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Damien Huffer @damienhuffer.bsky.social · 1d

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... @invasionecology.bsky.social

Queensland government called out for 'not taking environment seriously'

The Queensland Conservation Council (QCC) has called out the LNP government for "not taking the environment seriously" with the number of flora and fauna species under threat on the rise.

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Cat Rees @catrees.bsky.social · 3d

Absolutely devastating news about a major theft from Amgueddfa Cymru - thieves have stolen Bronze Age gold artefacts held at the St Fagans galleries 😭! St Fagans: Bronze Age gold jewellery stolen from musuem - BBC News share.google/wHR1bDtJxDq4...

St Fagans: Bronze Age gold jewellery stolen from musuem - BBC News

Police are investigating a burglary at St Fagans museum in the early hours of Monday morning.

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Damien Huffer @damienhuffer.bsky.social · 5d

phys.org/news/2025-10... Vultures as agents of site disturbance or artifact relocation

Bearded Vulture nests found to have hoards of cultural artifacts—some up to 650 years old

Many people have probably seen birds picking up small pieces of man-made materials, like strips of a plastic bag or paper litter, and taking them into their nest. This behavior appears to be fairly wi...

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Damien Huffer @damienhuffer.bsky.social · 8d

www.livescience.com/animals/jane.... RIP Dr. Goodall. You were a shining light and an inspiration for so many. Including me.

Jane Goodall, famed primatologist who discovered chimpanzee tool use, dies at 91

Dame Jane Goodall, the world's preeminent chimpanzee expert, died of natural causes.

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Damien Huffer @damienhuffer.bsky.social · 10d

“With this statement of reasons, the minister is effectively blowing the whistle on his own government.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Federal government agreed to weaken proposed protections for rock art from Woodside’s North West Shelf project

Document outlines negotiations over contentious extension of gas giant’s development after conditional approval in May

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Damien Huffer @damienhuffer.bsky.social · 11d

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Trump-style 'climate hoax' playbook spreads to Australia

US researchers have tracked how dark money funds a tangled web of climate denial think tanks with vested interests in slowing climate action. And Australia is not immune.

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Damien Huffer @damienhuffer.bsky.social · 11d

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‘Wouldn’t knock down Adelaide cathedral’: outrage as golf course upgrade for Saudi-backed LIV tournament threatens burial site

Course upgrade has not been finalised but SA government admits bones in Indigenous site may be disturbed

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Damien Huffer @damienhuffer.bsky.social · 13d

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‘Decolonising’ tropical collections: Cultural material from Papua New Guinea in museums | RM*[restitution matters]

Kulasumb Kalinoe (East Sepik area, Papua New Guinea; currrently James Cook University, Australia) focuses on the collection and removal of cultural material from Papua New Guinea (PNG) during the colo...

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Damien Huffer @damienhuffer.bsky.social · 14d

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Million-year-old skull rewrites human evolution, say scientists

New analysis suggests our species began to emerge at least half a million years earlier than we thought

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Damien Huffer @damienhuffer.bsky.social · 14d

Signed!

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 15d

Pop science.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Single frame. Title: Pop science. Man and woman sitting outdoors at cafe. Man (looking at phone): “Apparently, Mozart’s mum took Panadol while pregnant with him…” Woman: “interesting. Ann’s I hear that a constant diet of hamburgers and sycophancy causes autocracy.”

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Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 21d

Beyond cancelling Kimmel's show are about 200 writers and crew members in LA who just lost their full time gig.

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Damien Huffer @damienhuffer.bsky.social · 22d

www.bbc.com/news/article... @museumofloot.bsky.social

Search for ancient Egyptian gold bracelet missing from museum

A photo of the 3,000-year-old bracelet has been sent to airports, seaports and border crossings to stop it being smuggled out of the country.

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Damien Huffer @damienhuffer.bsky.social · 22d

Hopefully puts to bed arguments in this (and future) cases that "human remains aren't property" w/in global distribution networks that sets their own prices for the 'pieces' sold. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/w... @counteringcrime.bsky.social @museumofloot.bsky.social

Harvard Morgue Body Parts Trading Case Headed to Criminal Trial

The prosecution of a Massachusetts woman accused of trading in stolen human remains can go forward, the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said, denying her motion to dismiss th...

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Damien Huffer @damienhuffer.bsky.social · 25d

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Kashmir: Young influencers chronicle their lives and culture online

Young Kashmiris are using social media to preserve language, heritage and identity through storytelling.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 28d

Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting Brazil coup

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Damien Huffer @damienhuffer.bsky.social · 28d

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09... @counteringcrime.bsky.social @museumofloot.bsky.social

Body parts taken without consent for museum display, coroner finds

A Tasmanian coroner has released his findings from an investigation into 177 human specimens held in the collection of a university museum without the consent or knowledge of families.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 29d

The night after the murder of Melissa Hortman, the Democratic legislator in Minnesota, the Yankees were at the Red Sox and neither team requested a moment of silence.

For an actual public servant.

Who we choose to hold a moment of silence for and who we do not are silences that speak volumes.

Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 29d

Come on, man

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Damien Huffer @damienhuffer.bsky.social · 29d

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Real Tarzann: US influencer Mike Holston investigated over wild croc wrestling

Wildlife experts say Mike Holston's actions in Far North Queensland were dangerous and cruel.

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Damien Huffer @damienhuffer.bsky.social · Sep 9

www.egyptindependent.com/archaeologis.... Shared without comment. @museumofloot.bsky.social

Archaeologist accuses Zahi Hawass of violating excavation laws - Egypt Independent

The Assistant Professor and Acting Dean of the Faculty of Archeology and Cultural Heritage at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Monica Hanna has filed a report to the At...

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Damien Huffer @damienhuffer.bsky.social · Sep 3

A new example of the Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act 1986 here in Oz actually being used. More of this, please! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09... @museumofloot.bsky.social @counteringcrime.bsky.social