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Plants, ecology and society, amongst many interests Living on Bundjalung country Aust

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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS@euanritchie.bsky.social · 5d ago

This article is excellent. It speaks volumes about how governments take so many in the environmental and conservation sectors and communities for granted theconversation.com/australia-ha.... As H5N1 begins to spread and devastate Australian wildlife the dire consequences of this are evident.

Australia has long relied on volunteers and wildlife carers. As bird flu spreads, they will need support

Volunteers have been a mainstay of conservation in Australia. As bird flu spreads, they must be supported – and kept safe.

theconversation.com

Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 2w ago

But of course, read the whole thread. Grateful for Cory Doctorow, and grateful he writes about Silicon Valley with a flamethrower....

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 2w ago

As an economic pathology, AI is *extraordinary*. AI boosters have spent a baffling and terrifying sum of money - over $1.4T, most of that in the past year - on the promise of making as many workers unemployed as possible, while lowering the wages of the meager survivors of this jobspocalypse. 3/

Royce Kurmelovs@roycerk2.bsky.social · 2w ago

Breaking: The Supreme Court of Western Australia has thrown out Woodside's civil claim against activists associated with Disrupt Burrup Hub, a legal action labelled a SLAPP Suit by the activists and observers. The court found Woodside failed to make out its claim. For background, see below.

Woodside's three-year-war on a music teacher

Woodside Energy spent three years branding community campaigners 'extremists'. Now they're dragging them back to court.

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Antipoverty Centre@antipovertycentre.org · 3w ago

Amanda Rishworth and the Albanese government love giving billions of dollars in public money to make millionaires off the backs of poor people. Great report from CICTAR showing the legal way job agencies profit from poverty. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

Private firms profit as Australia's job system fails workers, report finds

A new report argues Australia's employment services system is failing jobseekers, while filling the pockets private equity and millionaires.

abc.net.au

John Birmingham@birmo.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Among GenX One Nation is polling north of 40% on the primary vote. Among Gen Z voters reporting exactly the same stress the Greens are polling at 40%. It’s the very same symptoms, in other words, but wildly different prescriptions for a cure." WTF GenX

Gen X and the Repossession Fantasy

I remember exactly where I was when I first picked up a copy of Douglas Coupland’s Generation X. In the offices of The Independent Monthly, a magazine I wrote for, now gone, like most magazines.

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stranger@strangerous.bsky.social · 3w ago

Yasser Bakri reveals the shocking ordeal a Palestinian Australian student endured when seeking special cons. to grieve family killed by Israel in Gaza— inc forcing her to obtain death certificates for each family member killed. ANU’s Joan Leach insists she doesn’t know. Outrageous.

Marcus Kelson@marcuskelson.bsky.social · 4w ago

now I don't know if people not in Australia can access ABC iview, but if you've never seen the hilarious Death in Brunswick with the beautiful Sam Neill and the equally incredible John Clarke, definitely worth a look at a couple of idiot larrikins... iview.abc.net.au/video/ZX0410...

Death In Brunswick

Down-on-his-luck Carl Fitzgerald falls for Sophie while working as a cook, but things get complicated when he accidentally kills a fellow worker. Now he must turn to his best friend Dave to help him d...

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stranger@strangerous.bsky.social · 4w ago

Jewish Australian Yasmin Johnson says to claim ‘River to the sea’ is antisemitic because some Jews are offended, is a “smear on the Palestine movement” Says during the civil rights era, racist white ppl also claimed to be threatened by black ppl. Feelings weren’t the point.💥

Joel Jenkins@boganintel.bsky.social · last mo.

"@JacintaAllanMP may hope that “Australians reconnect with what Israel” by merging Victorian hospitals with them, but she hopes in vain" My latest: 'Victorians feel sick as Allan toasts Israel and announces hospital partnership' open.substack.com/pub/joeljenk...

Victorians feel sick as Allan toasts Israel and announces hospital partnership

The Victorian Premier’s deal with Israel is a symptom of a sick, compromised political class.

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AliceK - globalise the innitafucker@coalisdead.bsky.social · last mo.

Australia’s safeguard mechanism is stopping large emitters from cutting ‘real emissions’ #auspol #predicted #fuckery reneweconomy.com.au/australias-f...

Australia's flagship climate policy “failing miserably” to cut actual emissions, says report

A new report says Australia’s flagship climate policy “is failing miserably” to achieve its goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions due to its “overwhelming reliance" on carbon offsets.

reneweconomy.com.au

Jon Piccini@jonpiccini.bsky.social · last mo.

Good piece from @drbenjaminjones.bsky.social. Fact checking One Nation is shooting fish in a barrel. The facts don't matter, it's the emotional claims which make her a success. My take: Progressives should follow the model of Mamdani in NY and build a hopeful, cross racial coalition.

Fact-checking is good journalistic practice. But it will do nothing to stop the rise of Pauline Hanson

Post-truth politics means emotions trump facts. The major parties would be wise to remember this when trying to combat the rise of One Nation.

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