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Sakshi @sakshi.bsky.social · 1d

A resplendent blue tailed bee-eater. Udupi, Karnataka. #birds 🪶

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Sakshi @sakshi.bsky.social · 1d

The fighting kites acrobatics!! #birds 🪶

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Sakshi @sakshi.bsky.social · 2d

The story of a dropped and snatched fish—Ft.Western Reef Heron and Brahminy Kite #birds 🪶

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Guy Jackson @guyjackson.bsky.social · 3d

Happy to share a new paper from research done during my postdoc. Drawing on interviews and surveys, this paper examines the relationships among experienced losses and damage, risk tolerance, and livelihood thresholds among farmers in East Gippsland, Australia.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The relationship between experienced losses and damages, risk tolerance and livelihood thresholds in the East Gippsland, Australia, farming sector

Losses and damages are residual impacts of climate change that occur despite mitigation and adaptation actions. Losses and damages are borderless, alb…

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Sakshi @sakshi.bsky.social · 6d

The best election is here (and notorious)—love to watch how friends and family have their own favourites and how many arguments kick off as to what is strategic voting 😆https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/oct/06/australian-bird-of-the-year-2025-vote-now

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

www.theguardian.com

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Sakshi @sakshi.bsky.social · Aug 27

Me everyday: I write and think for a living

New boss asks for a paragraph about myself to make a formal announcement about the hire. Me:

a cat is standing on a wooden floor with a loading bar on its head

ALT: a cat is standing on a wooden floor with a loading bar on its head

media.tenor.com

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Sakshi @sakshi.bsky.social · Aug 5

Needs to read more about race and whiteness before making claims

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Sakshi @sakshi.bsky.social · Jul 29

absolutely nobody.

my brain: "you called?"

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Guy Jackson @guyjackson.bsky.social · Jul 27

Osprey hunting at Kielder Water, Northumberland. 🪶

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Sakshi @sakshi.bsky.social · Jul 24

😂😂😂😂

Like registry weddings, there should have been someone around checking if other people had objections to such declaration made.

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Sakshi @sakshi.bsky.social · Jul 24

I am thrilled to announce

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Sakshi @sakshi.bsky.social · Jul 23

Joining those rushing to read Charlesworth J's separate opinion

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Sakshi @sakshi.bsky.social · Jul 23

From what the ICJ said just a few seconds ago, Australia will have to walk through hell fire soon enough 🥳

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Jul 15

In "Becoming Trustworthy White Allies," long-time antiracist facilitator Melanie S. Morrison outlines the actions white people must undertake to become partners in the work of racial justice. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/4WC0oAq

Cover of Becoming Trustworthy White Allies by Melanie S. Morrison. The background features layered bands of warm orange, amber, and gold tones with a subtle textured pattern. The title is centered and spaced across three lines: “becoming” and “white allies” appear in bold white uppercase letters, while “trustworthy” is in a bright yellow serif font. The author's name is in small yellow text at the bottom.

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Sakshi @sakshi.bsky.social · Jul 16

Church pushing hard for unnecessary centralised bureaucracy

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Sakshi @sakshi.bsky.social · Jul 15

The full text available here: www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Ju...

Pabai v Commonwealth of Australia (No 2) [2025] FCA 796

www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au

Sakshi @sakshi.bsky.social · Jul 15

Literally, this is not just an indictment of how bad the Morrison government was at making choices (as the Court strangely hinted at) and how things have marginally improved (it hasn't!!). There is a larger malady that courts must hurry to remedy, rather than shoo everyone to public advocacy.

Sakshi @sakshi.bsky.social · Jul 15

From the sound of it, the Court has yet again washed its hands off from pursuing the simple radicality of duty of care in the Pabai Pabai v Commonwealth. This is tremendously disappointing but also expected that no Australian institution is ready for a second Mabo moment.

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Sakshi @sakshi.bsky.social · Jul 15

From the sound of it, the Court has yet again washed its hands off from pursuing the simple radicality of duty of care in the Pabai Pabai v Commonwealth. This is tremendously disappointing but also expected that no Australian institution is ready for a second Mabo moment.

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