Ben Phillips
@benflips.bsky.social
Ecology | Evolution | Populations | Space | Models | Data | Things that make me laugh or cry.
Prof at Curtin University. Living on Whadjuk Noongar country.
Lab: popbiolgenomics.org/
Prof at Curtin University. Living on Whadjuk Noongar country.
Lab: popbiolgenomics.org/
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The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is a national treasure. It gets the best price from US pharmaceutical corps, protecting us from exorbitant prices that US citizens pay.
Congrats to PM Albanese for consistently defending the PBS from Big Pharma.
Read: australiainstitute.org.au/post/our-pbs...
Congrats to PM Albanese for consistently defending the PBS from Big Pharma.
Read: australiainstitute.org.au/post/our-pbs...
July 3, 2025 at 5:57 AM
The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is a national treasure. It gets the best price from US pharmaceutical corps, protecting us from exorbitant prices that US citizens pay.
Congrats to PM Albanese for consistently defending the PBS from Big Pharma.
Read: australiainstitute.org.au/post/our-pbs...
Congrats to PM Albanese for consistently defending the PBS from Big Pharma.
Read: australiainstitute.org.au/post/our-pbs...
We're hiring. 2.5 year statistical ecology postdoc in Perth, Western Australia. Closing 6 July. 🌏 #bioinvasions #biosecurity Check it out: www.seek.com.au/job/85070198...
Post Doctoral Research Associate in statistical ecology Job in Bentley, Perth WA - SEEK
The Population Biology and genomics Group is seeking to appoint a Post Doctoral Research Associate.
www.seek.com.au
June 29, 2025 at 4:57 AM
We're hiring. 2.5 year statistical ecology postdoc in Perth, Western Australia. Closing 6 July. 🌏 #bioinvasions #biosecurity Check it out: www.seek.com.au/job/85070198...
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"Watt’s decision to give the long-awaited environmental approval for the North West Shelf project to be extended to 2070 was a bad decision — a craven, cowardly capitulation to corporate power and political expediency" - @beneltham.bsky.social www.crikey.com.au/2025/05/29/m...
Watt waves through Woodside, and Labor’s light on the hill becomes a gas flare
The newly minted environment minister faced a stark choice: protect the environment, or approve a massive fossil fuel development that will destroy the environment. He chose destruction.
www.crikey.com.au
May 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
"Watt’s decision to give the long-awaited environmental approval for the North West Shelf project to be extended to 2070 was a bad decision — a craven, cowardly capitulation to corporate power and political expediency" - @beneltham.bsky.social www.crikey.com.au/2025/05/29/m...
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"NSW flooding: PM delivers climate crisis warning as flood-hit region braces for strong winds and fifth body found" as he approves a 50 yr extension to Woodside's gas operation in WA. Hypocrite. #voteGreen for real action on climate #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW flooding: PM delivers climate crisis warning as flood-hit region braces for strong winds and fifth body found
Anthony Albanese acknowledges home insurance now a ‘real challenge’ as government announces disaster assistance for 19 local council areas in NSW
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"NSW flooding: PM delivers climate crisis warning as flood-hit region braces for strong winds and fifth body found" as he approves a 50 yr extension to Woodside's gas operation in WA. Hypocrite. #voteGreen for real action on climate #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Regional NSW is being smashed by a '1-in-500-year' flood, one person has died, three are missing and 50,000 people are isolated by floodwaters.
Meanwhile, Albanese is considering the country's biggest new fossil fuel project, the proposed NW Shelf extension... www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Meanwhile, Albanese is considering the country's biggest new fossil fuel project, the proposed NW Shelf extension... www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW floods: one dead and ‘grave fears’ held for three missing people as crisis worsens
With 48,000 already isolated, forecasters say ‘heavy, intense rainfall’ has spread north bringing life-threatening risk
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Regional NSW is being smashed by a '1-in-500-year' flood, one person has died, three are missing and 50,000 people are isolated by floodwaters.
Meanwhile, Albanese is considering the country's biggest new fossil fuel project, the proposed NW Shelf extension... www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Meanwhile, Albanese is considering the country's biggest new fossil fuel project, the proposed NW Shelf extension... www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Thanks to everyone who attended our Curtin University workshop last week. It was a great success and we really enjoyed showing what Biosecurity Commons can do!
@benflips.bsky.social
@benflips.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Thanks to everyone who attended our Curtin University workshop last week. It was a great success and we really enjoyed showing what Biosecurity Commons can do!
@benflips.bsky.social
@benflips.bsky.social
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The big five banks in Australia failing their community, their environment, and their own long term interests by investing in fracking the Beetaloo basin.
www.marketforces.org.au/campaigns/pr...
www.marketforces.org.au/campaigns/pr...
Beetaloo: Fracking the heart out of Australia - Market Forces
www.marketforces.org.au
May 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The big five banks in Australia failing their community, their environment, and their own long term interests by investing in fracking the Beetaloo basin.
www.marketforces.org.au/campaigns/pr...
www.marketforces.org.au/campaigns/pr...
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@lisacox.bsky.social @theconversation.com
@biodivcouncil.bsky.social @theguardian.com
This true story
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@biodivcouncil.bsky.social @theguardian.com
This true story
theconversation.com/the-buffel-k...
The buffel kerfuffle: how one species quietly destroys native wildlife and cultural sites in arid Australia
Buffel grass causes just as much damage to native wildlife as feral cats. But with the right control measures, biodiversity can bounce back.
theconversation.com
May 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
30% of the primary vote and falling; already doing preference deals to exclude independents: how long before we see a Labor-Liberal-National coalition in Australia? #auspol
April 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
30% of the primary vote and falling; already doing preference deals to exclude independents: how long before we see a Labor-Liberal-National coalition in Australia? #auspol
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I've made my submission to the review of the ARC grant system. Have you?
5 more days, people.
5 more days, people.
The ARC Board has proposed a major shake-up of the National Competitive Grants Program ▶️ www.arc.gov.au/engage-us/co...
I've only skimmed so far, but they propose reducing 13 grant schemes to 6, with intent & scope in the table👇
Submissions are being accepted in response until 13 April. Get to it!
I've only skimmed so far, but they propose reducing 13 grant schemes to 6, with intent & scope in the table👇
Submissions are being accepted in response until 13 April. Get to it!
April 8, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I've made my submission to the review of the ARC grant system. Have you?
5 more days, people.
5 more days, people.
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📰Published📰 Limited plasticity but increased variance in physiological rates across ectotherm populations under climate change🌡️
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Limited plasticity but increased variance in physiological rates across ectotherm populations under climate change
Daniel W.A. Noble, Fonti Kar, Alex Bush, Frank Seebacher, & Shinichi Nakagawa. This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology article which can be found here. Climate change causes wa…
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April 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📰Published📰 Limited plasticity but increased variance in physiological rates across ectotherm populations under climate change🌡️
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Why is sex so common if it's so costly?
Super excited to share our new preprint “Sex decreases the pleiotropic costs of local adaptation”, where we bring a new angle to this age-old evolutionary question. Co-led by Parris Humphrey, in Michael Desai's lab. Short thread here: (1/n)
Super excited to share our new preprint “Sex decreases the pleiotropic costs of local adaptation”, where we bring a new angle to this age-old evolutionary question. Co-led by Parris Humphrey, in Michael Desai's lab. Short thread here: (1/n)
Sex decreases the pleiotropic costs of local adaptation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.28.646016v1
April 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Why is sex so common if it's so costly?
Super excited to share our new preprint “Sex decreases the pleiotropic costs of local adaptation”, where we bring a new angle to this age-old evolutionary question. Co-led by Parris Humphrey, in Michael Desai's lab. Short thread here: (1/n)
Super excited to share our new preprint “Sex decreases the pleiotropic costs of local adaptation”, where we bring a new angle to this age-old evolutionary question. Co-led by Parris Humphrey, in Michael Desai's lab. Short thread here: (1/n)
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Which milks have the lowest environmental impact? My colleague Raychel Santo provides an overview of her recent paper here: www.wri.org/insights/mil... 🧪
April 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Which milks have the lowest environmental impact? My colleague Raychel Santo provides an overview of her recent paper here: www.wri.org/insights/mil... 🧪
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Climate change discourse has gone backwards in Australia. We now have an opposition leader who wants to incentivise the burning of fossil fuels — and the incumbent government isn't much better.
Climate determined the date of the election, yet remains utterly absent from it
www.crikey.com.au
March 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Climate change discourse has gone backwards in Australia. We now have an opposition leader who wants to incentivise the burning of fossil fuels — and the incumbent government isn't much better.
It actually exists! A few copies of my new book just arrived. Nice to see it in person, finally.
If you've ever wondered about the ecology or evolution of an invasive population, this one's for you. #evobio 🌏 #bioinvasions #ecoevo
If you've ever wondered about the ecology or evolution of an invasive population, this one's for you. #evobio 🌏 #bioinvasions #ecoevo
March 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
It actually exists! A few copies of my new book just arrived. Nice to see it in person, finally.
If you've ever wondered about the ecology or evolution of an invasive population, this one's for you. #evobio 🌏 #bioinvasions #ecoevo
If you've ever wondered about the ecology or evolution of an invasive population, this one's for you. #evobio 🌏 #bioinvasions #ecoevo
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Oh, how the tables have turned
March 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Oh, how the tables have turned
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Is everyone huffing paint?
Crypto guy claims to have built an LLM-based tool to detect errors in research papers; funded using its own cryptocurrency; will let coin holders choose what papers to go after; it's unvetted and a total black box—and Nature reports it as if it's a new protein structure.
Crypto guy claims to have built an LLM-based tool to detect errors in research papers; funded using its own cryptocurrency; will let coin holders choose what papers to go after; it's unvetted and a total black box—and Nature reports it as if it's a new protein structure.
AI tools are spotting errors in research papers: inside a growing movement
Study that hyped the toxicity of black plastic utensils inspires projects that use large language models to check papers.
www.nature.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Is everyone huffing paint?
Crypto guy claims to have built an LLM-based tool to detect errors in research papers; funded using its own cryptocurrency; will let coin holders choose what papers to go after; it's unvetted and a total black box—and Nature reports it as if it's a new protein structure.
Crypto guy claims to have built an LLM-based tool to detect errors in research papers; funded using its own cryptocurrency; will let coin holders choose what papers to go after; it's unvetted and a total black box—and Nature reports it as if it's a new protein structure.
Tim Winton makes visceral the reality of inaction on climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Labor hasn’t delivered on more effective nature laws. It’s not just embarrassing, it’s calamitous | Tim Winton
As Ningaloo reef bleaches and an election looms, we must look to those who stand in the way of our safety – the small cohort of people profiting from fossil fuels, and the politicians who protect them
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Tim Winton makes visceral the reality of inaction on climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
There has never been a better time to support an independent focussed on integrity and climate. If you agree, consider volunteering for them. #auspol
BREAKING: Labor and Liberal may not agree on much but when it comes to introducing a new law to stop Clive Palmer, but which actually stops newcomers from competing with them in our elections, you can be sure they'll pass it and lock in the two-party system by Xmas www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3WT...
Honest Government Ad | How to rig elections
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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February 13, 2025 at 5:44 AM
There has never been a better time to support an independent focussed on integrity and climate. If you agree, consider volunteering for them. #auspol
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"The biggest changes to election laws in 40 years should have faced proper scrutiny by a multi-party parliamentary inquiry" @browne90.bsky.social.
This Labor/LNP stitch-up is another reason why a progressive cross-bench must hold balance of power. #auspol
australiainstitute.org.au/post/stich-u...
This Labor/LNP stitch-up is another reason why a progressive cross-bench must hold balance of power. #auspol
australiainstitute.org.au/post/stich-u...
"Stitch up" Labor and Coalition Deal on Electoral Reform
Last night, Liberal Senator Jane Hume announced they’d done a deal with the Albanese Labor Government on electoral laws – and some twelve hours later, it
australiainstitute.org.au
February 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
"The biggest changes to election laws in 40 years should have faced proper scrutiny by a multi-party parliamentary inquiry" @browne90.bsky.social.
This Labor/LNP stitch-up is another reason why a progressive cross-bench must hold balance of power. #auspol
australiainstitute.org.au/post/stich-u...
This Labor/LNP stitch-up is another reason why a progressive cross-bench must hold balance of power. #auspol
australiainstitute.org.au/post/stich-u...
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I endorse Mr Denmore's advice. Vote wisely and #FuckMurdoch. #auspol
What Elon Musk is doing to the US government Australia’s cosy political duopoly is doing to what’s left of our democracy. Time to boost the number of independents in parliament live.australiainstitute.org.au
Australia Institute Live: Major parties making a 'mockery' of democracy warns crossbench
live.australiainstitute.org.au
February 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I endorse Mr Denmore's advice. Vote wisely and #FuckMurdoch. #auspol
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BREAKING: Labor and Liberal may not agree on much but when it comes to introducing a new law to stop Clive Palmer, but which actually stops newcomers from competing with them in our elections, you can be sure they'll pass it and lock in the two-party system by Xmas www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3WT...
Honest Government Ad | How to rig elections
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2024 at 3:50 AM
BREAKING: Labor and Liberal may not agree on much but when it comes to introducing a new law to stop Clive Palmer, but which actually stops newcomers from competing with them in our elections, you can be sure they'll pass it and lock in the two-party system by Xmas www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3WT...