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@litoria

CS@UNSW - spare time spent identifying every species seen while diving, bushwalking & running

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For those of you who'd like to read it, instead of shaking your fist at half the title, here you go:

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

07.03.2026 18:46 πŸ‘ 411 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 55 πŸ“Œ 12
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How far back in time can you understand English? An experiment in language change

If you liked this experiment, I published a full piece today in the same vein: a text that gets 100 years older with every section, from a modern blog post to a medieval chronicle.

It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get.

www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...

18.02.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 3561 πŸ” 1298 πŸ’¬ 194 πŸ“Œ 479
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a man in a military uniform says " my fΓΌhrer " in front of a group of men ALT: a man in a military uniform says " my fΓΌhrer " in front of a group of men

Here is video of Rubio telling him the news.

20.02.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 795 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 5
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My friend Jon has died | First Dog on the Moon Jon Kudelka loved his beautiful family and was fiercely intolerant of greed and hypocrisy

Here is my cartoon about Mr Jon Kudelka www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

13.02.2026 05:04 πŸ‘ 928 πŸ” 270 πŸ’¬ 95 πŸ“Œ 19

I've never seen a Geat Egret with the dark bill of breeding flush with yellow lores - always blue-green. Structure looks good for Little Egret to me.

08.02.2026 12:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Fantastic pic but a Little Egret I think

08.02.2026 11:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pelicans and cormorants in a golden sunset.
Menindee, New South Wales.

29.01.2026 11:58 πŸ‘ 99 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
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25.12.2025 14:04 πŸ‘ 2394 πŸ” 448 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 18
Bridget the cat infiltrates the 'Abbey Road' cover shoot and becomes THE definitive fifth Beatle.

Bridget the cat infiltrates the 'Abbey Road' cover shoot and becomes THE definitive fifth Beatle.

THREAD.

My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.

I've collected his work here...

20.12.2025 09:21 πŸ‘ 3246 πŸ” 1156 πŸ’¬ 122 πŸ“Œ 328
A moray eel swiming across a coral reef

A moray eel swiming across a coral reef

On a Komodo night dive buzzing with interesting life, l thought this cute little moray was a common species & ignored it. My partner luckily took a few shots: seems it's the little-known Gymnothorax robinsi. Too rare to be in fish books, perhaps the 3rd photo of a live specimen on the internet.

11.12.2025 09:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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parents freed a hummingbird from a skylight with a coleus flower attached to a pole

09.11.2025 00:05 πŸ‘ 3557 πŸ” 909 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 56
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World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black.

www.livescience.com/animals/spid...

08.11.2025 00:17 πŸ‘ 1125 πŸ” 241 πŸ’¬ 151 πŸ“Œ 530
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We are absolutely thrilled to introduce Clive and Inhancer, a pair caught yesterday in the Macquarie Marshes and fitted with GPS 4G transmitters from Global Messenger. We are immensely grateful to the local landholders, Leanne, Garry and Jet Hall, who were central in making it happen.

05.11.2025 08:15 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Researchers have filmed thousands of climbing catfish scaling waterfalls, providing a rare insight into the daring migration of an enigmatic fish.

Learn more: https://scim.ag/4lDlFux

22.08.2025 13:48 πŸ‘ 665 πŸ” 232 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 75
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Minister Murray Watttf is going to artificially aerate Macquarie Harbour (surface area a mere 32,000 ha), by burning bulk diesel on a few noisy barges ... in order to subsidise a foreign owned non-taxpaying open water salmon feedlot operation.

Your Labor political party, working for you.

14.08.2025 07:20 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 1
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A hypnotic flatworm flowing through the night

15.06.2025 11:42 πŸ‘ 93 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Satellite tracking reveals sex-specific differences in the geographical and vertical habitat use of Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, in the Eastern Indian ocean - Marine Biology Satellite tagging of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) has typically focused on juvenile males which dominate coastal aggregation sites, with limited data on the movements of females. We…

Satellite tracking reveals sex-specific differences in the geographical and vertical habitat use of Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, in the Eastern Indian ocean link.springer.com/article/10.1...

06.06.2025 14:52 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Leadbeater’s possum has just been detected in Kosciusko National Park. This extraordinary discovery is the first live record of this Critically Endangered species outside of Victoria. See what the experts have to say about the discovery:
biodiversitycouncil....

31.05.2025 20:39 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 5

Australian woman, a former police officer, was detained, jailed overnight and deported from the US despite traveling there legally on a tourist visa to visit her US military husband.

Is there no end to our shameful behavior?

www.news.com.au/travel/trave...

23.05.2025 20:20 πŸ‘ 1201 πŸ” 456 πŸ’¬ 72 πŸ“Œ 88
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A new report from the NSW Government shows that the control of feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park is working and ecosystems are already showing positive signs of recovery 🌏

Read more: biodiversitycouncil....

@euanritchie.bsky.social

21.05.2025 04:30 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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Male Australasian Bitterns are highly territorial in the breeding season. Many are now on their way from the Riverina’s rice fields to coastal wetlands in NSW, VIC and SA for winter. Latest Australian population estimate is only 1300 (+~700 in NZ) but conservation action is building. Glorious birds.

12.05.2025 08:43 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
First fault movement ever filmed. M7.9 surface rupture filmed near Thazi, Myanmar
First fault movement ever filmed. M7.9 surface rupture filmed near Thazi, Myanmar YouTube video by 2025 Sagaing Earthquake Archive

I am speechless...
>> First fault movement ever filmed. M7.9 surface rupture filmed near Thazi, Myanmar
m.youtube.com/watch?v=77ub...

12.05.2025 01:17 πŸ‘ 1907 πŸ” 661 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 250
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Strong *these* vibes right now.

01.02.2025 00:30 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Classy work ABC radio news, introducing Marianne Faithfull as "Mick Jagger's former girlfriend", referring to her as the inspiration for As Tears Go By & a drug addiction before noting almost in passing her long recording career & outstanding work of her own. Artist as appendage.

30.01.2025 20:16 πŸ‘ 369 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 7
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Walking Shark.

24.01.2025 10:00 πŸ‘ 663 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sydney - city & nature
This grand spectacle & everyday experience all free & all yours
#publicsydney

05.01.2025 07:15 πŸ‘ 205 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2
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30.12.2024 01:44 πŸ‘ 23784 πŸ” 2186 πŸ’¬ 306 πŸ“Œ 138
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Thank you, Jimmy Carter.

This chart is on a log scale. This year there have been just 7 cases of guinea worm.

ourworldindata.org/grapher/numb...

30.12.2024 07:02 πŸ‘ 638 πŸ” 145 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 2
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A new approach to an old language | Engineering - UNSW Sydney UNSW's Debugging C Compiler (DCC) uses AI to help students learn C programming by explaining errors without fostering reliance on AI, aiming to prevent future software issues.

Really we’re just going to extreme lengths to ensure we can keep teaching C as our students’ first language: www.unsw.edu.au/engineering/...

@cyberhammond.com @litoria.bsky.social

13.12.2024 04:15 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Remora attach to a diver
Remora attach to a diver YouTube video by Terumbu Divers

Forget shark diving - I'd go a long way to have this experience: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwms...

11.12.2024 10:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0