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Graham Pringle 'Emu' PhD

@grahampringle.bsky.social

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Complex trauma-informed & human rights-based outdoor therapy researcher and practitioner, ISSTD, Outdoors Qld, Youth Flourish Outdoors. Yuggera country, Australia Orchid: 0000-0003-2295-9573

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Graham Pringle 'Emu' PhD @grahampringle.bsky.social · Mar 18

Coercion in adventure therapy - Conference workshop

My accepted abstract for the 10th International Adventure Therapy conference in Taiwan

We will discuss the slippery slope of coercive practice and question whether academics who accept/enable human rights violations should present at conferences

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Graham Pringle 'Emu' PhD @grahampringle.bsky.social · 6h

Totally. No sympathy for Trump.

I am more scared of those behind him, and wonder what will happen if he is removed soon.

Will they collapse in on themselves?

Will someone replace him?

Will outside actors enter the stage overtly?

Not to avoid, but to prepare. Hoping for option #1

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RICK S @rickt2369.bsky.social · 13h

She is not the attorney general – she's Trump's attorney.

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Graham Pringle 'Emu' PhD @grahampringle.bsky.social · 11h

"There is a quote, 'don't judge a book by its cover,'" she [Miah] said.

"But I like to change it and say, 'don't judge a young person by their behaviour,' because unless you've [lived] it you don't know what they're going through."

Graham Pringle 'Emu' PhD @grahampringle.bsky.social · 12h

How many Islamic advisors did they consult, to understand the ramifications of this?

Graham Pringle 'Emu' PhD @grahampringle.bsky.social · 22h

I agree

Yet they do not care

Answering any question angers them, as they have contempt for democratic institutions

They will not change

Who holds govt to account when they disregard rules, and no-one can enforce the normal rules?

Feeling uneasy

Graham Pringle 'Emu' PhD @grahampringle.bsky.social · 23h

You are correct. Trump is a tool, not the problem. His handlers are the ones to watch. He is a soggy distraction

Graham Pringle 'Emu' PhD @grahampringle.bsky.social · 23h

That is Tony Robinson

Graham Pringle 'Emu' PhD @grahampringle.bsky.social · 23h

Charlie Kirk problem. Tiny face, big head, dishonest, thinks he clever

Graham Pringle 'Emu' PhD @grahampringle.bsky.social · 23h

The pasta should have a statue, a public holiday, and a thousand vengeful BlueSky posts

Spelling is deliberate. There are no gods, but he is well intentioned, so more power to him

Graham Pringle 'Emu' PhD @grahampringle.bsky.social · 23h

Dear me, there are no gods! What a knuckle drager

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 1d

Make no mistake.

The recent incursions in our skies are part of a pattern of growing threats.

It’s time to call it by its name.
This is hybrid warfare.

Europe must get the capacity to respond and protect our skies.

Work has begun.

→ link.europa.eu/4Fxrqr

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Nash Is Here for It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 1d

Did anyone else see this today and wonder wtf happened?

Oopsie, Stephen.

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Graham Pringle 'Emu' PhD @grahampringle.bsky.social · 1d

Charlie who?

Graham Pringle 'Emu' PhD @grahampringle.bsky.social · 1d

That is really weird

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 2d

The Federal Government funds 71% of every spit hood put on an Aboriginal child in the NT. It's time to ensure Federal Funding comes with conditions including complying with human rights law!

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Graham Pringle 'Emu' PhD @grahampringle.bsky.social · 3d

The sin of empathy

Christian dominionists can believe the most illogical of ideas

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UNICEF USA @unicefusa.org · 3d

Polio is on the brink of eradication. Yet outbreaks keep happening, often when primary health services are disrupted or inaccessible.

See how community health workers are taking action in #DRCongo to reach children at risk:

Defeating Polio Means Vaccinating Hard-to-Reach Children

UNICEF won't stop until every child is protected against polio and other vaccine-preventable disease. Reaching children with vaccinations in DR Congo.

www.unicefusa.org

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Graham Pringle 'Emu' PhD @grahampringle.bsky.social · 4d

Fire bans before the monsoon season is standard. Why can't people remember this?

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 4d

A "careless" campfire lit during a fire ban sparked a rapidly moving blaze that has now burnt hundreds of hectares on Moreton Island, according to authorities.

Campfire during ban blamed for Moreton Island fire

A "careless" campfire lit during a fire ban sparked a rapidly moving blaze that has now burnt hundreds of hectares on Moreton Island, according to authorities.

www.abc.net.au

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 4d

Last I checked, Congress makes the laws, not the White House.

Image of an X post from @realDonaldTrump
(Donald J. Trump) at 7:26 PM on October 3, 2025, with 2.54K ReTruths and 8.83K Likes. The post reads: "To ICE, Border Patrol, Law Enforcement, and all U.S. Military: As per my August 25, 2025 Executive Order, please be advised that, from this point forward, anybody burning the American Flag will be subject to one year in prison. You will be immediately arrested. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 4d

US President Donald Trump has deployed 300 Illinois National Guard troops to Chicago after Governor JB Pritzker refused to do so.

Trump authorises deployment of 300 National Guard troops to Chicago

US President Donald Trump has deployed 300 Illinois National Guard troops to Chicago after Governor JB Pritzker refused to do so.

www.abc.net.au

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Graham Pringle 'Emu' PhD @grahampringle.bsky.social · 4d

They really want that war before the tapes are released

Graham Pringle 'Emu' PhD @grahampringle.bsky.social · 4d

Flooding the zone...

Graham Pringle 'Emu' PhD @grahampringle.bsky.social · 4d

She is great. More power to her

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 4d

As news comes out that Greta Thunberg and hundreds of other flotilla members are being tortured in Israeli 'prisons'.

I ask you.

Do you stand with Greta Thunberg?

Spread the message Free Greta Thunberg if you do.

Graham Pringle 'Emu' PhD @grahampringle.bsky.social · 4d

I honestly thought he died. Bummer