Jane Goodall showed the world there is an important place for emotion, empathy & advocacy in science. Her unconventional approach revolutionized our understanding of the other beings we share Earth with. Here's my tribute. Vale Jane Goodall 💔 Thank you for all you gave humanity! 🧪🌏 #NatureWriting

Got the proper scan of the graphite drawing of the Gariwerd/Grampians sandstone outcrop :) #landscape #graphite #grampians #gariwerd #geology

When politicians at all levels of Govt refuse to address the needs of their constituents - housing, health, education, economic concerns - it leads to people being vulnerable to those who will exploit them for their own interests & agendas That's we we're seeing today #auspol

Woah!! What an utterly incredible perspective of coral 😍 🧪🦑🌿 Looks like alien art, but it's a very real and intimate view of Cauliflower soft coral (Dendronephthya) looking up from its base towards its fractal tips. Australian Geographic 2025 photo competition Winner 🎉 📷 Ross Gudgeon

The Western world needs therapy. It does not know itself. Routinely "appalled" and "concerned" about the war crimes it arms, pays for, and covers up politically. It asks us to sever ourselves from reality in order to cope. On an individual level, this is unhealthy. On a societal level, it's suicidal

Carbon bootprints: How war is fuelling climate catastrophe https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/08/carbon-bootprints-how-war-is-fuelling-climate-catastrophe #auspol

Ha! My honors paper is on here. I don't believe authors hold copyright to academic journal articles though, unfortunately. Anyone with other publications here definitely has a case against this predatory company though!

Anera provide medical care in Gaza, and food through local community kitchens, when they can get supplies. They are treating the people Isreal is starving to death. support.anera.org/a/palestine-... Interview below provides insight into the current situation from a local aid worker.

Has anyone tried opening the Overton window to let some fresh air in?

And I’ll die on this fucking hill. If you believe people have to pay for what you consider a “human right” then you do not believe it is indeed a human right. You believe it’s a privilege for those who can afford it.

Miss Rachel continues to have more of a moral backbone than 99% of public figures

My heart is hurting for Uncle Paul, Uncle Pabai and the communities in the Torres Strait #AustralianClimateCase #auspol

If I can sum up what just happened as neatly as possible: a Federal Court judge found the Australian government had ignored climate science when setting emissions targets, appeared to want to find for the applicants, but said his hands were tied by the law of negligence in Australia. /1

A peculiar softness #anatomicalart #botanicalart #surrealism

I've been slacking on the sea slug skeets. Enjoy a recent nudibranch from a Sydney tidepool. Jorunna pantherina (I think). From a distance, these tiny 1cm nudis look pale, plain, grey. Up close, they are full of stars! 🐙🦑🧪 #MarineLife #Inverts

Some of us need to fight within the system, some of us need to create new systems, some us need to tend the wounded, some of us need to stand in the way of harm, and all of us need to support the ones doing the things that is not, right now, our thing to do. Good thing there are a lot of us.

THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social. The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

I did finally plant up my little garden bed with natives in between naps. Surprised to finding weeding quite meditative so far (I'm sure I'll get sick of it at some point though, lol). Loving the little bursts of #WildOz colors though 🥰

Y'all it's not just in my head!! I have measurable tachycardia when I stand. Smashed my glass coffee table top collapsing after one attempt 😅 Post exertion malaise, brain fog etc continue. Having a tough time accepting how debilitating this is. Sorry to everyone I haven't responded to in ages 🙈

IT'S FINISHED! The Art of #InverteFest April 2025 Edition A digital art book showcasing the work of 86 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna. Thank you to the human artists who contributed to our art book! Download here drive.google.com/file/d/1JvEx...

I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.

A chonky mother-to-be tending a web so strong she could occasionally feast on tiny birds, bats or snakes. Didn't find the male on the meter-wide web. They are tiny in comparison, 4 mm compared to the 4 cm Australian golden orb-weaver female pictured. 🐡 🧪 🌏 #InverteFest #WildOz #Invert

Alarming drops in oxygen found in 80% of 15,535 lakes examined worldwide since 2003. Such drops across waterways have increased mass wildlife asphyxiations events, including deaths of thousands of eels in NZ, Murray cod in AU & mussels in EU in just the last few years #NatureWriting #WildOz 🧪 🌏 🦑

A short monologue from me, on why we have really badly failed to hold centre / centre-right governments to account on climate, out of fear of angering them or losing privliged access. With some numbers on Labor's climate record, and thoughts on the feedback loop created when we mute criticism

Heavy metal snail 🤘 #InverteFest

We are in a climate crisis which threatens our capacity to survive and, a few days out from an election, our politics is dominated by a neofash-driven “debate” on Welcomes to Country and a spat about costings and credit ratings. Neither ALP nor LNP are being held to account on climate

#InverteFest Hi there I draw BUGS !!!

A very adorable peice of #sciart for such a great cause 🥰 🧪 🪶

Ugh, think I finally had COVID? Long expired RATs didn't clock it, but timing/sympts fit. The cough part was mild but the lingering fatigue since's been wild. Two months later, I'm still crashing so hard after mere easy walks. Really freaking hoping prioritizing rest on my break this week helps🤞🏼

Pink Breasted Robin - The Redwoods Otways Shot on Nikon Z FC + Tamron 150-600mm June '24 Spent an hour sitting on a muddy riverbank watching this guy flutter around until he was comfortable enough to be landing a few meters away.

Ever seen a pregnant shingleback lizard? /Tiliqua rugosa/ I think... https://www.facebook.com/csuvcc/ Ping @JamesUVanDyke @CSUMedia

‘We owe it to the thousands of children who have been killed to pause and open ourselves up to the fullness of the little lives that were snatched away.’ Goodbye to the slain children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A juvenile galah who was incredibly tolerant of my attention 🥰 Here you can see the youngster's nictitating membrane over its eye - a third, transparent eyelid that birds can close for protection against dust, wind, foliage etc, while still allowing some visibility. #WildOz #NatureWriting 🪶🧪🌿

If you see this, quote with flowers from your gallery

Eucalyptus phoenicea, Scarlet Gum, from Cape York, Far north Queensland 😍

This is such a great thread. Let me add that there is nothing that you, an individual, can do, that will scale because you are one person. The people arguing that you should only do things that “scale” are justifying not doing anything.

If you see this, quote with flowers from your gallery 🌿 #nativeplants #wildoz

Can I offer you an Emotional Support Slug in these trying times? This beautiful black-margined nudibranch from Gordons Bay today has entered its unicorn-era with one rhinophore missing! 🧪🐙🦑

Life is pretty grim right now. Here's my #starterpack of writers, historians and institutes sharing quirky medical and science content that might serve as a welcome distraction. Make your corner of the world weird and wonderful. Never stop learning. go.bsky.app/3DuVT6Z

At dawn, near the Shrine, at a place called Camp Sovereignty, First Nations people, and allies, began a day of mourning by reading out hundreds of massacres that took place in Victoria since colonisation. This is the truth of our history, and on January 26, the very least we can do is acknowledge it

We need good journalists more than ever. Here are some great ones working in the climate space. Follow them. Amplify them. Support them if you can.

Thanks to all your amazing enthusiasm I got to write about this most spikeliciously cute li'l guy 😄 Learnt that some of this crablet's brethren take rides on sea piglets! 🧪🌿 #inverts #NatureWriting

@rosieriots.bsky.social sent me this version 😆

Sure is a bad time to be a person who cares about things.

This will get almost no attention. It fucking should though. The combustion of coal, oil and gas is killing one of the most remarkable and important places on the planet before our eyes, and most people are looking away instead.

We all need these gang-gang smiles 🤩🪶🌏🧪🌿

A series of savage lurches from intensely dry to fiercely wet conditions helped fuel the horrific winter fires we're witnessing in LA. This 'hydroclimate whiplash' has increased considerably due to our warming atmosphere's ability to store more water. #NatureWriting 🧪 🌏 #Climate

This is so true though 🤣

Good analysis of why fact checking on social media matters in a world where false claims are sticky + go viral so fast. But no mention of how X + Meta have altered their algorithms to suppress expert accounts & factual info. Fact checking on those platforms isn’t a level field. It’s a steep cliff.