Ian Thompson
iantho.bsky.social
Ian Thompson
@iantho.bsky.social
Once practiced natural resources management and conservation, in government. Now largely an interested observer in Australia
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This is good news because America's smallest falcon has been on the decline for years. Our findings support that these cute fluff balls can be a powerful, affordable, and effective tool for farmers to use to co-manage their farms for multiple goals.
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Lynx has a cologne! The deodorant is bad enough. Don’t know anyone who thinks Lynx smells any good except 14 to 17 year old boys, particularly those who don’t like to wash. Have to get boys into a sport that involves water. Chlorine is bearable.
December 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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“INSTEAD, the random mixes of plants from similar climates but different locations were absolutely kick-ass at keeping out cheatgrass (figure 2d), while the same-site mixes let it run rampant.”
November 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I had read the article and missed the survey, looked again and missed it. Finally found it. Finally done. They may as well just have floating headline boxes blocking a video background and no text. Can’t get to real text or see an image. Dreadful. No better than Facebook click bait. AI headers now?
November 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Look how its readers turned out! If you want horror, find ‘The Nowadays Fairy Book’. Often looked at never read. I suspect these violent stories didn’t make make non-violent kids violent. They shut theirs ears and eyes or picked other books. Babar’s mum, Bambi’s mum: bits never read or seen.
November 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Does the caravan come too? Might need it while the renos are completed.
November 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
You never know but this might just happen to throw up insights into using plant immune systems to slow or stop the spread of Phytopthora. Interesting and valuable project. Phytopthora in Bunyas and Kauris is a worry. Risk to industries hoop pines too
November 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Maybe it’s deliberate that everyone except Oldman & Scott-Thomas are dills? There is an ancestor thing on KS-T grandfather. In every major naval engagement from Jutland to D Day. Rated highly, liked by crew. Never more than a destroyer Capt. Personal message about not all good people get to the top?
November 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Lucky

Out on the plains the Brolgas are dancing
Lifting their feet like war horses prancing

Up to the sun, the woodlarks go winging
Faint in the dawn light echoes their singing

Carol of the Birds
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Well you have cost me two books today. Getting the newish book by Alison Lester and Coral Tulloch ‘Into the Ice’
November 28, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Edna Purviance opposite Mr Chaplin?
November 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Eventually it’s self correcting. I knew someone who compressed and more than once the safety valve blew and another time so much steam all the water boiled off. No coffee. Moka pots are not designed for the pressure to get through compressed coffee grounds
November 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Not a full timeline history but I liked The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes by
Raoul McLaughlin. Puts Rome and the Persian Empires in a Chinese context. Revisionist. China knew about Rome but considered it petty and irrelevant. Its an audiobook too
November 27, 2025 at 7:45 AM
And wood chopping races, with an axe. I think the even plant offsets now
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Read the Lady Astronaut books. It’s the asteroid hit we need to be prepared for.
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This is a Canadianised recipe for Australian ‘pumpkin pie’. Traditionally served with Golden Syrup (light molasses) and custard. Pumpkin pancakes are good too.

www.womensweeklyfood.com.au/recipe/desse...
Steamed pumpkin and maple pudding
You will need to cook 350g pumpkin for the amount of mashed pumpkin required in this recipe. Note
www.womensweeklyfood.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Better be quick, the generations who check if AI can read accurately is aging. I can read and write cursive but find my mother’s writing hard with cursive capitals. Good luck the 19thC and earlier where all the jewels are. It’s not just humanities. The natural sciences want to read notebooks too
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM