A man digs a stuck turtle out of the beach. Original post

Frog hotels IG: @_pollinatorsreserve Snohomish, WA

Tim Costello shocks the Senate after revealing a young man in prison who had his life turned upside down from gambling was being offered drugs & escorts by TAB & SportsBet as inducements “He was given escorts” & “asked, ‘what drugs you like?’” And we’re still just debating ads?

Fascinating … China wins again and again… vt.tiktok.com/ZS4rab2Ke/

Vale Glen Hansard. Such talent, gone way too early.

On the census, to emphasise the secular, do I tick "No religion" or write in "Atheist" in other?

Currently reading "Getting Murdoched" by Andrew Dodd & Matthew Ricketson, Sharri Markson reveals herself as a special case.

Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy@meckeringboy.bsky.social · 6d ago

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... “Dr Anthony Fauci, US’s chief medical adviser at start of the pandemic, described a book by #NewsCorp investigative “journalist” Sharri Markson backing the “lab leak” theory of Covid-19’s origins as a “bunch of nonsense” in his new…diaries.” #BeingMurdoched

"The message is simple: The Pacific wants PM Albanese to lead on climate; the youth demand it. Get on with it, or your legacy is dust." junkee.com/articles/you...

Australian Youth Climate Coalition on COP31 Climate Summit

Australian Youth Climate Coalition on COP31 Climate Summit

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Bush wasn’t the smartest tool in the shed but he could present a medal unlike Bozo.

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝@sundaedivine.lol · last wk.

Today is another one of those uncomfortable times where I find myself looking wistfully back at the Bush Administration.

@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social: Republicans attacking Anthony Fauci is 'one of the darkest days in our Senate's history’ #LastWord

“In Australia, we subsidize the fossil fuel industry, and we charge our kids a fortune to go to uni.” - Australia Institute co-CEO Richard Denniss. Join the call for a national plebiscite to introduce a 25% gas export tax: https://gas-plebiscite.australiainstitute.org.au/

There is a "No Fly" list available.

Hemant Mehta@friendlyatheist.com · last wk.

Evangelist Whitney Lynn says she preaches on planes because she loves “a captive audience.” She's not alone. It's becoming a trend. If spreading your message requires listeners who can't escape, maybe it's not as compelling as you think. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...

Scientists warned us about climate change for decades, and their predictions have proved remarkably accurate. Knowledge was never the problem The failure is structural. Political and economic systems reward those who defend the status quo and punish those who challenge it.

“Let’s set up a camp where we can concentrate all the young people we’ve failed and can’t deal with.” “Concentrate them all in one place? In a camp?” “That’s it, a concentrated centre, in the form of a camp.” “What shall we call this institution that concentrates certain people in a camp?”

Kent Parkstreet@kentparkskeet.bsky.social · last wk.

Bootcamps are always bullshit. Always. Fix your society, put your greedy, ugly, shallow society in a society bootcamp and tell it to shape up. #AusPol

What were the cookers on about. It's far more exciting in Aotearoa with tsunami warnings.

Pesky conscience. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social

All war is an environmental disaster

www.counterpunch.org/2026/07/23/a...

A Dozen Nations Have Entered Solartopia While Trump Leaves U.S Industry to Die

A dozen nations of the world and two US states have officially entered Solartopia. They all now generate more electricity with renewable sources than they

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the US, via @Tesla, started the Modern #EV revolution, fossil fuel and legacy car makers spent billions fighting it. only to allow China to now completely dominate the EV space globally. if only they didn't waste all that $$ fighting the future..

This is a lovely example of a classic greenwashing tactic: the tactical snooze button. 'Don't worry, we'll do the renewables later'. Spoiler alert: they won't. The plan is 100% fossil fuels, 100% of the time. www.afr.com/companies/en...

I know a Polish sound engineer. I know a Czech one, too. No need, I'll see myself out.

Zohran Mamdani was born in 1991, @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social. You two were born in 1963 & 1968, respectively. So you're both old enough to be Mamdani's parent. But oh, how this decent man from a younger generation puts the two of you to immense shame. THIS is Leadership. #auspol

Was anyone living in Australia ever counselled about the need to be respectful when criticizing South Africa's regime of apartheid? Anyone? ANYWHERE in Australia? All I can confirm is that I was not so counselled. #auspol #BondiRC

Tough Fine! This is a tummy tickle ... the cost of doing business. Sucks to live in Kanmantoo if this is the regulation of your amenity. www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...

Tough fine issued over manure piles stinking out Hills town - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia

An Adelaide Hills fertiliser company has been fined after hundreds of community complaints over a stench caused by too-tall manure piles.

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I don't get emotional about celebrities passing very often but, oh! Sam Neill. He gave us some of the most wonderful performances but I've really enjoyed how much he's given of himself in his posts from the farm. Seeing his gentle kindness with animals has been a joy. We've lost a lovely man.

Who is betting on a rollover and a tummy tickle www.afr.com/politics/fed...

Anthropic’s $21b deal hinges on ‘copyright clarity’ but PM in no hurry

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will on Wednesday deliver a landmark speech on AI, but the government is not close to reaching a final position on copyright.

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Incredibly weak sauce from Segal. Hopefully her own ridiculous advocacy will undermine her, and her demands being rejected.