Cilla Wehi
@cillaw.bsky.social
Here for isotopes, curiosity, community. Also human ecological relationships. Co- Director Te Pūnaha Matatini national centre of research excellence in complex systems, AoNZ. HB2. Hapainga te reo Māori. https://priscillawehi.com
Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
February 13, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Here for it.
Some good news for anyone depressed about the world right now: the kakapo are getting it onnnnn thespinoff.co.nz/science/13-0...
Good news: It’s kākāpō fuck season
The world is going to hell in a handbasket but at least the kākāpō are going hog wild.
thespinoff.co.nz
February 13, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Here for it.
This looks fabulous. Wish I was in London for this one.
Join us on 5th May for our 'Annual Graham Woodgate Lecture on Interdisciplinarity'. The guest speaker is Dr Caroline Howe of @ic-cep.bsky.social and the focus is the task of addressing environmental change through the lens of justice and equity. Registration required.
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Annual Graham Woodgate Lecture on Interdisciplinarity - 5 May 2026
At the Nexus: tackling biodiversity loss and climate change through the lens of equity and justice by Dr Caroline Howe
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 13, 2026 at 1:03 AM
This looks fabulous. Wish I was in London for this one.
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We welcome the new @ipbes.net Business & Biodiversity Assessment. Science-based evidence is essential to inform policy under the #KMGBF.
The message is clear: biodiversity is central to business viability.
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#BizBiodiversity #ForNature #UNBiodiversity
The message is clear: biodiversity is central to business viability.
🔗 ipbes.canto.de/v/IPBES12Med...
#BizBiodiversity #ForNature #UNBiodiversity
February 11, 2026 at 4:02 PM
We welcome the new @ipbes.net Business & Biodiversity Assessment. Science-based evidence is essential to inform policy under the #KMGBF.
The message is clear: biodiversity is central to business viability.
🔗 ipbes.canto.de/v/IPBES12Med...
#BizBiodiversity #ForNature #UNBiodiversity
The message is clear: biodiversity is central to business viability.
🔗 ipbes.canto.de/v/IPBES12Med...
#BizBiodiversity #ForNature #UNBiodiversity
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Nominations are now open for the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, the world’s oldest and most prestigious annual environmental prize.
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Nominations — Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
The fundamental objective of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement is to recognize outstanding contributions to:
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February 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Nominations are now open for the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, the world’s oldest and most prestigious annual environmental prize.
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“Preventing runaway global warming is the single most important task in human history and it’s fallen to us”. Share this video with your family and friends. Resist the bullshit of governments and corporations who invest in short term economic gain.
I’d like to get this excellent short animated film on climate & societal tipping points by @leomurray.bsky.social to a million views + hundreds of thousands of 👍🏽 - as one commenter has said. Please, share it around and make it happen. Made in 2008 - now all coming true!
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Wake Up, Freak Out - then Get a Grip (HD)
YouTube video by Ligermorph
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February 8, 2026 at 6:44 PM
“Preventing runaway global warming is the single most important task in human history and it’s fallen to us”. Share this video with your family and friends. Resist the bullshit of governments and corporations who invest in short term economic gain.
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Today I am announcing my campaign for the Dunedin City Council byelection.
I’m standing to offer leadership that's ready to go on day one; that's willing & able to challenge the government’s reforms; & that's prepared to make decisions in the best long-term interests of the city.
aaronhawkins.nz
I’m standing to offer leadership that's ready to go on day one; that's willing & able to challenge the government’s reforms; & that's prepared to make decisions in the best long-term interests of the city.
aaronhawkins.nz
February 8, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Today I am announcing my campaign for the Dunedin City Council byelection.
I’m standing to offer leadership that's ready to go on day one; that's willing & able to challenge the government’s reforms; & that's prepared to make decisions in the best long-term interests of the city.
aaronhawkins.nz
I’m standing to offer leadership that's ready to go on day one; that's willing & able to challenge the government’s reforms; & that's prepared to make decisions in the best long-term interests of the city.
aaronhawkins.nz
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Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.
February 7, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.
A beautiful poem. Thanks Shelley.
Lines on an inter-racial marriage.
Māori-Pākehā poem for Waitangi weekend, by Shelley Burne-Field
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February 8, 2026 at 3:37 AM
A beautiful poem. Thanks Shelley.
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Well, there goes my psychic pine tree business. Thanks a lot, science.
Did this paper need to be written? Unfortunately yes, it did. Trees don't collectively anticipate solar eclipses. Occam had something to say about this kind of problem. 🧪🌲🌳
Eclipse of reason: debunking speculative anticipatory behavior in trees
Advancing plant behavior research requires robust experimental design, falsifiable
hypotheses, sufficient replication, and stringent controls. A recent study claims
that Picea abies trees collectively...
www.cell.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Well, there goes my psychic pine tree business. Thanks a lot, science.
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Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Dr Katherine Davey, conducts new research @manmetuni.bsky.social offering the first national picture of how inequalities emerge for academically successful working-class women. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/kdavey
Degrees of opportunity? Working-class women’s lives beyond the elite university
Employing innovatively creative methods, Katherine Davey’s research interrogates the nuanced relationship between social class and gender, offering the first national picture of how inequalities emerg...
media.leverhulme.ac.uk
February 5, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Dr Katherine Davey, conducts new research @manmetuni.bsky.social offering the first national picture of how inequalities emerge for academically successful working-class women. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/kdavey
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The Epstein files should have major consequences about how and who academia decides to promote and celebrate as Great Thinkers. But like everyone else, we'll forget that bit of the historical pattern and go on as before.
February 2, 2026 at 3:17 PM
The Epstein files should have major consequences about how and who academia decides to promote and celebrate as Great Thinkers. But like everyone else, we'll forget that bit of the historical pattern and go on as before.
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Our universities could be doing so much more to support education and research among students and scholars in Gaza, in the context of scholastics and genocide
asiapacificreport.nz/2026/01/27/i...
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In Gaza, university scholarships are now a matter of survival | Asia Pacific Report
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January 30, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Our universities could be doing so much more to support education and research among students and scholars in Gaza, in the context of scholastics and genocide
asiapacificreport.nz/2026/01/27/i...
asiapacificreport.nz/2026/01/27/i...
This is relevant to some recent conversations! @mluczak.bsky.social @jdtonkin.bsky.social
Use ’Polycrisis’ - but with care ⚠️
The emerging concept of ‘polycrisis’ can be instrumental for decision-making and transformations. But it should be used with clarity and care.
That's the key insight of a recent paper that looked at interpretations of the term 'polycrisis'.
The emerging concept of ‘polycrisis’ can be instrumental for decision-making and transformations. But it should be used with clarity and care.
That's the key insight of a recent paper that looked at interpretations of the term 'polycrisis'.
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
This is relevant to some recent conversations! @mluczak.bsky.social @jdtonkin.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Ecology and Evolution position available in Biology Department at Stanford University. Apply by April 1, 2026. (Photo by Rick Morris)
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31606
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31606
January 30, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Lecturer in Ecology and Evolution position available in Biology Department at Stanford University. Apply by April 1, 2026. (Photo by Rick Morris)
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31606
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31606
Gender blindness. What’s that? Something on Australia’s Honours system that highlights women’s overlooked leadership. Very applicable to academia - citations, awards, recognition. www.communitydirectors.com.au/articles/aus...
Australia’s honours system: a mirror to our blindness
www.communitydirectors.com.au
January 30, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Gender blindness. What’s that? Something on Australia’s Honours system that highlights women’s overlooked leadership. Very applicable to academia - citations, awards, recognition. www.communitydirectors.com.au/articles/aus...
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The forestry sector needs major changes. It's not fit for a changing climate. #NZPol
Yet despite this - and strong evidence the forestry sector is highly profitable - lobbyists are continuing to argue they shouldn't be held responsible for the mess they leave in their wake or be made to change their practices
www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedeta...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedeta...
Storms, forestry slash: Where does legal responsibility lie?
Extreme weather may be the trigger for deadly and devastating slash, but the lines on who is responsible for prevention and clean-up are blurred.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 30, 2026 at 12:29 AM
The forestry sector needs major changes. It's not fit for a changing climate. #NZPol
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Very happy to have had the opportunity to contribute to this work. Thanks to Robin Thompson for leading, the amazing team of co-authors and the INI for hosting us.
New paper! "Infectious disease outbreak controllability: biological, social and public health factors" - we provide a modelling-informed discussion of what 'controllability' means for an infectious disease outbreak.
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Infectious disease outbreak controllability: biological, social and public health factors
Abstract. Early in an infectious disease outbreak, key policy questions include whether and how the outbreak can be brought under control. In the epidemiol
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January 29, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Very happy to have had the opportunity to contribute to this work. Thanks to Robin Thompson for leading, the amazing team of co-authors and the INI for hosting us.
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🙏 Thank you, British Ecological Society, for this recognition. It means a lot coming from the oldest ecological society in the world! 🌍 Looking forward to what this cohort of fellows, the one before, and many more to come, will do to make the world a better place than it feels at this moment!
Introducing the second cohort of BES Fellows 🙌
We are delighted to announce that 23 outstanding ecologists have been selected to join our prestigious membership category.
👇Meet our new Fellows here
We are delighted to announce that 23 outstanding ecologists have been selected to join our prestigious membership category.
👇Meet our new Fellows here
Announcing the second round of BES Fellows - British Ecological Society
Meet our second round of Fellows of the British Ecological Society (FBES), a new cohort of ecologists making lasting impact on the discipline.
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January 23, 2026 at 3:28 PM
🙏 Thank you, British Ecological Society, for this recognition. It means a lot coming from the oldest ecological society in the world! 🌍 Looking forward to what this cohort of fellows, the one before, and many more to come, will do to make the world a better place than it feels at this moment!
Fantastic to see this book longlisted for the Ockhams. We need more science and society - human, intelligible, evidence based - writing. Although I could do without the next pandemic.
Congratulations to @hendysh.bsky.social, whose book The Covid Response is on the longlist for the General Non-Fiction Award at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-... 🎉
2026 Awards | New Zealand Book Awards Trust
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January 29, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Fantastic to see this book longlisted for the Ockhams. We need more science and society - human, intelligible, evidence based - writing. Although I could do without the next pandemic.
Another tough day in the office. And it’s only day 3 back from the holidays.
January 28, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Another tough day in the office. And it’s only day 3 back from the holidays.
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'Okea ururoatia’: the role of Indigenous activism in the restoration and protection of nature
Walker+
doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
"ways that Māori self-determination movements have acted as a catalyst for increased environmental restoration across Aotearoa New Zealand"
Walker+
doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
"ways that Māori self-determination movements have acted as a catalyst for increased environmental restoration across Aotearoa New Zealand"
'Okea ururoatia’: the role of Indigenous activism in the restoration and protection of nature
Abstract. Indigenous peoples advocate for environmental and social justice in distinctive ways that may also benefit the conservation and restoration of bi
doi.org
January 25, 2026 at 11:42 AM
'Okea ururoatia’: the role of Indigenous activism in the restoration and protection of nature
Walker+
doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
"ways that Māori self-determination movements have acted as a catalyst for increased environmental restoration across Aotearoa New Zealand"
Walker+
doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
"ways that Māori self-determination movements have acted as a catalyst for increased environmental restoration across Aotearoa New Zealand"
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i was cut off without power/internet/cell for a week during Gabrielle and it forced me to reckon with this. i put solar in (enormous privilege). but even yesterday i had to text neighbours to see if a key road was open. we need leaders who are ready to meet this challenge because it’s here now.
I'm on the Coromandel Peninsula, and what else is there to do when unable to leave but write about the weather and climate change:
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Climate change impacts are here now
We need to plan and act
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January 23, 2026 at 8:33 PM
i was cut off without power/internet/cell for a week during Gabrielle and it forced me to reckon with this. i put solar in (enormous privilege). but even yesterday i had to text neighbours to see if a key road was open. we need leaders who are ready to meet this challenge because it’s here now.
New work! Experimenting in transdisciplinary space 🧪
In this work, wanted to push the boundaries a bit, and also touch on one of the issues speaking to us - protest, as a tool to support Indigenous rights and the protection of nature in a fractious world. 6/n royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
'Okea ururoatia’: the role of Indigenous activism in the restoration and protection of nature
Abstract. Indigenous peoples advocate for environmental and social justice in distinctive ways that may also benefit the conservation and restoration of bi
royalsocietypublishing.org
January 23, 2026 at 5:13 PM
New work! Experimenting in transdisciplinary space 🧪