Zoo animals to get more space in 'long overdue' welfare reforms
Zoo animals to get more space in 'long overdue' welfare reforms
New government guidance is brought in to modernise practice for the first time in more than a decade.
bbc.com
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@aptronym.bsky.social
Mental detritus etc and so forth. As seen on the internet since last century. Occasional Flathead Valley Police Blotter amanuensis. Gadigal, Australia.
What Are People Still Doing on X? archive.md/wrwlC
aptronym@aptronym.bsky.social · last yr.So - have more of those govt organisations/ departments, educational institutions, libraries, similar bodies and well, individuals still at the other place left after Muskrat lobbied Trump to push that Oval Office BS about white genocide in South Africa (and stood there watching the farce)?
The detailing of Farshad Mehdizadeh’s Goldstan Residence building in Iran is looking sharp Left is a construction photo, right is how the whole apartment building will look
The man told Noticias Telemundo that authorities took his ID from his wallet and told him it was fake before handcuffing him.
U.S. citizen with REAL ID handcuffed and held in immigration raid before being released
The man told Noticias Telemundo that authorities took his ID from his wallet and told him it was fake before handcuffing him.
nbcnews.to
@drng.bsky.social @noodlefish.bsky.social @realcrunchylatte.bsky.social LMAO every bit as third-rate scammy as expected. archive.md/hC37p
N. Korea in 'strongest strategic position' in decades: U.S. intel report | Yonhap News Agency en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...
N. Korea in 'strongest strategic position' in decades: U.S. intel report | Yonhap News Agency
By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, May 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korea stands in its "strongest...
en.yna.co.kr
Mining company Rio Tinto blasted two 47,000-year-old rock shelters in 2020. An archaeologist says destruction continues "almost on a daily basis".
Five years on, experts say laws that allowed Juukan Gorge destruction remain
Mining company Rio Tinto blasted two 47,000-year-old rock shelters in 2020. An archaeologist says destruction continues "almost on a daily basis".
abc.net.au
Elon Musk’s Tesla met with senior civil servants several times to push the Government to fast-track its self-driving cars, The i Paper can reveal. Read more: trib.al/Nxa7Dnr
People who start changing what they say mid stream without batting an eyelid to support their 'argument' when their argument is being refuted i.e. they're not incorrect because that's no what they said. 2.0 does this, amongst many things.
"Billionaire Elon Musk’s DOGE team is expanding use of his AI chatbot Grok in the US federal government to analyze data, said three people familiar with the matter, potentially violating conflict-of-interest laws and putting at risk sensitive information on millions of Americans."
Exclusive: Musk’s DOGE expanding his Grok AI in US government, raising conflict concerns
Elon Musk’s DOGE team is expanding use of his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok in the federal government to analyze data, said three people familiar with the matter, potentially putting at risk sensitive information on millions of Americans.
reuters.com
EU’s ‘chocolate crisis’ worsened by climate breakdown, researchers warn. Cocoa one of six commodities vulnerable to environmental threats in ‘extremely worrying picture’ for food resilience. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
EU’s ‘chocolate crisis’ worsened by climate breakdown, researchers warn
Cocoa one of six commodities vulnerable to environmental threats in ‘extremely worrying picture’ for food resilience
theguardian.com
It is 1942. Nazi-Germany is heavily losing at Stalingrad, thousands die at the eastern front. Yet it still finds reason and time to publish a study about fairy abductions.
The Sunderland Collection Acquires Cao Junyi's A Complete Map of All Under Heaven www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-n...
The Sunderland Collection Acquires Cao Junyi's 'A Complete Map of All Under Heaven'
One of only three known surviving copies of A Complete Map of All Under Heaven by Cao Junyi (1644) has been acquired by The Sunderland Collection, the other two copies held by the National Archive in ...
finebooksmagazine.com
Japan's new agriculture minister pledged on Friday to quickly move rice from government stockpiles to store shelves where it would be offered at prices significantly lower than current levels.
Japan pledges immediate rice price cuts to stop shift to foreign brands
The government has been releasing some of its stockpiled rice since March but that has yet to translate to lower supermarket prices.
japantimes.co.jp
Good news and well done the people behind this. 🧪 #nature @euanritchie.bsky.social cosmosmagazine.com/nature/anima...
Quolls reintroduced to Flinders Ranges are thriving
Native Australian quolls and possums are thriving in the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park in South Australia after they were first reintroduced.
cosmosmagazine.com
"Tiger mosquitoes are increasingly spreading across Europe as climate change makes environmental conditions more habitable, raising the risk that vector-borne diseases once limited to the tropics become endemic across the continent."
POLITICO Europe@politico.eu · last yr.French regions are waging war against tiger mosquitoes as the country records rising cases of tropical diseases such as dengue, zika and chikungunya.
Did you know that #beekeeping is a major industry in #Ukraine, and that they were targeted during the Russian invasion? Myself and the Ambassadors for Slovenia and Belgium were interviewed ahead of the major World Bee Day events coming up this Saturday! www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
The ruthless way honey bees survive the winter and how they are helping Ukraine - ABC listen
When the head beekeeper of Parliament House Cold said cold weather leads honey bees to kill off all the the male bees in the hive, it created a buzz amongst our guests, bee enthusiasts and diplomats, ...
abc.net.au
Reminder that Maye Musk's parents were techno-fascists who moved to South Africa because they were fans of apartheid www.newyorker.com/news/daily-c...
The World According to Elon Musk’s Grandfather
What happened to antisemitic rants before social media.
newyorker.com
LibertyandTruth@libertyandtruth.bsky.social · last yr.Please get my mom help if I am in my 50s, and my mom shares testing from my teenage years on social media to help me feel good about myself. Then get me help if I feel the need to respond to that post further expounding on those test results. Pathetic. www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-te...
There's still time to apply for our Ronald Duncan Stipends for South-West Writing! ✏️ There are 3 stipends available for writers to explore our incredible archives and to inspire new creative works. 📆 Deadline: 15 June ⬇️ More info and apply
LibGuides: Archives and Special Collections: Ronald Duncan Stipend for Southwest Writing
LibGuides: Archives and Special Collections: Ronald Duncan Stipend for Southwest Writing
libguides.exeter.ac.uk
Exeter City of Literature@exetercityoflit.bsky.social · last yr.An opportunity for local writers to explore University of Exeter's Special Collections library! 🔸£2,000 stipend to support your time and expenses 🔸 Up to £500 for outreach and engagement activities Find out more about this creative writing stipend: www.exetercityofliterature.com/creative-opp...
🚨Over 25,000 people have been newly displaced in Mozambique in a matter of weeks. They join close to 1.3 million people who have been uprooted by the armed conflict, back-to-back cyclones and drought.
"Albanese says extreme weather events...are becoming more frequent and intense as a fifth body has been found in the disaster-hit region." What the PM didn't say: 'It would be irresponsible of us to approve any more gas fields or coal mines.' #hypocrisy #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW flooding: PM delivers climate crisis warning as flood-hit region braces for strong winds and fifth body found
Anthony Albanese acknowledges home insurance now a ‘real challenge’ as government announces disaster assistance for 19 local council areas in NSW
theguardian.com
I guess we'll find out how much 'the unions' influence what the ALP does
Australian Unions@australianunions.bsky.social · last yr.ACTU statement on Gaza
Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection reminded high-risk groups to get their Covid boosters, as Covid levels will likely remain relatively high for the next few weeks, but also noted infections are now relatively mild, so the general public need not be overly concerned
Joel Chan@kjoules.org · last yr.Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Covid-19 summary, week to May 17 - Trend: Cresting / high - 977 cases ↓65 (6%) vs prev week - 27 severe/death cases ↑9 - 5 deaths ↓2 - Samples positivity rate 13.80% (vs 13.66% prev week) - Wastewater surveillance: ↑9% - Dominant variant among cases: JN.1 & its variants (XDV, NB.1.8.1)
