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Shandiya Balasubramaniam 🍉
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Biodiversity data scientist • Decision Support Program Lead at Atlas of Living Australia • Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease 🪶 http://tinyurl.com/MankyParrots • she/her • Views my own

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@daxkellie.bsky.social on why writing good code as scientists can be difficult - many of us are not formally trained to do it. However, there are a few easy steps we can take to improve our code! The ALA also has resources to help:

labs.ala.org.au/posts/
labs.ala.org.au/books/

🧪🌏 #ESA2025 #rstats
Dax Kellie standing in front of a podium with the ESA2025 logo on it, and looking towards his right A slide with a comic on it by Alex Norris, which illustrates the disconnect between an artist's imagination and abiliy to execute their vision. The title of the slide is "Good code doesn't just magically happen" A summary slide that describes some steps scientists can take to improve their coding practices
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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It’s National Tree Day!* 🌴🌳🌲📊

I visualised patterns of records added to the Atlas of Living Australia over the last 50 years as tree rings for 4 iconic Australian species: Mountain Ash, Snow Gum, Moreton Bay Fig, and River Red Gum
#rstats

*well, two days ago but who’s counting
A two-by-two grid with concentric circles of different colours and thicknesses in each, representing numbers of records added to the Atlas of Living Australia over the last 50 years. The rings resemble cross sections of trees, and each is set against a different brightly coloured background.
July 29, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Anthony Richardson talks through Shinyplanr, a shiny app for accelerating development of conservation plans by lowering barriers for stakeholders to engage in realtime
#iccb2025 #rstats
Slide describing Shinyplanr, a shiny app for facilitating real time engagement by stakeholders
June 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Konstantina Spiliopoulou describes the nuances involved in identifying key biodiversity areas using Greece as a case study and introduces KBAscope, an R package for identifying KBAs
#iccb2025 #rstats
Slide showing information about KBAscope, an R package for identifying KBAs
June 17, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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CSIRO principles guiding research and engagement with Indigenous folks in Australia and the Torres Strait Islands #iccb2025
Slide showing 4 CSIRO principles around engaging in research with Indigenous Australian and Torres Strait Islander peoples
June 16, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Louisa Warren from CSIRO gives practical guidance around working with Indigenous communities and acknowledging the rights of Indigenous peoples #iccb2025
Slide describing what is Indigenous research
June 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Salanieta Kitolelei giving a fascinating talk on traditional knowledge and disaster preparedness in Fijian communities in the context of evaluating climate-resilience attributes #ICCB2025
A slide with examples of ecological knowledge and disaster preparedness among communities in Fiji. The speaker is in the foreground
June 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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It's day 1 of #ICCB2025! Excited to be speaking in the Biodiversity Inventories session this morning at 10.30am - come along if you want to know about tools and resources to support open science research practices 🧪🌏
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June 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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A little late to the party, but this is my #dataviz for World Parrot Day using data from the Atlas of Living Australia. This was inspired by @andrea-data.bsky.social's longlisted entry to the Information Is Beautiful Awards.
#rstats 🪶🧪📊
A loose flock of birds in the sky, each representing parrot records from the Atlas of Living Australia. Three small hills in the foreground are in shades of green, and the sky looks like a sunset in soft shades of pink and blue
June 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Excited to be at #ICCB2025 in 2 weeks!

* Sunday 15 workshop: Introducing galah: the Atlas of Living Australia's R Interface for Accessing Biodiversity Data with @rowdynerd.bsky.social
* Monday 16 talk: Supporting Scientists and Decision-makers to use Biodiversity Data

#conservation #rstats 🧪🌏
A screenshot of a hex sticker with a stylised galah on it in shades of grey and pink. The background is in shades of blue-green in a sunburst pattern radiating from behind the galah. There is text spelling out the name of the package, "galah", and the url for the Atlas of Living Australia, ala.org.au.
June 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Thousands show up in Naarm / Melbourne for the Easter Sunday Land Day march in solidarity with Palestinians #CeasefireNow
People Marching down a main street in the CBD of Naarm / Melbourne in solidarity with Palestinians. People are holding signs and flags in support of Palestine and calling for a ceasefire
March 31, 2024 at 2:40 AM
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Thousands gather and march together in Naarm/Melbourne at the Free Palestine Palm Sunday Rally. We march for an end to the genocide, for a lifting of the siege, for the opening of borders, for the right of return, and for refugee justice.
People gathered in the CBD of Naarm/ Melbourne, holding banners and signs calling for a ceasefire, an end to the genocide, and refugee justice.
March 24, 2024 at 4:02 AM
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Week after week after week, thousands and thousands and thousands continue to protest the ongoing genocide in Palestine. Protesters in Naarm / Melbourne calling for a #CeasefireNow
People marching down a street in the CBD of Naarm/Melbourne, many holding signs of protest at the genocide in Palestine
March 3, 2024 at 2:19 AM
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Thousands gather in Naarm/Melbourne again in support of a free Palestine
#CeasefireNow
People marching down a main street in the CBD of Naarm/Melbourne in support of a ceasefire in Palestine. There are many flags being waved
February 18, 2024 at 2:09 AM
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Thousands in Naarm/Melbourne on the steps of Parliament at the Invasion Day rally saying this Always Was, Always Will Be Aboriginal Land
Parliament in the background and thousands of protesters in the foreground, holding flags and signs of protest at the Invasion Day rally
January 25, 2024 at 11:54 PM
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Naarm/Melbourne says #CeasefireNow for the 14th week
Protesters in front of the State Library in Naarm/Melbourne calling for ceasefire in Palestine
January 14, 2024 at 3:52 AM
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If I must die, you must live to tell my story - Refaat Alareer (1979-2023)
The text of the poem "If I must die" by Dr Refaat Alareer. The text is white against a black background A stylised image of a slice of watermelon, against a black background
December 11, 2023 at 12:09 PM
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#addBirder please!
A photo of an Oriental Pied Hornbill
November 29, 2023 at 11:11 AM
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Thousands of people gathered in Naarm / Melbourne yesterday in support of Palestine at the 7th Free Palestine rally
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People gathered in support of Palestine on the steps of the State Library in Naarm / Melbourne. People are holding Palestinian flags and listening to speakers on a stage in front of them.
November 27, 2023 at 9:20 AM
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Just had the most amazing experience hiking through rivers on Mt Daisen in Tottori, Japan, looking for the Japanese Giant Salamander (Andrias japonicus). These amphibians are endemic to Japan and can grow up to 1.5m long and live for over 70 years! 🌏🧪
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Image shows a Japanese Giant Salamander at night in a river with clear, fast flowing water and some rocks.
October 11, 2023 at 9:23 AM