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fladdle.bsky.social
@fladdle.bsky.social
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Melbourne / wurundjeri country. Artwork on stone by BokBok and Iya. Born at 314.3 ppm CO2 in the atmosphere. Currently at 425 ppm (Mauna Loa Observatory via Scripps Institution).
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fladdle.bsky.social @fladdle.bsky.social · Jun 25
Want to donate but don’t who to or how? Check out PANZMA. Your money will help anyone who needs it. #Gaza #Palestine
PANZMA – Palestinian Australian New Zealand Medical Association
panzma.org
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fladdle.bsky.social @fladdle.bsky.social · 29m
If only becoming a joke had an impact on them / him.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d
The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.
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Davesphotos 🇨🇦 🍁🍁🍁 @davesadventures.bsky.social · 9h
This sure isn't going to win any awards, but it was the strangest cloud formations I have ever seen this morning!
Multiple small clouds that are almost identical!
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fladdle.bsky.social @fladdle.bsky.social · 9h
Aislopocene?
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fladdle.bsky.social @fladdle.bsky.social · 9h
Not that we knew this for the past *checks notes* 8 decades. 🙄
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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 11h
In the 'very unsurprising' category today...

Major study finds tooth decay in Queensland children has declined since water fluoridation expanded.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Water fluoridation leading to lower rates of tooth decay in children, study finds
The findings are released as more Queensland councils opt out of water fluoridation and amid rising rates of misinformation.
www.abc.net.au
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fladdle.bsky.social @fladdle.bsky.social · 20h
Ooooh, is that my crab apple tree?
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fladdle.bsky.social @fladdle.bsky.social · 20h
Lol
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fladdle.bsky.social @fladdle.bsky.social · 20h
“Sean Dooley, senior adviser at BirdLife Australia, said fake spiderwebs were a bigger problem here than in North America because Halloween coincides with nesting season in Australia.” 🪶
Those sticky Halloween cobwebs are killing our native wildlife
Plastics now comprise about 30 per cent of the material found in birds’ nests, as experts warn fake Halloween cobwebs sold at supermarkets are fuelling the problem.
www.smh.com.au
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 20h
Is there an explanation for why Palestinians are "prisoners" and Israelis are "hostages"?

Is the implication meant to be that the Palestinians were 'criminals' being punished through imprisonment?
Top Stories All State Trending Top Stories Palestinian prisoners freed after Israeli hostages released from Gaza
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fladdle.bsky.social @fladdle.bsky.social · 20h
Nor your camera lens, iirc.
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fladdle.bsky.social @fladdle.bsky.social · 20h
It’s okay. I get a monthly thing from Scienceworks here in Smellburn which includes things to see. Mind you, they didn’t include that recent comet, but I think that’s because it was only discovered a couple of days before it became visible. (And I use the word “visible” in a very loose way. 😆)
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fladdle.bsky.social @fladdle.bsky.social · 20h
I wish there was an alternative to the ❤️ for posts so I could acknowledge and agree but not “love”. (Remember how Twitter started off with the star?)
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fladdle.bsky.social @fladdle.bsky.social · 21h
Dag nabbit!
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fladdle.bsky.social @fladdle.bsky.social · 21h
Thanks for checking, David. I‘ll save my efforts for something that is in our skies. 👍🏻
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Kai Murk @kaimurk.bsky.social · 2d
This #microscopymonday is a cleaning day. Watch how a #microglia cell mops up and phagozytoses debris and junk in a very messy neuronal co-culture. BTW, it was a proper cleaning job → the neurons made it and formed nice networks
Phase contrast imaging started at DIV1. One frame per 20 min.
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fladdle.bsky.social @fladdle.bsky.social · 23h
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon):

Will we see this one, @coffeedave.bsky.social?
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fladdle.bsky.social @fladdle.bsky.social · 23h
Share a cartoon from the past that kids today have probably never heard of. (I think?)
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Spoontaneous @spoontaneous.bsky.social · 3d
A repost...

'Mondrian Orange' ~ Carved in Sappan wood with colored veneers. Slight play on words inspired this one.

'Mixed Emotions' ~ Carved in Macassar Ebony with silver tubing. One side happy, one side not.

#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #wood
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Password Requirements @password-req.bsky.social · 2d
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THE PASSWORD MUST CONTAIN:
• Your astrology chart
• Mathematical formula (√⅜∑∫Ⅹ₍₇₎)
• Clever wordplay
• At least a plot twist
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Daniel Bowen @danielbowen.au · 2d
#Melbourne Rocks! One of the few named carriages, from a naming contest for school kids years ago.
Train carriage with marking “Melbourne rocks”
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fladdle.bsky.social @fladdle.bsky.social · 2d
😂
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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d
Here more than 5,000 people answered the question below (more than 4,200 via quote replies & >800 comments). Lots of interesting stories!

On X, 15 people replied to the same query.
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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 7d
Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 2d
While the media and political class fixate on tinkering with superannuation, a new report finds that 1 in 7 Australians are living in #poverty.

And it's 1 in 6 children.

In such a wealthy nation, this is an obscene policy choice. #inequality #RaiseTheRate #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
One in seven Australians living in poverty: report
Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.
www.abc.net.au
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fladdle.bsky.social @fladdle.bsky.social · 2d
Plenty Gorge today. #Plenty3090 💙
Blue lake from a cliff. Three people are hanging out at the edge of the water. Some striated lines in the cliff face with trees growing along the top. Bright yellow-y orange lichen and a small patch of white lichen.
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Jeff Hollett @jeffontherock.bsky.social · 2d
A recent hike near, and through, a wildfire zone. Newfoundland, Canada.
#hiking #backpacking #wildfire
Photo of a boulder field. Possibly a felsemer. Photo of a colourful species of Sphagnum moss. Photo of a trail through a wildfire zone. The trail bed is still green/unburned. Everything else around is black/burned. Photo of a bog hole with a cracked-mud bottom.
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