A vibrant bird peeks from behind a mossy tree branch, its striking yellow throat glowing against its sleek black plumage. Its large, colorful beak, a bold combination of sunny yellow and deep maroon, curves gracefully, exuding both elegance and strength. A single bright eye, framed by its glossy feathers, reflects the soft light filtering through the dense jungle canopy. The blurred background of dappled greens and gentle light spots creates a serene and enchanting atmosphere, highlighting the bird's bold and charismatic presence.

Yellow-throated Toucan at @tapirvalley.bsky.social

#birds #toucans

This is a true 'once-in-a-lifetime shot.
A meteor and Milky Way galaxy in the same frame

I don’t own a Tesla but only a few years ago this was among my favorite books to read to my kids at bedtime.

Oh, how things have changed!

Truth.

tesla tells cybertruck line "just mimic the movements you usually do and make all the noises with your mouth"

Santos calls alleged greenwashing case a ‘biased retelling’ of its net zero aspirations Fossil fuel giant’s lawyer says the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility is ignoring years of work by Santos

Worth following this case in Australia - one of the country's biggest fossil fuel companies is having its climate claims and promised tested in court:

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The story of 'Doodlebug', an orphaned baby kangaroo who was found on the side of the road, a little baby about two months old.

Tim Beshara and his mum Gillian Abbott who is a wildlife caretaker took care of him, and gave him a teddy bear for comfort, and he wouldn't stop hugging it. 🥹

Old growth cull.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Chatting to an Aust journo 2 days ago who told me how much she's enjoying BlueSky and would love to follow people back, but she's very wary of so many people without bios or some sort of post history, avi pic or indication of who they are.

If you'd like to be followed back here, it does help.

🙏🏽

97% of adult Australians have limited skills to verify information online – new report How would you tell if information in a post is true or false? Our study tested the ability of 2,115 adult Australians to verify information online.

'Although people are concerned about misinfo, our report shows that 97% of adults in Australia have limited skills to verify information online.

'Regularly accessing quality info verified by journos may help people distinguish fact-based stories from other info.

theconversation.com/97-of-adult-...

I used to think Australia was best served by a majority government. Now I’m not so sure | George Megalogenis A volatile minority government may be the lesser evil when compared with the narrowly cast and ineffectual governments of the past decade

I used to think Australia was best served by a majority government. Now I’m not so sure:
George Megalogenis
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Australia Bans Social Media for Everyone Under 16 The law sets a minimum age for users of platforms like TikTok, Instagram and X. How the restriction will be enforced online remains an open question.

⭐ "Leo Puglisi, a 17-year-old Australian teenager who runs a news site, 6 News, that is staffed mostly by teens, said he had full confidence that his 14-year-old brother would easily find a way to circumvent any restriction." Onya, Leo #auspol www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/w...

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen BREAKING: Trump makes BOMBSHELL weekend announcement

I spoke with @marcelias.bsky.social about exactly why Kash Patel is one of, if not *the* most dangerous Cabinet picks. Watch below:

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”

-- James Baldwin, who died #OTD 1987

Who can access abortion in Australia? Abortion is legal in all Australian states and territories. But the availability and cost of services depends on where you live and your pregnancy gestation.

Abortion is legal in all Australian states and territories. But the availability and cost of services depends on where you live and your pregnancy gestation.

Celebrated the life of Gemma Carey today - one of the most intelligent and hard-working people I’ve ever known. Her brutal and heart-wrenching honesty was her real power.
She touched and helped so many.
The absence is huge, the pain for those who loved her immense-it’s just so horrible she’s gone

AND DONT FORGET PEOPLE:

Elon Musk's maternal grandparents relocated from Canada to South Africa in the early 1900s, where they were in the German Nazi Party.

They supported Hitler and then went to South Africa, a stronghold of support for Nazism outside of Germany. Musk was an anti-semite and an apartheid lover.

DOJ and FBI officials reach out to lawyers as potential Trump revenge prosecutions loom Legal experts say that Trump's choice for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, signals the president-elect's determination to tightly control the DOJ and prosecute adversaries.

“A former senior DOJ official who served during Trump’s first term said he, too, saw Gaetz’s nomination as a sign of the seriousness of the president-elect’s vow to exact revenge on those who investigated him.” Sounds realistic to me.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Ahead of House Vote on Bill that Would Stifle Dissent, ACLU Sounds Alarm Again | American Civil Liberties Union H.R. 9495 was narrowly blocked last week after members of Congress received more than 100,000 messages from constituents urging them to oppose

The House is set to vote Thursday on HR 9495, a bill that would give the incoming Trump administration new power to muzzle, punish, and effectively shut down tax-exempt organizations without transparency or due process. VOTE NO!

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Rare photo of Mona Lisa and Leonardo DaVinci taken in Florence in 1504 😁

📸 by unknown

Photo of an adorable shiny black cat with green eyes standing on a green lawn.

Handsome T’Challa at @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social! If you need more cute animals in your life you should follow them ASAP. Cats, pigs, ponies, ducks, rabbits, and more! 🦃 🐴 🐖 🐇 🐓 🐐 🐈‍⬛ 🦆

“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
-Albert Camus

Just so we’re clear -
Any party telling you who you can love, what gender you are, which medicine you can take, which books you can read, which history you can learn, what prayers you should pray and what you can and cannot do with your own body, doesn’t give a fuck about freedom.