Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 17hwww.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... @amandawells.bsky.socialabc.net.auFormer vineyard turned into sanctuary for nationally threatened birdsA regional property previously home to wine grapevines has been transformed into a sanctuary for the nationally threatened regent parrot in South Australia's Riverland. 043
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 23hamaga.org.au/Web/Web/Nati...amaga.org.auNational Conference 000
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/09... @anufennerschool.bsky.socialpearlsandirritations.comClimate change versus logging? That misses the pointClimate change and logging are not competing threats to native forests. Their effects compound one another, increasing emissions, fire risk and pressure on biodiversity. 021
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Big Pharma is "charging" - Aust Gov is resisting. Spin is all wrong here. Prices will drop as people can't afford this. This is America screwing the rest of the world. 001
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... We'll miss your wisdom, Alan.abc.net.auFinance presenter Alan Kohler retiring after three decades at ABCAlan Kohler, one of the most influential journalists Australia has ever produced, will retire at the end of the year. 000
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... We've nearly finished school holidays in Qld and Vic. More Sydney-centrism!! We need a more *inclusive* @abcnewsbot.bsky.social Maybe some writers & reporters in other cities and in the country?? 🙄abc.net.auWhat to watch these holidays: A guide for parentsWhether it's passing time on a road trip or calming an overstimulated toddler, screen time has found its way into many of our parenting toolkits. So, these holidays, we've prepared your screen time gu... 000
Reposted by Libby RobinJoint Center for History and Economics @historyecon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The first Harvard Center Tea Talk of the 2026-2027 academic year will be given by Emma Rothschild entitled "Two Views of France in 1774". It will take place on Monday 5 October 2026 from 4:30-5:30 pm in CGIS S-050. All welcome and light refreshments will be provided! 021
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Why go at all? Leave the crazies to it and save on gratuitous travel. There are lots of nice places to travel that don't on-sell data. 000
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Seas are Rising Up. Didn't the Bible warn against building houses on sand? The idea that money beats nature is a big mistake. 010
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026alas the one size fits all algorithms used by govt never seem to be tested by users. They don't work on private computers that are not "the latest". There needs to be a better alternative (non-digital) solution for humans. 000
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026international.au.dk/about/profil... ECR position Denmark/ Botswana @esehnextgate.bsky.social @iceho.bsky.socialinternational.au.dkPostdoctoral position at the Department of Anthropology, Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus UniversityVacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Anthropology, Aarhus University 000
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... Rewards have shrunk in value except for Chairmans Lounge level. Time to look at bank ethics: where do they invest your hard-earned? All those surcharges have propped up nasty big biz. Try Bank Australia for a change. Leave the big four shrink. Loyalty isn't valued.abc.net.auBanks cut rewards programs, free travel insurance amid surcharge banSweeping reforms from the Reserve Bank start this week, as banks hike fees and slash rewards programs in preparation. 000
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.au'Open your eyes': Why China's sixth Antarctic base is raising concernsSome observers believe China's increasing presence in Antarctica is a geopolitical motive, while others say military fears are exaggerated. 000
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... Outrageous ... We've gotta stop the Data Centre takeover of our personal lives and residential places ... and clean water.abc.net.auDouble the height, 160 times the voltage. The latest ugly side effect of the AI revolutionElectricity distributor Jemena has been replacing 7-metre wooden power poles with 15-metre industrial poles rated to carry up to 66,000 volts, but there's been one consistent complaint among the resid... 043
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/technol... Governing is the job of elected officers and public servants. Outsourcing is breaking democracy. @davidpocock.bsky.social is the one making sense here. We need to rid ourselves of "for profit" advisors & add public officers who are accountable & *cheaper*thesaturdaypaper.com.auExclusive: PM’s AI office has fewer than 10 permanent staffAs Labor prioritises a deal on copyright that would water down artists’ protections, Open AI has poached a national security adviser from the prime minister’s department. 001
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"benefiting businesses of the region" is about a 2-yr vision. They (and the gold) will all be gone before the neighbours and taxpayers have to deal with consequences for generations. Remember King Midas? You can't eat gold. 👑 011
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026niche-canada.org/2026/09/22/s... Beautiful piece. Where is home?niche-canada.orgSea and SteppeMany poets have compared kovyla, the native feather grass of the Ukrainian steppe, to sea waves. When I look at the ocean I crossed, I can remind myself of who I am and where I came from. 020
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026www.abc.net.au/news/science... Good morning! Some great news to cheer all.abc.net.auVideo captures ranger's joyful tears on finding rare night parrot chickNew video captures a sighting of the elusive bird in its grassy home in the remote Great Sandy Desert during the day. 065
Reposted by Libby RobinOil Change International @oilchange.org · 23/09/2026At the UN High-Level Event on Climate Action, Australian PM Albanese @albomp.bsky.social spoke about climate threats facing Pacific nations while leaving out that Australia continues to produce + export the coal + gas that fuel those threats. Read: oilchange.org/news/in-resp...oilchange.orgIn response to Australian PM at the UN High-Level Event on Climate Action - Oil Change InternationalIn response to remarks by Australian Prime Minister Albanese, at the UN High-Level Event on Climate Action and the Just Transition, Oil Change International 044
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... This will drive people off the grid. We already feel we are paying too much for poles and wires to Data Centres. Of course EV owners should be rewarded. Just not aluminium manufacturers and Data Centres who benefit disproportionally from the eco-efforts of consumers.abc.net.auAll consumers to pay for EV chargers under power monopoly 'waiver'A bitter fight is brewing between EV charging companies and poles-and-wires companies, and now a regulator has weighed in. 000
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... This is why you tax them while they are solvent. The last ones to leave will all be broke, and everyone is ahead of 🇦🇺 on alternatives. Taxpayers left to mop up again.abc.net.auOil platform 'a warning' as government considers new decommissioning rulesThe federal government is paying to keep an oil platform safe after its owners collapsed. The Cliff Head platform off the WA coast has raised fresh questions about the strength of Australia's offshore... 000
Reposted by Libby RobinDr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Giving up on climate action as we enter one of the most dangerous extreme weather seasons in our history is a breathtakingly irresponsible act by the Coalition. Australians deserve better but clearly won't get it from the Liberal and National parties. 25516
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026www.theguardian.com/global/comme... Time to start governing for people and stop using consultancies that just siphon off tax payers $$ for THEIR profits. Labor is better than the Libs/Nats/OneNation rabble but not much - we need more thinking, independent politicians to tackle real problems.theguardian.comAustralia’s big polluters rely on carbon offsets for climate credibility. But the system looks like a house of cards | Adam MortonCredits are treated as a straight alternative to emissions cuts, but carbon stored in nature is different to burning millennia-old fossil fuels 000
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026connectsci.au/pc/article/3... Some reading for birdos! Thanks @susbites.bsky.social 🦅connectsci.auQuantifying knowledge uncertainty in the conservation status of Australian birdsAustralia may be underestimating the extinction risk facing many of its birds. Assessing 255 species, we found that 29% had highly uncertain conservation s 000
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 22/09/2026thepoint.com.au/opinions/260... @knitnannassyd.bsky.socialthepoint.com.auGreat Koala National Park 'dependent' on carbon offsets, but taxpayers will pay 95% of costThe NSW Government says the Great Koala National Park is “dependent” on money from carbon offsets. Media headlines suggests the offsets are “worth hundreds of millions of dollars”. One supporter of of... 010
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 22/09/2026www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... "Ecological thinning" is a furphy - east or west. This is just corporate greed, as David Lindenmayer and others have shown. @anufennerschool.bsky.socialabc.net.auWhere is WA's 'ecologically thinned' timber going?More than half the wood removed under WA's trial of ecological thinning is being chipped and burned, according to information revealed in state parliament. 021
Reposted by Libby RobinChris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 21/09/2026‘The backlash against data centers that is shaping elections and kitchen table debates across the country is now spilling onto Wall Street.’ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b...nytimes.comWall Street Is Growing Skeptical of the Data Center Boom (Gift Article)Several companies tied to the data center industry have delayed their initial public offerings amid the increasing public backlash to these energy guzzling facilities. 1128
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 21/09/2026www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... It's a start. Let's push back. Well done Vic. Even if it did take an election to move on this... Greens position is even better but no one in the media thinks that's a "winner".abc.net.auVictoria unveils data centre strategy with renewables requirementsVictoria will require new data centres to source their own renewable energy under a strategy unveiled by Premier Ben Carroll. 110
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 21/09/2026www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... Great to hear about Gen Z - early adopters, now stressed and embracing "noticing life". Over 50s do "escape" too. I keep one social media account - this one. I hardly ever watch a video. I *read* my news. Saves hours. Not watching moving screens delivers better sleep.abc.net.auGen Z are grappling with doomscrolling but some are pushing backGen Z is the first generation to be pushing back against phone dependency and social media doomscrolling, an Australian researcher says. 010
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 21/09/2026www.up2us.org.au/gecko-clan-t...up2us.org.auGecko Clan Training Opportunity — Up2Us Landcare Alliance 011
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 21/09/2026au.seek.com/job/94534007 Here's a job for an Arts graduate - but hidden behind the STEM wall. Apply and show how useful good writing and critical thinking can be!au.seek.comScience Communicator Job in Richmond, Richmond & Hawkesbury NSW - SEEKTranslate bushfire and natural hazards research into clear communications for partners, media, communities and public audiences. 010
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 21/09/2026www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... If we need to protect all vehicles from hacking, let's ban phone calls in moving vehicles. This might help the road toll. Inattention, running red lights and rage can all be linked to frustration with phone calls. Siri should not be accessing bank accounts.abc.net.auAustralians love these cars. Experts have 'real security concerns'To test the risks of surveillance and sabotage, Four Corners asked a hacker to show what China's top EV brand could see and do remotely. 000
Reposted by Libby RobinYung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"It’s not the result of a single direction made in some secretive ABC backroom: it’s the accumulation of thousands of reporting decisions made over the past 12 months, filtered through the national broadcaster’s attempts to skate through impartiality with mindless both-sides thinking." 🙏 C Warren 68230
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Hewson is right on the ball. "Digitally castrated attention spans" are at fault. Affecting road tolls too. The rich are just as susceptible as the poor. We must stop over-funding "independent" schools that are run by Microsoft, fund all schools *fairly*, & ban devices during school hours. 021
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/2026... Important arguments from a great Australian thinker. Who do our soldiers serve?thesaturdaypaper.com.auWho gets to be a traitor?When Pauline Hanson labelled SAS veteran and Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie a ‘traitor’ eight times, then animated the insult and pinned it to the top of her social media feed, she did more than p... 000
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-cri... Not a good move if 🇦🇺 is seeking senior tasks with UN.thesaturdaypaper.com.auOne Nation plans combatant law changeWith Coalition support, One Nation is seeking to make a change to the Criminal Code that could decide the trials of Ben Roberts-Smith and Oliver Schulz. 000
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026thebottomofthebay.com Here's the handbook @aehhub.bsky.social Thank you #KillianQuigley!thebottomofthebay.comThe Bottom of the BayA handbook of essays and watercolours on the seafloor of Port Phillip Bay, from a collective working across environmental humanities, art and marine science. 031
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026www.aehhub.org/2026/09/the-... Something for everyone here! For people beyond Australia, Port Philip Bay is where Melbourne is now situated. During the last Ice Age it was part of a land bridge to Tasmania.aehhub.orgThe Bottom of the Bay: A multidisciplinary handbook to the seafloor of Port Phillip BayColleagues, I post to share The Bottom of the Bay, an open-access ‘handbook’ for approaching the Port Phillip Bay seafloor from and amidst environmental humanities, literary, architectu… 000
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026thepoint.com.au/opinions/260... There is no end to the horrors of treatment of displaced persons by 🇦🇺. But the greed & poor governance of 🇺🇸 corp'ns profiting from terrible policies is unbelievable ... this is a chilling read. Thank you @davidshoebridge.bsky.social for asking the gov about this.thepoint.com.auWhy is Australia propping up Nauru Airlines to keep offshore detention alive?Here’s a question you’ve probably never asked yourself: Why does Nauru Airlines exist? There’s a simple answer – Australia’s offshore detention regime. Australia’s “resettlement” program in Naoero req... 001
Reposted by Libby RobinDolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Indeed! And you know what? We have a whole series of talks with authors of new environmental humanities books available to watch or listen to. We always talk about the processes *behind* the book, not just what’s inside it. 171
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Changing the world and its precious water... one garden at a time. No lawnmower is good news for the neighbours. The noise of duelling ride-ons from neighbours stopped me from listening to 🕊🦆🦅in my garden yesterday, the first day it was warm enough. Unfortunately ☀️= BunningsToys for neighbours. 💥💥💥 010
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 19/09/2026www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... A good #museum story - taking on Big Conversationsabc.net.auHopes new outback museum will spark conversation about town's pastOnce home to one of the most isolated policing roles in Australia, Birdsville's historical courthouse has reopened as a museum. Some residents say it is a reminder of the town's chequered past with In... 000
Reposted by Libby RobinNiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The Fifth World Congress of Environmental History is Coming to Toronto in 2030! We are excited to welcome @iceho.bsky.social and environmental historians from around the world to Canada! niche-canada.org/2026/09/18/t... #envhist #envhumniche-canada.orgThe Fifth World Congress of Environmental History is Coming to Toronto in 2030!York University in Toronto will host the 2030 Fifth World Congress of Environmental History, marking its North American debut. 13323
Reposted by Libby RobinDolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026PhD intensive course: Stockholm Winter School in Planetary Histories, November 23-26, 2026 www.kth.se/anthropocene... #envhistkth.seStockholm Winter School in Planetary Histories – applications open | KTH 064
Reposted by Libby RobinNiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Call for Papers – A World of a Thousand Cuts: Forests, Wood, and Industrialisation Across the Globe in the 19th and 20th Centuries 6-8 July, 2027, hosted by the University of Turin Proposal Deadline: 30 November 2026 niche-canada.org/2026/09/17/c... #envhist #foresthistory #globalhistoryniche-canada.orgCall for Papers - A World of a Thousand Cuts: Forests, Wood, and Industrialisation Across the Globe in the 19th and 20th CenturiesThis 2027 University of Turin conference re-examines 19th-20th-century global industrialisation by exploring how timber's ongoing role reshaped world forests. 01516
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 16/09/2026www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... Perhaps a tax on big trucks would help? B-Doubles were not allowed in Vic when these roads were built. Colesworth needs to pitch in. And local councils could help by switching to electric gardening gear - too many jobs still done with oversize cranes & heavy tools.abc.net.auData deep dive reveals the crumbling state of Victorian roadsThe state government has promised to fix half a million potholes this financial year, but some argue new strategies are needed to help manage the state's aging road network. 000
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 16/09/2026www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... Urban green space matters.abc.net.auMelbourne council rejects bid to build new church in green wedgeA growing religious community in the city's south-east will have to keep looking for a new spiritual home, after councillors rejected a bid to build a church on protected green wedge land. 000