Free frequent public transport is better!! If you have to get the car out to get to the pool, you keep going & skip the pool. Also difficult to drop off & pick up kids with car pooling. More good childcare near home is energy saving as well as good for #productivity

Five artworks to see at Adelaide Biennial The legacy of nuclear testing, environmental degradation and more among the challenges facing Australia, as explored by artists in the Adelaide Biennial of Australian art.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04... Note #ValPlumwood #BeingPrey art response. @aehhub.bsky.social @finnarne.me @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social

Hey Santos how was your day?

Nanna News 21 April 2026 Nannas were back in Martin Place protesting against Santos during the company’s AGM in Adelaide, and later in the day a welcome win for justice and democracy had Nannas cheering.

Nannas sing and stomp - watch the video knittingnannas.org/2026/04/21/n...

Turtles buried under mud at NSW wetlands after water inflows halted Researchers in north-west NSW are wading through thick mud in an attempt to save hundreds of turtles after the NSW government decided to stop supplying water to the protected wetland.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04... Turtles need a rescue squad because of poor water management. Switching off water by distant computer is corporate bullying. #WaterJustice Irrigation is costing too much.

Journey to the End of Time First up, let’s face the mortality-teasing title of Alex Miller’s third collection of writerly odds and ends. The 89-year-old writer, a dual recipient of the Miles Franklin Literary Award, has no plans to retire in any sense of the word. This collection includes Miller’s articles for literary journals, speeches at book launches and notebook entries. It concludes with a poem he wrote in 2023 titled “On Writing”. The opening lines are “I have learned nothing of writing / I am at my beginning.”

“Despite our egotistical fantasies,’’ Alex Miller writes, “the author is not the master of the story. It is the story that is master of the teller.” satpa.pe/m9MIAyD

Of many succinct killer lines, the one on Marles's "dead parrot" military rhetoric is my favourite... an excellent read.

‘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

www.theguardian.com/environment/... Sheer stupidity. It doesn't even save money. Just visits #cruelty on animals. Water managers are being lobbied. We don't "need" irrigated crops. Life comes before business. @knitnannassyd.bsky.social

Film Premiere: 'Signatures of Earth' by Robert Nugent RMIT Regenerative Futures Institute and Environmental Films Australia present Signatures of Earth by Robert Nugent, a journey to remote Australia to observe a total solar eclipse. The film contrasts h...

www.rmit.edu.au/events/2026/... #Anthropocene @anthropocenekth.bsky.social @aehhub.bsky.social @iceho.bsky.social

Japan's thirst for biomass is having a harmful impact on Canada's forests Experts and activists say biomass is not the climate solution it might appear to be on the surface and is far from being sustainable.

www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/... National "green accounting" often has dangerous international effects. We all breathe the same air. It can't be "exported". @nichecanada.bsky.social @aehhub.bsky.social @iceho.bsky.social

'Immense relief': Sydney University tutor claws back $142,000 in stolen wages Total stolen wages across Australia's university sector could be as high as $300 million, the NTEU estimates.

If you have a few $$, join your Union @nteunion.bsky.social
www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/14/s... It is the only protection against corporate greed gone mad. Perhaps some of these "managers" should face criminal charges?

Matches "ghost work" (paying bill or filling out a gov form. Make your own bill, login to website, watch while website doesn't work, try again later... (then rinse and repeat)
If you are lucky enough to sort your energy or water bill, there is no time left to cook dinner...

Bosses say AI boosts productivity – workers say they’re drowning in ‘workslop’ Workslop refers to AI-generated work that seems polished but is flawed and in need of heavy corrections

Word of the day "Workslop" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

To stop Australian democracy going the way of the US, here’s what we need to do Australia is one of the world’s leading democracies, but we’re not immune from the pressures causing backsliding overseas.

theconversation.com/to-stop-aust...
@susbites.bsky.social

www.arc.gov.au/publications... New open access requirements are a step in the right direction for public access to public research. Recognises that not every scholar has "institutional access" to research behind paywalls.

Action of the Week 13 April 2026 Visit the post for more.

Coal, oil and gas companies need to start paying towards the costs of the climate harm they are causing. They make the profits, we pay the costs – it’s not fair. knittingnannas.org/2026/04/13/a...

The nannasphere is an antidote to the world's grief and horrors Surely one of the best ways to counter the hate, grief and horrors of the world is to foster communities driven by decency, calm and care. Enter: the nannasphere.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
Start your new week here! This is exactly the big news we need.
Solnit: "Maybe changing the world is more like caregiving than it is like war.Too many people still expect it to look like war"
Baird on collective action and the nannosphere 🙏@knitnannassyd.bsky.social

www.uis.no/en/studies/m... Applications close soon!

Exclusive: Former ANU VC accused of ‘serious misconduct’ Former ANU vice-chancellor Genevieve Bell has been suspended from the university and accused of serious misconduct after allegedly making a close friend a full professor despite him having no university qualifications.

Former ANU vice-chancellor Genevieve Bell was presented with a show cause notice alleging “serious misconduct” in the promotion of a close friend to a full professor, despite his having no university qualifications. satpa.pe/qfSQUnW

Same for me.
Some odd words lately - Do I speak a different language? Perhaps AI is generating the puzzles. Not even an interesting or useful word to learn alas.

The Bruce Lehrmann defamation suit Numerous text messages are being used to debate why Bruce Lehrmann chose not to initially sue for defamation over stories about Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape.

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/media/2... Vexatious lawyering wasting the time of the court. It seems some aspects are forensically detailed and others are air-brushed. There are many inconsistencies, incl what is or isn't admissible. Since when is self-induced bankruptcy a defence?

Hannah Ritchie's *Not the End of the World* is great on this. I've also found Rebecca Solnit *No Straight Road Takes You There* empowering. The paralysis of doom is real. Good luck with your writing. Focus on life, not the economic agenda - that helps see around the ever-present present.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... A Presidential Address on the state of History in 🇦🇺Thank you @michellearrow.bsky.social and @austhistassoc.bsky.social

These are busy times.

@kansananthropocene.bsky.social may find this one useful for #hidinginplainssight project

Global water resources and the role of groundwater in a resilient water future - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment Water resources are threatened by human activities and climate variability. This Review discusses trends in water storage and availability and examines ways to enhance water-resource resilience throug...

www.nature.com/articles/s43... Interesting review of water futures - groundwater and surface water together. All are in trouble!

A world without work. How do we survive the AI revolution? The wave of change from artificial intelligence rolling across the corporate landscape is going largely unnoticed as attention understandably shifts to an escalating war.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04... Perhaps it is time to get a real job? We are still short of nurses, doctors (esp GPs), school teachers, early childhood educators, aged carers. If we paid them properly these are good jobs. Just stop subsidising big tech jobs & Big Cons that pay eye-watering salaries

The swift parrot’s distinctive call was recorded dozens of times in a patch of Tasmanian forest. Then the forest was logged Scientists estimate the endangered bird’s population has slumped to about 750. But the logging agency responsible for clearing its habitat said it acted lawfully

This was not logged after due diligence. And the protestors should not be vilified for saying so. We love our swifties. www.theguardian.com/environment/... @knitnannassyd.bsky.social

A full sploot. Impressive.

Anyone posted this yet ... thought I'd get in early. From the always hilarious (and much missed) @kudelka.bsky.social

Bark diplomacy • Inside Story Could the Yirrkala Petitions best be understood as an attempt at communication between nations?

insidestory.org.au/bark-diploma... Here's a future for Australia's democracy.