Dr Simon J Allen
@SimonJAllen1
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Conservation biology, sustainability, animal behaviour, wildlife photography, flights of fancy (drones). Views my own. Be kind to animals.
Bristol, England
Joined May 2018
I’ve never seen a more British arrest video in my life, such sarcastic stoicism in the face of it all. Surreal. The man being arrested is Tim Crosland, a former government lawyer. https://t.co/3rDhxCT3UR
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Francesca Albanese speaks to truth again & again: ‘Genocide starts with dehumanisation’ ‘Genocide of Jews in Europe happened because of racism and the agendas of monsters’ ‘A belief in the superiority of white Europeans’ ‘Across the world Palestinians 🇵🇸 have been dehumanised’
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#Birds The amazing American dipper (Cinclus mexicanus). A semi-aquatic songbird which swims underwater in the mountain streams of western North America. Their lovely bubbling song is so loud it can be heard over the rushing water. https://t.co/C9DfqToII9
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It’s that time of year - people asking us about #bumblebees - WHY THEY’RE SEEING THEM ON THE GROUND - so here’s a thread to explain what they’re up to. Please #retweet. Every #queen that survives means a new colony that gets to exist & produce new queen #bees for next year! So
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If you see 'responsible' Scottish salmon in the supermarket - even if it's greenwashed @rspcaassured @ASC_aqua @SoilAssociation - please don't put it in your shopping trolley. Scottish salmon belongs in the bin like these poor fish @MowiScotlandLtd who are collateral damage.
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Labor just voted with the Coalition to kill THEIR OWN Nature Positive reforms🤯 Enough crossbenchers voted to keep it alive in the Senate for Labor to have passed their long promised reform. Neither of the major parties will stand up for Nature 😥
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Absolutely terrifying. Goodbye X and goodbye Meta. Disgusting.
WATCH: “We’re gonna get rid of fact-checkers…” In what looks almost like a hostage video, Zuckerberg bends the knee to Trump entirely — doing away with Facebook fact-checkers and moving the process to Texas under the guise of protecting free expression.
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Al Jazeera's @kahlout_moath was reporting on humanitarian aid being delivered to the barely-functional Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, when an Israeli attack struck nearby.
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In November 2023, @CurlewAction held a meeting in Westminster about the growing demand for green skills, yet no GCSE in Natural History on the horizon. We need a nature-literate society to tackle the huge issues of biodiversity loss and climate change. https://t.co/AOZftthlXT
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Re: Stalled Natural History GCSE... “We’ve been saying to Labour it’s there, it’s ready, it’s a very popular thing you could do. The message we have got in response is that it is seen as a Conservative party initiative so has to be reassessed.” https://t.co/4yW2ro6HtV
theguardian.com
New GCSE was announced under previous government in 2022 but now ‘sitting in limbo’, says Mary Colwell, one of its architects
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The Australien Government has made an ad about our next federal election, and it's surprisingly honest and informative! #auspol #2025Election #PreferentialVoting #ProjectGina
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Today is #WorldFisheriesDay yet the voices of many of Scotland's fishermen or not being heard by @scotgov @ScotGovMarine Our coastal seas need meaningful action so our fisheries can recover and thrive for generations to come #CoastalTestimonies
https://t.co/kFMolLc52s
ourseas.scot
We've been meeting with folk from all over Scotland to hear their experiences & local knowledge of our inshore seas. Join us TOMORROW till 19 Nov in Glasgow & 23-28 in Inverness for our #CoastalTestimonies exhibition & events https://t.co/kFMolLbxcU
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On #WorldFisheriesDay just remember that half of global fisheries are overfished, and another 40% are fished to maximum levels. Big Fishing is emptying our seas of life. Eradicating biodiversity at a shocking rate. Time to #EndOverfishing & support thriving seas.
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In 2017, the Scottish Government - resulting from leadership by the former Environment Minister Roseanna Cunningham - recognised a need to protect parts of our inshore seabed from scallop dredging. Proposals have been on the table for 7 YEARS but no action. Meanwhile...👇
Scallop divers in Orkney are calling for urgent support, reports @The_Orcadian, as inshore dredging threatens to legally damage their fishing grounds. When are our politicians and government going to take action to support lower-impact fishing businesses?
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Excellent but sobering talk by @Flixtter on the impact of an extreme climatic event (marine heatwave) on the survival of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay #PerthSMM2024 #SMM2024
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Fun end to a great conference week with a team trip to Rottnest to see the quokkas - how cute are these guys 🤩
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Fantastic new insight into motor synchrony by @sam_hc_7 - synchronous displays strengthen social bonds in allied male dolphins #PerthSMM2024 #SMM2024 @BristolBioSci
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Super cool talk by @EmmaChereskin using AI deep learning tacking to understand interaction rules among allied male dolphins in a cooperative context #PerthSMM2024 #SMM2024 @BristolBioSci
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