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Vern Veitch 1952 AU

@vernv.bsky.social

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🇦🇺 Retired ecologist. Dad to 2 adult daughters & 2 adult puppies. Humanity, anti genocide & ecocide. Polite conversation including criticism welcome. Abuse, porn, religious radicals & bots 🚫. DM's will be muted or 🚫

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Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · Nov 24

Just a quick reminder to all who have either followed me or intend to and that I haven't followed back. If you don't have either a profile or at least a few posts to provide some indication of your interests, I'll just put a follow back on hold until I see something.

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Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 2h

Gutter rats protecting their mates.

Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 4h

Not forgetting that ground level & perhaps even 1st levels will be flood prone. Basement car parking and supporting facilities including electrical substations? Um, no thanks.

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Kimberley Crofts 🍉 @ktcita.bsky.social · 5h

Just perfect that this possibly astroturfed organisation has used AI hallucinated citations in their submission to an inquiry on information integrity

Cam Walker @camwalker.bsky.social · 7h

The group cites Prof Naomi Oreskes, who co-authored the 2010 book Merchants of Doubt. Naomi says "the passage cites my work in a way that is 100% misleading.”

Friends of the Earth Australia @foe.org.au · 7h

'A conservation charity known for its anti-renewables stance has made submissions to federal & state inquiries that name non-existent government authorities & a nonexistent windfarm, & cite scientific articles that the supposed publisher says don’t exist'.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 4h

Team meetings will have the world's biggest supply of fruit loops in one room.

Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 16h

Not at all. Just supporting your opinion.

Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 16h

Many of us who understand the science and care about future generations & the environment Marc.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16h

This is something people who are chatbot-curious should be doing by default: ask it about something you *do know about*, not something you *don't know about*.

Rob of Melbourne @robert24039377.bsky.social · 17h

As an experiment, I asked ChatGPT to give me a walking route in my neighbourhood and to describe the scenery. I've also asked it to describe plot features of movies I've seen. It spews out bullshit.

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 20h

Fri 17 Oct: Climate scientists show for the 1st time how GHG emissions from a fossil fuel development can be linked to human deaths & enviro harms 👉 theconversation.com/for-the-firs...

It's why we keep up our protest of the @albomp.bsky.social gov's approval of Woodside's North West Shelf Extension

Staunch protestors at the weekly Friday vigil outside the allegedly pro-environment Josh Burns' office in St Kilda
The yellow banner says NO NEW COAL & GAS, Beyond Coal & Gas Macnamara
A lady holds up a placard next to the banner that says LABOR DESTROYS OLDEST ART GALLERY IN THE WORLD
A Sybil holds a placard that says HONK FOR CLIMATE ACTION and her hoop skirt says NO NEW GAS

In the foreground left, a protestor holds a sign that says TOOT FOR CLIMATE ACTION (and they did!!)
In the background, across the road from Josh Burns' office in St Kilda, protestors hold up a banner and placards
The orange banner says STOP NORTH WEST SHELF GAS

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Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 17h

Perhaps Lang Hancock's multi-billionaire offspring and CSR should share the rehabilitation costs.

Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 1d

Note Trump's face in this photo is uneven. This is a recent change. Has he had a stroke?

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 1d

Analysis by The Australia Institute reveals that replacing the broken Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) with a flat 25% tax on gas exports, as suggested by the ACTU, would raise more than $17 billion a year, enough to quadruple Commonwealth spending on housing.

Read the full release below:

Progressive patriotism: ACTU’s 25% gas export tax should replace broken PRRT

australiainstitute.org.au

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Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 1d

Morning Dave. Ducks on strike again this morning.

Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 1d

This promise is not worth the paper it was printed on.

Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 1d

I've said it many times but there is virtually no difference on environmental policy between Labor & LNP.

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stevenweiss58.bsky.social @stevenweiss58.bsky.social · 1d

Israel has lost its moral and ethical compass
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o...

Opinion | The Israel-Gaza War Always Had an Unacknowledged Third Front

www.nytimes.com

Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 1d

Just following his supreme leader who praised the 30's German Dictator reportedly.

Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 1d

Venezuela has large, untapped reserves of oil.

Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 2d

Perhaps superseded by solar PV & large scale batteries.

Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 2d

Morning Dave. Looks clear & likely warming up.

Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 2d

USA is arguably the most dangerous country in the world. Why would anyone want to visit there?

Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 2d

Should we be surprised?

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 2d

Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council says microplastics and chemicals from artificial lawns can contaminate stormwater.

Council wants to ban fake grass near gutters over PFAS and microplastic fears

Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council says microplastics and chemicals from artificial lawns can contaminate stormwater.

www.abc.net.au

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 2d

The woody biomass of Australia’s tropical rainforests has already switched from carbon sink to carbon source – and the reason is climate change.

👉 theconversation.com/a-cruci...

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Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 2d

My tree allways has mor flowers after a big wet season.

Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 3d

A no duck day? Good morning Dave.

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Tom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · 3d

Israel has massacred another nine Palestinians who were trying to return to their homes, as well as restricted aid again.

Israel's genocide in Gaza has not stopped.

Trump threatens to disarm Hamas ‘violently’ as Israel violates Gaza truce

Israeli army confirmed it opened fire saying a group of people approached soldiers before being targeted.

www.aljazeera.com

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