Dhilrukshi Pathman
@dhilrukshi.bsky.social
Conservation science/Ecological economics/Science Communication
Writing and illustrating children's literature.
#degrowth #ecosocialism #decolonisation
Capitalism poisons everything.
Capitalism is private opulence and public squalor.
Naarm/Melbourne
Writing and illustrating children's literature.
#degrowth #ecosocialism #decolonisation
Capitalism poisons everything.
Capitalism is private opulence and public squalor.
Naarm/Melbourne
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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Why does poverty still exist in one of the richest countries on earth? In this video, I explain how antisocial neoliberal economics deliberately creates poverty.
youtu.be/GfihKzPmRIg?...
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Why do we still have poverty in UK?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Why does poverty still exist in one of the richest countries on earth? In this video, I explain how antisocial neoliberal economics deliberately creates poverty.
youtu.be/GfihKzPmRIg?...
youtu.be/GfihKzPmRIg?...
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News Media, Power and Propaganda (Intermediate)
News, power, media bias, journalism, propaganda, disinformation, representation, censorship, freedom of expression
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November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Happy consumerism bonanza day!
Throw tomatoes at target/Walmart/Amazon! Get some freaky little presents from artists!
Big corps make the wealthy wealthier & artists are trying to buy wet food for their cats.
Artists, drop your shops!
For a start, check out SquidFacts.net
More of my faves below
Throw tomatoes at target/Walmart/Amazon! Get some freaky little presents from artists!
Big corps make the wealthy wealthier & artists are trying to buy wet food for their cats.
Artists, drop your shops!
For a start, check out SquidFacts.net
More of my faves below
Support Skype a Scientist with the Squid Facts shop!
The Squid Facts shop supports Skype a Scientist! We match scientists with classrooms, scout troops, and libraries. We also connect people with...
SquidFacts.net
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Happy consumerism bonanza day!
Throw tomatoes at target/Walmart/Amazon! Get some freaky little presents from artists!
Big corps make the wealthy wealthier & artists are trying to buy wet food for their cats.
Artists, drop your shops!
For a start, check out SquidFacts.net
More of my faves below
Throw tomatoes at target/Walmart/Amazon! Get some freaky little presents from artists!
Big corps make the wealthy wealthier & artists are trying to buy wet food for their cats.
Artists, drop your shops!
For a start, check out SquidFacts.net
More of my faves below
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A well-deserved third #Walkleys Award for cartoons to David Pope. #GazaGenocide
November 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A well-deserved third #Walkleys Award for cartoons to David Pope. #GazaGenocide
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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"Black Mountain Energy’s planned drilling for gas is likely to have a significant impact on threatened species, groundwater and the nearby West Kimberley National Heritage Place, according to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water"
www.boilingcold.com.au/environmenta...
www.boilingcold.com.au/environmenta...
Enviro regulator raises doubts over Kimberley fracking
Black Mountain's conclusion that its drilling will not affect water resources is without foundation, and threatened species and National Heritage are at risk, according to the Federal environment depa...
www.boilingcold.com.au
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
"Black Mountain Energy’s planned drilling for gas is likely to have a significant impact on threatened species, groundwater and the nearby West Kimberley National Heritage Place, according to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water"
www.boilingcold.com.au/environmenta...
www.boilingcold.com.au/environmenta...
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This book has been so soothing. I have probably learned more about the foreign policies that shape the world just in the first three chapters than I have in at least the last 15 years of news media. 🙃 It's helped clarify a lot of the absolutely batshit nonsense of the current timeline. COMFORT READ
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This book has been so soothing. I have probably learned more about the foreign policies that shape the world just in the first three chapters than I have in at least the last 15 years of news media. 🙃 It's helped clarify a lot of the absolutely batshit nonsense of the current timeline. COMFORT READ
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The record gliding isn't the most remarkable thing about this creature.
With winged legs, orchid mantis sets gliding record
Camouflaged like a flower, these predators also have a getaway trick
scim.ag
November 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The record gliding isn't the most remarkable thing about this creature.
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The Barilaro-Berejiklian 'save the pest horses' bill is finally revoked.
Controversial 'Brumby Bill' recognising horses' heritage value dumped: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-28/nsw-upper-house-vote-scrap-brumby-bill/105916360
Controversial 'Brumby Bill' recognising horses' heritage value dumped
The bill which recognised the heritage value of wild horses in horses in Kosciuszko National Park but was widely criticised by conservation groups will be scrapped after a vote to repeal the law passed NSW parliament.
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The Barilaro-Berejiklian 'save the pest horses' bill is finally revoked.
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I need to sell 28 more of these before Christmas if I want to break even on the design. We're over half way there so fingers-crossed that new people keep wanting them!
I really wasn't exaggerating when I said my Christmas tree pride pins were detailed. Each of these baubles is just over 2mm! canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4405...
November 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I need to sell 28 more of these before Christmas if I want to break even on the design. We're over half way there so fingers-crossed that new people keep wanting them!
“It's hard to watch us get here because I don't hear very many people feeling revolted by the idea of a trillionaire. It would take the average worker 16 million years to get to a trillion dollars. Sixteen million years is longer than there have been human beings." Abigail Disney
#socialism
#socialism
A Disney Heiress Begs Congress to Hike Her Taxes
“We can afford to pay more in taxes,” Abigail Disney says
time.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
“It's hard to watch us get here because I don't hear very many people feeling revolted by the idea of a trillionaire. It would take the average worker 16 million years to get to a trillion dollars. Sixteen million years is longer than there have been human beings." Abigail Disney
#socialism
#socialism
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It's not just that the United States has stopped trying to promote liberal democratic ideas internationally. It's that the United States is actively trying to promote the contrary. It's trying to turn more countries into Hungary.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
U.S. to Press Europe and Other Allies on ‘Mass Migration,’ Document Says
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
It's not just that the United States has stopped trying to promote liberal democratic ideas internationally. It's that the United States is actively trying to promote the contrary. It's trying to turn more countries into Hungary.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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A supposed dormant volcano erupts in Ethiopia after being inactive for at least 12.000 years.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/hayl...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/hayl...
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A supposed dormant volcano erupts in Ethiopia after being inactive for at least 12.000 years.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/hayl...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/hayl...
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The UN General Assembly resolution against torture was rejected by only three countries: the US, Israel, and Argentina, who remind the world that they oppose even the most basic principles of humanity.
November 27, 2025 at 5:16 AM
The UN General Assembly resolution against torture was rejected by only three countries: the US, Israel, and Argentina, who remind the world that they oppose even the most basic principles of humanity.
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First take on EPBC amendments in the compromise deal struck to get it passed
Justine Bell-James, @euanritchie.bsky.social, @drphilmccormack.bsky.social & me in @aunz.theconversation.com
#NativeForestLogging #MinisterialDiscretion #UnacceptableImpacts #PayToDestroy #NationalEnvironmentalStandards
Justine Bell-James, @euanritchie.bsky.social, @drphilmccormack.bsky.social & me in @aunz.theconversation.com
#NativeForestLogging #MinisterialDiscretion #UnacceptableImpacts #PayToDestroy #NationalEnvironmentalStandards
Long-sought environmental law reform is finally here. But will the compromise deal actually protect nature?
After years of failed attempts, Australia’s environmental laws are finally getting an overhaul. But will they stop the damage done to nature?
theconversation.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:40 AM
First take on EPBC amendments in the compromise deal struck to get it passed
Justine Bell-James, @euanritchie.bsky.social, @drphilmccormack.bsky.social & me in @aunz.theconversation.com
#NativeForestLogging #MinisterialDiscretion #UnacceptableImpacts #PayToDestroy #NationalEnvironmentalStandards
Justine Bell-James, @euanritchie.bsky.social, @drphilmccormack.bsky.social & me in @aunz.theconversation.com
#NativeForestLogging #MinisterialDiscretion #UnacceptableImpacts #PayToDestroy #NationalEnvironmentalStandards
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🦎Today at the #ESA2025 conference, @aus-tsx.bsky.social’s Dr Geoff Heard revealed the key findings of Australia's first Threatened Reptile Index! The pilot index shows that threatened and near-threatened reptiles have declined by an average of 94% since 1985. Learn more here: tsx.org.au/tsx2025
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
🦎Today at the #ESA2025 conference, @aus-tsx.bsky.social’s Dr Geoff Heard revealed the key findings of Australia's first Threatened Reptile Index! The pilot index shows that threatened and near-threatened reptiles have declined by an average of 94% since 1985. Learn more here: tsx.org.au/tsx2025
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Vaccines are so fantastic!
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Vaccines are so fantastic!
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Years of work involving an amazing team at BBCSstudios Framestore AppleTV, our series #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge is out now on #AppleTV. Huge thanks to everyone involved. All 5 eps have been released!
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Years of work involving an amazing team at BBCSstudios Framestore AppleTV, our series #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge is out now on #AppleTV. Huge thanks to everyone involved. All 5 eps have been released!
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Gender-affirming care saves lives
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Gender-affirming care saves lives
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Chrysalis watch: Day 10!
Cooler temperatures have slowed the metabolic processes of the caterpillar as it undergoes its metamorphosis.
But today, we're starting to get darkening on the chrysalis cap! We've passed the halfway point, and within a few days, we'll transition to butterfly watch! 🦋
Cooler temperatures have slowed the metabolic processes of the caterpillar as it undergoes its metamorphosis.
But today, we're starting to get darkening on the chrysalis cap! We've passed the halfway point, and within a few days, we'll transition to butterfly watch! 🦋
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Chrysalis watch: Day 10!
Cooler temperatures have slowed the metabolic processes of the caterpillar as it undergoes its metamorphosis.
But today, we're starting to get darkening on the chrysalis cap! We've passed the halfway point, and within a few days, we'll transition to butterfly watch! 🦋
Cooler temperatures have slowed the metabolic processes of the caterpillar as it undergoes its metamorphosis.
But today, we're starting to get darkening on the chrysalis cap! We've passed the halfway point, and within a few days, we'll transition to butterfly watch! 🦋
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Amazing thread: every time we expand the range of what's possible for terrestrial extremophiles, the likelihood life exists elsewhere in the galaxy goes up for me.
So happy to announce our new preprint, “A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes.” We cultured a novel amoeba from Lassen Volcanic NP (CA, USA) that divides at 63°C (145°F) 🔥 - a new record for euk growth!
#protistsonsky 🧵
#protistsonsky 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Amazing thread: every time we expand the range of what's possible for terrestrial extremophiles, the likelihood life exists elsewhere in the galaxy goes up for me.
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You cannot have a functioning economy when so few people at the top hold so much of the nation’s wealth. It’s not sustainable.
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
You cannot have a functioning economy when so few people at the top hold so much of the nation’s wealth. It’s not sustainable.