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Dana Bergstrom

@danambergstrom.bsky.social
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Scientist, ecologist, Antarctica, impacts of climate change & writer of musicals Antarctica, Beneath the Storm (Cast Album) out now! Antarcticamusical.com #BluePlanetNeeds💙OurLove Lutruwita/ Tasmania.

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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 20m
If Hobart can smell central Tassie fires, 10k is nothing. But you know what? There are experts who model this kind of stuff. Councillors shouldn’t argue on anything like this, there should be independent modelling.
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 36m
Haven’t ever met a cult petson - do they follow Rover the Rottie? 😜
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Melissa BearTrix @melissabeartrix.gives.hugz.online.ap.brid.gy · 5h
Get ready ... Wash your eyeballs, clean those ears and be ready for the big Aussie Bird Count Hugz & xXx PS who the fuck is Beato, he looks like a motivational speaker / cult petson
19 th October to 25 October 2026 
Aussie Bird Count 

And a cartoon picture of a dove and magpie
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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 6h
It so annoys me when journalists assume private schools in Australia offer a higher ‘quality’ of teaching. It’s utter rubbish. All of our teachers do the same (or very similar) teacher education courses and often the most skilled teachers are hired by the most needy schools.
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 39m
I taught science at universities for a couple of decades. Best students came from State schools. They had be taught to think independently. The most obnoxious? Privileged young me from private schools.
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 45m
“Well, Tarquin it was like this. I kept getting emails from a nasty man reminding me of 18k deaths of children & babies. Well it made me feel uncomfortable, like what could I do? I was only his elected representative in a gov with a massive majority. You see the bind I was in? So I called the 👮“ 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦‍♀️
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 48m
I have another trick. Any big decision, particularly those that may infringe on someone’s freedom, try a mock conversation with a grandkid…2/
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 54m
Of course they would 🤦‍♀️
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 55m
Maybe people don’t know this? I have this trick for emails - right click - delete 🤷🏻‍♀️ Simple! Any email reminding me of something I don’t want to acknowledge- click it’s gone! Magic 🪄✨🔮 But I’m good with problem solving.
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 1h
I realise how ignorant I’m - for the last year since we went electric we charge from home and have not used an external power supply yet, living a very local life.
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 1h
I can see Rob, that I’m not the only one who remembers the Gov letting dams get down to 5% level so Tas could sell electricity to Victoria and installing diesel generators to fill the gap 🤦‍♀️
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 1h
Then when it goes to shit like a certain ally’s country the legacy press will turn around a go how did we get here 🤷🏻‍♀️ unless they are owned by the billionaires who want the chaos. In that case any questioning journalists lose their jobs.
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 1h
💯And concentrated diesel pollution !
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 1h
There are Tesla exclusive chargers? Wow - thats as stupid as a lightening cable
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Rowdy Rebel @rowdyrebel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Facts. 👎
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 4h
Just check out the posters in gyms - they promote an unhealthy obsession on looks - it’s big in tradies culture too- get a loan on a big fat black 4WD ( that too small for tools & gear), go to gym & pump iron for muscle (not strength), hit the protein powders and roids. Onya mate.
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 17h
276 diesel generators to run a planned datacentre in Nth Tasmania Yup that’s moving foward🤦‍♀️
abc.net.au
Tasmanian EPA says it was not told extent of Firmus data centre generator plans
Tasmania's EPA is worried about the extent of AI data centre company Firmus's planned diesel generator use, saying it is much more than initially disclosed.
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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 9h
So, the reason we mock horrible fascists is not to make fascists change their minds. It is to show they are mockable. It breaks the veneer of respectability and power. It gives others social permission to mock them. Satire is poisonous to power because it makes opposition both fun and collaborative.
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 5h
And the UK? ‘Cause that’s where Australia inherited its colonial imperial mindset
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 7h
Clothes make the man. Today’s @theageaustralia.bsky.social @sydmorningherald.bsky.social cartoon
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 17h
😬
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 17h
276 diesel generators to run a planned datacentre in Nth Tasmania Yup that’s moving foward🤦‍♀️
abc.net.au
Tasmanian EPA says it was not told extent of Firmus data centre generator plans
Tasmania's EPA is worried about the extent of AI data centre company Firmus's planned diesel generator use, saying it is much more than initially disclosed.
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 18h
That’s groovy!
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 22h
👇 This is not true as a universal statement. Many species across many groups from fish, to birds, dogs, bats and even humans sometimes demonstrate reciprocal altruism and calculated fairness.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 10/10/2026
The machine did not "go rogue." The machine belongs to and is the responsibility of the people who own it. Hold those people accountable for their goddamn machine.
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
What’s happening to our climate is utterly terrifying. We’re looking at 4 degrees above average this southern summer www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak
‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will have a huge impact on communities across the world
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hmm scientist here - can confirm this story features Canis familiaris aka - a dog 🐕
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🤦‍♀️
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I’m not the only one thinking this way
theguardian.com
Execution TV? Pete Hegseth has taken the once ‘greatest democracy’ to a horrific new low | Paul Daley
A proposal to livestream the killing of Nidal Hasan by firing squad opens a window ever wider to the Trump administration’s complete moral vacuity
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
As a middle power, our PM, Minister for Defence or Minister for Foreign Affairs could have a quiet word that says this is unacceptable.
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Mine links to a iPad
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
When is Australia going to say enough is enough ? 🤷🏻‍♀️ End AUKUS! When US politicians are telling us they have descended back to medieval times we should listen.
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
They are not really -you just need to allow yourself to do the stuff you love.
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Holidays are overrated
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Dropped in on a tropical coral cays today. Oh wait no. It’s Hobart / Nipaluna!
A beach with low growing wattles.
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🤣 there must be a note book around ✍️
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
another jerk Dad just in a different era. But I’m also not convinced reading to a child is care work. Reading to your child should be one of those daily glimmers 🥹
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
People are/ will withdraw into their local communities. Insularity to protect a sense of self and peace. Good on one hand but sad on the other. Insularity feeds “othering”.
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Pandora’s AI box has been opened and what an ugly world is being made where peoples’ creativity is stolen And yes it’s “artificial” and it lack intelligence, just mimicry and theft. Nothing super here
abc.net.au
Once a home for handmade, artists say Etsy's now overrun with AI
Global online marketplace Etsy is known as a home for the handmade, with Etsy proclaiming its mission to "keep commerce human." But buyers and sellers are reporting an influx of AI-generated products ...
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The condescending language to describe a local communities actions for the sake of the planet and future generations is so offensive.
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Think these farmers need Marremas
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
😲
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This ratioing of negative comments is now happening to comments on David Shoebridge’s posts too. What a positive sign! In a just under a week the Overton window has shifted to the left 💚💚💚
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A guilty pleasure of mine is to checkout NYC street fashion on insta and while there check out the latest wonderful posts from their mayor. One of the things I noticed was the increase of the rate of negative comments being ratioed on Mamdani’s posts 1/
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🐧😭
theguardian.com
World’s largest penguin colony suffers ‘enormous population crash’
Chinstrap penguins on Zavodovski Island in Antarctica down by two-thirds since 2011, probably due to climate crisis
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Oh dear I need an edit button - “must Not forget”- fmbd 🤦‍♀️
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Here here - thankyou Kon 🙏 We must forget that Angus Taylor was happy to set up a company not in Australia but the Caman Islands - did he share the values of the Caribbean’s when he did that ? Also not to forget dodgy water dealings that cost the country millions.
independentaustralia.net
Angus Taylor's 'Watergate' links emerge in secret government deal
The $80 million “Watergate” water buyback scandal was central to the creation of the NACC. Now, the Federal Environment Department has spent tens of thousands on a secretive NACC contract.
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Gekko @gekko.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Labor, the LNP IPA and ON are in a race to the bottom Are voters going to follow the scam or, see right through it? Its imperative we change the paradigm and create a body politic that rejects ideology and seeks solutions Communities produce solutions - and accountability Not major parties
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A reminder that after 6 years since COVID, globally we could have learnt and installed widespread building HEPA air filtration systems. Just made it the norm, especially for school, hospitals, shopping centres, theatres etc But we haven’t 🤷🏻‍♀️
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