Barbara Ryan
@disasterbarb.bsky.social
Dungibarra/Jarowair land. Ass.Prof disaster behaviour research. Emergency comms/community engagement. RFS volly. Interested in: Renewables. Climate. Creatures. Dogs. Horses. #AusPol. I dont follow ppl without a bio.
“The debt of gratitude Australians owe CSIRO for Aeroguard alone can never be repaid. Which is why it’s so alarming to watch its funding – and its people – bleed away,” writes Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director at The Australia Institute.
Read the full op-ed: australiainstitute.org.au/post/who-nee...
Read the full op-ed: australiainstitute.org.au/post/who-nee...
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 AM
WorkCover has rejected her claim! And we just had an inquiry in Qld to find out why we can’t recruit/retain volunteers…
Last April when I was on deployment, I met Cassie from Rockhampton RFS
Cassie volunteers 4 multiple community orgs, helped Thargomindah school replace some supplies, she's amazing!
She recently broke her back on the fireground & needs a bit of support
🐝
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ou...
Cassie volunteers 4 multiple community orgs, helped Thargomindah school replace some supplies, she's amazing!
She recently broke her back on the fireground & needs a bit of support
🐝
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ou...
Donate to Support Our Injured Firefighter, Mother & Wife, organized by Brett Gibson
Supporting Brian & Cassie
Our workmate Brian and his wife Cassie need … Brett Gibson needs your support for Support Our Injured Firefighter, Mother & Wife
www.gofundme.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
WorkCover has rejected her claim! And we just had an inquiry in Qld to find out why we can’t recruit/retain volunteers…
M 4.4 earthquake 8 km W of Templeton, CA
Did you feel it? Report it!
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Did you feel it? Report it!
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Here's a new resource from @qutdmrc.bsky.social to explain #problematicinformation (and its various forms), harms, tips to help navigate online info environments, and what can be done. Access and download here: research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/explain... #informationintegrity #misinformation #disinformation
November 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Here's a new resource from @qutdmrc.bsky.social to explain #problematicinformation (and its various forms), harms, tips to help navigate online info environments, and what can be done. Access and download here: research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/explain... #informationintegrity #misinformation #disinformation
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We're still asking EV drivers to manage too many apps. Some offer RFID cards, some don't. Some participate in roaming, some don't. It's a mess that hinders adoption.
AGL's kerbside chargers join Chargefox - but why only one way?
We're still asking EV drivers to manage too many apps. Some offer RFID cards, some don't. Some participate in roaming, some don't. It's a mess that hinders adoption.
thedriven.io
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM
We're still asking EV drivers to manage too many apps. Some offer RFID cards, some don't. Some participate in roaming, some don't. It's a mess that hinders adoption.
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Take a moment to consider the 250 million people who have been forcibly displaced by climate disasters over the past 10 years…70,000 per day, on average.
If you aren’t one of these unfortunate people, I invite you to consider what you can do to help one or more of them. They need us.
If you aren’t one of these unfortunate people, I invite you to consider what you can do to help one or more of them. They need us.
Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds
Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Take a moment to consider the 250 million people who have been forcibly displaced by climate disasters over the past 10 years…70,000 per day, on average.
If you aren’t one of these unfortunate people, I invite you to consider what you can do to help one or more of them. They need us.
If you aren’t one of these unfortunate people, I invite you to consider what you can do to help one or more of them. They need us.
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Australian freight company announces rollout of another 12 electric trucks that will replace diesel vehicles used for the national delivery network of global beverage giant Coca-Cola.
Logistics giant rolls out another 12 electric trucks for Coca-Cola in Australia
Australian freight company announces rollout of another 12 electric trucks that will replace diesel vehicles used for the national delivery network of global beverage giant Coca-Cola.
thedriven.io
November 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Australian freight company announces rollout of another 12 electric trucks that will replace diesel vehicles used for the national delivery network of global beverage giant Coca-Cola.
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We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief
www.scripps.edu
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
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A group of kangaroos is most commonly called a “mob.”
November 1, 2025 at 7:37 AM
It’s actually #DisasterDisinformation , which is much, much worse.
Climate deniers getting ready to claim that climate change did not make the damage from Hurricane Melissa worse.
This is misinformation.
This is misinformation.
Climate change is making hurricanes more destructive
a lot of climate misinformers don't want you to understand this
www.theclimatebrink.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:08 AM
It’s actually #DisasterDisinformation , which is much, much worse.
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Last year, @michaelfwehner.bsky.social and Jim Kossin made the scientific case for a Cat6 cyclone. This week, Hurricane Melissa became the 6th storm in recorded history to smash through that threshold, with max winds of 216mph. And conditions leading to these storms are on the rise.
Read more:
Read more:
The growing inadequacy of an open-ended Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale in a warming world | PNAS
Global warming increases available sensible and latent heat energy, increasing the
thermodynamic potential wind intensity of tropical cyclones (TCs...
www.pnas.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Last year, @michaelfwehner.bsky.social and Jim Kossin made the scientific case for a Cat6 cyclone. This week, Hurricane Melissa became the 6th storm in recorded history to smash through that threshold, with max winds of 216mph. And conditions leading to these storms are on the rise.
Read more:
Read more:
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David Pope in Canberra Times
October 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
David Pope in Canberra Times
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Every flood is followed by an outcry over building on flood prone land. And every subsequent flood shows that more homes have been built on flood prone land. Now that more land than ever before is flood prone, we really need to not put houses on flood prone land. Crisafulli is reckless.
October 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Every flood is followed by an outcry over building on flood prone land. And every subsequent flood shows that more homes have been built on flood prone land. Now that more land than ever before is flood prone, we really need to not put houses on flood prone land. Crisafulli is reckless.
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Yikes. That's a 242 mph wind gust just measured inside Hurricane Melissa.
I've seen a lot of dropsondes over my years, and a peak wind of 210kt - even at the top of/just beyond the boundary layer - is wild to see. Might be up there in the ranks of all-time strongest dropsonde-measured gusts as well.
October 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Yikes. That's a 242 mph wind gust just measured inside Hurricane Melissa.
So…let me get this straight…rules aimed at preventing billion dollar disasters (ie ‘red tape’) are “unecessary restrictions”.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Flood risk put on residents as flood measures relaxed in housing push
Experts say changes by the Queensland government could ease construction costs by removing what the property industry describe as "unnecessary" restrictions, while residents could be left wearing the ...
www.abc.net.au
October 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
So…let me get this straight…rules aimed at preventing billion dollar disasters (ie ‘red tape’) are “unecessary restrictions”.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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I mean it's not like when presented with facts from experts (the ones not sanitised by government) that Murray approved a climate bomb that'll also erase ancient culture, oh, actually, wait a minute... www.acf.org.au/news/challen...
October 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I mean it's not like when presented with facts from experts (the ones not sanitised by government) that Murray approved a climate bomb that'll also erase ancient culture, oh, actually, wait a minute... www.acf.org.au/news/challen...
I love independent media and journalists with long memories, especially when they call out NewsCorpse!
Crikey, on how we came to be trailing China in rare earths, and manufacturing in Australia.
Crikey, on how we came to be trailing China in rare earths, and manufacturing in Australia.
October 27, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I love independent media and journalists with long memories, especially when they call out NewsCorpse!
Crikey, on how we came to be trailing China in rare earths, and manufacturing in Australia.
Crikey, on how we came to be trailing China in rare earths, and manufacturing in Australia.
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Changes in October temperatures across the #Arctic by decade... Parts of this area (e.g., the Kara Sea) are warming more than 5x faster than the globally-averaged temperature trend! #ArcticAmplication
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis available at doi.org/10.24381/cds...
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis available at doi.org/10.24381/cds...
October 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Changes in October temperatures across the #Arctic by decade... Parts of this area (e.g., the Kara Sea) are warming more than 5x faster than the globally-averaged temperature trend! #ArcticAmplication
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis available at doi.org/10.24381/cds...
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis available at doi.org/10.24381/cds...
Welcome to the disaster industrial complex.
Disasters contribute growth to economies - is that why FEMA is being dismantled?
Disasters contribute growth to economies - is that why FEMA is being dismantled?
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
Disaster Recovery Is an $8 Trillion Driver of US Growth
Investors are on the hunt for companies powering the disaster industrial complex, which are fueling US growth and outpacing the S&P 500
www.bloomberg.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Welcome to the disaster industrial complex.
Disasters contribute growth to economies - is that why FEMA is being dismantled?
Disasters contribute growth to economies - is that why FEMA is being dismantled?
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The future and the past in one picture. 🔌 ⚡️
October 20, 2025 at 7:34 AM
The future and the past in one picture. 🔌 ⚡️
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Louvre robbery. French police release image of suspect.
October 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Louvre robbery. French police release image of suspect.