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Chris Townsend @christownsend.bsky.social · 10h

BBC News - Lochaber MRT breaks its record for number of call-outs in a year - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Lochaber MRT breaks its record for number of call-outs in a year

Lochaber MRT says more people are heading into the hills than before, with some of them poorly equipped.

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Visible Procrastinations @visibleprocrast.bsky.social · 13h

In 2025 we introduced Periods are Wild to BARCOM, taking a significant step forward in ensuring that menstruating members of the expedition felt comfortable, respected, and supported on camp—no matter what time of the month it is. barcomrafting.wordpress.com/2026/10/06/b...

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BARCOM 2026 – Dignity for Everyone: Periods are Wild

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Visible Procrastinations @visibleprocrast.bsky.social · 18h

❝ Social media posts on TikTok and Instagram show the beauty of wild places without warning about the danger walkers can face, mountain rescuers have said. ❞ www.bbc.com/news/article...

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TikTok and Instagram posts don't warn hikers about dangers - rescuers

Rescues of 18-24-year-olds have more than doubled in Wales and England since 2019, rescuers say.

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Visible Procrastinations @visibleprocrast.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This week I was proud to be Expedition Leader for BARCOM 2026 Expedition 2 - it is amazing to see the Venturers develop as they rise to meet the challenge of the adventure. Youth lead, adult assisting. Celebrating 40 years of BARCOM.

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Anthony B, @swearyanthony.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"oh we don't know how to sandbox or monitor our own software" is so incredibly fucking obviously a skill issue. If you don't have people capable of doing that, hire some. Or y'know, we can start asking questions about criminal liability for consequences of your shit software engineering practices

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Visible Procrastinations @visibleprocrast.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

SAVE FLORENCE! 🦩 www.facebook.com/share/p/1DfJ...

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Visible Procrastinations @visibleprocrast.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tunes with the Funky Monkey this morning

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Visible Procrastinations @visibleprocrast.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

BARCOM X2, 2026 - it’s our first night out on the river. The gourmet repast for tonight is TACOS 🌮!! — in Swan Hill, VIC.

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Visible Procrastinations @visibleprocrast.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hi, do you have anything on the stove that I would like?

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Visible Procrastinations @visibleprocrast.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Yellow Raft … what is this that I’m hearing about a flat tyre?

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Okay, this is an incredibly, incredibly cool discovery. The brain stem is a different organ?

The researchers' breakthrough came from studying the earliest moments of embryonic
development, during a stage called gastrulation when the body first takes shape. Jokhai and Dundes discovered that the hindbrain follows a separate developmental path, running in parallel to - rather than branching off from — the pathway that creates the forebrain and midbrain.

The researchers learned this from examining developing mouse embryos. They identified two different brain progenitor cells.
One, which expresses a gene called Otx2, is destined to become the forebrain and midbrain. The other, which expresses a gene called Gbx2, is committed to forming the hindbrain. They showed that these two cell populations never overlap; they are mutually exclusive from the earliest stages of development.

The team then examined the DNA packaging, or chromatin, in these cells. Chromatin is a way cells determine which genes can be easily accessed and which are bundled away out of reach. What they found was striking: The anterior neural ectoderm (future forebrain and midbrain) and posterior neural ectoderm (future hindbrain) have fundamentally different chromatin configurations.
These differences essentially locked each progenitor cell into its respective fate, like travelers on parallel tracks that never cross.

Finally, the researchers looked back over 550 million years of evolutionary time. They found the same two-origin brain pattern in chickens; zebrafish; and,
remarkably, in acorn worms, tiny creatures living on the ocean floor that share a distant common ancestor with humans. Jellyfish, which diverged from humans about 600 to 700 million years ago, have two nervous systems at different ends of their body.
"Our research suggests that evolution took two existing neural systems and pushed them together spatially," Loh said. "Having the brain as one organ would probably be more efficient, but we rely on this primordial way to make the brain as two separate pieces."

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David @daverino.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“BYD is challenging Toyota for the title of Australia's top car brand..It is on track to sell about 100,000 cars this year, almost double its 2025 sales. When 4 Corners asked about its privacy policy, BYD replied..it had "undergone a review and been updated". www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...

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EV brand BYD erases 'China' and 'surveillance' from its privacy policy

The original policy gave the company almost unlimited powers to collect data on its Australian vehicle owners and broad discretion on how this could be disclosed.

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Visible Procrastinations @visibleprocrast.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

BARCOM 2026 Expedition 1 is on the water - with the Venturers now spending their first night out on the river. 🏕️ @barcom.bsky.social

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Visible Procrastinations @visibleprocrast.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

After a big day of building, all of the rafts are on the water. Expedition 1 for 2026 will depart at midday Sunday. @barcom.bsky.social

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Visible Procrastinations @visibleprocrast.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"There were boot camps in Queensland originally. There was a review of these to say they actually didn't work. So what is different this time?" -- Sue-Ann Hunter National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...

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Controversial youth justice camps to be rolled out in Queensland this year

Offenders will be based at the regional facilities for up to six months and will be required to wear an electronic monitoring ankle tag.

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Visible Procrastinations @visibleprocrast.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

youth justice camps 🤔 “Australia has 560 kids in boot camps each year Unregulated, against the evidence, and charging about $7000 for nine days They say they are preventing brain damage from phone use... We call it, malpractice” – Dr Graham (Emu) Pringle www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCP4...

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Phone-Addicted Teens Sent To Aussie Digital Detox Bootcamps | 10 News+

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Visible Procrastinations @visibleprocrast.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“Australia has 560 kids in boot camps each year Unregulated, against the evidence, and charging about $7000 for nine days They say they are preventing brain damage from phone use... We call it, malpractice” – Dr Graham (Emu) Pringle www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCP4...

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Phone-Addicted Teens Sent To Aussie Digital Detox Bootcamps | 10 News+

YouTube video by 10 News

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Why is a woman still not safe @treemuseums.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I'm sure there's local egs of "youth justice camps" too Hell Camp’: Paris Hilton and the Troubled Teen Industry’s Abuse Epidemic Netflix doc Hell Camp: Teen Nightmare shines a light on the systemic abuse within youth treatment centers and wilderness programs www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

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'Hell Camp': Paris Hilton and the Troubled Teen Industry's Abuse Epidemic

Netflix documentary ‘Hell Camp: Teen Nightmare’ shines a light on the systemic abuse within youth treatment centers and wilderness programs.

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Visible Procrastinations @visibleprocrast.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Another week where we have rigged for accessibility, so that the participant having the adaptive experience doesn’t have an alternative/replacement experience… they have the experience.

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Visible Procrastinations @visibleprocrast.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Good morning - rigging for accessibility again today

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Visible Procrastinations @visibleprocrast.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Roko's Basilisk as a political policy platform … that’s one way to approach it I guess 🤨

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Visible Procrastinations @visibleprocrast.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Good, this loophole should have been closed decades ago

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Visible Procrastinations @visibleprocrast.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Animal Welfare Assessment of Feral Horse Aerial Shooting – Kosciuszko National Park, 2026 www.environment.nsw.gov.au/publications...

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Animal Welfare Assessment of Feral Horse Aerial Shooting – Kosciuszko National Park, 2026 | Environment and Heritage

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Year Progress Bot @yearprogress.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

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Visible Procrastinations @visibleprocrast.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

There is currently good work being done in this area by Cam & crew bsky.app/profile/camw...

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Visible Procrastinations @visibleprocrast.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

2026 BARCOM Move Weekend There were rafts. There was a LOT of gear. And a fair bit of moving things from one place to another 😂 Watch on to find out what we’ve been up to… And don’t forget to follow along as the adventure kicks off next Friday! 🛶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF6I...

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2026 BARCOM Move Weekend

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

“The reality is … nothing less than net zero is going to start to turn things around. There’s no two ways about it.” - Glen Clark, backcountry ski business owner www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Warm ski season a warning of bleak future for Australia’s snow tourism: ‘So this is our new normal’

While holidaymakers have maintained ‘super positive attitudes’, average snow depths measured since 1954 have declined by nearly 20%

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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 13/09/2026

“In our assessment, the Victorian Labor Party has caused even greater harm to forests, wildlife and community fire risk than the Victorian Liberal Party or the Coalition has when in power,” says scientist Sue McKinnon. trib.al/P59TkfL

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Victorian government and opposition betray native forests

A defeated motion in Victoria’s parliament for more transparency around state forest operations illustrates the misconception that Labor is the major party most likely to protect the environment.

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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series: “She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.” variety.com/2026/tv/feat...

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Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’

‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.

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