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Interesting article about a salt-cooled fridge that doesn’t need electricity or batteries to run. It can keep its contents just above or just below freezing for 10 hours, which could make it easier to transport vaccines and other supplies to remote communities. #TechForGood #Sustainability

Emily sat down with Science Friday to talk about how we can coexist with beavers, plus she shared some fun beaver facts and what it was like working on “Hoppers.” Listen to the full episode now: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/bea...

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Finished listening to Platform Decay by @marthawells.com, narrated by Kevin R. Free. I loved the dramatic setting of the torus, more Three, and the growing constellation of Murderbot’s friends and chosen family. Tense, funny, emotionally satisfying. I love these books. 💙📚🎧 #BookSky #Murderbot

More research that finds that birdwatching can be good for mental health. Citizen scientists are vital to conservation efforts, helping researchers monitor bird populations and campaign for better protections. #Birds #Birding #Conservation

The Land Recalls You is another beautiful book by one of my favourite authors, Kirli Saunders, illustrated by David Cragg and Noni Cragg. A heartbreaking and affirming ode honouring the Stolen Generations, illuminating what was lost and what might be restored. 💙📚👍🏼 #BookSky #KidLit #DiverseBooks 📚🌏

King Parrot with raindrops. #birds

In 1990 I lost my father to suicide, and this June I'm completing 3,307 push-ups in 24 days to raise awareness and funds for mental health in Australia. It's open for anyone to join and it's for a good cause, so feel free to join me! www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/...

New writing prize! For "an outstanding unpublished manuscript by an emerging Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander writer" - AUD$10,000 sponsored by Simon & Schuster Australia and ms development with a First Nations editor. www.simonandschuster.com.au/p/BundyiAUPr...

Recently read Story Doctors by Boori Monty Pryor and Rita Sinclair. A lyrical book about finding healing through stories. It’s a call to physical, emotional, cultural and ecological healing. Beautiful idea of stories as medicine for our society, our natural world and our souls. 💙📚👍🏼 #BookSky #KidLit

Recently read Because by @mowillems.bsky.social and Amber Ren. An uplifting picture book about the ways art can inspire people over generations. A study in how hard work, cooperation, and random opportunities can bring people together in powerful acts of collective creativity. 💙📚👍🏼 #BookSky #KidLit

Interesting article about how haptic technology gives blind and low vision audiences more options for experiencing sports broadcasts. Vibrating, tablet-sized devices and spatial soundscapes provide more info about what’s happening in football, basketball, tennis etc. #Accessibility #Blind #Sports

Recently read Wildlife in the Balance: The Species that Shape Earth’s Ecosystems by Dr Sharon Wismer and Terri Po. A lovely picture book that shines a light on the vital role of keystone species. Informative and beautifully illustrated. 1/3 💙📚👍🏼 #BookSky #KidLit #Wildlife #Nature #Conservation

Loved this article about an Australian engineer diverting previously unsellable avocados from landfill to make extra virgin avocado oil. A great solution to reduce food waste and increase supplies of healthy cooking oils. #FoodWaste #Sustainability #Avocados

Cool article about plans to convert all gas-powered motorbikes in Rwanda to e-bikes. The e-bikes are cheaper to rent and easier to power at fast battery-swap stations, which can be solar powered. Old batteries can be repurposed in mini-grids. #Sustainability #CleanEnergy #EBikes

Finished listening to Keep Laughing, the autobiography of comedian Chris McCausland. He talks about vision loss, ADHD, resilience, representation, stand-up, and Strictly Come Dancing. Funny, poignant and affirming. 💙📚🎧 #BookSky #Audiobook #Comedy #Disability #DiverseBooks

I signed preorder copies of Platform Decay at @murderbooks.bsky.social in Houston yesterday and @hyperbolebookstore.bsky.social in College Station today. Next week it's five cities in five days.

Another study finds that receiving a universal basic income doesn’t reduce how much participants work, but does improve mental health, job satisfaction, and sense of meaning. Participants were also more like to further their education, volunteer, and spend time with loved ones. #UBI #Health

Recently read Ask Aunty: Bush Survival Skills by Aunty Munya Andrews and Charmaine Ledden-Lewis. A welcoming and informative guide to Bardi First Nations culture, food, medicine, navigation and tools. The soft, chalky illustrations feel wonderfully warm and grounded. 1/2 💙📚👍🏼 #BookSky #KidLit

Imagine having one (or more!) of these in your pouch. From Eretria, early 5th century BCE. Numismatic Museum of Athens. (my 📷)

Great article about parrot conservation in Australia, including an excellent spotter’s guide. If you feel like browsing photos of cute, colourful parrots, check it out. #Parrots #Australia #Wildlife #Conservation

If you’re passionate about cartography and you’d like to own one of Australia’s last remaining map shops, here’s your chance. It’d be a shame to see The Map Shop close. As of Tuesday, they were still hoping to find a buyer. #Maps #Cartography #Adelaide

Intrigued by the new liquid air energy storage systems. Commercial-scale facilities are already being built in the UK. Still plenty of challenges, but an interesting idea. #RenewableEnergy #Sustainability

A very round Brown Thornbill. #birds #borbs

A UK company has developed a way to convert methane into commercial quantities of graphene. This could mean turning greenhouse gases into strong, lightweight materials we could use in building construction, vehicle tyres, surgical gloves etc. #ClimateChange #Graphene #TechForGood

Cool episode of @scifri.bsky.social about rewilding urban areas by planting native mini-forests. I love the idea of a 4m x 4m pocket of forest generating its own microclimate. #Rewilding #Conservation #UrbanForest #Miyawaki

Farmer's Market in Fuchsia is my new pattern design, inspired by the vibrant energy of local markets and some of my favourite produce.

Recently found out that DuckDuckGo has a dedicated No AI search page. It automatically turns off AI-generated answers and filters out known AI-generated images. No more having to change the settings manually. noai.duckduckgo.com

The Forgotten Song: Saving the Regent Honeyeater by Coral Vass and Jess Racklyeft tells the story of a critically endangered bird and our hopes for saving it. It’s movingly told from the bird’s POV, and the vibrant watercolour illustrations are lovely. 1/4 💙📚👍🏼 #BookSky #KidLit #Conservation

Marvellous 3,500 year-old Minoan clay flask decorated with a wide-eyed octopus 🐙❤️ Excavated in 1903 from a Bronze Age settlement site at Palaikastro, Crete. Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

A project in QLD is using recycled wastewater to irrigate crops. This solution increases water security for farmers, conserves water in creeks and dams, and reduces the impact of wastewater on local ecosystems. Great to see drought-proofing strategies like this. #Sustainability #Water #Droughts

Word of the Day: Rewiggling Restoring the natural curves and bends of a river or creek in order to slow the flow of water and reduce soil erosion and flooding. #Rewilding #Conservation

Finished reading Kindred, a collection of poetry by one of my favourite authors, Gunai woman Kirli Saunders. I love the way her writing feels so economical, rich with meaning and feeling, woven with imagery you want to linger in. Gorgeous. 1/2 💙📚 #BookSky #Poetry #DiverseBooks 📚🌏

Congratulations to all the Aurealis Awards winners, including @tansyrr.bsky.social @trnapper.bsky.social @fearofemeralds.bsky.social @coreyjwhite.com @thedescenters.bsky.social @freyamarske.bsky.social @roannelau.bsky.social!

Finished listening to Brigands & Breadknives by @travisbaldree.bsky.social. A warm, engaging, emotionally complex fantasy adventure. Baldree has a real skill for exploring questions of identity, messy friendships, and the connections that transform us. 1/2 💙📚🎧 #BookSky #Audiobook #Fantasy

If you use Google Search to look for news, you can now personalise your settings to see more results from sources you trust. ABC News Australia has a walkthrough in this article.

Congrats to all the Aurealis Awards finalists, including @tansyrr.bsky.social @genni.bsky.social @trnapper.bsky.social @kaaronwarren.bsky.social @tanaudel.bsky.social @angelaslatter.bsky.social @mktighewrites.bsky.social @sljohnson.bsky.social @pamelajeffs.bsky.social @fearofemeralds.bsky.social!

Great episode of @ologies.bsky.social about platypuses! Dr Tahneal Hawke discusses spurs, fur, conservation, and ways you can help (eg. report sightings; clean up rubbish near waterways, especially things like hair ties, rubber bands, fishing lines; join a local revegetation group.) #Platypus

Enjoyed Best of All: The Magical Mix That’s You by @smritihallsauthor.bsky.social and Chaaya Prabhat. A joyful and affirming picture book celebrating families with blended heritage. A great book for kids still learning to embrace their complex cultural identity. 1/3 💙📚👍🏼 #BookSky #KidLit #Diverse 📚🌏

I want to say a big thank you to each and every one of you for sharing your words, sharing your art, supporting my art, choosing my art for your business or your home, and bringing beauty and kindness into the world. Here are some reflections on my design and artmaking in 2025.

For folks living near bushland, a reminder to be careful of random echidna burrows. For everyone else, a link to a video of two puggles (baby echidnas) being looked after by wildlife carers. #Puggles #Echidnas #Wildlife #Australia

Enjoyed listening to The Land Before Avocado: Journeys in a lost Australia by @richardglover1.bsky.social. An entertaining and fascinating look at life in the 1960s/70s vs now, nostalgia, and the lessons we can take from change. Highly recommended. 💙📚🎧 #BookSky #Audiobook #Australia

Interesting concept: mobile wind turbines. Autonomous catamarans sailing across open ocean, collecting wind power, using seawater to create hydrogen and then returning to port to offload the hydrogen. Autonomous energy harvesting. #Sustainability #CleanEnergy #Wind #Hydrogen

Enjoyed Sky Country by Aunty Patsy Cameron and Lisa Kennedy. A beautiful picture book about the First Peoples of Trouwerner (TAS) and the story of their Ancestral Beings. Wondrous and epic with gorgeous illustrations. 1/2 💙📚👍🏼 #BookSky #KidLit #DiverseBooks 📚🌏

Tickets are now available to the Aurealis Awards ceremony! The Aurealis Awards ceremony will celebrate the finalists and winners of the 2025 Aurealis Awards season, and is taking place as part of GenreCon. events.humanitix.com/genrecon-202...

Lovely article about numbat photography and conservation in Dryandra Woodland, WA. If you’d like to start the year with more numbats in your timeline, this article has some sweet moments captured by photographer Lyn Alcock. #Numbats #Wildlife #Conservation #Australia

Another interesting article about old coal mines being converted into gravitational storage systems. Very cool to see several of these projects being tested in Australia. #Sustainability #RenewableEnergy #NetZero

🐍🐟🦈🪶🐸 #artsummary2025

Recently read Popi’s All Souls Song by C.K. Malone. A poignant book about grief and the importance of community and connection. @shellyswann.bsky.social’s illustrations are gorgeous – a much-needed hug for the soul. Heartache and comfort. 💙📚👍🏼 #BookSky #KidLit #Grief