Excellent read & happy tomato weekend.

‘Incomprehensible’: birds flee and hundreds of turtles left to die after government cuts water to NSW wetlands Frogs and sheep in the Gwydir wetlands near Moree have also been bogged after WaterNSW stopped environmental flows, researchers say

These wetlands have international significance & are highly valued in the community as you can read in Voices from the Basin: www.mdba.gov.au/node/7580

This episode was deeply shocking. Just when I thought it could get no worse you threw in the fact of other countries on-selling our gas at phenomenal profit while Australians pay market prices. I’m incredulous. Recommended episode to others. Great work, thanks.

When meteorologists say cyclone paths are hard to predict, they are not joking. Map of cyclone paths 1910-1969. BOM history of Cyclone Ada.

Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.

BREAKING: In response to huge cuts in Trump's budget request, NSF is shuttering its SBE directorate. Staff will be transferred to other parts of the agency and "grants that align with Administration priorities" will be maintained.

That & more w/ @maxkozlov.bsky.social & @edwrdchen.bsky.social

I agree with your comment about cost (they might have made it $1?) but swiping on & off gives data about transport usage.

'Electrons to the people:' Neighbours build commercial solar farm Hundreds of residents of a rural NSW town combine to build their own commercial solar farm, demonstrating the community benefits of renewable energy.

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'Electrons to the people:' Neighbours build commercial solar farm Hundreds of residents of a rural NSW town combine to build their own commercial solar farm, demonstrating the community benefits of renewable energy.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Yes I thought they might have done $1 & 50 cents too.

SE Qld introduced 50 cent fares last year & it transformed public transport usage. Good public policy even without fuel crisis.

SE Qld has 50 cent train, bus & ferry fares & it has transformed public transport use.

Agreed. I’m glad you appreciate the effort.

Not @amandawells.bsky.social standard of research related clothing but my here’s my nod to rivers.

People sitting in grass drawing on left; books on right

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Thanks @harrycroft.bsky.social for a thoughtful & wonderful review. I feel seen. Am I fearless or foolhardy - not sure? But the book has certainly caused ripples!

Thanks Harry for a thoughtful & wonderful review. I feel seen. Am I fearless or foolhardy - not sure? But the book has certainly caused ripples!

We need to hear this & act.
“In mid January, the lower Murray was listed as a critically endangered ecological community under Australia’s nature laws. This means there’s an extremely high chance its native ecosystems will become extinct within the immediate future, in as little as ten years.”

In any climate-related disaster a battery operated radio is essential & the ABC is reliable. All the best Victoria. Stay safe & follow warnings.

That sounds like my holiday plans. I wish you a fabulous break.

How’s this? I was being recorded for a USA podcast on rivers & floods & chatting about the more-than human world & thinking about sounds, animals, emotions & humans. And my cat comes in & screams repeatedly (far more than a mild miaow). Ironic? Proving my point? Mmmm 😼 agency 💪

Horrifying headline but that lush undergrowth now dried is primed for fire.

I agree. It also seems to apply to my bookshop visits.

The University of Bristol will offer their summer school in Environmental Humanities again!

@bristoluni.bsky.social #envhum #envhist

Congratulations Dr Wells! I am so happy for you. Enjoy your success & savour the moment.

Great to share our Murray Darling Basin oral history project with colleagues @Professional Historians Association conference. If you are curious, type ‘Voices from the Basin’ into a search engine

This was such a well organised & friendly conference. I particularly enjoyed the opportunity to think about the practice of history. Whose story are we telling? Why & how or could/should this be done.

Labor rules out giving tech giants free rein to mine copyright content to train AI Attorney general Michelle Rowland shuts down contentious proposal to grant copyright exemption for AI models

Writers (including historians) spend years writing. Our work is not produced to train AI without our knowledge or recompense. It is our work & Intellectual Propery. I commend this action:

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Hundreds of units proposed on land that faces 'extreme potential flood levels' A major developer wants to build 500 apartments on the banks of a river to Brisbane's south, but some concerned residents say the flooding risk is too high.

Please refuse this application Ipswich City Council. The developer acknowledges that 100s of people will be at risk of flooding.