@gmartian.bsky.social
Hope to spread a few truths, and some beauty
Love nature, art & architecture, music, learning about our unfolding history ... Much to defend on this Earth, & so much to learn (about respect) from First Nations folk
Studied Sociology, Media, Politics
Love nature, art & architecture, music, learning about our unfolding history ... Much to defend on this Earth, & so much to learn (about respect) from First Nations folk
Studied Sociology, Media, Politics
- Still making sense of this bizarre (extreme) weather event - flash flooding, so localized, amidst a week of extreme heat & bushfires ...
- #climate #extremeweather
- #climate #extremeweather
Why global heating (aka burning coal, oil & gas) is making extreme rainfall like the #GreatOceanRoad flooding more frequent & intense 👇
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
As the world warms, extreme rain events are coming hard and fast
When it comes to extreme rainfall, it's hard for climate scientists to say what's natural and what's caused by climate change, but they do know the most extreme events are dropping more rain, more oft...
www.abc.net.au
January 19, 2026 at 11:23 AM
- Still making sense of this bizarre (extreme) weather event - flash flooding, so localized, amidst a week of extreme heat & bushfires ...
- #climate #extremeweather
- #climate #extremeweather
January 19, 2026 at 2:40 AM
- Detail of a wooden Art Nouveau era building in Gorokhovets, Russia - (built 1902)
- #ArtNouveau #Architecture
- #ArtNouveau #Architecture
January 18, 2026 at 2:01 AM
- Detail of a wooden Art Nouveau era building in Gorokhovets, Russia - (built 1902)
- #ArtNouveau #Architecture
- #ArtNouveau #Architecture
- Thinking of one completely self obsessed, unhinged world 'leader', incapable of telling the truth
- #Twump #McCankles
- #Twump #McCankles
January 17, 2026 at 12:36 AM
- Thinking of one completely self obsessed, unhinged world 'leader', incapable of telling the truth
- #Twump #McCankles
- #Twump #McCankles
Mt Baker Wilderness, Washington
📸 Amie Wheeler
📸 Amie Wheeler
January 16, 2026 at 5:16 AM
- And re Trump (sending in footsoldiers to silence opponents in States that don't like him, and seizing control of Sth American countries ...) this pic comes from one the 'No Kings' rallies last yr, summing up his character
- @mygiddyaunt.bsky.social
- @mygiddyaunt.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 11:29 PM
- And re Trump (sending in footsoldiers to silence opponents in States that don't like him, and seizing control of Sth American countries ...) this pic comes from one the 'No Kings' rallies last yr, summing up his character
- @mygiddyaunt.bsky.social
- @mygiddyaunt.bsky.social
- Lovely pic of a baby sea-turtle for some relief ...
- It's mid summer here in Melb / Naarm - fires still raging after an intense heatwave, (not seen for yrs in the south)
- #addOcean
- It's mid summer here in Melb / Naarm - fires still raging after an intense heatwave, (not seen for yrs in the south)
- #addOcean
January 12, 2026 at 11:21 PM
- Lovely pic of a baby sea-turtle for some relief ...
- It's mid summer here in Melb / Naarm - fires still raging after an intense heatwave, (not seen for yrs in the south)
- #addOcean
- It's mid summer here in Melb / Naarm - fires still raging after an intense heatwave, (not seen for yrs in the south)
- #addOcean
- It's the Michael West description (right-hand image) that interests me most - putting into context the attacks on cartoonist Cathy Wilcox this past wk :
The two pieces that most accurately capture the events of this week #auspol
January 12, 2026 at 6:43 AM
- It's the Michael West description (right-hand image) that interests me most - putting into context the attacks on cartoonist Cathy Wilcox this past wk :
- Part of the backwards slide into the days of Howard / LNP fuelled racism. It beggars belief even reasonably 'balanced' media outlets, who'd woken up to biased narratives before Bondi are just letting claims go by unchallenged ...
- Yes we're all tired (over the break), but enough's enough !
- Yes we're all tired (over the break), but enough's enough !
Mark Leibler and his son Jeremy Leibler, who are both well-known for preaching hate online, also have form for attacking Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah on social media in 2025 and over recent days.
kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2026/01/11/z...
kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2026/01/11/z...
January 11, 2026 at 5:45 AM
- Part of the backwards slide into the days of Howard / LNP fuelled racism. It beggars belief even reasonably 'balanced' media outlets, who'd woken up to biased narratives before Bondi are just letting claims go by unchallenged ...
- Yes we're all tired (over the break), but enough's enough !
- Yes we're all tired (over the break), but enough's enough !
- For city dwellers (from Melb / Naarm) - hearing news of Vic bush fires from afar ... Here's how to better relate :
- Thanks @camwalker.bsky.social
- Thanks @camwalker.bsky.social
Here are the Walwa and Longwood line scans (as of 3:30pm 10 Jan) to give you an idea of the scale of the fires when overlaid on the base Melbourne map.
Yikes!
#VicFires
Yikes!
#VicFires
January 11, 2026 at 5:27 AM
- For city dwellers (from Melb / Naarm) - hearing news of Vic bush fires from afar ... Here's how to better relate :
- Thanks @camwalker.bsky.social
- Thanks @camwalker.bsky.social
- Pineapple print (from the '10s) via 'Yeaaah studios'
- Summer's hit hard in the southern States (of Aust) this wk. Firefighters being kept busy in hot, gusty winds. Stay healthy & hydrated (with some seasonal fruit) if you're from this part of the world
- Summer's hit hard in the southern States (of Aust) this wk. Firefighters being kept busy in hot, gusty winds. Stay healthy & hydrated (with some seasonal fruit) if you're from this part of the world
January 9, 2026 at 8:30 AM
- Pineapple print (from the '10s) via 'Yeaaah studios'
- Summer's hit hard in the southern States (of Aust) this wk. Firefighters being kept busy in hot, gusty winds. Stay healthy & hydrated (with some seasonal fruit) if you're from this part of the world
- Summer's hit hard in the southern States (of Aust) this wk. Firefighters being kept busy in hot, gusty winds. Stay healthy & hydrated (with some seasonal fruit) if you're from this part of the world
- If only ...
- The man, and those under his command are now openly executing political opponents in broad daylight. And we still, in this country call him an ally ..!
- The man, and those under his command are now openly executing political opponents in broad daylight. And we still, in this country call him an ally ..!
January 9, 2026 at 4:16 AM
- If only ...
- The man, and those under his command are now openly executing political opponents in broad daylight. And we still, in this country call him an ally ..!
- The man, and those under his command are now openly executing political opponents in broad daylight. And we still, in this country call him an ally ..!
- Owls traditionally signify wisdom, which this world needs more of ... (Credit to photographer of this great pic) :
- #addBirder
- #addBirder
January 8, 2026 at 2:11 AM
- Owls traditionally signify wisdom, which this world needs more of ... (Credit to photographer of this great pic) :
- #addBirder
- #addBirder
- I'd be worried too if I still lived in the area ... @urbanism.plus
- Just driving past last mth - (1st time since they started carving up the landscape ...) - was terrifying
- Just driving past last mth - (1st time since they started carving up the landscape ...) - was terrifying
A sinkhole has opened up in Banyule Flats Reserve, close to where a North East Link tunnel boring machine is operating.
Banyule locals blame North East Link for sinkhole at football oval
A sinkhole has opened up in Banyule Flats Reserve, close to where a North East Link tunnel boring machine is operating.
www.abc.net.au
January 7, 2026 at 2:02 AM
- I'd be worried too if I still lived in the area ... @urbanism.plus
- Just driving past last mth - (1st time since they started carving up the landscape ...) - was terrifying
- Just driving past last mth - (1st time since they started carving up the landscape ...) - was terrifying
Reposted
- Our response to US agression - (from Cathy Wilcox)
- (PS - Tell me again why we're in this abusive relationship)
- (PS - Tell me again why we're in this abusive relationship)
January 7, 2026 at 12:36 AM
- Our response to US agression - (from Cathy Wilcox)
- (PS - Tell me again why we're in this abusive relationship)
- (PS - Tell me again why we're in this abusive relationship)
- Trump with his snout in the trough
- (The greedy pig he is) - Thankyou New Zealand
- (The greedy pig he is) - Thankyou New Zealand
January 6, 2026 at 10:33 AM
- Trump with his snout in the trough
- (The greedy pig he is) - Thankyou New Zealand
- (The greedy pig he is) - Thankyou New Zealand
- Look out for rallies in your town or city in response to this. Barely a mention in the nightly news, so awareness raising falls to people at grass roots level - via radio, social media or however else you manage to connect :
Israel’s government says it will suspend the licenses of dozens of humanitarian groups operating in Gaza beginning Thursday, which relief workers say will lead to deeper suffering and difficulty receiving medicine. https://wapo.st/4qxbFWC
January 6, 2026 at 7:44 AM
- Look out for rallies in your town or city in response to this. Barely a mention in the nightly news, so awareness raising falls to people at grass roots level - via radio, social media or however else you manage to connect :
- Mostly from the Art Nouveau period, when nature was a huge inspiration to designers :
January 6, 2026 at 7:36 AM
- Mostly from the Art Nouveau period, when nature was a huge inspiration to designers :
- Cathy Wilcox is a brilliant political cartoonist, but before that is one of the most insightful commentators I know
- (Following a completely one-sided barage in past wks from mainstream media over the Bondi attack, twisting the narrative back to where it was decades ago ...)
- (Following a completely one-sided barage in past wks from mainstream media over the Bondi attack, twisting the narrative back to where it was decades ago ...)
Will we see posters with the names and faces of the Venezuelan civilians killed in the US attack?
January 5, 2026 at 11:34 PM
- Cathy Wilcox is a brilliant political cartoonist, but before that is one of the most insightful commentators I know
- (Following a completely one-sided barage in past wks from mainstream media over the Bondi attack, twisting the narrative back to where it was decades ago ...)
- (Following a completely one-sided barage in past wks from mainstream media over the Bondi attack, twisting the narrative back to where it was decades ago ...)
Reposted
DIFFERENT WARS, SAME PROPAGANDA
...a montage showing the direct parallels between the rhetoric around the Iraq war & the current rhetoric around Venezuela.
Jon Stewart 🎥 #IraqNeverAgain
...a montage showing the direct parallels between the rhetoric around the Iraq war & the current rhetoric around Venezuela.
Jon Stewart 🎥 #IraqNeverAgain
January 4, 2026 at 2:58 PM
DIFFERENT WARS, SAME PROPAGANDA
...a montage showing the direct parallels between the rhetoric around the Iraq war & the current rhetoric around Venezuela.
Jon Stewart 🎥 #IraqNeverAgain
...a montage showing the direct parallels between the rhetoric around the Iraq war & the current rhetoric around Venezuela.
Jon Stewart 🎥 #IraqNeverAgain