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Peter Forward

@cardboardart.bsky.social
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Historic house restorer, Dja Dja Wurrong country Aust. Artist concerned with species loss. Guerrilla gardener, brain haemorrhage survivor.

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Peter Forward @cardboardart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Photo is a brick from Bendigo goldrush era, which was 700mm underground in my yard and was beneath steps. The house was built 1870, and the map shows cattus earliest known occurrence for Bendigo. If only they'd known. #auswildlife
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Peter Forward @cardboardart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
These are 4,400 year old cat prints, and on the right is a brick from Bendigo goldrush era which was 700mm underground in my yard and were steps. House was built 1870, and this map shows cattus earliest occurrence in Vic, about 1870 for Bendigo. If only they'd known.
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Peter Forward @cardboardart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The night temperatures here have moved from 3C to 10 -14C & my Dendrobium x delicatum is doing great considering is was planted among rocks only last Autumn, and our climate is definitely not sub-tropical. Lets see how it handles 40+C over summer.
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Gekko @gekko.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Not a sign today that young Australians across Australia marched against One Nation! No headlines We're ignoring young Australians - their needs, fears about their futures, and values They need voters to engage and vote for solutions, not ideology Listen to them: www.nine.com.au/australia-ne...
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Students protest Hanson over mammoth One Nation migration cuts
It comes hot on the heels of the party’s plan to slash Australia’s temporary migrant population by 750,000.
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Rob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Illegal firewood harvesting is a major issue in our forests. At one of my study sites in state forest, I came across this old habitat jarrah which had been cut down over the weekend. Probably by someone intending to illegally sell it as firewood. This problem is widespread and increasing.
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Peter Forward @cardboardart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Striated pardalote has returned this spring with their bell-like calls. Nesting in the bark of our palm again. fatbirder.com/ornithology/...
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Peter Forward @cardboardart.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I bought this orchid in a junkyard last summer for $10, it was sadly brown & dry,and kicked by boots. Totally jammed full of plantlets. I broke the rootball and replanted the pieces among rocks, def a small dendrobium. Now waiting for the flower!
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Peter Forward @cardboardart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"A stitch in time" makes total sense in this case. theconversation.com/a-court-will...
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A court will decide the future of Yuraygir’s feral horses. That matters for native plants and animals
Feral horses can inflict major ecological damage, as two experts explain.
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Peter Forward @cardboardart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
What a sick world we live in. www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/...
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Pakistan U19 cricketers mistaken for asylum seekers by protesters in UK
The English cricket board confirms it is reviewing the team’s security for the remainder of the tour.
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Very excited to see our new paper in @Nature! Conifers introduced to the Southern Hemisphere grew up to 4× faster than in their native ranges and were also more resistant and resilient to drought. I’m honored to have been part of this fantastic international team.
pines grow faster in the southern hemisphere
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Peter Forward @cardboardart.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
So what's happening to 1.5C in Australia? theconversation.com/some-of-aust...
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Some of Australia’s biggest companies are planning for an unbearable climate future
Making sure big companies do their bit to reduce emissions is essential for Australia to meet its climate targets.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
On Friday the latest emissions figures were released. I run my eye over them, and well, we're not doing great... thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Screenshot showing a graph of Australia's emissions since 2019 and how  on the trend since 2023 Australia is nowhere near reaching net zero by 2050, lets alone our 2303 and 20235 targets
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Peter Forward @cardboardart.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Australia, watch out.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🏆 The Most Punchable Face on the Planet 🏆
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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Whatever the colour of your political persuasion, if this ISN’T your view… you’re on the wrong side. Simple.
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wil @wilful.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I got mad on ABC talkback last week, the lies and bullshit out there by a handful of farmers...
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Peter Forward @cardboardart.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Spring has sprung. #auswildlife / #australianwildlife #ausbirds / #australianbirds #ausreptiles / #australianreptiles #ausmammals / #australianmammals #ausinverts / #australianinvertebrates
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Peter Forward @cardboardart.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It's that time of year again, central Vic. Love these and their call.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Egypt calls for full Israeli withdrawal and unrestricted aid access to Gaza - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
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Egypt calls for full Israeli withdrawal and unrestricted aid access to Gaza
<article data-history-node-id="445753" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/egypt-calls-full-israeli-withdrawal-and-unrestricted-aid-access-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/egypt-calls-full-israeli-withdrawal-and-unrestricted-aid-access-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Egypt calls for full Israeli withdrawal and unrestricted aid access to Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="270" data-start="76">Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has called for Israel to withdraw completely from Gaza and allow the sustained delivery of humanitarian aid under US President Donald Trump’s peace plan.</p> <p data-end="442" data-start="272">Abdelatty made the demand during a telephone conversation with Nikolay Mladenov, director-general of Trump’s Board of Peace, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.</p> <p data-end="670" data-start="444">The two officials reviewed efforts to implement the plan and discussed the proposed deployment of the International Stabilization Force, which is expected to assume responsibility for security inside the Palestinian territory.</p> <p data-end="840" data-start="672">Cairo has repeatedly pressed for an Israeli withdrawal and rejected any attempt to displace Palestinians from Gaza or place the enclave under permanent Israeli control.</p> <p data-end="985" data-start="842">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally rejected the 15-point peace proposal on Sunday, casting further doubt on its implementation.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
My temporary return to Australia has been more stressful than anticipated and has brought forward parts of a much older life I thought we had left behind. rick-morton.ghost.io/something-fa...
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Something Familiar
A few months ago my brother Toby went back to prison for the first time since his inaugural stint circa 2010. I was in Paris at the time and Mum was left to figure out what was happening and why, thou...
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poidapie.bsky.social @poidapie.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Gen Z knows bullshit when it is shoved down their throats. just about all their lives they have seen it and know it's stink when it comes. no matter how lovely the icing that newscorp puts on the shit sandwich they know it still is shit - with lovely icing.
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@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Tis' Pookie, Immaculate Sister of the Butter Knife @katiesocialism.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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Séamas Aloysius @seamusaloysius.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as far away from a church as you can." - Frank #Zappa
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Peter Forward @cardboardart.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This has been thought up to circumvent the Australian voting system. Our system is excellent & makes others like the US look problematic. We should protect it. Intention to launder votes using plain dishonesty and trickery should be made illegal and punishable.
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Chris Bowen @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
For once I agree with Senator Canavan. He knows that renewable energy means cheaper electricity - so why are the Coalition doing everything they can to block them?
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
100 years of Oppression in 60 seconds.😪
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Loony Left Media 🚨#TaxTheGas + KillAUKUS @loonyleftmedia.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Never gets old and we need more people to stand up to this shit human head on. And when I say people, that also includes MSM journalists
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
These things are on opposite sides of the planet but 100% connected. Human security demands we keep coal and gas in the ground.
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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Building submarines is the “pride of the nation” says Marles and SA Premier says the scale of the AUKUS investment is equal to 15 hospitals! I’ll take hospitals before submarines any day. Jobs building hospitals, homes, and dealing with global warming better than warmongering!
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Dee Madigan @deemadigan.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Always enjoy Labor Nat Conf. And this was a cracker. A few thousand people giving up a weekend to argue in public about how to make things better. Some of it I agree with. Some I don’t. But turning up beats sniping from the sidelines. Every time.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Ed Husic at Labor conference says he’s raising concerns about having our Defence in Israel despite the “genocide” in Gaza, military parts sent there, illegal settlements, Aussies fighting for Israel & being “potentially implicated in war crimes”💥 & dealing with them on “return”
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Peter Forward @cardboardart.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Be careful who you're donating to. pca.st/episode/3908...
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Who is Lily Jay? The Australian influencer accused of using AI in aid videos
A blonde woman stands among smiling children holding lollipops. A foundation banner hangs behind them. She announces that a new orphanage has opened in Africa. But evidence collected during an ABC…
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
"We can be confident that the word 'genocide' will not appear in the revised platform at the ALP Conference." Albanese and Wong dismiss the #GazaGenocide as an 'empty slogan' to avoid the legal obligations that come with the genocide label. #auspol pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07...
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Genocide, the word Albanese and Wong will never utter
By refusing to name genocide in Gaza, the Labor government avoids the legal and moral obligations that would follow – but not the shame of complicity.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 19/07/2026
"In Australia, we subsidise the fossil fuel industry. We give more than half of the gas we export away for free, and we charge our kids a fortune to go to uni." See more of Richard Denniss on Q&A here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAYxzRNfC6k
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Suzanne Daley @suzannedaley.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Of course!!! 🌲🦎🌿 #greenwitch #nature #forest #trees #plants #animism #peace
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Peter Forward @cardboardart.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Its clear many on here hate Labor, but it has its pluses, here's 5. open.substack.com/pub/snarkygh...
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Five Boring Acheivements Worth Your Sunday Arvo
Public health wins rarely go viral... they just quietly stop people dying
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 18/07/2026
Giant earthworms found in SA 'almost certainly' a new species
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'Almost certainly new' species of giant earthworms found in SA
A South Australian ecologist has been tracking giant earthworm sightings for 30 years, despite the species not officially existing in the state. 
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Peter Forward @cardboardart.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Up on ladder today painting, young fella sanding near me. Chat got to politics. "I hate that Jacinta Allan" Me. "Yeah? What about Albo?" Him. "Hate him too" Me. "So who you gonna vote for?" Him. "The good guys" Me. "Who's that" Him. "I think they're called Labor or sumthin."
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Famous British comedian Rowan Atkinson: ​"I feel ashamed on behalf of the United Kingdom for allowing Israel to besiege two million people in Gaza, cutting off their electricity, water, and medicine, and then claiming to defend human rights." ​Well done!
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John DeBaptiste @johndebaptiste.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
youtube.com/shorts/MbmCJ... She goes BANG! Wipes the floor with Hegseth.
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HEGSETH LEFT STUNNED
YouTube video by Tony Dortie
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Ukraine Matters (Georgijs) @ukrainematters.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Oh man, where to start
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
💥 Sarah Henderson steamrolled after claiming she didn’t commit an offence by making non emergency test-calls to 000. Insists the law allows for it.🙄 Clogging up the emergency number for her own political gain. Disgraceful. Police should act. Otherwise anyone can do it.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
"Every disease has its plant remedy somewhere on Earth. The next breakthrough for cancer, diabetes, or Alzheimer’s might be growing wild right now. Let’s protect nature. It’s protecting us. 💚"
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Denise Difficult-Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Just spotted this morning dose of perspective. Have a good day #auspol
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Peter Forward @cardboardart.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
"Labor’s challenge at Adelaide is not to produce more carefully worded resolutions that offend no one in government. Its challenge is to tell Australians what it stands for." pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07...
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Labor must remember what it stands for
In the first of a two-part series, John Menadue argues the upcoming ALP National Conference must do more than produce careful resolutions – it must confront Labor’s loss of values, membership and purp...
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Matthew Hayek @matthewhayek.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
New paper alert! We analyzed the carbon footprint of leather and found that cattle leather GHG emissions are *14 times greater* than non-animal alternatives. 🧵 1/ pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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The Carbon Footprint of Leather: A Comprehensive Reassessment Using Global Livestock Data and Meta-Analysis
Product designers and manufacturers lack robust and regionally representative information on the greenhouse gas (GHG) or “carbon” footprints of leather textiles. This study presents a meta-analysis of...
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Debbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨 @debbienorthway.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
#auspol #Australia #OneNation
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