From Australia:
"New research has found public transport fares have not been a decisive factor in pushing people to shift from car to public transport."
"Better public transport access, coverage, reliability, and travel time have a greater impact than price in changing long-term commuting habits."
On this day in 2009, 17 years ago, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky was first released on the Nintendo DS.
It was the first enhanced version of a Pokémon Mystery Dungeon game and added more dungeons and Pokémon, as well as special Story episodes
serebii.net/dungeonsky
Are you an artist? Do you draw or paint creatures? My bird reference photos might be for you:
davidcsimon.gumroad.com/l/afdez
New article! One of very few studies done in Australia investigating how they use their sense of smell.
#birds #australia
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The Australian govt hands out $26B per year in nature-harming subsidies
This represents ~4% of the total federal budget
Or twice as much as the federal govt invests in supporting government schools nationally
Or 25 times more than they spend on looking after nature
via @biodivcouncil.bsky.social
I feel like people think "birds are dinosaurs" is a weird fun fact that is "technically true" but I don't know how to emphasize that there are tens of thousands of species of theropod dinosaur on the planet with us right now. People keep them AS PETS.
WE EAT THEM.
The USA just never really got over puritanism huh?!
If I had a penny for every time someone from the US mistook their personal experiences for representing that of the entire globe ..... I'd be the richest person in all of history
Honestly most of the social internet's problems would be fixed if we just deleted/banned all the yanks
Unbelievable that organisers of these xenophobic meetups are actively welcoming in and defending the views of neo-nazis. #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Index Australians travelling to the USA and Canada - showing while travel to the US is falling it is rising to Canada
Australians are deciding USA is not a place to visit… oddly they still are going to Canada. Almost like there is something specific about the US..
#ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
More people from BlueSky have now watched this episode than YouTube has shown to people through their algorithm.
Thank you everyone.
youtu.be/6WDdFneJ8M4?...
I've never had a video throttled even a hundredth this badly before.
Talk about Israel on YouTube, lose your channel for the privilege. Unfortunate.
Mel C is good but honestly not great for the final singer. And maybe I'm just watching with a delay but did she go 2 mins overtime? Either way Happy New Year! #ABCNYE
I can't stress enough how legal it should be to throw people listening to music without headphones off the train while it is in motion.
"I will have it, but you can't" is the standard response of every nuclear power since the US first got the bomb in WW2
Chris Minns' draconian new laws already being put into action 🙃🤐 #auspol #nswpol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
3 November 2025 saw two new NZ electricity records set: highest daily utility solar power generation (1.6 GWh, enough to make 50 million cups of tea), and the last day of an unprecedented 25-day run of zero coal power.
There will be a lot more records like this to come.
Sydney Water sewage crisis now out of control. #auspol
Basile et al. Urban tree canopy cover over 30 % and native trees enhance bird insectivory and tree biosecurity www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ornithology
Friends: Want to do something profoundly good for your health & the planet? Eat less (or no) meat.
Journalists: How about you? Report on the profound harms of commercial meat production on planetary health.
@coveringclimatenow.org
@mason4c.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
Ferrari et al. Not All Birds of the Same Feather: A Systematic Review of Ecosystem Services and Disservices in Horticulture onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #ornithology
Omg we were on the same train as him after the game, he was fully painted yellow with blue lipstick!
Finally got to go see a #collingwood #aflw game! My new favourite player is Sabrina Frederick ❤️ #gopies
🦜✨ The Aussie Bird Count is back 20–26 Oct!
Spend just 20 mins counting birds in your backyard, balcony, schoolyard, workplace or local park.
Last year 57k people counted 4.1M birds – let’s make 2025 bigger! 🐦
Register now! 👉 aussiebirdcount.org.au
#AussieBirdCount #BirdLifeOz
Stellar win by Collingwood, looking like a different team compared to a few weeks ago! Bring on the prelim! #gopies
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