne Russ @litoria1.bsky.social · 22d

Scary stuff going on over there innit?

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Leanne Russ @litoria1.bsky.social · 26d

Sounds like capitalism with terrible music...

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Leanne Russ @litoria1.bsky.social · 27d

I enjoyed Vineland, and this film was excellent! Great casting too

Leanne Russ @litoria1.bsky.social · 29d

All Fours (2024) - Miranda July
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (2022) - Shehan Karunatilaka
Juice (2024) - Tim Winton
Prophet Song (2023) - Paul Lynch
Year of Wonders (2002) - Geraldine Brooks
Shantaram (2003) - Gregory David Roberts

Leanne Russ @litoria1.bsky.social · 29d

We Need to Talk about Kevin (2003) - Lionel Shriver
Oryx and Crake (2003) - Margaret Atwood
The Testaments (2019) - Margaret Atwood
Too Much Lip (2019) - Melissa Lucashenko

Leanne Russ @litoria1.bsky.social · Sep 21

Biological imperative. I am writing from a western, middle-class perspective where procreation is absolutely a choice. I know this is not the case for every woman where.

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Leanne Russ @litoria1.bsky.social · Sep 21

or maybe we could ask people why they ARE choosing to have children, given the environmental path on which we are travelling?

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Leanne Russ @litoria1.bsky.social · Sep 5

I was at the march in Melbourne on Sunday. I saw a lot of people wearing Australian flags that were definitely NOT good people, though they would have told you they were...after they'd marched to the shouts of "blacks out Asians out Muslims out" that's not good people...

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Leanne Russ @litoria1.bsky.social · Aug 31

The fascists had a great day yesterday, and there were so many of them

Leanne Russ @litoria1.bsky.social · Aug 31

Happy to report I did say this to a few of them today

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Leanne Russ @litoria1.bsky.social · Aug 29

I guess the current situation depicts the potential end point of this kind of thinking. Grim.

Leanne Russ @litoria1.bsky.social · Aug 29

Are these the "interesting times" they warned us about?

Leanne Russ @litoria1.bsky.social · Aug 4

I read "Theory and Practice" by Michelle de Kretser. Highly recommend!

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Leanne Russ @litoria1.bsky.social · Jul 30

Ahh, we're a long way from the wolf, aren't we little Bug?

Leanne Russ @litoria1.bsky.social · Jul 16

You're 100% correct!

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Leanne Russ @litoria1.bsky.social · Jul 1

Let me guess - smells like old spice but without the class?

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Leanne Russ @litoria1.bsky.social · Jun 29

Nobody should be that cute

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Leanne Russ @litoria1.bsky.social · Jun 20

Soy sauce in a lil plastic fish? I'm there...

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Leanne Russ @litoria1.bsky.social · Jun 13

And written on his guitar "this machine kills fascists" I love the Billy Bragg version of this song

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Leanne Russ @litoria1.bsky.social · Jun 3

What I really want to know: if you're going to all that trouble to make a beef and mushroom Wellington, why would you serve it with store bought mashed potatoes and packet gravy!?!?