Sandra Godwin
@sandragodwin.bsky.social
Freelance journo + comms specialist + CMO DKs Honey 🍯 Former stonefruit & grape grower 🇦🇺
“Let's stop for a moment and ponder the terrifying but very, very real truth that we are *all* only ever a few meals away from anarchy." A must read for everyone, but especially leaders and decision makers from @sobergal.bsky.social
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Let's stop for a moment and ponder the terrifying but very, very real truth that we are *all* only ever a few meals away from anarchy.
[An AI-free opinion piece, from the heart of a rural Australian.] I don’t believe there has ever been a more urgent moment than now to reflect on a quote from American journalist Alfred Henry Lewis ba...
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April 1, 2026 at 5:37 AM
“Let's stop for a moment and ponder the terrifying but very, very real truth that we are *all* only ever a few meals away from anarchy." A must read for everyone, but especially leaders and decision makers from @sobergal.bsky.social
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Seems there is a non zero chance that Tropical Cyclone Narelle could make landfall again south of the main tropical cyclone building code areas.
Important to watch official forecasts and warnings carefully.
charts.ecmwf.int/products/cyc...
Important to watch official forecasts and warnings carefully.
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March 22, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Seems there is a non zero chance that Tropical Cyclone Narelle could make landfall again south of the main tropical cyclone building code areas.
Important to watch official forecasts and warnings carefully.
charts.ecmwf.int/products/cyc...
Important to watch official forecasts and warnings carefully.
charts.ecmwf.int/products/cyc...
Bravo @birmo.bsky.social: one of your best yet.
It’s just missing two words #fakenews
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It’s just missing two words #fakenews
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March 20, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Bravo @birmo.bsky.social: one of your best yet.
It’s just missing two words #fakenews
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It’s just missing two words #fakenews
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"Heatwave? Its always been hot up here."
There were 6 days in January 2026 above 45.0C at Mildura.
Mildura only reached 45C a total of 6 times from 1946-2000 (54 years).
Mildura has reached 45C a total of 27 times since 2000.
www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/...
*hat tip Gary Weymouth
There were 6 days in January 2026 above 45.0C at Mildura.
Mildura only reached 45C a total of 6 times from 1946-2000 (54 years).
Mildura has reached 45C a total of 27 times since 2000.
www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/...
*hat tip Gary Weymouth
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January 31, 2026 at 10:42 PM
"Heatwave? Its always been hot up here."
There were 6 days in January 2026 above 45.0C at Mildura.
Mildura only reached 45C a total of 6 times from 1946-2000 (54 years).
Mildura has reached 45C a total of 27 times since 2000.
www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/...
*hat tip Gary Weymouth
There were 6 days in January 2026 above 45.0C at Mildura.
Mildura only reached 45C a total of 6 times from 1946-2000 (54 years).
Mildura has reached 45C a total of 27 times since 2000.
www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/...
*hat tip Gary Weymouth
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The highest temperature ever recorded in Victoria is 48.8°C at Hopetoun on 7 Feb 2009.
The forecast for Tuesday at Ouyen Victoria is 49°C.
The forecast for Tuesday at Ouyen Victoria is 49°C.
January 25, 2026 at 12:48 PM
The highest temperature ever recorded in Victoria is 48.8°C at Hopetoun on 7 Feb 2009.
The forecast for Tuesday at Ouyen Victoria is 49°C.
The forecast for Tuesday at Ouyen Victoria is 49°C.
January 23, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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This speech at the Walkleys last night was a fist-pumping table thumping boomer
This speech at the Walkleys last night was a fist-pumping table thumping boomer
Press freedom is being destroyed from Gaza to America. Don’t think it can’t happen here | Kerry O'Brien
Anthony Albanese promised to end the ‘culture of secrecy’. With freedom of speech under attack globally, it’s past time he delivered
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November 28, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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For me, Barnaby will be forever remembered as the bloke who couldn’t hold his drink, keep his pants on, or accept the science that spelled disaster for the people he swore to serve in the dust-choked margins of rural Australia.
Burqa with the works.
Not to borrow from our accursed American cousins, but I’m going to miss Barnaby Joyce when he’s gone, so I’d like to give thanks, while he’s still with us, for all the years of entertainment he’s prov...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
For me, Barnaby will be forever remembered as the bloke who couldn’t hold his drink, keep his pants on, or accept the science that spelled disaster for the people he swore to serve in the dust-choked margins of rural Australia.
Well done @squigglyrick.bsky.social You won! #WalkleyAward
Congratulations @squigglyrick.bsky.social on being shortlisted for the 2025 Walkley Book award for Mean Streak. I'm sure you'd prefer not to have had to write it, but your forensic examination of Robodebt hell means a lot to many. #booksky
Announcing the shortlisted finalists for the Walkley Book Award, supported by Bookoccino: Joe Aston, (Simon & Schuster); Rick Morton, (HarperCollins Publishers); Clare Wright, (Text Publishing)
November 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Well done @squigglyrick.bsky.social You won! #WalkleyAward
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Calling all freelance photographers, cartoonists, journalists, podcasters and media workers!
Tell us about your experiences as a freelancer, to shape the next phase of our campaign to set a floor for rates and conditions in our industry: freelancers.org.au/2025-industr...
Tell us about your experiences as a freelancer, to shape the next phase of our campaign to set a floor for rates and conditions in our industry: freelancers.org.au/2025-industr...
October 31, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Calling all freelance photographers, cartoonists, journalists, podcasters and media workers!
Tell us about your experiences as a freelancer, to shape the next phase of our campaign to set a floor for rates and conditions in our industry: freelancers.org.au/2025-industr...
Tell us about your experiences as a freelancer, to shape the next phase of our campaign to set a floor for rates and conditions in our industry: freelancers.org.au/2025-industr...
Pleased to see #SwanHill made it onto this map of Australia 🇦🇺 available at Aldi, but can’t for the life of me imagine what J.B.T. (East of ACT) represents 🧐
October 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Pleased to see #SwanHill made it onto this map of Australia 🇦🇺 available at Aldi, but can’t for the life of me imagine what J.B.T. (East of ACT) represents 🧐
Congratulations @squigglyrick.bsky.social on being shortlisted for the 2025 Walkley Book award for Mean Streak. I'm sure you'd prefer not to have had to write it, but your forensic examination of Robodebt hell means a lot to many. #booksky
Announcing the shortlisted finalists for the Walkley Book Award, supported by Bookoccino: Joe Aston, (Simon & Schuster); Rick Morton, (HarperCollins Publishers); Clare Wright, (Text Publishing)
October 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Congratulations @squigglyrick.bsky.social on being shortlisted for the 2025 Walkley Book award for Mean Streak. I'm sure you'd prefer not to have had to write it, but your forensic examination of Robodebt hell means a lot to many. #booksky
Swan Hill makes top 10 of Australian towns with the cleanest air
www.timeout.com/australia/ne... #airsky #pollutionsky
www.timeout.com/australia/ne... #airsky #pollutionsky
This surprising Australian town has the cleanest air in Oceania
All 10 of the continent’s least polluted towns are in Australia, with the NSW mining town of Broken Hill topping the list
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October 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Swan Hill makes top 10 of Australian towns with the cleanest air
www.timeout.com/australia/ne... #airsky #pollutionsky
www.timeout.com/australia/ne... #airsky #pollutionsky
Wanna see some #snake bites in slow motion?
Aust researchers filmed 36 species of snake lunging at a cylinder of warm, muscle-like medical gel. Fastest were vipers at 4.5m/sec. Watch where you walk! h/t @aussmc.bsky.social
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Aust researchers filmed 36 species of snake lunging at a cylinder of warm, muscle-like medical gel. Fastest were vipers at 4.5m/sec. Watch where you walk! h/t @aussmc.bsky.social
static-movie-usa.glencoesoftware.com/source/10.12...
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October 24, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Wanna see some #snake bites in slow motion?
Aust researchers filmed 36 species of snake lunging at a cylinder of warm, muscle-like medical gel. Fastest were vipers at 4.5m/sec. Watch where you walk! h/t @aussmc.bsky.social
static-movie-usa.glencoesoftware.com/source/10.12...
Aust researchers filmed 36 species of snake lunging at a cylinder of warm, muscle-like medical gel. Fastest were vipers at 4.5m/sec. Watch where you walk! h/t @aussmc.bsky.social
static-movie-usa.glencoesoftware.com/source/10.12...
How wonderful! 👏👏👏
Boy Swallows Universe voted our favourite read of the century: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-19/top-100-books-trent-dalton-boy-swallows-universe/105872764
Boy Swallows Universe voted our favourite read of the century
The results are in — Trent Dalton's Boy Swallows Universe has won Radio National's inaugural Top 100 Books of the 21st Century.
www.abc.net.au
October 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
How wonderful! 👏👏👏
Is Google is giving users what they want and we all have to adapt, or is AI answer mode a rug pull, asks ABC tech reporter James Purtill #journalismsky
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
A tiny new button in your search bar could kill the open web
The launch of 'AI Mode' ushers in a future where news sites are kept alive to train AI chatbots for a US tech company.
www.abc.net.au
October 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Is Google is giving users what they want and we all have to adapt, or is AI answer mode a rug pull, asks ABC tech reporter James Purtill #journalismsky
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Between the national conference & awards, September was a big month for the #Landcare community.
Delighted to see three of the Victorian finalists get the nod, including Bryce Watts-Parker, Tavish Bloom and the Merri Creek Management Committee.
Delighted to see three of the Victorian finalists get the nod, including Bryce Watts-Parker, Tavish Bloom and the Merri Creek Management Committee.
October 3, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Between the national conference & awards, September was a big month for the #Landcare community.
Delighted to see three of the Victorian finalists get the nod, including Bryce Watts-Parker, Tavish Bloom and the Merri Creek Management Committee.
Delighted to see three of the Victorian finalists get the nod, including Bryce Watts-Parker, Tavish Bloom and the Merri Creek Management Committee.
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Could the deals newsrooms signed with Google be used to prevent them pursuing legal action over the use of news to train AI bots?
‘Renting your enemy’: How Google paid the media millions to avoid regulatory pressure
www.crikey.com.au
September 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Could the deals newsrooms signed with Google be used to prevent them pursuing legal action over the use of news to train AI bots?
Issue 90 of Victorian Landcare & Catchment Management magazine (edited by yours truly) is live online & on the way to print subscribers. #agsky
Read it here ⬇️
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Read it here ⬇️
www.landcarevic.org.au/landcare-mag...
Landcare Magazine Spring 2025
www.landcarevic.org.au
September 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Issue 90 of Victorian Landcare & Catchment Management magazine (edited by yours truly) is live online & on the way to print subscribers. #agsky
Read it here ⬇️
www.landcarevic.org.au/landcare-mag...
Read it here ⬇️
www.landcarevic.org.au/landcare-mag...
New blow for South Australian #beekeepers already enduring drought & low honey production with routine PIRSA surveillance detecting #varroa mites in hives east of Waikerie that were moved from Qld with permit. #agsky #beesky
September 4, 2025 at 5:30 AM
New blow for South Australian #beekeepers already enduring drought & low honey production with routine PIRSA surveillance detecting #varroa mites in hives east of Waikerie that were moved from Qld with permit. #agsky #beesky
Potential new niche for Australian fathers put out of work by AI - farming iguanas (and legless horses)?!🦎#agsky
theconversation.com/australiana-...
theconversation.com/australiana-...
August 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Potential new niche for Australian fathers put out of work by AI - farming iguanas (and legless horses)?!🦎#agsky
theconversation.com/australiana-...
theconversation.com/australiana-...
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Freelancers have had enough of low rates and poor conditions and are coming together to demand better across our industry.
Join over 200 photographers, journalists, cartoonists, podcasters and other media workers this week to plan the next phase of our campaign! RSVP -https://meaa.io/47arUCu
Join over 200 photographers, journalists, cartoonists, podcasters and other media workers this week to plan the next phase of our campaign! RSVP -https://meaa.io/47arUCu
August 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Freelancers have had enough of low rates and poor conditions and are coming together to demand better across our industry.
Join over 200 photographers, journalists, cartoonists, podcasters and other media workers this week to plan the next phase of our campaign! RSVP -https://meaa.io/47arUCu
Join over 200 photographers, journalists, cartoonists, podcasters and other media workers this week to plan the next phase of our campaign! RSVP -https://meaa.io/47arUCu
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The Productivity Commission’s interim report, ‘Harnessing data and digital technology’, is a blueprint for the wholesale theft of Australia’s art, media, and cultural heritage that will do nothing more than further enrich the billionaires in Silicon Valley.
#StopAITheft
#StopAITheft
August 6, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The Productivity Commission’s interim report, ‘Harnessing data and digital technology’, is a blueprint for the wholesale theft of Australia’s art, media, and cultural heritage that will do nothing more than further enrich the billionaires in Silicon Valley.
#StopAITheft
#StopAITheft