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Bert
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Environmental field worker. Studying ecology. Plant based. Old punk. SciFi and nerdy stuff. Kaurna Yerta, South Australia. Himbo
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Bert @coffeeslot.bsky.social · 3h
The housing bubble and fossil fuel subsidies are the same thing, pouring money down the drain while hoping someone else will be a bigger loser
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Ken Plume @kenplume.bsky.social · 1d
Two beats of note in the end of Jim Henson’s conversation with Terry Wogan... One, how Jim wasn’t precious about Kermit being a puppet, without sacrificing his believability as a character - which plays to Two, that delightful little handshake at the end.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 22h
Seriously nuts: the US threatened African and small Pacific and Caribbean island diplomats with cancelled visas and refused entry if they didn't vote against a shipping carbon price.

"Bullying" doesn't do this justice. They're gangsters and criminals.

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 2d
"The miners will scream. The captured press will print their talking points. The Minerals Council will commission studies proving that apocalypse awaits if we tax them fairly...

What we need is the spine to reject a century-old deal that was rotten from the start."

urbanwronski.com/2025/11/01/t...
The Worst Deal in History: Why Mining Has Ransacked Australia While the Press Looked Away
How Australia became the world’s cautionary tale in resource management. The mining industry didn’t steal our wealth. We handed it over. The press, owned by the same mining interests si…
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 2d
Evidence of mass killings by RSF in El-Fasher, Sudan, are chilling. They must be a wake up call for the rest of the planet too. Countries must be pressured to stop sending weapons into their proxy war in Sudan. It starts with acknowledging the horror.
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 4d
#DailyGlimmer Ooooh! First look at the spring time babies! Sooo cute!

The mumma’s pouches have getting bigger by the week, and now we can see why 🥰
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Bert @coffeeslot.bsky.social · 3d
Hiding the Epstein files behind the tiles
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Mehreen Faruqi @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social · 4d
We need to talk about Sudan.

After more than 18 months of an inhumane siege and starvation in El Fasher, the RSF militia are committing mass killings of civilians on an unimaginable scale.

There is so much blood it can be seen from space.
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Bert @coffeeslot.bsky.social · 3d
The noteworthy bit is a Murdoch paper actually admitting to poor journalism
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d
UK newspaper editor calls Bill de Blasio fake interview blunder ‘humiliating’
UK newspaper editor calls Bill de Blasio fake interview blunder ‘humiliating’
A Times associate editor reportedly addressed situation in an email to staff, saying: ‘We should have been on our guard’ It was “humiliating” for a Times reporter to have quoted someone the journalist erroneously believed was former New York City mayor Bill de Blasio, an editor for the outlet reportedly said in an email to staff. “We should have been on our guard. We should have tried much harder to speak to the people concerned,” Times associate editor Ian Brunskill told the company, according to an email obtained by Deadline. He went on to acknowledge the “serious damage” done to the Rupert Murdoch-owned paper. Continue reading...
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Bert @coffeeslot.bsky.social · 3d
Supposedly we pay executives so much because of the burden of responsibility they carry, then let them.off with a golden handshake when they do a shit job... We need to get to nett zero CEOs
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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 3d
Is this also _exactly_ as Graeme suggested?

"Labor’s reforms to environmental law establish a new power to wave through any project a government wants, for any reason. And it can do so in secret." www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/31/l...
Buried detail in Labor's bill reveals how the government wants to override laws — and never tell you why
Labor's reforms to environmental law establish a new power to wave through any project a government wants, for any reason. And it can do so in secret.
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Bert @coffeeslot.bsky.social · 3d
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the Murray Watt the Fuck of times.
grogsgamut.bsky.social Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 5d
Murray Watt absolutely shoveling out horseshit at the National Press Club
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Bert @coffeeslot.bsky.social · 5d
"National Interest" is code word for "corporate political donor"
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Bert @coffeeslot.bsky.social · 6d
9% of coalition voters think Cayman Angus is the best leadership candidate for the party.... Well done, good job LNP
6newsau.bsky.social 6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · 6d
🚨 NEW: Just 13% of Australians think Sussan Ley is the best person to lead the Liberal Party, according to new Essential polling

Among Coalition voters, 22% think she is the best to lead, while 20% think Andrew Hastie would be better
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Bert @coffeeslot.bsky.social · 6d
The writing room decided this year wasn't interesting enough ...
tyleraking.com Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 6d
A truckload of rhesus monkeys from Tulane university escaped after a crash. The university warned they’re highly aggressive toward humans and infected with hepatitis C, herpes, and COVID.
Monkeys on the loose after truck overturns in Heidelberg; public urged to call 911
A truck transporting monkeys from Tulane University overturned on I-59 near Heidelberg, with several monkeys reportedly on the loose posing health risks.
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Bert @coffeeslot.bsky.social · 7d
Someone needs to work out a way to put sponsorship logos on a hurricane. Really unfair that the oil, gas, and coal industries miss out on capitalising on such a big marketing opportunity they've poured so much money and effort into.
stevebowen.bsky.social Steve Bowen @stevebowen.bsky.social · 7d
What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.

Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
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Bert @coffeeslot.bsky.social · 7d
Cookers? Probably thought it was spreading 5G woke gay cancer nano covid particles.
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Bert @coffeeslot.bsky.social · 7d
Sums up the stupid games the minister for Woodcide is playing. Worth a read.
timhollo.bsky.social Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 7d
Blogging today on the inanity of politics and the banality of ecocide.

Here, perhaps for the first time ever, we have a piece of writing that includes Sun Tzu, Hannah Arendt, and Nelson Muntz.

I think it says something useful. And I think it is slightly hopeful, at the end.
Wedgie politics & the banality of ecocide
On the adolescent inanity of politics at the end of the world as we know it There's something so banal about the way the latest "attempt" to "reform" Australia's "environment laws" is unfolding. [Is...
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Audrey Cetois 🇵🇸 @audreycetois.bsky.social · 7d
The legacy of the Olympics in Brisbane is going to be less greenery, more flooded housing and less affordable housing.
Perfect!
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Bert @coffeeslot.bsky.social · 8d
They can stand up and hold a sign, all they need is a traffic management ticket for secure employment
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Bert @coffeeslot.bsky.social · 8d
Really aiming straight at MurrayWTF and whatever arrangement he has with Woodcide for his post-politics career
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Jess Harwood Art @jessharwoodart.bsky.social · 8d
It’s a Spookalyptus season! Ever seen a ghost gum at night, or crossed over the threshold to stand inside a tingle tree? Enjoy my words and drawings about Australia’s haunting #eucalypts #australianflora #halloween
Spooky eucy! Let’s celebrate the haunting beauty of Australia’s gum trees this Halloween | Jess Harwood
From skeletal spectres to portals to the underworld, eucalypts have the power to thrill and chill
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Dr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 8d
Please share if you care about the environment
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Bert @coffeeslot.bsky.social · 8d
Good to hear from the spokesman for the Minerals Council....