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Helen @sag33.bsky.social · 12h

Oh dear!

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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 17h

So ... we have a huge storm happening and my phone is pinging with emergencies nearby (flooding, trees down) ... yet the BOM website tells me there are no warnings for my area 🤔
And the new radar view is pretty useless and awful.

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Echidna @andygr60.bsky.social · 1d

It's always an exciting moment to introduce some wonderful new accounts and share some old favourites! A big hug to everyone🤗 Enjoy!

go.bsky.app/41Xn5Dd

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 1d

A very significant climate litigation story, and great to see these cases continuing to grow in scale and sophistication. Attribution science will be critical to the success of this suit.

Is Shell to blame for a ‘super typhoon’? Philippines survivors to sue oil giant in legal first

Typhoon Rai killed more than 400, displaced nearly 3.2 million, and destroyed more than a million homes in 2021

www.theguardian.com

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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 3d

A zebra finch, southern Flinders Ranges.

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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 2d

This is brilliant writing by Amy Remeikis (one of Australia's best journalists, in my opinion). I tried to pick out a quote to lead into this piece - but every word is excellent - so you'll just have to read it all for yourself. She nails it.

Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 2d

Sensible? That's the giants of The Rocks, Eureka

www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

'Sensible' centre? Tell that to the giants of The Rocks and Eureka

We've had decades of sanitising radical progressive action in Australia, to make successes seem as if they were just the sensible position.

www.thenewdaily.com.au

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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 3d

I need to give a big thank you to @boyfrombruce.bsky.social (give him a follow) for taking me birding on the weekend. It really lifted my mood. Just what the doctor ordered. Being a local, he knows all the good birding spots & has access to some private property. A great weekend - despite the flies!

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Captain Quoll @kudelka.bsky.social · 7d

If you don’t mind pointtopinnacle2025.grassrootz.com/menzies-inst...

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Captain Quoll @kudelka.bsky.social · 4d

The good news is I managed to finish off next year’s calendar and also win a prize.

The View From My Backyard, aka December 2026

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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 4d

Early morning at my friend's dam is a good time to see the rainbow bee-eaters.

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Dr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · 13d

Regent parrot chicks getting weighed are just so absurdly adorable and undignified 😂😭😇

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Helen @sag33.bsky.social · 5d

Much gorgeousness💕

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Dr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · 12d

Look at how greenly gorgeous this little regent parrot is💚💚💚

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Dr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · 11d

Very cute video of a regent parrot chick being put back in their hollow tree nest - the little scoot down the mouth of the hole kills me every time

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Dr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · 10d

End of a very intense but very successful regent parrot field trip - gorgeous birds doing it a bit tough

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Dr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · 8d

It’s me in my farmer outfit and a regent parrot 😂

Me in a straw hat and overalls holding a baby parrot

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Dr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · 6d

Gorgeous male regent parrot making a fuss at his nest hollow 🥲

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Tasmanian Inquirer @tasinquirer.bsky.social · 6d

Unauthorised earthworks and land clearing by a cement company in northern Tasmania has damaged the known habitat of endangered freshwater crayfish and snails, smothering creek beds with silt. #politas

tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/cement-...

Endangered Tasmanian crayfish habitat damaged by unapproved works

The habitat of an endangered native crayfish in northern Tasmania was damaged by unauthorised earthworks and land clearing by a cement company, according to an order issued by the Environment Protecti...

tasmanianinquirer.com.au

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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 7d

Dunno if youse are across this... but it's forecast that in Sydney on Wednesday the temp will be 38C. (100 F)

It's OCTOBER! That's FIFTEEN DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE!

Our Government and fossil fuel companies are determined to cook us alive! Boil the oceans. Kill our forests. Turn habitat to ash.🥺😩

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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 9d

A few of my tawny frogmouth photos, taken over the years, in honour of this bird winning 2025 Australian bird of the year. These are much-loved birds. Whenever I share a photo of these, there is a huge response.