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Your legume area this year #iykyk

@SandyHorne61 Time spent in nature is never wasted.

I'm doing it. I'm going out birding. I should be conserving fuel but I really need this. I want to go & see the godwits before they migrate (any moment!). Some are in their breeding colours. But the little black cloud hovering over my head is telling me it'll be a waste of time.

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“Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it's clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel.” US National Counterterrorism Centre director, Joe Kent, resigns over war on Iran. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/aauj21

It's now unarguable that the war on Iran is one of the most blatant crimes of aggression in history. You now have not 1 but 2 external participants of the US-Iran talks (Oman’s foreign minister and the UK's National Security Advisor) who confirm that the US and Israel attacked despite Iran effectively meeting US conditions for a deal - ensuring it could never build a nuclear weapon, permanently. As per The Guardian article (theguardian.com/world/2026/mar…), Jonathan Powell "believed the path remained open to a negotiated solution to the long-running issue of how Iran could reassure the US that it was not seeking a nuclear weapon," and "UK officials [...] were impressed that Iran was prepared for the deal to be permanent." Concretely, this means the war wasn't a failure of diplomacy but a deliberate destruction of it. And it also means that the US and Israel have irresponsibly plunged the entire world in an unprecedented energy crisis, affecting the livelihoods of billions of people worldwide, when it was completely avoidable. It's beyond me how you can look at this and not conclude that the real threat all along wasn't Iran but the US-Israeli axis - they're the only parties at the table who wanted war and are making every person on the planet pay the price for it. Extraordinarily, even the UK National Security Advisor is now basically saying this.

Fixing & seeing it thru. Planted 2023 into sandy loam under old gums. Copped a drought 2024. Dry now too. Im taking wallaby guards off bc Landcare that did this is now defunct. Banksia marginata av 5ft. Acacia paradoxa av 6ft Drooping sheoak av 8ft 14% loss.

POP QUIZ TIME! Below is a pH map received this week. The Pdk has been cropped as a whole for 45 years pH 7+ at bottom, pH 4.5-6 at top The straight line doesn’t marry up to any neighbouring fencelines. The dune-swale runs NW/SE through it. What is happening at the top of the Pdk?

I’m a chemist. I need to say this - because it’s getting dangerous out there. The biggest health myth in the world isn’t about vaccines. Or GMOs. Or fluoride. It’s the root of all of them. It’s called chemophobia - and it’s killing science. Fear of “chemicals” now drives vaccine rejection, GMO bans, food hysteria, and entire political movements. From tampons to tap water, people have been taught to fear chemistry - the very thing that keeps us alive. Chemophobia tells us: “Natural is good.” “Synthetic is bad.” That’s a lie. Botulinum toxin is 100% natural and one of the deadliest molecules known. Aspirin is synthetic and life-saving. We’ve gone from banning harmful substances for good reason…to banning safe, well-tested molecules for emotional reasons. You’ve seen the slogans: “If you can’t pronounce it, don’t eat it.” “Paraben-free.” “Clean beauty.” They sound empowering. But they’re not science - they’re marketing. And they’re making the world dumber, poorer, and sicker. Your body doesn’t care if a molecule comes from a plant or a lab. Vitamin C is vitamin C. Formaldehyde is formaldehyde and your body makes more of it every day than any vaccine ever could. Dose matters. Source doesn’t. This fear isn’t harmless. It shapes public policy. It blocks innovation. It raises food prices. It slows down cancer treatments. Chemophobia is now mainstream and it’s costing lives. Scientists aren’t losing because we’re wrong. We’re losing because fear spreads faster than facts. Because influencers sell fear for clicks. Because lawyers monetize doubt. And because scientists are too tired to fight back. So here’s my message, as a chemist and as a citizen: Learn how toxicology works. Call out chemical fear-mongering. Support policies based on evidence, not emotion. Chemistry isn’t the enemy. It’s the reason you have clean water, safe food, and modern medicine. If we let fear win, we lose all of it.

What a joy it is to see these wiggly lines. 120cm soil moisture probe near Murrayville in Vic mallee. Had a few stinky seasons there with poor yields. But a lazy 165mm in 4 days has turned things on it's head. Infiltration to 120cm (& beyond I'd think). Vast ha's to be sprayed in SA/Vic in next month, those that preserve moisture close to the surface will be primed to plant crops during April at their leisure. Past 2 seedings have been very dusty, looking forward to a change.

Good informational video on what happens when the straight of Hormuz closes. It closed yesterday.

@Warwick_Long 53mm at Pimpinio west. I got 5mm Friday night when the Horsham AWS 12km away got 96mm.

Rain gauge check time. How did you go?

@stationmum101 Ya know, "good blokes" don't commit rape.... Character references should be consigned to the dark ages.

Imagine changing your testimony to help 2 convicted rapists only to see them re-convicted. The fact that the majority of the community are choosing to stand behind these scum & they’re not suffering the consequences of their actions sends a message to everyone that rape is ok.

For sale 430bu John Deere cart tbh 3 stainless housings, RedE rate controller, located Esperance WA $55k plus gst ono.

"My daughter caught measles when she was seven. I remember not feeling particularly alarmed about it. Then one morning she said, 'I feel all sleepy,' and she went into a coma. In an hour, she was unconscious. In twelve hours she was dead." Roald Dahl on his daughter Olivia

Vale Jon kudelka

@stationmum101 laundry shelf

Completely normal collection of stuff to find when cleaning out the bedroom wardrobes.

@Bundogs John is this place ever open to the public? It looks amazing

A beautiful blue sky today that is hard not to stare at 😎 And I love how the trees in the first pic frame the view of the original homestead and outbuildings 👌 #heritagegarden #heritagebuildings #summerviews

A parliamentary inquiry in Victoria will be held into the summer bushfires. This is what it will look at: 1-7 and 11 were from the opposition and 8-10 added by the government.

It’s a correct summary.