Jen Williams
@misguidedjenni.bsky.social
Loves public transport, cycling and walking. Interested in urban planning, with zero expertise. Former Medical Scientist in microbiology so of course I'm COVID-19 cautious. From Naarm (Melbourne, Australia). No DMs unless you know me.
How attractive is the Altona coastal park right now?
December 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
How attractive is the Altona coastal park right now?
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This is a clearly written, evidenced-based article by two highly respected academics.
So it probably won't be read by anyone at Forest Fire Management Victoria.
So it probably won't be read by anyone at Forest Fire Management Victoria.
December 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This is a clearly written, evidenced-based article by two highly respected academics.
So it probably won't be read by anyone at Forest Fire Management Victoria.
So it probably won't be read by anyone at Forest Fire Management Victoria.
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Feral pigs are a massive issue across Australia. They can cause tremendous damage to environments, wildlife and cultural sites. And, like many invasive species, government funding of their control and eradication is grossly insufficient.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... By @donnadlu.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... By @donnadlu.bsky.social
Rainforests, rivers and sacred sites are being ‘ripped to shreds’ by feral pigs, Queensland traditional owners warn
Destruction wrought by swine-borne disease is thinning the canopy of bunya pine forests and the problem is getting worse, experts say
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Feral pigs are a massive issue across Australia. They can cause tremendous damage to environments, wildlife and cultural sites. And, like many invasive species, government funding of their control and eradication is grossly insufficient.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... By @donnadlu.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... By @donnadlu.bsky.social
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People complain when the bikes are on the pavement, but also don’t want to give up a single parking space…
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Mind-boggling' e-bike parking pen to be moved from Nottingham road
The metal fencing has been bolted into a parking area at the side of a road, close to a junction.
www.bbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 AM
People complain when the bikes are on the pavement, but also don’t want to give up a single parking space…
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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The good news just keeps on coming
November 30, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The good news just keeps on coming
Genealogy sure is interesting, but sometimes sad. My family are only here because of a workplace incident where my 2nd great grandmother's first husband was crushed to death in a railway workplace. From the Lancaster Gazette - Feb 2 1867
My gggradmother was an immigrant so this must have been hard
My gggradmother was an immigrant so this must have been hard
November 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Genealogy sure is interesting, but sometimes sad. My family are only here because of a workplace incident where my 2nd great grandmother's first husband was crushed to death in a railway workplace. From the Lancaster Gazette - Feb 2 1867
My gggradmother was an immigrant so this must have been hard
My gggradmother was an immigrant so this must have been hard
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Still big crowds at Footscray waiting to get their turn to ride into the Metro Tunnel
November 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Still big crowds at Footscray waiting to get their turn to ride into the Metro Tunnel
How attractive are the Department of Transport's "gardens" at Sneydes Rd and Hoppers Lane Werribee?
These should replenish the seed in the soil for at least the next 200 years 🙄🤦♀️
These should replenish the seed in the soil for at least the next 200 years 🙄🤦♀️
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 AM
How attractive are the Department of Transport's "gardens" at Sneydes Rd and Hoppers Lane Werribee?
These should replenish the seed in the soil for at least the next 200 years 🙄🤦♀️
These should replenish the seed in the soil for at least the next 200 years 🙄🤦♀️
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The awful reality of what Forest Fire Management is doing to our precious forests.
From the Victorian Forest Alliance Instagram page. Photos from Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland.
From the Victorian Forest Alliance Instagram page. Photos from Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland.
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The awful reality of what Forest Fire Management is doing to our precious forests.
From the Victorian Forest Alliance Instagram page. Photos from Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland.
From the Victorian Forest Alliance Instagram page. Photos from Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland.
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New Comeng layout just dropped. #MelbourneTrains #ai
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 AM
New Comeng layout just dropped. #MelbourneTrains #ai
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Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
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No wonder Minister Murray Watt is 'huffing and puffing' to try to speed up passage of his propose environmental laws through the Senate - the longer and harder we look at the Bills, the more pitfalls and holes we see. 👇Take 'net gain' for example. 👇#auspol
From 'net zero' to 'net gain'. The platypus-to-possum exchange rate - Michael West
Following the Libs 'Net Zero' battle, 'Net Gain' will be focus as Murray Watt struggles to get changes to environmental laws passed.
michaelwest.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 AM
No wonder Minister Murray Watt is 'huffing and puffing' to try to speed up passage of his propose environmental laws through the Senate - the longer and harder we look at the Bills, the more pitfalls and holes we see. 👇Take 'net gain' for example. 👇#auspol
My daily dose of seal 🦭
I'm a bit concerned about the upcoming (human) swimming season. Hope he or she will be ok
I'm a bit concerned about the upcoming (human) swimming season. Hope he or she will be ok
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
My daily dose of seal 🦭
I'm a bit concerned about the upcoming (human) swimming season. Hope he or she will be ok
I'm a bit concerned about the upcoming (human) swimming season. Hope he or she will be ok
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garbage racist nonsense from a govt with no vision for anything beyond maintaining their own power, coveted for no reason beyond the basest self-serving hackery
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 7:10 AM
garbage racist nonsense from a govt with no vision for anything beyond maintaining their own power, coveted for no reason beyond the basest self-serving hackery
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"Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone" Smashing column by @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org & @maiyazize.bsky.social #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone
In the final days of October, the Federal Government quietly inserted a last-minute amendment into an unrelated bill. It has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home A...
thepoint.com.au
November 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
"Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone" Smashing column by @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org & @maiyazize.bsky.social #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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“The mining lobby has gorged itself for decades. They’ve extracted our wealth, minimized their taxes, blocked our progress, and corrupted our politics so thoroughly that both major parties compete to serve them.”
theaimn.net/the-midas-cu...
theaimn.net/the-midas-cu...
The Midas Curse: How Mining Interests Own Australia’s Democracy
“You can’t always get what you want,” sang The Rolling Stones. The Australian mining lobby never received the memo. For decades, it has secured its every wish: a royalty regime that ranks among the wo...
theaimn.net
November 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
“The mining lobby has gorged itself for decades. They’ve extracted our wealth, minimized their taxes, blocked our progress, and corrupted our politics so thoroughly that both major parties compete to serve them.”
theaimn.net/the-midas-cu...
theaimn.net/the-midas-cu...
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Gambling ruins lives. It is absolutely unacceptable that the Albanese government will continue to choose vested interests over the wellbeing of Australians and hide behind a watered-down policy - if they ever introduce one. We need action on gambling harms now.
Labor tipped to drop proposal for online gambling ad ban
Political and industry sources expect Communications Minister Anika Wells to crack-down on illegal offshore gambling websites.
www.afr.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Gambling ruins lives. It is absolutely unacceptable that the Albanese government will continue to choose vested interests over the wellbeing of Australians and hide behind a watered-down policy - if they ever introduce one. We need action on gambling harms now.
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“Automobile industry analysts say that manufacturers are attracted to high profit margins from SUVs: they can make more money from SUVs even tho they make fewer vehicles.”
"If ranked among countries, the global fleet of SUVs would be the world's 5th largest emitter of CO2…”
We all pay the costs.
"If ranked among countries, the global fleet of SUVs would be the world's 5th largest emitter of CO2…”
We all pay the costs.
November 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
“Automobile industry analysts say that manufacturers are attracted to high profit margins from SUVs: they can make more money from SUVs even tho they make fewer vehicles.”
"If ranked among countries, the global fleet of SUVs would be the world's 5th largest emitter of CO2…”
We all pay the costs.
"If ranked among countries, the global fleet of SUVs would be the world's 5th largest emitter of CO2…”
We all pay the costs.
Going well on the Werribee line. 🤦♀️
November 17, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Going well on the Werribee line. 🤦♀️
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This is my average-height wife next to one of the Dodge RAM trucks (called “utes” here in NZ) that are becoming more common on our roads.
I contend nobody needs a vehicle this large in an urban setting. It’s purely for self-esteem.
I contend nobody needs a vehicle this large in an urban setting. It’s purely for self-esteem.
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM
This is my average-height wife next to one of the Dodge RAM trucks (called “utes” here in NZ) that are becoming more common on our roads.
I contend nobody needs a vehicle this large in an urban setting. It’s purely for self-esteem.
I contend nobody needs a vehicle this large in an urban setting. It’s purely for self-esteem.
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Just think about what we have let onto Australian city streets with no requirement for additional training of drivers, no additional speed restriction in built up areas and no regular testing on licence renwal
Maybe thats why pedestrian death rates have increased
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Maybe thats why pedestrian death rates have increased
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
November 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Just think about what we have let onto Australian city streets with no requirement for additional training of drivers, no additional speed restriction in built up areas and no regular testing on licence renwal
Maybe thats why pedestrian death rates have increased
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Maybe thats why pedestrian death rates have increased
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
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Another eight cormorants have been found dead at a #salmon farm in #Tasmania. The wildlife toll at one lease of 43 birds and two seals in 2025 far exceeds the maximum limit set by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council of nine deaths over two years. #politas
▶️ tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/tasmani...
▶️ tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/tasmani...
Tasmanian salmon farm faces audit as wildlife death toll rises
The mounting wildlife death toll at a southern Tasmanian salmon farm will be investigated as part of an audit of the company’s sustainability accreditation. Eight cormorants were found dead in July an...
tasmanianinquirer.com.au
November 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Treating animals with antibiotics is a very, very bad idea (unless it's for a individual animal who is sick) and especiallyin a marine environment. This is absolutely appalling. Do not buy Tasmanian salmon. Ever. To the politicians who supported this industry- You were so wrong.
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 10:15 AM
Treating animals with antibiotics is a very, very bad idea (unless it's for a individual animal who is sick) and especiallyin a marine environment. This is absolutely appalling. Do not buy Tasmanian salmon. Ever. To the politicians who supported this industry- You were so wrong.