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Pipipohutukawa
@pipipohutukawa.bsky.social
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AuDHD, queer, producer, writer, reader, grower, occasional maker, leftie. Descended from sea-people of many islands. Living on unceded mumirimina land in Lutruwita (Tasmania).
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pipipohutukawa.bsky.social
Kinda wish I hadn’t look at the feed today.
Screenshot of a post about a report in psychiatryonline.org titled Special Report: AI-Induced Psychosis: A New Frontier in Mental Health. Screenshot of post about the New Zealand government announcing a new AI navigation tool for mental health services.
November 26, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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rlhortle.bsky.social
Here's how we could strengthen Tasmania's #climate act!

For more: www.policyinmybackyard.org/pimbys/16-is-our-climate-policy-ambitious-enough #politas #auspol
A list of six priorities for strengthening Tasmania's Climate Act
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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australiainstitute.org.au
Australians voted for climate action!

Australia Institute research shows that Australia is currently expanding fossil fuels.

We need stronger environmental laws that stop new coal and gas projects.

Sign your name here: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
November 24, 2025 at 2:32 AM
pipipohutukawa.bsky.social
An extremely good turnout in Nipaluna (Hobart) today -est 7000 - to stand against a ridiculous stadium, bullying by the AFL of a spineless Lib govt and pointless Labor ‘opposition’ who just agree with them cos ‘jobs’ but blind to crippling ongoing debt. Yeah, nah #politas
A view across a very large crowd of people in the sunshine on the green grass and some under the big shady trees on Parliament Lawns, Nipaluna/Hobart. Some are holding signs.
November 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
pipipohutukawa.bsky.social
I harvested my garlic today because it was ready. It’s November!!! And eating blackcurrants before the redcurrants are ready. It really feels like lucky dip in the garden at the moment.
A small crop of red garlic recently harvested with roots and leaves still attached, spread out on a red table.
November 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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richarddenniss.bsky.social
Who would think that at this point in Australia’s economic transition we should be spending more, not less, on research and development…

Imagine if we taxed the gas industry and pant more on R&D…crazy talk … #cliamte
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research
The announcement this week that CSIRO are to cut 350 research jobs is another damning indictment on Australia’s ongoing failure to prioritise research and development.
thepoint.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
pipipohutukawa.bsky.social
Two greenhouse frames up with an extension. Now to lay cardboard floor and cover with wire mesh to keep the birds and critters out of my fruit. I will have berries and cherries this year!
#SuburbanOrchard #homegrowing #BackyardPermaculture
#GrowYourOwn
A sunny backyard with metal curved frames in a long row over fruiting plants in pots.
November 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
pipipohutukawa.bsky.social
Can’t decide if my Autumn Raspberry is very late or early in Lutruwita (Tas)! With snow on the mountain I’m going with late, lmao. Either way the birds are onto it!
Close up of raspberry plant with fruit which have been partially eaten by birds.
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 AM
pipipohutukawa.bsky.social
Just FYI.
1earthmedia.bsky.social 1EarthMedia @1earthmedia.bsky.social · 17d
Not only is the USA importing cheap butter into Australia, but they're packaging it in Green & Gold. No surprise that Woolworths is stocking it.

Farmers and consumers have "criticised it for its white colouring and bland flavour."

#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Farmers fear shoppers misled by cheap 'green and gold' US butter
Australia's dairy industry is concerned a US brand, packaged in green and gold with a white colouring and bland flavour, looks as if it's locally made.
www.abc.net.au
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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wittywebhandle.bsky.social
Hedges absolutely killed with this opening.

Short. Sweet. Correct.
April 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
pipipohutukawa.bsky.social
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The future of knowledge is yours to protect. #Wikipedia25

Donate now ➡️ donate.wikipedia25.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 AM
pipipohutukawa.bsky.social
Oh FFS now hail.
A spring vegetable garden with a covering of hail.
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 AM
pipipohutukawa.bsky.social
Brrrr. WTF happened to Spring? My tomatoes are not liking this icy wind and neither am I.
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
pipipohutukawa.bsky.social
Beach life. Beach graffiti courtesy of the local wildlife.
Very squiggly and dense sand trail on a beach at low tide with one straight trail leasing into it at bottom left and a mound of sand under which the creature making the marks is covered at bottom right. Sand trail on a beach at low tide with less dense markings that looks like a graffiti tag. The trail starts top centre and crosses over itself. Sand trail at low tide. A wide rounded trail which meets itself at the bottom and then continues toward thw bottom of the image. The marking has a similarity to a cranium. Extensive sand trails on a beach at low tide with multiple marks some of which are very squiggly and othera are wide curvea ir straightish lines.
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social
the only instance in recorded history of a traffic collision between a car and a u-boat!
November 9, 2025 at 7:36 AM
pipipohutukawa.bsky.social
Anyone recognise this friend (or maybe not friend)? New to my garden this spring and currently lounging in a plum tree.
#VegetableGardening #gardenpests #gardenpredators #caterpillar #hairycaterpillar
Hairy caterpillar on a plum leaf. It has two red spots behind its head and whitish bars across each segment.
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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michaelwestbiz.bsky.social
Film maker Simon Nasht says Tony Burke's local Australian content rules for film & TV, slipped through on Cup Day, are not as they seem
#Netflix #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/burkes-backy...
Burke's backyard. Local content deal for streamers not what it seems. - Michael West
Tony Burke, has announced legislation to compel the multinational streaming giants to produce more Australian content. It's not what it seems.
michaelwest.com.au
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
pipipohutukawa.bsky.social
Please add your name to prevent out Environment Laws becoming so weak as to be worthless.
November 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
pipipohutukawa.bsky.social
I had almost given up on achieving any writing this month ala NanoWriMo but collecting seaweed earlier today has compelled me to do so and somehow I have just written the obligatory 1600+ words. It wasn’t on the story I had planned but there is hope.
November 3, 2025 at 4:09 AM
pipipohutukawa.bsky.social
Beach life. Collecting fresh seaweed for my garden and compost, and realising this is what my ancestors, in another place, did for centuries.
A black trolley with pneumatic tyres, filled with a range of seaweeds, and semi-covered with two orange plastic onion bags. stands on the beach. It is low tide and there is seaweed in the calm sea and on the shoreline. Low grey cloud stretches above the hills across the river.
November 3, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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antizionistjew.bsky.social
A girl in Gaza found a bag of instant noodles left behind by the israelis: starving, she opened it to cook them, and they exploded in her hands

(Sarah Wilkinson)
November 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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darach.bsky.social
Oh my God, Cuba. When the guy is dead you can stop punching!
adamparkhomenko.bsky.social Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · Oct 31
This is fucking amazing
October 31, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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antizionistjew.bsky.social
93% of the Gaza Strip has been rendered unusable by Israel

(Euro-Med)
During the more than 24 months of genocide, Israeli forces intentionally targeted Palestinian farmers working in the few agricultural areas that had not yet been destroyed in #Gaza, using airstrikes, direct gunfire, and repeated shelling. This turned farmlands into high-risk zones where the simple act of trying to secure food became a deadly gamble. Ongoing bombings and ground incursions also prevented farmers from accessing lands that survived earlier destruction, while other areas remained unusable due to the lack of irrigation caused by power outages, the destruction of water wells, and severe fuel shortages needed to operate irrigation systems. Available data reveals the enormous scale of destruction inflicted by #Israel on Gaza’s agricultural sector: ▪️1,218 agricultural wells were destroyed and rendered completely inoperative. ▪️Planted vegetable areas shrank from 93,000 dunams to around 4,000 dunams only. ▪️Over 85% of greenhouses were destroyed. This amounts to the total collapse of Gaza’s food production system.
October 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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peterwmurphy1.bsky.social
Since the ceasefire began on 11Oct25, Israel has launched 125 attacks on Gaza, killing 211 people (mostly women and children). After each attack, Israel announces it is "resuming the ceasefire". Western news media says very little. 😠 #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide
Infographic showing map of Gaza. Data: Israel has launched 125 attacks on Gaza, killing 211 people, during the ceasefire.
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM