“People w/ stronger malevolent traits may be more comfortable w/ aggression dominance or cruelty & less likely to value fairness or kindness. These tendencies are associated w/ lower levels of concern for others’ suffering & higher levels of enjoyment of others’ pain” www.psypost.org/trump-suppor...

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Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social

Cryptic Kultarr: integrative taxonomy reveals unrecognised species of Antechinomys. Cameron S. Dodd. The Biodiversity Conference 2025. And winner of the best student talk!

Bringing the blind cave eel to light: eDNA transforms detection in subterranean ecosystem. Michael Curran. The Biodiversity Conference 2025

Securing the future of the Critically Endangered Margaret River Hairy Marron #crayfish Kim William DBCA The Biodiversity Conference

Which bird and bat species are likely to be affected by wind turbines and what’s missling in Collision Risk Monitoring? Trish Fleming and Graeme Hocking. The Biodiversity Conference

@judydunlop.bsky.social tells us about the TOAD CONTAINMENT ZONE to prevent cane toads from reaching the Pilbara. The Biodiversity Conference

Population genetic diversity, structure and relatedness in the cryptic Pilbara Olive Python. Zoë Hamilton The Biodiversity Conference

In spring, over a billion Bogong moths travel from all over SE Australia to a place they have never been before, Alpine caves, to spend the summer in aestivation. In Autumn the same individual returns to its breeding ground & dies. How do they do it? Prof Eric Warrant. The Biodiversity Conference.

🎃 Halloween costumes 👻 to scare scientists!!!

Dorian Moro & Wiluna Martu Rangers. A site was identified by rangers in healthy spinifex. Ground searches found scats, active burrows & tracks. Remote cameras confirmed tjakurra, the first for Matuwa Kurrawa NP / IPA. Surveys have identified 116 active burrows. Biodiversity Conference 2025.

Partnerships between Nyangumarta Warrarn Aboriginal Corporation & DBCA have uncovered diversity of native bees in Walyarta Conservation Park. Sugarbag bee identified as high value to Nyangumarta people. 36 taxa recorded, 9 undescribed. Melaleuca spp. critical host. The Biodiversity Conference 2025.

Great overview of the Yagarrajalajalan Nagula Buru Project which is tagging green sea turtles and dugongs to identify and map how turtles, dugongs and humans all use Yawuru Saltwater Country (around Broome in Western Australia). www.yagarrajalajalan-nagula-buru.org TheBiodiversity Conference 2025

The Biodiversity Conference 2025 is happening now! At UWA in Boorloo / Perth for the next three days, 28-30 October 2025 www.biodiversity2025.com

After a 4y delay, @vicgovernment.bsky.social has released a disappointing response to the recommendations of an Expert Advisory Panel which reviewed the 1975 Wildlife Act, rejecting many critical recommendations from the Panel. See our assessment: biodiversitycouncil....

Demolishing OUR NATIONAL HERITAGE!? NO. ARREST THE BASTARD! STOP THE STEALING OF OUR NATIONAL HERITAGE BY THIS BLOATED DISGUSTING TOAD. HE DOES NOT OWN THE WHITE HOUSE.

People in historic homes can't even paint without approval, but this guy can demolish part of a historical, government owned building that he is temporarily living in?!? WTH? #ProudBlue

Thou shalt not support a man who bulldozes the White House to build himself a golden ballroom whilst the government is shut down because he doesn’t want the financial records tying him to Jeffrey Epstein to come out.

Unauthorised land clearing negatively impacts endangered giant crayfish, Astacopsis gouldi, EPA finds www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

My mom’s protest signs, as always, are a helluva thing.

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“There’s a strong possibility that it will get worse before it gets better,”… www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...

The Racket-tailed Treepie (Crypsirina temia) is not an easy bird to see. After a long search we found a social unit of 4 birds. Images are tough as often in thick foliage. Magnificent birds. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perlis #Malaysia #birds #nature #wildlife @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

Steal the look: Common Raven Corvus corax abcbirds.org

All crew, Do not click on links in emails. They pose a major security risk. For more information: http://bit.ly/1MUISmu Worf

I’m especially keen to showcase purpletufts, one of the grooviest and most underrated mistletoe specialist frugivores (sister to Tityras and becards) (pic by Jesus Alferez)

Vote Australian White Ibis FTW!!! #TeamBinChicken www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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There is no “invasion from within” just like there is no “Tren de Aragua” invasion from Venezuela. You can’t make things up, then use them as an excuse for going to war or disappearing innocent people into foreign prisons.

The most important thing we heard out of the speeches by Hegseth and Trump to top military brass? Nothing. Total silence. That’s as it should be, but still a far cry from what Donald and Pete were used to. My write-up on the Quantico cringefest, in the replies.

Crypsis as modelled by the American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus, meaning bittern-bull freckle, for those of you playing at home!). @rosemarymosco.com

Steal the Look: Masked Flowerpecker abcbirds.org

Steal the Look: Cerulean Warbler Mountain Core abcbirds.org/birds/

Made it out to the farm near Bridgetown for Grounded Festival. The sun is shining and punters are starting to stream in. Let’s do this!

A raven turned up on our #LochArkaig ospreycam today, and had a lot to say for itself! 🔊 Sound up for some lovely kronking.🐦‍⬛ #raven

#MinCup25 Round 2 Match 2: It's all about how minerals interact with humans as dramatic #stibnite faces off against futuristic #perovskite. Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2... Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.

"...most elected Democrats remain in the mode of believing they are a party of government temporarily out of power. They are that too. But really they’re an opposition party in the midst of an attempted authoritarian takeover of the American Republic." - @joshtpm.bsky.social

This is America @cathywilcox.bsky.social

Disappointingly biased reporting by Amelia Bernasconi and Ben Clifford from ABC News. INS is not a “weed” and it is not a “biodiversity problem“. In fact, if you read the report, experts showed how much this native regrowth SUPPORTS biodiversity. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

I am just going to keep posting that the TX governor recently pardoned a political murderer. The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial. Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.

"On the Nautilus men's hearts never fail them" Captain Nemo. www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/8035...

Pied currawong Strepera graculina meaning "noisy" (yes, yes it is...) and "jackdaw" (no, no it isn't)... www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/7366...

Just some shithawks standing around. Always watching... #ILoveGulls www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/8011...

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Australian white ibis! I was at the park while I was drawing this guy, watching the ibis nest on an island on the lake. There was a lot of ibis honking, which inspired this piece hehe

Fren-shaped #dinosaur! www.bbc.com/news/article...