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@robphair.bsky.social

Rural generalist doctor working on Gunaikurnai country, Victoria, Australia πŸš²πŸ€Ήβ€β™‚οΈ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

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#Straya #auspol #nature @australianlabor.bsky.social

17.02.2026 06:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#Ukraine πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ #Russia

17.02.2026 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hard agree.
The UK has been undervaluing β€œinformation & narrative power” for a while now. Giving up on the BBC World Service right now would be another massive own goal (in a series of own goals).

You know which country is pretty damn good at info warfare? China.

kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/portalfil...

15.02.2026 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Australia now has access to a new marine heatwave outlook tool that provides up to four months’ advance indication of the likelihood of ocean temperature extremes. Developed by
@csiro.bsky.social and BoM, the tool is designed to support awareness and preparedness for marine heatwaves.

15.02.2026 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

For The Guardian, "amid the AI noise and disinformation, the World Service must be enabled to keep scattering human voices in our own dark times."

I don't know how international news would survive without it...

15.02.2026 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 121    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported

And another bites the dust?

The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

15.02.2026 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 405    πŸ” 281    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 150
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β€œmen that burn the worldβ€œ

- Rubio talks about β€œclimate extremism” at Munich #MSC2026 while Russian bots spew #FossilFuels sponsored #disinformation

15.02.2026 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#Europe

15.02.2026 06:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#Europe #MSC2026 #Trump #MAGA

15.02.2026 06:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#Europe #Trump #MAGA

15.02.2026 06:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!

"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

13.02.2026 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 6385    πŸ” 2053    πŸ’¬ 97    πŸ“Œ 168

great for Jakara, but I wonder what the justification for a second moguls event is?
Minimal difference b/w individual & dual
Other events don’t get a second chance

14.02.2026 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pretty much the most important thing happening in the world right now.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...

12.02.2026 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1903    πŸ” 476    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 46

#OutAndBiking #cycling 🀣

13.02.2026 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#ClimateAction #CarbonBudget

13.02.2026 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey @jillbelch.bsky.social are you sharing some of your excellent #woodburning posts here!
I notice you seem to have more at the other place

13.02.2026 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

#climate #Trump

12.02.2026 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#climate #Trump

12.02.2026 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#Kudelka #OneNation #Straya #auspol @fionakatauskas.bsky.social

09.02.2026 07:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Scene is Julia Gillard and Chris Bowen (then Min for Immigration) in a lighthouse with "Light on the Hill: written under the bulb.
Gillard is turning the light off, saying 'It was attracting the boats"

Scene is Julia Gillard and Chris Bowen (then Min for Immigration) in a lighthouse with "Light on the Hill: written under the bulb. Gillard is turning the light off, saying 'It was attracting the boats"

I have many, many favourite Kudelka cartoons but this, from 2011, is possibly one of the best Aus pol cartoons ever drawn.

09.02.2026 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 566    πŸ” 135    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 7

This cartoon of his lives rent free in my brain.

09.02.2026 04:05 β€” πŸ‘ 746    πŸ” 224    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3
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Russia has killed over 650 Ukrainian athletes and destroyed at least 15 Olympic training bases.

🧡 1/12 ⬇️

06.02.2026 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 428    πŸ” 274    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 23

How mainstream parties embrace far right positions, but instead of improving their own numbers, end up shifting public opinion to the right

@amyremeikis.bsky.social #auspol #Straya

06.02.2026 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Does Minister Gabrielle Williams actually exist? I’ve seen no evidence…

06.02.2026 11:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œJokeβ€œ rather than β€œβ€anecdote”

06.02.2026 10:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jeff Bezos has just done the Russians a great favour, as they will now be able to commit war crimes in Ukraine without being disturbed by reporters.

04.02.2026 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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β€œTo stop fossil fuels, we must stop fossil fuel ads. Politicians, here’s your chance to move up the trust rankings,” writes Belinda Noble, founder of climate communications charity, Comms Declare.

Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4r0xBtX

06.02.2026 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

#OneNational #auspol #Straya

06.02.2026 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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. @australianlabor.bsky.social is approving massive new fossil fuel projects like Woodside’s North West Shelf, making Australia hotter and ruining your life.

Oh… and it won’t stop at 50C

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

01.02.2026 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

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