Deirdre Ratcliffe
@deesta.bsky.social
walawaani njindiwan
Learner. Kayaker. Walker. Reader. on Brinja Yuin country, NSW, Australia. SARS-CoV-2: alert & alarmed.
Learner. Kayaker. Walker. Reader. on Brinja Yuin country, NSW, Australia. SARS-CoV-2: alert & alarmed.
Reposted by Deirdre Ratcliffe
3. For explanations of the work and the science behind it, plus papers and data, please see our website: www.earthroverprogram.org
The Earth Rover Program
The Earth Rover Program unites scientists, farmers, and innovators to monitor, understand, and restore soils worldwide. Advancing food security, climate resilience, and biodiversity through open scien...
www.earthroverprogram.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM
3. For explanations of the work and the science behind it, plus papers and data, please see our website: www.earthroverprogram.org
Reposted by Deirdre Ratcliffe
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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OVER budget. The full cost is almost $90m. And it’s years late. And still not finished.
November 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
OVER budget. The full cost is almost $90m. And it’s years late. And still not finished.
Reposted by Deirdre Ratcliffe
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
Hey @squigglyrick.bsky.social have the howls, moans, cries and sighs of BOM users reached as far as Paris yet?
As you well know the new website had been in development for quite some time, and quite some $$$.
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As you well know the new website had been in development for quite some time, and quite some $$$.
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October 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Hey @squigglyrick.bsky.social have the howls, moans, cries and sighs of BOM users reached as far as Paris yet?
As you well know the new website had been in development for quite some time, and quite some $$$.
/1
As you well know the new website had been in development for quite some time, and quite some $$$.
/1
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Lyndall Ryan's wonderful last great project, a monument to historical truth.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
More than 10,000 First Nations people killed in Australia’s frontier wars, final massacre map shows
‘Horrendous’ eight-year long project has ended with final fact check, leaving a legacy ‘nobody can argue’ with, says researcher
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Lyndall Ryan's wonderful last great project, a monument to historical truth.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
the article is about Cyclone Alfred and some genius says "It's a bit up in the air still."
This is a goddam cyclone, of course it is still up in the air dude!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
This is a goddam cyclone, of course it is still up in the air dude!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
February 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
the article is about Cyclone Alfred and some genius says "It's a bit up in the air still."
This is a goddam cyclone, of course it is still up in the air dude!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
This is a goddam cyclone, of course it is still up in the air dude!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
out in the reeds today
a magic day with an awesome friend
when we explored and marvelled
and smiled and laughed at our good fortune
a magic day with an awesome friend
when we explored and marvelled
and smiled and laughed at our good fortune
February 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
out in the reeds today
a magic day with an awesome friend
when we explored and marvelled
and smiled and laughed at our good fortune
a magic day with an awesome friend
when we explored and marvelled
and smiled and laughed at our good fortune
That day when we went to explore a local lake system and chose a creek that on the topographic map seemed to connect between two rivers. Except it didn't.
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January 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
That day when we went to explore a local lake system and chose a creek that on the topographic map seemed to connect between two rivers. Except it didn't.
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a moment of joy from January 2024, being on Hogan Island in Bass Strait, having kayaked there from Victoria with Harry, and spending three days sitting out big winds before our next crossing, I found this little piece of colour and delight, then left on the mantelpiece in the hut
December 20, 2024 at 9:28 AM
a moment of joy from January 2024, being on Hogan Island in Bass Strait, having kayaked there from Victoria with Harry, and spending three days sitting out big winds before our next crossing, I found this little piece of colour and delight, then left on the mantelpiece in the hut
looking to while away some hours?
#StormDarragh
#StormDarragh
For those on BlueSky unfamiliar with this modern British tradition:
During times of high winds, we all jump on YouTube and watch planes trying to land at Heathrow, with excited commentary from the UK's premier plane nerd channel.
Currently live here!
www.youtube.com/live/egvoBvc...
During times of high winds, we all jump on YouTube and watch planes trying to land at Heathrow, with excited commentary from the UK's premier plane nerd channel.
Currently live here!
www.youtube.com/live/egvoBvc...
December 7, 2024 at 10:31 AM
looking to while away some hours?
#StormDarragh
#StormDarragh
there's blue skies and blue waters and white kayaks and thoughts of sailing along to the next beach, audaciously :-)
November 19, 2024 at 8:07 AM
there's blue skies and blue waters and white kayaks and thoughts of sailing along to the next beach, audaciously :-)
That's the start of an island-hopping journey from the big island continent to the little island, that is sometimes forgotten on maps, via seven other islands.
The start was with some apprehension and lots of excitement cos what lay ahead was both known and unknown.
The start was with some apprehension and lots of excitement cos what lay ahead was both known and unknown.
November 8, 2024 at 7:27 AM
That's the start of an island-hopping journey from the big island continent to the little island, that is sometimes forgotten on maps, via seven other islands.
The start was with some apprehension and lots of excitement cos what lay ahead was both known and unknown.
The start was with some apprehension and lots of excitement cos what lay ahead was both known and unknown.
Local sea kayak trip, to Baranguba (Montague Island). Great conditions, of course. Circumnavigation with seal encounters.
October 21, 2024 at 8:28 AM
Local sea kayak trip, to Baranguba (Montague Island). Great conditions, of course. Circumnavigation with seal encounters.
I'm missing this.
My morning task each day: to organise gear, get it into my kayak and take off into the blue yonder.
The rest of the world is far, far away.
My morning task each day: to organise gear, get it into my kayak and take off into the blue yonder.
The rest of the world is far, far away.
November 10, 2023 at 9:24 AM
I'm missing this.
My morning task each day: to organise gear, get it into my kayak and take off into the blue yonder.
The rest of the world is far, far away.
My morning task each day: to organise gear, get it into my kayak and take off into the blue yonder.
The rest of the world is far, far away.
paddling out to sea, 25km crossing from mainland of Australia to a Queensland island, and the rain squalls hit
fresh water bounces off salt
grey skies, not blue sky
fresh water bounces off salt
grey skies, not blue sky
October 17, 2023 at 9:11 AM
paddling out to sea, 25km crossing from mainland of Australia to a Queensland island, and the rain squalls hit
fresh water bounces off salt
grey skies, not blue sky
fresh water bounces off salt
grey skies, not blue sky
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to mangle a quote
... a journey of 250km begins with one paddle stroke ...
still not quite sure what I am doing under this blue sky, so posting sea kayak adventure photos seems good enough
... a journey of 250km begins with one paddle stroke ...
still not quite sure what I am doing under this blue sky, so posting sea kayak adventure photos seems good enough
October 2, 2023 at 12:43 AM
to mangle a quote
... a journey of 250km begins with one paddle stroke ...
still not quite sure what I am doing under this blue sky, so posting sea kayak adventure photos seems good enough
... a journey of 250km begins with one paddle stroke ...
still not quite sure what I am doing under this blue sky, so posting sea kayak adventure photos seems good enough
on a day when you see a new specialist and a something that has seemed to be a nothing might be a thing. a thing that needs some deeper investigations.
to distract, a reminder where I was a month ago, about to leave Hook Island (Queensland) and paddle across 30km of flat blue seas to Armit Island
to distract, a reminder where I was a month ago, about to leave Hook Island (Queensland) and paddle across 30km of flat blue seas to Armit Island
September 29, 2023 at 9:47 AM
on a day when you see a new specialist and a something that has seemed to be a nothing might be a thing. a thing that needs some deeper investigations.
to distract, a reminder where I was a month ago, about to leave Hook Island (Queensland) and paddle across 30km of flat blue seas to Armit Island
to distract, a reminder where I was a month ago, about to leave Hook Island (Queensland) and paddle across 30km of flat blue seas to Armit Island
I'm back from the world of island-hopping by sea kayak in tropical Queensland, Australia to the world of COVID-alertness, and some alarmness.
Slowly building a world within this online blue sky.
Slowly building a world within this online blue sky.
September 21, 2023 at 6:04 AM
I'm back from the world of island-hopping by sea kayak in tropical Queensland, Australia to the world of COVID-alertness, and some alarmness.
Slowly building a world within this online blue sky.
Slowly building a world within this online blue sky.