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Alison

@bythemangroves.bsky.social
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Climate Extinctions Pesticides Colonisation Covid Clean Air N95 Genocide Oil Gas Fracking Water Indigenous peoples knowledge & land guardianship Ocean currents Wind My brain went missing with a virus mid-2019 so not a good skeeter. Feel the good inside ☀️

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We’re Not Buying It @werenotbuyingit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If they don’t cap it then we’re not buying it. Join us in not shopping from supermarkets on October 28th for the first step of us pressuring our government into bringing in price caps on essential goods. Pledge to join us through the link in our bio #werenotbuyingit #budgetday #costofliving
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Extinction Rebellion Global @xrglobal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day We honor the knowledge and work of indigenous people to protect the earth and create healthy ecosystems. They are responsible for protecting 80% of the world's biodiversity while being less than 5% of the population. 1/3 #IndigenousPeoplesDay #ExtinctionRebellion
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1EarthMedia @1earthmedia.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Minns NSW Government is working with the Commonwealth on a new 20-year approval to allow native forest logging to continue without federal environmental assessments. We have until this Friday to send objections to Natural Resources Commission #NSWpol #Auspol www.suehigginson.org/strategic_as...
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Don't Let Labor Give Native Forest Logging Another 20 Years.
Native forest logging's exemption from national environment laws is finally ending. But Labor wants to replace it with a new 20-year approval. We have until Friday 16 October to stop another free pass...
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Alison @bythemangroves.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Remember Just Stop Oil. They started as a small group live-streaming on Twitter as they stopped traffic in London
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Pandemic Resistance Inc @pandemicresistance.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Australians have recently been able to access Nuvaxovid (Novavax) through the SAS. We've launched an Expression of Interest for people seeking access, doctors willing to consider prescribing, and pharmacists willing to administer if supply becomes available. pandemicresistance.org/novavax
Picture of a masked person who has recently received a vaccine with visible bandaid. The text reads "Nuvaxovid (Novavax) - Expression of Interest - Australia. A coordinated community effort to improve access to Nuvaxovid. Complete the EOI now.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 21/09/2026
Proposed updates to Bolivia’s mining code could remove mandatory prior consultation for Indigenous communities. While officials claim the overhaul will improve oversight, civil society groups warn the process excludes affected communities and prioritizes profits over nature. Learn more! 👇️
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Bolivia’s mining law overhaul raises environmental and community concerns
Bolivia recently began overhauling one of its principal mining laws, with the goal of modernizing the industry and improving oversight. Civil society and Indigenous groups have raised concerns about…
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Alison @bythemangroves.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
There seems to be a way if you’re olde.
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Alison @bythemangroves.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Ask for Novavax
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Alison @bythemangroves.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It seems to protect bones too. Unfortunately I didn’t take it, because of the scare. -3.7
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Datacentres in Wapseys Wood, Bucks & Quest Park, Beds will use 1.3GW of gas power, producing over 4.5mt CO2. Well over 1% of UK emissions They've been fast-tracked through govt’s significant infra regime, allowing developers to bypass local planning objections www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds
Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running
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Alison @bythemangroves.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I hate those genocidal Israelis
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Alison @bythemangroves.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/membership/2...
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Here's their "hours motion" with the long list of bills they will ram through. Grubby and unprincled from these parties who are on lock step on the worst things.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: ASIO no. 2 is being rushed through parliament this week. This is the bill that allows warrantless questioning by ASIO, without a lawyer, and you can't tell a soul without being sent to prison. Share this widely and make some noise.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
An investigation by 404 Media showed that Amazon is destroying rare books to train AI models. The investigation involved planting an Airtag in a rare book, which was then tracked to an Amazon AI training facility in Las Vegas. 🤬
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Hidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI
Amazon’s team uses a T. rex preparing to devour a book as its logo.
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
If what I’m being told is true, it’s grossly negligent, and a massive fail by governments to reduce a well-known risk factor for H5N1 transmission and impacts. Why are we seemingly so badly prepared?
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Alison @bythemangroves.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
It’s bloody ridiculous. We know how bird flu spreads. Dead and dying animals should be collected and safely disposed of to stop other creatures touching or eating them.
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Alison @bythemangroves.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
BREAKING: David McBride is free
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Fossil fuel companies projected to earn almost $3,000 a second in 2026 An increase of almost $37 million a day compared to the 2025 profits of these six corporations – Chevron, Shell, BP, ConocoPhillips, Exxon and TotalEnergies. www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...
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Fossil fuel companies projected to earn almost $3,000 a second in 2026 while families struggle to afford energy bills worldwide | Oxfam International
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 08/08/2026
A wildfire came within meters of an orangutan rehabilitation center in Indonesian Borneo, threatening over 60 rescued orangutans. Fueled by El Niño and land clearing, intensifying fires are undermining years of restoration work and driving primates from their habitat. Hans Nicholas Jong reports.
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Flames reach edge of orangutan rehabilitation center, with fire season set to intensify
JAKARTA — A wildfire that reached the edge of an orangutan rehabilitation center in western Borneo is highlighting how Indonesia’s intensifying fire season threatens not just forests and wildlife,…
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has now spread from migratory birds to infect resident Australian birds. The damage this virus will do isn’t set but governments & councils can't act alone. #auspol theconversation.com/powerless-ag...
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Powerless against bird flu? Not entirely. Here are 8 ways to help protect Australia’s birds and mammals
As a lethal bird flu spreads in Australian wildlife, it can be easy to think nothing can stop it. That’s an error – much can be done.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
You won't regret clicking on this beautifully told story by @lsommer.bsky.social about the Pacific Ocean and how the Trump regime is opening some marine monuments to commercial fishing.
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These are some of the last pristine ocean ecosystems. Now, they're losing protections
The largest conservation areas in the U.S. are in the Pacific Ocean, where tiny islands are epicenters of biodiversity. The Trump administration is now opening their waters to commercial fishing, spar...
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Alison @bythemangroves.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/de... @getup.org.au
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Julian Cribb @juliancribb.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Hothouse Earth: arriving sooner than you think cribb.substack.com/p/hothouse-e...
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Hothouse Earth: the smash is getting closer
Hothouse Earth, the state of the planet in which civilisation and possibly even humans can no longer survive, is arriving much faster than predicted, according to new satellite data.
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Alison @bythemangroves.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
What about if you try making it yourself? I didn’t like tofu until I started making it into Italian or Mexican meals 😋
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Alison @bythemangroves.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Please get your pets to change to a vegan diet.
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Alison @bythemangroves.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
They are probably eating other cats and dogs anyway!
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Alison @bythemangroves.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
There need to be good vegan foods for all those pet cats and dogs.
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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Person: I’m very sorry, I’ve got seven members of the team off sick with the flu. We are unable to do the job. Me: That’s why I wear this.
Me, wearing a Trident respirator standing in front of a poster about airborne disease spread in hospitals at ACEM 2025 ASM.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Gaza death toll reaches 73,293 - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
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Gaza death toll reaches 73,293
<article data-history-node-id="444660" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-reaches-73293" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-reaches-73293" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza death toll reaches 73,293</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>At least 73,293 Palestinians have been killed and 173,96 wounded in Israeli attacks across Gaza since 7 October 2023, the enclave's health ministry is reporting.</p> <p>It said that nine people have been killed and one body recovered in the last 24 hours.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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David Keegan @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Modelling shows universal masking by healthcare workers leads to huge reduction in healthcare worker illness, even when people unmask in breakrooms www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Modeling the impact of health care worker masking to reduce nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 transmission under varying adherence, prevalence, and transmission settings. | Infection Control &amp; Hospital Epidem...
Modeling the impact of health care worker masking to reduce nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 transmission under varying adherence, prevalence, and transmission settings. - Volume 46 Issue 8
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Alison @bythemangroves.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Every time I open an instructional YouTube video the language changes to something foreign!
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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Australia’s farmland at risk of ‘ecological collapse’ theaimn.net/australias-f...
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Australia’s farmland at risk of ‘ecological collapse’
Adelaide University Media Release Australia may need to fundamentally redraw its rural landscape – retiring farms, restoring vast tracts of vegetation and reshaping regional economies – if it is to av...
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 30/06/2026
Breaking News! Code Yikes! The global 2-meter surface temperature hit the highest on record for June 28th, narrowly edging out the previous record set way back in 2024. Will this year's maximum break 17°C? The Climate 8-ball is taking the Over. Stay tuned!
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Alison @bythemangroves.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Research in Sydney. How hot is deadly for the human body? Lower than you think!!!
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Evil Trump is blitzing vast swathes of last outposts of wild nature in USA Billions of Trees in Oregon Likewise in Tongass national forest Alaska Drilling 700,00 acres of pristine Arctic Refuge within the Coastal Plain, which is critical for Arctic wildlife and migratory birds Mining deep sea
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Friends of the Earth Australia @foe.org.au · 13/06/2026
No fast tracking environmental projects. No use of AI to approve projects The Albanese Gov plans to further devolve environmental approvals powers to state & territory governments, & use AI to fast track environmental approvals. www.foe.org.au/ai_approvals...
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No fastracking environmental projects. No use of AI to approve projects
Friends of the Earth Australia (FoEA) believes that social and environmental issues cannot be separated from each other. As a result, FoEA is a social and environmental justice organisation. We seek t...
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I watched this last night, and would highly recommend. Two of the most cutting-edge thinkers regarding the human predicament of interlinked climate and ecological breakdown, rising wealth inequality and authoritarianism, how we got here and how we might make it better.
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Queensland Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 16 June - 22 June 2026 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 266 (+3.1%) 🔹Influenza: 242 (+8.5%) 🔹RSV: 777 (-0.6%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 20 (+11.1%) 🔸Influenza: 10 (-28.5%) 🔸RSV: 63 (-17.1%) Source: www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-pra...
A Queensland Health report from the Queensland Government, dated June 22, 2026. It presents statistics for three respiratory illnesses:
•	COVID-19: 20 people are in the hospital (15% aged 65–74, 70% aged 75+). 266 people were diagnosed in the last week (11% aged 65–74, 29% aged 75+).
•	Influenza: 10 people are in the hospital (50% aged 65+). 242 people were diagnosed in the last week (12% aged 65+).
•	Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV): 63 people are in the hospital (3% under 6 months, 14% aged 6 months to under 2 years). 777 people were diagnosed in the last week (3% under 6 months, 21% aged 6 months to under 2 years).
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Thailand: COVID-19 cases have been rising for 7 consecutive weeks—jumping 660% since early May. Reported weekly cases: 🔸 Week 19: 226 🔸 Week 20: 284 🔸 Week 21: 370 🔸 Week 22: 610 🔸 Week 23: 929 🔸 Week 24: 1,231 🔸 Week 25: 1,720 Source: dvis3.ddc.moph.go.th/t/DDC_CENTER...
An English-translated version of a COVID-19 Disease Situation infographic from the Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health. The layout features a dark purple background with text and charts organized into rounded dark-blue boxes.
The top header reads "COVID-19 Disease Situation" with a yellow bar stating "Daily Report: June 22, 2026". The left column shows "+ 439 New Cases", "9,180 Cumulative Cases", and a line graph tracking weekly cases over 26 weeks, showing an upward trajectory that peaks at 1,720 cases. The middle column shows "+ 0 New Deaths" and "1 Cumulative Death".
The right column includes two horizontal bar charts. The top chart, titled "Top 5 Provinces with Most Cases", lists Bangkok (160), Chiang Mai (39), Chonburi (41), Songkhla (45), and Nonthaburi (32). The bottom chart shows cases broken down by age groups, with the 30–39 bracket having the highest count at 80.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The insect apocalypse: ‘Our world will grind to a halt without them’ Insects have declined by 75% in the past 50 years Without insects birds too will disappear 87% of all plant species require animal pollination, most of it delivered by insects www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The insect apocalypse: ‘Our world will grind to a halt without them’
Insects have declined by 75% in the past 50 years – and the consequences may soon be catastrophic. Biologist Dave Goulson reveals the vital services they perform
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 12/06/2026
“An average home would cost $595,500 now if prices were the same relative to income as before John Howard turned the market into an investor casino,” writes Greg Jericho, Chief Economist at The Australia Institute. Read the full article ➡️ theaus.in/4v2qrY7
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 12/06/2026
An analysis of 164 leopard deaths in Sri Lanka reveals nearly 40% occurred in the central Nuwara Eliya district, a tiny fraction of their range. Wire snares on tea plantation landscapes account for over 60% of fatalities, exposing a deadly overlap with humans.
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Sri Lanka leopard deaths prevalent in region where humans and big cats overlap
COLOMBO — The mist-covered tea estates, forest patches and mountain valleys of Sri Lanka’s hill country support some of the country’s most important leopard populations outside protected areas. Yet…
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Four days of extreme rain in Indonesia killed 7% of world’s rarest great apes, study finds Critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan population falls after heavy rain and landslides, fuelled by climate crisis, in North Sumatra www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Four days of extreme rain in Indonesia killed 7% of world’s rarest great apes, study finds
Critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan population falls after heavy rain and landslides, fuelled by climate crisis, in North Sumatra
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Michael Grunwald @mikegrunwald.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
This guy wants us to burn fewer fossil fuels and cut down fewer trees so that glacier behind him doesn’t melt as fast.
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tern @1goodtern.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Very moving video from Long Covid Physio ❤️👇
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 09/06/2026
Make a submission to the inquiry here ⤵️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 09/06/2026
Former environment minister Peter Garrett will lead a public inquiry into the Australian Government’s $368 billion AUKUS defence pact, amid growing concerns over the lack of scrutiny surrounding the nation’s most expensive defence project. #auspol @petergarrett.com.au
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Anderbergskan @anderbergskan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
"Every 737 burns 3,000 litres (25 bathtubs) of kerosene per hour. That's as much fossil fuel as three gas-heated homes consume in a year. But with twice the climate damage, by the indirect warming effects of burning it in the stratosphere " mastodon.energy/@Sustainable...
Picture of an app showing northern europe and plane traffic
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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I was 8 years old when my doctor told me that wearing a “dust mask” (respirator) was important for my respiratory health. For any “work that irritates your nose, throat or chest”. Last century. Last millennium. Donkeys years ago. We need to rediscover this. #MedSky
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