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Garth Coghlan @wildwoila.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

The ‘ME’tamorphosis: Reading Kafka as a carer for a person with severe chronic disease | Christian Kull christiankull.net/2026/10/15/kafka-… #mecfs #LongCovid

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WildWoila @wildwoila.pixelfed.au.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Spring snow on kunanyi/Mt Wellington #Hobart #Tasmania

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WildWoila @wildwoila.pixelfed.au.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Tawny frogmouth & chick. The local council has been clearing willows from the rivulet, but has left this one which has a tawny frogmouth nest. Frogmouths are usually hard to see, but the chick hasn't quite worked out the 'being still' bit. #Hobart #Tasmania #BirdPhotography #AustralianBirds #Birds

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Garth Coghlan @wildwoila.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

"Age and education were no bar. The youngest participant was a 10-year-old schoolboy, the oldest an 80-year-old farmer. In debating for and against a motion, participants were judged on reasoning and moral clarity. "The overwhelming public response dumbfounded Pandey. Thousands of people […]

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Garth Coghlan @wildwoila.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

"Ultimately, an organization’s Unique Selling Points are the aggregate unique talents of all the people they hire. Building an organization with the right combination of people is, and always has been, the ultimate moat. To then shove this all through AI is to filter out all the talent you’ve […]

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Olivier Mehani @shtrom.piaille.fr.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

haepetitions.parliament.tas.gov.au/… > There is widespread alarm over budget cuts to TMAG and a reduction of already over-stretched staff, including renowned local, national and international scientists, and staff who ensure quality […]

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot

Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Garth Coghlan @wildwoila.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

I've been puzzling over Macchu Picchu. Thanks to Old Man Leudecke for the soundtrack. #Puzzles

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AJ Sadauskas @aj.gts.sadauskas.id.au.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

Question: In the age of vibe-coding and AI slop, is it time to start creating AI-free/handcrafted forks of open source software projects? There was a time when the free & open source software movement stood in opposition to big tech. It's become a cliché now, but when Microsoft found a new way […]

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 11/08/2026

Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope…

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Cr Sky @cr-sky.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

A 2015 study by Gasparrini et al in The Lancet showed that 6.5% of deaths in Australia are linked to cold weather, because cold puts pressure on the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. That was twice the percentage found in Sweden, and is strongly linked to our extremely poor housing stock […]

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Garth Coghlan @wildwoila.reviewdb.app.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

finished reading Children of Ruin 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Another case of interstellar evolutionary uplift, but this time with octopuses. Given their unusual neurology (where each tentacle is somewhat independent of the central nervous system), this makes for a lot of fun chaotic genius […]

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Garth Coghlan @wildwoila.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026

The federal government has done a risk analysis of bird flu on native animals. Thankfully, it considers the risk to the Tasmanian Emu to be "low"... www.dcceew.gov.au/sites/default/fil… #BirdFlu #Epidemiology

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AJ Sadauskas @aj.gts.sadauskas.id.au.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026

The bill is starting to come due for businesses that adopted GenAI/LLMs. Suddenly, they're finding themselves with an unpredictable bill for tokens that can double or triple from one month to the next. They're completely at the mercy of the US dollar exchange rate. The reductions in headcount […]

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Garth Coghlan @wildwoila.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026

Okay, now I really am scared. Does this mean Trump is coming?!? 😱 #AusAlert

Presidential alert

TEST MESSAGE - AUSALERT
This is a TEST of AusAlert,
Australia's new emergency
warning system. NO ACTION
IS REQUIRED. In an actual
emergency, follow the
instructions in the alert to keep
yourself and others safe. Visit
the AusAlert website for more
information. This message is
authorised by the Australian
Government.

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WildWoila @wildwoila.pixelfed.au.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026

Green Rosellas eating a forgotten feijoa in our front yard. Well, one is eating while the other hopes for a scrap. (Sorry, not an #EasternRosella.) #Tasmania #Birds #AustralianBirds

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I made y'all a guide so you can decide whether to post your reply, inspired by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social.

A flowchart diagram outlining a decision-making process for replying online, featuring six yellow rounded rectangular boxes stacked vertically on the left. Each yellow box contains a question with an accompanying emoji: "Is the reply insulting or abusive? 🤬", "Is it performative idiocy? 🤡", "Does it make false accusations? ⚠️", "Is it pointless conflict? ⚔️", "Is it racist, sexist, or other forms of prejudice? 🏳️‍⚧️", and "Does it contribute meaningfully to the discourse? ⚖️". Answering "Yes" to any of the first five questions leads via black arrows directly to a red oval on the right side that reads "Don’t post! 🛑". Answering "No" moves down to the next question in sequence. For the final question, answering "No" also points to the red "Don’t post!" box, while answering "Yes" is the only path that leads to a green oval at the bottom right that reads "It’s safe to post, but consider not posting anyway! 🚦".

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Birds Books and Bullshit @nanobookreview.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026

Me, waking up full of energy: God damn it. #CFS #Disability

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Linda Woodrow @lindawoodrow.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/06/2026

This is a very profound essay for permaculture people. It's economics beginning to use our vocabulary, our concept library. It's the first advance I've come across on Bill's thinking. "Because life does not organize primarily through extraction. Life organizes through circulation. Through […]

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026

We originally wrote this paper nearly a year ago. As of last June, the CRASH Clock was at 5.5 days. It's now down to 2.5 days. It was 168 days in 2018, pre-Starlink. It just keeps dropping as we launch more satellites into orbit. This metric shows how […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A plot showing how the CRASH Clock timescale has dropped precipitously over the past 15 years.

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Garth Coghlan @wildwoila.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026

This is horrifying. The climate crisis will play out in so many unexpected ways. "extreme heat is turning Pakistani farmworkers’ mouths into hostile environments for their own teeth" When the Heat Steals Your Smile […]

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Garth Coghlan @wildwoila.reviewdb.app.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

finished reading Familiar Things 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 by Hwang Sok-Yong. As South Korea undergoes rapid industrialisation, the marginalised are left to survive as modern-day gleaners by (literally) sorting through the mountains of trash produced by consumer society. Also lost in the rush of 'prosperity' are […]

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Garth Coghlan @wildwoila.reviewdb.app.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2026

finished reading Babel by RF Kuang. Set in a world very similar to our early 19th century, except a sort of powerful magic has been harnessed via the pairing of silver and linguistic translation. The concentration of power this gives the English is used as a devastating metaphor for the actual […]

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WildWoila @wildwoila.pixelfed.au.ap.brid.gy · 31/05/2026

Turbulent scaffolding. #Hobart #Tasmania

Turbulent water flows rapidly through orange/yellow steel scaffolding and upright steel girders (the foundation for a temporary walking bridge across a rivulet).

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Garth Coghlan @wildwoila.reviewdb.app.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026

finished reading Wifedom 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗 by Anna Funder. Biography of George Orwell's impressive wife, Eileen, and how he and his biographers erased her contribution from history. Masterfully shows how the infrastructure provided by women is kept invisible. The fictionalised sections made me […]

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Garth Coghlan @wildwoila.reviewdb.app.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2026

finished reading Where the Dark Stands Still 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑 by AB Poranek. A girl enters a spirit wood to rid herself of her magic, but instead finds power, purpose & love. Based on Polish fairytales, so reminiscent of Katherine Arden's The Bear and the Nightingale. Fairly simple YA story with one plot […]

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chuls @chuls.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2026

give your loved ones hugs today, for me, please you never know. when shit happens, it happens real fast sometimes

a macro close-up of the seed head of a burdock plant in a forest. I took this photo on a hike

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Garth Coghlan @wildwoila.reviewdb.app.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026

finished reading Enter the Aardvark 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 by Jessica Anthony. Two parallel stories connected across time by, of all things, a taxidermied aardvark. The ""Not Gay"" congressman is amusing in his superficiality and Reagan-esque pretensions. The Victorian-era taxidermist (also ""not gay"") is […]

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Garth Coghlan @wildwoila.reviewdb.app.ap.brid.gy · 21/04/2026

finished reading The Princess and the Goblin 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑 A *very* early kids fantasy story (1872!) where a primodial race of humans living underground has evolved into brutish goblins who enjoy nothing more than to cause havoc. Plenty of classic tropes: working-class boy, brave princess, fairy […]

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Garth Coghlan @wildwoila.reviewdb.app.ap.brid.gy · 13/04/2026

finished reading Things I Don't Want to Know 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 by Deborah Levy. A brief memoir delving into feminism, identity and what it means to be a writer. Very much in the spirit of A Room Of One's Own, and of similar calibre. #BookReview #Books #Bookstodon #Autobiography #Feminism @WildWoila […]

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Seth of the Fediverse ⁂ @phillycodehound.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/04/2026

Is anyone else nervous for the Artemis II splash down? Let's Go! #artemisII #Artemis2 #artemis

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Alex_DeltaDev 🎮🚀🟠 @alex-adedge.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/04/2026

Just about couldn't believe this Artemis reentry map when I saw it earlier tonight. Orion flying directly over South Australia TWICE. 🌏 This is a very interesting map though - Orion does not make any sharp turns.. so... something unintuitive is happening here. #Space #Artemis #NASA

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Alex_DeltaDev 🎮🚀🟠 @alex-adedge.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/04/2026

The Artemis re-entry map explained! To understand this fully, I needed a visual. So here is the @nasa Orion OEM dataset playing in one of my realtime space scenes. The result - a fun way to visualize how this ground tracked map works! #Artemis #ArtemisII #Space #threeJS

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Garth Coghlan @wildwoila.reviewdb.app.ap.brid.gy · 09/04/2026

finished reading The Windup Girl 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗 by Paolo Bacigalupi. In a dystopian future, Thailand has maintained independence despite rampant genetically-modified diseases destroying both humans & crops and fossil fuels becoming near unattainable. Western capitalists connive to inflame internal […]

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Garth Coghlan @wildwoila.reviewdb.app.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026

finished reading Foreign Soil 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 by Maxine Beneba Clarke. Short stories about being coloured in a white world. Hard-hitting, often left hanging without resolution, just the discomfort of injustice. #BookReview #Books #Bookstodon @WildWoila @wildwoila@wyrms.de

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Brian Vastag @brianvastag.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026

Love this compilation of interviews with NASA lunar scientists by Nature space reporter @alexwitze @alexwitze.bsky.social They're so excited...it's infectious. #NASA #Artemis2 #Orion youtube.com/shorts/No6pko1B7hs?si=m…

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Garth Coghlan @wildwoila.reviewdb.app.ap.brid.gy · 04/04/2026

finished reading Anne of Windy Willows 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 by LM Montgomery. Now a respectable and well-behaved adult (but still with her whimsy), Anne spends three years as school principle away from her one true love Gilbert Blythe, keeping him updated via regular letters on the madcap happenings of her […]

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