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Vern Veitch 1952 AU

@vernv.bsky.social

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🇦🇺 Retired ecologist. Dad to 2 adult daughters & 2 adult puppies. Humanity, anti genocide & ecocide. Polite conversation including criticism welcome. Abuse, porn, religious radicals & bots 🚫. DM's will be muted or 🚫

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Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · Nov 24

Just a quick reminder to all who have either followed me or intend to and that I haven't followed back. If you don't have either a profile or at least a few posts to provide some indication of your interests, I'll just put a follow back on hold until I see something.

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Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 3h

Note Trump's face in this photo is uneven. This is a recent change. Has he had a stroke?

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 3h

Analysis by The Australia Institute reveals that replacing the broken Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) with a flat 25% tax on gas exports, as suggested by the ACTU, would raise more than $17 billion a year, enough to quadruple Commonwealth spending on housing.

Read the full release below:

Progressive patriotism: ACTU’s 25% gas export tax should replace broken PRRT

australiainstitute.org.au

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Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 9h

Morning Dave. Ducks on strike again this morning.

Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 9h

This promise is not worth the paper it was printed on.

Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 9h

I've said it many times but there is virtually no difference on environmental policy between Labor & LNP.

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stevenweiss58.bsky.social @stevenweiss58.bsky.social · 18h

Israel has lost its moral and ethical compass
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o...

Opinion | The Israel-Gaza War Always Had an Unacknowledged Third Front

www.nytimes.com

Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 18h

Just following his supreme leader who praised the 30's German Dictator reportedly.

Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 1d

Venezuela has large, untapped reserves of oil.

Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 1d

Perhaps superseded by solar PV & large scale batteries.

Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 1d

Morning Dave. Looks clear & likely warming up.

Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 1d

USA is arguably the most dangerous country in the world. Why would anyone want to visit there?

Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 1d

Should we be surprised?

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 1d

Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council says microplastics and chemicals from artificial lawns can contaminate stormwater.

Council wants to ban fake grass near gutters over PFAS and microplastic fears

Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council says microplastics and chemicals from artificial lawns can contaminate stormwater.

www.abc.net.au

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 1d

The woody biomass of Australia’s tropical rainforests has already switched from carbon sink to carbon source – and the reason is climate change.

👉 theconversation.com/a-cruci...

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Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 2d

My tree allways has mor flowers after a big wet season.

Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 2d

A no duck day? Good morning Dave.

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Tom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · 2d

Israel has massacred another nine Palestinians who were trying to return to their homes, as well as restricted aid again.

Israel's genocide in Gaza has not stopped.

Trump threatens to disarm Hamas ‘violently’ as Israel violates Gaza truce

Israeli army confirmed it opened fire saying a group of people approached soldiers before being targeted.

www.aljazeera.com

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Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 2d

Did your area have good rain during the year? Most likely cause.

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Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 2d

Why has the Zionist lobby got so much influence in politics at the expense of the broader community?

Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 2d

I wonder if it's some sort of self-harm that he can't resist being bitten by her?

Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 3d

A healthy environment is apparently worthless and not wanted in Australia.

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Dr Sea Rotmann @drsearotmann.bsky.social · 3d

As a coral reef ecologist by training, this is the single-greatest heartbreak of my otherwise blessed life: the extinction of the greatest ecosystems on earth, in our lifetime, with full knowledge it would happen, because humans love fascism & tat more than life 💔 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

www.theguardian.com

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 3d

The 'positive' tipping points in this are always interested to read. Strange to leave out onshore wind but include "green hydrogen"

Also offshore wind is certainly facing far more headwinds than onshore wind.....

global-tipping-points.org/positive-tip...

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Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 3d

It seems that the purpose of capitalism is to make the rich, richer and the poor poorer. A failed global economic paradigm.

Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 3d

Well this helps identify who not to buy from.

solodeveloping.bsky.social @solodeveloping.bsky.social · 3d

UN report about companies helping Israel in their Genocide

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...

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Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 4d

Good morning Dave from 20 years & 1 hour behind. The ducks are back & seem to have bought some extras to join them.