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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 9h

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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Tammy Steeves @testeeves.bsky.social · 20h

What are the ‘social dimensions’ of moving species for conservation and why does engaging with them matter?

This is the focus of our new paper doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... published in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social olevo.bsky.social led by ever talented @aisrayne.bsky.social

📷 Kevin Parker

Whimsical photo of a karure | kakaruia | Chatham Island black robin courtesy of Kevin Parker. Features as a wee black bird with four leg bands: white over orange on the left leg and red over white on the right leg. Sneaky tufts of feathers peak out from otherwise borb-like body, encouraged by the unseen wind.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 9h

Bold of you to assume that these people have friends.

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Tea Junkie @teajunkie.bsky.social · 1d

"And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it ‘the future,’ AI is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be re-consumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line".
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda hits out at AI-generated videos of her dead father: ‘stop doing this to him’

Film-maker tells the public to stop sending her videos, saying: ‘You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings’

www.theguardian.com

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Nic Rawlence @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social · 1d

These talks are next week. It would be good to see you all there bsky.app/profile/nicr...

Nic Rawlence @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social · 7d

I have a double bill of public talks coming up on MythBusting de-extinction to sort fact from fiction. It will be good to see you all there. On Tues 14th Oct 11am-12.30pm NZ time I'll be giving an online talk with Genomics for Aotearoa NZ. You can register here (otago.zoom.us/webinar/regi...) 1/2

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 2d

A few of us had been wondering what this predator proof fence was for over the past few months. Good to finally hear about it.

Also RNZ still using my northern grass skink photo that I sent to Lynn Freeman back in 2019. Do they just own it now? 😂

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Native lizards protected as condition of road construction near Levin

A four-hectare section of forest and grassland will soon become home to a population of lizards.

www.rnz.co.nz

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 3d

You can't fit thousands of job seekers into tens of jobs.
And while Luxon might call himself sorted, the country isn't, even if he doesn't want to do anything about it.

Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 5d

I am admittedly rage-posting now, but come the fuck on! Can we have an actual conversation about what we are doing as a country?

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 2d

The trouble is, any talk around this just further feeds the conspiracy theorists. "See! We were right!"

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 2d

I watched Eddington last night without knowing much about it and it was great.

Insane/unsettling how the news is lining up with it over the last week or so.

Article about the US government battling Antifa.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 3d

They're already invasive up here and on Kate McAlpine's Environmental Weeds list.

Some genius planted tonnes of them around playgrounds. Below photo shows dozens of seedlings coming up in bark mulch in a playground.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 3d

I'm trying to decide what's worse: the asbestos or the phoenix palm?

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Alex Nelson @alxnelson.bsky.social · 4d

Roseate spoonbills will splash their wings through the water as part of their beauty routine. Here's one doing so mid-splash, facing straight ahead towards the camera. I really love this shot. #birds

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 4d

🍄 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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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 3d

It's all Talley's. At least it used to be when I toured the factory ~18 years ago. They process all the other companies on contract. AoNZ is too small to have lots of frozen vege factories.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 3d

Recovery of local seedlings after successful conservation! Photo credit: Island Conservation 🌏

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 3d

"After only one year, the transformation is dramatic. A colony of 2000 Sooty Terns, where there was previously none, were feeding hundreds of chicks. We also counted 1000’s of native Pisonia grandis tree seedlings across just 60 12m monitored plots on the forest floor—in 2024 we found zero." 🌏

Press Release: Staggering Recovery of Plants and Seabirds on Marshallese Islands Just One Year After Rat Removal - Island Conservation

Astonishing results from our work to restore sites in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, boosting climate resilience and ocean health!

www.islandconservation.org

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 4d

Sowed saltmarsh ribbonwood, large-leaved milk tree, akeake, and poataniwha today. The poataniwha is being grown to host the regionally vulnerable Korthalsella lindsayi (leafless mistletoe). The akeake and poataniwha are from Kiripiti Reserve, one of the few known wild sites left on the Kāpiti Coast.

Regionally vulnerable Korthalsella lindsayi (leafless mistletoe) growing on poataniwha (Melicope simplex) in Kiripiti Reserve.

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Cate Macinnis-Ng @loraxcate.bsky.social · 4d

Conservation should not be user pays. Sure, national parks overseas have visitor and parking fees but free access to nature used to be something we could be proud of. Sad to see DOC forced to do this to meet funding shortfalls. #nzpol

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

DOC expects to make $1 million from paid parking trial at South Island tourist spots

The first 20 minutes will be free with a rate of $5 per hour after.

www.rnz.co.nz

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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 6d

your core users are people who have already demonstrated a willingness to abandon a more popular social media site for another, in the most part for disliking the politics of the people who run it. write this on a big whiteboard somewhere in the office

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 5d

The average urban tree canopy across all towns and cities in Aotearoa New Zealand is 19%. Great research here from @jamorgenroth.bsky.social and Dr Ning Ye. www.canterbury.ac.nz/news-and-eve...

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 7d

🌿 The Venus flytrap’s secret touch sensor

A new study reveals that the protein MSL10 acts as a highly sensitive mechanosensor in the Venus flytrap. It enables the plant to detect touch, fire electrical signals, and snap shut on its prey.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SciComm #Plants 🧪

MSL10 is a high-sensitivity mechanosensor in the tactile sense of the Venus flytrap - Nature Communications

The Venus flytrap, a carnivorous plant, catches prey by sensing touch. Here, the authors show that DmMSL10 functions as a high-sensitivity mechanosensor in sensory hairs, initiating long-range calcium and electrical signals required for trap closure.

www.nature.com

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 6d

Gold

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 6d

Today, the ABC reports that a top statistician quit a study into whether Woodside’s North West Shelf gas plant was destroying the Murujuga rock art after the WA govt misrepresented his team’s key finding.

“Someone who had a key role is saying what we've long known. WA govt misrepresented the facts"

Don't believe the spin. Pollution from the gas export plant is destroying the ancient Murujuga rock art.

The ABC’s report that a top statistician quit a study into whether Woodside’s North West Shelf gas plant was destroying the Murujuga rock art after the WA

australiainstitute.org.au

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 6d

sound on

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 6d

When planting canopy species we tend to space trees out 5m plus but now I'm wondering if we should plant a little mātai buddy for every kahikatea and tōtara. 🌏

Old growth kahikatea and mātai growing side by side.

Old growth tōtara and mātai growing side by side.

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