Darcy
@greyfantail.bsky.social
Birder, ecologist, nerdfighter 🇦🇺 (Collingwood supporter 🤍🖤🤍🖤)
What a strange life I've lived. For the last 75 years the USA has been the western hegemon, but in the last 10 years Donnie 'Idiot' Trump has completely thrown that away. Who knows what it'll mean for Australia and it's global and regional ambitions. #auspol
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
What a strange life I've lived. For the last 75 years the USA has been the western hegemon, but in the last 10 years Donnie 'Idiot' Trump has completely thrown that away. Who knows what it'll mean for Australia and it's global and regional ambitions. #auspol
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3 November 2025 saw two new NZ electricity records set: highest daily utility solar power generation (1.6 GWh, enough to make 50 million cups of tea), and the last day of an unprecedented 25-day run of zero coal power.
There will be a lot more records like this to come.
There will be a lot more records like this to come.
November 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
3 November 2025 saw two new NZ electricity records set: highest daily utility solar power generation (1.6 GWh, enough to make 50 million cups of tea), and the last day of an unprecedented 25-day run of zero coal power.
There will be a lot more records like this to come.
There will be a lot more records like this to come.
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Basile et al. Urban tree canopy cover over 30 % and native trees enhance bird insectivory and tree biosecurity www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ornithology
Urban tree canopy cover over 30 % and native trees enhance bird insectivory and tree biosecurity
Urban trees support biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services but are increasingly threatened by native and non-native insect pests. Biosec…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Basile et al. Urban tree canopy cover over 30 % and native trees enhance bird insectivory and tree biosecurity www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ornithology
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Friends: Want to do something profoundly good for your health & the planet? Eat less (or no) meat.
Journalists: How about you? Report on the profound harms of commercial meat production on planetary health.
@coveringclimatenow.org
@mason4c.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
Journalists: How about you? Report on the profound harms of commercial meat production on planetary health.
@coveringclimatenow.org
@mason4c.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds
Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Friends: Want to do something profoundly good for your health & the planet? Eat less (or no) meat.
Journalists: How about you? Report on the profound harms of commercial meat production on planetary health.
@coveringclimatenow.org
@mason4c.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
Journalists: How about you? Report on the profound harms of commercial meat production on planetary health.
@coveringclimatenow.org
@mason4c.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
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Ferrari et al. Not All Birds of the Same Feather: A Systematic Review of Ecosystem Services and Disservices in Horticulture onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #ornithology
Not All Birds of the Same Feather: A Systematic Review of Ecosystem Services and Disservices in Horticulture
We performed a systematic review on the provision of ecosystem services and disservices by avian species in horticultural systems. We account for epistemological biases, as well as gaps in knowledge ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Ferrari et al. Not All Birds of the Same Feather: A Systematic Review of Ecosystem Services and Disservices in Horticulture onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #ornithology
Finally got to go see a #collingwood #aflw game! My new favourite player is Sabrina Frederick ❤️ #gopies
September 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Finally got to go see a #collingwood #aflw game! My new favourite player is Sabrina Frederick ❤️ #gopies
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🦜✨ The Aussie Bird Count is back 20–26 Oct!
Spend just 20 mins counting birds in your backyard, balcony, schoolyard, workplace or local park.
Last year 57k people counted 4.1M birds – let’s make 2025 bigger! 🐦
Register now! 👉 aussiebirdcount.org.au
#AussieBirdCount #BirdLifeOz
Spend just 20 mins counting birds in your backyard, balcony, schoolyard, workplace or local park.
Last year 57k people counted 4.1M birds – let’s make 2025 bigger! 🐦
Register now! 👉 aussiebirdcount.org.au
#AussieBirdCount #BirdLifeOz
September 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
🦜✨ The Aussie Bird Count is back 20–26 Oct!
Spend just 20 mins counting birds in your backyard, balcony, schoolyard, workplace or local park.
Last year 57k people counted 4.1M birds – let’s make 2025 bigger! 🐦
Register now! 👉 aussiebirdcount.org.au
#AussieBirdCount #BirdLifeOz
Spend just 20 mins counting birds in your backyard, balcony, schoolyard, workplace or local park.
Last year 57k people counted 4.1M birds – let’s make 2025 bigger! 🐦
Register now! 👉 aussiebirdcount.org.au
#AussieBirdCount #BirdLifeOz
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*cracks knuckles*
okay so you know how the media has a problem with taking snippets of scientific studies out of context and writing articles which mislead the public?
now imagine a computer program is doing that when you ask it questions about scientific literature but also it makes stuff up.
okay so you know how the media has a problem with taking snippets of scientific studies out of context and writing articles which mislead the public?
now imagine a computer program is doing that when you ask it questions about scientific literature but also it makes stuff up.
September 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
*cracks knuckles*
okay so you know how the media has a problem with taking snippets of scientific studies out of context and writing articles which mislead the public?
now imagine a computer program is doing that when you ask it questions about scientific literature but also it makes stuff up.
okay so you know how the media has a problem with taking snippets of scientific studies out of context and writing articles which mislead the public?
now imagine a computer program is doing that when you ask it questions about scientific literature but also it makes stuff up.
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"Reviewers are more likely to approve a manuscript if their own work is cited in subsequent versions than are reviewers who are not cited, according to an analysis of 18,400 articles from four open-access publications." www.nature.com/articles/d41... #OpenScience #PeerReview
Peer reviewers more likely to approve articles that cite their own work
Preprint examines how citations can influence the review process.
www.nature.com
August 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
"Reviewers are more likely to approve a manuscript if their own work is cited in subsequent versions than are reviewers who are not cited, according to an analysis of 18,400 articles from four open-access publications." www.nature.com/articles/d41... #OpenScience #PeerReview
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Good afternoon Australia! 🇦🇺
Did you know there an Australian-specific link to buy an Australian version of the MAP MEN BOOK? 🗺️ 📖
www.qbd.com.au/map-men-the-...
Did you know there an Australian-specific link to buy an Australian version of the MAP MEN BOOK? 🗺️ 📖
www.qbd.com.au/map-men-the-...
May 29, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Good afternoon Australia! 🇦🇺
Did you know there an Australian-specific link to buy an Australian version of the MAP MEN BOOK? 🗺️ 📖
www.qbd.com.au/map-men-the-...
Did you know there an Australian-specific link to buy an Australian version of the MAP MEN BOOK? 🗺️ 📖
www.qbd.com.au/map-men-the-...
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.. FYI actuals still a long way off projections/expectations
August 23, 2025 at 6:10 AM
.. FYI actuals still a long way off projections/expectations
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Well this is wild (and cool!): birds may have a previously unrecognized ability to switch sexes. #ornithology www.science.org/content/arti...
‘Sex reversal’ is surprisingly common in birds, new study suggests
Survey of five Australian avians finds numerous discordant individuals, including a genetically male bird that had laid an egg
www.science.org
August 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Well this is wild (and cool!): birds may have a previously unrecognized ability to switch sexes. #ornithology www.science.org/content/arti...
Stuck in a medical waiting room; listening to the radio edit of Not Like Us. They've censored ~45% of the lyrics. I understand cutting out the swears, but they've degraded the original beyond playability. And for some reason they've censored the word pedophile, which isn't even a curse word 😒
August 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Stuck in a medical waiting room; listening to the radio edit of Not Like Us. They've censored ~45% of the lyrics. I understand cutting out the swears, but they've degraded the original beyond playability. And for some reason they've censored the word pedophile, which isn't even a curse word 😒
Collingwood doesn't deserve the premiership if they're going to keep playing like this #collingwoodfc
August 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Collingwood doesn't deserve the premiership if they're going to keep playing like this #collingwoodfc
Pies are playing fucking shit at the moment. Feels like we didn't get off the bus before the game. I don't think it's entirely from the loss of Howe, we're just being totally outplayed 😒 #collingwoodfc
August 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Pies are playing fucking shit at the moment. Feels like we didn't get off the bus before the game. I don't think it's entirely from the loss of Howe, we're just being totally outplayed 😒 #collingwoodfc
Landlord is raising the rent to "stay competitive with nearby rental properties". Bitch you've already got a tenant in the property, so who're you actually competing with? Me and my wallet?! #fucklandlords
July 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Landlord is raising the rent to "stay competitive with nearby rental properties". Bitch you've already got a tenant in the property, so who're you actually competing with? Me and my wallet?! #fucklandlords
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Ghost towns, desolate cemeteries, abandoned gold mine shafts, and the 2.2 billion year-old Yarrabubba meteorite impact crater all combine for a weekend of Mad Max energy
July 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Ghost towns, desolate cemeteries, abandoned gold mine shafts, and the 2.2 billion year-old Yarrabubba meteorite impact crater all combine for a weekend of Mad Max energy
Untouched was robbed, should've been number 1! #hottest100 #jjj
July 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Untouched was robbed, should've been number 1! #hottest100 #jjj
God damn. I haven't read Christopher Paolini's Inheritance in almost 15 years, and have forgotten what it's like. There's some absolute gut punches in here 😧
July 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
God damn. I haven't read Christopher Paolini's Inheritance in almost 15 years, and have forgotten what it's like. There's some absolute gut punches in here 😧