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Azure @azurebeach.bsky.social · Jun 10
University of NSW, Australia. SARS-CoV-2 : The Virus that won't quit.

www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...
The virus that won’t quit: new research reveals how SARS-CoV-2 evolves
Researchers have tracked how the COVID-19 virus mutates long-term, revealing patterns that could help predict the emergence of future variants.
www.unsw.edu.au
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boyfrombruce.bsky.social
Lovely find yesterday, a Long-billed Corella at McLaren Vale, SA. #birds
December 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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boyfrombruce.bsky.social
An Eastern Rosella at McLaren Vale, SA #birds
December 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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boyfrombruce.bsky.social
A Sacred Kingfisher with a snack at Jenkins Scrub Walking Trail, Mount Crawford, SA. #birds
December 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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infinite8horizon.com
The couple
Pair of red-tailed black cockatoos

#FlyDay
#photography #birds #cockatoo #pair #nature #wild #gift #EastCoastKin
A pair of red-tailed black cockatoos facing each other on the ground at Fogg Dam, NT, female on the left.
December 19, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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infinite8horizon.com
Red-tailed black cockatoo flying into the forest

#FlyDay #ForestFriday
#photography #birds #cockatoo #nature #wild #gift #EastCoastKin
A red-tailed black cockatoo male flying away from us into the forest, red tail feathers showing, wings starting an upbeat A red-tailed black cockatoo male flying away from us into the forest, red tail feathers showing, wings on the upbeat A red-tailed black cockatoo male flying away from us into the forest, red tail feathers showing, wings on the downbeat A red-tailed black cockatoo male flying away from us into the forest, red tail feathers showing, wings near the end of the downbeat
December 19, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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infinite8horizon.com
@robcrank68.bsky.social kindly pointed out that my wings outstretched posts are yesterday's #BirdOfTheDay 🫣.
Today's are #LongLegsAndNeck or #BirdsOnFeeders

Herewith feeders 😊
King parrots, sulphur-crested cockatoo, LORIKEETS and galahs

#photography #birds #nature #wildlife #Gift #EastCoastKin
Three male King parrots squabbling over precedence A sulphur-crested cockatoo *on* a feeder, just... It managed to climb down without emptying the feeder, no mean feat. A multitude (a squawk? a squabble? a circus?) of rainbow lorikeets attempting to occupy the same point in space and time. Two galahs outraged by a rainbow lorikeet joining them at table without an introduction.
December 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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drsally.bsky.social
Ben Phillips post- ( from X)

“This is beautiful. The smiles! Bondi beach hero Ahmed Al-Ahmed with the doctors looking after him at the hospital in Sydney.

And…

The doctors are *also* Syrian!

Tamer Al-Kahil from Homs.
Anas Natfaji from Aleppo.

*Three* heroes.”
December 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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birdlifeoz.bsky.social
It’s #NationalScienceWeek! 🐦

Our HANZAB encyclopaedia is now online & free – covering every bird ever recorded in Aus, NZ & Antarctica. Updated with the latest taxonomy & threat statuses, it’s a game-changer for bird lovers & researchers alike

🔗 hanzab.birdlife.org.au

#BirdLifeAustralia #Birds
August 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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#BiologyLetters in @theguardian.com | Prevalence and implications of sex reversal in free-living birds: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
‘Mind-blown’: scientists discover sex reversal in kookaburras and lorikeets with cause unknown
Almost all of the ‘sex discordant’ birds were genetically female but had male reproductive organs, study finds
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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clevercockierp.bsky.social
Lab member Lara Blumenstiel is currently wrapping up the last stage of training before moving on to cognitive testing. Sydney's clever cockies are playing her custom puzzle-box like pros!
August 15, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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clevercockierp.bsky.social
That's the spot...! A trio of allopreening cockies engaging in some social bonding at our field-site, captured by @elliearose.bsky.social.

If you'd like to learn more about when and why cockies allopreen, check out a recent paper by @julia-penndorf.bsky.social: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 2, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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clevercockierp.bsky.social
Caught mid fluff! Little corellas are a smaller species of cockatoo (Cacatua sanguinea) that often join sulphur-crested cockatoo flocks, especially in urban areas.
September 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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clevercockierp.bsky.social
Peak cockatoo breeding season! Look out for those pairs lucky enough to secure rare real estate; they should be feeding chicks now.
October 18, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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lucymaplin.bsky.social
We couldn't have asked for a better end-of-year lab BBQ / stroll at a local nature reserve. Spotted platypus, emu, bandicoots, roos, wallabies, YTBC (black cockies), wedge-tailed eagles, and of course hundreds of sulphur-crested cockies feasting on the wattles. Glorious!
December 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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clevercockierp.bsky.social
Our paper on cockatoos innovating+social learning the use of bubblers as an urban water source was one of the 10 most popular papers for 2025 in the Royal Society's journals. Couldn't be more pleased!

royalsociety.org/blog/2025/12...
December 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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erictopol.bsky.social
About 1 in 10 people have an autoimmune disease. There's great news here on current efforts that are achieving cures.
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-exhili...
The Exhilirating Movement From Treatment to Cures for Autoimmune Diseases
Exploiting Lessons from Cancer's Mirror Biology
erictopol.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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erictopol.bsky.social
How exercise decreases the risk of cancer and cancer- related mortality by reducing immunosenescence and inflammaging
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Physical activity decreases cancer burden by alleviating immunosenescence-related inflammation and improving overall immunity
The associations between physical activity (PA) and the incidence and mortality of cancers and their underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown. Usi…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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erictopol.bsky.social
What predicts protection from Covid in the real-world household transmission setting among exposed individuals?
Pre-existing, Variant-specific #SARS-CoV-2 antibodies www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Systemic and mucosal immune signatures of protection against SARS-CoV-2 transmission in humans
Binding and neutralizing antibodies against the spike (S) protein of SARS-CoV-2 have been associated with a reduced risk of symptomatic infection. How…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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erictopol.bsky.social
Supportive evidence: a dose-response relationship; the more high-fat cheese intake, the more reduction of Alzheimer's and all-cause dementia (reminder correlation, not causation)
December 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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erictopol.bsky.social
This about sums it up, folks.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
December 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
“The U.S. unemployment rate is now up by 1.2 percentage points from its trough 30 months ago. We have never seen that kind of increase without the economy already being in a recession.”

www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-bad...
Trump’s Bad Economy Is Even Worse Than It Looks
Winter is coming.
www.thebulwark.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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merriam-webster.com
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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just-jack-1.bsky.social
Game on, a-holes…
kylegriffin1.bsky.social Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d
BREAKING on MS NOW:

Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:

"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
December 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
By Hiroshi Yasuda:

A COVID wave kills selected vulnerable people while making healthy people vulnerable.

You may be selected in the next wave.

Source: x.com/Yash25571056...
Hiroshi Yasuda (保田浩志) @Yash25571056 A COVID wave kills selected vulnerable people while making healthy people vulnerable. You may be selected in the next wave. 8:59 AM · Dec 14, 2025 · 76.2K Views
December 18, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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davidjoffe64.bsky.social
Well worth a look 👁👁

Endotheliitis... Up front... And not so friendly ☠️

rmdopen.bmj.com/content/11/2...
Multicentre retrospective detection of nailfold videocapillaroscopy abnormalities in long covid patients
Background SARS-CoV-2 induces acute non-specific endothelial/microvascular alterations that have been identified by nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC). Details on NVC abnormalities in long covid (LC) ...
rmdopen.bmj.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM