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Monthly Archives: October 2023
This weeks links (2023-10-29)
In brief: … 🔥 NT land managers demand action on deliberately lit fires as 13 million hectares burnt (2023-Nov-02) [ABC|News] ❝ More than 13 million hectares of Northern Territory land has gone up in flames in the past two months. … Continue reading
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This weeks links (2023-10-22)
In brief: 🔥How Megafires Are Remaking the World In our Pyrocene age, enormous wildfires aren’t merely damaging ecosystems but transforming them. (2023-Oct-15) [NYT] 🌳 Deepening our capacity for teaching with Place (2023-Aug) This paper presents a learning journey about deepening … Continue reading
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Literacy & Democracy?
Some big questions are raised about Australian literacy levels highlighted during this referendum. There is a large section of the Australian population with no understanding of civics, of how legislative processes occur, combined with a lack of critical thinking skills. … Continue reading
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The seasons don’t use a calendar
Normally November is Buath Gurru (Grass Flowering Season) but a walk around the bushlands of Eltham today shows that we are already out of Poorneet (Tadpole Season) with most of our flora. ❝ This was a time of plenty. Lilies, … Continue reading
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This weeks links (2023-10-15)
In brief: 💻 X fined $610,500 in Australia first for failing to crack down on child sexual abuse material Company formerly known as Twitter becomes the first online platform to be issued a fine under Australia’s Online Safety Act (2023-Oct-16) … Continue reading
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This weeks links (2023-10-08)
In brief: 🌳 Feral horses in NSW should be culled using aerial shooting, Senate inquiry says (2023-Oct-13) State laws protecting brumbies from culling have led to a growing population damaging the environment in the Australian Alps, committee says [The Guardian] … Continue reading
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In the October-2023 Sky
01-02 Oct – Jupiter near waning Moon 05 Oct – Psyche spacecraft launching 10 Oct – Lunar apogee (furthest from Earth) at 405,426 km 11 Oct – Venus near crescent Moon 14 Oct – Annular solar eclipse (in the Americas, … Continue reading
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October – Poorneet Tadpole Season
Poorneet Tadpole Season (September-October) Temperatures are rising but the rain continues. Flax-lilies are flowering. ❝ You get a frog and tie his back legs and then put a great big cod hook . . . And you’d have to put … Continue reading
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This weeks links (2023-10-01)
In brief: 🐻 Fat Bear Week 2023 | VOTE [Explore] … 🏕️ Dads meet online and take their kids on a weird adventure (2023-Oct-06) [Beau Miles|YouTube] ❝ This bloke Hamish Blake, who I’ve never met, emails me and says ‘come … Continue reading
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