We are at the start of stage 4

Enjoyable piece on the enshittification of academic publishing. You know, the corporatisation & profit-making leading to decline in quality & the birth of predatory journals. Once again a call to reevaluate metrics & reclaim academic publishing. #academia theconversation.com/the-5-stages...

The wild rock dove is little understood and largely overlooked by scientists.

Great piece on the economic case for e-bike infrastructure. Imagine you live in the most dense city in the country, with great eats/shops/bars in your hood but ALSO great stuff in the next one over. E-bikes expand the radius of what's easily available to you. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/07/o...

You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you.

I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.

When will we learn our lesson?? Our continued dependency on fossil fuel will not only kill people in the long term, it creates geopolitical instability and kills people in the short term. All to satisfy the greed of the broligarchy. We have the capability to move to carbon free sources.

#RodentOfTheDay Small Vesper Mouse (Calomys laucha) "This species superficially resembles Mus musculus, but can be distinguished by the presence of whitish patches behind the ears." #MouseMonday Ph/inf: www.faunaparaguay.com/calomyslauch...

Snowing 🌨️ in Paris

18 months ago I was photographing birds in a US national park when someone jumped out of a car in front of a dozen witnesses, put a Glock to my forehead, and demanded my camera. This shot is from my first time out birding after that. Living like this is a deliberate choice.

This explains so much. People with psychopathic traits and low cognitive ability are over-represented in online political activity. If someone is being cruel, obnoxious and ridiculous, don't try to reason with them. Chances are you won't get anywhere. Just block. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

awesome google maps find

USCIS raised the fees by $10.. again.

To the dept that asked job candidates "who are your competitors in your field?", you are one of the reasons that so many things suck in academic research. #academicsky

Oi you can’t use the K word around here mate

Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession

Trump & the GOP are doing everything they can to normalize threatening the invasion of allies. ALLIES! Clearly the media has mostly stopped being an effective critic/guardrail. And Congress continues to fail the moment. Whether Trump succeeds is up to the American people. Nothing here is normal.

One day after justifying the illegal invasion of an autocracy for the oil, Trump is back to threatening Greenland, Denmark and Europe for the rare earth elements and minerals. One day. Europe. Crook, fascist and war monger.

Like reintroductions, reinforcements only work when the drivers of species declines have been eliminated. One populist rewilder claims of 50K Water Vole releases; unlikely to be successful if these are not associated with long-term Mink control/eradication.

NEW: A mass propaganda event is about to engulf the US news cycle and what, if anything, survives it will be a lesson for our times. But it’s what the rest of the world does now that’s key. When someone tells you who they are, believe them. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-threat...

Past 24 hours - US strikes on Venezuela, capture of Maduro - North Korea launches ballistic missile - Continued protests in Iran - UK and France strikes on ISIS targets in Syria

BREAKING Josh Frydenberg organises 130 prominent cafe owners to sign a letter demanding that Anthony Albanese use the military to kidnap Dan Andrews and take him to Canberra to go on trial for murdering Melbourne’s CBD

New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution. momentummag.com/new-study-pa...

Watching Mom’s ye olde Chinese dramas, I see a man in a wheelchair. I Google and read in Wikipedia that wheeled furniture date back to stone carvings in China and Greek vases in the 6th and 5th centuries BC. Wheeled seats for disabled people are shown in China 3 centuries later 👀!

Here is a quickly updated map by @xruiztru to reflect the latest geopolitical development in Latin America.

2026 has been a long year.

Well hellllooo there Spike! Fancy meeting you here. Plus a [email protected] a lovely 🦀 for ya. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 890. #argentiniandeepseeps #CONICET #MarineLife

“Survey after survey has shown that business owners overestimate how many customers drive to their stores vs walking or biking. In a 2012 Los Angeles study, more than half of the store owners on the bike-laned part of the boulevard thought most of their customers drove. The actual number was 15%.”

Dive into 2025’s most stunning deep-sea #wildlife encounters. Celebrate sea sponges, translucent squid, and more in a new year-end #video. Link for video and more information: www.popsci.com/environment/...

From robotic surgery performed 7,000 miles away to the first blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer's disease, 2025 has been a year full of medical breakthroughs. Here are seven of the biggest innovations in the health and science space this year. abcnews.go.com/Health/groun...

Honours fro Bill Bailey,  Meera Syal, Matt Lucas and Paul Chuckle

Almost a decade ago Emma Johnston, Tanya Monro and I appeared at The National Press Club of Australia to talk about our stories and our views of issues that impact on Women in Science. It was an amazing experience… I will miss you Emma. theconversation.com/if-we-really...

Incredibly sad to see we have lost Professor Emma Johnston. She loved, and fought for, the marine environment, women in STEM, climate action and social purpose at universities. I knew her from her work at Sydney University where all of this was on display. Too soon. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Republicans claim they’re better for the economy, but it hasn't been true for a century. Don't fall for it. They're better for the wealthy and that's it.

Remember the opening scene of Jurassic Park? Basically being recreated on the porch right now on a slightly smaller scale.

BREAKING: A Russian newspaper today — “America no longer sees our country as a threat… The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World… he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed…” Read that again.

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Israeli forces are targeting journalists' families in a war to silence Palestinian reporting. At least 706 family members have been killed, according to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate aje.io/pkapjm #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine #JournalismIsNotACrime

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1991: The United States thinks it has decisively won the Cold War against Russia. 2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.

Xmas miracles aren't for people only: www.goodnewsnetwork.org/endangered-c...

Orange Satan the most unchristian piece of shit the world has spat out since Caligula,decides to kill people based on his mental disease. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Unbelievable that lead #fishing weights are still driving wildlife declines decades after we understood the threat #Ornithology

BREAKING: ICE announces it has detained Santa Clause because he entered the country illegally and without documentation. "Nobody is above the law," said Pam Bondi, "especially communists who just want to give things away."

It's easy to assume that the most talented adults among us were once gifted children, but it turns out that talent during childhood is no guide to later success

Because dogs are the smartest and the best people ... 💗