Clare Snow
@wickednoise.bsky.social
sometimes i sit and write, sometimes i just sit |
chasing dogs | growing trees for cockatoos & CO2 | reading is breathing | divergent changeling |
perth, australia
https://ockhamsrazor.wordpress.com/
chasing dogs | growing trees for cockatoos & CO2 | reading is breathing | divergent changeling |
perth, australia
https://ockhamsrazor.wordpress.com/
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Clare Snow
@wickednoise.bsky.social
· Nov 28
captivated by caterpillars
Maria Sybilla Merian and how not to study butterflies by killing, pinning and trapping their souls in a dusty museum
ockhamsrazor.wordpress.com
Maria Sybilla Merian, Queen of the Butterflies and friend to caterpillars everywhere #womeninSTEM #ecology #nature #scientificart ockhamsrazor.wordpress.com/2022/09/04/m...
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Leading genocide scholars formally declare that Israel’s war on Gaza meets the UN’s definition of genocide.
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, scholars group says
Leading genocide scholars formally declare that Israel’s war on Gaza meets the UN’s definition of genocide.
bit.ly
September 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Leading genocide scholars formally declare that Israel’s war on Gaza meets the UN’s definition of genocide.
i don't like football, so i try to ignore it, even when @brocklesnitch.bsky.social writes about it. then i accidently read this www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... and then i watched this www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08... and now i can't stop crying. fuck this
People love to say ‘sexuality doesn’t matter’ and shouldn’t come up in AFL – so why do players hurl homophobic slurs? | Rebecca Shaw
When footy players are homophobic on the field, it very clearly expresses disdain for us more than for their opponent
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
i don't like football, so i try to ignore it, even when @brocklesnitch.bsky.social writes about it. then i accidently read this www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... and then i watched this www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08... and now i can't stop crying. fuck this
i'm meant to be reading a book 🙈
it's a good one by @garthnix.bsky.social
garthnix.com/books/standa...
it's a good one by @garthnix.bsky.social
garthnix.com/books/standa...
We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord | Children's Science Fiction | Author Garth Nix
We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord is a children's science fiction, coming-of-age novel by author Garth Nix.
garthnix.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
i'm meant to be reading a book 🙈
it's a good one by @garthnix.bsky.social
garthnix.com/books/standa...
it's a good one by @garthnix.bsky.social
garthnix.com/books/standa...
happened last century
normalise adults considering tween fads as cringe not worth knowing about
May 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
happened last century
meanwhile further south, Alcoa CEO Bill Oplinger breathes a sigh of relief
"The piece that you have to get right is this balance of energy, and for us that means a domestic gas policy," he said. "We will be big users of gas for a long time into the future."
www.boilingcold.com.au/alcoa-boss-o...
"The piece that you have to get right is this balance of energy, and for us that means a domestic gas policy," he said. "We will be big users of gas for a long time into the future."
www.boilingcold.com.au/alcoa-boss-o...
Alcoa boss Oplinger: little chance of Kwinana refinery restart
Costly, complex, and with old technology, the 60-year-old alumina refinery that had employed 800 workers is unlikely to reopen.
www.boilingcold.com.au
May 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
meanwhile further south, Alcoa CEO Bill Oplinger breathes a sigh of relief
"The piece that you have to get right is this balance of energy, and for us that means a domestic gas policy," he said. "We will be big users of gas for a long time into the future."
www.boilingcold.com.au/alcoa-boss-o...
"The piece that you have to get right is this balance of energy, and for us that means a domestic gas policy," he said. "We will be big users of gas for a long time into the future."
www.boilingcold.com.au/alcoa-boss-o...
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Albo's majority Labor govt says WE DON'T CARE to Murujuga Traditional Custodians #NationalReconciliationWeek, Australia's Pacific neighbours, science & people who want a liveable climate
Stand by for approval of Woodside's Browse-to-NorthWestShelf gas project
#LaborValues #LaborClimateAction
Stand by for approval of Woodside's Browse-to-NorthWestShelf gas project
#LaborValues #LaborClimateAction
Breaking: Australia's largest gas project approved for operation to 2070 by Environment Minister Murray Watt
The life of Australia's largest oil and gas project will be extended to 2070, with Environment Minister Murray Watt giving the long-awaited environmental approval for Woodside's North West Shelf proje...
www.abc.net.au
May 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Albo's majority Labor govt says WE DON'T CARE to Murujuga Traditional Custodians #NationalReconciliationWeek, Australia's Pacific neighbours, science & people who want a liveable climate
Stand by for approval of Woodside's Browse-to-NorthWestShelf gas project
#LaborValues #LaborClimateAction
Stand by for approval of Woodside's Browse-to-NorthWestShelf gas project
#LaborValues #LaborClimateAction
when the government beholden to the oil&gas industy twists the science into opposite land
#Murujuga #Burrup #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
#Murujuga #Burrup #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Gagged scientist speaks out over WA government's claims in rock art report
A leading scientist expresses "grave concern" about "unacceptable interference" in a major study of the impacts of industrial emissions on ancient Aboriginal rock carvings.
www.abc.net.au
May 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
when the government beholden to the oil&gas industy twists the science into opposite land
#Murujuga #Burrup #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
#Murujuga #Burrup #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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i remember this!
(back when i was a bludging student)
in 1997 i worked in a public library (in between studying for exams exclusively the night before) the money was good and the people were even better. they gave me a bottle of champers for my 21st birthday!
(back when i was a bludging student)
in 1997 i worked in a public library (in between studying for exams exclusively the night before) the money was good and the people were even better. they gave me a bottle of champers for my 21st birthday!
May 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
i remember this!
(back when i was a bludging student)
in 1997 i worked in a public library (in between studying for exams exclusively the night before) the money was good and the people were even better. they gave me a bottle of champers for my 21st birthday!
(back when i was a bludging student)
in 1997 i worked in a public library (in between studying for exams exclusively the night before) the money was good and the people were even better. they gave me a bottle of champers for my 21st birthday!
i may have lost hope
i hope more people have not
in happier news, the black cockatoos keep visiting my garden for nuts and "pruning" the gum tree
i hope more people have not
in happier news, the black cockatoos keep visiting my garden for nuts and "pruning" the gum tree
Global average temperature is expected to rise to almost 2C above preindustrial in the next five years, according to the WMO, with falls in crop yields and more than a third of the world’s population being exposed to extreme heat.
People, I'm sorry but we have to deal with this. Later is too late.
People, I'm sorry but we have to deal with this. Later is too late.
May 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
i may have lost hope
i hope more people have not
in happier news, the black cockatoos keep visiting my garden for nuts and "pruning" the gum tree
i hope more people have not
in happier news, the black cockatoos keep visiting my garden for nuts and "pruning" the gum tree
Reposted by Clare Snow
In light of the terrible decision by the govt to approve the NWS extension, watch this doco on Murujuga Rock Art by @stephenlongaus.bsky.social and @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social
youtube.com/watch?v=Bj9V...
youtube.com/watch?v=Bj9V...
The Fight to Save Murujuga
YouTube video by The Australia Institute
youtube.com
May 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
In light of the terrible decision by the govt to approve the NWS extension, watch this doco on Murujuga Rock Art by @stephenlongaus.bsky.social and @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social
youtube.com/watch?v=Bj9V...
youtube.com/watch?v=Bj9V...
Reposted by Clare Snow
There is definitely a real sneering tone when media outlets describe "outrage from environmentalists" in stories on fossil fuel projects
May 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
There is definitely a real sneering tone when media outlets describe "outrage from environmentalists" in stories on fossil fuel projects
even the UN wants us to "ensure the total removal of degrading acidic emissions, currently impacting upon the petroglyphs of the Murujuga" #Murujuga #Burrup #auspol #UNESCO
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
UN set to knock back World Heritage bid for rock art over emissions concerns
The UN is proposing to knock back Australia's bid to add the Murujuga Cultural Area to the World Heritage list, instead asking the federal government to address concerns about emissions degrading the ...
www.abc.net.au
May 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
even the UN wants us to "ensure the total removal of degrading acidic emissions, currently impacting upon the petroglyphs of the Murujuga" #Murujuga #Burrup #auspol #UNESCO
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
i want to walk into this portal
May 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
i want to walk into this portal
perfect placement of the word crap in this sentence
Ten years ago nobody in their right mind gave a single crap where trans people went to the toilet and the only reason anyone does now is because they were radicalised by Facebook and a handful of insane newspaper columnists and that’s just embarrassing all round
May 28, 2025 at 10:40 AM
perfect placement of the word crap in this sentence
yes we are 🤬
Strong statement from Tuvalu on the threat that North West Shelf represents to our Pacific neighbours.
What a pack of greedy arseholes we'd be if we approve this monster out to 2070.
Via @fossiltreaty.bsky.social
fossilfueltreaty.org/north-west-s...
What a pack of greedy arseholes we'd be if we approve this monster out to 2070.
Via @fossiltreaty.bsky.social
fossilfueltreaty.org/north-west-s...
May 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
yes we are 🤬
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On the day of its fiery AGM, Woodside spilled 16,000 litres of oil into the Indian Ocean north of Ningaloo.
It also thinks a damaging oil spill from it drilling near Scott Reef for Browse gas is "only a mere theoretical possibility."
www.boilingcold.com.au/woodside-spi...
It also thinks a damaging oil spill from it drilling near Scott Reef for Browse gas is "only a mere theoretical possibility."
www.boilingcold.com.au/woodside-spi...
Woodside spills 16,000 litres of oil into Indian Ocean
The company that thinks a damaging oil spill from its planned drilling near Scott Reef is "only a mere theoretical possibility" weeks ago accidentally released a cocktail of hydrocarbons, chemicals an...
www.boilingcold.com.au
May 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
On the day of its fiery AGM, Woodside spilled 16,000 litres of oil into the Indian Ocean north of Ningaloo.
It also thinks a damaging oil spill from it drilling near Scott Reef for Browse gas is "only a mere theoretical possibility."
www.boilingcold.com.au/woodside-spi...
It also thinks a damaging oil spill from it drilling near Scott Reef for Browse gas is "only a mere theoretical possibility."
www.boilingcold.com.au/woodside-spi...
Reposted by Clare Snow
See you in court: Murujuga custodian's message to Environment Minister.
Raelene Cooper is heading to the Federal Court to challenge the govt decision to extend the life of the North West Shelf gas processing plant at Karratha without considering her application to protect ancient rock art.
#auspol
Raelene Cooper is heading to the Federal Court to challenge the govt decision to extend the life of the North West Shelf gas processing plant at Karratha without considering her application to protect ancient rock art.
#auspol
See you in court: Murujuga custodian's message to Environment Minister for approving Woodside's gas plant
Raelene Cooper is heading to the Federal Court to challenge the government decision to extend the life of the North West Shelf gas processing plant at Karratha without considering her application to p...
www.sbs.com.au
May 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM
See you in court: Murujuga custodian's message to Environment Minister.
Raelene Cooper is heading to the Federal Court to challenge the govt decision to extend the life of the North West Shelf gas processing plant at Karratha without considering her application to protect ancient rock art.
#auspol
Raelene Cooper is heading to the Federal Court to challenge the govt decision to extend the life of the North West Shelf gas processing plant at Karratha without considering her application to protect ancient rock art.
#auspol
i'm in love with this photo
source @reuters.com
source @reuters.com
May 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
i'm in love with this photo
source @reuters.com
source @reuters.com
advice from an irl writer
4. Personally, I would recommend avoiding generative AI in your writing at all costs.
May 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
advice from an irl writer
while Radio Free Asia & Benar News are shuttered, Radio Free Europe has secured EU funding
www.dw.com/en/eu-releas...
www.rferl.org/a/photos-of-...
www.dw.com/en/eu-releas...
www.rferl.org/a/photos-of-...
Photos Of The Week: Compelling Images From Our Region
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 21st week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's coverage region.
www.rferl.org
May 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
while Radio Free Asia & Benar News are shuttered, Radio Free Europe has secured EU funding
www.dw.com/en/eu-releas...
www.rferl.org/a/photos-of-...
www.dw.com/en/eu-releas...
www.rferl.org/a/photos-of-...
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A very soggy male Resplendent Quetzal posed for me late in the afternoon last week, right outside my cabin at Paraiso Quetzal Lodge #CostaRica
#birds #nature
#birds #nature
May 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
A very soggy male Resplendent Quetzal posed for me late in the afternoon last week, right outside my cabin at Paraiso Quetzal Lodge #CostaRica
#birds #nature
#birds #nature
"WA Premier Roger Cook continues to deny the rock art has been harmed by recent industrial activity in the area." #Burrup #Murujuga #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Rock art expert accuses WA government of rock art 'propaganda'
One of the world's leading rock art specialists accuses the WA government of burying evidence that shows current pollution levels in the state's north has left ancient petroglyphs resembling "Swiss ch...
www.abc.net.au
May 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
"WA Premier Roger Cook continues to deny the rock art has been harmed by recent industrial activity in the area." #Burrup #Murujuga #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Reposted by Clare Snow
Trump has defunded Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe Benar (Indo pacific news), and Voice of America.....but never fear, China is moving into their airwaves, just as it did when Radio Australia ceased broadcasting to the Pacific.
iview.abc.net.au/show/media-w...
iview.abc.net.au/show/media-w...
Media Watch: Monday 26/5/2025
The Coalition's chaotic split given the Mills and Boon treatment by the media, Trump silences a lonely bastion of journalistic integrity in Asia, and The Chicago Sun-Times reading suggestions a little...
iview.abc.net.au
May 26, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Trump has defunded Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe Benar (Indo pacific news), and Voice of America.....but never fear, China is moving into their airwaves, just as it did when Radio Australia ceased broadcasting to the Pacific.
iview.abc.net.au/show/media-w...
iview.abc.net.au/show/media-w...
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#Drones trailing up to 40km of plastic fibre optic cable are becoming increasingly common on the frontline in #Ukraine. Our new post takes a first look at the risks they pose to wildlife and the wider environment. ceobs.org/plastic-poll... #Україна #BeatPlasticPollution 1/5
Plastic pollution from fibre optic drones may threaten wildlife for years - CEOBS
We explore the environmental risks associated with the use of drones using fibre optic cables to protect them from electronic warfare.
ceobs.org
May 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
#Drones trailing up to 40km of plastic fibre optic cable are becoming increasingly common on the frontline in #Ukraine. Our new post takes a first look at the risks they pose to wildlife and the wider environment. ceobs.org/plastic-poll... #Україна #BeatPlasticPollution 1/5