Ocean advocate, marine bio grad, conservation/gov comms, former Melb/Centralian journo. Living/diving locally on Boonwurrung country
Melbourne, Australia
Joined February 2010
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There’s the average dumb American workplace issue and then there’s HR thinking annual leave days for a 9-5 weekday job include weekends, and blue tick Yanks agreeing with them
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Here's just one example. Under the heading of Islamic Extremism, Segal claims that AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett "declared" the statement below.
The quote attributed to Krissy Barrett ('Krissy Barrett declared') even has a footnote. As you'll see, citation 3 sends us off to an article in the Australian by Greg Brown on Oct 8, 2026.
I read that article and I could not find a direct quote anywhere from Krissy Barrett declaring those words attributed to her. Those words are the words of the journalist, Greg Brown editorialising Ms Barrett. theaustralian.com.au/nation/…
The journalist has included a great deal of direct quotes from Ms Barrett in the article, but no quotes of hers that declare, "Islamic fundamentalism would continue to be the biggest terror risk over the next year, and that the local threat from Hamas supporters was not declining."
Rather the 'quote' is from the words of the journalist, Greg Brown of the Australian - it is not a direct quote or declaration from the AFP's Krissy Barrett.
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Along with the long-running ‘MTV doesn’t play music anymore’, Rolling Stone confirmed they can’t include anything but the most basic garbage for their top 100 list. Maps and Seven Nation Army became unplayable after a year, as for T Swift and Olivia there’s no rock in sight
Rolling Stone reveals their top rock songs of the 21st century.
1. “Maps” - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2. “Seven Nation Army” - The White Stripes
3. “Mr. Brightside” - The Killers
4. “good 4 u” - Olivia Rodrigo
5. “The National Anthem” - Radiohead
6. “I Know The End” - Phoebe Bridgers
7. “Last Nite” - The Strokes
8. “99 Problems” - Jay-Z
9. “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor” - Arctic Monkeys
10. “Impossible Germany” - Wilco
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Endemic to the Great Southern Reef, the necklace carpetshark can be found in shallow kelp forests and at depths of up to 180 metres. It shelters in caves, crevices and under ledges during the day. At night, it forages among kelp and seagrass beds, feeding mainly on shellfish.
When dinnertime is at 5pm and it’s 5:01, my golden retriever now actually looks at the analogue wall clock and glare intensity increases
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Since I've summoned boom bap twitter has anyone seen the Arsenio Show's hip hop all star special?
Great to see some facts on this often repeated myth about Ernie Dingo inventing WtC. Would love to know who made up that racism 101 talking point and what event in 1976 they’re referring to
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The first documented Welcome to Country ceremony performed for non-Indigenous visitors was in the Colony of South Australia for the arrival of Prince Alfred, the Duke of Edinburgh, Lake Country at the Mouth of the River Murray on the evening of Monday, 11 November, 1867.
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New research led by Sheena Chung at Southern Cross University has analysed 43 years of sea surface temperature data across 60 coastal marine regions. More than 95% experienced longer heatwaves between 1982 and 2024. Full story: greatsouthernreef.com/marine…
After killing off Leader newspaper print editions and embedding reduced story counts under the Hun masthead, now News Corp is using AI for council coverage? Best decision I ever made leaving there 20 years ago but it’s sad to see what’s the fifth estate has become
News Corp does away with council reporters and replaces them with AI. The results? As you might expect.
#MediaWatch
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Seen some incredible concepts in self help books lately but nothing quite tops the tips in this one!
Incredible textual layering and the hidden messages will leave you slack-jawed and possibly very thirsty
#yesivejustwatchedwidowsbay
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This #ThreatenedSpeciesDay, we share a story of AIMS impact for an iconic marine mammal which migrates along the Western Australian coast: the pygmy blue whale 🐳
👀 Read the full story: aims.gov.au/about/aims-impac…
🐋 aims.gov.au/research-topics/…
📸 Grace Russell
As it hit 34 degrees on the Gold Coast in Queensland on the second day of spring, plenty of idiots decided now was the right time to celebrate global 1.5 degrees temp rise but still pretend climate change doesn’t exist
Hi 👋 I'm a climate scientist and notorious troll blocker. And whenever extreme heat hits, the same comments show up:
“It’s just summer.”
“It’s been hotter before.”
“Just tough it out.”
In this episode of Cold Facts, Hot Takes, I take on the myths and explain what the science actually says about today’s heat waves.
Enjoy the preview: talkingclimate.ca/p/preview-…
Upgrade to watch the full episode: talkingclimate.ca/p/cfht-hea…
ALT Image of Katharine Hayhoe. Text that reads: "Cold Facts, Hot Takes" and ""Summer is supposed to be hot!" preview"
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We're getting back in the water! Join us for today’s #Okeanos dive as we explore a seamount starting at 2,560 m (1.6 mi). Seafloor ETA: 10:00 a.m. SST / 5:00 p.m. EDT.
Watch LIVE: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/lives…
[Video of a sea cucumber from Dive 03 of the expedition!]
Dev team and writers would have opted for heavy satire but finance guys said not to scare off the American audience who will either not understand it, call it woke or try to hatebomb anything political
Rockstar says they are being "careful" with satire in GTA 6 as they don't want any jokes to feel "dated"
"We have to be careful that what we’re choosing to satirize," they told IGN
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Seeing bands I loved 30 years ago trying to stay relevant and pump their new garbage album by doing this is depressing. You can tell most members of Jebediah, Spiderbait and Grinspoon hate that they need clicks to sell tix
the humorous little short form video content that local bands think they need to produce is truly disgusting to me. the little skits where they play the main characters or the half assed captions of “pov you just found your new favorite band” or whatever. awful. i hate seeing it.
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