#Cull of 20,000 #NativeBirds at #NewcastleWaters #CattleStation will not go ahead after parent company intervened.

In a social media post, the parent company of #ConsolidatedPastoralCompany, which operates the station, said it was unaware of the licence and instructed staff to cease any culling plans "immediately".

The parent company, #TerraFirma, says it will meet with "relevant environmental groups" when leaders visit #Australia later this year.

"As the owner of #CPC, we were not aware of the application for a licence to cull birds at Newcastle Waters," the company said in its post.

"We have made clear to CPC leadership that this is #CompletelyUnacceptable.

"We have instructed the Newcastle Waters leadership team, and CPC senior management to cease any plans for culling immediately.

#auspol #wildlife #birds #Australia

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-18/newcastle-waters-cattle-station-bird-cull-stopped/106693348

Jamie Bissmire brings out the eighth-track Terra Firma LP that fills the void. #music #jamiebissmire #terrafirma #album #downsideuprecordings

https://evl.one/terra-firma-lp-by-jamie-bissmire

So, apart from the ending being a crappy thing to happen for Trip and T'Pol's budding romance, from the blue ray extras I learned:
- it was very emotional for Connor to play the scene because his wife had just become pregnant, and he was thinking of his unborn child.
- Connor and Jolene couldn't stop cooing at the baby when the scene cut, because they thought the baby was so cute.

#AllStarTrek #StarTrek #StarTrekEnterprise #TerraFirma

It's interesting that the anti-alien sentiment in this episode resembles so much of the nationalist sentiment sweeping many parts of the world today, but it is so damn politically easy to blame the ills of society on outsiders. 😖

#AllStarTrek #StarTrek #StarTrekEnterprise #TerraFirma

#AllStarTrek Hey, hey, hey (he types excitedly) this whole "cells changed to match the time" thing reminds me of why Empress Georgiou is forced to return from the future in #StarTrekDiscovery, cuz her cells were not meant for that time (or dimension).

#StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #AllOurYesterdays #TerraFirma

Wait, so b/c the Guardian of Forever sent Emperor Georgiou back in time, instead of surviving Mirror Universe Michael Burnham's coup, both she and Michael die a few months later, but doesn't that change what Prime Michael and Discovery find when Lorca transports them to Mirror Universe in season 1?

In fact, how is Georgiou even still alive? I thought the premise of the original #StarTrekTOS episode was McCoy accidentally wiped out the Federation? 🤔😖
#StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery #TerraFirma