John
@johnnobs.bsky.social
Freddo’s brother, living on Pyemmairrener land, Tasmania; finding connections and remembering.
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Some thoughts on Adelaide Writers' Week and the moment we find ourselves in. It's all just so grinding. rick-morton.ghost.io/the-great-si...
The Great Silencing
Last week it snowed heavily twice in Paris, turning the city into a frigid, monochrome fantasy land over three days, and at the weekend I popped into the Musée Marmottan Monet for a spot of impression...
rick-morton.ghost.io
January 14, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Some thoughts on Adelaide Writers' Week and the moment we find ourselves in. It's all just so grinding. rick-morton.ghost.io/the-great-si...
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Is this Cladonia parasitica?
January 14, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Is this Cladonia parasitica?
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Still shaking my head that Malinauskus, after pressuring the board for months to cancel Abdel-Fattah, had the effrontery to add:
“The people who run this festival, which is the board … have got this into a pretty awful situation.”
nickfeik.substack.com/p/the-implos...
“The people who run this festival, which is the board … have got this into a pretty awful situation.”
nickfeik.substack.com/p/the-implos...
The implosion of Adelaide Writers’ Week
An autopsy of a festival
nickfeik.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Still shaking my head that Malinauskus, after pressuring the board for months to cancel Abdel-Fattah, had the effrontery to add:
“The people who run this festival, which is the board … have got this into a pretty awful situation.”
nickfeik.substack.com/p/the-implos...
“The people who run this festival, which is the board … have got this into a pretty awful situation.”
nickfeik.substack.com/p/the-implos...
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Good stuff from @amyremeikis.bsky.social over at @deepcutnews.bsky.social:
"That he seems shocked at the response shows he still refuses to learn."
So it seems Malinauskus will need to learn the hard way, in court, in economic losses, in tarnished reputation.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/adelaide-f...
"That he seems shocked at the response shows he still refuses to learn."
So it seems Malinauskus will need to learn the hard way, in court, in economic losses, in tarnished reputation.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/adelaide-f...
Malinauskas' Adelaide Festival mess reveals a political class disconnected from the people – Amy Remeikis
From Adelaide to Bondi, the political-media class are deciding the "correct" view – and targeting those who dare to dissent
www.deepcutnews.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Good stuff from @amyremeikis.bsky.social over at @deepcutnews.bsky.social:
"That he seems shocked at the response shows he still refuses to learn."
So it seems Malinauskus will need to learn the hard way, in court, in economic losses, in tarnished reputation.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/adelaide-f...
"That he seems shocked at the response shows he still refuses to learn."
So it seems Malinauskus will need to learn the hard way, in court, in economic losses, in tarnished reputation.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/adelaide-f...
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Took advantage of a cool, breezy morning to see what is flowering in the Perth Hills. We might be in our hotter months but there’s still flowers out. IDs (I think) are:
Billardiera variifolia
Lobelia gibbosa
Billardiera sp.
Dichopogon capillipes
#ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #nature
Billardiera variifolia
Lobelia gibbosa
Billardiera sp.
Dichopogon capillipes
#ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #nature
January 15, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Took advantage of a cool, breezy morning to see what is flowering in the Perth Hills. We might be in our hotter months but there’s still flowers out. IDs (I think) are:
Billardiera variifolia
Lobelia gibbosa
Billardiera sp.
Dichopogon capillipes
#ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #nature
Billardiera variifolia
Lobelia gibbosa
Billardiera sp.
Dichopogon capillipes
#ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #nature
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On our Close Readings subscription podcast, the first episode of ‘Nature in Crisis’ sees Meehan Crist and Peter Godfrey-Smith explore one of the truly great success stories in science writing: Rachel Carson’s ‘Silent Spring’. Listen to an extract here:
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Nature in Crisis: ‘Silent Spring’ by Rachel Carson
Podcast Episode · Close Readings · 12/01/2026 · 1h 2m
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January 12, 2026 at 2:15 PM
On our Close Readings subscription podcast, the first episode of ‘Nature in Crisis’ sees Meehan Crist and Peter Godfrey-Smith explore one of the truly great success stories in science writing: Rachel Carson’s ‘Silent Spring’. Listen to an extract here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
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Support Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah by buying or borrowing her book, Discipline. Her exclusion from the Adelaide Writers' Week is an appalling knee-jerk reaction to the horrific tragedy at Bondi. Suppression of her voice is a violation of democratic free speech principles. #AWW #AdelaideFestival
This stinks. I hope other participants pull out in protest.
Palestinian Australian author dropped from writers' festival after Bondi
Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah has been dropped from the Adelaide Writers' Week line-up by the Adelaide Festival Board, citing the festival's role in "promoting community cohesion".
www.abc.net.au
January 8, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Support Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah by buying or borrowing her book, Discipline. Her exclusion from the Adelaide Writers' Week is an appalling knee-jerk reaction to the horrific tragedy at Bondi. Suppression of her voice is a violation of democratic free speech principles. #AWW #AdelaideFestival
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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Scott Morrison gave Rupert Murdoch $40m while cutting the ABC. The energy and mining giants steal our resources and pay no tax.
It’s not single mums and migrants who are your financial problem. It’s welfare for billionaires.
Scott Morrison gave Rupert Murdoch $40m while cutting the ABC. The energy and mining giants steal our resources and pay no tax.
It’s not single mums and migrants who are your financial problem. It’s welfare for billionaires.
Call centre operator that won major Centrelink contract paid no corporate tax for two years
Telco Services Australia generated more than $185m in revenue in 2024-25 and $130m the year before but paid zero tax
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:56 PM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Scott Morrison gave Rupert Murdoch $40m while cutting the ABC. The energy and mining giants steal our resources and pay no tax.
It’s not single mums and migrants who are your financial problem. It’s welfare for billionaires.
Scott Morrison gave Rupert Murdoch $40m while cutting the ABC. The energy and mining giants steal our resources and pay no tax.
It’s not single mums and migrants who are your financial problem. It’s welfare for billionaires.
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It’s going to be an interesting few weeks when the royal commission examines, as I suspect it will, the defraying of social cohesion caused by the organised censorship of writers, artists and employees across the country for daring to speak against an unfolding genocide
January 8, 2026 at 10:32 AM
It’s going to be an interesting few weeks when the royal commission examines, as I suspect it will, the defraying of social cohesion caused by the organised censorship of writers, artists and employees across the country for daring to speak against an unfolding genocide
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Trump kidnaps a head of state so he can steal oil cheered on by NewsCorpse - what happens if he decides he wants Australia’s iron ore?
Prof Emeritus Damien Kingsbury headlines this “Truth Lies & Media” special!💥
On Apple & Spotify🎙️
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#Venezuela
Prof Emeritus Damien Kingsbury headlines this “Truth Lies & Media” special!💥
On Apple & Spotify🎙️
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#Venezuela
January 8, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Trump kidnaps a head of state so he can steal oil cheered on by NewsCorpse - what happens if he decides he wants Australia’s iron ore?
Prof Emeritus Damien Kingsbury headlines this “Truth Lies & Media” special!💥
On Apple & Spotify🎙️
Promo Match Frame Editjng
#Venezuela
Prof Emeritus Damien Kingsbury headlines this “Truth Lies & Media” special!💥
On Apple & Spotify🎙️
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#Venezuela
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I wrote Tuesday "Part of the unbearable stupidity of the current administration is its feckless enthusiasm for doing things that seem like manly feats of strength to manosphere idiots and also make this country weaker." Withdrawing from all those treaties and sabotaging NATO since then....
Notes on Unbearable Stupidity, January 6, 2026 Edition
"A year ago, I went to Copenhagen to write about the political crisis Trump had created over Greenland," Anne Appelbaum said the other day on the hellsite formerly known as Twitter. "Danes told me tha...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I wrote Tuesday "Part of the unbearable stupidity of the current administration is its feckless enthusiasm for doing things that seem like manly feats of strength to manosphere idiots and also make this country weaker." Withdrawing from all those treaties and sabotaging NATO since then....
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The Bondi tragedy reaction really has exposed the supine idiocy of almost all of our mainstream political commentators hasn’t it
January 2, 2026 at 4:40 AM
The Bondi tragedy reaction really has exposed the supine idiocy of almost all of our mainstream political commentators hasn’t it
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New article on 'Hybridisation and Species Boundary in Eucalypts'. It focuses on 1) Phantom hybrids & 2) The Eucalyptus globulus species complex.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Photos are of 'The Mallacoota Gum', a phantom hybrid of E. cypellocarpa and E. pseudoglobulus.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Photos are of 'The Mallacoota Gum', a phantom hybrid of E. cypellocarpa and E. pseudoglobulus.
January 2, 2026 at 2:53 AM
New article on 'Hybridisation and Species Boundary in Eucalypts'. It focuses on 1) Phantom hybrids & 2) The Eucalyptus globulus species complex.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Photos are of 'The Mallacoota Gum', a phantom hybrid of E. cypellocarpa and E. pseudoglobulus.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Photos are of 'The Mallacoota Gum', a phantom hybrid of E. cypellocarpa and E. pseudoglobulus.
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We’re excited to share our 24/25 #AnnualReport – a look back at what we achieved together for nature in Lutruwita/#Tasmania.
Highlights from the year include:
• protecting new highland habitat at Pine Tier
• growing #LandforWildlife > 900 members...
Highlights from the year include:
• protecting new highland habitat at Pine Tier
• growing #LandforWildlife > 900 members...
December 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
We’re excited to share our 24/25 #AnnualReport – a look back at what we achieved together for nature in Lutruwita/#Tasmania.
Highlights from the year include:
• protecting new highland habitat at Pine Tier
• growing #LandforWildlife > 900 members...
Highlights from the year include:
• protecting new highland habitat at Pine Tier
• growing #LandforWildlife > 900 members...
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Caladenia barbarossa - Common Dragon Orchid
We saw good numbers of this interesting looking terrestrial orchid this year, which is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia.
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist
We saw good numbers of this interesting looking terrestrial orchid this year, which is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia.
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist
December 8, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Caladenia barbarossa - Common Dragon Orchid
We saw good numbers of this interesting looking terrestrial orchid this year, which is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia.
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist
We saw good numbers of this interesting looking terrestrial orchid this year, which is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia.
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist
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#Dailyglimmer Attended a smoking ceremony led by Palawa leader Trish Hodge the other day. She kindly shared her knowledge of country & I got a quick look at her new wonderful book, Palawa tunapri - Knowledge of Our Ancestors, on uses of hundred of native plants in Lutruwita/ Tasmania. 🌱
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 AM
#Dailyglimmer Attended a smoking ceremony led by Palawa leader Trish Hodge the other day. She kindly shared her knowledge of country & I got a quick look at her new wonderful book, Palawa tunapri - Knowledge of Our Ancestors, on uses of hundred of native plants in Lutruwita/ Tasmania. 🌱
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"Trish Hodge has spent 20 years researching and documenting the traditional uses of over 350 native Tasmanian plants - for food, medicine, tools and seasonal knowledge...a tribute to Aboriginal ecological wisdom and the enduring connection to Country."
shop.fullersbookshop.com.au/p/palawa-tun...
shop.fullersbookshop.com.au/p/palawa-tun...
Palawa Tunapri - Knowledge of Our Ancestors
Buy Palawa Tunapri - Knowledge of Our Ancestors by Trish Hodge (Compiled by) from your local bookstore. Trish Hodge has spent 20 years researching ...
shop.fullersbookshop.com.au
August 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
"Trish Hodge has spent 20 years researching and documenting the traditional uses of over 350 native Tasmanian plants - for food, medicine, tools and seasonal knowledge...a tribute to Aboriginal ecological wisdom and the enduring connection to Country."
shop.fullersbookshop.com.au/p/palawa-tun...
shop.fullersbookshop.com.au/p/palawa-tun...
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Where the hell is the next wave of progressive journalism firebrands!
Kerry O’Brien more than delivered in a fiery Walkleys speech with more truthbombs than you’ll ever see in the mainstream media.
“Truth Lies & Media” has just dropped!💥
Apple&Spotify
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#auspol
Kerry O’Brien more than delivered in a fiery Walkleys speech with more truthbombs than you’ll ever see in the mainstream media.
“Truth Lies & Media” has just dropped!💥
Apple&Spotify
Promo Match Frame Editing
#auspol
December 3, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Where the hell is the next wave of progressive journalism firebrands!
Kerry O’Brien more than delivered in a fiery Walkleys speech with more truthbombs than you’ll ever see in the mainstream media.
“Truth Lies & Media” has just dropped!💥
Apple&Spotify
Promo Match Frame Editing
#auspol
Kerry O’Brien more than delivered in a fiery Walkleys speech with more truthbombs than you’ll ever see in the mainstream media.
“Truth Lies & Media” has just dropped!💥
Apple&Spotify
Promo Match Frame Editing
#auspol
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How and why Australian mammals have consistently been written-off by much of the world is the key theme of my book #PlatypusMatters, and the brilliant @zoekeansci.bsky.social has written a great article on this topic (& thanks to her for the shout-out!).🦘🐨 Have a read:
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
Once dismissed as 'low mammals', marsupials are Australian survivors
Many marsupials have become Aussie icons, such as kangaroos, koalas and wombats, yet we still need to pay more attention to this amazing group of animals, experts argue.
www.abc.net.au
August 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
How and why Australian mammals have consistently been written-off by much of the world is the key theme of my book #PlatypusMatters, and the brilliant @zoekeansci.bsky.social has written a great article on this topic (& thanks to her for the shout-out!).🦘🐨 Have a read:
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
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October 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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GiveDirectly gave $550 to every adult in the Khongoni subdistrict of Malawi, reaching over 85,000 people. It was enough outside money to double local GDP. Extreme poverty plummeted by 88%. Inflation was negligible.
Now they're going even bigger by giving $550 to 185,000 people - an entire district.
Now they're going even bigger by giving $550 to 185,000 people - an entire district.
October 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
GiveDirectly gave $550 to every adult in the Khongoni subdistrict of Malawi, reaching over 85,000 people. It was enough outside money to double local GDP. Extreme poverty plummeted by 88%. Inflation was negligible.
Now they're going even bigger by giving $550 to 185,000 people - an entire district.
Now they're going even bigger by giving $550 to 185,000 people - an entire district.
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Trump and his Secretary of War freak show declare war on Americans - the people they and their military are sworn to protect.
Why isn’t the media up in arms ?
“Truth Lies & Media” has just dropped! 💥
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Why isn’t the media up in arms ?
“Truth Lies & Media” has just dropped! 💥
Promo: Match Frame Editing
October 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Trump and his Secretary of War freak show declare war on Americans - the people they and their military are sworn to protect.
Why isn’t the media up in arms ?
“Truth Lies & Media” has just dropped! 💥
Promo: Match Frame Editing
Why isn’t the media up in arms ?
“Truth Lies & Media” has just dropped! 💥
Promo: Match Frame Editing
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Australia has one of the worst extinction records on Earth — and Labor’s doing a deal with the Coalition to overhaul nature laws.
Labor can’t protect nature while protecting polluters.
My column for tomorrow's @canberratimes.bsky.social #auspol >
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908547...
Labor can’t protect nature while protecting polluters.
My column for tomorrow's @canberratimes.bsky.social #auspol >
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908547...
This shocking deal is a gross betrayal of millions of voters
Here's what Labor would do if they gave a rat's about the environment.
www.canberratimes.com.au
October 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Australia has one of the worst extinction records on Earth — and Labor’s doing a deal with the Coalition to overhaul nature laws.
Labor can’t protect nature while protecting polluters.
My column for tomorrow's @canberratimes.bsky.social #auspol >
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908547...
Labor can’t protect nature while protecting polluters.
My column for tomorrow's @canberratimes.bsky.social #auspol >
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908547...