Jo Banks
@banksia25.bsky.social
Former marine scientist who now likes it fresh. Working at the National Water Grid. She/her living on unceded Ngunnawal land. Bipolar and mostly OK.
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Born #OnThisDay in 1903 was crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale FRS. She was one of the first two female scientists to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, along with Marjory Stephenson. She discovered the structure of benzene, and was a committed pacifist. #WomenInSTEM
January 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Born #OnThisDay in 1903 was crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale FRS. She was one of the first two female scientists to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, along with Marjory Stephenson. She discovered the structure of benzene, and was a committed pacifist. #WomenInSTEM
Why de-age her headshot? She's a talented, successful 58 year old woman. Why make her look like a caricature? #ageingisok
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
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On my radar: Alison Goldfrapp’s cultural highlights
The electropop star on her favourite quirky bookshop, Marmite and cheese pastries and the second series of Severance
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January 27, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Why de-age her headshot? She's a talented, successful 58 year old woman. Why make her look like a caricature? #ageingisok
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just found this adult swim cartoon about the infinite monkeys on typewriters writing hamlet. apparently i made it with jeremy too. all three episodes are good as hell
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkLe...
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The Hamlet Factory: Famlet | adult swim smalls
YouTube video by Adult Swim
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January 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
just found this adult swim cartoon about the infinite monkeys on typewriters writing hamlet. apparently i made it with jeremy too. all three episodes are good as hell
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkLe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkLe...
It is a wonderful book containing one of the most profound and relevant sentences I've read:
'Learning the difference between being authoritarian and being authoritative is one of the most important lessons one should learn as a leader.' #compassion
www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/On-the...
'Learning the difference between being authoritarian and being authoritative is one of the most important lessons one should learn as a leader.' #compassion
www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/On-the...
On the Brink
‘Perhaps the truth is that severe mental illness is just as frightening, just as stigmatising, just as much a taboo as it has always been . . .’ Ov...
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January 26, 2025 at 6:10 AM
It is a wonderful book containing one of the most profound and relevant sentences I've read:
'Learning the difference between being authoritarian and being authoritative is one of the most important lessons one should learn as a leader.' #compassion
www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/On-the...
'Learning the difference between being authoritarian and being authoritative is one of the most important lessons one should learn as a leader.' #compassion
www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/On-the...
Dutton’s deliberate Australia Day cruelty www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Peter Dutton’s deliberate Australia Day cruelty
It’s January in Australia and so the annual Australia Day political circus has rolled into town. It started much earlier this year, with Peter Dutton and Jacinta Nampijinpa Price working to grab some ...
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January 25, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Dutton’s deliberate Australia Day cruelty www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
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The world’s second largest freshwater crayfish was once plentiful in Australia’s longest river – we’re bringing it back
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The world’s second largest freshwater crayfish was once plentiful in Australia’s longest river – we’re bringing it back
The Murray crayfish disappeared from large parts of its range over the past 40 years. Now a community-driven reintroduction program is bringing the iconic species back.
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January 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The world’s second largest freshwater crayfish was once plentiful in Australia’s longest river – we’re bringing it back
theconversation.com/the-worlds-s...
theconversation.com/the-worlds-s...
January 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Problems with Aust housing sprawl;
- monoculture, no housing variety so scant choice
- no mix of uses & types
- mean streets, dictated by car
- no landscape, no trees, no microclimate
- mean & wasted side setbacks
- dismal house design, 4 materials in meaningless appliqué
- grey in every sense
- monoculture, no housing variety so scant choice
- no mix of uses & types
- mean streets, dictated by car
- no landscape, no trees, no microclimate
- mean & wasted side setbacks
- dismal house design, 4 materials in meaningless appliqué
- grey in every sense
January 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Problems with Aust housing sprawl;
- monoculture, no housing variety so scant choice
- no mix of uses & types
- mean streets, dictated by car
- no landscape, no trees, no microclimate
- mean & wasted side setbacks
- dismal house design, 4 materials in meaningless appliqué
- grey in every sense
- monoculture, no housing variety so scant choice
- no mix of uses & types
- mean streets, dictated by car
- no landscape, no trees, no microclimate
- mean & wasted side setbacks
- dismal house design, 4 materials in meaningless appliqué
- grey in every sense
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What’s the difference between heat exhaustion and heat stroke? One’s a medical emergency
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What’s the difference between heat exhaustion and heat stroke? One’s a medical emergency
Both are caused by exposure to excessive heat, whether from hot conditions, physical exertion, or both.
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January 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
What’s the difference between heat exhaustion and heat stroke? One’s a medical emergency
theconversation.com/whats-the-di...
theconversation.com/whats-the-di...
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Interview re coral reefs with Scientific American:
“We shouldn’t give up on the world’s coral reefs…. But restoration is not the way to save them.
The way to save them is to deal with greenhouse gas emissions, & that, of course, is much, much harder.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/eart...
“We shouldn’t give up on the world’s coral reefs…. But restoration is not the way to save them.
The way to save them is to deal with greenhouse gas emissions, & that, of course, is much, much harder.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/eart...
Earth’s Coral Reefs Face a New, Deadly Mass Bleaching. They Can Still Be Saved
“A mass bleaching event is, by definition, a mass mortality event,” a leading coral reef expert says
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January 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Interview re coral reefs with Scientific American:
“We shouldn’t give up on the world’s coral reefs…. But restoration is not the way to save them.
The way to save them is to deal with greenhouse gas emissions, & that, of course, is much, much harder.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/eart...
“We shouldn’t give up on the world’s coral reefs…. But restoration is not the way to save them.
The way to save them is to deal with greenhouse gas emissions, & that, of course, is much, much harder.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/eart...
The infamous Stanford prison experiment was flawed – so why is it still so influential today?
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The infamous Stanford prison experiment was flawed – so why is it still so influential today?
A French science historian dug deep into the true story of the Stanford prison experiment – revealing ‘guards’ were actually coached to be brutal. His findings are now available in English.
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January 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The infamous Stanford prison experiment was flawed – so why is it still so influential today?
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A little comic about desire paths.
January 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A little comic about desire paths.
Cool cockles!
To Build Better Fiber Optic Cables, Ask a Clam
"Heart cockle shells transmit sunlight to photosymbiotic algae using bundled fiber optic cables and condensing lenses"
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"Heart cockle shells transmit sunlight to photosymbiotic algae using bundled fiber optic cables and condensing lenses"
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January 15, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Cool cockles!
Great project to improve water supply and quality in seven communities and expand water supply in three others.
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NT water security gets $34M boost - Utility Magazine
The Federal and NT governments have joined forces to fund new and upgraded water bores for remote First Nations communities in the territory.
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January 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Great project to improve water supply and quality in seven communities and expand water supply in three others.
utilitymagazine.com.au/nt-water-sec...
utilitymagazine.com.au/nt-water-sec...
Great to provide one of the over 4.5 million samples analysed! A treatment for day time sleepiness would be wonderful. And imagine chucking antidepressants! Bravo to the huge international research team #QIMRBerghofer #UniversityofQueensland #depression #genetics
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'Groundbreaking' global study finds hundreds more genes linked to depression
An international team of researchers has found hundreds of new genetic variants linked to depression, which has the potential to lay the groundwork for new treatments.
www.abc.net.au
January 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Great to provide one of the over 4.5 million samples analysed! A treatment for day time sleepiness would be wonderful. And imagine chucking antidepressants! Bravo to the huge international research team #QIMRBerghofer #UniversityofQueensland #depression #genetics
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
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Science Weekly | How weather ‘whiplash’ is driving floods and fires
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Albert van Dijk, professor of water science and management at the Australian National University, on how rising temperatures are causing rapid swings in extreme weather
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Albert van Dijk, professor of water science and management at the Australian National University, on how rising temperatures are causing rapid swings in extreme weather
How weather ‘whiplash’ is driving floods and fires – podcast
As wildfires continue to cause devastation in Los Angeles, Madeleine Finlay speaks to Albert van Dijk, professor of water science and management at the Australian National University, about how rising...
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January 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Science Weekly | How weather ‘whiplash’ is driving floods and fires
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
Albert van Dijk, professor of water science and management at the Australian National University, on how rising temperatures are causing rapid swings in extreme weather
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
Albert van Dijk, professor of water science and management at the Australian National University, on how rising temperatures are causing rapid swings in extreme weather
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Could an Australian city burn like LA has? Yes, and we're not prepared. "The crisis is here," writes David Bowman, professor of pyrogeography and fire science
Fires like those in LA could hit Sydney or Melbourne. How prepared are we? | David Bowman for the Conversation
It’s possible for massive fires to burn in Australian cities. Planning needs to reflect this
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January 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Could an Australian city burn like LA has? Yes, and we're not prepared. "The crisis is here," writes David Bowman, professor of pyrogeography and fire science
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ACOSS is surveying Australians to understand the impacts of heat on people experiencing financial stress.
If that's you, please help them out by completing this survey before the 20th of Jan. 👇
If that's you, please help them out by completing this survey before the 20th of Jan. 👇
Heat Survey 2025
Share your experience of trying to stay cool in your home over the summer.
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January 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
ACOSS is surveying Australians to understand the impacts of heat on people experiencing financial stress.
If that's you, please help them out by completing this survey before the 20th of Jan. 👇
If that's you, please help them out by completing this survey before the 20th of Jan. 👇
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Outside Corpus Christi, an area so dry the local water company distributes shower timers at high school football games, Tesla is nearly done building a lithium refinery that could require as much as 8 million gallons of water per day and still lacks a water contract
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Musk’s Massive Tesla Lithium Plant Hunts for Water in Drought-Hit Texas
A lithium factory in a dry Gulf Coast county epitomizes the EV maker’s build now, ask later ethos.
www.bloomberg.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Outside Corpus Christi, an area so dry the local water company distributes shower timers at high school football games, Tesla is nearly done building a lithium refinery that could require as much as 8 million gallons of water per day and still lacks a water contract
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
So happy to find Bluesky! I'm hoping for Twitter in the good days vibe. Looking forward to learning from clever, ethical people.
January 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
So happy to find Bluesky! I'm hoping for Twitter in the good days vibe. Looking forward to learning from clever, ethical people.