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Dhilrukshi Pathman @dhilrukshi.bsky.social · 4h

The Real Reason We Should Revive Extinct Animals

De-extinction science is conservation science.

Conservationists need this technology to ensure the preservation of species living today (i.e., genetic rescue).

The Real Reason We Should Revive Extinct Animals

YouTube video by Cleo Abram

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Dhilrukshi Pathman @dhilrukshi.bsky.social · 8h

Oh my goodness......please more! But this time, you own the apartment, and it has a view.....of green leafy trees that turn amber and crimson in the fall. The scent of pumpkin spice latte....something... something....

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 9h

Of all the claims made about AI, the suggestion that it'll help "solve" climate change is, to me, the most risible. Such a claim could only come from people who do not understand the nature of the problem, or what addressing that problem requires.

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Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 8d

It's pub day for my book, "Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley," which chronicles the rise of the tech right and their role in the 2024 election. Thanks to everyone who helped along the way.
linktr.ee/gildedrage

Gilded Rage | Linktree

A searing look at the rise of Silicon Valley's far right. Out October 2025.

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Warwick Smith @warwicksmith.bsky.social · 2d

My article in @aunz.theconversation.com today on the update of #DoughnutEconomics by @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and @kateraworth.bsky.social in @nature.com. It's well past time we reoriented the economy to serve people and the environment instead of profit and rent extraction. #WellbeingEconomy.

‘Doughnut economics’ shows how global growth is out of balance - and how we can fix it

A new economic update shows it’s more important than ever to think carefully about what progress means.

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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 17h

And the winner of this year’s ✨Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year✨ goes to Andrea Dominizi!

Awarded for their poignant picture of a longhorn beetle seemingly watching the destruction of its own forest. Or maybe the beetle is a symbol of resilience, surviving against all the odds 📸🧪🪲

A longhorn beetle stands on a log in focus at the bottom left corner of the frame, as a logging machinery is pictured blurred in the background.

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Dhilrukshi Pathman @dhilrukshi.bsky.social · 13h

We really need to teach Aussie children about snakes.

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Sirrah Hamann @sirincrisis.bsky.social · 1d

How does prospective mining on the Moon mirror prior forms of extractivism on Earth?

In July, I visited the Blåfjell and Tellnes Mines near #MagmaGeopark in Southwest Norway to collect video materials and talk with local experts about mining heritage.

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Dhilrukshi Pathman @dhilrukshi.bsky.social · 1d

❤️her!

Dhilrukshi Pathman @dhilrukshi.bsky.social · 1d

Will watch this! Thanks! It would be wonderful if someone made a biopic. Especially now, as we enter the male-dominated AI age.

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Dhilrukshi Pathman @dhilrukshi.bsky.social · 1d

Had kale salad for dinner. Going to make a kale boost with Jasmine tea tomorrow.

Can’t wait to go back to #HEYTEA to try more of their drinks. Thank you for inviting me ☺️ #heyteausa Genuinely enjoyed and will be back soon! Follow for more on where to eat & drink in LA 🫶🏼 #spons...

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Dr Elizabeth Norton @enortonhistory.bsky.social · 1d

Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy out today in the US as an audiobook published by @tantoraudio.bsky.social and read by me #womenwhoruledtheworld

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Dhilrukshi Pathman @dhilrukshi.bsky.social · 1d

Green growth = more bloodshed in the Global South.

Nothing to celebrate.

Timothée Parrique @timparrique.bsky.social · 1d

Giving a prize on “sustained economic growth” in 2025 feels like celebrating the power of the Titanic’s engine after hitting the iceberg.

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Timothée Parrique @timparrique.bsky.social · 1d

Giving a prize on “sustained economic growth” in 2025 feels like celebrating the power of the Titanic’s engine after hitting the iceberg.

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Dhilrukshi Pathman @dhilrukshi.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Ada Lovelace Day!

We need a movie about her!

But there is a BBC doco:

Calculating Ada - The Countess of Computing 2015

www.youtube.com

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Håkon Nordhagen @hakonnordhagen.bsky.social · 1d

Episode 3 of the Overshoot podcast: «The Minsky Moment» just released.

The utter absurd assumption that economic growth will continue as «before» - even in a world of 4C of global warming - just gets wilder the more you think about it.

podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/m...

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

Fantastic that this attribution research by climate scientists is out in the world!

Hope citizens, schoolchildren & journos use it to hold fossil fuel corps like Woodside & their enablers like SA Premier Malinauskas & fed Enviro Min Watt accountable for deaths & enviro harm fr fossil fuel projects

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Michelle 🪷🇲🇽🇺🇸🌵 @chicana74.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!

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Heather 💙🦋💙 @featherfrodis.bsky.social · 2d

Today, I honor Indigenous Peoples Day—a celebration of living cultures, enduring wisdom, and the right to thrive.

A recognition of the brilliance, resilience, and leadership of Indigenous communities who have survived centuries of harm and continue to shape our shared future.

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BirdLife Australia @birdlifeoz.bsky.social · 2d

Just ONE WEEK to go until the Aussie Bird Count kicks off! 🐦

From 20–26 Oct, Australians everywhere will spend 20 mins counting the birds!

One in six Aussie birds faces extinction – which means every bird counts!

👉 aussiebirdcount.org.au
#AussieBirdCount #BirdLifeAustralia #BirdLifeOz

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

Vote now, if you haven't already, for the Guardian's Bird of the Year 2025

It helps to nominate a bird that's endangered, giving it a much higher profile - like Baudin's black cockatoo for example

Please vote - this is a wonderful environmental exercise

🙏🏽 🦜

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll

From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll

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Melissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 2d

1 in 8 people were in poverty now it’s 1 in 7 poverty is increasing I made this video #antipovertyweek

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Dhilrukshi Pathman @dhilrukshi.bsky.social · 1d

Nearly 1 million children live in poverty in Australia, one of the richest countries on Earth.

Meanwhile, our government is ensuring they stay in poverty, for the rest of their lives.

Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 13d

Labor during the election: “we’ll fully fund public schools”

Labor after the election: “actually we meant private schools soz”

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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 2d

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

My latest video for @propublica.org.

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 8d

To those who say that capitalism is democratic because consumers "vote with their dollars", this is not true and I explain why here: jasonhickel.substack.com/p/why-capita...

Why capitalism is fundamentally undemocratic

The antidote is economic democracy.

jasonhickel.substack.com

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