LightNews LightNews
saerdana.bsky.social
@saerdana.bsky.social
130 followers 60 following 560 posts
Anarchist Librarian
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted
ketanjoshi.co
This photo is real!!

www.newscientist.com/article/mg25...

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gr...

www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/ar...
January 17, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Reposted
australiainstitute.org.au
Australia Institute research shows that there is clear evidence that property investors are driving the crisis in housing affordability.

Read the full factcheck on The Point: thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
January 16, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Reposted
australiainstitute.org.au
Wilderness Australia detected 102 den trees during surveys over the past two months at Glenbog state forest, which is scheduled for logging in the next few weeks.

Under state rules logging is not permitted within 50 metres of known den trees.

Read more:
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Former NSW Labor minister condemns Forestry Corporation after greater glider ‘den trees’ found at planned logging site
Bob Debus says operations at Glenbog state forest on south coast show native forest logging is untenable
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Reposted
euanritchie.bsky.social
Victoria's fires have been devastating for people & communities, & likely so too wildlife & ecosystems. I am particularly worried about Wilkerr (dingoes), which we've been studying for over 10 years. If you'd like to support our work, please visit & donate at engage.deakin.edu.au/dingofirerec...
Fundraising campaign flyer for dingo research and monitoring after Victoria's fires
January 14, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Reposted
amyremeikis.bsky.social
No notes

All the power and love to @cathywilcox.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Reposted
euanritchie.bsky.social
A question for fearless journos out there to put to Australia's political leaders. Why do we have > $300 billion to attempt to buy submarines but not enough $ to pay more fire fighters & support staff & to buy more urgently needed firefighting equipment, so we have sufficient resources when needed?!
January 10, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Reposted
sandyhorne.bsky.social
Beautiful video of wedge-tailed eagles.
With thanks to @neilcam57.bsky.social for bringing it to my attention.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-PW...
www.youtube.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Reposted
euanritchie.bsky.social
When putting out containers of water for wildlife on hot days, please place a rock and a stick or two in there, so small animals, including insects and reptiles, can get in and out easily. Placing containers in a shady and protected spot is best.
January 9, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Reposted
ronnisalt.bsky.social
A timeline cleanser for you in a serious world

They're all hilarious, but my personal fave is 'esplanade' and I will now be using it in everyday conversation

.
According to a meme that’s been going around, the Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its annual neologisms contests, in which readers are asked to supply alternative meanings for common words. Seeing how much you all enjoyed my post on Oxford Dictionaries’ Surprising Word of the Year 2015, I thought you’d also appreciate this! Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you’ve gained Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightgown Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp Gargoyle (n.), gross olive-flavored mouthwash Flatulance (n.), emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists Pokemon (n.), a Rastafarian proctologist Circumvent (n.), an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men Foreploy (n): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms Skilljoy (n.): The would-be friend who’s a bit better than you at everything Percycution (n.): Giving your child a name he will hate for the rest of his life Coughin (n.): A small enclosure designed especially for smokers Typochondriac (adj.): A paranoid proofreader Ignorial (n.): A monument that nobody visits
January 9, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Reposted
australiainstitute.org.au
“This series will be an update of the global and Australian numbers on CCS: why it’s more deficient than ever before, and why that failure hasn’t sapped a single joule of energy from its failure-immune advocates,” writes Ketan Joshi.

Read Ketan Joshi’s full piece: thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
January 8, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Reposted
australiainstitute.org.au
“New York just showed what happens when a leader refuses to lower expectations,” writes Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO of The Australia Institute.

Read Dr Richard Denniss’s full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
January 8, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Reposted
grogsgamut.bsky.social
Thing that everyone predicted would happen when the policy was announced happened
www.afr.com/property/res...
Labor’s home loan guarantee fuels a price surge in cheaper homes
Data shows real estate eligible for the scheme, meant to help first home buyers borrow money, has risen far quicker in value than houses above the cap.
www.afr.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Reposted
australiainstitute.org.au
Read more ⤵️
australiainstitute.org.au/post/our-pbs...
Our PBS is a national treasure, not an international trade barrier
Extraordinary new analysis from The Australia Institute reveals the prices Australians would pay if the US had its way and dismantled our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
australiainstitute.org.au
January 5, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Reposted
australiainstitute.org.au
Successful defiance is ‘a front-foot thing’ writes Bob Brown, in this extract of his latest book, Defiance: Stories from Nature and its Defenders.

Read the full extract on The Point➡️ https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/251113-successful-defiance-is-a-front-foot-thing-it-is-active-not-passive
January 5, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Reposted
sandyhorne.bsky.social
A blue-banded bee.
These gorgeous tiny native bees zip around joyfully and are exceptionally hard to photograph.
Love their stripey blue bums 😆
Clare Valley, South Australia.
January 1, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Reposted
richarddenniss.bsky.social
The original argument for tax breaks for super was that they would ‘take pressure off the age pension’…but tens of billions in tax breaks go to people too rich to get the pension.

Australia still spends a fortune boasting the retirement savings of the wealthiest 10%
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Welfare for high income earners is not so super
Tax concession for superannuation are a massive drain on the budget, and new data shows that the majority go to high income earners.
thepoint.com.au
December 31, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Reposted
marquelawyers.com.au
Chamberlain never said anything this moronic
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21d
Trump: "Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed. It sounds a little strange but President Putin was very generous in his feeling toward Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity and other things at very low prices."
December 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Reposted
arealmofwonder.bsky.social
Your Sunday poem...

• David Whyte •
December 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Reposted
ketanjoshi.co
The idea that we simply have to kill off a bunch of animals because it's a net benefit to climate is a false dichotomy that serves corporate interests trying to avoid having to put in the effort of finding good, well-chosen sites

Really wish media would consider breaking through this thinking
Climate a bigger threat to biodiversity than renewables, experts say
As the green energy boom gathers pace, experts say climate change is a bigger threat to biodiversity than wind farms and other renewables projects.
www.abc.net.au
December 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Reposted
ketanjoshi.co
Turns out climate change keeps happening even when we decide we don't want to talk about it anymore

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
The Arctic endured a year of record heat and shrunken sea ice as the world’s northern latitudes continue a rapid shift to becoming rainier and less ice-bound due to the climate crisis, scientists have reported. From October 2024 to September 2025, temperatures across the entire Arctic region were the hottest in 125 years of modern record keeping, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) said, with the last 10 years being the 10 warmest on record in the Arctic. The Arctic is heating up as much as four times as quickly as the global average, due to the burning of fossil fuels, and this extra heat is warping the world’s refrigerator – a region that acts as a key climate regulator for the rest of the planet. Changes to polar bear DNA could help them adapt to global heating, study finds Read more The maximum extent of sea ice in 2025 was the lowest in the 47-year satellite record, Noaa reported on in its annual Arctic report card. This is the latest landmark in a longer trend, with the region’s oldest, thickest ice declining by more than 95% since the 1980s as the Arctic becomes hotter and rainier.
December 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Reposted
ketanjoshi.co
"Generative AI is designed to create things that look real; predictive AI identifies what is real.

A misunderstanding that generative systems are retrieving things when they are actually creating them has led to grave consequences"
mmitchell.bsky.social Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · Dec 16
Was really challenging to participate in this, but I think I was able to pen something real, important, and personal to my experience in AI. Remember that GenAI is not *all* of AI nor all of what it should be.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
December 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Reposted
grogsgamut.bsky.social
My column on how much is median earnings, what puts you in the top 10% and a quick look at housing affordability

www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
The stats don’t lie. Australia’s tax system is designed to benefit the wealthiest and the rest of us pay for it | Greg Jericho
Many progressives protest that they are not rich, despite being on a very good wicket. They always reel off their CV of working-class roots
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Reposted
instanterudite.bsky.social
2025's final #SundayShot is up with @zoedaniel.bsky.social,
@dncameron.bsky.social, @ronnisalt.bsky.social @punterspolitics.bsky.social, @amyremeikis.bsky.social , @rachelwithers.bsky.social, @thomasmayo.bsky.social, @ketanjoshi.co, @cherylkernot.bsky.social & more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz4p...
The Year That Was - December 14 - Doug Cameron, Zoe Daniel, and many more!
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Reposted
davemilbo.bsky.social
Last episode of Sunday Shot starts at 9.

Doug Cameron and Zoe Daniel join us on the panel, plus we reflect on 2025 with @ronnisalt.bsky.social, Grace Tame, Purple Pingers, @thomasmayo.bsky.social, Nasser Mashni, @amyremeikis.bsky.social, @cherylkernot.bsky.social and more
The Year That Was - December 14 - Doug Cameron, Zoe Daniel, and many more!
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Reposted
instanterudite.bsky.social
The @thesaturdaypaper.com.au nails it.

A "defence policy written by a tourism executive" now set by a man whose "hair looks cleverer than he is".

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit...
Pete Hegseth and the AUKUS folly
The man who sets Australia’s defence policy is an alcoholic former Fox News commentator who is known for his gross financial mismanagement and on at least one occasion paid a settlement to a woman he ...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM