Marcus Baynes-Rock
@hyenachow.bsky.social
Anthropologist on unceded Gumbaynggirr land, Cultural Burning, Forest Critters, Cultural Ecology, Post-Capitalism, Spotted Hyenas, Opinions mine.
https://www.fireandanimals.net/
Among the Bone Eaters
https://www.psupress.org/book
https://www.fireandanimals.net/
Among the Bone Eaters
https://www.psupress.org/book
November 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Interesting, and if you know hyenas, unsurprising
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
November 24, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Interesting, and if you know hyenas, unsurprising
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
"Snake Spirits, Fishermen and Water Birds" by Joel T. Heinen and Henry Batenda digitalcommons.usf.edu/jea/vol25/is...
November 20, 2025 at 8:21 AM
"Snake Spirits, Fishermen and Water Birds" by Joel T. Heinen and Henry Batenda digitalcommons.usf.edu/jea/vol25/is...
This game doesn't help:
October 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This game doesn't help:
After a cultural burn three weeks ago this land is flush with new grass growth and the local kangaroos are loving it
October 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
After a cultural burn three weeks ago this land is flush with new grass growth and the local kangaroos are loving it
We have a new neighbour. Looking for a name
October 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
We have a new neighbour. Looking for a name
Factor Bikes will end Israel–Premier Tech sponsorship if the team doesn’t change its name
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www.bikeradar.com/news/israel-...
September 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Factor Bikes will end Israel–Premier Tech sponsorship if the team doesn’t change its name
www.bikeradar.com/news/israel-...
www.bikeradar.com/news/israel-...
Don't normalise flags. They're not a natural thing; they're an accessory to militarist, nationalist states that serve to divide people
September 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Don't normalise flags. They're not a natural thing; they're an accessory to militarist, nationalist states that serve to divide people
Do you know what the bulge in the middle means for Australia in 30 years' time? Are we going to fix it by continuing to grow the population (unsustainable), or by taxing wealth and creating a sovereign wealth fund from the resources sector?
July 23, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Do you know what the bulge in the middle means for Australia in 30 years' time? Are we going to fix it by continuing to grow the population (unsustainable), or by taxing wealth and creating a sovereign wealth fund from the resources sector?
The first song I ever learned on a guitar and I played it over and over until my dad lost his sh*t. RIP
July 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The first song I ever learned on a guitar and I played it over and over until my dad lost his sh*t. RIP
Is alt-text really about accessibility these days or is it really about training generative AI?
July 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Is alt-text really about accessibility these days or is it really about training generative AI?
Cultural burn on the mid north coast today. This guy was very chill
July 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Cultural burn on the mid north coast today. This guy was very chill
Did you know that hyenas are more closely related to cats than dogs. And better than both
July 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Did you know that hyenas are more closely related to cats than dogs. And better than both
First Nations are working to re-introduce fire to lands degraded by colonisation. There's a lot of positivity out there in the community, some wonderful collaborators in government agencies and some very dedicated fire practitioners
July 3, 2025 at 6:37 AM
First Nations are working to re-introduce fire to lands degraded by colonisation. There's a lot of positivity out there in the community, some wonderful collaborators in government agencies and some very dedicated fire practitioners
Smoking Ceremony at the Cultural Fire and Animals workshop this week, and look who showed up...
June 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Smoking Ceremony at the Cultural Fire and Animals workshop this week, and look who showed up...
Cultural Burning as Resistance to Colonisation. "this conflict represents not just a threat to cultural burning, but to capitalism itself as the land rapidly diminishes the conditions needed for capitalism’s existence"
doi.org/10.1080/10455752.2025.2520305
doi.org/10.1080/10455752.2025.2520305
June 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Cultural Burning as Resistance to Colonisation. "this conflict represents not just a threat to cultural burning, but to capitalism itself as the land rapidly diminishes the conditions needed for capitalism’s existence"
doi.org/10.1080/10455752.2025.2520305
doi.org/10.1080/10455752.2025.2520305
Living with bears as they recover in the Pyrenees
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
April 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Living with bears as they recover in the Pyrenees
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
@anthony-albanese.bsky.social Please can we have reciprocal tariffs on American murder utes? #Auspol
April 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
@anthony-albanese.bsky.social Please can we have reciprocal tariffs on American murder utes? #Auspol
March 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"One of the challenges our institution faces is the threat posed by hyenas at night"
#hyenas
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#hyenas
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March 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
"One of the challenges our institution faces is the threat posed by hyenas at night"
#hyenas
www.ippmedia.com/the-guardian...
#hyenas
www.ippmedia.com/the-guardian...