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New Zealand Ecological Society @newzealandecology.bsky.social · 1h

📢 New publication in NZJE!

Reconstructing ecological niche and feeding ecology of pre-contact New Zealand avifauna from Harwood, Otago Peninsula 🪶

Lead author: Nic Rawlence
@nicrawlencenz.bsky.social
@atennyson.bsky.social

newzealandecology.org/nzje/3616

Reconstructing ecological niche and feeding ecology of pre-contact New Zealand avifauna from Harwood, Otago Peninsula | NZES

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Nic Rawlence @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social · 8h

Our new study uncovers what native birds in Aotearoa New Zealand were eating around the time of human arrival 750 years ago. 2/6

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 2h

🎉 Brilliant Poetry 2025 has announced its shortlist.

Over 350 poems from 50 countries explored the beauty and mystery of quantum science through verse with @unesco.org & @apsphysics.bsky.social

Read them here: quantum2025.org/news-link/br...

#Poetry #IYQ2025 #SciComm #SciArt

Brilliant Poetry: A Global Celebration of Quantum Wonder - IYQ 2025

In 2025, the Brilliant Poetry competition invited people from around the world to explore the beauty and mystery of quantum science through verse. The response was extraordinary. In only three months,...

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 1d

#NZpol

Remove this govt by 2026 at the latest, prefer it is snapped in half before that.

We have a govt looking down the barrel at this and doing NOTHING meaningful about it. It builds on the years of doing SFA prior - yet so many think even those *slight* improvements were "woke extremism" 😖🤬

PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 1d

PERFECTLY NORMAL

New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk, report finds

NZ$180bn worth of housing and $26bn of infrastructure at risk of flooding and storm damage, new government report finds

www.theguardian.com

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 1d

The actual glory of this

Ramsha Jahangir @ramshajahangir.bsky.social · 1d

Last week, a Dutch court ordered Meta to give Facebook & Instagram users the right to set a chronological feed by default - one of the first EU cases applying the DSA in civil proceedings.

To unpack what this means, I spoke with @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social:

www.techpolicy.press/what-a-dutch...

What a Dutch Court Ruling Against Meta Signals for Private DSA Enforcement | TechPolicy.Press

Tech Policy Press spoke with Rejo Zenger, Policy and Advocacy Lead at Bits of Freedom, to better understand the significance of the ruling.

www.techpolicy.press

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Anna Henderson @annamhnz.bsky.social · 2d

AI has gone mad! 😫

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New Zealand Ecological Society @newzealandecology.bsky.social · 2d

📢 Interested in Sika Deer in NZ? Check out this new publication in NZJE, which is a comprehensive assessment of their movement ecology in NZ🦌

Home ranges and movement of sika deer (Cervus nippon) in central North Island, New Zealand.

Lead author: Cecilia Latham

newzealandecology.org/nzje/3615

Home ranges and movement of sika deer (Cervus nippon) in central North Island, New Zealand | NZES

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Anna Henderson @annamhnz.bsky.social · 2d

Wow these are so cool!

Anna Henderson @annamhnz.bsky.social · 2d

Same I have no idea what's going on. I've gathered people are annoyed at BlueSky about something, but I don't know what happened or why. I almost exclusively just see cool stuff on here, which is great.

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Anna Henderson @annamhnz.bsky.social · 3d

Can you please fill me in? What has happened? I'll be sad if this platform goes the way of the others... 😕

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Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · 3d

New study 🎓 by @robinheinennl.bsky.social

Variation in artificial light at night (ALAN) 💡 affects ecosystem functions: An experimental approach using plasticine caterpillar 🐛 predation in an urban environment 🧪

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🔓

Variation in artificial light at night (ALAN) affects ecosystem functions: An experimental approach using plasticine caterpillar predation in an urban environment

Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) is changing our nocturnal landscape. Recent research reveals the negative impacts on biodiversity, including individu…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Pip Adam @pipadam.bsky.social · 3d

Apart from massive job losses out of the economy, changes to youth benefit come in the wake of: polytech closures, less funding for mental health, no extra funding for universities, changes to NCEA that mess with vocational training (hospitality) & force YP into SL debt
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Jobseeker changes: 'Punished for economic crisis they didn't create'

The prime minister says benefit dependency is a "tragedy" and tightened criteria resets expectations - but a youth advocate says they have never met a young person who doesn't want to find work.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Anna Henderson @annamhnz.bsky.social · 3d

Oh congratulations! ❤️ Great name! I may be a little biased as that is my 4 month old's name!

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Jean-Lou Justine @jean-lou-justine.bsky.social · 4d

Genomics of invasive land flatworms (Geoplanidae) from Northern Ireland reveal infestations by two new parasite species.
When studying invaders, we found their own parasites. 🧬🧪
Paper coming soon. #parasite #invasivespecies

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Anna Henderson @annamhnz.bsky.social · 4d

I'm so sorry.

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Anna Henderson @annamhnz.bsky.social · 4d

Yep I remember this from uni too. Our wealthiest friend whose parents owned a dairy farm got it...

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Susie Dent @susiedent.com · 4d

Word of the Day is ‘tandsmør’, from Danish. It describes bread that is buttered so thickly you can see tooth marks in it after every bite. Its literal translation? ‘Tooth butter’.

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beck eleven @beckeleven.bsky.social · 4d

A meme saying:
Interviewer: why do you want this job?
Me: I’ve always been passionate about being able to afford food.

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Anna Henderson @annamhnz.bsky.social · 4d

I can't even put into words how upsetting and frustrating this is. It makes one feel helpless... So utterly irresponsible.

Dairy conversions boom in Canterbury despite nitrate emergency

www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608....

Dairy conversions boom despite ‘nitrate emergency’

Canterbury could soon have 35,000 more dairy cows on its pastures, as consenting rules are relaxed and prices for milk products spiral.

www.thepress.co.nz

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 4d

🧬 HPV vaccine impact after 17 years

A study of 2,335 young women found big drops in HPV infections among both vaccinated and unvaccinated groups, showing strong herd protection and long-term effectiveness.

🔗 doi.org/10.1001/jama...

#SciComm #HPV #Vaccines 🧪

Population-Level Effectiveness and Herd Protection 17 Years After HPV Vaccine

This cross-sectional study investigates population-level effectiveness and herd protection in the first 17 years after human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among adolescent girls and young women at ...

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Anna Henderson @annamhnz.bsky.social · 4d

Wow. Well worth a read.

Ganesh Rajaram Ahirao @ganeshahirao.bsky.social · 4d

Group of 20 economists ... "change course urgently".

Text of letter at link.

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Anna Henderson @annamhnz.bsky.social · 4d

This is pretty eye-opening. Awful stuff.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 4d

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?

#TwentyfiveFortyseven

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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 4d

This is why they target historians, writers, activists, the vulnerable first - anyone who can see history repeating, & who can see the path for what it is.

Fascism isn’t about to come knocking; it’s already present in the US.

The unmitigated erosion of democratic norms should be a warning for NZ.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 5d

🍄 Psilocybin risks after childbirth

A mouse study found that psilocybin given during the postpartum period increased anxiety in mothers and caused long-term anhedonia in their offspring.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SciComm #Neuroscience 🧪

Psilocybin during the postpartum period induces long-lasting adverse effects in both mothers and offspring - Nature Communications

The treatment potential of psilocybin for postpartum depression was investigated in a preclinical mouse model. Here the authors show both acute and long-term effects of psilocybin in mothers and their offspring who were exposed via lactation.

www.nature.com

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