Belinda Ward
@wardy278.bsky.social
Bikes, better cities, climate justice. Local politics. Brisbane via Adelaide and Melbourne. Cat lover.
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March for Palestine rally over Brisbane's Victoria Bridge is absolutely huge. Thank you to all Australians in Brisbane & around the country marching today against Israel’s genocide. Anyone not standing with Palestine at this point in time is clearly on the fringe. #FreePalestine
August 24, 2025 at 5:22 AM
March for Palestine rally over Brisbane's Victoria Bridge is absolutely huge. Thank you to all Australians in Brisbane & around the country marching today against Israel’s genocide. Anyone not standing with Palestine at this point in time is clearly on the fringe. #FreePalestine
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Recognition of Palestine MUST be combined with actions to stop the genocide.
With the deliberate assassination overnight of Al-Jazeera journalists and plans to permanently occupy Gaza, the Australian government must take meaningful action and suspend military contracts with Israel!
With the deliberate assassination overnight of Al-Jazeera journalists and plans to permanently occupy Gaza, the Australian government must take meaningful action and suspend military contracts with Israel!
August 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Recognition of Palestine MUST be combined with actions to stop the genocide.
With the deliberate assassination overnight of Al-Jazeera journalists and plans to permanently occupy Gaza, the Australian government must take meaningful action and suspend military contracts with Israel!
With the deliberate assassination overnight of Al-Jazeera journalists and plans to permanently occupy Gaza, the Australian government must take meaningful action and suspend military contracts with Israel!
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August 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Last week we learned the Great Barrier Reef has suffered some of the worst bleaching in history
This week, Ningaloo, another 🇦🇺 icon is experiencing catastrophic coral loss
These are national treasures. We must take strong action on climate to save them.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
This week, Ningaloo, another 🇦🇺 icon is experiencing catastrophic coral loss
These are national treasures. We must take strong action on climate to save them.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
'Hope spot' to 'skeletons': Ningaloo's 'catastrophic' event
In Western Australia, the damage to coral reefs including the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo has eclipsed any previous bleaching events.
www.abc.net.au
August 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Last week we learned the Great Barrier Reef has suffered some of the worst bleaching in history
This week, Ningaloo, another 🇦🇺 icon is experiencing catastrophic coral loss
These are national treasures. We must take strong action on climate to save them.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
This week, Ningaloo, another 🇦🇺 icon is experiencing catastrophic coral loss
These are national treasures. We must take strong action on climate to save them.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
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MSM be like 'Multiple dozens of ppl took to the Sydney Hamas Bridge, demanding Anti-Semitic things. Cuntstable Skullkicker said, 'It was the scariest moment of my life, surrounded by scarves and prams'. The PM, in response has vowed to help drop more non-lethal bombs on Palestine
August 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
MSM be like 'Multiple dozens of ppl took to the Sydney Hamas Bridge, demanding Anti-Semitic things. Cuntstable Skullkicker said, 'It was the scariest moment of my life, surrounded by scarves and prams'. The PM, in response has vowed to help drop more non-lethal bombs on Palestine
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If genocide isn't your redline, then you have no redlines.
The Sydney Harbour Bridge was closed temporarily as tens of thousands of Australians made their voices heard against Israel's genocide in Gaza. #FreePalestine #3E
The Sydney Harbour Bridge was closed temporarily as tens of thousands of Australians made their voices heard against Israel's genocide in Gaza. #FreePalestine #3E
August 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If genocide isn't your redline, then you have no redlines.
The Sydney Harbour Bridge was closed temporarily as tens of thousands of Australians made their voices heard against Israel's genocide in Gaza. #FreePalestine #3E
The Sydney Harbour Bridge was closed temporarily as tens of thousands of Australians made their voices heard against Israel's genocide in Gaza. #FreePalestine #3E
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What 200,000 or more people called with a single voice was #SanctionIsrael - why can’t we talk about that? - not views of NSW police on their dodgy views of potential risks that never looked like eventuating #MarchforHumanity
August 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
What 200,000 or more people called with a single voice was #SanctionIsrael - why can’t we talk about that? - not views of NSW police on their dodgy views of potential risks that never looked like eventuating #MarchforHumanity
Well done Sydney! Thank you to everyone who stood up in the rain because our spineless politicians can't even speak out against genocide and starving children.
It is massive. Thanks to Peter Deppeler on Twitter for the footage. #GazaGenocide #MarchForHumanity
August 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Well done Sydney! Thank you to everyone who stood up in the rain because our spineless politicians can't even speak out against genocide and starving children.
Thank you Sydney.
Police estimate 100,000 in Sydney ...how fantastic is that? In pouring, winter rain Aussies turned up. It's way over time that our politicians listened to the people and not to the lobbyists and propagandists that is Israel.
August 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Thank you Sydney.
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3. I'm constantly struck by the extent to which people take their freedoms for granted - the freedom of speech, the freedom to vote, workers' rights, weekends, holidays, pensions ... - as if they simply fell out of the sky.
They were achieved at great cost by our political ancestors.
They were achieved at great cost by our political ancestors.
July 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
3. I'm constantly struck by the extent to which people take their freedoms for granted - the freedom of speech, the freedom to vote, workers' rights, weekends, holidays, pensions ... - as if they simply fell out of the sky.
They were achieved at great cost by our political ancestors.
They were achieved at great cost by our political ancestors.
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It's not political to think people shouldn't be starved to death.
July 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
It's not political to think people shouldn't be starved to death.
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People with such terminal politics brain that they judge everything not on the issues but on how it benefits their party can’t see condemning a genocide as something people might actually do because they believe genocide is wrong.
July 28, 2025 at 6:01 AM
People with such terminal politics brain that they judge everything not on the issues but on how it benefits their party can’t see condemning a genocide as something people might actually do because they believe genocide is wrong.
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At our demonstration today, I'm holding a placard stating
"I support
Palestine.
Action
must be taken."
My aim is to highlight the absurdity of the government dictating what can and cannot be said by peace-seeking people
"I support
Palestine.
Action
must be taken."
My aim is to highlight the absurdity of the government dictating what can and cannot be said by peace-seeking people
July 12, 2025 at 8:56 AM
At our demonstration today, I'm holding a placard stating
"I support
Palestine.
Action
must be taken."
My aim is to highlight the absurdity of the government dictating what can and cannot be said by peace-seeking people
"I support
Palestine.
Action
must be taken."
My aim is to highlight the absurdity of the government dictating what can and cannot be said by peace-seeking people
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Today, the UK government intends to ban the non-violent protesters Palestine Action as a "terrorist" group, exposing anyone supporting them to terrorism charges. In 2 days, 380,000 people have watched this video on YT alone.
You're going to need a bigger prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...
You're going to need a bigger prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...
Sharing This Video Could Get You 14 Years in Prison
YouTube video by Double Down News
www.youtube.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Today, the UK government intends to ban the non-violent protesters Palestine Action as a "terrorist" group, exposing anyone supporting them to terrorism charges. In 2 days, 380,000 people have watched this video on YT alone.
You're going to need a bigger prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...
You're going to need a bigger prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...
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Six "key truths" about climate change:
-It's real
-It's us
-Experts agree
-It's bad
-Others care
-There's hope
People who understand these truths are more likely to become part of the solution. Spread the word.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@mason4c.bsky.social @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social
-It's real
-It's us
-Experts agree
-It's bad
-Others care
-There's hope
People who understand these truths are more likely to become part of the solution. Spread the word.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@mason4c.bsky.social @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social
Understanding six “key truths” about climate change predicts policy support, discussion, and political advocacy - Climatic Change
Effective communication is critical in efforts to limit and manage the risks of climate change. One empirical approach to crafting effective communication is to start with communication objectives, th...
link.springer.com
April 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Six "key truths" about climate change:
-It's real
-It's us
-Experts agree
-It's bad
-Others care
-There's hope
People who understand these truths are more likely to become part of the solution. Spread the word.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@mason4c.bsky.social @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social
-It's real
-It's us
-Experts agree
-It's bad
-Others care
-There's hope
People who understand these truths are more likely to become part of the solution. Spread the word.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@mason4c.bsky.social @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social
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This is how authoritarian regimes test the waters. The first disappearance is a warning. If no one fights back, the next one comes easier. And the one after that. Until fear replaces resistance.
Now, imagine this happening to you. Would anyone fight for you?
Now, imagine this happening to you. Would anyone fight for you?
March 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This is how authoritarian regimes test the waters. The first disappearance is a warning. If no one fights back, the next one comes easier. And the one after that. Until fear replaces resistance.
Now, imagine this happening to you. Would anyone fight for you?
Now, imagine this happening to you. Would anyone fight for you?
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Last year, the Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology introduced the 'Infuuts', a special bike for children attached to tubes and IVs.
Due to all reactions the bicycle is now produced on a larger scale for use by other hospitals at home and abroad.
👌🏼 🚲 🥰
@themaximacenter.bsky.social
Due to all reactions the bicycle is now produced on a larger scale for use by other hospitals at home and abroad.
👌🏼 🚲 🥰
@themaximacenter.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 4:44 AM
love this
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Do you like to ride beside the seaside?
#Brisbane City Council are creating a 20 year master plan to revitalise and rejuvenate the Wynnum, Manly, Lota foreshores in the lead up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games and beyond.
yoursay.brisbane.qld.gov.au/wynnum-manly...
#Brisbane City Council are creating a 20 year master plan to revitalise and rejuvenate the Wynnum, Manly, Lota foreshores in the lead up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games and beyond.
yoursay.brisbane.qld.gov.au/wynnum-manly...
February 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Do you like to ride beside the seaside?
#Brisbane City Council are creating a 20 year master plan to revitalise and rejuvenate the Wynnum, Manly, Lota foreshores in the lead up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games and beyond.
yoursay.brisbane.qld.gov.au/wynnum-manly...
#Brisbane City Council are creating a 20 year master plan to revitalise and rejuvenate the Wynnum, Manly, Lota foreshores in the lead up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games and beyond.
yoursay.brisbane.qld.gov.au/wynnum-manly...
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Wynnum, Manly, Lota foreshores: Shared path (Moreton Bay Cycleway) is often too crowded to ride a bike without feeling anti-social, but the adjacent road is full of impatient drivers, and much of the public space is taken up by car-parking.
Have your say
yoursay.brisbane.qld.gov.au/wynnum-manly...
Have your say
yoursay.brisbane.qld.gov.au/wynnum-manly...
February 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Wynnum, Manly, Lota foreshores: Shared path (Moreton Bay Cycleway) is often too crowded to ride a bike without feeling anti-social, but the adjacent road is full of impatient drivers, and much of the public space is taken up by car-parking.
Have your say
yoursay.brisbane.qld.gov.au/wynnum-manly...
Have your say
yoursay.brisbane.qld.gov.au/wynnum-manly...
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February 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Good news: "Council supports the installation of a two-way separated cycleway on the southern side of Lamington Avenue, connecting the existing shared pathway at the Southern Cross Way overpass with Nudgee Road"
Bad news: that was 2023, and still no funding or sign of action
#Brisbane #bikeways
Bad news: that was 2023, and still no funding or sign of action
#Brisbane #bikeways
February 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Spending 26 January listening, reflecting, respecting.
January 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Spending 26 January listening, reflecting, respecting.
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Whenever I start to feel anxious I immediately have another coffee and scroll through the worst news imaginable on my phone and omg it does not help at all
January 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Whenever I start to feel anxious I immediately have another coffee and scroll through the worst news imaginable on my phone and omg it does not help at all