As lethal bird flu spreads in Australian wildlife, it can be easy to think nothing can stop it. That’s an error – much can be done.

Powerless against bird flu? Not entirely. Here are 8 ways to help protect Australia’s birds and mammals

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next time we're picking someone to be the richest person alive I vote we pick someone who isn't also a finalist for stupidest guy alive

Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social · 2d ago

The richest person in the world, an avowed white supremacist, today again posted "the next step is getting rid of 'source code' entirely and just making an efficient binary directly with AI" because he has no idea how anything works, not even the basics of industries he is in.

We opened an ICU that had been shuttered for well over a decade so that a hospital that has 18 MICU beds could fit 46 patients on ventilators

Gabriel Bosslet@gbosslet.bsky.social · 3d ago

RFK Jr said these words today on national television "There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha You are a fucking idiot hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <sobs silently>

Is the Journalism Assistance Fund being funnelled toward left-wing outlets, like Sky News host Andrew Bolt and former Liberal Senator Hollie Hughes have recently suggested? In short, no. Read the full factcheck on The Point: thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...

"If you are seeing this video, it's because I'm too scared to face the ABC" #auspol

I feel like the top public health official in the country shouldn't have a "has probably hunted people for sport" vibe

New blog entry: On the non-use of AI in my writing process: www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...

Was on the train today, and saw a guy board with arms full of books. Sat next down to (evidently) friends, and excitedly declared “There was a book sale!”, then passed out books so his friends could see how interesting they were. I wish I had a group to show my weird books to!

📚🤔 My latest for @climateconnections.bsky.social

This is beautiful Charlie 💋👌 this is going to mess with their heads so badly 😂

Russia commits war crimes every single day

Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 5d ago

It was a massive attack involving dozens of ballistic missiles. Russia killed nine people and injured 28 more, including four children, in Kyiv overnight. Civilian infrastructure was heavily damaged across multiple districts of the city.

At this point in 2026 Bordeaux, France has experienced more days above 40°C (104°F) than it had in the years from 1920 to 2025, and while it would be wrong to say that this is the end of the world, it certainly suggests that the world as we knew it has already ended.

In the latest CFSv2 run for the Nino 3.4 region, there is now no model run that peaks below 4.1°C. Fortunately, cities and local governments around the world are already preparing for what could be the most significant global climate event in 150 years. Oh, wait.

We are watching, in real time, the biggest fuck-up by any president in the history of the United States of America.

“global temperatures are on a trajectory which may even see 2027 nearing 2C warming above pre-industrial levels for the first time.” Not in 2100, not in 2050, but in freaking 2027. #climatecrisis www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

Record-smashing El Niño points to spring of drought and fires

Despite El Niño being months away from peaking, it could potentially trigger Australia's hottest spring on record.

abc.net.au

No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...

Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation

PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...

theonion.com

An autistic man with a special interest in the Harry Potter series has made the decision to value the lives and dignity of his trans friends more than a book about a wizard who grows up to be a cop, sources have reported.

Autistic man with special interest in Harry Potter gets over it, leaving you with no excuse

An autistic man with a special interest in the Harry Potter series has made the decision to value the lives and dignity of his trans friends more than a book about a wizard who grows up to be a cop,…

thedailytism.com

"This was malo because I have una importante meeting el martes with other blancos de Connecticut. ¡Qué disastre! Mi jefe will be angry and also triste. “I’m sorry I forgot inglés,” I’ll say, “but I’ve watched veinte hours of fútbol every día for cinco weeks."

I Watched the Copa Mundial Non-Stop on Telemundo for Cinco Weeks and Now I Don’t Hablar Inglés Anymore

“Hola, Chad aquí, de Greenwich, Connecticut, a muy blanco área of los Estados Unidos. A few weeks ago, I decidir to watch Estados Unidos vs. Paraguay in fútb...

buff.ly

Fuck this

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 2w ago

Proposed $40b, 185ha data centre to use six times Top End's annual electricity consumption

More “horrible“ than ”interesting”. I suspect. I imagine a different world in which the first fleet doctor had heard about cowpox, and variolated all the sailors with that instead of smallpox…

@r-eincarnated2.bsky.social · 2w ago

allthatsinteresting.com/1789-austral...

“These coins will allow Americans to celebrate their nation’s semiquincentennial by collecting 50 of Trump’s sidepieces throughout history,” said U.S. Mint director Paul Hollis

U.S. Mint Unveils Series Of Gold Coins Commemorating President’s Extramarital Affairs

WASHINGTON—Touting the new line of currency as an important way to recognize the many babes bagged by the commander-in-chief over the years, the U.S. Mint announced plans Wednesday to release a series...

theonion.com

Also "GOP doesn't want democracy" isn't an opinion. We have a decade + of GOP leaders saying the whole reason they want to enact all of these voting laws is because they want to limit the ability of groups of people less likely to vote for them to vote. Gonna thread.

I try not to overdo this bit but ... my man is begging for it. Let's go.

PEIPolitical 🇨🇦@peipolitical.bsky.social · 3w ago

Miller: "It's not a coincidence that when you look at these violent Antifa demonstrations not one of the people that is demonstrating looks like a normal person. Not one looks normal. They're all deformed in some way in their appearance, in their dress, in their mannerism." #cdnpoli

@kyracloudy.bsky.social has another article coming out… and it sounds epic! Best aircraft safety analysis on the internet IMO admiralcloudberg.medium.com/progress-upd...

Progress Update: New article coming soon, and a teaser

Hello readers! It’s been a while! Over the past several months, I worry that many of you lost hope that you would see more content from me…

admiralcloudberg.medium.com

I wasn’t ready for this. ☠️ 😭 Low T Pete will never live this down.