Simon Linke 🎤🐠
@DocSlinky
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Aquatic ecologist, mapper of rivers, fish listener, bass player, @NatGeo explorer, rStats hacker, @CSIRO, (views my own; RT ≠ endorsement) Also Mr @roconscicom
Brisbane, Queensland
Joined November 2016
I’m sure Pete Hegseth REALLY doesn’t want the world to remember when he suggested Hillary Clinton should be “fired on the spot” and criminally prosecuted for mishandling info — so please don’t repost this right this very minute.
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Assessing the value of environmental DNA into conservation planning in France
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5 accomplishments in a week? We’d be happy if you had 3 accomplishments in the past academic year. Especially if you could explain them as a set of bullet points rather than a 10-page single spaced explanation for why nothing got done this past year.
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Trump is mocking Zelensky because he used to be a comedian, meanwhile Trump:
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How about proctological research on Uranus? Great job @ElsevierConnect ! "We practice Neurosurgery on SATURN in a country called « ILLUSIONLAND ». 60 million homo sapiens sapiens who live in this country migrated 30 years ago from the Earth."
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Are you the Sultan of Stink or the Governor of Gas? Time to shine! 💨 We’re asking Aussies to track their toots for at least 3 days with the ‘Chart Your Fart’ app. Help us map Australia’s windy ways for gut health science: https://t.co/f31XGUcAg0
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“There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective”, says the incoming Health Minister of the world's most medically and biotechnologically advanced country. To which I say: MAMMA MIA, SI SALVI CHI PUÒ!
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Distinguished Prof. Jamie Kirkpatrick passed away yesterday. A beloved colleague at the heart of our School for 50+ years @UTAS_ , his kindness, dedication, and commitment to the Tasmanian environment will not be forgotten. He will be missed.
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Where is the Barkandji expert? The Barkandji are directly impacted and did not create this mess
#WilcanniaWeir Independent Review panel members are now confirmed as Chair Geoff Wise, James McTavish, Professor Stuart Khan. They’ll be joined by a representative from the @MD_Basin_Auth , as a panel observer. Read more: https://t.co/dgwdWjOHMo
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Alright Germany, we can forever argue whether you call it Krapfen, Berliner, Pfannkuchen, Kräppel.... ...or we can unite as one and hunt down whoever came up with these.
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Some opinion articles, including a recent one in The Conversation, repeat the trope that the vast majority of nonnative species "pose no danger at all to native ecosystems" & should be ignored by managers. We addressed this misinformation over a decade ago: https://t.co/Hn4DRhgMHu
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Whoaw - sounds like a dream job - in Seattle and in the department of an old friend who also happens to be one of the best fish landscape ecologists on the planet....
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Tomorrow Peter Dutton will warn us that African gangs are eating the pets of Melbourne. 🙄 #auspol #PresidentialDebate
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Bavarian immigrant specialty in Australia: "Hundsbraten mit Knoedel" (don't mention this to my neighbours Rob or Andrew) #eatingthepets
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Ha, if you ever heard me present an intro to ecoacoustics and I played you the Gyrinid beetle sound - that is when it was recorded (FB memory exactly 10 years ago)
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A new article in time for #ThreatedSpeciesDay - Bunyip birds and brolgas: how can we better protect species important to Indigenous people? @RAMorgain Jess Weir and Katie Moon https://t.co/7Qe4k3zYYZ via @ConversationEDU
theconversation.com
For the Kamilaroi of north-western New South Wales, the brolga and bittern are vital to culture. But conservation often doesn’t account for cultural knowledge or significance.
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International student cap has serious consequences for global rankings of Australian unis. Students come to the country for specific unis. It’s like the government hasn’t even considered the stupidity of their actions. Political survival over good policy.
abc.net.au
The federal government's plan to cap international student numbers has split the tertiary education sector, drawing uproar from prestigious urban universities but cautious optimism from their...
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