Zara
@zarap.bsky.social
Mostly I talk about myself, climate change, environment, probably some tech and governance stuff and Malaysia and UK stuff. And myself (must emphasise!). The little meowster in my avatar is Kavi.
Can't believe it's 2025 and governments still think this is a good idea.
Indonesia calls in military to help clear forests at rapid pace share.google/JwITujo6R3Yj...
Indonesia calls in military to help clear forests at rapid pace share.google/JwITujo6R3Yj...
Indonesia calls in military to help clear forests at rapid pace
Deforestation under way on 3mn hectares for state-backed food project
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December 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Can't believe it's 2025 and governments still think this is a good idea.
Indonesia calls in military to help clear forests at rapid pace share.google/JwITujo6R3Yj...
Indonesia calls in military to help clear forests at rapid pace share.google/JwITujo6R3Yj...
‘Magical’ galaxy frogs disappear after reports of photographers destroying their habitats | Amphibians | The Guardian share.google/5tXSgdq0NWlV...
‘Magical’ galaxy frogs disappear after reports of photographers destroying their habitats
Researcher in Kerala rainforest sounds alarm after being told frogs had died after being handled by humans
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December 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
‘Magical’ galaxy frogs disappear after reports of photographers destroying their habitats | Amphibians | The Guardian share.google/5tXSgdq0NWlV...
A random memory - mostly cause I wish Bongocat had this. Do you guys remember ICQ chat rooms? And then you could press Ctrl+... something... and it would play the big foghorn. Hilarious.
December 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM
A random memory - mostly cause I wish Bongocat had this. Do you guys remember ICQ chat rooms? And then you could press Ctrl+... something... and it would play the big foghorn. Hilarious.
Someone tell me again why I'm planning and spending three months salary on a party where I don't even get to choose what I wear?
December 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Someone tell me again why I'm planning and spending three months salary on a party where I don't even get to choose what I wear?
Really quite alien looking
December 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Really quite alien looking
Me: Just sitting here minding my own business, working a bit on my puter.
My asthma: Hey wouldn't it be fun to struggle to breathe?
My asthma: Hey wouldn't it be fun to struggle to breathe?
December 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Me: Just sitting here minding my own business, working a bit on my puter.
My asthma: Hey wouldn't it be fun to struggle to breathe?
My asthma: Hey wouldn't it be fun to struggle to breathe?
The way the US is stamping all over human rights right now - if it were a developing country other countries would already be stepping in and condemning it.
December 7, 2025 at 5:25 AM
The way the US is stamping all over human rights right now - if it were a developing country other countries would already be stepping in and condemning it.
You ever randomly think of a way to explain an answer to a math question your friend asked about 25 years ago?
Just me? Okay.
Just me? Okay.
December 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
You ever randomly think of a way to explain an answer to a math question your friend asked about 25 years ago?
Just me? Okay.
Just me? Okay.
HI I'M OVERWHELMED. okthxbai
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
HI I'M OVERWHELMED. okthxbai
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There is nothing you can do about Trump calling that reporter Piggy, and that is frustrating, but what you CAN do is if you're ever around a man who talks about someone like that, shut him down. Tell him right then it's vile and wrong. Call that shit out.
November 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
There is nothing you can do about Trump calling that reporter Piggy, and that is frustrating, but what you CAN do is if you're ever around a man who talks about someone like that, shut him down. Tell him right then it's vile and wrong. Call that shit out.
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He’s held to zero standards, and yet he’s the highest officeholder in the land.
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
He’s held to zero standards, and yet he’s the highest officeholder in the land.
Adventures with a flat, part 1. Cleared my boot. Located my spare. Unscrewed the cute pink thing that keeps the spare in place. But... Where are my tools and jack???
November 18, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Adventures with a flat, part 1. Cleared my boot. Located my spare. Unscrewed the cute pink thing that keeps the spare in place. But... Where are my tools and jack???
I got hearing aids a few weeks ago to address my genetically caused "hear-like-a-grandma" issues. I've been super lazy to wear them while I'm just in the house by myself but I've just put them on to hear the rain.
November 17, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I got hearing aids a few weeks ago to address my genetically caused "hear-like-a-grandma" issues. I've been super lazy to wear them while I'm just in the house by myself but I've just put them on to hear the rain.
Was dress shopping yesterday - not a "yay! Dress shopping!" but "omg I need to find a dress, this is such a chore". At one point this little kid decided to yell "ta dah!" every time I came out of the dressing room though - that was pretty cool. Kinda needed that!!
November 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Was dress shopping yesterday - not a "yay! Dress shopping!" but "omg I need to find a dress, this is such a chore". At one point this little kid decided to yell "ta dah!" every time I came out of the dressing room though - that was pretty cool. Kinda needed that!!
TwoXChromosomes is a women's subreddit and it covers everything from "partner doesn't wash up" to domestic violence to when to leave a country whose politics are heading towards fascism.
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September 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
TwoXChromosomes is a women's subreddit and it covers everything from "partner doesn't wash up" to domestic violence to when to leave a country whose politics are heading towards fascism.
www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromo...
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NGL, kinda enjoying volunteering as a PA for someone who is spearheading a local action on environmental stuff on the ground.
September 4, 2025 at 6:35 AM
NGL, kinda enjoying volunteering as a PA for someone who is spearheading a local action on environmental stuff on the ground.
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"You can't strike, you're too important" from a judge or government should instantly make you side with the people striking. They're *that* important but they get treated like shit? Nah. Naaaah. Let the government force better conditions.
August 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"You can't strike, you're too important" from a judge or government should instantly make you side with the people striking. They're *that* important but they get treated like shit? Nah. Naaaah. Let the government force better conditions.
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Finally, note: DOGE and the Trump administration are so opposed to remote work that they rushed CDC employees back to the office without active shooter training.
Other security measures failed because of staffing shortages. The shooter killed himself because no one else managed to.
Other security measures failed because of staffing shortages. The shooter killed himself because no one else managed to.
August 17, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Finally, note: DOGE and the Trump administration are so opposed to remote work that they rushed CDC employees back to the office without active shooter training.
Other security measures failed because of staffing shortages. The shooter killed himself because no one else managed to.
Other security measures failed because of staffing shortages. The shooter killed himself because no one else managed to.
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CDC leadership also hasn’t been very communicative. To be fair to them, their staff who would would have dealt with this situation were mostly fired by DOGE.
So my fellow civil servants at the CDC feel abandoned. They are hated with a murderous rage and no one cares.
So my fellow civil servants at the CDC feel abandoned. They are hated with a murderous rage and no one cares.
August 17, 2025 at 1:50 AM
CDC leadership also hasn’t been very communicative. To be fair to them, their staff who would would have dealt with this situation were mostly fired by DOGE.
So my fellow civil servants at the CDC feel abandoned. They are hated with a murderous rage and no one cares.
So my fellow civil servants at the CDC feel abandoned. They are hated with a murderous rage and no one cares.
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But a white guy with a COVID conspiracy manifesto isn’t news at this point. After all, that’s who runs the government now!
The CDC is a part of Health & Human Services, headed by RFK Jr., whose conspiracy-addled ideology is indistinguishable from the motivations of this terrorist.
The CDC is a part of Health & Human Services, headed by RFK Jr., whose conspiracy-addled ideology is indistinguishable from the motivations of this terrorist.
The CDC shooting was public health’s Jan. 6
“In RFK Jr.’s America, it will never be safe to practice public health or medicine," write an epidemiologist and a former CDC staffer.
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August 17, 2025 at 1:47 AM
But a white guy with a COVID conspiracy manifesto isn’t news at this point. After all, that’s who runs the government now!
The CDC is a part of Health & Human Services, headed by RFK Jr., whose conspiracy-addled ideology is indistinguishable from the motivations of this terrorist.
The CDC is a part of Health & Human Services, headed by RFK Jr., whose conspiracy-addled ideology is indistinguishable from the motivations of this terrorist.
My old school campus has been turned into a mall. It's pretty cool actually, but it's led to meet ups with old classmates being "where's [restaurant]?" "9th grade math class" and "meet outside the canteen?" (Canteen no longer exists as a single room and is now a number of shops)
August 18, 2025 at 3:28 AM
My old school campus has been turned into a mall. It's pretty cool actually, but it's led to meet ups with old classmates being "where's [restaurant]?" "9th grade math class" and "meet outside the canteen?" (Canteen no longer exists as a single room and is now a number of shops)
Tried watching A Family Affair and couldn't get through it. They got a firm list of favourite actors/actresses and wrote THAT script??? Plot is a bit meta???
August 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Tried watching A Family Affair and couldn't get through it. They got a firm list of favourite actors/actresses and wrote THAT script??? Plot is a bit meta???
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Alex de Waal has worked on humanitarian causes across the globe for over 40 years.
“There is no case, over those four decades, of such minutely engineered, closely monitored, precisely designed mass starvation of a population as is happening in Gaza today.”
“There is no case, over those four decades, of such minutely engineered, closely monitored, precisely designed mass starvation of a population as is happening in Gaza today.”
July 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Alex de Waal has worked on humanitarian causes across the globe for over 40 years.
“There is no case, over those four decades, of such minutely engineered, closely monitored, precisely designed mass starvation of a population as is happening in Gaza today.”
“There is no case, over those four decades, of such minutely engineered, closely monitored, precisely designed mass starvation of a population as is happening in Gaza today.”
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A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
July 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
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Same, little pepper, same
March 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Same, little pepper, same