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Kimberly

@kimbasgarden.bsky.social
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Ordinary person - I won't post often. Passionate about the world & justice for her people. Grieving as I live the path we are on. Creating a tiny patch of bushland in my little garden on Awabakal land. Likes & shares should not be taken as an endorsement.

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 5h
Many men rape; many men giggle encouragingly, or shrug indifferently, when their friends rape. Many men rape, and few seem to think that it’s a very big deal, writes columnist Moira Donegan
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The horror of the Cornell rape case is how ordinary it is | Moira Donegan
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WHO @who.int · 13h
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month #BreastCancer is the most common cancer among women globally & represents approx. a quarter of all cancers that occur in women every year Breast cancer is highly curable if detected in its early stages & adequate treatment is provided bit.ly/4o0GzFS
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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 18h
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Westpac Palantir
Thanks for signing!You've just joined thousands of people telling Westpac to ditch Palantir. Westpac is betting its customers never find out about this deal,…
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Glen @gergyl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Five percent in one year!
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Always a Difficult Earth Girl🐬🐨🐋🦘🦈 @scuttlebutter1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Awesome, AWESOME news! May there be an expansion of this one & many more others!
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AWC buys land in Tasmania to protect critically endangered species
Australian Wildlife Conservancy purchases 200 hectares of land on King Island, expanding footprint into Tasmania.
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Adopto ND @adoptond.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Always love a reminder to not deal or buy from Kogan.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Last month Santos CEO Kevin Gallagher told the National Press Club that Santos and the gas industry had not lost its social license
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“A rare fossil find in outback QLD has revealed a new species of prehistoric bird that lived more than 100 million years ago. Roughly the size of a bush turkey, Tenuicruris piscanexum is only the second Aust bird to be formally described from the Cretaceous period” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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100-million-year-old fossil reveals ancient outback bird
A chance and "extremely rare" discovery in an outback fossil pit has uncovered an unknown bird species from more than a hundred million years ago.
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Rowdy Rebel @rowdyrebel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yep. 🤬
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 30/09/2026
Libraries are turning to social media to connect with their communities – with brilliant, often hilarious results. On the way, they’ve launched some unlikely stars.
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Here are five of Australia’s top library influencers. One is a 72-year-old rare books librarian
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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today, the NSW Independent Planning Commission approved the largest coal project in the state's history, in a move Lock The Gate called "catastrophic system failure". That's the context in which @davidshoebridge.bsky.social takes on the leadership of the Australian Greens. Some thoughts here
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The Greens change leaders amid catastrophic system failure
Shoebridge over troubled Waters? A huge earthquake in environmental politics happened in Australia today. And no, I don't mean the change in Greens leadership. Important as this event is - and I wi...
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Rosco The Grouch @roscothegrouch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... GREAT cartoon @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social Mothpital! Haha.
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The bogong moths are back! Perhaps they are a sign that all is not lost | First Dog on the Moon
Remember – these moths are not an inconvenience they are a blessing
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s not just the UK. Read this shocking report from The Lever into US, Dutch, Italian and Indian communities where people are sick, farms wrecked, dying young from forever chemicals the producers have known were lethal for decades. We can *never* trust business. www.levernews.com/the-global-s...
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How Chemours Moves Toxic PFAS Waste Around The World
A landmark settlement confronts decades of PFAS pollution — but not the corporate system that keeps moving the toxic waste elsewhere.
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Sailing Steve @sailingsteve.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Good advice!! Make noise. It's long. Read it!
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Aussie News @aussienews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Geologists have discovered fossils from an ancient coral reef deep beneath the surface of outback Queensland, which have attracted the attention of international researchers. #palaeontology #marine #biology #oceans #scientific #research
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Fossils to unravel secrets of ancient seabed buried beneath outback
Geologists have discovered fossils from an ancient coral reef deep beneath the surface of outback Queensland, which have attracted the attention of international researchers. #palaeontology #marine #biology #oceans #scientific #research
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
Approval of biggest coal project in NSW planning commission’s history described as ‘infamous betrayal’
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Approval of biggest coal project in NSW planning commission’s history described as ‘infamous betrayal’
Independent Planning Commission says climate change impacts from Hunter Valley project will be ‘outweighed’ by economic benefits
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Mike DiGirolamo @mikedigirolamo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For the first time in 150 yrs, kiwi once again live in the hills surrounding Wellington. More than 250 were successfully translocated back to the region, thanks to the efforts of the iwi (nations of Aotearoa), community members, and the Capital Kiwi Project. They join the podcast this week:
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Iwi and community-led effort return kiwi to Wellington for first time in over a century
For the first time in 150 years, kiwi once again live in the hills surrounding Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. More than 250 manu (“birds” in the Māori language) were successfully translocated back ...
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Michael Mazengarb @michaelmazengarb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Summary of the IPC's consideration of the cost of HVO's Scope 3 emissions: 'Yeah, they might cause hundreds of millions in damage to NSW, but we're just not sure on the exact figure, so we're going to ignore it.'
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Graham Readfearn @readfearn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
News from me: Antarctica’s winter sea ice has peaked at its third-lowest level on record, falling a million square kilometres – or almost 400,000 square miles – short of the long-term average, scientists have confirmed. "This is not a future problem. It’s a now problem.”
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Antarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’
Coverage falls a million square kilometres short of long-term average with global heating likely driving losses
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sallylawry @sallylawry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... Huge loss . Thank you for your service and evidence based journalism
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Finance presenter Alan Kohler retiring after three decades at ABC
Alan Kohler, one of the most influential journalists Australia has ever produced, will retire at the end of the year.
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garethhutchens.bsky.social @garethhutchens.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“A teaching schedule was disrupted and students were invited to "drill for oil" by an industry-backed education program sponsored by major fossil fuel companies” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Inside the fossil fuel industry's push into Australian classrooms
At least 260 educational programs in Australia are sponsored by fossil fuel companies, according to a report by a climate advocacy group.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Australia's Future Fund is careful to exclude investment in tobacco companies. But apparently no problem with weapons manufacturers. Including companies like Elbit who have assisted Israel's #GazaGenocide. More great digging from @garethhutchens.bsky.social. #auspol
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1EarthMedia @1earthmedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fewer Australians will qualify for free COVID-19 vaccines from October Funded COVID-19 vaccinations only for: * 75+ years: 2 p.a, 6 months apart * 65–74 years: 1 dose p.a * Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders 50–74 years: 1 p.a * 18–64 years with severe immunocompromise: 1 p.a #auspol
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The argument that a species is in no danger because it is very common, is a complete fallacy; but is very often brought forward...by people who have a financial interest in destroying the animals." - Charles Elton, Animal Ecology (1927) Each of these species was very common 1-2 centuries ago.
Atlantic codAmerican bisonPassenger pigeonThylacine
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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Australian backlash to datacentres is faux import from US, officials say: ‘We are not the United States’
Pro-datacentre officials argue scale of Australia’s buildout is smaller, more regulated and less damaging than in US
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Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Gov agencies should not rely on safety data from companies selling pesticides “When the pesticides companies know from their own studies that their pesticides are harmful and don’t tell the public or regulators, then they are knowingly contributing to people getting sick & dying,”
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Revealed: the undisclosed safety data emerging as weedkiller maker faces Parkinson’s lawsuits in US
Syngenta denies keeping relevant data from the EPA as paraquat stays in the US market despite global bans
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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.change.org/p/a-call-for...
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Victory!
Today, I stood at NSW Parliament and heard the words I have fought so hard to hear. Caitlin’s Law. I cannot bring my beautiful daughter Caitlin back. Nothing will ever change that. But if her name and her story can bring peace to other families, protect them from unnecessary trauma, and spare them the heartbreak of feeling like they have lost their loved one twice, then her legacy will mean…
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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A #Roman glass bowl, in a beautiful cobalt blue with an irregular swirling white pattern. It looks amazing - especislly given that it is nearly 2000 years old! #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
AI data centre company Firmus starts development work at Wesley Vale without permit www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
AI data centre company starts development work without a permit
The Latrobe Council says it's concerned Firmus Technologies appears to have conducted illegal works on the site of its yet-to-be-approved project in Tasmania.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 26/09/2026
The NSW Department of Planning skipped consultation when issuing application rules for a proposed gas-fired power plant to run a data centre campus in the Southern Highlands. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
NSW Planning fails to consult key agencies over data centre gas plant
The NSW Department of Planning has admitted it made an error when it skipped consultation with key agencies regarding a proposal for a major gas plant to power data centres.
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Raymond Wilton @raymondwilton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Several months ago, residents in the Randwick LGA in Sydney’s East began receiving leaflets from a grassroots group called Randwick Voices Matter, encouraging them to join a campaign to stop a Greens Councillor from becoming the local Mayor.
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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
"The discoveries mark the first new sea spider species formally described from the #SalishSea in nearly 100 years." The headline is ridiculous. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/… #YYJ #VictoriaBC #BritishColumbia
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Scientists discovered two bizarre new sea spiders that are “nightmare fuel”
Scientists discovered two strange new sea spider species in the Salish Sea, including a hairy-legged, red-eyed species that can groom itself with comb-like appendages. Another is frequently covered in tiny parasites, and researchers say many more undiscovered sea spiders may still be hiding in the region.
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Margaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Zonneharpen" translates as "sun harps"... the beams of sunlight through trees and mist. Often the literal meanings of Dutch words are pragmatic and not exactly poetic. "Zonneharpen", though, is a delight! As is this photo.
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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We have a system that tackles inflation by suppressing the household income of workers while protecting housing wealth & corporate profits. Until the concentration of wealth in the country is confronted, working people will keep paying the price.
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Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 25/09/2026
“Two new stick insect species uncovered in Far North Queensland” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Two new stick insect species emerge from Queensland forests
The two new species are in the same genus and are both winged and more than 10cm long.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
‘Incredibly encouraging’: healing the scars of traditional anchors in Dorset’s seagrass meadows 🧪🌎🦑
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‘Incredibly encouraging’: healing the scars of traditional anchors in Dorset’s seagrass meadows
Eco-moorings restore seagrass in just five years, boosting sealife such as seahorses, eels and crabs
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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
brighten your day with this story.
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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 25/09/2026
What do you think piping the most expensive fossil fuel - extracted by the most expensive means - then sending it through an enormous, absurdly expensive pipeline is going to do to your energy bill? The folks spruiking this shit pretend to be serious, but come the fuck on. Bloody rent-seekers. 🙄
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/09/2026
really hope this can be replicated across every single meta office around the world
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/09/2026
Every line of this article is just completely stunning
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A 12 years old, Cai Thomas has a treble voice so pure and clear that the moment he begins singing Laudate Dominum, the whole atmosphere seems to become more serene.
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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 22/09/2026
As the PM calls for climate “bravery” at a global summit in New York, NSW regulators prepare to sign off on a major new coal mine extension described as a “carbon bomb” reneweconomy.com.au/biggest-coal-pr…
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Biggest coal project lines up for approval as Albanese calls for "bravery" in climate action
As the PM calls for climate "bravery" at a global summit in New York, NSW regulators prepare to sign off on a major new coal mine extension described as a "carbon bomb."
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Michael Warhurst @mwarhurst.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026
Shocking story of how the UK's system of controlling environmental pollution is failing:
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Jarrod Watt @jaywatt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Imagine now… if a Chinese AI system like DeepSeek accessed Medicare as well as this. What level of urgency would we see? “NSW premier Chris Minns says OpenAI agents may have also accessed information held by the state’s Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 24/09/2026
The Knesset (Israel's parliament) elections panel has voted overwhelmingly to exclude all the Arab majority parties from participating in the upcoming national election. The decision will be reviewed by the Supreme Court. We couldn't possibly suggest that this sounds a little like apartheid.
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Dr Elen Shute @lonerangifer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
At last. So many people and organisations had to stand firm on this for years before it got to this stage.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 24/09/2026
'Premier's STEM Researcher of the Year' among those set to lose jobs in Tasmanian cost cutting
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'Researcher of the Year' to be sacked as part of cost cutting
Not even the Premier's STEM Researcher of the Year 2025 can avoid a Tasmanian departmental job-cutting drive.
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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
These arseholes never clean up after themselves
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Angus Taylor thinks Australia, one of the highest per capita emitters, has done its bit on climate and can now give up. Incredible stuff from someone who once professed to be interested in climate policy. Now he wants to let climate change rip. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Angus Taylor pledges to repeal swathe of climate policies, saying ‘Australia has done its bit’
Several measures were previously introduced or supported by Coalition, prompting claim Liberals and Nationals would ‘let climate change rip’
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 23/09/2026
Rare video of night parrot chick hiding in spinifex tunnel in WA desert
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Video captures ranger's joyful tears on finding rare night parrot chick
New video captures a sighting of the elusive bird in its grassy home in the remote Great Sandy Desert during the day.
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