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It’s on again! @guardian Bird of the Year competition. Hopefully the stunning and endangered Glossy Black Cockatoo will get some attention...

It’s on again! @guardian Bird of the Year competition. Hopefully the stunning and endangered Glossy Black Cockatoo will get some attention - or even win! There are only 10,000 adults left due to loss of habitat. They’re smaller & less gregarious than red- or yellow-tailed black cockatoos so less like to receive the fanfare. #birdoftheyear
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/13/australian-bird-of-the-year-2023-guardian-birdlife-australia-poll?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

This is a devastating story. Survivors of Kinchela Aboriginal ‘home’ tell @guardian@press.co about their lives of brutality and cruelty...

This is a devastating story. Survivors of Kinchela Aboriginal ‘home’ tell @guardian@press.co about their lives of brutality and cruelty as children. Standing in fresh cow poo to warm their feet brought me to tears.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/08/kinchela-aboriginal-boys-training-home-survivors-residents-stories?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Broken Hill, in western NSW, is bursting with remarkable architecture - just one aspect of this entirely unique, remote town in the outback....

Broken Hill, in western NSW, is bursting with remarkable architecture - just one aspect of this entirely unique, remote town in the outback. If only I had more time to look around but we’re a bit busy monitoring the flooded Darling and Lachlan rivers…

“Australia's first complete plesiosaur fossil discovered in outback Queensland”. This is an incredible find but Queensland is a huge...

“Australia's first complete plesiosaur fossil discovered in outback Queensland”. This is an incredible find but Queensland is a huge state. Would love to know more about how it was initially found, by whom, and more rough detail on where? So, still have too many questions #dinosaurs

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-07/fossil-discovery-queensland-museum-townsville-plesiosaur/101735306

The feel-good story of the week and a reminder of how our actions can impact others. If you RSVP ‘yes’ then please show up! On that note...

The feel-good story of the week and a reminder of how our actions can impact others. If you RSVP ‘yes’ then please show up! On that note (ethical dilemma of the day), which is worse? To RSVP ‘yes’ and not show up or not to RSVP at all? And does anyone ever RSVP ‘no’ and then show up?
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/07/join-the-club-stephen-king-margaret-atwood-and-more-reassure-debut-author-after-lonely-book-launch

So, Australia’s frog enthusiasts and fans of the environment are on a quest to hop over @taylorswift to reach ARIA’s No. 1 Christmas...

So, Australia’s frog enthusiasts and fans of the environment are on a quest to hop over @taylorswift to reach ARIA’s No. 1 Christmas spot with their new album, ‘Songs of Disappearance - Australian Frog Calls’. We did it with endangered bird calls so let’s do it again with frog calls! https://themusic.com.au/news/can-australian-amphibians-leapfrog-taylor-swift-for-christmas-1/4ur-9Pf2-fg/28-11-22

Love this positive story! “Divers for the [Great Barrier Reef tour] companies — all intimately acquainted with the reef and, like so...

Love this positive story!
“Divers for the [Great Barrier Reef tour] companies — all intimately acquainted with the reef and, like so many businesses, dependent on its vitality — scour the seafloor. There they collect broken pieces of coral and attach them to submerged frames on which the fragments can recover and grow. Ecologically minded tourists pay to see the unusual attraction.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/11/22/great-barrier-reef-corals-bleaching/

As an obituary writer at the blunt end, just learning my craft, writers like Ann Wroe are grist to my mill. I’m very fortunate to know...

As an obituary writer at the blunt end, just learning my craft, writers like Ann Wroe are grist to my mill. I’m very fortunate to know several talented obit writers. Now I just need to extract their talent and make it all mine, mine, mine!
https://www.cjr.org/the_profile/ann-wroe-artful-obituaries.php?mc_cid=168f190d6f&mc_eid=93e8e824dc

Okay @amyfallon - I've done this Mastodon thing but currently have zero idea what I'm doing. Why do I do this to myself? Why am I so...

Okay @amyfallon - I've done this Mastodon thing but currently have zero idea what I'm doing. Why do I do this to myself? Why am I so curious and keen to try new things when I don't understand how they work? Okay, shall I hit 'publish' now and see what happens? Here goes! I'll add a pic of these white-cheeked eastern rosellas from yesterday for a spot of colour. #newbie