Ruth Mitchell

1/What did the first nuclear bomb leave behind?

On July 18, our team from @nuclearban.bsky.social an, @nucleartruthprj.bsky.social & @meinonprofit.bsky.social visited Laguna Pueblo with Elder Petuuche Gilbert to witness the long-term impact of uranium extraction. #Trinity80 #NuclearBan

The most unrealistic part of this science fiction novel is that the men regularly wear colorful, interesting fashions.

“I’ve been waiting for this. And I’m so glad I’m part of this. Because now he can see me.” These are the words of former Greg Malham patient Nyrob, who along with Rick & Annie, just wants to be heard. See their stories of their encounters w the corflute #surgeon on God Complex, #4Corners, tonight.

🧵1/ Over the week, on Capitol Hill, Downwinder Mary Dickson, @sethshelden.bsky.social, @melissaparke01.bsky.social and partners briefed congressional staffers on the upcoming 80th anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the critical #RECA and the ongoing progress of the #NuclearBan Treaty.

🧵On July 16, 1945, the U.S. conducted the first-ever nuclear explosion in New Mexico. This was home to Indigenous Peoples and other local communities. There was plant and animal life, and sacred sites.

🔗➡️https://icanw.org/80_years_later_the_first_nuclear_blast_is_not_forgotten

✍️PETITION: Launch a Parliamentary Inquiry into AUKUS Launch a Parliamentary Inquiry into AUKUS NOW! Australia Institute research shows a majority of Australians support a parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS ✍️ Add your name now >

Australia has an opportunity to get out of the AUKUS security pact. We should take it.

Sign our petition calling the Albanese Government to undertake an independent parliamentary inquiry into the AUKUS security pact. nb.australiainstitute.org.au/aukus_parlia...

"It's poor governance that we have not had our own parliamentary inquiry [into AUKUS]."

"It's horrifying."

@drruthmitchell.bsky.social & @emmashortis.bsky.social on lack of due diligence done the Australian Government over the AUKUS submarines deal. #auspol

🎧 theaus.in/46Me3SJ

Former DFAT boss wants Australia out of AUKUS.

The Aus Govt could save us embarrassment by conducting its own review into AUKUS, rather than waiting for the US to make the deal untenable.

Our research found 66% of Australians want a Parliamentary Inquiry into AUKUS.

✍️ theaus.in/AUKUS_inquiry

Trump is threatening 200% tariffs on Australia's 3rd biggest export, pharmaceuticals. US big pharma hates our PBS – it buys medicine cheap & passes savings to Australians.

Aus Gov can look after Australians by standing firm & not subjecting us to US prices.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/our-pbs...

No one believes Moreton Bay Council’s fascist lies

Canadians are vacationing at home. International tourists are choosing Canada.

It's not just the insults, or the tariffs. It's too dangerous to go to America. ICE's powers are without limit. We can't go to a country that treats international visitors as new enemies instead of historic allies.

Iris Van Herpen has an ongoing collab with @cern.bsky.social and the pictures are spectacular #sciart kottke.org/25/06/large-... 🧪

Carol was denied a mammogram. Now she's having treatment for breast cancer Carol Taylor's mammogram was cancelled because she uses a wheelchair. When she eventually got a scan, she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Sending cooling vibes and solidarity

Military action is not the solution. The US must stop all strikes immediately and return to diplomacy. This path leads away from disaster and toward real security.

US intelligence itself doesn’t believe Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons. The attack has no legal justification and risks a regional conflagration. Attacking nuclear installations is also specifically banned by international law.

ICAN condemns the United States’ illegal military action against Iran’s nuclear facilities.
By joining Israel’s strikes, the US is violating international law and putting global non-proliferation efforts at risk.

MEDIA RELEASE: US attacks on nuclear sites are a dangerous escalation — Australia must not assist - ICAN Australia

Australian Government should immediately rule out any logistical support for US attacks on Iran, including by denying permission for US B-2 or B-52 bombers to transit or refuel in Australia. #nuclearban
icanw.org.au/media-releas...

I’ll probably never have a better story than my underwear overdose story, but the reason I have that story is less funny

I was born with an rare birth defect because my dad did an internship at a company shut down for causing birth defects

his father worked there; his mother died of cancer at 36

No one supports the Taliban limiting girls' education, or Iran forcing dress codes for women going out in public.

But if you're from a country who *just now* forced a woman who's legally brain-dead to have a baby, and then forced her family to pay for it, you need to shut up about women's rights.

Hello!! Nice to see you again! I hope you are well and cheeky!

The sun is rising through the trees above a pond with ducks in it. The trees are reflected in the water and there are ripples in the foreground.

Winter solstice run as the sun came up. #run #running #winter #wintersolstice #solstice #thankyoulegs #thankyoulungs #thankyousun #marathontraining #gadigalland

Congratulations 🙌

#booksky #writingcommunity

Jim Chalmers says that there's an appetite in Australia for government to be bold and ambitious. We agree!

There's no shortage of bold ideas. Governments just need the courage to implement them.

Here's a freebie to start off: Stop approving fossil fuel projects!

#auspol

Woohoo Dr Maxine Ronald, FRACS, MNZM!! 🎉🎉🎉
www.surgeons.org/surgicalnews...

"I'm happy to report I'm just fine. I lost a button. But I'm gonna sleep in my bed tonight, safe, with my family... At that elevator, I was separated from someone named Edgardo... Edgardo is in ICE detention and he's not going to sleep in his bed tonight."

There is really a lot of excitement in Geothermal World and Nuclear World about Meta pouring cash into projects, so here's a little reminder of why Meta is called Meta

Still of Last Week Tonight. John Oliver is talking about an Oct. 8, 2021 ProPublica/WPLN investigation titled "Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn't Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge."

The new @lastweektonight.com piece on juvenile incarceration featured several @ProPublica stories.

First up was our 2021 investigation with @wpln.bsky.social about young Black kids in Tennessee jailed for a crime that doesn't exist:

www.propublica.org/article/blac...