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I had a hot tip there were nesting Rainbow Bee-eaters down by the ferry terminal at work. So at lunchtime I went for a wander, and the tipster was not wrong.

#Bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #RainbowBeeEater




New Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba named two women ministers to his Cabinet, down from five in the outgoing administration. japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/… #japan #politics #women039sissues #cabinet #junkomihara #toshikoabe

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#MorningAll & #TZAG G’day Squirrel Fans, hope I find you bright eyed & bushy tailed!

Today’s joke is home groan … don’t say I didn’t warn you!

So a squirrel retro fan bought an Acorn computer.
Now he’s swamped with tree-mail!!

Please direct all feedback to the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Complaints division whose motto is “Share & Enjoy!”

Have a cracking day #Today & remember #RuleNo1: Don’t let ‘em Cash-ew ! 😊🫶🐿️🖖

@weirdfolks
#WeirdFolks #SquirrelsOfMastodon #TheMammutMoves

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@Melinda Little bugger!
Can’t stand the hit n run types!

Hope you manage to get some sleep tonight! 😊🫶🐿️🖖

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in reply to Maj1 THE Neuro Spicy Squirrel

Thank you! Feeling sleepy still, antihistamines always do this to me, but they've reduced the wrist swelling successfully.

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#ClimateDiary Where are your pension funds invested? For most public sector workers it’s impossible to extricate themselves from all this - this sector needs regulation SO bad.

Private equity firms swoop in “as large oil and gas firms seek to shed older and dirtier assets and the bigger banks increasingly regard them as risky investments. […]!some of the dirtiest assets have come to be owned by relatively obscure investment outfits, the report says.” #PrivateEquity

theguardian.com/business/2024/…

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In the Netherlands Fossielvrij has successfully pushed our biggest pension funds to divest from fossils gofossilfree.org/nl/english/ as well as achieving some other things 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼 things can change


#Gaza #Palestine

Israeli military says they will conduct “powerful strikes” throughout the Middle East tonight after Tehran launched nearly 200 missiles at Israel.

Iran says the strikes were a “legitimate response” following the assassination of multiple Hamas and Hezbollah leaders.

Speaking at a televised address several hours after the attack, Netanyahu said Iran had made a "big mistake" and will "pay for it," adding: “Those who attack us; we attack them.”

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This passage from the new book ‘Character Limit’ by Kate Conger and Ryan Mac about the Twitter deal a couple of years ago is…a thing, I guess.

“The world was suffering from a severe underpopulation crisis, Musk told the audience, and the only way to start a colony on Mars would be to have more children.”



I was also alerted to some freshly hatched Bush Stone-curlew chicks on campus. They're very tiny and super cute, but also quite shy.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #BushStoneCurlew #chick




@classicalmusic @renaissancemusic

#JosquinDesPrez
(#JosquinLebloitte) 1450/1455 – 1521

Missa L'homme armé super voces musicales

Missa Ave maris stella

Missa Hercules dux Ferrariae

Missa Gaudeamus

Missa Pange lingua

#ASeiVoci

#musik #music #musique #musica #classicalmusic
#renaissancemusic #sacralmusic #Josquin

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Register now for next week's course in Automating GIS processes with PyQGIS that I teach in cooperation with #AustralianWaterSchool.

📅 8, 15 & 22 October 2024
⏲️ 4-6pm Sydney Time (sessions are recorded if you can't attend live)!
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#QGIS #Python #PyQGIS




Nahost-Liveblog: ++ Irans Außenminister in Kontakt mit Baerbock ++

Irans Außenminister Araghchi hat nach dem Raketenangriff seines Landes auf Israel mit europäischen Kollegen telefoniert. Das israelische Militär meldet Angriffe auf Hisbollah-Ziele in Beirut. Die Entwicklungen im Liveblog.

➡️ tagesschau.de/newsticker/liveb…

#Israel #Nahost #Liveblog



For researchers in using online platforms' data regarding content moderation decisions: The EU's research center will hold a "DSA Transparency Database Researcher workshop" on this

📆 October 25, 16-17:30 CEST
🖥️ Online

Could be an interesting opportunity to learn about the DSA database and strengthen the scientific community in this field

Details and registration here: algorithmic-transparency.ec.eu…




🇩🇪Leak des extremen Vorstoßes zur flächendeckenden #Chatkontrolle, der heute diskutiert und möglicherweise durchgeprügelt werden soll: patrick-breyer.de/wp-content/u…

Kommentar: Die Obsession der EU, Briefgeheimnis und sichere Verschlüsselung zerstören zu wollen, ist unverantwortlich, politisch aussichtslos, rechtlich zum Scheitern verurteilt und ein Betrug an Kindern, die einen besseren Schutz verdienen!

Infos: chatkontrolle.de

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🇬🇧Leak of the extreme proposal for untargeted #ChatControl to be discussed and possibly endorsed today: patrick-breyer.de/wp-content/u…

Comment: The EU's obsession with destroying the privacy of correspondence and secure #encryption is irresponsible, politically and legally doomed to failure and a betrayal of children who deserve better protection as proposed by the European Parliament!

Information and what you can do: chatcontrol.eu



Caladenia pusilla (tiny fingers) in open grassland near the Genoa River, VIC. Only two flowers out at this location in late-Sept - first time I've seen this very small / easily over-looked orchid in East Gippsland. Tip of my little finger here for scale - flowers are indeed tiny (common name checks out!)

#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Nature #BloomScrolling #EastGippsland #Caladenia

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