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Hurray! #GoodNews

"Addressing this injustice requires a living politics of care. This means a political system that recognises vulnerability as socially produced and demands solidarity, equity and accountability"

The Senate Inquiry into Climate Disinformation is on again today (& tomorrow) - starting at 9am with META. Disinformation is at the heart of many of the issues we face so this inquiry is worth catching. Watch here - & full schedule below #auspol > www.youtube.com/live/Vwuqxfy...

#OTD 14 Feb. 1793: philosophical anarchist William Godwin published his celebrated love letter to the world, Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, in which he envisaged a society based on justice, equality, tolerance, benevolence, & mutual moral accountability. #Valentine’sDay #LoveThyNeighbour

This is perfect

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

No consequences for the evil done to children is doing my head in. How much proof do people need? So obvious, the protection rackets in place around the world. Finally seeing a little repercussion. Should be a tsunami.

After decades of recovery, southern right whales are showing signs of a climate-driven decline in breeding rates, which scientists say is a “warning signal” about changes in the Southern Ocean. #climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Fri 13 Feb: @albomp.bsky.social's Labor govt talks up renewable energy in Australia while approving new/extensions of Coal & Gas projects for climate-destroying exports Today they approved an extension of Middlemount Coal mine (to 2044) that'll also kill greater gliders & koalas

Love this! #ValentinesDay #IdleOffPledge 👇 #Parents #ClimateChange ❤️

To the #StolenGenerations, I say the following: as PM of Australia, I am #Sorry. I offer you this apology without qualification. We apologise for the hurt, pain & suffering that we, the parliament, have caused you. We apologise for the indignity, degradation and the humiliation these laws embodied.

Beautiful recognition of human-animal bonds #grief #multispecies #family #animals #burial #funeral www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Bring it on, @sociologyaustralia.bsky.social Awesome leadership! #CFP #TASA2026 #Sociology #Justice #Futures #Changemakers

Restorying Indigenous Leadership: Wise Practices in Community Development edited by Dr. Cora Voyageur, Laura Brearley, & Brian Calliou #booktok #Indigenous #Cdnpoli

Immense congratulations to @meanjin.bsky.social and QUT - a beautiful step forwards for Meanjin, a cornerstone of Australian literary culture and history.

Writers, scholars & other speakers: learn to say no more often. Expand your boycotts & solidarity. If its an all-white panel discussing impact of colonisation on First Peoples, stolen land, or their sovereignty, say: "no, not unless there's First Peoples on the panel". Nothing about us, without us.

We’ve been betrayed #auspol

"A free society is loud, it is often controversial and offends some, and is frequently inconvenient for others and those in power. That is precisely why its protection is essential." Read Jewish Council member, Stephen Heydt’s piece in full at: www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

Frightening new paper by leading planetary scientists warning of cascading risks in the #climate system 😱 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... I previously explored the connectedness of key earth processes in this thread below 🧵

Prof Rockström: “We see worrying signs that the Earth system is losing resilience” Prof Ripple: “Policymakers & the public may not yet be aware of these recent developments” Prof Steurer: “In a post-truth era...researchers should not surrender to ‘techno illusions or hopium.’”

Why have I adopted #bird conservation as my focal cause? I could just say "I like birds" but I wrote more words (in my mostly dormant personal blog). On birds, but also on staying motivated when one lives itinerantly, enjoys learning, thinks about ethics, etc. open.substack.com/pub/carfreeb...

One of the most joyous parts of our lives, being part of the #pigoneer group, seeing these rescued babes thrive 💖 #Animal #Sanctuary #pigs #kin #BeKind #futures

Pigoneer Pig Of The Day Barney! Besides being ridiculously handsome he spends his days hanging out with besties Chunk and Stanley. Just like humans pigs form close bonds and friendships. Join the Pigoneers to help support them. Only £2.50/$3.58 a month⬇️ globalvegancrowdfunder.org/pigoneer-200...

How sweet! Being a #Pigoneer supports a lot of kindness for a small amount of quids. I want to leave kind 👣 👣 👣 behind me. Please help if you can.

Nearly time for bed so a beautiful lullaby from our singer Kirsty & Kirsty bantam hen @kirstyclinch.bsky.social

What I like about #writing (& #reading) fiction: You can: -open up a different world, different histories, possibilities and ways of seeing things through another's eyes. -say something simple, like 'LOVE is the answer', in infinite beautiful ways. -celebrate getting rid of the bad guys. 📚💙

🌳🌳🌳 #trees #woodland #treeclub

👇 #truth #Sociology 😃 Looking forward to explaining these globalised capitalist processes to new students in the coming weeks. It didn't only happen in America #HigherEd #teaching #history #SociologicalImagination #inequality #justice #futures

The geese from last month’s emergency rescue are doing well! We are not sure what we’re going to do with them, to be honest. We’re not set up to keep them permanently, but they would have died if we had not taken them from the homestead where they were found.

It’s toast time with Widget the rescue cow

Penny Wong insisted "Jewish leaders had urged the government to issue an invitation. And that's where it gets complicated. Not all Jewish Australians want Herzog to come." Thank you, Laura Tingle, for acknowledging what few in mainstream media will. And for tackling the realities that most avoid.

👇 #truth #Sociology 😃 Looking forward to explaining these globalised capitalist processes to new students in the coming weeks. It didn't only happen in America #HigherEd #teaching #history #SociologicalImagination #inequality #justice #futures

Every time you move something exclusively online, somewhere a librarian weeps.

#nature #gratitude #ocean #clouds #photo #Bundjalung #Australia #beach #Awe

"The #climate scientists we surveyed were unambiguous: current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures & compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – & could undermine the foundations of economic growth” - Dr Jesse Abrams, @gsiexeter.bsky.social

Fundamentally flawed economic models mean #climatecrisis could crash global economy, experts warn - Shocks from extreme weather disasters and tipping points are entirely missed by the current models used by governments and financial institutions Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"Laurie Laybourn, at the Strategic Climate Risks Initiative, said: 'We are currently living through a paradigm shift in the speed, scale and severity of risks driven by the climate-nature crisis. Yet many regulations and government actions are dangerously out of touch with reality'.”

Publication alert! If you are interested in gender & environmental issues you should know that we have just published a Special Issue on "planetary masculinities" edited by Kadri Aavik, Jeff Hearn, Martin Hultman & Tamara Shefer. Don't be a stranger and visit us: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Long-footed potoroos dig up and eat many truffle-like fungi, spreading spores and keeping vital fungi-forest relationships healthy.\

There’s a new plan to manage Victoria’s forests. But if it uses machines to ‘thin’ trees this could affect wildlife and increase bushfire risk.

📢 HDR/ECR Event Announcement! Join us for “What do we do now?” — a 1-hour online fireside chat for early-career feminist scholars, independent activists, and anyone navigating pathways in and beyond the academy on 25 Feb 12pm (AEDT) Register here! events.humanitix.com/what-do-we-d...

Read any sociological theory book and it will give you tons of ideas.

Social Capitalism with a strong safety net and high taxes on wealth does a pretty good job.

Important reading 👇 #auspol #democracy #Australia #Indigenous #VoiceToParliament #futures

“Wildlife volunteers in WA's South West are urging people to get involved in caring for hundreds of cygnets found abandoned over the summer season. On Saturday, 26 baby swans were released back into the wild” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j... Precious story of sharing life with a wombat and writing the book, Diary of a wombat #animals #wombat #Multispecies #Australia #care #kin

🎉Win against fossil fuels 🎉 The Dutch capital of Amsterdam has become the world's first capital city to ban fossil fuel ads, set to come into force on 1st May. 1/2

Another shot of the kestrel from yesterday. #birds #photography