Bert
@coffeeslot.bsky.social
Environmental field worker. Studying ecology. Plant based. Old punk. SciFi and nerdy stuff. Kaurna Yerta, South Australia. Himbo
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“Eddy was angry at how much his brigade was asked to do with so little resources.”
Maybe @albomp.bsky.social would like to explain to Eddy & all of us why there’s > $300 billion for AUKUS but volunteer firefighters put their lives at risk with insufficient resources!
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Maybe @albomp.bsky.social would like to explain to Eddy & all of us why there’s > $300 billion for AUKUS but volunteer firefighters put their lives at risk with insufficient resources!
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
As a bushfire raged around them, a volunteer brigade made a plan to survive
The volunteer brigade from Terip Terip went through "hell" and back, narrowly escaping death, while fighting to save their own community and those nearby.
www.abc.net.au
January 17, 2026 at 9:04 PM
“Eddy was angry at how much his brigade was asked to do with so little resources.”
Maybe @albomp.bsky.social would like to explain to Eddy & all of us why there’s > $300 billion for AUKUS but volunteer firefighters put their lives at risk with insufficient resources!
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Maybe @albomp.bsky.social would like to explain to Eddy & all of us why there’s > $300 billion for AUKUS but volunteer firefighters put their lives at risk with insufficient resources!
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
We should tear up AUKUS and expel all American service personnel immediately. The US government are actively undermining our national security
The United States is now punishing close NATO allies because they oppose him invading and stealing Greenland. The response of the Australian Labor Party and the Coalition is silence, pretend it’s normal and build even more US bases here. They are endangering our national safety.
January 17, 2026 at 9:23 PM
We should tear up AUKUS and expel all American service personnel immediately. The US government are actively undermining our national security
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SHELVED BY GENRE awakens far below the Misty Mountains, and with riddles and talking eagles and exploding pine cones, the hosts continue their discussion of THE HOBBIT! Also, we learn so much about what Tolkien thought of airplanes. rangedtouch.com/2026/01/16/t...
January 16, 2026 at 2:44 PM
SHELVED BY GENRE awakens far below the Misty Mountains, and with riddles and talking eagles and exploding pine cones, the hosts continue their discussion of THE HOBBIT! Also, we learn so much about what Tolkien thought of airplanes. rangedtouch.com/2026/01/16/t...
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A nobel peace pryze doth not worke lyke the One Ring. It ys not about who ys physicallye holdinge it.
January 16, 2026 at 9:11 PM
A nobel peace pryze doth not worke lyke the One Ring. It ys not about who ys physicallye holdinge it.
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Unfortunately for Malinauskas, the internet remembers. Instagram user beccilove dug out this quote from a few years ago.
January 9, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Unfortunately for Malinauskas, the internet remembers. Instagram user beccilove dug out this quote from a few years ago.
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it is always so much fucking dumber than you could possibly expect, even when taking into account the fact that it’s always so much fucking dumber than you could possibly expect
January 3, 2026 at 11:41 AM
it is always so much fucking dumber than you could possibly expect, even when taking into account the fact that it’s always so much fucking dumber than you could possibly expect
Dinosaur civilisation was so advanced they used 100% biodegradable technology. Check mate #paleonotogy
January 1, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Dinosaur civilisation was so advanced they used 100% biodegradable technology. Check mate #paleonotogy
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Formally categorised as extinct on the IUCN Red List in 2025
🔴 Slender-billed curlew
🟡 Christmas Island shrew
🟠 3 Australian mammals
🟤 a species of ebony tree and Hawaiian lobelioid
⚫ a cone snail
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
🔴 Slender-billed curlew
🟡 Christmas Island shrew
🟠 3 Australian mammals
🟤 a species of ebony tree and Hawaiian lobelioid
⚫ a cone snail
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Declared extinct in 2025: A look back at some of the species we lost
Some species officially bid us farewell this year. They may have long been gone, but following more recent assessments, they’re now formally categorized as extinct on the IUCN Red List, considered the...
news.mongabay.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Formally categorised as extinct on the IUCN Red List in 2025
🔴 Slender-billed curlew
🟡 Christmas Island shrew
🟠 3 Australian mammals
🟤 a species of ebony tree and Hawaiian lobelioid
⚫ a cone snail
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
🔴 Slender-billed curlew
🟡 Christmas Island shrew
🟠 3 Australian mammals
🟤 a species of ebony tree and Hawaiian lobelioid
⚫ a cone snail
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Too Dune Too Dunious
December 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Too Dune Too Dunious
Drove to work at dawn this morning. Very glad there was no roadkill reindeer on the way to town
December 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Drove to work at dawn this morning. Very glad there was no roadkill reindeer on the way to town
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Best explanation of the liar's dividend that I've ever seen.
December 24, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Best explanation of the liar's dividend that I've ever seen.
At that stage in the assignment writing process my YouTube algorithm has decided it's Slayer time and I'm not complaining
December 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
At that stage in the assignment writing process my YouTube algorithm has decided it's Slayer time and I'm not complaining
Ended up giving up and using my real face for proof if age, but tried with the front cover of "Gnomes", Bob Mould, and Emma Goldman... I should have persisted, I think a photo of real person would work
December 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Ended up giving up and using my real face for proof if age, but tried with the front cover of "Gnomes", Bob Mould, and Emma Goldman... I should have persisted, I think a photo of real person would work
The ALP may be too spineless to add a climate trigger but that doesn't mean the Australian people won't pull their own one.
Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle
Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle
Australian campaigners demand Albanese government cancel planned fossil fuel projects and tax existing operations at 78%
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Activists have blocked another two coal ships from entering the Port of Newcastle on the fourth day of the Rising Tide protests, bringing the total number of ships turned around by campaigners this weekend to three.
Thousands of people have gathered at Rising Tide’s annual climate protest at the world’s largest coal port. It began on Thursday and will continue until Tuesday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The ALP may be too spineless to add a climate trigger but that doesn't mean the Australian people won't pull their own one.
Artificial Intelligence* killing us through sheer stupidity
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Artificial Intelligence* killing us through sheer stupidity
Does anyone have the maths to show how many scientists we could hire by scrapping one AUKUS submarine?
November 20, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Does anyone have the maths to show how many scientists we could hire by scrapping one AUKUS submarine?
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A type of parasitic ant takes over the colonies of a related species by inciting the workers to kill their queen, then taking her place.
Parasitic ant tricks workers into killing their queen, then usurps her
Some ants kill the queens of another species and take over their colonies, but we now know at least one species gets workers to do the dirty work for them through a kind of chemical subterfuge
www.newscientist.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
A type of parasitic ant takes over the colonies of a related species by inciting the workers to kill their queen, then taking her place.
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This is obscene.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at CSIRO
Australia’s national scientific agency announces more research job losses as it looks for budgetary savings
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This is obscene.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
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So many weasel words I can’t keep track! Just cut back executive salaries and keep more people employed.🤬
November 18, 2025 at 6:46 AM
So many weasel words I can’t keep track! Just cut back executive salaries and keep more people employed.🤬
And Tony Abbott thought it was important to give Australian honours to Prince Philip
The BS of this narrative to keep Queen Elizabeth's name clean from the dirty dealings of the cover up she actively participated in to hide her pe_do son.
November 14, 2025 at 3:23 AM
And Tony Abbott thought it was important to give Australian honours to Prince Philip
Without downloading new pictures, describe your gender
November 13, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Without downloading new pictures, describe your gender
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The Cincinnati Children's hospital Pastor speaks after being detained for 73 days by ICE and he is a legal U.S citizen & they knew it when they took him & they've known it for all 73 days!
He said the there are a lot of people in there that are U.S citizens & no crimes ever!
He said the there are a lot of people in there that are U.S citizens & no crimes ever!
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The Cincinnati Children's hospital Pastor speaks after being detained for 73 days by ICE and he is a legal U.S citizen & they knew it when they took him & they've known it for all 73 days!
He said the there are a lot of people in there that are U.S citizens & no crimes ever!
He said the there are a lot of people in there that are U.S citizens & no crimes ever!