Alison Lullfitz
@ali-lullfitz.bsky.social
Cross-cultural ecologist, living on southern Noongar Boodja, Lecturer @ UWA Albany Campus
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Drakaea livida - the Warty Hammer Orchid
Seen at the end of September in the Perth Hills. This orchid is pollinated by the males of one species of Thynnid wasp who mistake the orchid’s unusual labellum for a flightless female wasp
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #nature
Seen at the end of September in the Perth Hills. This orchid is pollinated by the males of one species of Thynnid wasp who mistake the orchid’s unusual labellum for a flightless female wasp
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #nature
October 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Drakaea livida - the Warty Hammer Orchid
Seen at the end of September in the Perth Hills. This orchid is pollinated by the males of one species of Thynnid wasp who mistake the orchid’s unusual labellum for a flightless female wasp
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #nature
Seen at the end of September in the Perth Hills. This orchid is pollinated by the males of one species of Thynnid wasp who mistake the orchid’s unusual labellum for a flightless female wasp
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #nature
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‘Dreadful wrongs’: WA governor apologises to Noongar people for 1834 Pinjarra massacre
‘Dreadful wrongs’: WA governor apologises to Noongar people for 1834 Pinjarra massacre
Between 15 and 80 Binjareb Noongar people were killed in the massacre which was led by the then WA governor, James Stirling
Warning: This article contains historical records that use racist and offensive language, and descriptions of events that will be distressing to some readers. It also contains references to Indigenous Australians who have died
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Almost 200 years ago, a state governor led a massacre of at least 15 Aboriginal people.
On Tuesday, Western Australia’s current governor, Chris Dawson, went to the massacre site, south of Perth, with a different intent. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
‘Dreadful wrongs’: WA governor apologises to Noongar people for 1834 Pinjarra massacre
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BREAKING📢 Crack team of climate scientists show "it is no longer defensible for companies proposing new or extended fossil fuel projects to claim the climate harms will be negligible. Our research shows the harms are, in fact, tangible and quantifiable – and no project is too small to matter"
For the first time, we linked a new fossil fuel project to hundreds of deaths. Here’s the impact of Woodside’s Scarborough gas project
The results challenge claims that the climate risks posed by an individual fossil fuel project are negligible or cannot be quantified.
theconversation.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
BREAKING📢 Crack team of climate scientists show "it is no longer defensible for companies proposing new or extended fossil fuel projects to claim the climate harms will be negligible. Our research shows the harms are, in fact, tangible and quantifiable – and no project is too small to matter"
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Australian doctor in Gaza introduces Kenan who lives in the hospital because he has no family left after Israel killed them 💔
September 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Australian doctor in Gaza introduces Kenan who lives in the hospital because he has no family left after Israel killed them 💔
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This is a ten minute video broken up into parts for Bluesky from two australian doctors who made it into Gaza. The video starts with them saying the baby formula they brought with them was taken away and that Israel bombing the hospital in front of them and lying about giving warnings
September 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This is a ten minute video broken up into parts for Bluesky from two australian doctors who made it into Gaza. The video starts with them saying the baby formula they brought with them was taken away and that Israel bombing the hospital in front of them and lying about giving warnings
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This is not good news. We can't wait for a convenient moment before taking climate action. The time is now.
"the tipping point that makes an Amoc shutdown inevitable is likely to be passed within a few decades"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"the tipping point that makes an Amoc shutdown inevitable is likely to be passed within a few decades"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low likelihood, study finds
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is not good news. We can't wait for a convenient moment before taking climate action. The time is now.
"the tipping point that makes an Amoc shutdown inevitable is likely to be passed within a few decades"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"the tipping point that makes an Amoc shutdown inevitable is likely to be passed within a few decades"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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TREATY NOW, jesus christ how long are we supposed to wait
Shame! we still don’t have one! shame!
Shame! we still don’t have one! shame!
🥁 Hottest 100 of Australian songs: #36
#Hottest100 #AusHottest100
#NowPlaying
🕓 4:13 pm
🎵 Treaty
🧑🎤 Yothu Yindi
💿 Tribal Voice
🎧 Apple Music / Spotify / YouTube Music
📝 Lyrics
#Hottest100 #AusHottest100
#NowPlaying
🕓 4:13 pm
🎵 Treaty
🧑🎤 Yothu Yindi
💿 Tribal Voice
🎧 Apple Music / Spotify / YouTube Music
📝 Lyrics
July 26, 2025 at 6:19 AM
TREATY NOW, jesus christ how long are we supposed to wait
Shame! we still don’t have one! shame!
Shame! we still don’t have one! shame!
As temperatures drop and winds pick up across Noongar Boodja, our dying, moisture-starved bush calls to the clouds ‘yes, please relieve us briefly from this deep thirst’ #climatechange #southwesternaustralia #biodiversityhotspot
July 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
As temperatures drop and winds pick up across Noongar Boodja, our dying, moisture-starved bush calls to the clouds ‘yes, please relieve us briefly from this deep thirst’ #climatechange #southwesternaustralia #biodiversityhotspot
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"The voice of an aspiring journalist, 11-year-old Lama Nasser Al-Badrasawi, was tragically silenced when an #Israeli airstrike targeted her home near #Gaza City, killing her entire family.
Lama was a contributor to the Palestine Chronicle..."
www.palestinechronicle.com/the-voice-of...
#Israel
Lama was a contributor to the Palestine Chronicle..."
www.palestinechronicle.com/the-voice-of...
#Israel
‘The Voice of Gaza’: Aspiring Journalist, 11, among Family Killed in Gaza Airstrike
In her videos, Lama mimicked the demeanor of professional journalists, often enlisting friends of similar or younger ages to participate.
www.palestinechronicle.com
July 19, 2025 at 7:38 AM
"The voice of an aspiring journalist, 11-year-old Lama Nasser Al-Badrasawi, was tragically silenced when an #Israeli airstrike targeted her home near #Gaza City, killing her entire family.
Lama was a contributor to the Palestine Chronicle..."
www.palestinechronicle.com/the-voice-of...
#Israel
Lama was a contributor to the Palestine Chronicle..."
www.palestinechronicle.com/the-voice-of...
#Israel
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Walker’s is one of 598 deaths since the royal commission, and the brutal circumstances of his death show little has changed.
The coronial recommendations fall short of calling for the strucutral overhaul demanded to eradicate police racial violence in the NT.
theconversation.com/kumanjayi-wa...
The coronial recommendations fall short of calling for the strucutral overhaul demanded to eradicate police racial violence in the NT.
theconversation.com/kumanjayi-wa...
Kumanjayi Walker inquest: racism and violence, but findings too little and too late
The inquest findings did not deliver a crushing blow to racial violence in the NT Police. It is a missed opportunity that will likely have devastating consequences.
theconversation.com
July 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Walker’s is one of 598 deaths since the royal commission, and the brutal circumstances of his death show little has changed.
The coronial recommendations fall short of calling for the strucutral overhaul demanded to eradicate police racial violence in the NT.
theconversation.com/kumanjayi-wa...
The coronial recommendations fall short of calling for the strucutral overhaul demanded to eradicate police racial violence in the NT.
theconversation.com/kumanjayi-wa...
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Registrations for the ESA2025 conference are open now! 🐙
Come together with leaders in the field this November 23-28 at the Adelaide Convention Centre on Kaurna Country.
Don't miss earlybird savings by registering to attend today: esa2025.org.au/registration/
#ecology #ESAus2025 #STEM
Come together with leaders in the field this November 23-28 at the Adelaide Convention Centre on Kaurna Country.
Don't miss earlybird savings by registering to attend today: esa2025.org.au/registration/
#ecology #ESAus2025 #STEM
June 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Registrations for the ESA2025 conference are open now! 🐙
Come together with leaders in the field this November 23-28 at the Adelaide Convention Centre on Kaurna Country.
Don't miss earlybird savings by registering to attend today: esa2025.org.au/registration/
#ecology #ESAus2025 #STEM
Come together with leaders in the field this November 23-28 at the Adelaide Convention Centre on Kaurna Country.
Don't miss earlybird savings by registering to attend today: esa2025.org.au/registration/
#ecology #ESAus2025 #STEM
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In 2008, a senior Western Power grid manager told me if Western Australia's South West Interconnected System had >10% renewables, the grid would likely fail
He thought I was somewhat delusional in my insistence that WA would be 100% renewables in a couple of decades
www.linkedin.com/posts/raywil...
He thought I was somewhat delusional in my insistence that WA would be 100% renewables in a couple of decades
www.linkedin.com/posts/raywil...
June 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
In 2008, a senior Western Power grid manager told me if Western Australia's South West Interconnected System had >10% renewables, the grid would likely fail
He thought I was somewhat delusional in my insistence that WA would be 100% renewables in a couple of decades
www.linkedin.com/posts/raywil...
He thought I was somewhat delusional in my insistence that WA would be 100% renewables in a couple of decades
www.linkedin.com/posts/raywil...
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Jesus fuck this map alone is enough.
Then consider the Great Barrier Reef bleaching on the east coast the Gnoorea Beach fish kill and the toxic algae bloom in At Vincents Bay off Adelaide.
And so far I've only seen the extent of this marine disaster reported by one team of journalists.
Then consider the Great Barrier Reef bleaching on the east coast the Gnoorea Beach fish kill and the toxic algae bloom in At Vincents Bay off Adelaide.
And so far I've only seen the extent of this marine disaster reported by one team of journalists.
June 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Jesus fuck this map alone is enough.
Then consider the Great Barrier Reef bleaching on the east coast the Gnoorea Beach fish kill and the toxic algae bloom in At Vincents Bay off Adelaide.
And so far I've only seen the extent of this marine disaster reported by one team of journalists.
Then consider the Great Barrier Reef bleaching on the east coast the Gnoorea Beach fish kill and the toxic algae bloom in At Vincents Bay off Adelaide.
And so far I've only seen the extent of this marine disaster reported by one team of journalists.
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This was a bad decision @albomp.bsky.social One that will be held against you for decades. It will come back to bite you every time you try to claim the high moral ground on climate change. www.smh.com.au/business/the...
In one awful decision, Albanese has revealed his do-nothing plan
If you want to govern effectively, you have to be prepared to stand up to powerful interest groups. It’s now clear Albanese isn’t prepared to do that.
www.smh.com.au
June 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This was a bad decision @albomp.bsky.social One that will be held against you for decades. It will come back to bite you every time you try to claim the high moral ground on climate change. www.smh.com.au/business/the...
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Companies extracting and selling gas say:
"world must have new gas"
Model projection says we don't
Gas companies only worried about profit, not about the planet
Alternative to burning stuff?
Renewables now in hand, cheapest, easiest, low-emissions energy
We just need to act
bsky.app/profile/prof...
"world must have new gas"
Model projection says we don't
Gas companies only worried about profit, not about the planet
Alternative to burning stuff?
Renewables now in hand, cheapest, easiest, low-emissions energy
We just need to act
bsky.app/profile/prof...
May 24, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Companies extracting and selling gas say:
"world must have new gas"
Model projection says we don't
Gas companies only worried about profit, not about the planet
Alternative to burning stuff?
Renewables now in hand, cheapest, easiest, low-emissions energy
We just need to act
bsky.app/profile/prof...
"world must have new gas"
Model projection says we don't
Gas companies only worried about profit, not about the planet
Alternative to burning stuff?
Renewables now in hand, cheapest, easiest, low-emissions energy
We just need to act
bsky.app/profile/prof...
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This is one of Australia’s largest energy companies, and largest greenhouse gas emitters, conceding that carbon offsetting does not prevent global warming.
Statement from EnergyAustralia:
“Offsets do not prevent or undo the harms caused by burning fossil fuels for a customer’s energy use.”
www.energyaustralia.com.au/about-us/med...
“Offsets do not prevent or undo the harms caused by burning fossil fuels for a customer’s energy use.”
www.energyaustralia.com.au/about-us/med...
May 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This is one of Australia’s largest energy companies, and largest greenhouse gas emitters, conceding that carbon offsetting does not prevent global warming.
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An utterly heartbreaking read 💔
Shearwaters on pristine Lord Howe Island have stomachs full of plastic, with the amount found increasing each year. One chick was found to have 778 pieces of plastic in it’s belly
#birds #microplastic #pollution #recycle #wildoz 🌏🧪
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Shearwaters on pristine Lord Howe Island have stomachs full of plastic, with the amount found increasing each year. One chick was found to have 778 pieces of plastic in it’s belly
#birds #microplastic #pollution #recycle #wildoz 🌏🧪
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
On this island the birds are so full of plastic they crunch
It's an exclusive tourist destination and one of the most pristine places on the planet. It's the last place you would expect to find birds with bellies so full of plastic that they crunch if you sque...
www.abc.net.au
May 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
An utterly heartbreaking read 💔
Shearwaters on pristine Lord Howe Island have stomachs full of plastic, with the amount found increasing each year. One chick was found to have 778 pieces of plastic in it’s belly
#birds #microplastic #pollution #recycle #wildoz 🌏🧪
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Shearwaters on pristine Lord Howe Island have stomachs full of plastic, with the amount found increasing each year. One chick was found to have 778 pieces of plastic in it’s belly
#birds #microplastic #pollution #recycle #wildoz 🌏🧪
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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As much as I am a fan of forests & Humboldt, he formed a "[...] Eurocentric perception of forests as the ideal natural state [...] at the expense of grasslands and other open ecosystems."
Important article on bias in nature conservation policies towards forests:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
As much as I am a fan of forests & Humboldt, he formed a "[...] Eurocentric perception of forests as the ideal natural state [...] at the expense of grasslands and other open ecosystems."
Important article on bias in nature conservation policies towards forests:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Nature conservation policies are biased toward forests and neglect grassy ecosystems worldwide
Globally, grassy ecosystems (including grasslands, savannas, shrublands, woodlands, and tundra) cover 30 to 40% of the land and provide important benefits such as climate change mitigation and adaptat...
www.science.org
May 9, 2025 at 8:23 AM
As much as I am a fan of forests & Humboldt, he formed a "[...] Eurocentric perception of forests as the ideal natural state [...] at the expense of grasslands and other open ecosystems."
Important article on bias in nature conservation policies towards forests:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
As much as I am a fan of forests & Humboldt, he formed a "[...] Eurocentric perception of forests as the ideal natural state [...] at the expense of grasslands and other open ecosystems."
Important article on bias in nature conservation policies towards forests:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
This is a great lesson in communicating to induce behaviour change and so obvious when pointed out! Binary vs trend data is more tangible to us, therefore more likely to result in action rather than apathy
Three apparently contradictory things can all be true:
1/ This is a great study - such a clear and obvious conclusion..
2/ Yet caring isn’t enough. People need efficacy: and no one can re-ice a lake singlehandedly..
3/ And while this is a new study, both concepts were in my TED talk 7 yrs ago.
1/ This is a great study - such a clear and obvious conclusion..
2/ Yet caring isn’t enough. People need efficacy: and no one can re-ice a lake singlehandedly..
3/ And while this is a new study, both concepts were in my TED talk 7 yrs ago.
Scientists just found a way to break through climate apathy
In a field of muddy results, it's among the clearest findings that one cognitive scientist has seen in his career.
grist.org
May 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This is a great lesson in communicating to induce behaviour change and so obvious when pointed out! Binary vs trend data is more tangible to us, therefore more likely to result in action rather than apathy
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This is heartbreaking
One bird. 399 pieces of plastic. 55 g.
This is not our record.
This is not our record.
May 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
This is heartbreaking
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Tonight, Australia voted No to ignorance & Yes to Acknowledgement; No to xenophobia & Yes to Welcomes; No to regression & Yes to progress.
Peter Dutton, Jacinta Price, Clive Palmer, Pauline Hanson, the IPA & Advance henceforth have no mandate. They’ve been thoroughly told NO.
Peter Dutton, Jacinta Price, Clive Palmer, Pauline Hanson, the IPA & Advance henceforth have no mandate. They’ve been thoroughly told NO.
May 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Tonight, Australia voted No to ignorance & Yes to Acknowledgement; No to xenophobia & Yes to Welcomes; No to regression & Yes to progress.
Peter Dutton, Jacinta Price, Clive Palmer, Pauline Hanson, the IPA & Advance henceforth have no mandate. They’ve been thoroughly told NO.
Peter Dutton, Jacinta Price, Clive Palmer, Pauline Hanson, the IPA & Advance henceforth have no mandate. They’ve been thoroughly told NO.
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🪲🌸 FUNDING FOR ECOLOGISTS MAY 🌸🪲
The ESA Gold Medal and Fundamental Ecology Award are now live and open for applications. Know an outstanding ESA member or postgraduate student that deserves recognition? Nominate them before May 31: www.ecolsoc.org.au/grants-awards/
#ecology #funding #award
The ESA Gold Medal and Fundamental Ecology Award are now live and open for applications. Know an outstanding ESA member or postgraduate student that deserves recognition? Nominate them before May 31: www.ecolsoc.org.au/grants-awards/
#ecology #funding #award
May 5, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🪲🌸 FUNDING FOR ECOLOGISTS MAY 🌸🪲
The ESA Gold Medal and Fundamental Ecology Award are now live and open for applications. Know an outstanding ESA member or postgraduate student that deserves recognition? Nominate them before May 31: www.ecolsoc.org.au/grants-awards/
#ecology #funding #award
The ESA Gold Medal and Fundamental Ecology Award are now live and open for applications. Know an outstanding ESA member or postgraduate student that deserves recognition? Nominate them before May 31: www.ecolsoc.org.au/grants-awards/
#ecology #funding #award
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Labor won a landslide with barely a third of the vote. Now all eyes will move to the Senate, with a shift leftwards on the cards if the Coalition's disastrous lower house vote is anything to go by.
Forget the lower house, the game-changing shift could be Senate's tilt to the left
The Coalition looks set to be reduced to 27 seats — two fewer than at any time since the Senate assumed its current size in 1984.
www.crikey.com.au
May 4, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Labor won a landslide with barely a third of the vote. Now all eyes will move to the Senate, with a shift leftwards on the cards if the Coalition's disastrous lower house vote is anything to go by.
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Drive it like you stole it, stop fucking around, deal with climate change, poverty, and deal with inequality to pay for it. Deal with industry transition, deal with education costs, accept that large investments in ourselves today pay for more than themselves in the future. And dental in Medicare
May 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Drive it like you stole it, stop fucking around, deal with climate change, poverty, and deal with inequality to pay for it. Deal with industry transition, deal with education costs, accept that large investments in ourselves today pay for more than themselves in the future. And dental in Medicare
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After months of official silence, mass mortality of corals in Western Australia - since January - is finally getting attention. www.watoday.com.au/national/wes...
May 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
After months of official silence, mass mortality of corals in Western Australia - since January - is finally getting attention. www.watoday.com.au/national/wes...