Dhilrukshi Pathman
@dhilrukshi.bsky.social
Conservation science/Ecological economics/Science Communication
Writing and illustrating children's literature.
#degrowth #ecosocialism #decolonisation
Capitalism poisons everything.
Capitalism is private opulence and public squalor.
Naarm/Melbourne
Writing and illustrating children's literature.
#degrowth #ecosocialism #decolonisation
Capitalism poisons everything.
Capitalism is private opulence and public squalor.
Naarm/Melbourne
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Morton wins Walkley for “Mean Streak” www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Morton wins Walkley for “Mean Streak” www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202...
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This brood of blue-winged parrots are all snuggled up at the bottom of a hollow fence post -simply adorable 😍😍😍
December 2, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This brood of blue-winged parrots are all snuggled up at the bottom of a hollow fence post -simply adorable 😍😍😍
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South Korea announced it's going to phase out coal-fired power by 2040, a massive win for the climate.🌏
But you might not know that a few local climate groups in Australia played a part in making this happen!🌱
Research Director Rod Campbell explains
@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol
But you might not know that a few local climate groups in Australia played a part in making this happen!🌱
Research Director Rod Campbell explains
@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol
December 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
South Korea announced it's going to phase out coal-fired power by 2040, a massive win for the climate.🌏
But you might not know that a few local climate groups in Australia played a part in making this happen!🌱
Research Director Rod Campbell explains
@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol
But you might not know that a few local climate groups in Australia played a part in making this happen!🌱
Research Director Rod Campbell explains
@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol
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I’m here to remind folks that we live next to a star — a huge nuclear fusion factory of plasma and radiation — and proximity gives us an opportunity to study a star!
We often take it for granted as “the Sun in the sky” and consider stars just points of light — but we have one right next door too!
We often take it for granted as “the Sun in the sky” and consider stars just points of light — but we have one right next door too!
Physics in action: a truly mesmerising #SolarFlare on the Sun last night, from the same region that produced strong flares and triggered widespread aurora back in mid-November. The flare gives a hypnotic example of how plasma and magnetic fields interact in the Sun’s atmosphere.
December 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I’m here to remind folks that we live next to a star — a huge nuclear fusion factory of plasma and radiation — and proximity gives us an opportunity to study a star!
We often take it for granted as “the Sun in the sky” and consider stars just points of light — but we have one right next door too!
We often take it for granted as “the Sun in the sky” and consider stars just points of light — but we have one right next door too!
"As Indigenous languages decline, Gumbaynggirr is experiencing a resurgence. What began with a handful of elders pooling their pensions to record a few words in the 1980s has led to its revival, to the point where it is once again being spoken in homes and learned by babies."
The Australian school spearheading an Indigenous language revival
At Gumbaynggirr Giingana Freedom School – the first Aboriginal bilingual school in New South Wales – success is judged by an unconventional metric: happiness
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
"As Indigenous languages decline, Gumbaynggirr is experiencing a resurgence. What began with a handful of elders pooling their pensions to record a few words in the 1980s has led to its revival, to the point where it is once again being spoken in homes and learned by babies."
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This year I'll also resurrect the #Crustmas skeets from when I had a plan 2 years ago lol
But seriously after today it mostly won't be decapods from me! 🦑🧪
But seriously after today it mostly won't be decapods from me! 🦑🧪
Starting off #Crustmas with a bunch of Rhynchocinetes durbanensis shrimps, which have a seasonal color scheme (but not the same family as "peppermint shrimp")
December 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This year I'll also resurrect the #Crustmas skeets from when I had a plan 2 years ago lol
But seriously after today it mostly won't be decapods from me! 🦑🧪
But seriously after today it mostly won't be decapods from me! 🦑🧪
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First commercially available Christmas card (from 1843) a somewhat boozy affair. One woman looks less than impressed. She’s brought Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy to help pass the time until Boxing Day. Great choice &available in all good booksellers 😉#womenwhoruledtheworld
December 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
First commercially available Christmas card (from 1843) a somewhat boozy affair. One woman looks less than impressed. She’s brought Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy to help pass the time until Boxing Day. Great choice &available in all good booksellers 😉#womenwhoruledtheworld
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Remarkable story of a Georgia high school team who used CRISPR to make a rapid diagnostic test strip for Lyme disease, speeding dx from 2 weeks to days
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
Teens may have come up with a new way to detect, treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing
To compete at iGEM, a sort of science Olympics, teens at a Georgia high school set their sights on finding a better way to detect and treat Lyme disease. Their approach uses CRISPR gene editing.
www.cbsnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Remarkable story of a Georgia high school team who used CRISPR to make a rapid diagnostic test strip for Lyme disease, speeding dx from 2 weeks to days
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
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The moment an Israeli missile hit a tent in Gaza was caught on camera when a Palestinian girl filmed herself showing her hair clips.
December 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The moment an Israeli missile hit a tent in Gaza was caught on camera when a Palestinian girl filmed herself showing her hair clips.
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After decades of research, our new book on the eucalypts of WA's goldfields has finally arrived! Designed, compiled and printed in Australia.
Looking forward to hearing what everyone thinks of this one.
For more information, sample pages and to order:
www.dn.com.au/Eucalypts_of...
Looking forward to hearing what everyone thinks of this one.
For more information, sample pages and to order:
www.dn.com.au/Eucalypts_of...
December 1, 2025 at 6:00 AM
After decades of research, our new book on the eucalypts of WA's goldfields has finally arrived! Designed, compiled and printed in Australia.
Looking forward to hearing what everyone thinks of this one.
For more information, sample pages and to order:
www.dn.com.au/Eucalypts_of...
Looking forward to hearing what everyone thinks of this one.
For more information, sample pages and to order:
www.dn.com.au/Eucalypts_of...
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"Renewable energy is the cheapest form of new electricity"
Doesn't seem like despots, dictators and crony capitalists really care
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Doesn't seem like despots, dictators and crony capitalists really care
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"Renewable energy is the cheapest form of new electricity"
Doesn't seem like despots, dictators and crony capitalists really care
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Doesn't seem like despots, dictators and crony capitalists really care
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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OMG "The extreme weather system has destroyed nearly 15,000 homes across the country, sending almost 44,000 people to state-run temporary shelters"
"Some neighbourhoods are completely buried under mud, and each one brings more despair" www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
‘Neighbourhoods buried under mud’: Sri Lanka floods death toll reaches 334
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake declares a state of emergency to deal with the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah.
www.aljazeera.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:31 AM
OMG "The extreme weather system has destroyed nearly 15,000 homes across the country, sending almost 44,000 people to state-run temporary shelters"
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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Why does poverty still exist in one of the richest countries on earth? In this video, I explain how antisocial neoliberal economics deliberately creates poverty.
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Why do we still have poverty in UK?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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November 30, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Why does poverty still exist in one of the richest countries on earth? In this video, I explain how antisocial neoliberal economics deliberately creates poverty.
youtu.be/GfihKzPmRIg?...
youtu.be/GfihKzPmRIg?...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Happy consumerism bonanza day!
Throw tomatoes at target/Walmart/Amazon! Get some freaky little presents from artists!
Big corps make the wealthy wealthier & artists are trying to buy wet food for their cats.
Artists, drop your shops!
For a start, check out SquidFacts.net
More of my faves below
Throw tomatoes at target/Walmart/Amazon! Get some freaky little presents from artists!
Big corps make the wealthy wealthier & artists are trying to buy wet food for their cats.
Artists, drop your shops!
For a start, check out SquidFacts.net
More of my faves below
Support Skype a Scientist with the Squid Facts shop!
The Squid Facts shop supports Skype a Scientist! We match scientists with classrooms, scout troops, and libraries. We also connect people with...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Happy consumerism bonanza day!
Throw tomatoes at target/Walmart/Amazon! Get some freaky little presents from artists!
Big corps make the wealthy wealthier & artists are trying to buy wet food for their cats.
Artists, drop your shops!
For a start, check out SquidFacts.net
More of my faves below
Throw tomatoes at target/Walmart/Amazon! Get some freaky little presents from artists!
Big corps make the wealthy wealthier & artists are trying to buy wet food for their cats.
Artists, drop your shops!
For a start, check out SquidFacts.net
More of my faves below
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A well-deserved third #Walkleys Award for cartoons to David Pope. #GazaGenocide
November 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A well-deserved third #Walkleys Award for cartoons to David Pope. #GazaGenocide
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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"Black Mountain Energy’s planned drilling for gas is likely to have a significant impact on threatened species, groundwater and the nearby West Kimberley National Heritage Place, according to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water"
www.boilingcold.com.au/environmenta...
www.boilingcold.com.au/environmenta...
Enviro regulator raises doubts over Kimberley fracking
Black Mountain's conclusion that its drilling will not affect water resources is without foundation, and threatened species and National Heritage are at risk, according to the Federal environment depa...
www.boilingcold.com.au
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
"Black Mountain Energy’s planned drilling for gas is likely to have a significant impact on threatened species, groundwater and the nearby West Kimberley National Heritage Place, according to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water"
www.boilingcold.com.au/environmenta...
www.boilingcold.com.au/environmenta...
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This book has been so soothing. I have probably learned more about the foreign policies that shape the world just in the first three chapters than I have in at least the last 15 years of news media. 🙃 It's helped clarify a lot of the absolutely batshit nonsense of the current timeline. COMFORT READ
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This book has been so soothing. I have probably learned more about the foreign policies that shape the world just in the first three chapters than I have in at least the last 15 years of news media. 🙃 It's helped clarify a lot of the absolutely batshit nonsense of the current timeline. COMFORT READ
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The record gliding isn't the most remarkable thing about this creature.
With winged legs, orchid mantis sets gliding record
Camouflaged like a flower, these predators also have a getaway trick
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November 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The record gliding isn't the most remarkable thing about this creature.
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The Barilaro-Berejiklian 'save the pest horses' bill is finally revoked.
Controversial 'Brumby Bill' recognising horses' heritage value dumped: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-28/nsw-upper-house-vote-scrap-brumby-bill/105916360
Controversial 'Brumby Bill' recognising horses' heritage value dumped
The bill which recognised the heritage value of wild horses in horses in Kosciuszko National Park but was widely criticised by conservation groups will be scrapped after a vote to repeal the law passed NSW parliament.
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The Barilaro-Berejiklian 'save the pest horses' bill is finally revoked.
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I need to sell 28 more of these before Christmas if I want to break even on the design. We're over half way there so fingers-crossed that new people keep wanting them!
I really wasn't exaggerating when I said my Christmas tree pride pins were detailed. Each of these baubles is just over 2mm! canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4405...
November 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I need to sell 28 more of these before Christmas if I want to break even on the design. We're over half way there so fingers-crossed that new people keep wanting them!