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Bushbark @bushbark.bsky.social · 7h

Scooter was a game changer for a friend when she broke her ankle. Hope the op goes well.

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Bushbark @bushbark.bsky.social · 7h

Yes i did. I love multiples of 3.
9 is my favourite number so a good day.
Patterns are fascinating.

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Bushbark @bushbark.bsky.social · 7h

Vote to keep your bird in the running.

Team #BushStoneCurlew
#birds
#AustralianBirdOfTheYear

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

www.theguardian.com

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 6d

Right wing think tank (AEI) employee Roger Pielke Jr. has formed a cozy relationship with the Murdoch media as he spreads climate disinformation in Australia.

It's right out of #ScienceUnderSiege (and yes, Roger is prominently mentioned in the book): www.theguardian.com/environment/...

News Corp embraces fantasy genre by turning climate crisis into ‘laughable’ science fiction | Temperature Check

The National Climate Risk Assessment is attacked in the Daily Telegraph, while wind turbines became a frightening obstacle for firefighting planes and solar panels a source of mountains of landfill wa...

www.theguardian.com

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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 8h

Surprise, surprise, massive increase in cost for an AUKUS contract. This is the tip of the iceberg as public funds are hoovered up by suppliers, advisors, and various hangers on!
$368b estimated cost looks shaky already.

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 8h

Trump (eyes rolling back and forth in their sockets, muttering): I have enemies. They are everywhere.
[Voice raises to a shout]
ENEMIES EVERYWHERE! CUT THEM OUT! ROOT AND BRANCH! CUT THEM OWWWT!

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The Monthly @themonthly.com.au · 8h

“Unfortunately, I think Mr Brereton’s role has been bungled in so many respects that him remaining at the NACC is just damaging its reputation,” Watson told The Monthly on Thursday. mnth.ly/ltGbhgi

Brereton for the NACCery?

A key architect of the corruption commission calls for its head to resign after the latest controversy

mnth.ly

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MBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · 8h

In our newest edition of deep-sea animals that can dance better than you, we present the siphonophore samba by Apolemia rubriversa.💃⁠
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Siphonophores (pronounced “sigh-fawn-oh-fours”) are colonial creatures made up of specialized segments that work together as one.

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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 8h

How we ‘fess up when we mess up shows who we are. Pay it all back Deloitte. And apologise. Give yrsrlf some procurement teeth Labor: the capability to ban for poor behaviour, commensurate with the misdemeanour, up to 5 yrs.

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Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) @accr.bsky.social · 8h

The cracks in the bridge are appearing.
The LNG market is about to witness its third big wave of increased supply in 20 years. If demand growth is weaker than expected, the only way the market would rebalance is via much lower prices. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Liquified Natural Gas Risks Becoming a Bridge to Nowhere

The conventional wisdom says liquified natural gas is the future of energy — bridging the gap between the world abandoning fossil fuels and renewable supplies coming online. But that rosy outlook face...

www.bloomberg.com

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Bushbark @bushbark.bsky.social · 8h

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Bushbark @bushbark.bsky.social · 8h

Morning #WQuers

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Bushbark @bushbark.bsky.social · 9h

Springing forth.
Lime green.
Liquid Amber.

#spring #garden

Bright lime green leaves emerging 5 pointed from leaf buds at the end of spindly branches. In the background a young magpie looks on hopefully, perched on the deck rail.

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Paul McAuley @unlikelyworlds.bsky.social · 9h

The season when vast underground empires extend fruiting bodies into the upper world.

A shaggy parasol mushroom growing amongst nettles.

A trio of Coprinus species of mushroom growing in leaf litter.

Unidentified mushroom growing in leaf litter.

Mushroom, possibly Agaricus vaporarius, amongst grass and leaf litter.

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Bushbark @bushbark.bsky.social · 9h

Breaking free from the upside down.
Stinkhorn.

#StrangerThings #fungi

Stinkhorn fungi erupting from the mulch waving red tentacles covered in a muddy looking slime that reeks of rotting meat. You can see the brown cap that covered and protected it before erupting forth to reek havoc on unsuspecting noses.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Officer, I'd like to report the Albanese Cabinet for eroding the nation's social fabric through:
- pursuing close defence ties with an authoritarian power
- domestic policies that increase #inequality and undermine accountability, and
- failing to uphold international law on refugees and genocide.

Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 1d

In the Trump era, this is terrifying. Apparently criticising capitalism 🥴🤣 is terrorism now in the US.
#Auspol

Australian Federal Police ®
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The AFP has set up new National Security Investigations (NSI) teams to target groups and individuals causing high levels of harm to Australia's social cohesion.
The NSI teams will work closely with state and territory police, law enforcement and national security partners to provide a coordinated, consistent and intelligence-led response to security threats, and also work on a global level through operations, capabilities and relationships with the international law enforcement intelligence community.
There are current and emerging groups dispersed across Australia and in some cases, overseas, who are eroding our country's social fabric by advocating hatred, fear, and humiliation. While many of these crimes may not meet the threshold of terrorism, the AFP has identified concerning behaviours which could escalate to politically-motivated violence or hate crimes, which seriously put the Australian community at risk.
There is no place for hate or violence in our communities and the AFP will defend and protect Australia and Australia's future from these threats.
Anyone with information about possible threats to the community or suspicious activity should make a report to the National Security Hotline on 1800 123 400. In an emergency or life-threatening situation, contact Triple

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Dr Marcus Rhodes @marcusrhodes.bsky.social · 14h

Cornwall Butterfly Conservation’s winter habitat management begins next week!

This year, we have a packed programme of volunteer days around Bodmin Moor and Camborne-Redruth to restore habitat for threatened butterflies.

Sign-up to get involved at tinyurl.com/2cbb2jzw
@savebutterflies.bsky.social

Practical Conservation Group Volunteer (Cornwall)

Our Practical Conservation Group Volunteers make a real difference to their local environment. Without them, many threatened butterflies and moths could be lost forever.

tinyurl.com

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Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 1d

Morrison & tudge declined to be interviewed for the robo debt TV series on the ABC it just shows how cowardly the liberals really are #auspol

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Bushbark @bushbark.bsky.social · 10h

Brad is in fine form. 💜

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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 10h

#DailyGlimmer Stressed? World getting you down? Spend s few moments watching our chonky boi, Brad’s morning ablutions. Last night was a busy night chasing the girls

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder that even if the GOP keeps refusing to release the #EpsteinFiles, in two weeks Epstein victim Virginia Roberts Giuffre's posthumous memoir comes out, describing how Epstein trafficked her and others to numerous prominent men. Preorder Nobody's Girl: theliteratelizard.com/book/9780593...

The cover of the book Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice, by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, coming out October 21st.

The world knows Virginia Roberts Giuffre as Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s most outspoken victim: the woman whose decision to speak out helped send both serial abusers to prison, whose photograph with Prince Andrew catalyzed his fall from grace. But her story has never been told in full, in her own words—until now.

In April 2025, Giuffre took her own life. She left behind a memoir written in the years preceding her death and stated unequivocally that she wanted it published. Nobody’s Girl is the riveting and powerful story of an ordinary girl who would grow up to confront extraordinary adversity.

Here, Giuffre offers an unsparing and definitive account of her time with Epstein and Maxwell, who trafficked her and others to numerous prominent men. She also details the molestation she suffered as a child, as well as her daring escape from Epstein and Maxwell’s grasp at nineteen.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 19h

Please enjoy this executive at one of America's biggest gas companies openly admitting that expanding supply leads to increased demand for fossil fuels

He is not wrong: frantic expansion of fossil fuel supply worsens climate change. Tax it, cut subsidies, wind it down

www.ft.com/content/5ba8...

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Will Jordan, chief legal and policy officer at EQT, a leading US gas producer, also thought that any glut would be temporary, and said US demand was also rising on the boom in power-hungry artificial intelligence data centres.

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“Supply leads demand — you put the supply on the market and demand gets created.,” he said. “Over the long term we’re very bullish.”

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Gemma Amor @manylittlewords.bsky.social · 21h

My hands are shaking a little as I type this but...ITCH! IS OUT TODAY!!

I'm finally a big 5 published author!

Feminist, formication folk horror with creepy crawlies, ancient traditions, unsolved murders, weird processions, masks, an old pub and an excellent dog.

www.hachette.co.uk/titles/gemma...

Gemma Amor dressed in pink holding a copy of ITCH!

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Dr Nick 🦉🇦🇺 @doktrnick.bsky.social · 20h

The Powerful Owl is still hanging on there in the Bird of the Year voting, and should make the cut later tonight when the bottom 5 are removed, and the counts are reset to 0. Hopefully those currently voting for the Brush Turkey etc will move their support to POwls 🙂

Powerful Owlet and female Powerful Owl looking at each other quizzically.

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