André Bellvé
@andrebellve.bsky.social
Ecologist, data scientist and board gamer. NSF post-doctoral scholar studying how communities and functions have changed through time. Fond of carnivorous plants. he/him/his
"Internal documents show how the sector repeatedly lobbied Resources Minister Shane Jones to dilute New Zealand's cleanup rules for ageing oil fields. Rules brought in to protect taxpayers after the 2019 Tui Oil Field collapse left the state burdened with a $300m bill."
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How the oil and gas industry helped rewrite New Zealand’s drilling rules
A paper trail shows just how far ministers went to accommodate the industry's wishlist, including giving it access to draft laws.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"Internal documents show how the sector repeatedly lobbied Resources Minister Shane Jones to dilute New Zealand's cleanup rules for ageing oil fields. Rules brought in to protect taxpayers after the 2019 Tui Oil Field collapse left the state burdened with a $300m bill."
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
🎓 Looking for an exciting PhD project?
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Check out some amazing opportunities on our page! 🌍🔬
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Have a PhD opportunity to share?
You can easily add it using the “Add a PhD Opportunity” button! 📝✨
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October 22, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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this is why I stopped using spotify. I buy albums on Bandcamp fairly often. I love finding new music. I tune in to my university's radio station for shows that showcase genres I like, so I can find them on Bandcamp. If i decide I want a streaming service, it'll be Qobuz, probably.
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
www.stereogum.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
this is why I stopped using spotify. I buy albums on Bandcamp fairly often. I love finding new music. I tune in to my university's radio station for shows that showcase genres I like, so I can find them on Bandcamp. If i decide I want a streaming service, it'll be Qobuz, probably.
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King Gizzard’s Stu Mackenzie on leaving Spotify and making all their music free: ‘Sometimes you just forget that you have free will’
King Gizzard’s Stu Mackenzie on leaving Spotify and making all their music free: ‘Sometimes you just forget that you have free will’
Australian band’s decision to remove catalogue in protest of CEO’s military investments an easy one, frontman says, and making music with friends remains ‘top of the triangle’
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
King Gizzard’s Stu Mackenzie on leaving Spotify and making all their music free: ‘Sometimes you just forget that you have free will’
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🌍🐧 PhD: Study how Adélie penguins reveal Antarctic ecosystem resilience. (based in FR+UK)
Use AI + bio-logging (GPS, video, sensors) to link climate change, fisheries & conservation.
👉 Apply: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380114
#PhD #Antarctica #Ecology #AI #ClimateChange
@sosbangor.bsky.social
Use AI + bio-logging (GPS, video, sensors) to link climate change, fisheries & conservation.
👉 Apply: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380114
#PhD #Antarctica #Ecology #AI #ClimateChange
@sosbangor.bsky.social
COFUND PhD position - Marine Ecology / Conservation
La Rochelle Université is recruiting a PhD candidate on a 3-year fixed-term contract. Title of the thesis project: Disentangling the influence of natural and man-made threats on prey-predator interact...
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
October 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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This rules lmao
September 18, 2025 at 1:08 AM
This rules lmao
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new zealand government reaching new heights of stupidity
next year our public dollars will go more to AI grants ($70 million) than all investigator-initiated basic science combined ($56 million in the Marsden fund)
next year our public dollars will go more to AI grants ($70 million) than all investigator-initiated basic science combined ($56 million in the Marsden fund)
September 18, 2025 at 6:08 AM
new zealand government reaching new heights of stupidity
next year our public dollars will go more to AI grants ($70 million) than all investigator-initiated basic science combined ($56 million in the Marsden fund)
next year our public dollars will go more to AI grants ($70 million) than all investigator-initiated basic science combined ($56 million in the Marsden fund)
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A paper in Nature presents a new artificial intelligence model that can predict how a person’s health might change over their lifetime. This tool could help doctors and health planners to better understand and prepare for personalized medical needs. go.nature.com/4n6giWi #medsky 🧪
September 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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New read from me this AM w exclusive polling:
Luxon headed into a $1500 a head donor dinner with his leadership of the economy and country under serious pressure.
Polling shows more think the county is on the wrong track than at any point since the election
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Luxon headed into a $1500 a head donor dinner with his leadership of the economy and country under serious pressure.
Polling shows more think the county is on the wrong track than at any point since the election
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
PM jets off to donor dinner, leaving Willis to explain economic dive
Christopher Luxon walked into a $1500-a-head National Party fundraising event last night with the economy under serious pressure ‒ and a poll revealing more Kiwis think the country is on the “wrong tr...
www.thepost.co.nz
September 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
New read from me this AM w exclusive polling:
Luxon headed into a $1500 a head donor dinner with his leadership of the economy and country under serious pressure.
Polling shows more think the county is on the wrong track than at any point since the election
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Luxon headed into a $1500 a head donor dinner with his leadership of the economy and country under serious pressure.
Polling shows more think the county is on the wrong track than at any point since the election
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
For my whānau in Aotearoa, if you haven't heard there is a fantastic new website for learning about your local election candidates: policy.nz - this was funded by the electoral commission and it gives you far more detail about the candidates, including their specific policies on a range of issues!
Policy.nz - NZ Local Elections 2025
Don’t know who to vote for? Policy.nz is the complete guide to the 2025 local elections. Compare the candidates and policies to see where you stand.
policy.nz
September 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
For my whānau in Aotearoa, if you haven't heard there is a fantastic new website for learning about your local election candidates: policy.nz - this was funded by the electoral commission and it gives you far more detail about the candidates, including their specific policies on a range of issues!
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Next week on Wednesday 17th September at 7pm NZ time I'll be talking to the NZ Geological Society on MythBusting de-extinction to sort fact from fiction. You can register to see my talk using the link below.
September 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Next week on Wednesday 17th September at 7pm NZ time I'll be talking to the NZ Geological Society on MythBusting de-extinction to sort fact from fiction. You can register to see my talk using the link below.
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New open access paper out! We evaluated the population structure and conservation needs for 3 crested penguin species in NZ. Read it here: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
August 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
New open access paper out! We evaluated the population structure and conservation needs for 3 crested penguin species in NZ. Read it here: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Very glad I finally got stuck in to modeling these little critters. Still need texture work, but they look a lot more menacing now, and really gross too 😈
Now i gotta do something about the player models.
#gamedev #indiedev #horrorgames
Now i gotta do something about the player models.
#gamedev #indiedev #horrorgames
August 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Very glad I finally got stuck in to modeling these little critters. Still need texture work, but they look a lot more menacing now, and really gross too 😈
Now i gotta do something about the player models.
#gamedev #indiedev #horrorgames
Now i gotta do something about the player models.
#gamedev #indiedev #horrorgames
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No secret that the reason companies like OpenAI intentionally hide their energy and environment metrics is because they look very, very, very, very bad and the company is more valuable if the damage they do is kept secret
OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models
Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost
www.theguardian.com
August 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
No secret that the reason companies like OpenAI intentionally hide their energy and environment metrics is because they look very, very, very, very bad and the company is more valuable if the damage they do is kept secret
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🌟 **Exciting Postdoc Opportunity!** @econovoau.bsky.social 🌍
Dive into groundbreaking research that explores how rising ecological novelty transforms #biodiversity and #vegetation! 🌿 —apply now! 👉 shorturl.at/t45JT #ecology #ecologyjob #macroecology
🌟 **Exciting Postdoc Opportunity!** @econovoau.bsky.social 🌍
Dive into groundbreaking research that explores how rising ecological novelty transforms #biodiversity and #vegetation! 🌿 —apply now! 👉 shorturl.at/t45JT #ecology #ecologyjob #macroecology
May 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
**Join Our Team! 🚀**
🌟 **Exciting Postdoc Opportunity!** @econovoau.bsky.social 🌍
Dive into groundbreaking research that explores how rising ecological novelty transforms #biodiversity and #vegetation! 🌿 —apply now! 👉 shorturl.at/t45JT #ecology #ecologyjob #macroecology
🌟 **Exciting Postdoc Opportunity!** @econovoau.bsky.social 🌍
Dive into groundbreaking research that explores how rising ecological novelty transforms #biodiversity and #vegetation! 🌿 —apply now! 👉 shorturl.at/t45JT #ecology #ecologyjob #macroecology
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Critics of #ColosalBiosciences, including myself, are not angry, or getting meaner and meaner, we are being intellectual honest about what Colossal is up to 1/n
“The dire wolf fits the Jurassic Park model of de-extinction beautifully. It is clearly for spectacle”
Colossal’s bold de-extinction claims have drawn criticism from many scientists, but the billion-dollar firm is not backing down
go.nature.com/458Q4L2
Colossal’s bold de-extinction claims have drawn criticism from many scientists, but the billion-dollar firm is not backing down
go.nature.com/458Q4L2
This company claimed to ‘de-extinct’ dire wolves. Then the fighting started.
Colossal’s bold announcements have drawn criticism from many scientists, but the billion-dollar firm is not backing down.
go.nature.com
August 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Critics of #ColosalBiosciences, including myself, are not angry, or getting meaner and meaner, we are being intellectual honest about what Colossal is up to 1/n
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Willis pushing partial privatisation of Kiwibank just so it can access $500m of new capital. $500m also happens to be the combined subsidy she is giving to Phillip Morris tobacco ($300m) and fossil fuel cos ($200m). Let’s redirect that cash to Kiwibank and keep it. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Not-so-Kiwibank? Finance minister opens door to partial sale
“Kiwibank. It’s Ours” or so the advertisements go. But possibly not “ours” entirely for much longer with Finance Minister Nicola Willis open to floating part of the state-owned company
www.stuff.co.nz
July 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Willis pushing partial privatisation of Kiwibank just so it can access $500m of new capital. $500m also happens to be the combined subsidy she is giving to Phillip Morris tobacco ($300m) and fossil fuel cos ($200m). Let’s redirect that cash to Kiwibank and keep it. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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Today is the five year anniversary of Jordan Williams of the the New Zealand Taxpayers Union blocking me on Twitter after I referred to the debt monster mascot as his fursona
July 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Today is the five year anniversary of Jordan Williams of the the New Zealand Taxpayers Union blocking me on Twitter after I referred to the debt monster mascot as his fursona
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Better version of the meme.
July 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Better version of the meme.
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Combining multiple data sources to show that colonies of at least 15 species of burrowing seabirds were once found throughout Aotearoa, including on mountain ranges far inland. Most were rapidly wiped out by humans and rats pre-1840, other introduced predators taking care of what survived.
Stoked to finally see this one out in the wide world: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Tube-nosed #seabirds in #Aotearoa #NewZealand have been largely driven extinct on the mainland, since the arrival of humans. Our paper shows just how dramatic this collapse likely was...(1/4)
Tube-nosed #seabirds in #Aotearoa #NewZealand have been largely driven extinct on the mainland, since the arrival of humans. Our paper shows just how dramatic this collapse likely was...(1/4)
Burrowing Into the Past: Extending Niche Space Models of Procellariiform Breeding Grounds by Merging Fossil and Historic Data
Aim Predicting species' potential distributions and niches requires multi-scale data encompassing the past and present. Increasingly, researchers have advocated using historical context to inform ec...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Combining multiple data sources to show that colonies of at least 15 species of burrowing seabirds were once found throughout Aotearoa, including on mountain ranges far inland. Most were rapidly wiped out by humans and rats pre-1840, other introduced predators taking care of what survived.
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Check out this cool work from @andrebellve.bsky.social
Stoked to finally see this one out in the wide world: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Tube-nosed #seabirds in #Aotearoa #NewZealand have been largely driven extinct on the mainland, since the arrival of humans. Our paper shows just how dramatic this collapse likely was...(1/4)
Tube-nosed #seabirds in #Aotearoa #NewZealand have been largely driven extinct on the mainland, since the arrival of humans. Our paper shows just how dramatic this collapse likely was...(1/4)
Burrowing Into the Past: Extending Niche Space Models of Procellariiform Breeding Grounds by Merging Fossil and Historic Data
Aim Predicting species' potential distributions and niches requires multi-scale data encompassing the past and present. Increasingly, researchers have advocated using historical context to inform ec...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Check out this cool work from @andrebellve.bsky.social
Stoked to finally see this one out in the wide world: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Tube-nosed #seabirds in #Aotearoa #NewZealand have been largely driven extinct on the mainland, since the arrival of humans. Our paper shows just how dramatic this collapse likely was...(1/4)
Tube-nosed #seabirds in #Aotearoa #NewZealand have been largely driven extinct on the mainland, since the arrival of humans. Our paper shows just how dramatic this collapse likely was...(1/4)
Burrowing Into the Past: Extending Niche Space Models of Procellariiform Breeding Grounds by Merging Fossil and Historic Data
Aim Predicting species' potential distributions and niches requires multi-scale data encompassing the past and present. Increasingly, researchers have advocated using historical context to inform ec...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Stoked to finally see this one out in the wide world: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Tube-nosed #seabirds in #Aotearoa #NewZealand have been largely driven extinct on the mainland, since the arrival of humans. Our paper shows just how dramatic this collapse likely was...(1/4)
Tube-nosed #seabirds in #Aotearoa #NewZealand have been largely driven extinct on the mainland, since the arrival of humans. Our paper shows just how dramatic this collapse likely was...(1/4)
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Francine Elisaia shares the importance of #seabirds in Samoa, where they appear in traditional proverbs, stories, cultural practices, & voyaging. Monitoring is well aligned with Samoa’s long term national strategy for #biodiversity & knowledge sharing is key to community engagement. #OceaniaSeabirds
April 13, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Francine Elisaia shares the importance of #seabirds in Samoa, where they appear in traditional proverbs, stories, cultural practices, & voyaging. Monitoring is well aligned with Samoa’s long term national strategy for #biodiversity & knowledge sharing is key to community engagement. #OceaniaSeabirds