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Science-following, mask-wearing, tree-hugging, nature-loving, indoor-cat lady and progressive snowflake. πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ & πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί. Living in Bendigo on Dja Dja Wurrung Country. Has worked in 🍁 πŸ‡°πŸ‡ͺ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡­. πŸ’œπŸ€β™ οΈπŸ–€

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Private buildings, public land: how Australia’s national parks became a battleground between conservation and commerce Developers argue that eco-tourism helps β€˜underfunded’ parks but former Greens leader Bob Brown says the idea of wilderness lodges is an β€˜oxymoron’ When the Gardens of Stone in the Blue Mountains was declared a state conservation area in 2022, it should have been cause of great celebration for Keith Muir. Instead, the plans put forward by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) for the nature reserve make him weep. β€œThe geology is spectacular,” he says of the nature reserve. β€œThe pagoda landforms are sculptured natural artworks, that is the only way to describe them. They are symphonies in stone.” Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

Private buildings, public land: how Australia’s national parks became a battleground between conservation and commerce

07.03.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThe study suggests that acute COVID-19, regardless of Long COVID status, is linked to an increased risk of car crashes presumably due to neurologic changes caused by SARS-CoV-2. These findings underscore the need for further research into the neuropsychological impacts of COVID-19…”

07.03.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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Iran Red Crescent says 6,668 civilian sites targeted in US-Israeli attacks The Iranian Red Crescent Society said that 6,668 civilian locations have been targeted in attacks carried out by the US and Israel, including thousands of homes and dozens of public service facilit…

This is the lesson that Israel learned from Gaza. The world will do nothing as they bomb schools, hospitals, and apartment buildings.

07.03.2026 20:49 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Don't go to Lygon Street, then. It almost makes me forget how much I hate big cities.

07.03.2026 12:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My take. Every year. (Yes that’s my hand writing). bsky.app/profile/emil...

07.03.2026 11:16 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Graves being dug for 100’s of slaughtered school children

Photo Graves being dug for 100’s of slaughtered school children

Seeing graves this small should stop the world.
On the ground war looks like this: children buried before they had the chance to grow up.
Meanwhile the men who authorise & escalate wars do so from safe rooms, far from the bombs. Rapist felons make decisions, & ordinary people bury their children.

04.03.2026 22:11 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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⭐ Long Covid Awareness Day - Sunday 15 March 2026

How can you help? Donate, Learn and Share so we can continue our work in research, advocacy and support to help those living with Long Covid.

Donate using this link: www.justgiving.com/campaign/lon...

#LongCovid #LongCovidAwarenessDay

05.03.2026 11:01 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We've got a baby, we can feast!
We can dine three days at least.
Baby blood and baby bones.
Baby butter for the baby scones!

05.03.2026 14:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The thing about bullies is that they never expect anyone to push back.

If only more of our governments had some Cojones EspaΓ±oles.

05.03.2026 14:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gang-gang Cockatoos Who does not have a soft spot for Gang-gangs?Β  The male’s forward curling bright red wispy crest, the distinctive raspy, creaking, rusty hin...

"After four years since their installation none of the Gang-gang nest boxes have been used by any bird species. We now understand Gang-gangs will not use artificial nest boxes. The future of endangered Gang-gangs depends on large old hollow trees"

avithera.blogspot.com/2026/03/gang...

05.03.2026 08:18 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Just learned that if you disable "Copilot and Other AI" in your Teams lecture, it will also disable automatic recording/transcription. This is to "prevent Microsoft 365 Copilot from accessing any sensitive information that may have been shared"

04.03.2026 05:17 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
Screenshot of a Daily Mail article titled β€œCatching Covid significantly raises the risk of developing kidney disease, researchers find,” published 1 March 2026. Below the headline is a medical illustration of a semi-transparent human torso showing internal organs, with both kidneys highlighted in bright red. A caption notes kidney disease affects about 7.2 million Britons and occurs when the kidneys, which filter toxins, stop working properly.

Screenshot of a Daily Mail article titled β€œCatching Covid significantly raises the risk of developing kidney disease, researchers find,” published 1 March 2026. Below the headline is a medical illustration of a semi-transparent human torso showing internal organs, with both kidneys highlighted in bright red. A caption notes kidney disease affects about 7.2 million Britons and occurs when the kidneys, which filter toxins, stop working properly.

"Catching COVID significantly raises the risk of developing kidney disease, researchers find"

"The virus was found to increase the chances that patients will develop the incurable condition by around 50 per cent."

Source: archive.md/Z87bA

03.03.2026 01:55 πŸ‘ 140 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

"I am Clamp the Mighty Limpet, I am solid, I am stuck,
I am welded to the rockface with my super-human suck"
~ Pam Ayers

04.03.2026 12:40 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mission accomplished.

03.03.2026 22:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Stay safe. I hope you can relocate soon.

03.03.2026 22:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Our pets really help keep us grounded, don't they? I don't know how I'd survive this dumpster hellfire of a world we find ourselves in without my snugglebum of a cat.

03.03.2026 22:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One hundred fucking percent THIS.

03.03.2026 22:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Needed to replenish my car's fuel tank yesterday as it was very low. Bad timing. There were long queues at the servo with everyone filling up before anticipated price hikes due to the war.

03.03.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m so pissed off about this. 🀬

03.03.2026 20:17 πŸ‘ 135 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2
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Far-right β€˜gangster morality’ and the search for meaning: why you should read Camus

Philosopher and writer Albert Camus defined gangster morality as β€˜an inexhaustible round of triumph and revenge, defeat and resentment’. Sound familiar?

03.03.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m always telling my kids, β€œLife didn’t used to be like this! THIS IS NOT NORMAL.”

03.03.2026 15:52 πŸ‘ 226 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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What you need to know about Iran today, with Laura Tingle The ABC's global affairs editor, Laura Tingle, is in Dubai and will bring daily updates from the Middle East war.

Laura Tingle is stuck in Dubai due to airspace closures. She gives an update of what's happening there. I welcome her reports as they're unlikely to be tainted by propaganda.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

03.03.2026 21:54 πŸ‘ 131 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3

The gap between what Australians need & what their government funds.

Between the billions for submarines & the crumbs for housing.

Between the million-dollar salaries for political appointees & the women dying because domestic violence services are stretched beyond breaking point.

#Auspol

02.03.2026 09:47 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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#Leftists

27.02.2026 22:54 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Screenshot of an article headline in Bloomberg: How Covid Quietly Rewires the Brain

Researchers keep discovering more about the long-term neurological effects of SARS-CoV-2.

Screenshot of an article headline in Bloomberg: How Covid Quietly Rewires the Brain Researchers keep discovering more about the long-term neurological effects of SARS-CoV-2.

β€œIf Covid is quietly accelerating cognitive aging… in working-age adults, the consequences will ripple through workplaces & health systems for years.”

β€œThe incidence & prevalence of Alzheimer’s is going to just escalate,” he says. β€œIt’s a huge public-health problem.” #LongCovid

26.02.2026 01:14 πŸ‘ 139 πŸ” 70 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 15

The phrase β€œpreemptive strike” is as insulting as when we were sold β€œhumanitarian pauses” in the middle of a live-streamed genocide. The powerful looking you straight in the face and telling you your common sense simply doesn’t matter.

28.02.2026 07:27 πŸ‘ 1815 πŸ” 568 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 5

At least I managed to get back to see πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ family six months before WWIII started. Although, I think it actually began when πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί invaded πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ and our governments sat did nothing. Putin, Netanyahu, and their US Puppet saw what they could get away with.

Does anyone have the courage and means to stop them?

28.02.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Collating the recent escalation of fascist state fuckery in Australia - The Shot As the shattering of the comfortable illusion of Western democracy enters its Epstein-drenched speedrunning phase, a number of disturbing developments...

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Collating the recent escalation of fascist state fuckery in Australia

"...in isolation, each of these incidents amounts to state and/or corporate overreach. Our rights...are all being deliberately squashed by an increasingly militarised, draconian, authoritarian ruling class." πŸ’₯🎯πŸ’₯ #auspol

28.02.2026 08:54 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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28.02.2026 00:14 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

That thought crosses my uninfected mind on an almost daily basis.

28.02.2026 13:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0