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@greyfantail

Birder, ecologist, nerdfighter πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί (Collingwood supporter πŸ€πŸ–€πŸ€πŸ–€)

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06.03.2026 21:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Can Australian honeyeaters recognise the odours of native and exotic predators? - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology - Many mammalian predators leave volatile chemical signals in the environment. These scent cues can alert prey species to the presence of predators and may...

New article! One of very few studies done in Australia investigating how they use their sense of smell.

#birds #australia

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

24.02.2026 05:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Australian Government’s $26 billion per year nature-harming problem revealed by study | Biodiversity Council Australia Groundbreaking research has uncovered that the Australian Government is providing $26 billion per year in financial support to activities that harm the nation's unique natural environment, known as bi...

The Australian govt hands out $26B per year in nature-harming subsidies

This represents ~4% of the total federal budget
Or twice as much as the federal govt invests in supporting government schools nationally
Or 25 times more than they spend on looking after nature

via @biodivcouncil.bsky.social

16.02.2026 23:25 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 8

I feel like people think "birds are dinosaurs" is a weird fun fact that is "technically true" but I don't know how to emphasize that there are tens of thousands of species of theropod dinosaur on the planet with us right now. People keep them AS PETS.

WE EAT THEM.

19.02.2026 02:04 πŸ‘ 3419 πŸ” 302 πŸ’¬ 164 πŸ“Œ 40

The USA just never really got over puritanism huh?!

02.02.2026 11:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If I had a penny for every time someone from the US mistook their personal experiences for representing that of the entire globe ..... I'd be the richest person in all of history

02.02.2026 11:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Honestly most of the social internet's problems would be fixed if we just deleted/banned all the yanks

02.02.2026 11:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Man charged with publicly inciting hatred at March for Australia rally A 31-year-old has been arrested and charged by police for allegedly using hate speech "aligned with Neo-Nazi ideology" at an open mic session at the anti-immigration rally.

Unbelievable that organisers of these xenophobic meetups are actively welcoming in and defending the views of neo-nazis. #auspol

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

26.01.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Index Australians travelling to the USA and Canada - showing while travel to the US is falling it is rising to Canada

Index Australians travelling to the USA and Canada - showing while travel to the US is falling it is rising to Canada

Australians are deciding USA is not a place to visit… oddly they still are going to Canada. Almost like there is something specific about the US..
#ThePoint

thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...

18.01.2026 00:35 πŸ‘ 3384 πŸ” 801 πŸ’¬ 136 πŸ“Œ 61

More people from BlueSky have now watched this episode than YouTube has shown to people through their algorithm.

Thank you everyone.

12.01.2026 03:42 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
How Lebanon Died: History of Lebanon (Final Episode)
How Lebanon Died: History of Lebanon (Final Episode) YouTube video by Rare Earth

youtu.be/6WDdFneJ8M4?...

I've never had a video throttled even a hundredth this badly before.

Talk about Israel on YouTube, lose your channel for the privilege. Unfortunate.

10.01.2026 19:59 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 5

Mel C is good but honestly not great for the final singer. And maybe I'm just watching with a delay but did she go 2 mins overtime? Either way Happy New Year! #ABCNYE

31.12.2025 13:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can't stress enough how legal it should be to throw people listening to music without headphones off the train while it is in motion.

28.12.2025 00:49 πŸ‘ 1551 πŸ” 124 πŸ’¬ 118 πŸ“Œ 20

"I will have it, but you can't" is the standard response of every nuclear power since the US first got the bomb in WW2

27.12.2025 09:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NSW police restricts public assemblies in Sydney for 14 days under laws passed after Bondi terror attack Premier Chris Minns defends laws, which have been condemned as draconian and infringing on the right to assembly by civil liberties groups

Chris Minns' draconian new laws already being put into action πŸ™ƒπŸ€ #auspol #nswpol

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

24.12.2025 23:44 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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2025 Nerdfighteria Census! Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

2025 NERDFIGHTERIA CENSUS!!

www.surveymonkey.com/r/868BGP2

19.12.2025 19:04 πŸ‘ 338 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 6
04.11.2025 04:39 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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3 November 2025 saw two new NZ electricity records set: highest daily utility solar power generation (1.6 GWh, enough to make 50 million cups of tea), and the last day of an unprecedented 25-day run of zero coal power.

There will be a lot more records like this to come.

04.11.2025 02:25 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Sydney Water sewage crisis now out of control. #auspol

05.10.2025 03:27 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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Urban tree canopy cover over 30Β % and native trees enhance bird insectivory and tree biosecurity Urban trees support biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services but are increasingly threatened by native and non-native insect pests. Biosec…

Basile et al. Urban tree canopy cover over 30 % and native trees enhance bird insectivory and tree biosecurity www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ornithology

03.10.2025 06:52 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions

Friends: Want to do something profoundly good for your health & the planet? Eat less (or no) meat.

Journalists: How about you? Report on the profound harms of commercial meat production on planetary health.

@coveringclimatenow.org
@mason4c.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social

27.09.2025 12:10 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
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Not All Birds of the Same Feather: A Systematic Review of Ecosystem Services and Disservices in Horticulture We performed a systematic review on the provision of ecosystem services and disservices by avian species in horticultural systems. We account for epistemological biases, as well as gaps in knowledge ...

Ferrari et al. Not All Birds of the Same Feather: A Systematic Review of Ecosystem Services and Disservices in Horticulture onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #ornithology

26.09.2025 06:24 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Omg we were on the same train as him after the game, he was fully painted yellow with blue lipstick!

26.09.2025 12:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Finally got to go see a #collingwood #aflw game! My new favourite player is Sabrina Frederick ❀️ #gopies

26.09.2025 11:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🦜✨ The Aussie Bird Count is back 20–26 Oct!

Spend just 20 mins counting birds in your backyard, balcony, schoolyard, workplace or local park.

Last year 57k people counted 4.1M birds – let’s make 2025 bigger! 🐦

Register now! πŸ‘‰ aussiebirdcount.org.au

#AussieBirdCount #BirdLifeOz

10.09.2025 03:54 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

Stellar win by Collingwood, looking like a different team compared to a few weeks ago! Bring on the prelim! #gopies

04.09.2025 12:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

556

03.09.2025 22:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

*cracks knuckles*

okay so you know how the media has a problem with taking snippets of scientific studies out of context and writing articles which mislead the public?

now imagine a computer program is doing that when you ask it questions about scientific literature but also it makes stuff up.

02.09.2025 20:41 πŸ‘ 4121 πŸ” 743 πŸ’¬ 80 πŸ“Œ 28
Exposing the Monsanto Conspiracy
Exposing the Monsanto Conspiracy YouTube video by Veritasium

Exposing the Monsanto Conspiracy

Our latest video, out now on YouTube
youtu.be/CxVXvFOPIyQ

01.09.2025 06:21 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 2
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Peer reviewers more likely to approve articles that cite their own work Preprint examines how citations can influence the review process.

"Reviewers are more likely to approve a manuscript if their own work is cited in subsequent versions than are reviewers who are not cited, according to an analysis of 18,400 articles from four open-access publications." www.nature.com/articles/d41... #OpenScience #PeerReview

28.08.2025 10:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2