Lisa Evans
@lisapatrevans.bsky.social
Research support in Space Science, serious games designer and researcher, science communication, citizen science, Australian in Aotearoa. She/her.
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The press doesn’t get away unscathed: “The legacy media is apparently more interested in the climate musings of an erstwhile PC mogul than a sober assessment by the world’s leading climate scientists.”
"You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it" | My commentary on Bill Gates' flawed new climate missive for @thebulletin.org: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it
What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.
thebulletin.org
October 31, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The press doesn’t get away unscathed: “The legacy media is apparently more interested in the climate musings of an erstwhile PC mogul than a sober assessment by the world’s leading climate scientists.”
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
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It’s been a rough day. Have a bog.
October 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
It’s been a rough day. Have a bog.
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This is an absolutely amazing piece of work - the ABC spent five years (!) working on this interactive feature that brings together First Nations oral histories spanning 65,000 years
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptim...
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptim...
Australia is seen as a young country — but do you really know its ancient story?
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' story goes way, way back… take an awe-inspiring journey into Deep Time.
www.abc.net.au
October 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is an absolutely amazing piece of work - the ABC spent five years (!) working on this interactive feature that brings together First Nations oral histories spanning 65,000 years
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptim...
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptim...
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one morning, when gregor samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a very hungry caterpillar
September 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
one morning, when gregor samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a very hungry caterpillar
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Zichro L'MAAPACHA
May his memory be for the revolution ❤️🔥
The activist & writer Awdah Hathaleen-- who worked on the film NO OTHER LAND, & brought so many Jews, Israelis & others to Umm Al-Khair to teach abt the realities of settler violence,
was murdered by a West Bank settler w/terrorist record. +
May his memory be for the revolution ❤️🔥
The activist & writer Awdah Hathaleen-- who worked on the film NO OTHER LAND, & brought so many Jews, Israelis & others to Umm Al-Khair to teach abt the realities of settler violence,
was murdered by a West Bank settler w/terrorist record. +
July 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Zichro L'MAAPACHA
May his memory be for the revolution ❤️🔥
The activist & writer Awdah Hathaleen-- who worked on the film NO OTHER LAND, & brought so many Jews, Israelis & others to Umm Al-Khair to teach abt the realities of settler violence,
was murdered by a West Bank settler w/terrorist record. +
May his memory be for the revolution ❤️🔥
The activist & writer Awdah Hathaleen-- who worked on the film NO OTHER LAND, & brought so many Jews, Israelis & others to Umm Al-Khair to teach abt the realities of settler violence,
was murdered by a West Bank settler w/terrorist record. +
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Hello, I’m a radio astronomer in a film. I always look rushed, disheveled. I stare into static. I use headphones to listen to my data because it is “radio”. When the radio signal is shown on my monitor it’s always a single peak Gaussian that is shaky and increases / decreases with intensity.
Hello, I’m an astrophysicist in a film. I wear a white lab coat so you can tell I’m a scientist. I look through telescopes with my bare eyeball & I study everything from solar system objects to black holes. All of my calculations are done on chalkboards. And my office is next door to the telescope.
Hello, I'm a historian in a film. My office is a massive space filled with Persian rugs, leather couches and massive wooden bookcases. There's a Tiffany lamp on my desk and an original Gutenberg Bible on a stand next to it. I am wearing a tweed suit with five layers.
July 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Hello, I’m a radio astronomer in a film. I always look rushed, disheveled. I stare into static. I use headphones to listen to my data because it is “radio”. When the radio signal is shown on my monitor it’s always a single peak Gaussian that is shaky and increases / decreases with intensity.
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Opinion | It is absurd to claim that it’s “too late” to stop climate change. If you accept the basic science explaining how we make things worse, you must accept the basic science of how we stop making things worse, @ketanjoshi.co writes.
Climate fatalism is just as wrong as climate denial — it's never 'too late' for change
Veteran environmentalist David Suzuki believes the time has passed us to stop climate change. He's wrong.
www.crikey.com.au
July 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Opinion | It is absurd to claim that it’s “too late” to stop climate change. If you accept the basic science explaining how we make things worse, you must accept the basic science of how we stop making things worse, @ketanjoshi.co writes.
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Something wonderful for the weekend!
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, an ancient artist skilfully sculpted this tiny head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. It is one of the World’s oldest known works of figurative art.
📷 by me
#Archaeology
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, an ancient artist skilfully sculpted this tiny head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. It is one of the World’s oldest known works of figurative art.
📷 by me
#Archaeology
June 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Something wonderful for the weekend!
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, an ancient artist skilfully sculpted this tiny head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. It is one of the World’s oldest known works of figurative art.
📷 by me
#Archaeology
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, an ancient artist skilfully sculpted this tiny head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. It is one of the World’s oldest known works of figurative art.
📷 by me
#Archaeology
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LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
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Final deadline today! We're about to take off!!
In #Tasmania?
See naturetrackers.au/projects/whe... for what the surveys involve; then the #WhereWhereWedgie booking map – can you turn a yellow square (booked for 1 day) to orange (booked to the desired 2)?
📷 Peter Allen
#Conservationscience 🌏🪶🧪🌿
In #Tasmania?
See naturetrackers.au/projects/whe... for what the surveys involve; then the #WhereWhereWedgie booking map – can you turn a yellow square (booked for 1 day) to orange (booked to the desired 2)?
📷 Peter Allen
#Conservationscience 🌏🪶🧪🌿
May 21, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Final deadline today! We're about to take off!!
In #Tasmania?
See naturetrackers.au/projects/whe... for what the surveys involve; then the #WhereWhereWedgie booking map – can you turn a yellow square (booked for 1 day) to orange (booked to the desired 2)?
📷 Peter Allen
#Conservationscience 🌏🪶🧪🌿
In #Tasmania?
See naturetrackers.au/projects/whe... for what the surveys involve; then the #WhereWhereWedgie booking map – can you turn a yellow square (booked for 1 day) to orange (booked to the desired 2)?
📷 Peter Allen
#Conservationscience 🌏🪶🧪🌿
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Massive congratulations to @parentsforclimate.bsky.social for launching the legal action against EnergyAustralia and securing a landmark result: an apology for greenwashing and a commitment to direct emission reduction.
Well done to Equity Generation Lawyers as well.
Have a read:
Well done to Equity Generation Lawyers as well.
Have a read:
May 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Massive congratulations to @parentsforclimate.bsky.social for launching the legal action against EnergyAustralia and securing a landmark result: an apology for greenwashing and a commitment to direct emission reduction.
Well done to Equity Generation Lawyers as well.
Have a read:
Well done to Equity Generation Lawyers as well.
Have a read:
This comment on X hurts my brain. Do people not know that around 60% of English words have Latin roots, either directly from Roman colonisation, or indirectly via borrowing words from other Romance languages? The English have a looooong tradition of adopting and integrating foreign speech.
May 13, 2025 at 1:14 AM
This comment on X hurts my brain. Do people not know that around 60% of English words have Latin roots, either directly from Roman colonisation, or indirectly via borrowing words from other Romance languages? The English have a looooong tradition of adopting and integrating foreign speech.
One of those things that feels too obvious to need saying.
May 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
One of those things that feels too obvious to need saying.
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Masha Gessen, who lived under Russia’s secret police, is sounding the alarm: the U.S. is now echoing those same authoritarian patterns. Raids, surveillance, fear tactics—it’s not theoretical anymore.
We are watching a police state take root in real time.
#OnYourSide
@mashagessen.bsky.social
Masha Gessen, who lived under Russia’s secret police, is sounding the alarm: the U.S. is now echoing those same authoritarian patterns. Raids, surveillance, fear tactics—it’s not theoretical anymore.
We are watching a police state take root in real time.
#OnYourSide
@mashagessen.bsky.social
May 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🧵
Masha Gessen, who lived under Russia’s secret police, is sounding the alarm: the U.S. is now echoing those same authoritarian patterns. Raids, surveillance, fear tactics—it’s not theoretical anymore.
We are watching a police state take root in real time.
#OnYourSide
@mashagessen.bsky.social
Masha Gessen, who lived under Russia’s secret police, is sounding the alarm: the U.S. is now echoing those same authoritarian patterns. Raids, surveillance, fear tactics—it’s not theoretical anymore.
We are watching a police state take root in real time.
#OnYourSide
@mashagessen.bsky.social
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"Judgment Opens Door for Discrimination, Segregation, and Exclusion"
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
UK: Court Ruling Threatens Trans People
(London, May 9, 2025) – A United Kingdom Supreme Court ruling on April 16, 2025 threatens the rights of trans people, Human Rights Watch said today. In in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers, ...
www.hrw.org
May 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
"Judgment Opens Door for Discrimination, Segregation, and Exclusion"
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
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Another fantastic, critical scientific service gone. PGC has changed how we think about Antarctica, which is a critical part of the global water system and key ecosystems, regardless of your "belief" in human-caused climate change.
Effective immediately, the PGC is no longer accepting new NSF-supported requests due to a lack of renewal funding. Current work is wrapping up. Please contact your NSF program officer if impacted. We’re grateful to have supported your polar research. Read our full statement at www.pgc.umn.edu
May 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Another fantastic, critical scientific service gone. PGC has changed how we think about Antarctica, which is a critical part of the global water system and key ecosystems, regardless of your "belief" in human-caused climate change.
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The US National Institutes of Health has terminated nearly 800 research projects at a breakneck pace, wiping out significant chunks of funding to entire scientific fields
Read the full story: https://go.nature.com/3EuFRPV
Read the full story: https://go.nature.com/3EuFRPV
April 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The US National Institutes of Health has terminated nearly 800 research projects at a breakneck pace, wiping out significant chunks of funding to entire scientific fields
Read the full story: https://go.nature.com/3EuFRPV
Read the full story: https://go.nature.com/3EuFRPV
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I’m a woman who’s needed hormone medication for 5 decades. I am no longer ovulating & if I don’t pluck it I have a jaunty moustache. We’re all valid, varied humans. I couldn’t give half a rat’s patootie if a trans woman has a wee in a public toilet.
April 17, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I’m a woman who’s needed hormone medication for 5 decades. I am no longer ovulating & if I don’t pluck it I have a jaunty moustache. We’re all valid, varied humans. I couldn’t give half a rat’s patootie if a trans woman has a wee in a public toilet.
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Nothing but contempt for JK Rowling and her gang of TERFy ghouls who bully the most vulnerable people and claim it's about "women's rights". Ghastly, vicious morons.
April 17, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Nothing but contempt for JK Rowling and her gang of TERFy ghouls who bully the most vulnerable people and claim it's about "women's rights". Ghastly, vicious morons.
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Beautiful pictures
International Transgender Day of Visibility: 13 inspiring trans people share their stories as part of groundbreaking photo series
This new photography project, titled Trans Is Human is the brainchild of Jake and Hannah Graf, and is on display at Westfield, London now
www.attitude.co.uk
April 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Beautiful pictures
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The thin-obsessed world is growing more vicious by the minute. But fat people aren’t going anywhere | Rebecca Shaw
The thin-obsessed world is growing more vicious by the minute. But fat people aren’t going anywhere | Rebecca Shaw
It’s time to open up your big fat mouths and push back against fatphobia
A strange paradox about being fat is how, at the same time as people can’t seem to see past your fatness, you can also somehow be invisible. For some, your fatness becomes the only…
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The thin-obsessed world is growing more vicious by the minute. But fat people aren’t going anywhere | Rebecca Shaw
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As a Jewish faculty member at one of these institutions, I am saying right now, in the clearest tones possible: not in my name. This violent exploitation of Jews as an alibi for achieving Fascist ends is itself textbook antisemitism.
The Ed. Department's Office for Civil Rights sent letters to 60 additional institutions "warning them of potential enforcement actions" for "violations relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination" including Harvard, Brown, Stanford, Princeton, UNC, and several UC's
March 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
As a Jewish faculty member at one of these institutions, I am saying right now, in the clearest tones possible: not in my name. This violent exploitation of Jews as an alibi for achieving Fascist ends is itself textbook antisemitism.