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Andrea Leong

@andrealeong.bsky.social
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Microbiologist, optimist, percussionist. Tree-hugging bleeding heart. @weplanetaus.bsky.social president

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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 2h
Thanks for the shoutout! I can now confirm that we'll have some of Vow's cultured quail available to taste at the conference on Saturday! Here's my experience of trying it for the first time last year: www.youtube.com/shorts/pyBsL... The product: www.forgedbyvow.com
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Slaughter-free meat is here and it's hecking meat! #shorts #food
YouTube video by WePlanet Australia
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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Are we ready to talk about dimming the sun to slow climate change? Author and academic Dr Jonathan Symons @jonsymons.bsky.social will discuss the politics of Solar Radiation Management at our conference in Sydney, this coming Saturday 10 October.
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We have a day?! 😱 Rights next
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Pretty wild idea — but is it really? We've already modified the atmosphere so much, firstly through ignorance and now through negligence, but now we won't consider doing it on purpose to bring the climate closer to what it used to be? Come on. We need to talk about this.
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Holy shit, are the drivers bitching about not being able to drive on the roads whilst the roads are being improved? (Or is someone just saying they should be mad?)
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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
bitch, i have restructured my life and career to get one millionth of what is handed to you with zero effort
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Low-carbon energy sources are vastly less harmful than fossil fuels — that doesn't mean they're incapable of harm. All projects must be held to strong standards of environmental protection. The more we understand, the better placed we are to make informed decisions about what compromises to make.
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
People are truly walking around Sydney saying "lovely weather". September top temps at my nearest weather station ranged from 16 to 34. I'm not sure it is lovely. (Americans please note this is on the normal temperature scale.)
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yusss! Australians might be among the heaviest meat-eaters, but we're also among the earliest adopters of cultured meat. As it turns out, I really like eating meat. Here's my experience of trying Vow's cultured quail for the first time: bsky.app/profile/wepl...
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
There are, I shit you not, PROTEIN SOFT DRINKS on the supermarket shelves. Worst industry ever. Come along to find out more about where this obsession came from and what it means for us and the planet. Event details: www.weplanetaustralia.org/event-detail...
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ugh, ‘tracing’ was meant to be ‘tracking’, but at least this typo still made sense.
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I can hear it with the sound off
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is so visceral
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Join the army of renter researchers tracing the dire state of our homes in summer. Better Renting does an incredible job of collating this data and using our stories to make change so we don’t suffer for nothing.
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Alexandra Phelan 余雪莲 @alexandraphelan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Utterly horrible. This crisis has so many facets of suffering and challenge.
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
*then fml
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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Who governs the sun? @jonsymons.bsky.social will be exploring the politics and governance of solar geoengineering, a climate intervention that aims to reflect sunlight and buy us more time to reduce emissions.
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We saved the whales by agreeing to stop hunting them, them quickly set about starving them by trawling up all their food. End krill fishing in the Southern Ocean.
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ahhhh there’s a magnet in my glasses case which I put in a pocket on the outside of my stick bag, while the triangle goes into a pocket on the inside. I am, in fact, responsible for magnetising my triangle.
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Truly, the voice of the vociferous
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Better Renting @betterrenting.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
There are only a few hours left to double your donation to Better Renting! Ethical Jobs is matching every dollar up to $6,000 until midday today. That’s right - we will receive $100 for every $50 you donate. It's your last chance to double your impact. Donate here: bit.ly/ejcampaign-2...
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“Screwdriver and a bolt” would you listen to me. It was of course a screwdriver and a screw in the video I watched.
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I accidentally magnetised my triangle and then demagnetised it on purpose. I did not expect this to work so well so quickly. 
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Better Renting @betterrenting.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Better Renting had a huge year - from tax reform wins, to a Senate Committee appearance, to the release of our Essential Homes report. This week, Ethical Jobs is DOUBLING all donations up to $6,000. If you donate $25, we receive $50 to help us advocate for renters. Donate: bit.ly/ejcampaign-2...
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Better Renting @betterrenting.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
We’re doubling down on our commitment to renters and we need your donation to help us deliver. For this week only, for every $50 you give, we get $100, thanks to Ethical Jobs. That's double your donation. Learn more and donate: bit.ly/ejcampaign-2...
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Hold up, what the actual fuck
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
why not take the mask all the way off
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WePlanet @weplanetint.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Jonathan Symons — a member of @weplanetaus.bsky.social — co-authored this story about an emerging topic referred to as solar radiation management (SRM). Read the full story here ➡️ shorturl.at/PBVnj #WePlanet #SolarRadiationManagement #ClimateCrisis
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Global Heating Nears 1.8C: Time for Voldemort Policy?
The world is set to miss the 1.5°C global warming target , and plans are underway for UN climate talks in the Pacific and Turkey. Authors Jan
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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Just a month to go until our Sydney conference. We’re building a modern environmental movement where science, not dogma, informs decisions and policy, helping create a world where humanity and nature can thrive together. Join us on 10 October. Register: www.weplanetaustralia.org/event-detail...
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WePlanet @weplanetint.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
In our latest video, WePlanet's @joelscotthalkes.bsky.social explains the power of microorganisms and how precision fermentation can be used for everything — from the medicine we use, like life-saving synthetic insulin, to the food we eat. Watch ⬇️ #PrecisionFermentation #Insulin #RebootFood
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Jon Symons @jonsymons.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Anti-krill oil campaign scores a win in Australian supermarkets #POIR3970 (The concern being that krill are the foundation of the Antarctic food web). au.news.yahoo.com/coles-and-wo...
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Coles and Woolworths quietly remove controversial product from shelves
The decision has been noticed around the world, and conservationists are eagerly seeking more information.
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WePlanet @weplanetint.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Almaraz Nuclear Power Plant was set to become the first Spanish nuclear power plant to close under the country’s plan to phase out all its reactors by 2035. Now, the plant remains powered on until 2030. Read more in our latest blog. shorturl.at/r1WYL #WePlanet #NuclearPower #NetZero
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Why a Spanish nuclear power plant you’ve never heard of should give you climate optimism
In a win for climate, the Almaraz Nuclear Power Plant will stay open, keeping reliable, low-carbon power on the grid when we need it most.
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Just checking that we’re doing “supply and demand is real” arguments for denying homes this week.
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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Climate change isn’t just an environmental challenge. It threatens our economies and living standards too. Europe’s extreme summer could cost its economy €180 billion, about 1% of GDP. It’s a stark reminder of the stakes: a warming planet means growing costs for people, economies and nature.
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Europe at 'breaking point' as extreme summer dries up waterways
Experts say Europe's heatwaves this summer have been "exceptional", causing riverbeds across the continent to dry up. Now the flow-on effects are being felt economically.
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WePlanet @weplanetint.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Nuclear energy is not the boogey man the media wants you to think. @ia-aanstoot.bsky.social explains… Read more about our work on nuclear here ➡️ www.weplanet.org/rethinknuclear #WePlanet #NuclearPower #CleanEnergy
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
We “saved” the whales only to start hoovering up their most important food source—Antarctic krill. Save the krill for the whales!
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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Producing meat currently requires vast amounts of land, contributes to deforestation and leaves our food system vulnerable to extreme weather and disease. Cultivated meat offers another way: real meat, with the potential for a much smaller environmental footprint.
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We tried cultivated meat.
What is cultivated meat, how does it taste, and could growing real meat without raising and slaughtering animals help build a more sustainable and resilient food system?
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Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Transport NSW pointing out how inefficient roads are in this promo for the Western Harbour Tunnel. "That makes each tunnel large enough to fit three metro rail tunnels." Metro already matches the thru-put of the existing 2-lane tunnel.
1 road tunnel = 3 train tunnelsTBMs making a bus look tiny
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Better Renting @betterrenting.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Sick of living in a crappy rental? Meet other renters from your neighbourhood at our 'Renters Together' workshops in SA, starting late August. Share a meal and help shape what better renting looks like. Register here: sacoss.org.au/renters-toge...
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Better Renting @betterrenting.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
People living in social housing shouldn't have to endure dangerously hot homes. This story and study reinforces what Better Renting and our partners have been saying for years - the quality of our homes has a direct impact on our health, wellbeing and energy bills.
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Census – Not Religious? Mark 'No Religion'. @censusnotreligious.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Even if religion were a core part of your identity in the past – as it was for Keiran, who trained to become a Catholic monk – you should mark ‘No religion’ on the Census if you no longer think of yourself as religious. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au #MyCensusStory #Census26 #NotReligious
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
At least one VENDING MACHINE did! The good people of Reddit linked it to the operating system www.reddit.com/r/australian...
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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
tangentially, there was a long period where climate scientists would painstaking craft long, intricate, carefully hedged, scientifically bulletproof sentences and paragraphs in abstracts and public reports without considering how easily their meaning would be misrepresented by climate change deniers
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Ooh, new petition to sign, I nearly missed it: c.org/vDqjGwPqnD Change the question to: ‘Does the person have a religion?’
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Sign the Petition
Fix the Census question on religion so we can all rely on accurate data
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Heck. Big decisions to be made.
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The census asks everyone in Australia, "What is your religion?" This is a bad question to ask for information-gathering purposes when some people have no religion. #Census26
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
You don't have to, but it is still advisable to worry
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
username checks out
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
*equal fourth with NZ
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Andrea Leong @andrealeong.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Whomstdve is actually making use of Solar Sharer already? Not me! If we could put solar panels on the balcony and plug them in, would that work for me? Dunno! That's why we're having a chat with Glen Morris tonight to find out more about the pros and cons of plug-in solar. Join online at 7pm AEST.
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