Paula 🌹

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artist | always curious | pro-transit & accessibility | resiliency | nature lover | 🏳️‍🌈 Derwent Valley lutruwita (Tasmania)

A grey bird (White-Faced Heron) with a long pointed beak standing on very short very green grass, with pale blue water behind with dead silver grey eucalyptus branches cutting though the background
Brown tabby cat laying on blue-grey carpet in middle of making an air biscuit
Adult male brown tabby cat with pink nose and tongue blep sitting with front legs crossed in middle of slow blinks sitting on a purple and white blanket
Picture of young southern elephant seal and fossil fuel bowser at night, with the seal looking straight at the bowser. Text at lower left of image: NEIL THE SEAL IN SOUTHERN TASMANIA THIS EVENING
Updated guidelines now encourage the use of LARCs in all age groups In 2009, LARC methods became first-line options when the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommended LARC methods for the majority of women [29]. Since then the growing support had been clear and wide-spread. The CDC Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use recommends LARC methods for the majority of women who have their first menses, regardless of whether they have had any pregnancies [11]. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends LARC methods for adolescents as "prevention is the cornerstone of pediatric practice" [20]. A recently published article in Pediatrics: the Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics stated "We suggest that in response to the improvement in the effectiveness and safety of long…
• 1999: The FDA approves Plan B for emergency contraception. • 2000: Mirena, the first hormonal IUD, becomes available in the United States. • 2001: NuvaRing, a ring-shaped contraceptive placed in the vagina, receives FDA approval. • 2002: The FDA approves Ortho Evra, the first birth control patch. • 2006: The FDA approves Implanon, a birth control implant. • 2010: The FDA approves a new type of emergency contraceptive, ulipristal acetate. It's now sold as ella in the United States. • 2010: Nexplanon replaces Implanon as the single-rod implant prescribed in the United States.
Red light inside a dark ships cargo space with dark figures of people in the shadows
“One night when she was just over 35 weeks pregnant, French felt a stabbing pain in her stomach so severe she could hardly take a breath. She and her husband, James, rushed to the hospital, where their obstetrician quickly discovered that French had a placental abruption, meaning the placenta was partially or fully removed from the walls of the uterus, cutting the baby off from its source of oxygen. The condition is usually preceded by sudden trauma such as a severe fall or chronic maternal cigarette smoking. French had not fallen, and she didn’t smoke.”
Orange cat with mouth open mid meow, on a lap person wearing pink coloured jumper
Eucalyptus tree trunks and vivid green lomandra growing on the ground framing the view across a eucalypt forest in deep green with a mountain in distance with clouds just touching the peak and patches of deep blue cutting through the silver white clouds
From high on a mountain side, looking across a peninsula: Grey clouds across mountains with a teal blue bay and beach, surrounded coastal eucalyptus forests in deep green with a dark blue lagoon peeking in far right behind the beach
Grassy area with grey brick wall with a dog on a red background gesturing towards the left where some more multi- colours blues and greens art is including a peace sign . Some gum trees and hills in distance very blue sky with white clouds
Cars on a roadway in shadows, cityscape in the sun with a rainbow in the middle, hills in the background with some clouds on the horizon that are greyish white, blue skies above that taper to dark blue higher up
Three leaping black cats and black text:Translation ネコ飛出し注意: Caution: Cats Dashing Out. The sign is diamon and yellow with a black border
Insect inside a vibrant pink flower with yellow centre
Mottled brown moth in a yellow daisy
Josh Lappen K @jlappen1.bsky.social Here's a gift link for all who don't have institutional access: www.science.org/eprint/NRCEW... Fossil energy minimum viable scale Unseen infrastructural threats to safety and decarbonization may arise as fossil energy... &www.science.org 6:45 AM • Jan 30, 2026
Moon rising in pale peach skies from behind a eucalyptus covered hill
Tuxedo cat with a slightly sleepy expression sitting on a turquoise blanket in front of a book
Beach with pine trees on the left and water on the right with silver clouds
Stormy grey clouds over turquoise water at a yellow sandy beach from the perspective on the walking track in the grassy sand dunes
A book: First Tasmanians A Deep History • SHAYNE BREEN
Foggy view from a mountain with rocky outcrops and alpine foliage, patches of snow, with forest in the distance on lower foothills through the fog with an alpine lake partially visible through fog on the right
“In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.” Carl Sagan
Animal tracks in sand under over hanging sandstone
Yellow mushrooms
A big tree in a forest
Sliced navel orange on a black plate
A meme with two parts. The top text reads: “This summer is too hot” me: Have you ever planted trees? “No” me: Below the text is a still from the movie Dazed and Confused featuring Matthew McConaughey in a car, smiling and pointing. The caption at the bottom says: “Be a lot cooler if you did”.
Eagle flying in the sky
Clouds rolling in over Hartz Peak in black and white
Exposed rock in an alpine shurb landscape with mountain peak in background
Article
ТНЕ ЗАТИКОАТРАНЕЙ СОМ АНІ The turmoil over the stadium that threatens to topple the Tasmanian government has its origins in the high-handed and ill-considered demands of the AFL. Sport A roof of one's own in The Saturday Poperi ousociote editor. A Tastie team is an old dream, and it's flickered pobliely. When the VFL popalatico sire. Seither arrangement has scratcbed the lnch Tee wat tram Seven years apo, something shifted. Taumanan trust uloon mas mort noctiy asurtetemamoincoroutwrwd bemer player, when be was elected premie n 2020. The AFL adjusted, 1 think - becomin more sympathetic. The ground was softening That year, the Tasman released a report about AFL in the state it was larvely harmonious; there was littie disagreement between the two major parties, bor those who submitted to it. 'he inquiry found that both majc arties, and the majority of Tasmanian wanted their own team and considered iewoewlvecukulsustemeois enterprise. It also found that: "It is not necessary to develop a new, large capacity stadium at macguare raat Upgoolia ustag stadiums] … would be more valuable investments in the future of Tasmanian football than developing a new venue. climbed its mountain and declared that Tasmania's licence was conditional upon them building a new stadium. T'l mention here the submission of Richard Weish, the manager of a sports events management company, whose words were highlighted in the final report and whose pessimism reflects well the great number of emails I've received from Tassie readers in the past year or so. Welsh wrote: "Since 2001 Tasmania has hosted AFL matches each year, with a peak annual crowd number of 17.529 in 2008. This year the average crowd was just 11,90z and crowd averages have dropped since North Melbourne began playing here in 2012. That makes it difficult for the faithful to argue that more games will attract bigger Does it? His argument implied that the decline was terminal and could not be arrested by the introduction of a lacal y be…
Old building beside docks illuminated in red light reflected off water with cityscape either side of building and sailing yachts in foreground illuminated in red fairy lights
Autumn foliage on fagus growing in between rocks
Smoke haze sunset with eucalyptus silhouette
Orange sunset from smoke haze with a large eucalyptus silhouette
Sun setting through smoke filled skies glowing vivid red and yellow
Smoke haze from fires makes the sun glow red as it sets above eucalyptus covered hills
Various shrubs and trees overhanging water
Using a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled design in 88 healthy volunteers, we conduct a comprehensive study into effects of a multispecies probiotic on emotion regulation and mood through questionnaires, emotional processing tests and daily reports. We find clear evidence that probiotics reduce negative mood, starting after two weeks, based on daily monitoring, but few other changes. Our findings reconcile inconsistencies of previous studies, revealing that commonly used pre- versus post-intervention assessments cannot reliably detect probiotic-induced changes in healthy subjects’ emotional state. We conclude that probiotics can benefit mental health in the general population and identify traits of individuals who derive greatest benefit, allowing future targeting of at-risk individuals.
House of cards in a pyramid shape, with various species on card faces on the lower levels, with a human and a house at the top with the human saying in a thought bubble “Why should I care about the extinction of species”
Blue tongue lizard in amongst grass
A brush tail possum Joey halfway up the edge of a brick corner wall at a glass doorway onto a deck at night
6 January 2025 to 12 January 2025 Sea surface temperature Anomalies
Tabby cat front paws crossed on a purple and white blanket poking his tongue out.
Thick scrub with blackberries and grasses overlooking a view of the River Derwent in New Norfolk with storm clouds
Large black bird walking on dry light coloured clay
Suburban sprawl with the text: OLDER FOLKS: "WHY DON'T KIDS GO OUTSIDE ANYMORE?" WHAT DOES "OUTSIDE" MEAN? THE ROADS?
Cover of text book: pale blue skies with large ice berg floating in dark grey black ocean with the text Geosystems in white across the top of the iceberg and in text on the foreground on the ocean surface the text Christopherson
When the washer and dryer are done with their jobs and now it's your turn: man sitting in front of piles of laundry looking stressed
Black and white cat close up focused on the cat’s left eye. Black and white image
Double rainbow in front of the mist covered peaks of Cradle Mountain with Dove Lake in the foreground glistening in the late winter sun, framed by alpine vegetation with the red beanie of my sister popping through the trees
Lagoon filled with greenery reflects the vivid blue skies of the coast with mountains in the distance. Freycinet National Park. There was so many mosquitos that swarmed us on this hot humid sunny summer day.
Bloom later advocated for phasing out leaded petrol but is best known for raising alarm about heavy metal pollution in the Derwent River from heavy industry. In response, a local paper ran a front-page story labelling him “The Prophet of Doom” and Walter recalls how the wives of fishers organised an “oyster-bake” where they spent a day eating river shellfish to prove there was no issue. At one point, Walter recalls someone scrawled a swastika on the front fence of the family home.
Waterfall with ferns
Pink tulip
Sunrise