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Lola

@lolat42.bsky.social
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😷 Gardener. Retired doctor. Whatever catches my eye. Wisdom, courage and beauty where I can find it. Tasmanian affairs, some Oz politics. Desperate world events.

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Lola @lolat42.bsky.social · 3h
‘“ He 🐕 doesn't like to be yelled at," … "You can talk firmly, but as soon as you get grumpy, he will go and sit on the ute 🛻 and won't work. "So you have to calm down and then he'll come back and start working again."’ Love it! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Old working dogs refuse to be put out to pasture
Arthritis and other ailments cannot stop these faithful companions, who are still pulling their weight on farming properties.
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Lola @lolat42.bsky.social · 4h
🇦🇺 ‘"timely reminder for bushwalkers in remote areas to carry sufficient food, water, communication equipment and emergency shelter for unexpected delays".’ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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Two helicopter rescues in Tasmania after separate bushwalker mishaps
Two separate rescues involving Tasmania's rescue helicopter prompts police to urge bushwalkers to carry communications devices when out and about.
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Lola @lolat42.bsky.social · 5h
🇦🇺 ‘ tax on export gas, properly tax and enforce regulation on big fossil fuels, big gambling and big tech, then use the proceeds to reduce the cost of childcare, tertiary education, medicines and rent via commonwealth rent assistance.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Australia’s wealth gap is growing and so is the anger over it. How do we fix this absolutely hopeless state of affairs? | Zoe Daniel
Prices beyond our control, climate change, big tech, crime, the government itself. It’s no wonder people are so furious
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Lola @lolat42.bsky.social · 8h
🇦🇺Tasmania ‘“the delays seemed "to just be really unfair". "It's almost like the government does it to get people to pull out."’ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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'Really unfair': Victim-survivor's almost two-year wait for her own records
After a 23-month wait to receive her own records from the Tasmanian government, Sam Morgan's civil legal case against the state can finally progress. But her lawyer says many people are losing access ...
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Lola @lolat42.bsky.social · 10h
‘The hypocrisy of today’s right-wing populists has not dented their popularity…. But those voting for nativism should be careful what they wish for. They may end up expelling their own family members, if not their own leaders.’ pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10...
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The immigrants leading the anti-immigrant right
Across Europe and the US, some of the loudest anti-immigration politicians have migrant roots, migrant spouses or family histories shaped by migration. The contradiction has done little to slow their ...
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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 16h
Bette Davis -photographed in 1930 by Irving Chidnoff
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Maha al-sanabani @mahaalsanabani.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Looking back at the past from where we are in the future, things seem clearer, allowing us to judge whether our choices were right or wrong. But when we made them, we only had what we knew and understood at the time—and we did the best we could. 𝓜𝓪𝓱𝓪 𝓐𝓵_𝓼𝓪𝓷𝓪𝓫𝓪𝓷𝓲. #love #writing #quotes #photo #life
Image from the internet; source and photographer unknown.
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Maha al-sanabani @mahaalsanabani.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Don’t try to fix your whole life when you’re exhausted. Recharge your energy first. Good sleep, good food, moments of peace… 𝓜𝓪𝓱𝓪 𝓐𝓵-𝓼𝓪𝓷𝓪𝓫𝓪𝓷𝓲. #writings #calm #message #love #life #cat #photos #words
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Maha al-sanabani @mahaalsanabani.bsky.social · 16h
Don’t carry a word someone threw at you and then walked away. They threw it; so let it fall from their lips to the ground. Don’t pick it up. Some words are meant to hurt, and carrying them with you all day only gives them another chance to hurt you. 𝓜𝓪𝓱𝓪 𝓐𝓵-𝓼𝓪𝓷𝓪𝓫𝓪𝓷𝓲. #quotes #photo #words
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 15h
1950’s, Japan. Photographer Ichiro Kojima
Walking hand-in-hand down a wide, rutted gravel road, two young children journey toward a distant, low-slung mountain ridge under a dramatic, storm-laden sky. Captured in high-contrast black and white, the child on the left wears a traditional dark, patterned kimono bound at the waist with a tied sash (obi), while the companion on the right is dressed in a patterned padded jacket (hanten) over dotted trousers. The vast, unpaved track curves gently through the rugged countryside, flanked by sparse pine growth and rough earthen banks under a bruised, cloud-heavy firmament. The photograph evokes a haunting sensory atmosphere: the sharp crunch of loose river stones beneath small feet, the biting chill of a northern wind sweeping down from the hills, the heavy, metallic scent of rain hanging in the damp air, and the quiet, enduring warmth of childhood companionship amid an expansive, brooding landscape.   Created in the 1950s by pioneering photographer Ichiro Kojima (1924–1964), this image stands as a quintessential masterpiece of post-war Japanese documentary photography. Operating primarily in his native Aomori Prefecture and the rugged Tsugaru region of northern Honshu, Kojima spent his brief career recording the harsh climate, agricultural rhythms, and rural folklore of northern Japan (Tōhoku). His innovative darkroom techniques—involving aggressive burning and dodging—produced dramatic, high-contrast silver gelatin prints where skies churned with visceral intensity above humble agrarian scenes. The children's attire, likely sewn from indigo-dyed cotton, recycled work clothing, or ikat-woven (kasuri) textiles, reflects the resourceful folk traditions of the northern provinces where garments were constructed, mended, and passed down through families.
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Dennis Waldron @wphoto.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is the one of the #BestBeaks in the fishing business in action with some #YellowElements I have posted this image before as it is one of my favorite Heron images. #heron #BirdOfTheDay #ECK #birds #nature #photography #birdphotography
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Lola @lolat42.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
‘Community anger typically stems from the scale of the datacentres, their strain on power grids and water supplies, heavy use of diesel backup generators, & the speed of approvals that have left residents feeling shut out.’ not to mention: heat, noise, pollution www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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‘These guys are just coming from nothing’: questions over multibillion-dollar Firmus float amid datacentre backlash
‘AI factories’ developer on track to launch the second-biggest IPO in Australian history, but investors warn its forecasts are ‘a little bit of a fairytale’
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Flooding rain on eastern Victoria from a odd shaped high pressure system
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Lola @lolat42.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
‘“What health problems might I face in the future? Because I’ve been exposed to all of that. My kids have been exposed to it,”… “They’re just running these monster generators. & they think … they have every ability to do so at the expense of anyone else”’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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US datacenter discharged large amounts of pollution for almost a year with no permits
Records show Vineland facility in New Jersey emitted health-harming pollution before regulators stepped in
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Just remember that when you opt into allowing Apple to use your customer data to train AI, that means humans seeing and hearing details about your life that maybe you're not so comfortable sharing when you think of it that way. appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
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Lola @lolat42.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
‘“Pretty much if it’s got fur in Tassie, most of them have got a pouch,… Whatever the animal is, you just pop it on its back. Imagine there’s a zip down the middle of it & sort of, you know, work your way down the middle & just find the pouch & look inside.”’ pulsetasmania.com.au/news/tasmani...
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Tasmanians urged to check dead devils for orphaned babies
Greg Irons currently has 12 orphaned animals being cared for at his home…
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Lola @lolat42.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
‘"You are a hero to us all, Captain,"’ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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Stabbed pilot's prophetic words less than a year before attack
Captain Smit Machchhar was stabbed while flying to Tel Aviv. But who was he?
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ann Bancroft: the first woman to reach the North Pole on foot* in 1986 (dog-assisted). • 1993: First woman to reach both the North & South Poles on foot (S. Pole unassisted) • 2001: First woman to ski across Antarctica with Norwegian Liv Arnesen Born #OTD in 1955. *walked, snowshoed and/or skied
A close-up photograph of the rugged, joyful countenance of American polar explorer Ann Bancroft (born September 29, 1955), the first woman to cross the ice to both the North and South Poles. Set against a stark, high-key backdrop of a vast, white Arctic or Antarctic ice expanse under an overcast, pale sky, she looks directly at the camera with a wide, radiant smile that crinkles her eyes. Her weather-beaten face is flushed pink from the intense polar cold. Her dark, graying hair is windblown and messy, held back by dark, reflective sunglasses resting atop her head. She wears heavy polar expedition gear, including a dark navy jacket with a thick, fluffy brown fur-trimmed hood framing her face, layered over a bright purple collar, a red knit undershirt, and a visible zipper. The composition centers on her resilient expression, conveying a triumphant, adventurous, and authentic mood that highlights her historical significance as a barrier-breaking explorer.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Noelle Thomas, contemporary UK textile artist #WomensArt
Colourful textile artwork with central stylised horse morif , as well as circles a
and triangles on a dark background
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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Golden Wednesday. That was quite an unexpected end to my morning walk. After going up Glastonbury Tor in torrential rain, I was on my way home and the sky cleared in seconds!
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Sculptural detail, tombstone, #cemetery, from #LaBic, #Quebec
A sculpture of a man with a beard and a woman with long flowing hair in a loving embrace.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Three girls (1932) by Amrita Sher-Gil. Then, Amrita Sher-Gil, influential Hungarian-Indian painter #WomensArt
Portrait of three Indian girls dressed in pink or green saris facing left
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Cyril Cox (Canadian Artist, born 1958) "Blue Shadows", 2025. Acrylic on Canvas, 36" × 36". Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
John Atkinson Grimshaw (British, 1836–1893) "October Gold", 1889. Oil on Canvas, 59 × 44.5 cm Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Eloise Powers @elnopower.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
- The red-and-yellow barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus) is a species of African barbet found in eastern Africa. - Photo courtesy of Anthony Goldman‎, Tanzania
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hugo Henneberg (Austrian, 1863–1918) "Der blaue Weiher (The blue Pond)", 1904. Linoleum Cut on four Plates (blue, purple, black, brown) on Japanese Paper, 29.4 × 29.8 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sergiu Ciochină (Moldavian/French, born 2001) "Sunlit Passage", 2024. Oil on Board, 35 × 50 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Textile embroidered art by Sophie Standing, British born textile artist #womensart
Pictorial textile artwork featuring an elephant facing forwards
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Hawk-Headed Parrot is a striking Amazonian bird known for its dramatic feather crest that fans out when excited or alarmed. It is highly intelligent, long-lived (up to 40 years), and native to South American rainforests. [📹 ventusparrots_] Original post
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america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Purple-Backed Thornbill native to South America, they have the shortest bill of any hummingbird species 📷: Robin Alexander Mettler Photography #birds
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One singer recreates the entire Halo Theme choir with just her voice, no instruments needed to nail that eerie monk like sound Martin O'Donnell wanted.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 29/09/2026
Fascinating new research: "1 in 8 cancer cases worldwide are caused by infections, study finds. Researchers estimate infections caused 2.3 million new cancer cases worldwide in 2024" www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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Researchers are discovering more infections that can cause cancer | CBC News
New global research suggests 12 per cent of cancers were caused by infections, predominantly caused by HPV and H. pylori
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Paul @atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
28 September 1865 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson made history by becoming the first English woman to officially qualify as a doctor. She later achieved another major milestone by becoming the first female surgeon in England. #History #HistoryMatters
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Lola @lolat42.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🇦🇺 ‘"It's a clear testament to the large scale community resistance that's forming to data centres. It's something we're observing across the country,"’ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Controversial Sydney data centre project pulled amid community anger
A controversial proposed data centre has been withdrawn by its developer after it became a flashpoint amid growing opposition to the AI infrastructure development across the country.
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Lisa Benson (British Artist, born 1958) "Lunar Light", 2019. Linocut Print, 37.5 × 48.5 cm. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Clara Belle Drisdale [1885-1993], the first African-American graduate of New Mexico State University. Many of her professors would not allow her inside the classroom, she had to take notes from the hallway www.reddit.com/r/Minority_S...
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Linocut by contemporary printmaker Mariann Johansen-Ellis #WomensArt
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
UK textile artist Rachel Wright creates artworks using machine embroidery on calico with various fabrics #WomensArt
Pictorial textile artwork featuring a view looking down on a lighthouse in a swirling sea
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The work of Rathika Ramasamy, India's first internationally celebrated female wildlife photographer #womensart
Photograph of an owl peeping out from a hole in a tree trunk
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Photography by Elliot McGucken
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dawn of the debb @debbshock.com · 28/09/2026
Monday is scary here, take this teeny tiny owl
a pygmy owl resting on a branch.
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Geophysicist & space physicist Marcia Neugebauer made the first direct solar wind measurements via instruments on the Mariner 2 spacecraft. She developed instruments used on Earth-orbiting satellites, Apollo lunar experiments & the Giotto mission to Halley’s Comet. Born #OTD in 1932. #WomenInSTEM
A black-and-white historical photograph of pioneering geophysicist and space physicist Marcia Neugebauer (born September 27, 1932) working at her desk during the mid-20th century. Sitting in an office setting, she leans forward slightly over her desk, looking directly at the camera with a calm, intelligent, and focused expression. She has short, bobbed light hair and wears a short-sleeved, collared white button-up blouse adorned with subtle vertical embroidered details down the front. In her right hand, she holds a pencil over large documents and charts with plotted scientific data curves spread out on the desk before her. To her right sits a large, vintage mechanical calculating machine with columns of buttons, characteristic of the 1960s computing era. The background features window blinds and office storage, creating an environment of rigorous research. The image captures the historical significance of a trailblazing woman in STEM whose work with these charts and calculations would confirm the existence of the solar wind via the Mariner 2 spacecraft.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Replacing trees with concrete isn't economic advance; it’s ecological bankruptcy. Deforestation is not development—it is self-sabotage on a planetary scale. We cannot build a sustainable future on wiped-out ecosystems. 🌲❌
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I will never understand why smart people all around me respond to AI with enthusiasm: it's as if they're attending a dinner party based on theft of their neighbors' groceries, plates & cutlery, saying "how convenient that these dishes just appeared, what a time-saver to steal from the neighbors!"
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Lola @lolat42.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
‘"At a minimum, reporting should cover energy and water use, resource efficiency, environmental performance, renewable energy and grid commitments, employment and local procurement outcomes, and delivery of community benefits."’ But it won’t.🤬 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Get rules in place to hold data centres to account, experts tell Tasmania
An artificial intelligence institute warns there may not be much economic benefit from data centre developments if public authorities don't put binding conditions on proponents.
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Lola @lolat42.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
‘"This is a really untenable situation that needs proper resources allocated to it to get to the bottom of this and to get the ambulance service to where it needs to be."’ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Ambulance service only fully meets 17 per cent of safety and quality standards
An ambulance service wanted to see if it could meet national safety and quality standards, but in a mock assessment, only fully met 17 per cent of actions — a result described as "diabolical" by a par...
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
At the age of 90 year old, Czech former agricultural worker Agnes Kasparkova continued her 13 year project to decorate her small village with hand-painting traditional Moravian motifs on the local houses #womensart
Three images, one of a window surrounded by blue floral patterns on a white exterior wall, two other images of an elderly womam painting the designs
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Man helps a young hawk covered in cactus bristles and having difficulty flying. Original post
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Warspitefella 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @warspitefella.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#SpitfireSaturday
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