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The Trump administration announced it intended to restore changes to the ESA, a move quickly criticized as ensuring a death sentence to countless species.
The new regulations include changes that will eliminate protections afforded to threatened species under Section 4(d) of the Act. bit.ly/3XJbkDP
The new regulations include changes that will eliminate protections afforded to threatened species under Section 4(d) of the Act. bit.ly/3XJbkDP
Trump Administration Proposes Changes To Endangered Species Act Regulations
In a move long expected, the Trump administration said Wednesday it intended to restore regulatory changes to the Endangered Species Act that President Donald Trump made during his first term, a move ...
www.nationalparkstraveler.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The Trump administration announced it intended to restore changes to the ESA, a move quickly criticized as ensuring a death sentence to countless species.
The new regulations include changes that will eliminate protections afforded to threatened species under Section 4(d) of the Act. bit.ly/3XJbkDP
The new regulations include changes that will eliminate protections afforded to threatened species under Section 4(d) of the Act. bit.ly/3XJbkDP
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All in all, director Anne-Louise Sarks’ objective to create “a Carmen for the 21st century” has resulted in one having ample agency in @OperaAustralia’s newest production. My thoughts at #AustralianArtsReview: artsreview.com.au/carmen-9/
Carmen | Australian Arts Review
Paul Selar takes a look at Opera Australia's production of Carmen - currently playing at Melbourne's Regent Theatre until 25 November 2025.
artsreview.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 4:12 AM
All in all, director Anne-Louise Sarks’ objective to create “a Carmen for the 21st century” has resulted in one having ample agency in @OperaAustralia’s newest production. My thoughts at #AustralianArtsReview: artsreview.com.au/carmen-9/
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Thanks AC/DC ❤️
AC/DC - It's A Long Way To The Top [Official Music Video], Full HD (Remaster, Resync and Upscale)
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November 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Thanks AC/DC ❤️
Thanks AC/DC ❤️
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Around a year ago we had schools and playgrounds close because of asbestos contaminated mulch.
Now it's asbestos contaminated sand.
So at what point do these cease to be isolated cases, and become a systemic issue around how children's play products are regulated and policed in this country?
Now it's asbestos contaminated sand.
So at what point do these cease to be isolated cases, and become a systemic issue around how children's play products are regulated and policed in this country?
November 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Around a year ago we had schools and playgrounds close because of asbestos contaminated mulch.
Now it's asbestos contaminated sand.
So at what point do these cease to be isolated cases, and become a systemic issue around how children's play products are regulated and policed in this country?
Now it's asbestos contaminated sand.
So at what point do these cease to be isolated cases, and become a systemic issue around how children's play products are regulated and policed in this country?
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"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Expectations are high for a blazing experience with one of opera’s most badass, headstrong and sultry leading characters who can belt out some gorgeously seductive music — tonight’s opening of @OperaAustralia’s new production of Carmen sees Danielle de Niese doing the honours!
November 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Expectations are high for a blazing experience with one of opera’s most badass, headstrong and sultry leading characters who can belt out some gorgeously seductive music — tonight’s opening of @OperaAustralia’s new production of Carmen sees Danielle de Niese doing the honours!
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David Pocock condemns delay in establishing job ready graduates body to end $50,000 arts degrees
David Pocock condemns delay in establishing job ready graduates body to end $50,000 arts degrees
Senator accuses the government of not treating reform with ‘urgency it deserves’ – with no modelling done on the cost of reversing or replacing the JRG scheme
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Reversing the program that has left Australia’s arts students paying $50,000 degrees is facing more delay, as the body tasked with reforming the controversial job ready graduates scheme is unlikely to be ready on Labor’s timeline.
The education minister, Jason Clare, is set to introduce legislation to formally establish the Australian Tertiary Education Commission (Atec) in the final sitting week of the year. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
David Pocock condemns delay in establishing job ready graduates body to end $50,000 arts degrees
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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HECS cuts have offered temporary relief for students with existing debts, but they offer nothing to students starting arts degrees next year, who face debts of close to $55 000
The govt must reverse the destructive HECS increases of the Morrison years, and make tertiary education affordable again.
The govt must reverse the destructive HECS increases of the Morrison years, and make tertiary education affordable again.
'That's a house deposit': The cost dilemma facing university students
As hundreds of thousands of high school seniors consider university, they are being warned that enrolling in humanities degrees will leave them with a debt close to $55,000.
www.abc.net.au
November 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
HECS cuts have offered temporary relief for students with existing debts, but they offer nothing to students starting arts degrees next year, who face debts of close to $55 000
The govt must reverse the destructive HECS increases of the Morrison years, and make tertiary education affordable again.
The govt must reverse the destructive HECS increases of the Morrison years, and make tertiary education affordable again.
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Graeme Samuel calls for Labor to ditch ‘national interest’ workaround for environment laws
Graeme Samuel calls for Labor to ditch ‘national interest’ workaround for environment laws
Former ACCC chair condemns proposed exemption allowing minister to approve projects that don’t comply with law
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The former competition watchdog chief Graeme Samuel says the government should axe its proposal to allow the environment minister to make decisions in breach of national laws if it is deemed in the “national interest”.
Samuel, who led a 2020 review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, also argued a loophole that effectively exempts native forest logging from the laws “shouldn’t be there”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Graeme Samuel calls for Labor to ditch ‘national interest’ workaround for environment laws
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"The 'reduction in enthusiasm' [for climate action] among rich nations didn’t happen by accident.
It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth.
Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies."
It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth.
Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies."
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
"The 'reduction in enthusiasm' [for climate action] among rich nations didn’t happen by accident.
It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth.
Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies."
It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth.
Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies."
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Hen Harrier Susie, whose chicks were stamped to death on a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor in 2022, has been found dead on a N Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries.
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
Hen Harrier ‘Susie’, whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries
If ever there was an example demonstrating the high level of persecution faced by Hen Harriers on UK grouse moors, the lack of consequences for the offenders, and the lack of justice for the victim…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Hen Harrier Susie, whose chicks were stamped to death on a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor in 2022, has been found dead on a N Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries.
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
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every time you watch this you discover a new way in which this went wrong
Russia presented its human-like AI robot. It fell down as it walked onto the stage.
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
every time you watch this you discover a new way in which this went wrong
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Huon fucking Aquaculture, deliberately freezing the carcasses of dolphins perishing in it's nets. Doing so because they know a necropsy will be next to useless. They're told not to, but they do it anyway. #toxicsalmon
Salmon farm's response to spike in dolphin deaths prompts questioning
Tasmanian regulators question major salmon farm operator Huon Aquaculture about the effectiveness of its "predator" nets after a spate of dolphin deaths.
www.abc.net.au
November 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Huon fucking Aquaculture, deliberately freezing the carcasses of dolphins perishing in it's nets. Doing so because they know a necropsy will be next to useless. They're told not to, but they do it anyway. #toxicsalmon
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Blyth, after months of hearing evidence about SA’s devastating algal bloom, says re net zero “I don’t think that we can be stewards of the environment if we can’t afford it.”
Australia news live: Liberal senator says nation ‘can’t afford’ net zero target as party gathers to debate policy; banks tip $43bn into fossil fuels
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November 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Blyth, after months of hearing evidence about SA’s devastating algal bloom, says re net zero “I don’t think that we can be stewards of the environment if we can’t afford it.”
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A Liberal senator was on a plane this morning en route to help her party dump their carbon emissions policy and the cabin literally filled with smoke.
A spokesperson from Air Metaphor was not immediately available for comment.
A spokesperson from Air Metaphor was not immediately available for comment.
November 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
A Liberal senator was on a plane this morning en route to help her party dump their carbon emissions policy and the cabin literally filled with smoke.
A spokesperson from Air Metaphor was not immediately available for comment.
A spokesperson from Air Metaphor was not immediately available for comment.
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The Liberals are considering dropping net zero because they’re riven by internal dissent. They care more about polling than about policy - more about their own ambitions and donors than about their constituents and their country.
Advance launches last-minute lobbying campaign pressuring Liberal MPs to dump net zero target
Rightwing lobby group’s email blitz targets party ahead of Liberal shadow ministry meeting at 9am on Thursday
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Liberals are considering dropping net zero because they’re riven by internal dissent. They care more about polling than about policy - more about their own ambitions and donors than about their constituents and their country.
@australia.theguardian.com
In this article about peanut allergies, it says to call a doctor or go to ED for a child with breathing difficulties due to anaphylactic response. This is too slow. You must administer an epipen and call an ambulance immediately.
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
In this article about peanut allergies, it says to call a doctor or go to ED for a child with breathing difficulties due to anaphylactic response. This is too slow. You must administer an epipen and call an ambulance immediately.
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
Peanut allergies have plummeted among US kids since 2017 – what happened?
Blockbuster research has upended assumptions about the allergy. Experts shared what parents should know about introducing food allergens
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
@australia.theguardian.com
In this article about peanut allergies, it says to call a doctor or go to ED for a child with breathing difficulties due to anaphylactic response. This is too slow. You must administer an epipen and call an ambulance immediately.
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
In this article about peanut allergies, it says to call a doctor or go to ED for a child with breathing difficulties due to anaphylactic response. This is too slow. You must administer an epipen and call an ambulance immediately.
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
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‘These weird crocs were all over the place’: Australia’s oldest crocodile eggshells unearthed in Queensland back yard
‘These weird crocs were all over the place’: Australia’s oldest crocodile eggshells unearthed in Queensland back yard
New research suggests 55m-year-old eggshells likely belong to extinct mekosuchine crocodiles, nicknamed ‘drop crocs’ for theory they climbed trees to hunt
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Scientists have identified what are believed to be the oldest crocodilian eggshells ever found in Australia, unearthed in a grazier’s back yard in regional Queensland.
The 55m-year-old eggshells – found at a fossil deposit in Murgon, approximately 270km north-west of Brisbane – likely belong to a group of extinct crocodiles known as mekosuchines, new research suggests. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
‘These weird crocs were all over the place’: Australia’s oldest crocodile eggshells unearthed in Queensland back yard
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Just remember I kind of predicted this.
Well I didn't, game theory did.
Well I didn't, game theory did.
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Just remember I kind of predicted this.
Well I didn't, game theory did.
Well I didn't, game theory did.
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An analysis of BBC news coverage over the last 4 years shows a shameless bias against Vladimir Putin, with BBC reporters insisting on calling the Special Military Operation in Ukraine “an invasion”
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
An analysis of BBC news coverage over the last 4 years shows a shameless bias against Vladimir Putin, with BBC reporters insisting on calling the Special Military Operation in Ukraine “an invasion”