Diana Fisher
@dianafisher1080.bsky.social
Mammal ecology, evolution & conservation. UQ
Fan of Australian & Melanesian nature. Subtropical edible gardens. Markets. My ebike. Corgis, border collies.
IUCN Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group co-chair
Chair Australasian Mammal Taxonomy Consortium
Fan of Australian & Melanesian nature. Subtropical edible gardens. Markets. My ebike. Corgis, border collies.
IUCN Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group co-chair
Chair Australasian Mammal Taxonomy Consortium
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#RodentOfTheDay Mitchell's Hopping Mouse (Notomys mitchellii)
"The Mitchell’s Hopping Mouse is the largest of all the hopping mice species, with strong back legs and long feet."
Photo/Info: www.australianwildlife.org/en-us/animal...
#MouseMonday
"The Mitchell’s Hopping Mouse is the largest of all the hopping mice species, with strong back legs and long feet."
Photo/Info: www.australianwildlife.org/en-us/animal...
#MouseMonday
Mitchell’s Hopping Mouse
The Mitchell’s Hopping Mouse is the largest of all the hopping mice species, with strong back legs and long feet.
www.australianwildlife.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
#RodentOfTheDay Mitchell's Hopping Mouse (Notomys mitchellii)
"The Mitchell’s Hopping Mouse is the largest of all the hopping mice species, with strong back legs and long feet."
Photo/Info: www.australianwildlife.org/en-us/animal...
#MouseMonday
"The Mitchell’s Hopping Mouse is the largest of all the hopping mice species, with strong back legs and long feet."
Photo/Info: www.australianwildlife.org/en-us/animal...
#MouseMonday
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Happy day to all! One of my favorite visitors, the Pine Marten! I love their high energy level. They have a high metabolic rate, and semi- retractable claws. They are excellent swimmers, and are able to rotate their ankles 180 degrees!
Hello Pine Marten!🌲
Hello Pine Marten!🌲
December 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Happy day to all! One of my favorite visitors, the Pine Marten! I love their high energy level. They have a high metabolic rate, and semi- retractable claws. They are excellent swimmers, and are able to rotate their ankles 180 degrees!
Hello Pine Marten!🌲
Hello Pine Marten!🌲
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For more 💣 findings read Ellen Ormesher's piece for @desmog.com
Legal analysis commissioned by @commsdeclare.bsky.social from @edolawyers.bsky.social finds partnership may breach the Queensland Museum Act, which requires “leadership and excellence” in communicating the state’s natural heritage
Legal analysis commissioned by @commsdeclare.bsky.social from @edolawyers.bsky.social finds partnership may breach the Queensland Museum Act, which requires “leadership and excellence” in communicating the state’s natural heritage
December 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
For more 💣 findings read Ellen Ormesher's piece for @desmog.com
Legal analysis commissioned by @commsdeclare.bsky.social from @edolawyers.bsky.social finds partnership may breach the Queensland Museum Act, which requires “leadership and excellence” in communicating the state’s natural heritage
Legal analysis commissioned by @commsdeclare.bsky.social from @edolawyers.bsky.social finds partnership may breach the Queensland Museum Act, which requires “leadership and excellence” in communicating the state’s natural heritage
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Bull's head rhyton, Minoan, 1600-1500 BC
December 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Bull's head rhyton, Minoan, 1600-1500 BC
Wild macadamias near me from the Wild Macadamias App (if you are in northern NSW, SEQ, or central Qld). Great work Wild Macadamia Conservation. M. jansenii not shown experience.arcgis.com/experience/d...
December 4, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Wild macadamias near me from the Wild Macadamias App (if you are in northern NSW, SEQ, or central Qld). Great work Wild Macadamia Conservation. M. jansenii not shown experience.arcgis.com/experience/d...
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Buffel grass invasion is collapsing country and culture across arid and semi-arid regions of Australia.
The federal government is not doing what it can to abate this threat.
Please sign this petition to call on federal ministers to take action.
c.org/wM5z5DhRJZ
The federal government is not doing what it can to abate this threat.
Please sign this petition to call on federal ministers to take action.
c.org/wM5z5DhRJZ
Sign the Petition
Buffel Grass - Stop the Invasion
c.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Buffel grass invasion is collapsing country and culture across arid and semi-arid regions of Australia.
The federal government is not doing what it can to abate this threat.
Please sign this petition to call on federal ministers to take action.
c.org/wM5z5DhRJZ
The federal government is not doing what it can to abate this threat.
Please sign this petition to call on federal ministers to take action.
c.org/wM5z5DhRJZ
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One of my favorite Douglas Adams quotes:
“All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others.”
More timely today than ever, don't you think? 💙
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky
“All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others.”
More timely today than ever, don't you think? 💙
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
One of my favorite Douglas Adams quotes:
“All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others.”
More timely today than ever, don't you think? 💙
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky
“All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others.”
More timely today than ever, don't you think? 💙
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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With exercise, even one workout could offer immediate relief for symptoms of anxiety or depression. #RSNA25
www.sciencealert.com/a-single-30-...
www.sciencealert.com/a-single-30-...
A Single 30-Minute Exercise Session Has an Immediate Antidepressant Effect
A single, half-hour session of moderate exercise is enough to confer an immediate mood-boosting effect, and now scientists have figured out why.
www.sciencealert.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
With exercise, even one workout could offer immediate relief for symptoms of anxiety or depression. #RSNA25
www.sciencealert.com/a-single-30-...
www.sciencealert.com/a-single-30-...
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They won't be the only one. This government's cruel and inhumane anti-immigration policies are already cause widespread fear, even before they are implemented. Labour needs to change course on this right now before more harm is caused.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK immigration status fears prompt carer to cancel benefits she is entitled to
Woman cancels all benefits including disability living allowance for daughter after policy change announcement
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:12 AM
They won't be the only one. This government's cruel and inhumane anti-immigration policies are already cause widespread fear, even before they are implemented. Labour needs to change course on this right now before more harm is caused.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Know you're busy celebrating your nuptials,
@albomp.bsky.social, but care to comment? Make any comment at all? I mean—Israel is still murdering Palestinian kids with impunity. Surely that matters to you as a champion for the rights of kids to enjoy a childhood. No? Maybe @senatorwong.bsky.social?
@albomp.bsky.social, but care to comment? Make any comment at all? I mean—Israel is still murdering Palestinian kids with impunity. Surely that matters to you as a champion for the rights of kids to enjoy a childhood. No? Maybe @senatorwong.bsky.social?
November 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Know you're busy celebrating your nuptials,
@albomp.bsky.social, but care to comment? Make any comment at all? I mean—Israel is still murdering Palestinian kids with impunity. Surely that matters to you as a champion for the rights of kids to enjoy a childhood. No? Maybe @senatorwong.bsky.social?
@albomp.bsky.social, but care to comment? Make any comment at all? I mean—Israel is still murdering Palestinian kids with impunity. Surely that matters to you as a champion for the rights of kids to enjoy a childhood. No? Maybe @senatorwong.bsky.social?
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ABC piece is delusional or pantomime, I'm going w pantomime
Oil & Gas projs are excluded from the 3 EPBC fast-track pathways of national interest exemption, streamlined assessment & bioregional planning but mining & other projs are NOT
4 out of 5 'critical mineral' projs sit on Indigenous lands👇
Oil & Gas projs are excluded from the 3 EPBC fast-track pathways of national interest exemption, streamlined assessment & bioregional planning but mining & other projs are NOT
4 out of 5 'critical mineral' projs sit on Indigenous lands👇
November 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
ABC piece is delusional or pantomime, I'm going w pantomime
Oil & Gas projs are excluded from the 3 EPBC fast-track pathways of national interest exemption, streamlined assessment & bioregional planning but mining & other projs are NOT
4 out of 5 'critical mineral' projs sit on Indigenous lands👇
Oil & Gas projs are excluded from the 3 EPBC fast-track pathways of national interest exemption, streamlined assessment & bioregional planning but mining & other projs are NOT
4 out of 5 'critical mineral' projs sit on Indigenous lands👇
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ittle critters playing dead! 🐛🪲💀
I’ve been sick after a period of intense work but on the other hand I was able to slow down and draw something fun & relaxing… hope you folks enjoy it too!
I’ve been sick after a period of intense work but on the other hand I was able to slow down and draw something fun & relaxing… hope you folks enjoy it too!
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
ittle critters playing dead! 🐛🪲💀
I’ve been sick after a period of intense work but on the other hand I was able to slow down and draw something fun & relaxing… hope you folks enjoy it too!
I’ve been sick after a period of intense work but on the other hand I was able to slow down and draw something fun & relaxing… hope you folks enjoy it too!
Collect giant hail for UQ science digitisation (after the storm)
November 24, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Collect giant hail for UQ science digitisation (after the storm)
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The Non Aligned Movement is back baby, wolf howl
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
The Non Aligned Movement is back baby, wolf howl
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November 24, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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An Israeli air strike on Ein El Hilweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon has killed at least 13 Palestinian refugees. Israel continues to launch attacks on Lebanon on a near-daily basis. The video footage is terrifying. 😔 #IsraeliTerrorism #LebanonUnderAttack #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
November 20, 2025 at 4:28 AM
An Israeli air strike on Ein El Hilweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon has killed at least 13 Palestinian refugees. Israel continues to launch attacks on Lebanon on a near-daily basis. The video footage is terrifying. 😔 #IsraeliTerrorism #LebanonUnderAttack #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
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In a new phase 3 trial, people randomly assigned to receive a flu shot made with modified mRNA were 34.5% less likely to be diagnosed with an influenza-like illness than people given a standard flu shot made with inactivated virus.
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
In a new phase 3 trial, people randomly assigned to receive a flu shot made with modified mRNA were 34.5% less likely to be diagnosed with an influenza-like illness than people given a standard flu shot made with inactivated virus.
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
Seems that CSIRO environment, water, health, and biosecurity are losing the most jobs. We don't need those things do we! 😡
The CSIRO is to cut 350 research jobs. Important @grogsgamut.bsky.social piece. Read his report. Then I encourage you to contact your local Albo Govt MP. This is insane. #auspol #CSIRO #science #research thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
November 19, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Seems that CSIRO environment, water, health, and biosecurity are losing the most jobs. We don't need those things do we! 😡
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The CSIRO is to cut 350 research jobs. Important @grogsgamut.bsky.social piece. Read his report. Then I encourage you to contact your local Albo Govt MP. This is insane. #auspol #CSIRO #science #research thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The CSIRO is to cut 350 research jobs. Important @grogsgamut.bsky.social piece. Read his report. Then I encourage you to contact your local Albo Govt MP. This is insane. #auspol #CSIRO #science #research thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
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A few home truths about the orange-bellied parrot, an excellent #AOC2025 plenary from @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM
A few home truths about the orange-bellied parrot, an excellent #AOC2025 plenary from @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social
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Ultrasonic device dramatically speeds harvesting of water from the air news.mit.edu/2025/ultraso...
The system can be paired with any atmospheric water harvesting material to shake out drinking water in minutes instead of hours.
The system can be paired with any atmospheric water harvesting material to shake out drinking water in minutes instead of hours.
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Ultrasonic device dramatically speeds harvesting of water from the air news.mit.edu/2025/ultraso...
The system can be paired with any atmospheric water harvesting material to shake out drinking water in minutes instead of hours.
The system can be paired with any atmospheric water harvesting material to shake out drinking water in minutes instead of hours.
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This is a super important paper, but honestly, I think the opposite. Integrity and authenticity of online-based panels have been in question prior to this risk agents. IMO this forces all providers to up their verification and transparency of their participants.e.g.
www.prolific.com/resources/pr...
www.prolific.com/resources/pr...
Prolific sets standards for authentic human data collection | Prolific
Discover how Prolific's data quality system, Protocol, sets industry standards for authentic human data collection
www.prolific.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is a super important paper, but honestly, I think the opposite. Integrity and authenticity of online-based panels have been in question prior to this risk agents. IMO this forces all providers to up their verification and transparency of their participants.e.g.
www.prolific.com/resources/pr...
www.prolific.com/resources/pr...