SivanandaBMts
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Yoga teacher and editor, Sivananda Yoga Blue Mountains
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Dame Marie Bashir was the first female and first Lebanese person to become NSW governor, but her accolades span decades further back as a pioneer in mental health and psychiatry.
'Led with humanity': The remarkable life of Dame Marie Bashir
Dame Marie Bashir was the first female and first Lebanese person to become NSW governor, but her accolades span decades further back as a pioneer in mental health and psychiatry.
www.abc.net.au
January 21, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Dame Marie Bashir was the first female and first Lebanese person to become NSW governor, but her accolades span decades further back as a pioneer in mental health and psychiatry.
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On the unexplored possibilities of grace as a political vision: sojo.net/articles/mlk... #MLK
January 16, 2026 at 1:11 AM
On the unexplored possibilities of grace as a political vision: sojo.net/articles/mlk... #MLK
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A fascinating story about the endangered Purple Copper Butterfly (Paralucia spinifera), it’s mutualistic relationship with a species of ant, and the efforts of one primary school to save it 🦋🐜
#ausinverts #wildoz #butterfly #caterpillarscount #conservation #nature
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
#ausinverts #wildoz #butterfly #caterpillarscount #conservation #nature
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Tiny school works to save extremely rare 'flying jewel' butterfly
It's the size of a 10-cent piece and matures under the guard of protective ants, but the purple copper butterfly needs more help to survive — and a group of NSW primary school students has stepped up ...
www.abc.net.au
January 6, 2026 at 10:07 PM
A fascinating story about the endangered Purple Copper Butterfly (Paralucia spinifera), it’s mutualistic relationship with a species of ant, and the efforts of one primary school to save it 🦋🐜
#ausinverts #wildoz #butterfly #caterpillarscount #conservation #nature
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
#ausinverts #wildoz #butterfly #caterpillarscount #conservation #nature
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Good morning good people.
January 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Good morning good people.
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We could all use a moment of calm. Here are a few moments in the sights and sounds of a forest.
Protect people and the planet.
#ActOnClimate
Protect people and the planet.
#ActOnClimate
January 5, 2026 at 7:07 PM
We could all use a moment of calm. Here are a few moments in the sights and sounds of a forest.
Protect people and the planet.
#ActOnClimate
Protect people and the planet.
#ActOnClimate
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How Egyptian Papyrus Is Made: Watch Artisans Keep a 5,000-Year-Old Art Alive
How Egyptian Papyrus Is Made: Watch Artisans Keep a 5,000-Year-Old Art Alive
Tallet discovered in an excavation site near the Red Sea “entire rolls of papyrus, some a few feet long and still relatively intact, written in hieroglyphics as well as hieratic, the cursive script th...
www.openculture.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:48 PM
How Egyptian Papyrus Is Made: Watch Artisans Keep a 5,000-Year-Old Art Alive
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“We may sometimes think of ourselves as a young nation on an ancient continent. Yet as well as being home to the oldest continuous culture on Earth, Australia is also one of the world’s oldest – and strongest – modern democracies.”
@albomp.bsky.social
www.smh.com.au/national/on-...
@albomp.bsky.social
www.smh.com.au/national/on-...
On our 125th birthday, let’s rise to the test of our national character
Modern Australia has been built by countless individual acts of service, bravery, ambition and kindness – resources that we must call upon following the Bondi atrocity.
www.smh.com.au
January 1, 2026 at 2:06 AM
“We may sometimes think of ourselves as a young nation on an ancient continent. Yet as well as being home to the oldest continuous culture on Earth, Australia is also one of the world’s oldest – and strongest – modern democracies.”
@albomp.bsky.social
www.smh.com.au/national/on-...
@albomp.bsky.social
www.smh.com.au/national/on-...
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When Nyunmiti Burtom & other female Australian Indigenous artists heard of the Christchurch Mosque attack, 2019, they showed solidarity by creating a canvas for NZ Muslim community depicting people separated by sea, culture, but united in humanity #WomensArt
December 26, 2025 at 7:22 AM
When Nyunmiti Burtom & other female Australian Indigenous artists heard of the Christchurch Mosque attack, 2019, they showed solidarity by creating a canvas for NZ Muslim community depicting people separated by sea, culture, but united in humanity #WomensArt
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A history of the Gardens of Stone campaign - NCC - Nature Conservation Council of NSW share.google/pWc4aJW3oSnQ...
A history of the Gardens of Stone campaign
A history of the Gardens of Stone campaign
share.google
December 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A history of the Gardens of Stone campaign - NCC - Nature Conservation Council of NSW share.google/pWc4aJW3oSnQ...
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New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADIng With Prof Mark Williams - the right time of year to talk about faith, depression and how to find calm amid chaos! Merry Xmas
alastaircampbell.org/2025/12/167-...
alastaircampbell.org/2025/12/167-...
167. Faith, Depression, and Finding Calm in the Chaos (Professor Mark Williams) - Alastair Campbell
From Parliament to Prison, how can people find calm in chaotic environments? How does one cope with grief during the festive period? What are some successful ways to combat depression? Rory and Alasta...
alastaircampbell.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADIng With Prof Mark Williams - the right time of year to talk about faith, depression and how to find calm amid chaos! Merry Xmas
alastaircampbell.org/2025/12/167-...
alastaircampbell.org/2025/12/167-...
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Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic
Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic
More than 1,000 words used as far back as 325BC to be collected for insight into past linguistic landscape
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic
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Say no to an inquiry into the ABC.
Ironically this push for an inquiry is coming from Sarah Henderson who used to be a journalist with @abcnewsaustralia.bsky.social
www.abcfriends.net.au/no?utm_campa...
Ironically this push for an inquiry is coming from Sarah Henderson who used to be a journalist with @abcnewsaustralia.bsky.social
www.abcfriends.net.au/no?utm_campa...
Say no to an inquiry into the ABC!
Join our call to all senators to oppose Senator Henderson's motion for senate select inquiry into the ABC
www.abcfriends.net.au
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Say no to an inquiry into the ABC.
Ironically this push for an inquiry is coming from Sarah Henderson who used to be a journalist with @abcnewsaustralia.bsky.social
www.abcfriends.net.au/no?utm_campa...
Ironically this push for an inquiry is coming from Sarah Henderson who used to be a journalist with @abcnewsaustralia.bsky.social
www.abcfriends.net.au/no?utm_campa...
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With only eight fluent Nyiyaparli speakers remaining, an Aboriginal group is racing against time to save their 41,000-year-old language.
Game designed to save dying Aboriginal language wins global awards
With only eight fluent Nyiyaparli speakers remaining, an Aboriginal group is racing against time to save their 41,000-year-old language.
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
With only eight fluent Nyiyaparli speakers remaining, an Aboriginal group is racing against time to save their 41,000-year-old language.
Never forgotten.
MEAA members honour the memory of the Balibo Five and we stand in solidarity with all journalists risking their lives to bring the world news that matters.
Sadly, the tragedy of Balibo is not a relic of history. In Gaza alone, more than 200 Palestinian journalists have been killed.
Sadly, the tragedy of Balibo is not a relic of history. In Gaza alone, more than 200 Palestinian journalists have been killed.
October 16, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Never forgotten.
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My statement formally recognising the State of Palestine.
September 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
My statement formally recognising the State of Palestine.
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Humanitarian workers bring food, water, health care & hope to children in conflict.
Too often, they pay with their lives.
UNICEF Australia welcomes the Australian Government’s leadership in launching the Declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel at the UN yesterday.
#NotATarget
Too often, they pay with their lives.
UNICEF Australia welcomes the Australian Government’s leadership in launching the Declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel at the UN yesterday.
#NotATarget
September 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Humanitarian workers bring food, water, health care & hope to children in conflict.
Too often, they pay with their lives.
UNICEF Australia welcomes the Australian Government’s leadership in launching the Declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel at the UN yesterday.
#NotATarget
Too often, they pay with their lives.
UNICEF Australia welcomes the Australian Government’s leadership in launching the Declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel at the UN yesterday.
#NotATarget
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Learn more: www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/pen...
September 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Learn more: www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/pen...
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"Every country was put on notice by the ICJ that there was a plausible risk of genocide in Gaza.. every country became obliged under the law.. not to speak fine words, to take action to prevent genocide.. that obligation was activated on 24th Jan 2024"
Chris Sidoti spells it out
Chris Sidoti spells it out
September 16, 2025 at 9:07 AM
"Every country was put on notice by the ICJ that there was a plausible risk of genocide in Gaza.. every country became obliged under the law.. not to speak fine words, to take action to prevent genocide.. that obligation was activated on 24th Jan 2024"
Chris Sidoti spells it out
Chris Sidoti spells it out
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We're launching a campaign to end the genocide in Gaza. Sign our petition to call on the Australian government to sanction Israel NOW.
Tomorrow we'll be in the Daily Telegraph and the Herald Sun so please:
Snap a photo of yourself with the ad and tag us
www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/09/peti...
Tomorrow we'll be in the Daily Telegraph and the Herald Sun so please:
Snap a photo of yourself with the ad and tag us
www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/09/peti...
September 16, 2025 at 6:30 AM
We're launching a campaign to end the genocide in Gaza. Sign our petition to call on the Australian government to sanction Israel NOW.
Tomorrow we'll be in the Daily Telegraph and the Herald Sun so please:
Snap a photo of yourself with the ad and tag us
www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/09/peti...
Tomorrow we'll be in the Daily Telegraph and the Herald Sun so please:
Snap a photo of yourself with the ad and tag us
www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/09/peti...
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New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING - however had you think things are in Gaza, they’re worse. We speak to James Elder from @unicef.org who has worked in crisis zones all his life and says he has never seen anything as bad we this “war on children”
alastaircampbell.org/2025/09/152-...
alastaircampbell.org/2025/09/152-...
152. "A War on Children": A Generation in Gaza at Risk (James Elder) - Alastair Campbell
Why is the humanitarian situation in Gaza the worst that James Elder has ever seen? What does the process of rebuilding Gaza look like? How do the people working on the ground not lose hope? UNICEF s...
alastaircampbell.org
September 8, 2025 at 5:43 AM
New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING - however had you think things are in Gaza, they’re worse. We speak to James Elder from @unicef.org who has worked in crisis zones all his life and says he has never seen anything as bad we this “war on children”
alastaircampbell.org/2025/09/152-...
alastaircampbell.org/2025/09/152-...
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Some good news...
"Victoria to become first Australian state to formally table treaty legislation in parliament"
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
"Victoria to become first Australian state to formally table treaty legislation in parliament"
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Victoria to become first state to introduce treaty to parliament
Victoria's historic treaty is promising to "reckon with the past" and empower the state's First Peoples — and explicitly declares it will not take anything away from the broader community.
www.abc.net.au
September 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Some good news...
"Victoria to become first Australian state to formally table treaty legislation in parliament"
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
"Victoria to become first Australian state to formally table treaty legislation in parliament"
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Ahimsa is positive cosmic love. Ahimsa is Sakti. Ahimsa is true strength.
See yourself in all. This is the vision of unity.
~ Swami #Sivananda #SivanandaJayanti
See yourself in all. This is the vision of unity.
~ Swami #Sivananda #SivanandaJayanti
September 8, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Ahimsa is positive cosmic love. Ahimsa is Sakti. Ahimsa is true strength.
See yourself in all. This is the vision of unity.
~ Swami #Sivananda #SivanandaJayanti
See yourself in all. This is the vision of unity.
~ Swami #Sivananda #SivanandaJayanti