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Libby Robin
@libbydeq.bsky.social
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Writer, historian of ideas, Environment in museums
What Birdo is That? A Field Guide to Bird People 🦅

New book coming soon on Conservation and Care. 🌿

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 1h
Video trailer not available outside US? Not working in 🇦🇺

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 10h
Who would have thought?

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... @knitnannassyd.bsky.social
Campaign group behind attack ads on Labor, Greens and teal candidates was funded by coal industry lobby
Australians for Prosperity received most of its funding last financial year from Coal Australia, according to disclosures made to the Australian Electoral Commission
www.theguardian.com

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 10h
Never give away public ownership in one go in a fire sale to unscrupulous developers. Keep a gov eye on housing outcomes as they develop thro' partnerships. Grattan report (Nov 2025) has excellent practical suggestions. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... @grattaninstitute.bsky.social
Albanese government to sell off $3bn worth of historic defence sites amid push to free up space for new homes
Richard Marles has decided to sell more than 60 properties, including Victoria Barracks in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane
www.theguardian.com

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 10h
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Please think about holding on to some public ownership, and offering partnerships for new home builds that include heritage buildings in prominent places. Partnerships with heritage builders rather than huge vacant sites will maintain community cohesion better.
Albanese government to sell off $3bn worth of historic defence sites amid push to free up space for new homes
Richard Marles has decided to sell more than 60 properties, including Victoria Barracks in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane
www.theguardian.com

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 10h
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/03/w... 8/10 of "most risk" are QLD. How about elsewhere? One Nation is look-at-me but a very uneven problem. Pol media always talks up Q/NSW (following Murdoch lead). What about a "3CP" 🇦🇺 analysis of Greens, Teals and Orange Independents? #ClimateActionNow
Antony Green: Which seats could One Nation actually win?
If, come the next federal election, One Nation is polling at 25%, it will be sweeping up seats all across rural and regional Australia.
www.crikey.com.au

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 11h
The gambling industry is destroying our democracy. Could even destroy Big Parties. Voters want the Murphy report implemented. Now. Not "after the next election". Public money shd never be spent on crypto currencies that are all about avoiding public scrutiny www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/04/g...
Show me the money: All the big political donations from the gambling industry
Political disclosures show a raft of donations from the gambling industry, including hundreds of thousands from a controversial billionaire.
www.crikey.com.au

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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 11h
Residents of a far west New South Wales community found tens of thousands of dead fish on the banks of Lake Menindee.
Up to 100,000 fish found dead at Lake Menindee
Residents of a far west New South Wales community found tens of thousands of dead fish on the banks of Lake Menindee.
www.abc.net.au

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 15h
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02... 70% risk increase but still we can't stop digging a big (hot) hole. No more excuses. No more energy demands (esp AI data centres) All support for the people of Gellibrand with their rebuilding projects.
Residents burnt out of 'paradise' determined to rebuild
The Cochrane family has called the Otways home for more than four decades. Even after fires destroyed their property, they do not plan to move.
www.abc.net.au

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 20h
@squigglyrick.bsky.social This is the best piece yet I have read on why 🇦🇺 can't afford not to fix NDIS and support for carers.
Condolences to the Ilic brothers. He was Some Dad!

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Jessý Potato @markdownhandsup.bsky.social · 22h
More updates and stats on Reykjavík's unwinter: last snow day was Dec 16. Zero snow in Jan, and last time that happened was in 1940.

Attached photo from mountain pass toward Þingvellirvatn; snow doesn't even cover full topography. Ski places closed nearby.
#northernlights #aurora
#iceland #weather

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Dan Ilic @danilic.bsky.social · 1d
My brother wrote a beautiful tribute to our Dad who passed last week — Voy Ilic:
nickilicphysio.substack.com/p/a-life-bui...
A Life Built in a Good-Enough System
A Life of Disability, Adversity, Laughter — and the Systems That Made It Possible
nickilicphysio.substack.com

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 1d
Sympathies tuyau. School French gave us Maigret (but I didn't smoke one) & fancy expressions comme "dans les petits souliers", but tenterhooks were no use at a cheap Calais hotel in darkest winter. "couverture" would have been useful... miming got us 1 baby cot blanket to share (& a free smirk).

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 1d
Follow news. Not propaganda. Media could help by not reporting every brain fart... And we in "the rest of the world" are newsworthy too. If in doubt don't read it!

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 1d
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02... Wow. What a swim. Cool heads all round saved 4 lives
Boy swims four hours to shore to save family swept out to sea
A 13-year-old boy has been hailed a hero after swimming four hours through rough seas to get help for his mother and two siblings, who were swept out to sea on an inflatable paddleboard in WA's South ...
www.abc.net.au

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 1d
Put it on airplane mode. That helps.

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 1d
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02... Ask the locals first. This plan has just flown in from London. Energy for faraway data centres elsewhere is not a good use of the planet. Smaller local renewable generation makes sense. Not wasting it on AI does too.
Victorian beach community battles global company's offshore turbines
A tiny coastal community in Victoria's east is battling an international wind energy giant that wants to build 60 to 70 turbines in the ocean 10 kilometres from shore.
www.abc.net.au

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 1d
NB Thomas Fisher - ie Toronto not Sydney Fisher Library.

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Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends @knitnannassyd.bsky.social · 1d
Nannas will not stop working for an end to fossil fuel exports, and that means no new coal and gas. knittingnannas.org/2026/02/03/n...
Nanna News 2 Feb 2026
Nannas had their first in-person meeting in 2026 on Friday 29 January and welcomed five new Nannas. The end of fossil fuels is near but not coming nearly fast enough to save us from prolonged heatw…
knittingnannas.org

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 2d
Misfeance is important in the difficult battle to get execs to actually take responsibility for their decisions. Especially where the client can't withdraw from the system (eg ATO #Robodebt, NDIS) Thank you @squigglyrick.bsky.social
squigglyrick.bsky.social Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 2d
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squigglyrick.bsky.social Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 4d
New misfeasance in public office decision dropped. A cracker: Judge awarded $2m in damages, including v. rare punitive exemplary damages, against former head of Medicare watchdog. Matters are RARE. Wins rarer. A boon to potential Robodebt + other cases. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 2d
Join us in ADELAIDE for An Afternoon with Yanis Varoufakis and Friends!

Featuring @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social, Dr Bob Brown, Professor Clare Wright, Hannah Ferguson and Dominic Guerrera.

Tickets selling fast, get in quick! 🎟️🎟️🎟️ #auspol

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 2d
Aust also very dry and lacking water (but not everywhere - some flooding too!). Microclimates vary. But water supplies depend on what happens in the mountains like in western US (NB: bushfires don't help!)
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia swelters through fourth hottest January on record – as it happened
This blog is now closed
www.theguardian.com

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 2d
Criminalisation is no solution to hate. Let's go for a bill of rights suggests Juliana Schultz www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @humanitiesau.bsky.social
The ‘pleasant fiction’ of a rules-based order has been blown apart. It’s time for Australia to codify a bill of rights | Julianne Schultz
What’s happening on American streets makes clear that a charter of rights does not prevent state overreach. But human rights must be more than a debating point
www.theguardian.com

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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 2d
950 days after the Murphy Report into gambling reform was released, the Albanese government hasn’t responded to a single one of its recommendations. Meanwhile, Australians lose almost $90 million every day to online gambling and pokies. It’s time to ban the advertising of online gambling.
‘Frustrated’ by slow pace of gambling ads reform, Labor caucus wants Wells to act
Documents released under FoI show Wells’ department worried about how gambling reforms would affect sporting codes and media companies
www.theguardian.com

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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 2d
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squigglyrick.bsky.social Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 4d
New misfeasance in public office decision dropped. A cracker: Judge awarded $2m in damages, including v. rare punitive exemplary damages, against former head of Medicare watchdog. Matters are RARE. Wins rarer. A boon to potential Robodebt + other cases. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...
Exclusive: Misfeasance case paves way for robodebt action
A damning judgement of ‘highhandedness or cynical disregard’ by the Medicare watchdog has established a new front for civil litigation of public servants named in the robodebt royal commission.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 2d
Join us online for Chris Jones discussing his book The Invention of Infinite Growth: How Economists Came to Believe a Dangerous Delusion (Univ of Chicago Press, 2025) in the Greenhouse #envhum #book talk series tomorrow (Monday, 2 February 2026), 16:00 CET / 10:00 EST.
Online book talk: Jones, Invention of Infinite Growth – The Greenhouse Book Talks
newnatures.org

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 3d
She is wasting energy - her opponent did it without the grunts.

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 3d
#ZombieZoology for #ZebraDay
wildpasts.bsky.social Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · 3d
On international zebra day I feel honour bound to post this story of de-extinction the quagga and remind us of when I tried to invent the expression “zombie zoology”. It was WILDLY unpopular!

youtu.be/7DoipvEeU8g
Stellenbosch Forum Lecture: Zombie Zoology: the end of extinction? (Prof Sandra Swart)
YouTube video by Division for Research Development (DRD)
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Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · 3d
On international zebra day I feel honour bound to post this story of de-extinction the quagga and remind us of when I tried to invent the expression “zombie zoology”. It was WILDLY unpopular!

youtu.be/7DoipvEeU8g
Stellenbosch Forum Lecture: Zombie Zoology: the end of extinction? (Prof Sandra Swart)
YouTube video by Division for Research Development (DRD)
youtu.be

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 3d
Tools for fighting fire at a distance always good add-ons, but local knowledge and functional gear onsite is FIRST priority. Local fire brigades (volunteers) left to fight wildfires in 🇦🇺 this month with old trucks and no water or wi fi/ phone tower access. Fancy digital "solutions" irrelevant.
lawrencecphd.bsky.social Lawrence Culver @lawrencecphd.bsky.social · 3d
“Emberpoint” could use tech to detect & combat fires? Great!

But a utility responsible for starting megafires, AI tech supercharging climate change, a defense contractor and a giant mortgage lender all eyeing big wildfire profits? Disaster capitalism at its finest!

www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Lockheed Martin, PG&E, Salesforce and Wells Fargo team up to help battle wildfires
The companies announced a new venture on Monday to help firefighters prevent, detect and respond more quickly to wildfires.
www.latimes.com

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Lawrence Culver @lawrencecphd.bsky.social · 3d
“Emberpoint” could use tech to detect & combat fires? Great!

But a utility responsible for starting megafires, AI tech supercharging climate change, a defense contractor and a giant mortgage lender all eyeing big wildfire profits? Disaster capitalism at its finest!

www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Lockheed Martin, PG&E, Salesforce and Wells Fargo team up to help battle wildfires
The companies announced a new venture on Monday to help firefighters prevent, detect and respond more quickly to wildfires.
www.latimes.com