Libby Robin
@libbydeq.bsky.social
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. 🌿
What Birdo is That? A Field Guide to Bird People 🦅
New book coming soon on Conservation and Care. 🌿
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…. and here they go! Paddling out into Newcastle Port to encounter the laden coal ships off to deliver their loads to pollute our world & wreck our kid’s futures. Getting profits for a few while they can. @risingtideAus.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
…. and here they go! Paddling out into Newcastle Port to encounter the laden coal ships off to deliver their loads to pollute our world & wreck our kid’s futures. Getting profits for a few while they can. @risingtideAus.bsky.social
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The University of Bristol will offer their summer school in Environmental Humanities again!
@bristoluni.bsky.social #envhum #envhist
@bristoluni.bsky.social #envhum #envhist
November 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The University of Bristol will offer their summer school in Environmental Humanities again!
@bristoluni.bsky.social #envhum #envhist
@bristoluni.bsky.social #envhum #envhist
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@knitnannassyd.bsky.social@sydneyknittingnannasandfriends
A Nanna and Goliath moment @risingtide. Contemplating the coal ships through the pollution haze.
A Nanna and Goliath moment @risingtide. Contemplating the coal ships through the pollution haze.
November 28, 2025 at 5:05 AM
@knitnannassyd.bsky.social@sydneyknittingnannasandfriends
A Nanna and Goliath moment @risingtide. Contemplating the coal ships through the pollution haze.
A Nanna and Goliath moment @risingtide. Contemplating the coal ships through the pollution haze.
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Today, we would like to highlight “Eagles, Marmots, Humans: Knowing Wildlife Through #Fieldwork” by environmental historian and anthropologist @monicavasile.bsky.social from the recently-published eighth issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Today, we would like to highlight “Eagles, Marmots, Humans: Knowing Wildlife Through #Fieldwork” by environmental historian and anthropologist @monicavasile.bsky.social from the recently-published eighth issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.
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"They wouldn’t last beyond a week”: ABC chair Kim Williams says Australia needs to interrogate the double standard allowed to tech company bosses invested in AI.
'Under threat': Former ACCC chair Rod Sims savages government’s proposed news bargaining incentive
www.crikey.com.au
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
"They wouldn’t last beyond a week”: ABC chair Kim Williams says Australia needs to interrogate the double standard allowed to tech company bosses invested in AI.
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It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner AO FAHA FQA — one of Australia’s most influential humanities scholars and a towering figure in the Academy’s history. humanities.org.au/our-communit...
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner AO FAHA FQA — one of Australia’s most influential humanities scholars and a towering figure in the Academy’s history. humanities.org.au/our-communit...
Kim Williams ABC chair critical of 'investors, founders and entrepreneurs in AI' with 'profoundly autocratic views of society' who force 'anti-democratic views' ... offered 'seemingly with little criticism.' Same people are on cultural boards incl. Universities. We need more diversity & criticism.
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Kim Williams ABC chair critical of 'investors, founders and entrepreneurs in AI' with 'profoundly autocratic views of society' who force 'anti-democratic views' ... offered 'seemingly with little criticism.' Same people are on cultural boards incl. Universities. We need more diversity & criticism.
Human health cannot be based on planetary ill-health. Krill is too important for a #Swisse potion. Boycott ALL their products till they withdraw this product. @knitnannassyd.bsky.social
swissekrills.org#action
swissekrills.org#action
Swisse Krills
The certified B Corp plundering Antarctica. Join us to pressure Swisse to drop krill oil and protect whales, penguins, and the fragile Antarctic ecosystem.
swissekrills.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Human health cannot be based on planetary ill-health. Krill is too important for a #Swisse potion. Boycott ALL their products till they withdraw this product. @knitnannassyd.bsky.social
swissekrills.org#action
swissekrills.org#action
Cross-benchers are SO important to the intellectual life and cultural future of Australia. They listen to people, not just vested interests. We DO need science. We also need policy that listens to it, not suppression orders. Good work @davidpocock.bsky.social
This is from #Guardian live-feed
This is from #Guardian live-feed
November 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Cross-benchers are SO important to the intellectual life and cultural future of Australia. They listen to people, not just vested interests. We DO need science. We also need policy that listens to it, not suppression orders. Good work @davidpocock.bsky.social
This is from #Guardian live-feed
This is from #Guardian live-feed
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#CFP: "The Ocean of Life. Humanities and the Ocean"
International seminar, 3 July 2026, University of the Ryukus, Japan.
Deadline for submissions: 19 December 2025
Info: international-seminar-ocean.my.canva.site
#envhum #envhist #ecolit #bluehumanities
International seminar, 3 July 2026, University of the Ryukus, Japan.
Deadline for submissions: 19 December 2025
Info: international-seminar-ocean.my.canva.site
#envhum #envhist #ecolit #bluehumanities
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#CFP: "The Ocean of Life. Humanities and the Ocean"
International seminar, 3 July 2026, University of the Ryukus, Japan.
Deadline for submissions: 19 December 2025
Info: international-seminar-ocean.my.canva.site
#envhum #envhist #ecolit #bluehumanities
International seminar, 3 July 2026, University of the Ryukus, Japan.
Deadline for submissions: 19 December 2025
Info: international-seminar-ocean.my.canva.site
#envhum #envhist #ecolit #bluehumanities
reportha.org/en/news/item... Interesting meeting in Porto next week! @iceho.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social #BlueHumanities
REPORT(H)A - CFP - VI Meeting of Report(H)a
Call for Papers Counting (multi)species – is the future behind us? (Re)reading archives and environmental methodologies Porto | 4–6 December 2025 For more information and abstract submission see...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
reportha.org/en/news/item... Interesting meeting in Porto next week! @iceho.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social #BlueHumanities
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/24/a... No excuses @abcnewsbot.bsky.social - read this! Dump the dreary crime reports. Also drop the F1 racing and American sports news. We don't want more Sportsbetting opportunities - they are harmful (& boring!). More local sport not celebrity picks.
The ABC’s chase for crime’s news-lite audience is driving out the news we need
A new report out of Harvard demonstrates why news — particularly in America — is being watered down in favour of salacious crime. But what's the ABC's excuse?
www.crikey.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/24/a... No excuses @abcnewsbot.bsky.social - read this! Dump the dreary crime reports. Also drop the F1 racing and American sports news. We don't want more Sportsbetting opportunities - they are harmful (& boring!). More local sport not celebrity picks.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Chat bots don't work, and real people can't talk on robotic schedules. Cut the corporate micromanagement and spend on real staff (not modern slavery). #ATO can't afford another #Robodebt Tax is a matter btwn voters & governments. Not a site for-profit activities.
‘The whole thing stinks’: outsourced ATO call centre workers shocked by conditions as callers complain about inexperienced staff
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand also say the ATO’s ‘phone system just doesn’t work’
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Chat bots don't work, and real people can't talk on robotic schedules. Cut the corporate micromanagement and spend on real staff (not modern slavery). #ATO can't afford another #Robodebt Tax is a matter btwn voters & governments. Not a site for-profit activities.
Best summary of #COP30 issues yet in @insidestory.bsky.social insidestory.org.au/not-so-good-...
'It's not about the science (except in US)'... it is geopolitics esp OPEC+... but don't forget the power of #forests while the vested interests lobby.
'It's not about the science (except in US)'... it is geopolitics esp OPEC+... but don't forget the power of #forests while the vested interests lobby.
Not so good COP • Inside Story
The latest UN climate summit was buffeted by geopolitical headwinds
insidestory.org.au
November 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Best summary of #COP30 issues yet in @insidestory.bsky.social insidestory.org.au/not-so-good-...
'It's not about the science (except in US)'... it is geopolitics esp OPEC+... but don't forget the power of #forests while the vested interests lobby.
'It's not about the science (except in US)'... it is geopolitics esp OPEC+... but don't forget the power of #forests while the vested interests lobby.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... Airports are flat, often near wetlands favoured by birds. Habitat is squeezed. More collisions! Higher pop so more flights (pop X2 since 1978; + increased air tourism = strikes X4). Give birds more habitat away from airports. Consolidate humans/avoid suburban sprawl
Australia records highest number of aircraft bird strikes in over a decade
The first recorded bird strike, when a bird collides with an aircraft, was in the United States in 1905 but now they occur almost daily. Last year, Australia recorded the highest number in more than a...
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November 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... Airports are flat, often near wetlands favoured by birds. Habitat is squeezed. More collisions! Higher pop so more flights (pop X2 since 1978; + increased air tourism = strikes X4). Give birds more habitat away from airports. Consolidate humans/avoid suburban sprawl
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You can now read the entire piece online on 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴: springs-rcc.org/disempowered...
(Dis)Empowered Communities: A Conversation with Davide Orsini - Springs
Uwe Lübken interviews Davide Orsini on nuclear decommissioning.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
You can now read the entire piece online on 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴: springs-rcc.org/disempowered...
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Published online ahead-of-print an article by Zoë Laidlaw, ‘Capital, Agents and Absentees: Port Phillip Pastoralism and the Profits of Slavery’. It's also freely available via open access - abstract below.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Published online ahead-of-print an article by Zoë Laidlaw, ‘Capital, Agents and Absentees: Port Phillip Pastoralism and the Profits of Slavery’. It's also freely available via open access - abstract below.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Congratulations to Mary Blight (Curtin), runner up of the 2025 Ken Inglis Prize for the best paper presented by a postgrad at the AHA conference. Read the judges’ citation below.
Thanks to all who submitted entries, to our two judges, and to Taylor & Francis for their ongoing support of this prize.
Thanks to all who submitted entries, to our two judges, and to Taylor & Francis for their ongoing support of this prize.
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Congratulations to Mary Blight (Curtin), runner up of the 2025 Ken Inglis Prize for the best paper presented by a postgrad at the AHA conference. Read the judges’ citation below.
Thanks to all who submitted entries, to our two judges, and to Taylor & Francis for their ongoing support of this prize.
Thanks to all who submitted entries, to our two judges, and to Taylor & Francis for their ongoing support of this prize.
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Congratulations to Zoe Smith (ANU), winner of the 2025 Ken Inglis Prize for the best paper presented by a postgrad at the annual AHA conference @austhistassoc.bsky.social Thanks to Taylor & Francis @tandfonline.bsky.social for supporting the prize. Read the judges’ citation below
November 18, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Congratulations to Zoe Smith (ANU), winner of the 2025 Ken Inglis Prize for the best paper presented by a postgrad at the annual AHA conference @austhistassoc.bsky.social Thanks to Taylor & Francis @tandfonline.bsky.social for supporting the prize. Read the judges’ citation below
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... How about Mining Company fixes damaged roads? Then pays rest of "restoration costs" at market rates to revegetation experiment with reputable conservation group who with COMMUNITY (local jobs) works to bring land back to health??? Landholders can sell or join in.
Landholder says mine company's promise to revegetate site not possible
A mine in South Australia's Murray Mallee is ceasing operations and says it will rehabilitate the site back to its original condition. However, the site's owner says the land will never get back to wh...
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2025 at 4:56 AM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... How about Mining Company fixes damaged roads? Then pays rest of "restoration costs" at market rates to revegetation experiment with reputable conservation group who with COMMUNITY (local jobs) works to bring land back to health??? Landholders can sell or join in.
Landholder says mine company's promise to revegetate site not possible
A mine in South Australia's Murray Mallee is ceasing operations and says it will rehabilitate the site back to its original condition. However, the site's owner says the land will never get back to wh...
www.abc.net.au
November 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... How about Mining Company fixes damaged roads? Then pays rest of "restoration costs" at market rates to revegetation experiment with reputable conservation group who with COMMUNITY (local jobs) works to bring land back to health??? Landholders can sell or join in.
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After disasters, investors benefit & residents lose: “Altadena has been flooded by investors…of the 289 properties that have been sold, 168 were bought by limited liability investors and private equity firms, as opposed to 93 purchased by individuals.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
In Altadena, a woman is racing to buy land for her business that burned, before developers get it
Shelene Hearring has until Nov. 25 to raise $600,000 so she can purchase property in Altadena she needs to rebuild her martial arts business.
www.latimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
After disasters, investors benefit & residents lose: “Altadena has been flooded by investors…of the 289 properties that have been sold, 168 were bought by limited liability investors and private equity firms, as opposed to 93 purchased by individuals.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Amid swirling debate among conservative politicians over decarbonisation, energy bosses have warned against turning away from net zero despite cost pressures.
Energy CEOs say 'no turning back' on renewables transition
Amid swirling debate among conservative politicians over decarbonisation, energy bosses have warned against turning away from net zero despite cost pressures.
www.abc.net.au
November 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Amid swirling debate among conservative politicians over decarbonisation, energy bosses have warned against turning away from net zero despite cost pressures.
