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Biodiversity Council @biodivcouncil.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

🌿 This Biodiversity Month we’re spotlighting researchers protecting nature. Meet @julesfarquhar.bsky.social who studies venomous snakes to help people coexist safely. He hopes curiosity will inspire more of us to see snakes as fascinating, not frightening. 🐍 Seen one lately? #BiodiversityMonth

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 30/08/2025

Can you IMAGINE the obscene jail sentences that would've been rushed through parliament in the space of hours, had climate protesters done something even close to this www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

the headline Why Anthony Albanese was chased by angry farmers on Tractors Today with a picture of a series of very large tractors driving down a small country road

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Ben Minarelli @italianplastic.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Fully forgot to post my most recent review for STACK! In which I managed to eventually get over my disappointment that this wasn't a sequel to Minecraft

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RoadCraft review: Investing in big sand

JB Hi-Fi is Australia's largest home entertainment retailer with top products, great quality + value. Learn more about our product range online.

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Bianca Nogrady @biancanogrady.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

What little credibility Australia's centre-left Labor government had on climate change policies after their previous term in office has been utterly trashed by this decision. They are a climate Nero, fiddling while Australia burns/floods/dries.

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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

“Governments almost everywhere exacerbate the problem by paying people more to exploit Nature than to protect it, and to prioritise unsustainable economic activities.” Dasgupta review UK government 2021. /1

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 03/05/2025

A Labor majority plus a bad result for the Greens = a seriously bad outcome for climate / environment #ausvotes25

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

i love that we got 4 new hubble images today and we still continue to get more after 35 years 🥹 hubble really is the little telescope that could!!!

Composite shows four Hubble images in quarters. At top left is a crisp view of Mars in shades of orange, blues, and browns. At top right is planetary nebula NGC 2899, which is shaped like a single macaroni noodle, with its central torus appearing semi-transparent and blue and green, and its top and bottom edges in orange. At bottom left is a tiny portion of the Rosette Nebula. Very dark gray material shaped like a triangle takes up the center. At bottom right is barred spiral galaxy NGC 5335 with a milky yellow center that forms a bar surrounded by multiple blue star-filled spiral arms that wrap up counterclockwise.

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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Guardian Australia has launched a series about nature and threatened species. It's called Last Chance: The extinction crisis the Australian federal election is ignoring. Includes videos, news and comment pieces. Here's a preview of what it's about: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4kQ...

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Last chance: the extinction crisis this election is ignoring

YouTube video by Guardian Australia

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Carly Cassella @carlycassella.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

A colossal iceberg the size of Chicago has broken from a floating glacier in Antarctica. Like a retractable roof at a stadium, the drifting structure has opened up a hidden habitat below to the elements... ... and to the prying eyes of an ROV 👀 www.sciencealert.com/antarctic-ic...

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Antarctic Iceberg Breaks Away to Reveal a Never-Before-Seen Ecosystem

A colossal iceberg the size of Chicago has broken from a floating glacier in Antarctica, and like a retractable roof at a stadium, the drifting structure has opened up a hidden habitat to the elements...

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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Australia has > 2000 threatened species & ecological communities, many get ~ zero direct conservation $. "Adelaide Zoo's Giant Pandas Xing Qiu and Yi Lan will be millionaires thanks to a $3.8 million spend over five years to support their ongoing stay." www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03... Labor, lol.

abc.net.au

Find out if you're among the budget's winners or losers

The Albanese government has delivered its final budget ahead of an election in May, with a fresh new round of tax cuts the major offer. Find out who else is set to benefit and who may miss out.

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 20/03/2025

Recent allegations of violence at the SANAE IV Antarctic research base highlight the urgent need to improve safety in remote and extreme places.

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Antarctic bases are hotbeds of stress and violence. Space stations could face the same challenges

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Anthea Batsakis @antheabatsakis.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

When I'm not editing The Australian Geologist or bingeing Gilmore Girls, I'm writing about #opera! Here I wrote about how opera's lack of subtlety and big feelings make it great for kids 🌞 www.victorianopera.com.au/like-seeing-...

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‘Like seeing fireworks for the first time’: Why you should take your kids to the opera - Victorian Opera

We exist to reimagine the potential of opera and musical theatre, for everyone.

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Patrick Lenton @patricklenton.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I am so thrilled to reveal the cover of my debut novel, In Spite of You! It’s a queer romcom, it’s coming out in August and I’m so excited I need to go sit in a dark room for a while to calm down

A young man sitting on a bed of flowers with the title “in spite of you”

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 15/03/2025

A gentle reminder: we have failed to enact the single most ambitious, best-case scenario for emissions. All of the rest remain up for grabs: and we will absolutely 'fail to stop' these as well, if we widely adopt the fatalist framing

a chart showing various IPCC scenarios: the most ambitious of which we have failed to prevent but the rest remain up for fucking GRABS

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Anthea Batsakis @antheabatsakis.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

While I'm at it, have a read of the profile I wrote of Follies choreographer Yvette Lee and her ties to Melbourne's long-lost Tivoli Theatre www.victorianopera.com.au/showbiz-in-h...

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Showbiz in her blood: Meet Follies choreographer Yvette Lee

We exist to reimagine the potential of opera and musical theatre, for everyone.

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Jane Howard @janeannehoward.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

“We intended to present a transformational work in Venice, an experience that would unite all audiences in an open and safe shared space. This reflects and builds on the work we have done for decades and will do for many more." www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

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‘Art should not be censored’: Khaled Sabsabi responds to cancellation of Venice Biennale project

The Lebanese Australian artist and curator Michael Dagostino say they are ‘extremely hurt’ by Creative Australia’s decision

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Anthea Batsakis @antheabatsakis.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

I interviewed Geraldene Morrow in her dressing room before the closing night of Follies. She is 83 and all class ⭐ www.victorianopera.com.au/geraldene-mo...

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Geraldene Morrow: 81 years in showbusiness and still singing

We exist to reimagine the potential of opera and musical theatre, for everyone.

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Anthea Batsakis @antheabatsakis.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

"Sondheim even has a cameo in The Unsleeping City, a Dungeons and Dragons live show, where he is portrayed by Brennan Lee Mulligan." We love a sneaky dnd reference. A soon-to-be trademark of Ben Minarelli writing. @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social maybe have a squiz idk!👇❤️

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 10/01/2025

This piece is a masterclass in how to report climate disaster. Congrats @jolauder.bsky.social.

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Anthea Batsakis @antheabatsakis.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Written by none other than my extremely talented partner @italianplastic.bsky.social. Give it a read, it's a super fascinating piece! ❤️🎉🎭

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Chris Jolly @ecolojolly.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

A great article highlighting the incredibly important work @chapplelab.bsky.social, @julesfarquhar.bsky.social and team are doing to improve our understanding of Australia’s data deficient skinks! 🦎 www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildl...?

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Skink on the brink - Australian Geographic

These researchers gave everything to their search – and found not one, but 23 critically-endangered long sunskinks.

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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 09/12/2024

CSIRO slaps down major #nuclear talking points promoted by Coalition leader Peter Dutton in its latest GenCost report, which confirms – yet again – that integrated wind and solar are easily the cheapest option

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CSIRO patiently and methodically slaps down Peter Dutton’s nuclear nonsense

CSIRO slaps down major nuclear talking points promoted by Coalition leader Peter Dutton in its latest GenCost report, which confirms – yet again – that integrated wind and solar are eas…

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Anthea Batsakis @antheabatsakis.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

I was planning to talk about #forgottenspecies in the media. If anyone would like advice on pitching to editors down the line, my DMs are open :) #ESAus2024

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Anthea Batsakis @antheabatsakis.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

I am gutted that I'm no longer able to attend (rib injury) so I am quietly dying of FOMO from my couch. I even had my galah dress picked out #ESAus2024

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Meg Shaw @meg-shaw.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Coming to #ESAus2024? If you're working with a species you feel is under-appreciated, or even disliked, we'll be sharing tips and ideas to overcome these challenges. @euanritchie.bsky.social @sciems.bsky.social @scidocmartin.bsky.social @antheabatsakis.bsky.social @bambiraptorf.bsky.social

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