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.
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.
The No Kings news over the last few days has loaded the depression index toward optimism for the first time in a long time.
This good news from Australia might just tip the balance!
This good news from Australia might just tip the balance!
October 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The No Kings news over the last few days has loaded the depression index toward optimism for the first time in a long time.
This good news from Australia might just tip the balance!
This good news from Australia might just tip the balance!
It's so hard to see and understand 'resilience' and 'genocide' in the same sentence in this research article title.
And these researchers are heroes.
And these researchers are heroes.
September 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It's so hard to see and understand 'resilience' and 'genocide' in the same sentence in this research article title.
And these researchers are heroes.
And these researchers are heroes.
Vale Dig.
His life soundtrack was ‘Zippety Do Da’.
His life soundtrack was ‘Zippety Do Da’.
August 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Vale Dig.
His life soundtrack was ‘Zippety Do Da’.
His life soundtrack was ‘Zippety Do Da’.
David Rowe is so much more accurate than the Murdoch media with its obsession with Albo’s ‘embarrassment’ 🤣
June 17, 2025 at 8:51 AM
David Rowe is so much more accurate than the Murdoch media with its obsession with Albo’s ‘embarrassment’ 🤣
Academics don't live in the real world, eh?
Professor Robert McCreight from the University of Pennsylvania wrote this in 2023.
He also wrote that emergency management plans are based on the past, exercises have to test the future.
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Professor Robert McCreight from the University of Pennsylvania wrote this in 2023.
He also wrote that emergency management plans are based on the past, exercises have to test the future.
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April 23, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Academics don't live in the real world, eh?
Professor Robert McCreight from the University of Pennsylvania wrote this in 2023.
He also wrote that emergency management plans are based on the past, exercises have to test the future.
💥
Professor Robert McCreight from the University of Pennsylvania wrote this in 2023.
He also wrote that emergency management plans are based on the past, exercises have to test the future.
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The weirdest partnership I ever did see...
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April 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The weirdest partnership I ever did see...
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David Rowe - capturing the economic horror now underway.
April 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
David Rowe - capturing the economic horror now underway.
JFC - when are ABC reporters going to understand a) that this is normal disaster prep and NOT panic buying and b) that this is what just-in-time logistics looks like when it hasn’t factored in natural hazards.
They accuse a very sensible
community of ‘panic’ every time they open their mouths!
They accuse a very sensible
community of ‘panic’ every time they open their mouths!
March 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
JFC - when are ABC reporters going to understand a) that this is normal disaster prep and NOT panic buying and b) that this is what just-in-time logistics looks like when it hasn’t factored in natural hazards.
They accuse a very sensible
community of ‘panic’ every time they open their mouths!
They accuse a very sensible
community of ‘panic’ every time they open their mouths!
The Natural Hazards Centre in Boulder, Colorado is one of the key disaster research centres in the US and the home of many of the greats in disaster research. It just paused a call for applications for mitigation-focused research 😔
February 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The Natural Hazards Centre in Boulder, Colorado is one of the key disaster research centres in the US and the home of many of the greats in disaster research. It just paused a call for applications for mitigation-focused research 😔
This aged well from Exploding Topics (in a very nice way) - didn't we get to 30 million just the other day? Nearly two months earlier than expected:
February 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
This aged well from Exploding Topics (in a very nice way) - didn't we get to 30 million just the other day? Nearly two months earlier than expected:
Evidently LA didn’t get my post of two weeks ago.
Cash only, people!
Cash only, people!
January 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Evidently LA didn’t get my post of two weeks ago.
Cash only, people!
Cash only, people!
Emergency WA - covers all hazards, has a rating of 4.5:
December 25, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Emergency WA - covers all hazards, has a rating of 4.5:
Queensland Fires shows incidents and permit burns, and you can get this app for Vic, WA and NSW:
December 25, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Queensland Fires shows incidents and permit burns, and you can get this app for Vic, WA and NSW:
Need for Feed is a Lions Club project, delivering hay, dog food, care packs and Christmas presents to drought affected communities.
This convoy of about 15 trucks just went through Tocumwal on its way to South Australia.
The truckies donate time and their trucks.
This convoy of about 15 trucks just went through Tocumwal on its way to South Australia.
The truckies donate time and their trucks.
December 13, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Need for Feed is a Lions Club project, delivering hay, dog food, care packs and Christmas presents to drought affected communities.
This convoy of about 15 trucks just went through Tocumwal on its way to South Australia.
The truckies donate time and their trucks.
This convoy of about 15 trucks just went through Tocumwal on its way to South Australia.
The truckies donate time and their trucks.
Here is Greg’s story - quite an achievement in a Murdoch-owned country paper. The RBA should watch out.
December 11, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Here is Greg’s story - quite an achievement in a Murdoch-owned country paper. The RBA should watch out.
Two career firsts in one day: I’m a page 3 girl AND on the same page as @grogsgamut.bsky.social !
Quiet country daily in Toowoomba though, not the big league…
Quiet country daily in Toowoomba though, not the big league…
December 11, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Two career firsts in one day: I’m a page 3 girl AND on the same page as @grogsgamut.bsky.social !
Quiet country daily in Toowoomba though, not the big league…
Quiet country daily in Toowoomba though, not the big league…
Democracy Dies...
...at Drumpf's Front Door as it turns out.
...at Drumpf's Front Door as it turns out.
October 28, 2024 at 4:19 AM
Democracy Dies...
...at Drumpf's Front Door as it turns out.
...at Drumpf's Front Door as it turns out.
My local member - in what was until the last election Australia's second safest seat - has this voting record.
It shows that he really does not have what's good for Australia at heart.
He was parachuted into a university town and yet check the 10th item on the list!
It shows that he really does not have what's good for Australia at heart.
He was parachuted into a university town and yet check the 10th item on the list!
October 9, 2024 at 1:16 AM
My local member - in what was until the last election Australia's second safest seat - has this voting record.
It shows that he really does not have what's good for Australia at heart.
He was parachuted into a university town and yet check the 10th item on the list!
It shows that he really does not have what's good for Australia at heart.
He was parachuted into a university town and yet check the 10th item on the list!
I can now wear the t-shirt!
October 8, 2024 at 8:35 AM
I can now wear the t-shirt!
David Rowe on US politics.
October 6, 2024 at 9:12 AM
David Rowe on US politics.
David Rowe nails the vibe again…
October 1, 2024 at 9:37 AM
David Rowe nails the vibe again…