@bertbohosouth.bsky.social
Natural history, ecology, Strathbogie Ranges, Victoria, Australia. Taungurung Country. Pessimistic but fighting.
https://strathbogierangesnatureview.wordpress.com/
https://strathbogiesustainableforests.wordpress.com/
https://strathbogierangesnatureview.wordpress.com/
https://strathbogiesustainableforests.wordpress.com/
Transparency? Accountability? Trust? The @albomp.bsky.social government is going from bad to worse.
Multiple sources confirm the Albanese government has pushed lobbyists and industry groups to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requirements. Read more: satpa.pe/h3OmIrz
December 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Transparency? Accountability? Trust? The @albomp.bsky.social government is going from bad to worse.
A narcissist in cognitive decline?
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Trump's Auto-Pen Delusion
A DSM-5 Analysis Of Trump’s Latest Unraveling — And What It Reveals About His Health And The Danger Ahead
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A narcissist in cognitive decline?
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open.substack.com/pub/joycemst...
Just shocking. Is the #Zionist lobby as strong in #Germany as in the #USA
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Germany Tried to Silence Me, a UN Official, for Talking About Israel’s Genocidal War in Gaza
Francesca Albanese on her five-day trip that exposed Germany's harsh deviation from democratic values and shrinking landscape for freedom of expression.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Just shocking. Is the #Zionist lobby as strong in #Germany as in the #USA
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
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“If a house is uninsurable, it is unmortgageable.” – Dr Richard Denniss
Fossil fuels are making climate change worse – and ordinary Australians are paying the price.
✍️ Add your name to the call for a national climate disaster levy: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/climatedisas...
Fossil fuels are making climate change worse – and ordinary Australians are paying the price.
✍️ Add your name to the call for a national climate disaster levy: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/climatedisas...
December 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
“If a house is uninsurable, it is unmortgageable.” – Dr Richard Denniss
Fossil fuels are making climate change worse – and ordinary Australians are paying the price.
✍️ Add your name to the call for a national climate disaster levy: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/climatedisas...
Fossil fuels are making climate change worse – and ordinary Australians are paying the price.
✍️ Add your name to the call for a national climate disaster levy: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/climatedisas...
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After devastating fires in 1939, authorities began burning forests to reduce fuel load. But we now know this creates conditions for even worse fires.
In 1939, a Royal Commission found burning forests leads to more bushfires. But this cycle of destruction can be stopped
theconversation.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:03 AM
After devastating fires in 1939, authorities began burning forests to reduce fuel load. But we now know this creates conditions for even worse fires.
Nothing surprising about government response - maintaining low level #corruption.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
But Labor is set to eschew a series of recommendations from former public service commissioner Lynelle Briggs’ long-anticipated jobs for mates review.....
But Labor is set to eschew a series of recommendations from former public service commissioner Lynelle Briggs’ long-anticipated jobs for mates review.....
Scathing ‘jobs for mates’ review finds appointments to government boards routinely abused
A report by Lynelle Briggs says placements ‘look like nepotism’ and are undermining confidence in government
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Nothing surprising about government response - maintaining low level #corruption.
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A good example of why @australiainstitute.org.au has started @thepointau.bsky.social: Not news, but it should be
The latest corrective services data is out today, and it points a horrific picture of the systemic racism in our judicial system #PointLive
live.thepoint.com.au
live.thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 5:28 AM
A good example of why @australiainstitute.org.au has started @thepointau.bsky.social: Not news, but it should be
Listen, it’s 2025. Every national and global indicator of environmental health is going south. The planet is set for a catastrophic future. ANY decision that’s ‘good for business’ will likely lead to bad outcomes for the planet.
We are led by narrow interests, transactional politics & zero wisdom.
We are led by narrow interests, transactional politics & zero wisdom.
“Murray Watt sees his Environment Protection Reform Bill as a win for business, saying it will cut red tape, particularly in housing. He says it is also a win for the environment. He has a long way to go to convince the Coalition or the Greens it's either.” satpa.pe/4DUiKsp
Albanese caught in a Türkiye shoot
satpa.pe
November 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Listen, it’s 2025. Every national and global indicator of environmental health is going south. The planet is set for a catastrophic future. ANY decision that’s ‘good for business’ will likely lead to bad outcomes for the planet.
We are led by narrow interests, transactional politics & zero wisdom.
We are led by narrow interests, transactional politics & zero wisdom.
“Haste brings unintended consequences” and such consequences will overwhelmingly be negative for human and environmental wellbeing. But hey, GDP …..
The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws comes as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding.
By Georgina Woods
By Georgina Woods
The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws comes as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding | Georgina Woods
The minister says quick approvals can happen while protecting the environment, but my experience tells me that haste brings unintended consequences
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
“Haste brings unintended consequences” and such consequences will overwhelmingly be negative for human and environmental wellbeing. But hey, GDP …..
JFC. Literally punishing kids/vulnerable people for the failures of the system. Do these people have an ounce of empathy or even intelligence?
Children as young as 10 could be forced to represent themselves in Northern Territory courts after Legal Aid Northern Territory announced it would immediately cease free legal representation to people charged with crimes unless they are already in custody. satpa.pe/CvmyI82
NT cuts legal aid for anyone out of custody
The Northern Territory has made widespread cuts to free legal representation, leaving children as young as 10 to represent themselves in court.
satpa.pe
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
JFC. Literally punishing kids/vulnerable people for the failures of the system. Do these people have an ounce of empathy or even intelligence?
Just beautiful.
This is so good. Look at that parrot hop! I had no idea that’s how they got around! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Martu rangers capture rare night parrot in WA's Pilbara region.
Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Just beautiful.
Simple really. A government that coordinates with another entity it knows to be corrupt (organisation, government etc), is also corrupt.
"The Australian government has at all times known that the current Nauruan president and key members of his government are seriously corrupt, and they still signed a $2.5 billion deal with him."
Greens senator David Shoebridge reads what he alleges to be extracts from a secret AUSTRAC report that has not been made public, in the Senate late on Tuesday.
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Simple really. A government that coordinates with another entity it knows to be corrupt (organisation, government etc), is also corrupt.
Deliberately poisoning people AND the entire biosphere. Slow suicide.
Is #PFAS used in agricultural chemical formulations in #Australia?
Is #PFAS used in agricultural chemical formulations in #Australia?
One day we’ll look back on this as one of the stupidest things we’ve done.
California farms applied millions of pounds of PFAS to key crops, study finds
‘Forever chemicals’ sprayed on almonds, grapes, tomatoes and other crops as activists warn of ‘obvious problem’
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Deliberately poisoning people AND the entire biosphere. Slow suicide.
Is #PFAS used in agricultural chemical formulations in #Australia?
Is #PFAS used in agricultural chemical formulations in #Australia?
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Australians voted for climate action!
Australia Institute research shows that Australia is currently expanding fossil fuels.
We need stronger environmental laws that stop new coal and gas projects.
Sign your name here: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
Australia Institute research shows that Australia is currently expanding fossil fuels.
We need stronger environmental laws that stop new coal and gas projects.
Sign your name here: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
November 24, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Australians voted for climate action!
Australia Institute research shows that Australia is currently expanding fossil fuels.
We need stronger environmental laws that stop new coal and gas projects.
Sign your name here: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
Australia Institute research shows that Australia is currently expanding fossil fuels.
We need stronger environmental laws that stop new coal and gas projects.
Sign your name here: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
The reasons for hating this federal Labor government are stacking up. If there ever were 'true labor values', this mob has buried them deep.
"the Gov is trying to give itself the power to cut that income off before a person has been found guilty.
It is punishment without conviction. It has no place in a fair society."
Great piece by @maiyazize.bsky.social & @antipovertycent.bsky.social Kristin O'Connell
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
It is punishment without conviction. It has no place in a fair society."
Great piece by @maiyazize.bsky.social & @antipovertycent.bsky.social Kristin O'Connell
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone
In the final days of October, the Federal Government quietly inserted a last-minute amendment into an unrelated bill. It has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home A...
thepoint.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The reasons for hating this federal Labor government are stacking up. If there ever were 'true labor values', this mob has buried them deep.
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On the banks of Birrarung
History all at once, the signing of the Treaty.
www.thespencerstreetend.com.au
November 15, 2025 at 4:21 AM
AI is a disaster, every step. Limited upside, existentially massive downside.
"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig
As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.
www.truthdig.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
AI is a disaster, every step. Limited upside, existentially massive downside.
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Israeli government officials are openly accusing Netanyahu for October 7.
The world knows.
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The world knows.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Israeli government officials are openly accusing Netanyahu for October 7.
The world knows.
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The world knows.
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It’s pretty simple. Israel uses white phosphorus as part of its ecocide against Lebanon, to render as much of the South as possible unliveable for human beings.
They dynamite entire villages, cause forest fires with drone strikes, uproot countless olive and other trees, and kill the soil.
They dynamite entire villages, cause forest fires with drone strikes, uproot countless olive and other trees, and kill the soil.
NEW: We’ve added 53 more white phosphorus strikes to our archive whitephosphorus.info, bringing the total to 248 verified and geolocated incidents across South #Lebanon (2023–2024).
The IDF says these were used as smokescreens, away from civilians.
Our findings show otherwise. 🧵
The IDF says these were used as smokescreens, away from civilians.
Our findings show otherwise. 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
It’s pretty simple. Israel uses white phosphorus as part of its ecocide against Lebanon, to render as much of the South as possible unliveable for human beings.
They dynamite entire villages, cause forest fires with drone strikes, uproot countless olive and other trees, and kill the soil.
They dynamite entire villages, cause forest fires with drone strikes, uproot countless olive and other trees, and kill the soil.
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This is bad. Sarah Kendzior is one of the scholars that most understands authoritarianism and our current moment in the US.
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This is bad. Sarah Kendzior is one of the scholars that most understands authoritarianism and our current moment in the US.
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For those interested in greater gliders, and their ecology, conservation and management, please feel free to read our comprehensive review (please note, it's a pre-print) 👉 ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... - Led by Dr Luke Emerson
Taxonomic revisions, strategic decisions research and management priorities for the threatened greater glider complex
ecoevorxiv.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
For those interested in greater gliders, and their ecology, conservation and management, please feel free to read our comprehensive review (please note, it's a pre-print) 👉 ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... - Led by Dr Luke Emerson
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More from John Menadue. The role of the US's CIA and Britain's MI6 in overthrowing the Whitlam government.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
The Dismissal, the role of the CIA, MI6 and Austral Americans
I was familiar with many of the events leading to the Dismissal on 11 November 1975. That knowledge was greatly increased by Professor Jenny Hocking with her long and successful campaign to have the P...
johnmenadue.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
More from John Menadue. The role of the US's CIA and Britain's MI6 in overthrowing the Whitlam government.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
It all makes sense if your primary lens is money, profit and **gambling**.
AFL teams ranked ninth and 10th will be in contention to win the premiership from next season, with the league introducing a wildcard round.
AFL confirms contentious change to finals sytem
AFL teams ranked ninth and 10th will be in contention to win the premiership from next season, with the league introducing a wildcard round.
www.abc.net.au
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
It all makes sense if your primary lens is money, profit and **gambling**.