AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"

Just as night follows day, so shall the Season of Many Eggs be followed by the Season of Ridiculous Broody Chickens 🥚🥚🥚🐥💥🥚

Am so glad someone got pictures of the glorious Story Dogs! (I was too busy slandering them for not being able to actually read to do this myself 🐶 📚 🧡)

bronte lee@brontelee.bsky.social · 3w ago

i’m at @tasbiophiliac.bsky.social’s book launch!! these gorgeous story dogs are monty (golden) and riley (border collie)

Only one more sleep before the "Maya Follows Her Nose" launch party, and it's all coming together! 🥳🚨 Story Dogs? - primed! 🐕‍🦺📚 Koalas? Opinionated! 📣🐨 Biscuits? Getting their fancy sprinkles glow-up as we speak ✨ 🍪✨ Look forward to seeing some of you there! 🐨🐶📚🥳 #storydogs #kidlit #dogsky

Nic Gill@tasbiophiliac.bsky.social · last mo.

🚨“Maya Follows Her Nose” Launch Party is GO! 🐨🐶📚🥳 Come join us in celebrating the launch of the first book in our new SNIFF SQUAD series at Hobart’s Fullers Bookshop on Tuesday 13th October from 4:30PM. Here’s the booking link — hope to see you there! 🥳 www.trybooking.com/au/event/165... 🐨🐶📚💚🥳

This has been an open secret in Australia for some time, with the federal government going to great lengths to *appear* as if they have effective climate policy, while rubber stamping mine after mine. It's disgraceful, and they are not held to account for it.

Prof Ian Hall@ianhall.bsky.social · last mo.

The planning contradiction is impressively neat: it accepts that 809Mt of GHG emissions will worsen global warming. It says leaving the coal in the ground would make a difference …then approves the mine anyway. Climate science only matters up until the decision. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I trained 300 wolves to eat humans and put them hungry in my poorly-fenced back garden, and they escaped and ate your grandma! Please wake up to the existential risks of wolves before we put them in charge of driving buses!

The Independent@the-independent.com · last mo.

An OpenAI system has gone rogue again – and it is the most panic-inducing yet

🚨“Maya Follows Her Nose” Launch Party is GO! 🐨🐶📚🥳 Come join us in celebrating the launch of the first book in our new SNIFF SQUAD series at Hobart’s Fullers Bookshop on Tuesday 13th October from 4:30PM. Here’s the booking link — hope to see you there! 🥳 www.trybooking.com/au/event/165... 🐨🐶📚💚🥳

Sniff Squad Maya Follows Her Nose | Nic Gill in Conversation

Come along for the official launch of Maya Follows Her Nose written by Nic Gill and illustrated throughout by Jake A Minton. It’s the first book in th

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Gromit is now six! And will accept all the birthday perks available to him in the absence of his interfering co-woofers 🎾🐕🎂🍖🥳

“Maya Follows Her Nose” can now officially be found in the wild! 🐨🐶📚💚🥳 Thanks to everyone who helped tell Maya and Rom's story, and especially to Jake Minton for his absolutely fabulous illos. Please consider buying a copy from your local bookshop - my long-suffering dogs thank you in advance 🐨🐶📚

Something nice to read over your Sunday coffee - we just published an updated gang-gang cockatoo chapter with @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social Read about these gorgeously silly birds - some cute videos in there too. birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/...

Gang-gang Cockatoo - Callocephalon fimbriatum - Birds of the World

Species accounts for all the birds of the world.

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Morello has been practicing her emergency recalls. This was one of the less terrifying ones.

This is a much bigger problem than the ABC report indicates. This homophobe is not a "failed candidate" yet. If either One Nation MLC quits parliament, dies or is disqualified in this term, then he will be elected. #wapol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

Failed One Nation candidate says gay people have a mental illness

A failed One Nation candidate in WA describes gay people as having a mental illness in an offensive new video posted on social media.

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I know we don't have an approved mammal-specific H5N1 vaccine ready for native mammals, my question is _why_? Why has this not been made a high priority, given we've had _years_ and many of Australia's threatened, range-restricted mammal species are at risk? thenightly.com.au/australia/h5...

Mammals ‘highly vulnerable’, should be vaccinated: expert

A leading ecologist has asked why Australian mammals have been left behind as the Commonwealth rolls out a vaccine program for threatened birds.

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It's my final week as a Guardian cartoonist ☹️ and here's my third last cartoon. It's a gamblin' one www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Will the government get it right on gambling reform? | Fiona Katauskas

Anthony Albanese is weighing up the options

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Zorro rarely misses an opportunity to hop up onto anything that will give him an altitude upgrade, but as soon as you ask him to do it, his passion project magically converts to a profit-focussed side-hustle 🦴🐶 🍪

Preorders are now open! The first book in the new SNIFF SQUAD series, "Maya Follows Her Nose" can now be pre-ordered from UWA Publishing! 🐨🐶📚🥳 uwap.uwa.edu.au/products/may...

Maya Follows Her Nose

Sniff Squad book 1 by Nic Gill and Jake A Minton. When Maya the border collie is abandoned at the local animal shelter, she’s scared she’ll never find a forever home. But just as her hope starts to fa...

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As the EOFY bears down on us like a muddy spaniel with a tennis ball, please consider supporting the Story Dogs’ work with a donation, and help create a safe, joyful space where kids can develop a love of reading with a non-judgmental furry friend by their side 📚🐶🧒🏾 www.storydogs.org.au/donate-today

Exciting first for me this week - an article in Books and Publishing announcing my first kid’s series, SNIFF SQUAD! Am so stoked to be working with the excellent UWA Publishing on all four books, to be illustrated by talented sparkle pony Jake Minton 🐶📚🥳 www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202...

UWA Publishing acquires Sniff Squad series | Books+Publishing

Purchase a subscription to view job ads and other premium content on Books+Publishing.

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Somewhat resentfully back at work after two weeks off, with a lurgy I must’ve picked up on the plane 🤧Fortunately, my co-woofers have a much better attitude to work this week than I do

Plant nerds - how cool is this?! Bushwalkers in SW Tasmania stumble across new population of super rare triploid clone, King’s Lomatia 👑 🌱 tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/very-ex...

New site of critically endangered Tasmanian species found

A group of bushwalkers walking in remote southwest Tasmania has discovered a new population of a critically endangered plant, King’s lomatia.

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Zorro had to have a little operation a few days ago to deal with a small lump under his eyelid. He’s taking to “confinement” and effectively zero exercise exactly as well as you might expect 💥📣🐕

This Wednesday 15th April, I will have the absolute delight of chatting with the one and only Trace Balla at Fullers Bookshop in nipaluna/Hobart about her new graphic memoir, “Treeshape” 🌳📚💚 I know Trace's books are important to many of you, so wondered what *you* would like to hear her talk about?

It may be Easter, a festival of rebirth and renewal, but whoever is in charge of engineering unnecessarily stubborn stickers is definitely going to Hell ☠️

Gromit was disappointed that we wouldn’t let him enter his impressive marrow at the Bream Creek Show this weekend. But he’s still very proud of his work 🪏

Yesssterday, we had an unexpected visitor in our garden. This is a juvenile tiger snake, likely one to two years old. Her slightly frosty-looking colouration apparently indicates that she is likely soon to shed her skin 🐍 ❄️

It’s been a year of sometimes precipitous ups and downs, but one of the definite ups has been beginning to work professionally with the lovely Sarah McKenzie! Not only is she a very smart and supportive agent, she also has excellent taste in Christmas cards - thanks for everything Sarah! 📕 ✍️ 😇 📚

Delighted to be the incoming President for the Australasian Conservation Dog Network (ACDN)! 🐕‍🦺 Today, the dogs and I celebrated these new responsibilities by heading into the field to sniff out random animal body parts, and by playing a little scat hide’n’seek 🐦 🦇 💩

Are you looking for a christmas present for a creative person? Hoo boy do we have the auction for you. Hundreds of creatives from 20 countries are raising funds for people fleeing Genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan. Huge names, huge items! Bid here! app.galabid.com/creatives4su... Art by @raafaye, insta

Brisbane Friends! Book launch party alert!🐨🐶📕🥳 Rom and I are beary excited to be launching "Bear to the Rescue" at the excellent Where The Wild Things Are Bookshop on December 3 from 4.30pm! 🐕🐨 Reserve a spot via the link👇 Hope to see you there! 📚🐕💕 wherethewildthingsare.com.au/pages/13509-...

Tiny, senselessly broody chickens will never not be hilarious 🐥 🐥 #NoRoosterNoProblem