Anntics #difficultwoman
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Bird friend 🦜, Health activist🌏 Sociologist, Armchair Astronomer, zesty nerd. I respect courage, integrity, honour. Member: Women's Honour Roll. Australian.
In The Hague (1882–83), Van Gogh lived with Sien Hoornik, a destitute former sex worker and mother. He offered support and used her as a model—producing drawings that showed survival with raw empathy instead of idealized beauty.
A Bornean Pitcher Plant, Sarawak, Borneo https://www.wikiart.org/en/marianne-north/a-bornean-pitcher-plant-sarawak-borneo-1876
Extreme heat is a “silent killer.” The UN calls for heat-health plans, early warnings and protection for every community. 📰➡️Read more: healthpolicy-watch.news/climate-cris... ✍️ Disha Shetty #ClimateAndHealth #GlobalHealth #HealthPolicy #PlanetaryHealth #PublicHealth
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Melissa Sweet@melissasweetdr.bsky.social · yesterdayRebecca Solnit: "It’s as if we launched a war against nature, and that has turned place after place into something that resembles a war zone. The climate movement is a peace movement, a movement to end this war and its casualties." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
WHA?!?!? Miss V actually jumped from her board to mine! Future star!!!
Can we have this here in Australia? Shoppers should be paid for their efforts in serving themselves #auspol
A thumb-sized fish collected from about 50m in South Australia has been described as a new species. Researchers gave members of this newly recognised genus the common name “sea muppets”. Full story: greatsouthernreef.com/sea-muppets
Talking about buffel in Alice Springs and Canberra, inspecting infestations in Adelaide, going ‘All In’ for Reconciliation, and some gruesome lessons, AW staff have been busy in 2026. Find out more in our Winter 26 issue of Palya! https://www.landscape.sa.gov.au/aw/
I’ve been feeding a brush tail possum I’ve named Wonky, for about a month now. Last night she brought a little surprise with her 🥰 #wildlife #WonkythePossum
Night night sweet dreamies If today asked a little too much of you, don’t measure yourself by what you couldn’t do. Measure yourself by the courage it took to keep going.
Ants normally use about 24% of their energy for brain functions, but when food-deprived, this percentage nearly doubles to 45%. Preferential energy allocation to the brain has previously been found in humans and other mammals. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/kVkU50ZwbrB
Everist Pond in northern Canberra Australia is home to many aquatic plants and Swans, Coots, Purple Swamphens, Wood Ducks and other water birds.
Afternoon snacks for Crimson Rosella, Sulphur Crested Cockatoo and Sparrows.
A mature male Sulphur Crested Cockatoo posed quietly for some close ups. 1
Coots and a Swan on Everist Pond in northern Canberra Australia on a very cold day 040826
🌱 I did some early morning gardening and was joined by a faithful friend who appears every time I am in my tiny garden.
Sleepy-head 😴🤣@robcrank68.bsky.social has decided today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BestOfJuly New Holland Honeyeater #birds #birdphotography #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat #BirdsSeenIn2026
Sliabh Rua, like a giant, coiled, stone serpent. As seen from the Burren National park. County Clare, Ireland. Cormacscoast.com walking tours
If you're a gardener and this resonates with you, you belong in our free regenerative gardening community at LearnDirt.com 🌱
Soil sealing prevents cities from cooling naturally and increases flood risks. Soil sealing: easy to do, hard to undo. Healthy soils absorb water, help reduce flooding and build resilience to climate extremes. #SoilHealth #GreenCities #ElNiño
Pterostylis barbata - Bird Orchid The Bird Orchid has to be one of our more unique looking orchids but you can certainly see where its common name comes from. Endemic to the southwest of Western Australia, flowering July to September. #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling 🌿
