Paula
@squibs59.bsky.social
Retired, grew up in Ireland and have lived in Melbourne for many years.
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For attendees of #ESA2025 that might be interested.
I love Northern Australia, and it breaks my heart what's happening and is planned for this region. More people need to know why this place is so special and what's at risk, so I wrote about it. My first article for @australiainstitute.org.au's The Point. thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Northern Australia is extraordinary, and it’s under severe threat
Right now, this region, is under siege, in large part due to insatiable corporate and government desires to ‘develop’ the North.
thepoint.com.au
November 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
For attendees of #ESA2025 that might be interested.
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WATCH: The Sunday Shot this weekend 👍🏾
This week’s #SundayShot has @drdemography.com and @eddyjokovich.bsky.social plus an interview with @seankelly.bsky.social on the Quarterly Essay that’s got everyone talking.
What’s not to love?
Join us! And subscribe to us!
youtube.com/@thesundayshot
What’s not to love?
Join us! And subscribe to us!
youtube.com/@thesundayshot
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
WATCH: The Sunday Shot this weekend 👍🏾
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This is climate change.
This will keep happening closer and closer to you, until it's you moving.
This will keep happening closer and closer to you, until it's you moving.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
This is climate change.
This will keep happening closer and closer to you, until it's you moving.
This will keep happening closer and closer to you, until it's you moving.
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Francesca Albanese—
"A day of ordinary ceasefire in Gaza: Israel killing 28 Palestinians amidst the silence of the states that just voted a ‘peace’ plan.
"The neverending suffering of the Palestinians and the sinister politicking around it, are the shame of our times."
"A day of ordinary ceasefire in Gaza: Israel killing 28 Palestinians amidst the silence of the states that just voted a ‘peace’ plan.
"The neverending suffering of the Palestinians and the sinister politicking around it, are the shame of our times."
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Francesca Albanese—
"A day of ordinary ceasefire in Gaza: Israel killing 28 Palestinians amidst the silence of the states that just voted a ‘peace’ plan.
"The neverending suffering of the Palestinians and the sinister politicking around it, are the shame of our times."
"A day of ordinary ceasefire in Gaza: Israel killing 28 Palestinians amidst the silence of the states that just voted a ‘peace’ plan.
"The neverending suffering of the Palestinians and the sinister politicking around it, are the shame of our times."
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Support @davidpocock.bsky.social's campaign to save our #CSIRO. Please sign the online petition. #auspol #science #research www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
David Pocock - Independent Senator for the ACT
TRUST. INTEGRITY. LEADERSHIP.
www.davidpocock.com.au
November 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Support @davidpocock.bsky.social's campaign to save our #CSIRO. Please sign the online petition. #auspol #science #research www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
Sign now to defend our ABC from Murdoch's attacks! getup.to/m1OPEH1Cp2XTJ
Defend our ABC!
Our ABC is under attack by far-right wreckers – we're fighting back.
getup.to
November 20, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Sign now to defend our ABC from Murdoch's attacks! getup.to/m1OPEH1Cp2XTJ
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"fresh survey of eight sites along WA's Ningaloo Reef has revealed more than 60 per cent of corals have died [..] Of the 1,600 corals counted in March, only 600 were still alive come late October"
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
"fresh survey of eight sites along WA's Ningaloo Reef has revealed more than 60 per cent of corals have died [..] Of the 1,600 corals counted in March, only 600 were still alive come late October"
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Save the CSIRO
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Save the CSIRO
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
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This is obscene.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at CSIRO
Australia’s national scientific agency announces more research job losses as it looks for budgetary savings
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This is obscene.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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I'd forgotten that time that feels so long ago now when music videos could be loads of fun to watch ... this one from 1985. #WhenTheGoingGetsTough #TheToughGetGoing #BillyOcean #KathleenTurner #DannyDeVito #MichaelDouglas #TheJewelOfTheNile
November 16, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I'd forgotten that time that feels so long ago now when music videos could be loads of fun to watch ... this one from 1985. #WhenTheGoingGetsTough #TheToughGetGoing #BillyOcean #KathleenTurner #DannyDeVito #MichaelDouglas #TheJewelOfTheNile
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Just a note to journalists - there is no such thing as a moderate Liberal MP. I told you about this back in 2019. (And even that was a late note)
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The moderate Liberal MP is extinct – Howard subjugated them years ago | Greg Jericho
It’s time to stop lionising the myth of the moderate Liberal; it’s just a nonsensical label
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Just a note to journalists - there is no such thing as a moderate Liberal MP. I told you about this back in 2019. (And even that was a late note)
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What we think of neo-nazis
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
What we think of neo-nazis
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This has been a problem for awhile. The math doesn’t math.
November 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM
This has been a problem for awhile. The math doesn’t math.
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A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
Sudanese survivors of el-Fasher siege tell the BBC about RSF brutality | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
www.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
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Always a pleasure to donate to Wikipedia
Jimmy Wales on Elon Musk’s attacks on Wikipedia:
“I don’t think he has the power he thinks he has, or that a lot of people think he has, to damage Wikipedia. We’ll be here in a hundred years and he won’t. As long as we stay Wikipedia, people will still love us.” 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...
“I don’t think he has the power he thinks he has, or that a lot of people think he has, to damage Wikipedia. We’ll be here in a hundred years and he won’t. As long as we stay Wikipedia, people will still love us.” 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...
The Culture Wars Came for Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales Is Staying the Course.
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Always a pleasure to donate to Wikipedia
A Tesla executive is leading Australia’s R&D review. That’s not OK. Public roles should serve the people – not billionaires. Add your name to demand Denholm’s resignation and new integrity laws: getup.to/1Z85gi3CMXdu9
Billionaire Hands off Public Policy!
Tesla's chair is in charge of our tech future - but it should be us shaping policy
getup.to
October 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
A Tesla executive is leading Australia’s R&D review. That’s not OK. Public roles should serve the people – not billionaires. Add your name to demand Denholm’s resignation and new integrity laws: getup.to/1Z85gi3CMXdu9
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“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
apnews.com/article/pope...
apnews.com/article/pope...
Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
apnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
apnews.com/article/pope...
apnews.com/article/pope...
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Definitely one to watch!! 👇 #Auspol
Another not to be missed episode of #SundayShot drops tomorrow on YouTube at 9am (AEDT) right here #auspol > www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
October 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Definitely one to watch!! 👇 #Auspol
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"The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves"
Rest easy Jane 🫶🏽
Rest easy Jane 🫶🏽
an illustration of a woman holding a chimpanzee with the words " least i can do is speak out "
ALT: an illustration of a woman holding a chimpanzee with the words " least i can do is speak out "
media.tenor.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:46 AM
"The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves"
Rest easy Jane 🫶🏽
Rest easy Jane 🫶🏽