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Bevan Weir
@rhizobia.nz
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New Zealand mycology / bacteriology scientist at Manaaki Whenua working on 🍄 #fungi and 🦠 #bacteria taxonomy mostly using 🧬 on 🧫. Hobbies: #fountainpens, #cycling, #homebrew, #photography, and #archery website: https://rhizobia.nz/about
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paolocrosetto.bsky.social
What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.

It's *scientific publishing*.

We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.

Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...

Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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craigmccormick.bsky.social
This is true. Measles virus can infect and kill your memory B and T cells, effectively wiping out your immune system’s record of past infections or vaccinations. Good article here journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
November 15, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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siouxsiew.bsky.social
Morning peeps! I’ve written a piece for @thespinoff.bsky.social on why I ended up taking legal action against my employer and a little bit about how it played out. The whole story needs a book to tell but this is a good start 😂 thespinoff.co.nz/society/01-1... thespinoff.co.nz/society/01-1...
Siouxsie Wiles: Why I’m crowdfunding despite winning my legal battle
'Between the ERA and the Employment Court, my husband and I have spent over $632,000.'
thespinoff.co.nz
October 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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drrabern.bsky.social
Witches and fungi and rye, oh my!
🧙‍♀️🍄🍞🔥💀
#herbarium #herbaria #FungalFriday #FungiFriday #Halloween
ag.purdue.edu/news/2024/10...
Could a fungus be behind the Salem witch trials?
Mass hallucinations and paranoia. Seizures and bodily convulsions. From 1692 to 1693, the town of Salem in the Massachusetts Bay Colony tried approximately 200 people for their crimes of witchcraft. W...
ag.purdue.edu
October 31, 2025 at 12:06 PM
rhizobia.nz
With the rising measles cases in NZ I thought I better check that I was up to date with my vaccinations. Turns out I had one in 2019 thanks to a tweet by my colleague @siouxsiew.bsky.social during a previous outbreak!
October 30, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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gbifmorpho.bsky.social
Global diversity analysis of plant-associated Pseudopithomyces fungi reveals a new species producing the toxin associated with facial eczema in livestock: Pseudopithomyc…... published in Studies in Mycology using @gbif.org mediated data:

#CiteTheDOI: ✅

https://doi.org/10.3114/sim.2025.112.02
July 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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strikemap.org
Today, we send solidarity greetings to all involved in the #NewZealand #Megastrike.

100,000 teachers and medical staff taking action.

Share this post and support the strike.

#StrikeMap
Poster showing support for the New Zealand MegaStrike, featuring a crowd of protesters with banners, dated 23/10/25, emphasizing demands for safe staffing, fair pay, and real respect.
October 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
rhizobia.nz
No Microsoft Word spell check, I did actually intend the word "Species" not your suggested spelling "skirr Hodon"
screenshot showing silly suggested spelling correction
October 21, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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iufro.bsky.social
🌍🌱 Abstract submissions are OPEN!

Join the 12th IUFRO WP 7.02.09 Meeting: Phytophthora in Forests & Natural Ecosystems

📍 Grabouw, South Africa
📅 13–18 Sept 2026

⏳Submit your abstract by 24 March 2026

👉 iufro-sa2026.carlamani.com

#Phytophthora #Forests #ForestScience #ForestResearch
October 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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neil-gow.bsky.social
Happy U.K. Fungus Day. This was drawn using the ink from a shaggy ink cap growing in my own garden.
October 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
rhizobia.nz
Sacred kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) [Kōtare] perched on a tōtara branch in Auckland, New Zealand. Shot on #Nikon Z8 with a 180-600 @ 600mm, f/6.3, 1/1250s, ISO7200 #birds #nzbirds
a kingfisher bird with bright blue wing feathers and white to tan chest feathers perched looking to the left
September 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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dhaelewa.bsky.social
I started this #Mycologists Starter Pack, aiming to get all professional fungal researchers on BlueSky in one place. DM if you want to be added.

go.bsky.app/UMrVSsp
September 1, 2025 at 1:43 AM
rhizobia.nz
China Eastern Airlines CES711 having a bit of trouble landing in this #Auckland wind, did a go around.
plane flight tracking
August 31, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) [Tauhou] perched at dusk on a willow twig in Auckland, New Zealand. Shot on #Nikon Z8 with 180-600 @ 600mm, f/6.3, 1/1600s, ISO2800 #birds #nzbirds
small green, brown, and grey bird with a striking white rim around its eye perching on a small twig
August 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
rhizobia.nz
Swamp harrier (Circus approximans) [kāhu] circling overhead during golden hour in Auckland, New Zealand. Shot on Nikon Z8 with 180-600 @ 600mm, f/8, 1/1250s, ISO500 #birds #nzbirds
August 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
rhizobia.nz
Rare taxonomic #mycology job in NZ! Conduct fungal biodiversity & taxonomy research, secure funding, publish outputs. Working with the National Collections. PhD + postdoc experience required 🧪. Apply here: careers.sciencenewzealand.org/jobdetails?a...
example mushroom you could be working on! The team!
August 19, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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@dylanreeve.com Congratulations!
July 31, 2025 at 8:59 AM
rhizobia.nz
the suspense! #internetnz
July 31, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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thneed.bsky.social
Oooh! Think I just discovered an entire fake scientific society website...with a very impressive list of fellows, and a nice large donate button!
July 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
rhizobia.nz
Ah nice, AirNZ is doing a domestic Wifi trial on two of the A320D aircraft. Just left Auckland…
View from airplane widow in flight with sea and coastline
July 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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nandortanczos.bsky.social
The cosmic jester strikes again
‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis
Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them
www.theguardian.com
July 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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thedeadlynewt.com
"Like all good culture wars, it was imported from the U.S.."

Cracking good yarn by @andrewstafford.bsky.social in @australia.theguardian.com today on a 4 letter word beginning with "F".

Music boffins will love this story a lot!! 🔥👩‍🎤
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
Is the F-word offensive in Queensland? The tiny record shop that faced down a culture war in court – and won
Brisbane’s Rocking Horse Records turns 50 this year – but it should also be celebrated for its role in facing down a ‘nonsense’ culture war that began with undercover cops and the Dead Kennedys
www.theguardian.com
July 9, 2025 at 5:59 AM
rhizobia.nz
Well that was fun, had a go around on landing at Wellington airport as last seconds tail wind pushed us too far down the runway. NZ409 www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...
NZ409 (ANZ409) Air New Zealand Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware
Track Air New Zealand (NZ) #409 flight from Auckland to Wellington Int'l
www.flightaware.com
July 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
rhizobia.nz
@adzebill.bsky.social @siobhanleachman.bsky.social I am thinking about archiving pages on the CRI websites somehow, no doubt many will be lost in the merger. Used IABot on pages that mention "Landcare Research" as a start, will do other orgs. iabot.wmcloud.org/index.php?pa... Any other suggestions?
iabot.wmcloud.org
June 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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rhizobia.nz
These fighting possums are damn noisy!
June 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM