Ruth R 🇦🇺
@rx7rooth.bsky.social
Localist. Collapse aware. Githabul Country, QLD Australia. Rail/Civil Engineering. Regen ag, organic, bush regen. Frog and bird watcher
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In a functioning society, this would have been front page news everywhere.
In our society, this didn't make the fine print.
As @georgemonbiot.bsky.social pointed out once, it's quite depressing to check the headlines when you know what the real headline should be...
In our society, this didn't make the fine print.
As @georgemonbiot.bsky.social pointed out once, it's quite depressing to check the headlines when you know what the real headline should be...
October 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
In a functioning society, this would have been front page news everywhere.
In our society, this didn't make the fine print.
As @georgemonbiot.bsky.social pointed out once, it's quite depressing to check the headlines when you know what the real headline should be...
In our society, this didn't make the fine print.
As @georgemonbiot.bsky.social pointed out once, it's quite depressing to check the headlines when you know what the real headline should be...
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Canberrans are stepping up to help wombats that are under threat from mange - a cruel disease devastating populations.
This community-led program is giving volunteers the tools to treat and protect wombats in the ACT.
Great to see this grassroots conservation 👏
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
This community-led program is giving volunteers the tools to treat and protect wombats in the ACT.
Great to see this grassroots conservation 👏
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
New 'micro-volunteering' plan helps treat wombats with mange
Many people don't want to become long-term volunteers, Yolandi Vermaak realised. So she came up with a new system to allow people to get involved and save the wombats.
www.abc.net.au
September 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Canberrans are stepping up to help wombats that are under threat from mange - a cruel disease devastating populations.
This community-led program is giving volunteers the tools to treat and protect wombats in the ACT.
Great to see this grassroots conservation 👏
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
This community-led program is giving volunteers the tools to treat and protect wombats in the ACT.
Great to see this grassroots conservation 👏
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
I lost a good friend in March, only 21 yo. Been down in the dumps ever since. Trying to find joy in the #littlethings but I am still finding it difficult
August 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I lost a good friend in March, only 21 yo. Been down in the dumps ever since. Trying to find joy in the #littlethings but I am still finding it difficult
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We just found a new toxic chemical in the air over the U.S. Science calls it “exciting.” We watch the biosphere fill with long-lived poisons… and still treat it like a fascinating science fair project instead of another warning flare.
www.earth.com/news/first-e...
www.earth.com/news/first-e...
www.earth.com
August 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
We just found a new toxic chemical in the air over the U.S. Science calls it “exciting.” We watch the biosphere fill with long-lived poisons… and still treat it like a fascinating science fair project instead of another warning flare.
www.earth.com/news/first-e...
www.earth.com/news/first-e...
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Your 'moment of doom' for Aug. 8, 2025 ~ if thine eye offend thee ...
"It is the deliberate blinding of humanity in the greatest crisis of its history. And it is happening right before our eyes..."
kaizen-blog.org/en/das-ende-...
"It is the deliberate blinding of humanity in the greatest crisis of its history. And it is happening right before our eyes..."
kaizen-blog.org/en/das-ende-...
The End of the Climate Watchers: How Trump Is Destroying Humanity's Most Important CO₂ Satellites – And Why the World Knows Nothing About It
Eine investigative Recherche über die systematische Abschaltung der NASA-Missionen OCO-2 und OCO-3, das Schweigen der Mainstream-Medien und die katastrophalen Folgen für die Zukunft Wir bitten auch um...
kaizen-blog.org
August 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Your 'moment of doom' for Aug. 8, 2025 ~ if thine eye offend thee ...
"It is the deliberate blinding of humanity in the greatest crisis of its history. And it is happening right before our eyes..."
kaizen-blog.org/en/das-ende-...
"It is the deliberate blinding of humanity in the greatest crisis of its history. And it is happening right before our eyes..."
kaizen-blog.org/en/das-ende-...
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Slaughterhouse Cow Frets Over Personal Contributions To Climate Change theonion.com/slaught...
August 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Slaughterhouse Cow Frets Over Personal Contributions To Climate Change theonion.com/slaught...
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in this time of polarization and disinfo, it’s important not to shy away from being honest even when it’s uncomfortable and inconvenient.
let’s talk about the trump administration rescinding jen easterly’s appointment at west point @gzeromedia.com
let’s talk about the trump administration rescinding jen easterly’s appointment at west point @gzeromedia.com
Washington rescinds West Point role for former cyber director | Ian Bremmer's Quick Take
YouTube video by GZERO Media
youtu.be
August 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
in this time of polarization and disinfo, it’s important not to shy away from being honest even when it’s uncomfortable and inconvenient.
let’s talk about the trump administration rescinding jen easterly’s appointment at west point @gzeromedia.com
let’s talk about the trump administration rescinding jen easterly’s appointment at west point @gzeromedia.com
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‘The threat is from leaders who are “walking versions of the dark triad” – narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism – in a world menaced by the climate crisis, nuclear weapons, artificial intelligence and killer robots.’
‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 7:31 AM
‘The threat is from leaders who are “walking versions of the dark triad” – narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism – in a world menaced by the climate crisis, nuclear weapons, artificial intelligence and killer robots.’
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The decline of evidence-based reasoning represents an existential threat to collective problem-solving capability.
This erosion is not random but systematic, driven by:
1. Commercial incentives that reward engagement over accuracy
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#science
This erosion is not random but systematic, driven by:
1. Commercial incentives that reward engagement over accuracy
1/3
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#science
August 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The decline of evidence-based reasoning represents an existential threat to collective problem-solving capability.
This erosion is not random but systematic, driven by:
1. Commercial incentives that reward engagement over accuracy
1/3
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#science
This erosion is not random but systematic, driven by:
1. Commercial incentives that reward engagement over accuracy
1/3
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#science
On our 1 acre we make branch offcut heaps and let our native grasses grow long for our resident Northern Brown Bandicoots to live. The neighbours hate it! They mow theirs flat. In the long frost cured grass you can see tunnel entries from frequent use. #southerndownsqld #wildoz got cameras finally!
July 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
On our 1 acre we make branch offcut heaps and let our native grasses grow long for our resident Northern Brown Bandicoots to live. The neighbours hate it! They mow theirs flat. In the long frost cured grass you can see tunnel entries from frequent use. #southerndownsqld #wildoz got cameras finally!
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"The findings could also mean that the land carbon sink – which normally removes billions of tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere each year and is essential for meeting climate targets – is weakening decades earlier than expected"
July 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
"The findings could also mean that the land carbon sink – which normally removes billions of tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere each year and is essential for meeting climate targets – is weakening decades earlier than expected"
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There were already reasons to suspect pesticides for the death of hundreds of monarchs at an overwintering site in 2024, but our new research provides clear evidence of what happened. Each monarch had, on average, 7 different pesticides, many at lethal doses. ➡️ xerces.org/press/study-...
July 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Power is a zero-sum game.
Democracy vs Autocracy.
As Trump seizes more power - that power is at the expense of America and American democracy.
Editors and journalists need to make this clear.
Brilliant cartoon by
@lelievre.bsky.social
5/5
Democracy vs Autocracy.
As Trump seizes more power - that power is at the expense of America and American democracy.
Editors and journalists need to make this clear.
Brilliant cartoon by
@lelievre.bsky.social
5/5
July 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Power is a zero-sum game.
Democracy vs Autocracy.
As Trump seizes more power - that power is at the expense of America and American democracy.
Editors and journalists need to make this clear.
Brilliant cartoon by
@lelievre.bsky.social
5/5
Democracy vs Autocracy.
As Trump seizes more power - that power is at the expense of America and American democracy.
Editors and journalists need to make this clear.
Brilliant cartoon by
@lelievre.bsky.social
5/5
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We must never allow the US to dictate the terms of our PBS.
The PBS is a pillar of our universal health system. It is the reason why in Aus, we pay just A$21/month for cholesterol meds, while US citizens can pay A$2,628.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
The PBS is a pillar of our universal health system. It is the reason why in Aus, we pay just A$21/month for cholesterol meds, while US citizens can pay A$2,628.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Trump flags tariffs of 200pc on pharmaceuticals, 50pc on copper
Donald Trump flags a possible 200 per cent tariff on pharmaceuticals — one of Australia's biggest exports to the US — and says copper could be hit with a 50 per cent levy.
www.abc.net.au
July 9, 2025 at 4:20 AM
We must never allow the US to dictate the terms of our PBS.
The PBS is a pillar of our universal health system. It is the reason why in Aus, we pay just A$21/month for cholesterol meds, while US citizens can pay A$2,628.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
The PBS is a pillar of our universal health system. It is the reason why in Aus, we pay just A$21/month for cholesterol meds, while US citizens can pay A$2,628.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
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"One of the most important, and most overlooked, functions of protest is to prevent the dreaded 'spiral of silence,' which can begin when people wrongly believe that their own point of view is not widely shared," Betsy Levy Paluck writes:
The Most Overlooked Value of Political Protest
Small acts of staying quiet may seem merely polite or indifferent, but they can easily spiral.
bit.ly
July 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"One of the most important, and most overlooked, functions of protest is to prevent the dreaded 'spiral of silence,' which can begin when people wrongly believe that their own point of view is not widely shared," Betsy Levy Paluck writes:
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At a time of climate and nature collapse, farmers are paid subsidies to maintain all of Ireland's uplands as ecological deadzones. For what?
For the production of wool that's then dumped.
You could NOT make it up.
www.agriland.ie/farming-news...
For the production of wool that's then dumped.
You could NOT make it up.
www.agriland.ie/farming-news...
Hill farmers are dumping wool because there is 'no money' for it - cllr
Fianna Fáil Cllr. Justin Warnock has called for the government to "come up with a plan" for the use of wool.
www.agriland.ie
June 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
At a time of climate and nature collapse, farmers are paid subsidies to maintain all of Ireland's uplands as ecological deadzones. For what?
For the production of wool that's then dumped.
You could NOT make it up.
www.agriland.ie/farming-news...
For the production of wool that's then dumped.
You could NOT make it up.
www.agriland.ie/farming-news...
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The worst take I keep seeing is that "this vote didn't matter". That sounds like an excuse to support it? Why no choose not to vote or go against it if there is no risk? There is no "Boy cried Wolf" situation here, the threat is real.
Normalization is how NAZI's came into power, they made a choice.
Normalization is how NAZI's came into power, they made a choice.
128 Democrats join House Republicans to block AOC, Al Green bid to impeach Trump
Lacking support from party leaders, Rep. Al Green and progressives’ bid to launch punitive inquiry over ‘Midnight Hammer’ bombardment fails
www.the-independent.com
June 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The worst take I keep seeing is that "this vote didn't matter". That sounds like an excuse to support it? Why no choose not to vote or go against it if there is no risk? There is no "Boy cried Wolf" situation here, the threat is real.
Normalization is how NAZI's came into power, they made a choice.
Normalization is how NAZI's came into power, they made a choice.
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We’re led by warmongers & cowards.
They have no intention of stopping our civilisation slamming into a wall because they were put in place by the forces profiting from it.
None of our children get to survive unless we take the money out of politics & end this relentless ascent of psychopaths.
They have no intention of stopping our civilisation slamming into a wall because they were put in place by the forces profiting from it.
None of our children get to survive unless we take the money out of politics & end this relentless ascent of psychopaths.
June 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
We’re led by warmongers & cowards.
They have no intention of stopping our civilisation slamming into a wall because they were put in place by the forces profiting from it.
None of our children get to survive unless we take the money out of politics & end this relentless ascent of psychopaths.
They have no intention of stopping our civilisation slamming into a wall because they were put in place by the forces profiting from it.
None of our children get to survive unless we take the money out of politics & end this relentless ascent of psychopaths.
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The last tatters of the wild cling to federal lands—scraps of forest, plain, and mountain where life still moves freely. But the blades of development are closing in. There’s no regrowth once the roots are gone.
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
'No recovery from this': Grand Teton National Park advocates sound alarm bells
The GOP tax bill puts public lands for sale. Its effects could be irreversible.
www.sfgate.com
June 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The last tatters of the wild cling to federal lands—scraps of forest, plain, and mountain where life still moves freely. But the blades of development are closing in. There’s no regrowth once the roots are gone.
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
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In 2022, inspectors described a “cascade of failure” at one foreign factory.
The FDA barred it from shipping drugs to the U.S. — then excused more than 20 drugs from the ban, despite risks to consumers.
The FDA barred it from shipping drugs to the U.S. — then excused more than 20 drugs from the ban, despite risks to consumers.
Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA’s Gamble on America’s Drugs
A ProPublica investigation found that for more than a decade, the FDA gave substandard factories banned from the United States a special pass to keep sending drugs to an unsuspecting public.
www.propublica.org
June 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
In 2022, inspectors described a “cascade of failure” at one foreign factory.
The FDA barred it from shipping drugs to the U.S. — then excused more than 20 drugs from the ban, despite risks to consumers.
The FDA barred it from shipping drugs to the U.S. — then excused more than 20 drugs from the ban, despite risks to consumers.
Whoops. Just dug up a Pobblebonk (eastern banjo frog) while harvesting sweet potatoes. Left my harvest a bit late this year. Did it in April last year as frost usually April. No frost yet but Thursday looks a contender #wildoz #southerndownsqld
June 1, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Whoops. Just dug up a Pobblebonk (eastern banjo frog) while harvesting sweet potatoes. Left my harvest a bit late this year. Did it in April last year as frost usually April. No frost yet but Thursday looks a contender #wildoz #southerndownsqld
This weeks birds. Red rump parrot, yellow rump thornbill, black shouldered kite and a poor young tawny frogmouth I called wildlife carer to collect. Other cars just driving past and ignoring it. Was only a matter of time before it got squished. #wildoz #southerndownsqld
May 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This weeks birds. Red rump parrot, yellow rump thornbill, black shouldered kite and a poor young tawny frogmouth I called wildlife carer to collect. Other cars just driving past and ignoring it. Was only a matter of time before it got squished. #wildoz #southerndownsqld
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German authorities have classified TFA, a type of PFAS forever chemical, as toxic to reproduction: "may harm the unborn child. Suspected to damage fertility." The European Chemicals Agency will now consider a similar measure & possible restrictions on use. 1/5
www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
ECHA publishes proposal to classify TFA as reprotoxic - PAN Europe asks for urgent ban of all PFAS pesticides
PAN Europe welcomes ECHA’s publication of the German proposal to classify TFA as toxic to reproduction. The substance is a breakdown product of PFAS pesticides. We urge the EU to take immediate action...
www.pan-europe.info
May 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
German authorities have classified TFA, a type of PFAS forever chemical, as toxic to reproduction: "may harm the unborn child. Suspected to damage fertility." The European Chemicals Agency will now consider a similar measure & possible restrictions on use. 1/5
www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...