Sandra Godwin
@sandragodwin.bsky.social
Freelance journo + comms specialist + CMO DKs Honey 🍯 Former stonefruit & grape grower 🇦🇺
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Calling all freelance photographers, cartoonists, journalists, podcasters and media workers!
Tell us about your experiences as a freelancer, to shape the next phase of our campaign to set a floor for rates and conditions in our industry: freelancers.org.au/2025-industr...
Tell us about your experiences as a freelancer, to shape the next phase of our campaign to set a floor for rates and conditions in our industry: freelancers.org.au/2025-industr...
October 31, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Calling all freelance photographers, cartoonists, journalists, podcasters and media workers!
Tell us about your experiences as a freelancer, to shape the next phase of our campaign to set a floor for rates and conditions in our industry: freelancers.org.au/2025-industr...
Tell us about your experiences as a freelancer, to shape the next phase of our campaign to set a floor for rates and conditions in our industry: freelancers.org.au/2025-industr...
Pleased to see #SwanHill made it onto this map of Australia 🇦🇺 available at Aldi, but can’t for the life of me imagine what J.B.T. (East of ACT) represents 🧐
October 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Pleased to see #SwanHill made it onto this map of Australia 🇦🇺 available at Aldi, but can’t for the life of me imagine what J.B.T. (East of ACT) represents 🧐
Congratulations @squigglyrick.bsky.social on being shortlisted for the 2025 Walkley Book award for Mean Streak. I'm sure you'd prefer not to have had to write it, but your forensic examination of Robodebt hell means a lot to many. #booksky
Announcing the shortlisted finalists for the Walkley Book Award, supported by Bookoccino: Joe Aston, (Simon & Schuster); Rick Morton, (HarperCollins Publishers); Clare Wright, (Text Publishing)
October 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Congratulations @squigglyrick.bsky.social on being shortlisted for the 2025 Walkley Book award for Mean Streak. I'm sure you'd prefer not to have had to write it, but your forensic examination of Robodebt hell means a lot to many. #booksky
Swan Hill makes top 10 of Australian towns with the cleanest air
www.timeout.com/australia/ne... #airsky #pollutionsky
www.timeout.com/australia/ne... #airsky #pollutionsky
This surprising Australian town has the cleanest air in Oceania
All 10 of the continent’s least polluted towns are in Australia, with the NSW mining town of Broken Hill topping the list
www.timeout.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Swan Hill makes top 10 of Australian towns with the cleanest air
www.timeout.com/australia/ne... #airsky #pollutionsky
www.timeout.com/australia/ne... #airsky #pollutionsky
Wanna see some #snake bites in slow motion?
Aust researchers filmed 36 species of snake lunging at a cylinder of warm, muscle-like medical gel. Fastest were vipers at 4.5m/sec. Watch where you walk! h/t @aussmc.bsky.social
static-movie-usa.glencoesoftware.com/source/10.12...
Aust researchers filmed 36 species of snake lunging at a cylinder of warm, muscle-like medical gel. Fastest were vipers at 4.5m/sec. Watch where you walk! h/t @aussmc.bsky.social
static-movie-usa.glencoesoftware.com/source/10.12...
static-movie-usa.glencoesoftware.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Wanna see some #snake bites in slow motion?
Aust researchers filmed 36 species of snake lunging at a cylinder of warm, muscle-like medical gel. Fastest were vipers at 4.5m/sec. Watch where you walk! h/t @aussmc.bsky.social
static-movie-usa.glencoesoftware.com/source/10.12...
Aust researchers filmed 36 species of snake lunging at a cylinder of warm, muscle-like medical gel. Fastest were vipers at 4.5m/sec. Watch where you walk! h/t @aussmc.bsky.social
static-movie-usa.glencoesoftware.com/source/10.12...
How wonderful! 👏👏👏
Boy Swallows Universe voted our favourite read of the century: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-19/top-100-books-trent-dalton-boy-swallows-universe/105872764
Boy Swallows Universe voted our favourite read of the century
The results are in — Trent Dalton's Boy Swallows Universe has won Radio National's inaugural Top 100 Books of the 21st Century.
www.abc.net.au
October 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
How wonderful! 👏👏👏
Is Google is giving users what they want and we all have to adapt, or is AI answer mode a rug pull, asks ABC tech reporter James Purtill #journalismsky
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
A tiny new button in your search bar could kill the open web
The launch of 'AI Mode' ushers in a future where news sites are kept alive to train AI chatbots for a US tech company.
www.abc.net.au
October 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Is Google is giving users what they want and we all have to adapt, or is AI answer mode a rug pull, asks ABC tech reporter James Purtill #journalismsky
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Between the national conference & awards, September was a big month for the #Landcare community.
Delighted to see three of the Victorian finalists get the nod, including Bryce Watts-Parker, Tavish Bloom and the Merri Creek Management Committee.
Delighted to see three of the Victorian finalists get the nod, including Bryce Watts-Parker, Tavish Bloom and the Merri Creek Management Committee.
October 3, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Between the national conference & awards, September was a big month for the #Landcare community.
Delighted to see three of the Victorian finalists get the nod, including Bryce Watts-Parker, Tavish Bloom and the Merri Creek Management Committee.
Delighted to see three of the Victorian finalists get the nod, including Bryce Watts-Parker, Tavish Bloom and the Merri Creek Management Committee.
Reposted by Sandra Godwin
Could the deals newsrooms signed with Google be used to prevent them pursuing legal action over the use of news to train AI bots?
‘Renting your enemy’: How Google paid the media millions to avoid regulatory pressure
www.crikey.com.au
September 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Could the deals newsrooms signed with Google be used to prevent them pursuing legal action over the use of news to train AI bots?
Issue 90 of Victorian Landcare & Catchment Management magazine (edited by yours truly) is live online & on the way to print subscribers. #agsky
Read it here ⬇️
www.landcarevic.org.au/landcare-mag...
Read it here ⬇️
www.landcarevic.org.au/landcare-mag...
Landcare Magazine Spring 2025
www.landcarevic.org.au
September 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Issue 90 of Victorian Landcare & Catchment Management magazine (edited by yours truly) is live online & on the way to print subscribers. #agsky
Read it here ⬇️
www.landcarevic.org.au/landcare-mag...
Read it here ⬇️
www.landcarevic.org.au/landcare-mag...
New blow for South Australian #beekeepers already enduring drought & low honey production with routine PIRSA surveillance detecting #varroa mites in hives east of Waikerie that were moved from Qld with permit. #agsky #beesky
September 4, 2025 at 5:30 AM
New blow for South Australian #beekeepers already enduring drought & low honey production with routine PIRSA surveillance detecting #varroa mites in hives east of Waikerie that were moved from Qld with permit. #agsky #beesky
Potential new niche for Australian fathers put out of work by AI - farming iguanas (and legless horses)?!🦎#agsky
theconversation.com/australiana-...
theconversation.com/australiana-...
August 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Potential new niche for Australian fathers put out of work by AI - farming iguanas (and legless horses)?!🦎#agsky
theconversation.com/australiana-...
theconversation.com/australiana-...
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Freelancers have had enough of low rates and poor conditions and are coming together to demand better across our industry.
Join over 200 photographers, journalists, cartoonists, podcasters and other media workers this week to plan the next phase of our campaign! RSVP -https://meaa.io/47arUCu
Join over 200 photographers, journalists, cartoonists, podcasters and other media workers this week to plan the next phase of our campaign! RSVP -https://meaa.io/47arUCu
August 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Freelancers have had enough of low rates and poor conditions and are coming together to demand better across our industry.
Join over 200 photographers, journalists, cartoonists, podcasters and other media workers this week to plan the next phase of our campaign! RSVP -https://meaa.io/47arUCu
Join over 200 photographers, journalists, cartoonists, podcasters and other media workers this week to plan the next phase of our campaign! RSVP -https://meaa.io/47arUCu
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The Productivity Commission’s interim report, ‘Harnessing data and digital technology’, is a blueprint for the wholesale theft of Australia’s art, media, and cultural heritage that will do nothing more than further enrich the billionaires in Silicon Valley.
#StopAITheft
#StopAITheft
August 6, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The Productivity Commission’s interim report, ‘Harnessing data and digital technology’, is a blueprint for the wholesale theft of Australia’s art, media, and cultural heritage that will do nothing more than further enrich the billionaires in Silicon Valley.
#StopAITheft
#StopAITheft
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Idk why the productivity commission believes productivity can be derived by giving away other people's labour for free to companies with way too much money. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Should big tech be allowed to mine Australians’ text and data to train AI? The Productivity Commission is considering it
Interim report on digital economy also mulls changes to privacy rules and copyright collections to help harness AI’s benefits
www.theguardian.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Idk why the productivity commission believes productivity can be derived by giving away other people's labour for free to companies with way too much money. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Over 100 freelancers have already RSVP'd for our mass meeting on August 20!
Join your fellow freelance journos, cartoonists, podcasters, photographers and other media workers to plan how we take our fight for fair minimum rates across the whole industry. meaa.io/47arUCu
#MEAAmedia
Join your fellow freelance journos, cartoonists, podcasters, photographers and other media workers to plan how we take our fight for fair minimum rates across the whole industry. meaa.io/47arUCu
#MEAAmedia
August 5, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Over 100 freelancers have already RSVP'd for our mass meeting on August 20!
Join your fellow freelance journos, cartoonists, podcasters, photographers and other media workers to plan how we take our fight for fair minimum rates across the whole industry. meaa.io/47arUCu
#MEAAmedia
Join your fellow freelance journos, cartoonists, podcasters, photographers and other media workers to plan how we take our fight for fair minimum rates across the whole industry. meaa.io/47arUCu
#MEAAmedia
Non members also welcome 💪
Calling all freelance journos, photographers, cartoonists and other media workers!
Join us for an important mass meeting to plan the next steps in our industry-wide fight for fair minimum rates! RSVP NOW- meaa.io/47arUCu
#MEAAmedia
Join us for an important mass meeting to plan the next steps in our industry-wide fight for fair minimum rates! RSVP NOW- meaa.io/47arUCu
#MEAAmedia
July 29, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Non members also welcome 💪
Is it possible that AI will do to broad sectors of the economy what mechanised farm equipment did to #agriculture since the 1960s? Unlikely, says @randfish.bsky.social #agsky
NEW post: sparktoro.com/blog/ai-will...
When tech execs say "AI will replace 50% of jobs!" that's just marketing. And when press, media, and yes, social media users like us uncritically repeat it, we help make sure that they'll say it again.
When tech execs say "AI will replace 50% of jobs!" that's just marketing. And when press, media, and yes, social media users like us uncritically repeat it, we help make sure that they'll say it again.
"AI will replace all the jobs!" Is Just Tech Execs Doing Marketing - SparkToro
Over the weekend, I went digging for evidence that AI can, will, or has replaced a large percent of jobs. It doesn't exist. Worse than that, actually,
sparktoro.com
July 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Is it possible that AI will do to broad sectors of the economy what mechanised farm equipment did to #agriculture since the 1960s? Unlikely, says @randfish.bsky.social #agsky
So Meta has permanently disabled my Insta account (& my FB account is now suspended) because it claims I posted ch!ld exploitation material & breached community standards. I did not.
Do you have contact info for a human who can fix this? Preferably an email address and/or phone number
Do you have contact info for a human who can fix this? Preferably an email address and/or phone number
July 22, 2025 at 8:46 AM
So Meta has permanently disabled my Insta account (& my FB account is now suspended) because it claims I posted ch!ld exploitation material & breached community standards. I did not.
Do you have contact info for a human who can fix this? Preferably an email address and/or phone number
Do you have contact info for a human who can fix this? Preferably an email address and/or phone number
Where does all the money go? (We’re talking about the EU’s enormous Common Agricultural Policy.)
France gets the most. And most direct payments aren’t tied to food production ... as @luciacmackenzie.bsky.social explains in this superb infographic for @politico.eu:
www.politico.eu/article/eu-b...
France gets the most. And most direct payments aren’t tied to food production ... as @luciacmackenzie.bsky.social explains in this superb infographic for @politico.eu:
www.politico.eu/article/eu-b...
How the EU spends a third of its budget on agriculture
Everything you need to know about the colossal Russian doll that is the Common Agricultural Policy.
www.politico.eu
July 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Excellent story on ABC Landline today on the S.A algal bloom. Apart from one thing: only the wise oyster farmer at the end mentioned climate change.
The cause is warmer water, altered weather patterns & excess nutrients possibly from floods.
@abcnewsbot.bsky.social
iview.abc.net.au/video/RF2404...
The cause is warmer water, altered weather patterns & excess nutrients possibly from floods.
@abcnewsbot.bsky.social
iview.abc.net.au/video/RF2404...
Landline: S2025
The toxic algal bloom killing marine life and closing fisheries in South Australia; Outsparkling France's best in bubbles; and Australia's longest sheep drive, a feat of pioneering enterprise and endu...
iview.abc.net.au
July 6, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Excellent story on ABC Landline today on the S.A algal bloom. Apart from one thing: only the wise oyster farmer at the end mentioned climate change.
The cause is warmer water, altered weather patterns & excess nutrients possibly from floods.
@abcnewsbot.bsky.social
iview.abc.net.au/video/RF2404...
The cause is warmer water, altered weather patterns & excess nutrients possibly from floods.
@abcnewsbot.bsky.social
iview.abc.net.au/video/RF2404...
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“We either choose to sustainably harvest these kangaroo populations or we will see kangaroos starve in their many thousands during droughts, and habitats will be overgrazed and degraded. It’s a choice.”
Excellent article from @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Excellent article from @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wild kangaroo harvests are labelled ‘needlessly cruel’ by US lawmakers – but backed by Australian conservationists
The campaign to ban kangaroo products is ‘muddled’ and not based on knowledge, wildlife experts say
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 7:13 AM
“We either choose to sustainably harvest these kangaroo populations or we will see kangaroos starve in their many thousands during droughts, and habitats will be overgrazed and degraded. It’s a choice.”
Excellent article from @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Excellent article from @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Sandra Godwin
Guardian donkeys can play an important role in protecting livestock against attack by dingoes, but they must be contained and not allowed to roam conservation areas. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Concerns raised after donkey herd spotted in Victorian state forest
A herd of donkeys has been seen in a Victoria's Big Desert State Forest sparking concerns they may become established in a state without a feral pest problem.
www.abc.net.au
July 4, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Guardian donkeys can play an important role in protecting livestock against attack by dingoes, but they must be contained and not allowed to roam conservation areas. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
'.. we don’t need to fear the “woke mind virus”. We need to grow up. And growing up takes inner-work, courage, and the humility to admit we’re all still evolving .. (plus) a few more leaders willing to go to therapy' writes @simongerman600.bsky.social
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
Why Musk's war on the 'woke mind virus' is doomed to fail
We don’t need to fear the "woke mind virus". We need to grow up and that takes courage, and the humility to admit we’re still evolving.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
July 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
'.. we don’t need to fear the “woke mind virus”. We need to grow up. And growing up takes inner-work, courage, and the humility to admit we’re all still evolving .. (plus) a few more leaders willing to go to therapy' writes @simongerman600.bsky.social
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...