Cathy Saint
@cathysaint.bsky.social
Perioperative nurse, Educator, Merchant deck officer, Landcarer, certified Bird Nerd. Views my own and reposts not necessarily an endorsement.
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So ... a dangerous abuser accuses his partner or ex-partner of a violent crime (this is common) & get the cops to charge her, usual delays until it's dropped/heard and now the govt will cut off the accused's entitlements, making her - & her children - wholly dependent on her abuser? Get out of it.
New: 100+ legal experts, welfare groups & academics demand the Minister bin an amendment, allowing police to cancel welfare payments for people who have not been found guilty of any crime
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
So ... a dangerous abuser accuses his partner or ex-partner of a violent crime (this is common) & get the cops to charge her, usual delays until it's dropped/heard and now the govt will cut off the accused's entitlements, making her - & her children - wholly dependent on her abuser? Get out of it.
We knew Ningaloo’s coral bleaching was severe. But what we found 6 months later was still a shock
theconversation.com/we-knew-ning...
theconversation.com/we-knew-ning...
We knew Ningaloo’s coral bleaching was severe. But what we found 6 months later was still a shock
The heatwave in Western Australia last summer broke records. As marine scientists, we were deeply concerned about whether Ningaloo’s corals would survive. We were prepared for the worst, but what my c...
theconversation.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We knew Ningaloo’s coral bleaching was severe. But what we found 6 months later was still a shock
theconversation.com/we-knew-ning...
theconversation.com/we-knew-ning...
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Reading this as a historian of a period when women regularly wrote farewell letters to their families before giving birth because they knew how dangerous it was, and knowing how grateful they would have been for reliable medical care and medicine, makes me want to scream in frustration
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Reading this as a historian of a period when women regularly wrote farewell letters to their families before giving birth because they knew how dangerous it was, and knowing how grateful they would have been for reliable medical care and medicine, makes me want to scream in frustration
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How can a website cost $96 MILLION?! 🤯
Yes the BOM website is complex, but this seems like is a waste of taxpayers dollars that we need see some accountability for so it doesn’t happen again.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Yes the BOM website is complex, but this seems like is a waste of taxpayers dollars that we need see some accountability for so it doesn’t happen again.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Total bill for BoM’s new website came in at $96 million
In his first interview, new Bureau of Meteorology chief Stuart Minchin has revealed the eye-watering true cost of its lambasted new website.
www.smh.com.au
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 AM
How can a website cost $96 MILLION?! 🤯
Yes the BOM website is complex, but this seems like is a waste of taxpayers dollars that we need see some accountability for so it doesn’t happen again.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Yes the BOM website is complex, but this seems like is a waste of taxpayers dollars that we need see some accountability for so it doesn’t happen again.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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A proposal to the gov’t that would improve Labor's changes to our environment laws so they actually protect nature, with 15 changes including removing native forest logging exemption & removing fossil fuels from national interest test
You can read more below: www.davidpocock.com.au/proposal_to_...
You can read more below: www.davidpocock.com.au/proposal_to_...
PROPOSAL TO PASS ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REFORMS THAT ACTUALLY PROTECT NATURE
TRUST. INTEGRITY. LEADERSHIP.
www.davidpocock.com.au
November 23, 2025 at 7:53 AM
A proposal to the gov’t that would improve Labor's changes to our environment laws so they actually protect nature, with 15 changes including removing native forest logging exemption & removing fossil fuels from national interest test
You can read more below: www.davidpocock.com.au/proposal_to_...
You can read more below: www.davidpocock.com.au/proposal_to_...
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Geelong Mt Duneed , thank you for a great night 🙏😊🎶🕺🏻
November 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Geelong Mt Duneed , thank you for a great night 🙏😊🎶🕺🏻
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Even the most optimistic calculations for Tasmania's new AFL stadium show more cost than benefit.
Tasmania’s Macquarie Point Stadium by the (ruinous) numbers
www.crikey.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Even the most optimistic calculations for Tasmania's new AFL stadium show more cost than benefit.
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Australia doesn't have a gas supply problem, we have a gas export problem.
Good to see the govt considering diverting export gas to the 🇦🇺 market. This should apply to existing projects. There's simply no need for new gas.
www.afr.com/companies/en...
Good to see the govt considering diverting export gas to the 🇦🇺 market. This should apply to existing projects. There's simply no need for new gas.
www.afr.com/companies/en...
Looming east coast gas reserve could cut prices by 20pc
Labor is targeting a domestic reservation system that would ensure enough extra gas to bring down prices but not so much that producers rein in output.
www.afr.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Australia doesn't have a gas supply problem, we have a gas export problem.
Good to see the govt considering diverting export gas to the 🇦🇺 market. This should apply to existing projects. There's simply no need for new gas.
www.afr.com/companies/en...
Good to see the govt considering diverting export gas to the 🇦🇺 market. This should apply to existing projects. There's simply no need for new gas.
www.afr.com/companies/en...
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“Once you take their habitat away, they die, so logging this forest is a really permanent end to these creatures. It’s quite heartbreaking.”
Conservationists are calling for timber harvesting to be prevented close to endangered greater habitat.
au.yahoo.com/news/late-ni...
Conservationists are calling for timber harvesting to be prevented close to endangered greater habitat.
au.yahoo.com/news/late-ni...
Late-night discovery in bushland sparks fears for rare Aussie animal: 'Epic failure'
Few people are aware of this 1.7kg animal that lives high in Australia's trees. Find out more.
au.yahoo.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:47 AM
“Once you take their habitat away, they die, so logging this forest is a really permanent end to these creatures. It’s quite heartbreaking.”
Conservationists are calling for timber harvesting to be prevented close to endangered greater habitat.
au.yahoo.com/news/late-ni...
Conservationists are calling for timber harvesting to be prevented close to endangered greater habitat.
au.yahoo.com/news/late-ni...
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It really needs to emphasised as strongly as possible:
Do not eat Tasmanian farmed salmon.
Do not eat Tasmanian farmed salmon.
Lobster fishery off Bruny Island in TAS closed on eve of the opening of fishing season due to antibiotic use by the salmon farms.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.
Crayfish Closure Follows Salmon Antibiotic Deployment - Tasmanian Times
The commercial rock lobster fishery south of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel is now closed effective 15 November 2025
tasmaniantimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:13 AM
It really needs to emphasised as strongly as possible:
Do not eat Tasmanian farmed salmon.
Do not eat Tasmanian farmed salmon.
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One in five households struggle to feed themselves, but hey, we need a footy stadium and it must have a wonderful roof!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
November 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
One in five households struggle to feed themselves, but hey, we need a footy stadium and it must have a wonderful roof!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Stan Collins passed away a few days ago. For those who followed him on twitter, this article is a lovely tribute ...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This Rocky Harbour retiree's Twitter feed might be the best thing on social media | CBC News
Meet the man who has gained thousands of fans by posting 10 pictures a day, every day, of Gros Morne.
www.cbc.ca
November 8, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Stan Collins passed away a few days ago. For those who followed him on twitter, this article is a lovely tribute ...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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I'm busy loading my programs (oops, sorry, apps) onto my new laptop. Take a while. So here's something from my archives. A Port Lincoln parrot enjoying a cool drink at my friend's birdbath in Cleve.
November 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I'm busy loading my programs (oops, sorry, apps) onto my new laptop. Take a while. So here's something from my archives. A Port Lincoln parrot enjoying a cool drink at my friend's birdbath in Cleve.
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Today’s bias feedback on an AI- generated student click-through exercise: “Gemini made everyone who is in a role like a porter or cleaner a person of colour but not the doctors/higher earning staff.”
Good job we hire humans to check these things… 🙄
Good job we hire humans to check these things… 🙄
November 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Today’s bias feedback on an AI- generated student click-through exercise: “Gemini made everyone who is in a role like a porter or cleaner a person of colour but not the doctors/higher earning staff.”
Good job we hire humans to check these things… 🙄
Good job we hire humans to check these things… 🙄
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It's Melbourne Fucup day
Honest Government Ad | The Melbourne Cup
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
It's Melbourne Fucup day
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Powerful Owlets this morning in a Brisbane conservation park. Two weeks ago an adult was found suffering from poisoning (ban 2nd generation rodenticide!) about 1km away. We're not sure it's the papa of these two, but we're regularly checking in on them to see if they are OK and being fed (they are).
November 1, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Powerful Owlets this morning in a Brisbane conservation park. Two weeks ago an adult was found suffering from poisoning (ban 2nd generation rodenticide!) about 1km away. We're not sure it's the papa of these two, but we're regularly checking in on them to see if they are OK and being fed (they are).
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Stamp duty on housing is one of our worst taxes.
It is contributing to the housing crisis and is long overdue for reform.
www.afr.com/policy/econo...
It is contributing to the housing crisis and is long overdue for reform.
www.afr.com/policy/econo...
October 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Stamp duty on housing is one of our worst taxes.
It is contributing to the housing crisis and is long overdue for reform.
www.afr.com/policy/econo...
It is contributing to the housing crisis and is long overdue for reform.
www.afr.com/policy/econo...
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Listen to the full discussion with Dr Mohammed Musatfa alongside Professor Fiona Stanley AC and Dr Sue Wareham OAM here ⤵️
youtu.be/Dasb7eC9HAo
youtu.be/Dasb7eC9HAo
Delivering Healthcare in Gaza
YouTube video by The Australia Institute
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October 23, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Listen to the full discussion with Dr Mohammed Musatfa alongside Professor Fiona Stanley AC and Dr Sue Wareham OAM here ⤵️
youtu.be/Dasb7eC9HAo
youtu.be/Dasb7eC9HAo
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So at the bottom of the page on their shite new radar the #BoM asks “Was this page useful?”
And get this, if you say no and want to tell them why, they want it in “about 50 words“.
Not enough BoM. Nowhere near enough.
And get this, if you say no and want to tell them why, they want it in “about 50 words“.
Not enough BoM. Nowhere near enough.
October 22, 2025 at 5:45 AM
So at the bottom of the page on their shite new radar the #BoM asks “Was this page useful?”
And get this, if you say no and want to tell them why, they want it in “about 50 words“.
Not enough BoM. Nowhere near enough.
And get this, if you say no and want to tell them why, they want it in “about 50 words“.
Not enough BoM. Nowhere near enough.
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Waiting in line. #367Collins #PeregrineFalcons
October 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Waiting in line. #367Collins #PeregrineFalcons
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The lights on the hill.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
October 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The lights on the hill.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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With US science & research tanking, an independent CSIRO, weather bureau and medical/science grant systems in Australia are more crucial than ever. #csiro #bom #sciencesky
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Albanese urged to ‘secure the future of science’ as CSIRO reckons with ongoing decline in funding
CEO Doug Hilton says the agency’s budget allocation ‘has not kept up with the cost of doing science’
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
With US science & research tanking, an independent CSIRO, weather bureau and medical/science grant systems in Australia are more crucial than ever. #csiro #bom #sciencesky
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...