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Paula 🌹
@paularose.bsky.social
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artist | always curious | pro-transit & accessibility | resiliency | nature lover Derwent Valley lutruwita (Tasmania)
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Paula 🌹 @paularose.bsky.social · Sep 9
“In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.” Carl Sagan
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Paula 🌹 @paularose.bsky.social · 2h
‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns

Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns
Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus
www.theguardian.com
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Paula 🌹 @paularose.bsky.social · 6h
For the first time, we linked a new fossil fuel project to hundreds of deaths. Here’s the impact of Woodside’s Scarborough gas project

theconversation.com/for-the-firs...
For the first time, we linked a new fossil fuel project to hundreds of deaths. Here’s the impact of Woodside’s Scarborough gas project
The results challenge claims that the climate risks posed by an individual fossil fuel project are negligible or cannot be quantified.
theconversation.com
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Paula 🌹 @paularose.bsky.social · 9h
Why Santos is behind your soaring electricity and mortgage costs

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
How a boardroom mistake in Adelaide 15 years ago cost you a fortune
It was a primary force behind Australia’s inflationary surge, it’s forced businesses either to the wall or to shift offshore, undermined national industry policy and resulted in the loss of countless ...
www.abc.net.au
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Hisham Zerriffi @hishamzerriffi.bsky.social · 18h
The liquid air alternative to fossil fuels

My students often ask what tech I think is the most promising for the energy transition. There is no silver bullet. But I do tell them that batteries and other energy storage solutions (and other energy carriers) are an exciting and important space
The liquid air alternative to fossil fuels
An overlooked technology for nearly 50 years, the first liquid air battery facility is finally set to power up in 2026.
www.bbc.com
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Paula 🌹 @paularose.bsky.social · 1d
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns
www.theguardian.com
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Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 4d
What???
They threw a former Wallabies Captain out of their Parliamentary sporting club because he spoke up about gambling!!!! What???
#auspol #4Corners > www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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eX Citizen @snotrejected.bsky.social · 4d
They threw the sportsman out of their gambling club. It makes more sense like that.
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Paula 🌹 @paularose.bsky.social · 5d
Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead
Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive
www.theguardian.com
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 7d
There are some people whom the media has decided are "leading intellectuals", regardless of the views of their academic colleagues. Invariably they are people who justify - or at the very least do not challenge - economic power. Steven Pinker is a stand-out example.
www.monbiot.com/2018/03/09/c...
Contrary to Reason
Steven Pinker claims to champion Enlightenment values. But his latest book is an affront to them
www.monbiot.com
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Paula 🌹 @paularose.bsky.social · 7d
Deloitte AI report: Firm admits to using AI in error-filled government report

www.afr.com/companies/pr...
Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report
Deloitte will issue a partial refund to the government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a report littered with errors.
www.afr.com
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Paula 🌹 @paularose.bsky.social · 7d
The Gaza flotilla gives us hope because we can see SOMEONE is doing SOMETHING!

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Gaza flotilla gives us hope because we can see SOMEONE is doing SOMETHING! | First Dog on the Moon
It reminds us of what people can do even though we have not (yet) stopped the genocide
www.theguardian.com
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Paula 🌹 @paularose.bsky.social · 7d
Australians overwhelmingly back sanctions on Israel, new poll finds

'Sizeable majority' of voters across political lines want Israel to end genocide in Gaza

www.deepcutnews.com/p/australian...
Australians overwhelmingly back sanctions on Israel, new poll finds
'Sizeable majority' of voters across political lines want Israel to end genocide in Gaza
www.deepcutnews.com
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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 8d
The Venn diagram of urban density and average household GHG emissions is pretty much a circle. Interesting study on “Mapping household GHG emissions in the Greater Golden Horseshoe” from the University of Toronto School of Cities schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/mapping-hous...
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 8d
In light of the National Climate Risk Assessment, surely our governments have a responsibility to address Australia’s contribution to climate change, writes Professor Nicholas J. Talley AC insightplus.mja.com.au/2025/39/figh...
Fighting for our health in the wake of the National Climate Risk Assessment - InSight+
In light of the National Climate Risk Assessment, surely our governments have a responsibility to address Australia’s contribution to climate change, writes Professor Nicholas J. Talley AC. The recent...
insightplus.mja.com.au
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Jo VanEvery @jovanevery.bsky.social · 9d
Good things. 🧵
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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 9d
Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
Tawny owl
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Paula 🌹 @paularose.bsky.social · 9d
EAT-Lancet 2025: Global food transformation needed to ease pressure on the planet and save millions of lives

www.stockholmresilience.org/research/res...
EAT-Lancet 2025: Global food transformation needed to ease pressure on the planet and save millions of lives
Five of the seven breached planetary boundaries are linked to food systems. By transforming production and adopting a “planetary health diet,” we can halve food-related climate emissions and prevent m...
www.stockholmresilience.org
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 9d
Not just that you will be punished for standing up for the oppressed, but that you will be ritually humiliated and made an example of.
Hello, world?
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ed @macaulaybalkan.bsky.social · 9d
The word I keep grasping at these days is ‘impunity’
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 10d
You said it, Ronni.
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 9d
It’s truly not that complicated

t.co/3ZM7dfSoVr
https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2025/10/04/politics-hope-complicated-left-right
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Glen @gergyl.bsky.social · 9d
"I, along with every other reporter I know who has worked in Gaza ... have reported a reality in Gaza that bears no resemblance to how it is portrayed by Israeli politicians, its military and many media outlets that serve as Israel’s echo chamber."

johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
Hedges Report: NPC Australia caves to Israel Lobby, cancels talk on our betrayal of Palestinian journalists
The National Press Club of Australia cancelled my talk on how the media, by amplifying Israeli lies, have betrayed Palestinian journalists, 278 of whom have been assassinated by Israel.
johnmenadue.com
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Paula 🌹 @paularose.bsky.social · 9d
Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries monitors a world out of balance

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries monitors a world out of balance - Nature
A revised ‘Doughnut’ providing a visual assessment of trends in social deprivation and planetary degradation over the past two decades shows more than doubling of global GDP accompanied by accelerating ecological overshoot but only a modest reduction in human deprivation.
www.nature.com
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Michelle A. Rodrigues 🐒 @marspidermonkey.bsky.social · 11d
As a primatologist, Jane Goodall was a huge inspiration to me. I admired the way she describes chimpanzee behavior with such detail and empathy, and she’s inspired so many people and advocated for chimpanzee conservation and welfare.

However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
Photo of Jane Goodall in the center, signing a book, with three women standing slightly hunched behind her. A very young Michelle is to the right, smiling.
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Glen @gergyl.bsky.social · 11d
"For Professor Steer, who has been skippering the state's official response to the bloom, the algae has taken the nation into uncharted waters."

There is an 'official state response'? Wow, that'll make all the difference.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
The sea is sick and has entered uncharted waters
The disastrous algal bloom that has been lapping at South Australia's shores has turned a coastline into a frontline, leaving many swimmers, surfers and seaside business operators wondering what the u...
www.abc.net.au
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Julia @juliaharvey.bsky.social · 11d
Please sign and share this petition to the Australian Government to

Expel the Israeli Ambassador.

You can sign if you are an Australian resident OR an Australian citizen.

www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
e-petitions
e-petitions
www.aph.gov.au
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 9d
Meat is a blind spot for people who care about climate. When I used to have dinner with my colleague Wally Broecker, the climate scientist who coined the term “global warming”, he would always order a steak.
The climate movement’s biggest weakness
What the climate movement is getting dead wrong.
www.vox.com
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