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My friend said she sometimes joins her dog in barking at the window and it seems to make his day. Tried it with my dog, but he was very shocked and thought he was in Terrible Trouble so I never did it again 🤣

Friend in Sumatra posted this morning saying the next village over has been washed away. Roads gone. No govt help coming - the community is having to bail itself out by riding to the nearest city to collect supplies by motorbike.

Hypocrisy and folly: why Australia’s subservience to Trump’s America is past its use-by date In his latest book, Clinton Fernandes explains why the AUKUS deal is an all-too-predictable continuation of past follies.

Gosh, sounds like another cracking title from Clinton Fernandez. I haven’t even got around to reading Sub-imperial Power yet!!

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Do you have any photos of these, and if not, why not? 😄

Oh, I saw cupcakes 🤣

Saving a species but at the expense of others? The way to hell is paved with good intentions. In the hope of saving certain endangered species and ecosystems, some conservation projects propose the introduction of large plant-feeding mammals int...

A study of introductions of large herbivorous mammals outside their native range suggests they do more harm than good to local biodiversity. Only 1 in 5 impacts is positive. Positive effects on certain native species often come at a cost to other natives. #bioinvasions www.unifr.ch/news/en/3344...

Two decades of capturing numbat antics on camera Lyn Alcock is known as the 'Numbat whisperer', spending hours every day observing and photographing the tiny, endangered marsupials, recording behaviours that have never been seen before.

well deserved profile of local wildlife and wildflower photographer

Lyn Alcock captures wild antics of Dryandra's numbat population over 20 years

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YouTube video by The Sunday Shot Saving Country - November 30 - Lorena Allam and Royce Kurmelovs

The #SundayShot is up! @roycerk2.bsky.social was just back from @cop30brazil.bsky.social and joined Lorena Allam for a great conversation...plus we talk to the director of @walkleys.bsky.social-winning YURLU COUNTRY on Australia's asbestos shame (yurlucountry.com).
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‘We haven’t failed’: Santos boss speaks out over $30b collapsed deal Australia’s second-largest gas company says its sale to an Abu Dhabi-led group was destined for failure because the two sides could not agree on critical terms.

Thinking about it, maybe everyone is kicking them while they’re down following the sale that fell through in Sept, and/or they are tightening their belts so campaigners are getting ahead of them.

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Oh, for sure - and I hope it didn't sound like a criticism of you (it wasn't). As an SA-based company with the ear of the State Govt, I'm just wondering what local SA factors have led people/organisations to suddenly dare to start poking the bear.

Convincing evidence Israel backed aid convoy looters in Gaza, historian says Account of visit to Gaza by French professor describes Israeli military attacks on security personnel protecting convoys

The looting of aid in Gaza by "humanitarian rights organisations-backed Hamas" was -of course- actually by Israel, because Israel lies, Western media just prints it, and now a year later the rectification is published after the Palestinians are dead already.

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Segal “threatening Australia’s freedoms and democracy”, Jewish groups warn - The Klaxon A group of Jewish organisations has labelled Envoy Jillian Segal's "Antisemitism Report" an attack on Australia's “democracy” and “freedoms”, and say it must be rejected.

🚨Nine Jewish groups are urging the Government to reject Jillian Segal's "Antisemitism Report", saying it's an attack on Australia's "democracy" and "freedoms" – benefitting the state of Israel.

Segal must be given zero powers, they warn. Explosive...

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On second thoughts, maybe we shouldn't have underestimated Anthony "66 election promises" Albanese's desire to get the EPBC deal all sewn up yesterday - so he could go ahead and enjoy his wedding today on the 333rd day of the year. Wonder if the Greens knew they had that over him.

"Loyalty of a flesh-eating bacteria" 😂

It's been interesting as a South Aussie watching a whole bunch of folks uniting recently against Santos (e.g. calling for them to be ditched as the sponsor of the Tour Down Under). We've known what they're like forever, so I must say rather than 'Good', my reaction has instead been 'Why now?'. 🤔

Maybe if they increased the number of sitting days we'd end up with better, more carefully constructed legislation rather than the feeling of a desperate fire sale we've grown used to.

That’s more sophisticated than my interaction with a chatbot on the Target website this morning. Every time I clicked on a product I wanted all it showed me was Black Friday. I asked it why they hate their customers. It offered me a deck of Black UNO cards 🤷🏼‍♀️

Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment

I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.

Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise

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A powerful and eloquent summary. The late Virginia Roberts "was not trafficked to a bunch of leaders. SHE is a leader who was trafficked to a bunch of cowards."

Mae un o’r llythyrau yma gan Farage wedi mynd trwy holl ddrysau Cymru. Mae amlen wedi cynnwys i chi allu ymateb gyda’ch sylwadau. Gwnewch yn siŵr eich bod yn anfon y llythyr yn ôl gyda’ch sylwadau - bydd pob un yn costio arian i Reform UK! Does dim lle i’r dde eithaf yng Nghymru!!

My hot take is that in the era of easily-generated AI nonsense papers journals that want to ensure high quality will need to start hiring full-time professional editors and reviewers instead of relying on volunteer labor from overworked academics.

The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws come as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding | Georgina Woods The minister says quick approvals can happen while protecting the environment, but my experience tells me that haste brings unintended consequences * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast I got a text from a biodiversity advocate around midday on Thursday asking me: are you glad, or sad? I wasn’t sure how to reply. Continue reading...

The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws come as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding | Georgina Woods

3/3 You cannot create a net benefit by allowing destruction of the habitat of a threatened species in one state and translocating the affected species interstate.

2/3 You cannot offset destruction of one threatened species by funding conservation of another. You cannot offset habitat clearing in Tasmania by funding habitat restoration in WA.

Seven ways Australia’s nature laws are changing after Labor’s deal with the Greens Legislation to reform the EPBC Act runs to hundreds of pages – here are the main changes

1/3 In among some good news, #7 remains the real kicker:

The restoration contributions fund will "relax “like-for-like” rules that previously required offsets to deliver an environmental benefit for the same species or ecosystem affected by a development."

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To hope is not to be optimistic 😅

I sure hope the EPA functions better than the NACC...

This university especially.

Controversial 'Brumby Bill' recognising horses' heritage value dumped The bill which recognised the heritage value of wild horses in horses in Kosciuszko National Park but was widely criticised by conservation groups will be scrapped after a vote to repeal the law passed NSW parliament.

The bill which recognised the heritage value of wild horses in horses in Kosciuszko National Park but was widely criticised by conservation groups will be scrapped after a vote to repeal the law passed NSW parliament.