S. K. Riley

S. K. Riley

@skriley.bsky.social

Writer, PhD, gardener, educator, tree planter, and so forth. www.skriley-author.com Lover of Australian wildlife, re-wilding, mythology, music, cinema and democracy. 🇦🇺

4,963 Followers 4,564 Following 595 Posts Joined Nov 2024
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The change is here.

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No More War YouTube video by Myron - Topic

“No More War”
~ Myron Davis

Myron & the Works(feat. Meshell Ndegeocello & Robert Glasper)

#NoMoreWar #MyronDavis #NoToWar #Music

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Ai...

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Almost 10,000 authors have come together to publish an empty book protesting the theft of books by tech companies to train AI models.

Titled Don’t Steal This Book, it is empty of text except the names of the authors involved.. 🧵

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18 hours ago
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Swift Ghost Moth (Aenetus ramsayi) Bunya Mountains National Park, Queensland.

#wildoz #ausinverts

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18 hours ago
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Seven members of Iranian football team delegation granted asylum Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke confirms all but a few members of the delegation individually offered refuge as they passed through Sydney Airport.

Welcome to Australia you fabulous group of women!!

I hope you can still progress your sporting careers here too

🙌🏾
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

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This is Boulder Opal stone from Australia.
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A type of gemstone that combines a host rock, usually ironstone or sandstone, and a precious opal. As the rock is forming, a silica compound containing water penetrates the rock, and deposits opal in the cracks.

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1 day ago
Pair of doors with studded brass edging and decorative flourishes against a peach background and, in the transom window above, a fan of golden arrows

Enjoying the decorative artistry in this doorway in Prague, from round 1900 (Arnim Schulz) www.flickr.com/photos/arnim...

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17 hours ago

War destroys, Peace builds. 🕊️

"Bomb Hugger" by Banksy, 2003.
#Banksy #StreetArt #NoMoreWar

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1 day ago
A sparrowhawk pins a young starling to the ground, in a grassy field. (© Mark Parker / British Wildlife Photography Awards) Sunlight shines through tree branches, creating shafts of light in a gentle fog. (© Mark Richardson / British Wildlife Photography Awards) Two hares, standing on their hind legs, bat at each other's heads with their forelegs. (© Sarah Darnell / British Wildlife Photography Awards) A swimming toad, seen from underwater, in silhouette. (© Paul Hobson / British Wildlife Photography Awards)

Winners of the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2026 - A collection of this year’s winners and runners-up, selected from more than 12,000 entries. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

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Our brains on #Nature
#Science #MentalHealth

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2 days ago
A photo of a common bronzewing, which is a species of pigeon that has feathers which refract light. Some leaves are impeading around it.

A common Bronzewing waddling through the forrest
#birds #birb #ausbird #LetsGoBirding #birding #auswildlife #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #photography

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2 days ago
Paper collage in vibrant colors and patterns with an African woman in profile

Artist Love Bomb: I hope you know how much your art matters. I hope you know how many will learn to walk themselves home because YOU decided to create. I hope you know it’s okay to begin again… #art #collage #artoftheday #collageart #streetart #mixedmedia #mentalhealth #arttherapy #abstract

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Spray The Champagne! — Paul O'Connor Why writers should always celebrate a success.

Writing is a lonely business filled with failure. Take a victory lap whenever you can.

#writingcommunity

www.paulryanoconnor.com/blog/spray-t...

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Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People (J.PERIOD Edit) YouTube video by SlyATFamilyStoneVEVO

#Musicsky
#Sly&TheFamilyStone
#EverydayPeople

youtu.be/ITTMRepQTO8?...

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1 day ago
A small fawn standing in the grass on a sunny day The same fawn on a late winter evening. It is much larger.

Progress report

June 2025 vs March 2026

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3 days ago
Red-necked Wallaby & young, sitting amidst long grass in the rain Red-necked Wallaby & young, sitting amidst long grass in the rain

Rainy, #Nimbin, backyard day. Don’t blame this young one for wanting to stay in bed. #Australia #wildlife

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2 days ago
Image of a Crimson rosella feasting on a Dogwood’s mature fruit. Predominant colours are green of the leaves, crimson & blue of the parrot , & bright red of the fruit.

Morning, Melbourne! 🌞😎 🌞

Criminal on the loose in the Dogwood.

#wildoz #ozbirds #birds 🦉📷 #crimsonrosella #birdsinbackyards

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"The language of flowers and silent things.”
Charles Baudelaire .

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Spoonful YouTube video by Howlin' Wolf - Topic

From 1960, "Spoonful" written by Willie Dixon and performed by Howlin' Wolf.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbwO...

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2 days ago

Love the swing and swagger in this version! The 1969 'Howin' Wolf' album (which includes an electrified version of "Spoonful" that he didn't like as much) has always been on my Desert Island Disc list. 🔥

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Fleetwood Mac ~ Albatross (1968) YouTube video by TheOldrecordclub

No lyrics
Just sea birds

#Albatross #FleetwoodMac #PeterGreen #NoLyrics #Instrumental #Music #Birds #Seabirds

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXeK...

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2 days ago
Close-up of a scallop with its shell partially open, revealing bright orange inside. The scallop's shell is ridged with a line of tiny, vivid blue eyes along the edge. It rests on a sandy seabed.

Did you know that bay scallops have up to 200 eyes? 🤯

Made of guanine crystals, these small, mirror-like eyes behave like reflecting telescopes or concave mirrors—allowing scallops to see clearly close up and far away at the same time!

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I’m very taken with this beautiful blue glass cup with white speckles found in Pompeii, 1st century © Parco Archeologico di Pompeii
www.alaintruong.com/archives/201...

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3 weeks ago
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Gaetano Chierici was an #Italian #artist known for his genre works. He was associated with the #Neo-classicism and Macchiaioli movements. Born in 1838 in Reggio Emilia, #Italy

#oilpainting #art

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3 days ago
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Aretha Franklin - Think (feat. The Blues Brothers) - 1080p Full HD YouTube video by Juanjo de Goya

I ain't no psychiatrist, no doctor with degrees
It don’ take too much high IQ to see what you're doing to me
You better think
bout what you're tryin to do to me
Yeah, think
Let your mind go, let yourself be free
Freedom
Right now

#IWD #ArethaFranklin #Think #Freedom

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vet6...

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4 days ago
Eastern Grey joey with very big ears standing up straight. Mother is behind it and looking in the other direction.

When they aren't randomly leaping in front of your car in the dark and the fog, kangaroos are kinda cute 🦘

#wildoz #wildlife

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3 days ago

Beatnik Poet 🔥

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1 week ago
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2094 #cassowary #birdphotography #birding
#NaturePhotography #nature #bird

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3 days ago

At our place, we're still 'thick with trees' and forests of all kinds: oceanic, terrestrial and imaginal. 🪸🌳🌲🌴🪸

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1 month ago
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I’m honoured to be selected as one of the Explorers Club 50 (EC50) — Fifty People Changing the World that the World Needs to Know About.

You can learn more about @theexplorersclub.bsky.social and EC50 at 50.explorers.org - and check out my profile under the Class of 2026!

#Explorers #EC50 #Ocean

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