Meet Eva Ramón Gallegos, who has eradicated active HPV and pre-cancerous cervical lesions in 29 women using a technique called photodynamic therapy. The drug collects in damaged cells, destroying them, while leaving healthy tissue unharmed.
https://www.shethepeople.tv/women-in-stem/eva-ram%C3%B3n-gallegos-mexican-physician-treats-hpv-8738614
Many years ago, Mrs V’s pre-cancerous cervical lesions were eradicated using efudix, a skin cancer topical drug. It was prescribed by a Sydney-based professor, as a trial before removing more bits (ie, the remaining bits of cervix and possibly more – much of her cervix had already been removed).
Divine Angel said:
Meet Eva Ramón Gallegos, who has eradicated active HPV and pre-cancerous cervical lesions in 29 women using a technique called photodynamic therapy. The drug collects in damaged cells, destroying them, while leaving healthy tissue unharmed.
https://www.shethepeople.tv/women-in-stem/eva-ram%C3%B3n-gallegos-mexican-physician-treats-hpv-8738614
Good
Norway no longer has fur farms.
https://www.princeea.com/norway-has-officially-ended-fur-farming-for-good-farms-were-given-until-february-2025-to-shut-down/
Chel snakehead fish, thought extinct since the 1930s, has been confirmed to still exist.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/researchers-rediscovered-elusive-fish-species-thought-extinct-85/story?id=118895751
Divine Angel said:
Chel snakehead fish, thought extinct since the 1930s, has been confirmed to still exist.https://abcnews.go.com/International/researchers-rediscovered-elusive-fish-species-thought-extinct-85/story?id=118895751
Goodo. Might have been best if they kept it secret though.
Divine Angel said:
Chel snakehead fish, thought extinct since the 1930s, has been confirmed to still exist.https://abcnews.go.com/International/researchers-rediscovered-elusive-fish-species-thought-extinct-85/story?id=118895751
Kind of weird that IUCN list this rare fish as Least Concern.
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/166612/6247381
Maybe they just don’t care about this one for some reason. Fair enough, ya can’t worry about everything, highly relatable.
From wiki:
“ Due to its smaller size (in comparison to other snakeheads), the Chel snakehead is slightly easier to keep in aquaria. However, there have been several episodes when snakeheads have been released into non-endemic environments, and the danger of the hardy, gregarious fish becoming a serious invasive species is very large (although for this species, this phenomenon has not yet transpired due to its relative rarity).”
After reading this, I thought I must have misread the article, that the fish had been rediscovered in this small pocket of water after being found elsewhere. Confusing paragraph indeed.
dv said:
Divine Angel said:
Chel snakehead fish, thought extinct since the 1930s, has been confirmed to still exist.https://abcnews.go.com/International/researchers-rediscovered-elusive-fish-species-thought-extinct-85/story?id=118895751
Kind of weird that IUCN list this rare fish as Least Concern.
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/166612/6247381
Maybe they just don’t care about this one for some reason. Fair enough, ya can’t worry about everything, highly relatable.
Clerical error?
50 Protests in 50 States!
Rolling protests across the whole of America are occurring at the moment. The majority are white folks because Trump will be tempted to institute martial law. Some folks are being smart and strategic.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sCgL_kZ9PEc
A South African woman has rescued over 2500 pugs in her lifetime. Her pug rescue centre’s vet bills run to around $40k every year. Some of the pugs at her centre were abandoned because their owners couldn’t afford the high vet costs associated with the breed.
https://www.news4jax.com/news/weird-news/2025/01/29/pug-life-a-south-african-woman-has-rescued-more-than-2500-of-the-lovable-clowns-of-the-dog-world/
A Chinese rover has spotted evidence of an ancient coastline on Mars, suggesting the Red Planet was once a blue world. Radar images from the Zhurong Rover reveal curious underground ridges all aligned in the same direction. Michael Manga, a planetary scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, and co-author on the study, said the team considered other theories, but a coastline fitted the data best. “Sand dunes have multiple directions. Same with lava flows. There is no evidence for an impact crater to have made these sloping surfaces,” Professor Manga said.
“I would be rather cautious to extrapolate the findings from such a small area to derive a global geological interpretation, however fascinating.” Dr Caprarelli said it was possible the ridges had been caused by a huge asteroid crashing into Mars, rather than an ocean. A giant impact crater would have rings at its edge that look similar to the ridges found by Zhurong.
In personal happy news, these arrived today.
Divine Angel said:
In personal happy news, these arrived today.
congrats.
roughbarked said:
Divine Angel said:
In personal happy news, these arrived today.
congrats.
^
Divine Angel said:
In personal happy news, these arrived today.
Good
I got a new FOGO bin today.
tis a thing of beauty.
party_pants said:
I got a new FOGO bin today.tis a thing of beauty.
:)
I have accidentally found a better carry-on bag than the too-small-for-my-laptop one I was going to use. I also have a hard shell one that came with a set I bought 3 years ago, but it has no outside pockets which I really prefer. Plus I need to fit my laptop in it.
More than half price. Free shipping. Arrives next Wednesday.
Made by a company that I like. I had a full-size one that I loved, but the baggage handlers broke a wheel.
Then I find that my favourite, but too small one, is made by the same company. I bought my favourite one as a 2 piece set when I was in Bowral many years ago.
I wouldn’t say that I am happy, but it is a good feeling.
kii said:
I have accidentally found a better carry-on bag than the too-small-for-my-laptop one I was going to use. I also have a hard shell one that came with a set I bought 3 years ago, but it has no outside pockets which I really prefer, but my laptop fits in it*.
*edited to clarify my fussy brain farts
Bookstore holds around $1.5m of donated books. Aimed at pre-k through to year 3, kids can pick 5 books to take home. Minority groups such as Asians and African-Americans are especially catered for so children can see themselves represented in media.
I assume it differs from a library in that the books don’t need to be returned.
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/free-bookstore-dundalk-children-literacy-rates/
https://physicsworld.com/a/astronomers-create-a-weather-map-for-a-gas-giant-exoplanet/
Astronomers have constructed the first “weather map” of the exoplanet WASP-127b, and the forecast there is brutal. Winds roar around its equator at speeds as high as 33 000 km/hr, far exceeding anything found in our own solar system. Its poles are cooler than the rest of its surface, though “cool” is a relative term on a planet where temperatures routinely exceed 1000 °C. And its atmosphere contains water vapour, so rain – albeit not in the form we’re accustomed to on Earth – can’t be ruled out.
Astronomers have been studying WASP-127b since its discovery in 2016. A gas giant exoplanet located over 500 light-years from Earth, it is slightly larger than Jupiter but much less dense, and it orbits its host – a G-type star like our own Sun – in just 4.18 Earth days. To probe its atmosphere, astronomers record the light transmitted as it passes in front of its host star according to our line of sight. During such passes, or transits, some starlight gets filtered though the planet’s upper atmosphere and is “imprinted” with the characteristic pattern of absorption lines found in the atoms and molecules present there.
***
I’m filing this under happy news before science is awe-inspiring. To have this level of technology and knowledge to record weather patterns on extrasolar planets makes me happy.
As Anna Kendrick became more involved with the film Woman of the Hour, she found herself at odds. The film depicts a real incident: serial killer Rodney Alcala appearing on The Dating Show and winning a date with Cheryl Bradshaw. Explaining that she felt “gross” about taking the money, Anna donated all her income to organisations who help victims of crime.
https://krtio.com/all-of-anna-kendricks-earnings-from-woman-of-the-hour-were-donated-to-assault-victims/
Divine Angel said:
As Anna Kendrick became more involved with the film Woman of the Hour, she found herself at odds. The film depicts a real incident: serial killer Rodney Alcala appearing on The Dating Show and winning a date with Cheryl Bradshaw. Explaining that she felt “gross” about taking the money, Anna donated all her income to organisations who help victims of crime.https://krtio.com/all-of-anna-kendricks-earnings-from-woman-of-the-hour-were-donated-to-assault-victims/
The film was extremely loosely based on one aspect of that story and was more a ‘take me as a serious actor’ feature running off the public’s fascination with serial killers than any actual events (apart from the fact that al al did appear on the show and did ‘win’, and the women did refuse to go on the date with him because he came off as creepy – however she made that decision after speaking with him backstage for a couple of minutes and then told the producers she wouldn’t go on the date.
Yeah, she said in several interviews she wanted to focus on Cheryl’s story and not the dude, because every other serial killer movie only focuses on the killer.
Divine Angel said:
Yeah, she said in several interviews she wanted to focus on Cheryl’s story and not the dude, because every other serial killer movie only focuses on the killer.
Probably should have been promo’d as a survivor story.
European Space Agency (ESA) reserve astronaut John McFall has just become the first person with a physical disability to be medically certified to launch on a long-duration mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The surgeon and former Paralympian took part in a study to demonstrate the feasibility of the flight, which recently concluded.
McFall was selected for ESA’s Fly! Feasibility study in 2022, which aimed to demonstrate the technical viability of flying someone with a disability in space. Now that the study has concluded, McFall and the UK Space Agency are cheering him on toward his next steps: Fly! Mission Ready.
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/human-spaceflight/paralympian-john-mcfall-could-become-1st-astronaut-with-a-disability-on-iss
Divine Angel said:
European Space Agency (ESA) reserve astronaut John McFall has just become the first person with a physical disability to be medically certified to launch on a long-duration mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The surgeon and former Paralympian took part in a study to demonstrate the feasibility of the flight, which recently concluded.McFall was selected for ESA’s Fly! Feasibility study in 2022, which aimed to demonstrate the technical viability of flying someone with a disability in space. Now that the study has concluded, McFall and the UK Space Agency are cheering him on toward his next steps: Fly! Mission Ready.
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/human-spaceflight/paralympian-john-mcfall-could-become-1st-astronaut-with-a-disability-on-iss
I expect Trump’ll cancel it.
:(
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
European Space Agency (ESA) reserve astronaut John McFall has just become the first person with a physical disability to be medically certified to launch on a long-duration mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The surgeon and former Paralympian took part in a study to demonstrate the feasibility of the flight, which recently concluded.McFall was selected for ESA’s Fly! Feasibility study in 2022, which aimed to demonstrate the technical viability of flying someone with a disability in space. Now that the study has concluded, McFall and the UK Space Agency are cheering him on toward his next steps: Fly! Mission Ready.
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/human-spaceflight/paralympian-john-mcfall-could-become-1st-astronaut-with-a-disability-on-iss
I expect Trump’ll cancel it.
:(
He’s not the boss of the ESA
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
European Space Agency (ESA) reserve astronaut John McFall has just become the first person with a physical disability to be medically certified to launch on a long-duration mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The surgeon and former Paralympian took part in a study to demonstrate the feasibility of the flight, which recently concluded.McFall was selected for ESA’s Fly! Feasibility study in 2022, which aimed to demonstrate the technical viability of flying someone with a disability in space. Now that the study has concluded, McFall and the UK Space Agency are cheering him on toward his next steps: Fly! Mission Ready.
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/human-spaceflight/paralympian-john-mcfall-could-become-1st-astronaut-with-a-disability-on-iss
I expect Trump’ll cancel it.
:(
He’s not the boss of the ESA
Ha! Thanks for pointing out my error. I completely misread ESA as NASA.
What a fool…
A 65-year-old cricketer from Newcastle etched his name in the history books on the weekend, taking all 10 wickets in a single innings, including a hat-trick.
It was a toss up. Cricket thread or happy thread.
A group of captive-bred juvenile orange-bellied parrots has been released into the wild in Tasmania’s south-west as part of efforts to conserve the species.
Wildlife experts from the Tasmanian Natural Resources and Environment Department predict more than 200 of the endangered parrots will migrate north this winter.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-10/orange-bellied-parrot-record-breaking-migration-expected/105029354
A woman in the courts (may or may not have been an offender) said what a handsome man I was as I walked past.
I said thank you and as far as I’m aware she wasn’t in need of glasses or high.
Facebook post from Mini Me’s school. The school is home to three koalas who regularly perch themselves in trees around the school.
Cymek said:
A woman in the courts (may or may not have been an offender) said what a handsome man I was as I walked past.I said thank you and as far as I’m aware she wasn’t in need of glasses or high.
Escaped mental patient?
Doctors replaced a leaky heart valve without open heart surgery.
The new procedure uses a catheter to implant a self-expanding artificial valve, designed to prevent blood leakage. Unlike traditional surgery, which requires large incisions and a lengthy recovery, this method is percutaneous, meaning it doesn’t require open-heart surgery.
Dr. Bethea, the chief of cardiac surgery at MedStar Union Memorial, noted that the procedure is far less invasive, with patients often experiencing only minor bruising. “There are no incisions; everything is done through a catheter. Most patients experience very little discomfort,” Dr. Bethea said.
The procedure, which typically lasts under an hour, was a stark contrast to the hours-long open-heart surgery required for traditional valve replacements. Patients are asleep during the procedure, and the heart valve is guided into place using advanced imaging technology.
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/marylands-first-artificial-heart-valve-replacement-performed-without-open-heart-surgery/
Divine Angel said:
Doctors replaced a leaky heart valve without open heart surgery.The new procedure uses a catheter to implant a self-expanding artificial valve, designed to prevent blood leakage. Unlike traditional surgery, which requires large incisions and a lengthy recovery, this method is percutaneous, meaning it doesn’t require open-heart surgery.
Dr. Bethea, the chief of cardiac surgery at MedStar Union Memorial, noted that the procedure is far less invasive, with patients often experiencing only minor bruising. “There are no incisions; everything is done through a catheter. Most patients experience very little discomfort,” Dr. Bethea said.
The procedure, which typically lasts under an hour, was a stark contrast to the hours-long open-heart surgery required for traditional valve replacements. Patients are asleep during the procedure, and the heart valve is guided into place using advanced imaging technology.
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/marylands-first-artificial-heart-valve-replacement-performed-without-open-heart-surgery/
Absolutely brilliant!
:)
Newly published data from New Mexico shows a promising drop in deaths by suicide among the state’s Native American population.
The state saw a 43% decrease in Native American suicide rates from 2022 to 2023, according to the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) Center for Health Protection. The decline outpaced the state’s overall 9% reduction in suicide rates during the same period. The decreases could reflect the success of tribal and state-level initiatives, including culturally appropriate mental health care programs.
https://nativenewsonline.net/health/native-american-suicide-rates-drop-43-in-new-mexico
***
I feel there’s an undertone of sadness here, hoping the initiative is able to continue under the current administration.
Divine Angel said:
Newly published data from New Mexico shows a promising drop in deaths by suicide among the state’s Native American population.The state saw a 43% decrease in Native American suicide rates from 2022 to 2023, according to the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) Center for Health Protection. The decline outpaced the state’s overall 9% reduction in suicide rates during the same period. The decreases could reflect the success of tribal and state-level initiatives, including culturally appropriate mental health care programs.
https://nativenewsonline.net/health/native-american-suicide-rates-drop-43-in-new-mexico
***
I feel there’s an undertone of sadness here, hoping the initiative is able to continue under the current administration.
Hopefully it’s a State initiative, and not Federally funded.
Someone has invented a scrubbing brush for whales and they love it.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oqtJYTjAnnE
Kingy said:
Someone has invented a scrubbing brush for whales and they love it.https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oqtJYTjAnnE
I don’t believe this is real. I’ve seen quite a few videos of a similar nature, all different. so it appears widespread but no channel they appear on seems from a legit organisation.
Kingy said:
Someone has invented a scrubbing brush for whales and they love it.https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oqtJYTjAnnE
Heidi reckons it is Ai
sarahs mum said:
Kingy said:
Someone has invented a scrubbing brush for whales and they love it.https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oqtJYTjAnnE
Heidi reckons it is Ai
yeah, about 3/4 in the amount of barnacles being washed off looks extreme.
JudgeMental said:
sarahs mum said:
Kingy said:
Someone has invented a scrubbing brush for whales and they love it.https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oqtJYTjAnnE
Heidi reckons it is Ai
yeah, about 3/4 in the amount of barnacles being washed off looks extreme.
The water splashes aren’t quite right either, so yeah, fake. Bugger.
Kingy said:
JudgeMental said:
sarahs mum said:Heidi reckons it is Ai
yeah, about 3/4 in the amount of barnacles being washed off looks extreme.
The water splashes aren’t quite right either, so yeah, fake. Bugger.
sad.
JudgeMental said:
Kingy said:
Someone has invented a scrubbing brush for whales and they love it.https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oqtJYTjAnnE
I don’t believe this is real. I’ve seen quite a few videos of a similar nature, all different. so it appears widespread but no channel they appear on seems from a legit organisation.
I told you to stop spoiling them, we can’t get them out of the harbour now.
Pancreatic cancer shows promise in very small study. 17 minute podcast, or read the transcript via the link.
“Pancreatic cancer is notoriously difficult to treat, and about 90% of diagnosed patients die from the disease. A team at Memorial Sloan Kettering has been working to improve those outcomes by developing a new mRNA vaccine for pancreatic cancer.
A few years ago, the team embarked on a small trial to test the vaccine’s safety. Sixteen patients with pancreatic cancer received it, and even though it was a small study, the results were promising: Half the participants had an immune response, and in those patients the cancer hadn’t relapsed after 18 months.”
https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/pancreatic-cancer-vaccine/
Divine Angel said:
Pancreatic cancer shows promise in very small study. 17 minute podcast, or read the transcript via the link.“Pancreatic cancer is notoriously difficult to treat, and about 90% of diagnosed patients die from the disease. A team at Memorial Sloan Kettering has been working to improve those outcomes by developing a new mRNA vaccine for pancreatic cancer.
A few years ago, the team embarked on a small trial to test the vaccine’s safety. Sixteen patients with pancreatic cancer received it, and even though it was a small study, the results were promising: Half the participants had an immune response, and in those patients the cancer hadn’t relapsed after 18 months.”
https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/pancreatic-cancer-vaccine/
Nice.
Divine Angel said:
Pancreatic cancer shows promise in very small study. 17 minute podcast, or read the transcript via the link.“Pancreatic cancer is notoriously difficult to treat, and about 90% of diagnosed patients die from the disease. A team at Memorial Sloan Kettering has been working to improve those outcomes by developing a new mRNA vaccine for pancreatic cancer.
A few years ago, the team embarked on a small trial to test the vaccine’s safety. Sixteen patients with pancreatic cancer received it, and even though it was a small study, the results were promising: Half the participants had an immune response, and in those patients the cancer hadn’t relapsed after 18 months.”
https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/pancreatic-cancer-vaccine/
That is good
My mum lasted about a year after diagnosis
Monarch butterfly population nearly doubled in 2025, thanks to increased protection of forests in Mexico.
https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/eastern-monarch-butterfly-population-nearly-doubles-in-2025
(For extra fun, make this photo into a jigsaw puzzle)
Divine Angel said:
Monarch butterfly population nearly doubled in 2025, thanks to increased protection of forests in Mexico.https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/eastern-monarch-butterfly-population-nearly-doubles-in-2025
(For extra fun, make this photo into a jigsaw puzzle)
That is Happy News.
Divine Angel said:
Monarch butterfly population nearly doubled in 2025, thanks to increased protection of forests in Mexico.https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/eastern-monarch-butterfly-population-nearly-doubles-in-2025
(For extra fun, make this photo into a jigsaw puzzle)
Heh!
I wouldn’t mind that as a jigsaw puzzle.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Monarch butterfly population nearly doubled in 2025, thanks to increased protection of forests in Mexico.https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/eastern-monarch-butterfly-population-nearly-doubles-in-2025
(For extra fun, make this photo into a jigsaw puzzle)
Heh!
I wouldn’t mind that as a jigsaw puzzle.
How many pieces would you prefer?
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Monarch butterfly population nearly doubled in 2025, thanks to increased protection of forests in Mexico.https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/eastern-monarch-butterfly-population-nearly-doubles-in-2025
(For extra fun, make this photo into a jigsaw puzzle)
Heh!
I wouldn’t mind that as a jigsaw puzzle.
How many pieces would you prefer?
No preference.
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Monarch butterfly population nearly doubled in 2025, thanks to increased protection of forests in Mexico.
https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/eastern-monarch-butterfly-population-nearly-doubles-in-2025
(For extra fun, make this photo into a jigsaw puzzle)
Heh!
I wouldn’t mind that as a jigsaw puzzle.
How many pieces would you prefer?
1
Wedge-tailed eagle Storm learns to fly again after lifesaving feather transplant
By Danielle Pope ABC Gippsland
“LA trees are kicking ass!”
According to a study, trees along a 30 mile stretch of a busy Los Angeles road are absorbing “more CO2 than expected”.
https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2025-03-19/usc-urban-trees-study-carbon-dioxide-essential-california
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.4c11392
Kazakhstan is making significant strides in wildlife conservation, actively restoring populations of Przewalski’s horse, the Turanian tiger, and the snow leopard. These efforts mark a major step toward reintroducing species that were once native to the region but had either disappeared or faced severe population declines.
Hungary Supports Reintroduction of Przewalski’s Horse
Kazakhstan is continuing its ambitious program to restore endangered species, including Przewalski’s horse, a once-dominant species of the Kazakh steppes that vanished from the wild in the 1960s. Thanks to international conservation programs, their numbers have been preserved in captivity, and now efforts are underway to return them to their natural habitat.
As part of this initiative, Hungary will provide 150 Przewalski’s horses, which will be released into Kazakhstani nature reserves, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture István Nagy announced.
“This step will increase safety for this horse species in case of disease outbreaks,” Nagy stated.
The first seven horses have already been brought from the Prague Zoo to the Altyn Dala Reserve in Kazakhstan’s Kostanay region.
Reintroducing the Turanian Tiger
In parallel, Kazakhstan continues its efforts to bring back the Turanian tiger, a subspecies that disappeared from the region 70 years ago. To support this initiative, the government has established the Ile-Balkhash Nature Reserve, which now serves as a habitat for key prey species.
To date, the reserve has received 205 riparian deer and more than 100 kulans. Authorities have also increased the populations of roe deer and wild boars, ensuring an adequate food supply for the tigers.
In fall 2023, two tigers from the Netherlands arrived at the reserve, and another three to four animals from Russia are expected to be introduced soon.
Snow Leopard Population Doubles
Kazakhstan has also made remarkable progress in snow leopard conservation. According to Daniyar Turgambayev, chairman of the Forestry and Wildlife Committee of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, the number of snow leopards in the country has now reached 180 individuals, double the population recorded in the 1990s.
“Specially protected natural areas covering 3.6 million hectares have been established in key snow leopard habitats. Currently, about 70% of their range is under official protection,” Turgambayev stated.
The government has deployed photo traps and satellite telemetry to monitor the snow leopard population. Eleven leopards have been fitted with satellite collars, allowing researchers to track their movements and adaptation to the wild.
Expanding Protected Areas
Since gaining independence, Kazakhstan has dramatically expanded its protected natural areas, from 869,000 hectares to 30.9 million hectares. This expansion has not only helped revive endangered species but also significantly strengthened overall biodiversity protection.
https://timesca.com/kazakhstan-restores-populations-of-przewalskis-horse-turanian-tiger-and-snow-leopard/
dv said:
Good.
Michael V said:
dv said:
Good.
^
SCIENCE said:
$500,000?
Pfft, they’d spend more than that on canapes for board meetings.
And they’ll probably be able to write it off on tax.
dv said:
In 2019, Woodside, and the Joint Venture partners, Chevron, Shell, BP, and Mimi, proposed to extend the life of the North West Shelf project, including the Karratha Gas Plant. The proposal is to extend the life of the fossil fuel project by another 50 years. It is estimated that extending the project by 50 years could result in approximately 4.3 billion tonnes of carbon emissions, with only 8 percent of that aligning with the country’s net-zero target by 2050.
The North West Shelf gas project, operated by Woodside outside Karratha in Western Australia’s northwest, emerged as Australia’s largest industrial emitter in 2020–21, as reported by the Clean Energy Regulator.
The independent Environmental Protection Authority of Western Australia recommended to the state government extending the project’s operation until 2070, provided it consistently reduces operational emissions.
If left unchecked, the project in the Pilbara region would emit 385 million tonnes of carbon over its extended lifespan through production, referred to as scope 1 emissions, at the Karratha Gas Plant.
The EPA’s assessment does not include scope 3 emissions, generated from the combustion of the gas, predominantly in Asian countries. This omission implies that North West Shelf customers worldwide will emit approximately 80.19 million tonnes of carbon annually.
In December 2024, after a six year approval period an extension until 2070 was granted to the project by the state government.
Wiki
Orthopaedic implants that bear loads while bones heal, then disappear once they’re no longer needed, could become a reality thanks to a new technique for enhancing the mechanical properties of zinc alloys. Developed by researchers at Monash University in Australia, the technique involves controlling the orientation and size of microscopic grains in these strong yet biodegradable materials.
Implants such as plates and screws provide temporary support for fractured bones until they knit together again. Today, these implants are mainly made from sturdy materials such as stainless steel or titanium that remain in the body permanently. Such materials can, however, cause discomfort and bone loss, and subsequent injuries to the same area risk additional damage if the permanent implants warp or twist.
https://physicsworld.com/a/novel-zinc-alloys-could-make-bone-screws-biodegradable/
Divine Angel said:
Orthopaedic implants that bear loads while bones heal, then disappear once they’re no longer needed, could become a reality thanks to a new technique for enhancing the mechanical properties of zinc alloys. Developed by researchers at Monash University in Australia, the technique involves controlling the orientation and size of microscopic grains in these strong yet biodegradable materials.Implants such as plates and screws provide temporary support for fractured bones until they knit together again. Today, these implants are mainly made from sturdy materials such as stainless steel or titanium that remain in the body permanently. Such materials can, however, cause discomfort and bone loss, and subsequent injuries to the same area risk additional damage if the permanent implants warp or twist.
https://physicsworld.com/a/novel-zinc-alloys-could-make-bone-screws-biodegradable/
Nice.
Spiny Norman said:
Divine Angel said:
Orthopaedic implants that bear loads while bones heal, then disappear once they’re no longer needed, could become a reality thanks to a new technique for enhancing the mechanical properties of zinc alloys. Developed by researchers at Monash University in Australia, the technique involves controlling the orientation and size of microscopic grains in these strong yet biodegradable materials.Implants such as plates and screws provide temporary support for fractured bones until they knit together again. Today, these implants are mainly made from sturdy materials such as stainless steel or titanium that remain in the body permanently. Such materials can, however, cause discomfort and bone loss, and subsequent injuries to the same area risk additional damage if the permanent implants warp or twist.
https://physicsworld.com/a/novel-zinc-alloys-could-make-bone-screws-biodegradable/
Nice.
Yes this is very happy news.
roughbarked said:
Spiny Norman said:
Divine Angel said:
Orthopaedic implants that bear loads while bones heal, then disappear once they’re no longer needed, could become a reality thanks to a new technique for enhancing the mechanical properties of zinc alloys. Developed by researchers at Monash University in Australia, the technique involves controlling the orientation and size of microscopic grains in these strong yet biodegradable materials.
Implants such as plates and screws provide temporary support for fractured bones until they knit together again. Today, these implants are mainly made from sturdy materials such as stainless steel or titanium that remain in the body permanently. Such materials can, however, cause discomfort and bone loss, and subsequent injuries to the same area risk additional damage if the permanent implants warp or twist.
”https://physicsworld.com/a/novel-zinc-alloys-could-make-bone-screws-biodegradable/”:https://physicsworld.com/a/novel-zinc-alloys-could-make-bone-screws-biodegradable/
Nice.
Yes this is very happy news.
Zinc again, dv is going to have status epilepticus¡¿
The inverse vaccine, described in Nature Biomedical Engineering, takes advantage of how the liver naturally marks molecules from broken-down cells with “do not attack” flags to prevent autoimmune reactions to cells that die by natural processes. PME researchers coupled an antigen — a molecule being attacked by the immune system— with a molecule resembling a fragment of an aged cell that the liver would recognize as friend, rather than foe. The team showed how the vaccine could successfully stop the autoimmune reaction associated with a multiple-sclerosis-like disease.
Brian Heydon says it’s never too late to start anything.
In fact, it’s a motto he lives by.
The 96-year-old is about to open his first solo art exhibition in the central Victorian town of Castlemaine.
He picked up a paintbrush 15 years ago to rekindle a long-lost love after spending decades as a lawyer.
“Painting has given me a new life,” Mr Heydon said.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-26/castlemaine-artist-brian-heydon-96-holds-first-solo-exhibition/105088662
Divine Angel said:
Brian Heydon says it’s never too late to start anything.In fact, it’s a motto he lives by.
The 96-year-old is about to open his first solo art exhibition in the central Victorian town of Castlemaine.
He picked up a paintbrush 15 years ago to rekindle a long-lost love after spending decades as a lawyer.
“Painting has given me a new life,” Mr Heydon said.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-26/castlemaine-artist-brian-heydon-96-holds-first-solo-exhibition/105088662
:)
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Brian Heydon says it’s never too late to start anything.In fact, it’s a motto he lives by.
The 96-year-old is about to open his first solo art exhibition in the central Victorian town of Castlemaine.
He picked up a paintbrush 15 years ago to rekindle a long-lost love after spending decades as a lawyer.
“Painting has given me a new life,” Mr Heydon said.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-26/castlemaine-artist-brian-heydon-96-holds-first-solo-exhibition/105088662
:)
I still have 22 years to work on my painting skills then.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Brian Heydon says it’s never too late to start anything.In fact, it’s a motto he lives by.
The 96-year-old is about to open his first solo art exhibition in the central Victorian town of Castlemaine.
He picked up a paintbrush 15 years ago to rekindle a long-lost love after spending decades as a lawyer.
“Painting has given me a new life,” Mr Heydon said.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-26/castlemaine-artist-brian-heydon-96-holds-first-solo-exhibition/105088662
:)
I still have 22 years to work on my painting skills then.
That’s a strange conclusion.
Michael V said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Michael V said::)
I still have 22 years to work on my painting skills then.
That’s a strange conclusion.
Why?
96 – 22 = my age now.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Michael V said:
The Rev Dodgson said:I still have 22 years to work on my painting skills then.
That’s a strange conclusion.
Why?
96 – 22 = my age now.
Methinks he meant your painting skills.
Divine Angel said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Michael V said:That’s a strange conclusion.
Why?
96 – 22 = my age now.
Methinks he meant your painting skills.
He thinks I’m exhibition level now?
I fear not!
The Rev Dodgson said:
Divine Angel said:
The Rev Dodgson said:Why?
96 – 22 = my age now.
Methinks he meant your painting skills.
He thinks I’m exhibition level now?
I fear not!
But in the world of art, practice makes perfect. If you live another 22 years you will certainly get better at painting if you do some every day.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Michael V said:
The Rev Dodgson said:I still have 22 years to work on my painting skills then.
That’s a strange conclusion.
Why?
96 – 22 = my age now.
Oh, I figured that.
The strange conclusion is that you are similar to the other chap in so many ways that you are likely to have your first exhibition at age 96.
roughbarked said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Divine Angel said:Methinks he meant your painting skills.
He thinks I’m exhibition level now?
I fear not!
But in the world of art, practice makes perfect. If you live another 22 years you will certainly get better at painting if you do some every day.
Well that was my point.
Although I only paint once a week.
After Killing Own Economy By Leaving European Union, Country Seeks To Bury Economic Capacity By Murdering Future Homegrown Slaves
not happy news but something non damaging and joyful.
sarahs mum said:
not happy news but something non damaging and joyful.
The music has a happy lilt to it.
we’ll take 10 of these please
SCIENCE said:
we’ll take 10 of these please
That’s surprising but certainly welcome. I had the shingles vaccine last year.
sarahs mum said:
Bubblecar said:
SCIENCE said:
we’ll take 10 of these please
That’s surprising but certainly welcome. I had the shingles vaccine last year.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2025-04-03/shingles-vaccine-dementia-natural-study-diagnosis-risk-wales/105126940
yeah good eh
SCIENCE said:
sarahs mum said:
Bubblecar said:
That’s surprising but certainly welcome. I had the shingles vaccine last year.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2025-04-03/shingles-vaccine-dementia-natural-study-diagnosis-risk-wales/105126940
yeah good eh
Interesting.
We are booked for our first Shringrix vaccine soon.
I have had shingles several times. Mrs V hasn’t.
Michael V said:
SCIENCE said:sarahs mum said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2025-04-03/shingles-vaccine-dementia-natural-study-diagnosis-risk-wales/105126940
yeah good eh
Interesting.
We are booked for our first Shringrix vaccine soon.
I have had shingles several times. Mrs V hasn’t.
It lasts something like five years doesn’t it?
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
SCIENCE said:yeah good eh
Interesting.
We are booked for our first Shringrix vaccine soon.
I have had shingles several times. Mrs V hasn’t.
It lasts something like five years doesn’t it?
Wha lasts five years?
(ie: What is “it”?)
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:Interesting.
We are booked for our first Shringrix vaccine soon.
I have had shingles several times. Mrs V hasn’t.
It lasts something like five years doesn’t it?
Wha lasts five years?
(ie: What is “it”?)
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
SCIENCE said:yeah good eh
Interesting.
We are booked for our first Shringrix vaccine soon.
I have had shingles several times. Mrs V hasn’t.
It lasts something like five years doesn’t it?
Damn, I’ve just realised I needed two doses of the Shingrix – second was scheduled for October last year but I missed it.
You need two doses a few months apart, then you’re protected for up to 10 years apparently.
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:It lasts something like five years doesn’t it?
Wha lasts five years?
(ie: What is “it”?)
If you mean the acute attack, no. If you mean the virus lying dormant, no. If you mean the vaccine, Shingrix lasts up to 10 years.
Yes, that’s why I was asking rb what the “it” (that lasts five years) is.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/03/climate-crisis-on-track-to-destroy-capitalism-warns-allianz-insurer
https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/News/2025/April/Plastic-pollution-along-Australian-coastlines-decreases-by-39-per-cent
Plastic pollution littering Australian coastlines has dropped by more than a third over the last decade, according to research by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency.
Researchers surveyed inland, riverine, and coastal habitats across six metropolitan regions across Australia including Hobart in Tasmania, Newcastle in New South Wales, Perth in Western Australia, Port Augusta in South Australia, Sunshine Coast in Queensland, and Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.
Dr Denise Hardesty, Senior Research Scientist from CSIRO and co-author, said with up to 53 million metric tonnes of plastic waste estimated to enter aquatic ecosystems by 2030, it was heartening to see a significant decrease in plastic pollution on Australian beaches and coasts.
“Three-quarters of the rubbish we find on our beaches is plastic, and flexible plastics, such as food packaging, are the most harmful to wildlife,” Dr Hardesty said.
“Along with a 39 per cent reduction in plastic waste in coastal areas, we also saw a 16 per cent increase in areas we surveyed with no plastic debris at all.”
Divine Angel said:
https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/News/2025/April/Plastic-pollution-along-Australian-coastlines-decreases-by-39-per-centPlastic pollution littering Australian coastlines has dropped by more than a third over the last decade, according to research by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency.
Researchers surveyed inland, riverine, and coastal habitats across six metropolitan regions across Australia including Hobart in Tasmania, Newcastle in New South Wales, Perth in Western Australia, Port Augusta in South Australia, Sunshine Coast in Queensland, and Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.
Dr Denise Hardesty, Senior Research Scientist from CSIRO and co-author, said with up to 53 million metric tonnes of plastic waste estimated to enter aquatic ecosystems by 2030, it was heartening to see a significant decrease in plastic pollution on Australian beaches and coasts.
“Three-quarters of the rubbish we find on our beaches is plastic, and flexible plastics, such as food packaging, are the most harmful to wildlife,” Dr Hardesty said.
“Along with a 39 per cent reduction in plastic waste in coastal areas, we also saw a 16 per cent increase in areas we surveyed with no plastic debris at all.”
Yes, that’s good news, I hope the trend continues.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-08/bottle-bend-nature-reserve-murray-river-transformed-by-community/105117836
Bottle Bend was a sad place but is regenerating due to work by the community coupled with some flushes of environmental flows.
Great job to this person..
Seventeen-year-old Leah O’Brien has broken the national under-18 100m record held by Australian sprint legend Raelene Boyle for 57 years.
O’Brien won the girls’ final at the Australian Junior Athletics Championships in 11.14 seconds (+1.7 wind resistance), eclipsing Boyle’s 11.20 that she set at the Mexico City Olympic Games in 1968.
To make the moment sweeter for O’Brien, the Perth local pulled it off in front of her friends, family and hometown fans at the WA Athletics Stadium in Floreat.
Straight after the race she was wrapped in a warm embrace by fellow West Australian Jessica Hanney, who finished just off the podium, before the rest of the field joined the celebrations.
SCIENCE said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-10/nz-treaty-principles-bill-defeated-amid-/105161020
Goodo.
Bubblecar said:
SCIENCE said:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-10/nz-treaty-principles-bill-defeated-amid-/105161020
Goodo.
I like how they say that one man was ejected from Parliament.
All seat in Parliaments, both for members andthe public, should be Martin-Baker ejection seats, with a panel of buttons for the Speaker to press as required.
Albury bringing “the beat” to the streets through new busking program for performing artists of all types and ages
We’d like to thank The Rev Dodgson for his https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/posts/2271082/ and the entertainment that follows as this was the kind of fun we used to have on Forum well aside from merely tainting the mood with our now typical sarcasm cynicism irony satire.
It was good to play and we’d try to initiate more rather than merely responding, if we could have a clear head, but by then it may be another 3 or 4 years and we’ren’t sure how many of yous will still be cognintact.
SCIENCE said:
We’d like to thank The Rev Dodgson for his https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/posts/2271082/ and the entertainment that follows as this was the kind of fun we used to have on Forum well aside from merely tainting the mood with our now typical sarcasm cynicism irony satire.
It was good to play and we’d try to initiate more rather than merely responding, if we could have a clear head, but by then it may be another 3 or 4 years and we’ren’t sure how many of yous will still be cognintact.
and in spite of ignoring all that binary stuff, I did actually confirm it was also the right answer.
SCIENCE said:
We’d like to thank The Rev Dodgson for his https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/posts/2271082/ and the entertainment that follows as this was the kind of fun we used to have on Forum well aside from merely tainting the mood with our now typical sarcasm cynicism irony satire.
It was good to play and we’d try to initiate more rather than merely responding, if we could have a clear head, but by then it may be another 3 or 4 years and we’ren’t sure how many of yous will still be cognintact.
Awwww.
:)
yeah but we love all of yous we’re like forum jesus or something
dv said:
Kingy said:
dv said:
speaking of escalated good news
well all right we don’t know the fella, we’re just guessing it’s good news
No public holiday on Good Friday for Americans. Postal workers out and about. Local council offices staffed.
I’m getting a new trash can.
Apparently something weird happened yesterday with the normal collection. Totally confused the woman I spoke to.
It looks like my bin was emptied twice around 8:16am. There is a photo showing it in the truck’s gripper things, then a few minutes later it’s once again in the gripper things, but from a different perspective, because the truck had come back down the street after turning around. I heard both times this happened and wondered wtf?
The woman I was on the phone with was really confused about something she could see on my account record, putting me on hold to delve into whatever happened yesterday.
There’s no record of the bin being damaged or whatever.
Anyway, I’m getting a new bin. That’s my Happy News.
kii said:
No public holiday on Good Friday for Americans. Postal workers out and about. Local council offices staffed.I’m getting a new trash can.
Apparently something weird happened yesterday with the normal collection. Totally confused the woman I spoke to.
It looks like my bin was emptied twice around 8:16am. There is a photo showing it in the truck’s gripper things, then a few minutes later it’s once again in the gripper things, but from a different perspective, because the truck had come back down the street after turning around. I heard both times this happened and wondered wtf?
The woman I was on the phone with was really confused about something she could see on my account record, putting me on hold to delve into whatever happened yesterday.
There’s no record of the bin being damaged or whatever.
Anyway, I’m getting a new bin. That’s my Happy News.
You’ve bin having a good day then! (see what I did there?)
And it is strange for a so called Christian country not to have Good Friday as a public holiday
Brindabellas said:
kii said:
No public holiday on Good Friday for Americans. Postal workers out and about. Local council offices staffed.I’m getting a new trash can.
Apparently something weird happened yesterday with the normal collection. Totally confused the woman I spoke to.
It looks like my bin was emptied twice around 8:16am. There is a photo showing it in the truck’s gripper things, then a few minutes later it’s once again in the gripper things, but from a different perspective, because the truck had come back down the street after turning around. I heard both times this happened and wondered wtf?
The woman I was on the phone with was really confused about something she could see on my account record, putting me on hold to delve into whatever happened yesterday.
There’s no record of the bin being damaged or whatever.
Anyway, I’m getting a new bin. That’s my Happy News.
You’ve bin having a good day then! (see what I did there?)
And it is strange for a so called Christian country not to have Good Friday as a public holiday
All the time I have been here it’s fascinated me.
“I was frankly astounded when Zora showed me a small top shell that she had just found amongst the grit.
roughbarked said:
“I was frankly astounded when Zora showed me a small top shell that she had just found amongst the grit.
Left handed shell… it’s a witch
dv said:
roughbarked said:
“I was frankly astounded when Zora showed me a small top shell that she had just found amongst the grit.Left handed shell… it’s a witch
“Her name will be entered into our database, and it will appear on the label,” Dr Grove said.
something to be proud of.
NASA engineers have miraculously revived the Voyager 1 interstellar probe’s backup thrusters — components that hadn’t been used since 2004 and were long considered fully defunct.
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/missions/nasa-resurrects-voyager-1-interstellar-spacecrafts-thrusters-after-20-years-these-thrusters-were-considered-dead
Divine Angel said:
NASA engineers have miraculously revived the Voyager 1 interstellar probe’s backup thrusters — components that hadn’t been used since 2004 and were long considered fully defunct.https://www.space.com/space-exploration/missions/nasa-resurrects-voyager-1-interstellar-spacecrafts-thrusters-after-20-years-these-thrusters-were-considered-dead
probably had to put 20 000 volts through them…
of course being comedians and not electrical engineers they didn’t realise that volts go across and amps go through. this error has always spoiled the whole skit for me.
I have new wiper blades in the wiper arms of the D-Max. I love a clean windshield.
Bogsnorkler said:
Divine Angel said:
NASA engineers have miraculously revived the Voyager 1 interstellar probe’s backup thrusters — components that hadn’t been used since 2004 and were long considered fully defunct.https://www.space.com/space-exploration/missions/nasa-resurrects-voyager-1-interstellar-spacecrafts-thrusters-after-20-years-these-thrusters-were-considered-dead
probably had to put 20 000 volts through them…
of course being comedians and not electrical engineers they didn’t realise that volts go across and amps go through. this error has always spoiled the whole skit for me.
reckon it was aliens
War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has failed in a bid to overturn his multi-million-dollar defamation loss against Nine newspapers, which found him complicit in war crimes on the balance of probabilities.
The former Special Air Service corporal also had an application to reopen the appeal with the inclusion of new evidence dismissed by the full bench of the Federal Court.
The Federal Court justices ordered Mr Roberts-Smith to pay costs.
Divine Angel said:
NASA engineers have miraculously revived the Voyager 1 interstellar probe’s backup thrusters — components that hadn’t been used since 2004 and were long considered fully defunct.https://www.space.com/space-exploration/missions/nasa-resurrects-voyager-1-interstellar-spacecrafts-thrusters-after-20-years-these-thrusters-were-considered-dead
Gosh!
SCIENCE said:
“The 90-megawatt farm will also house a 360-megawatt-hour battery system”
Needs a bigger battery, (Probably 500MWh) but a move in the right direction. Note that the battery component is probably 2/3 of the construction costs.
My solar farm is in the feasibility calculation stage of getting a battery installed.
Divine Angel said:
NASA engineers have miraculously revived the Voyager 1 interstellar probe’s backup thrusters — components that hadn’t been used since 2004 and were long considered fully defunct.https://www.space.com/space-exploration/missions/nasa-resurrects-voyager-1-interstellar-spacecrafts-thrusters-after-20-years-these-thrusters-were-considered-dead
That’s incredible.
In the 40s, Harvard purchased a faded, stained copy of the Magna Carta for $US27. But in a startling discovery, two British researchers have confirmed it is a rare original from 1300. Until now, there were only six originals of the Magna Carta surviving.
oh wait is this the institute that stood up to kkk ah yes this gets better and better
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-16/magna-carta-copy-confirmed-to-be-original/105301724
SCIENCE said:
In the 40s, Harvard purchased a faded, stained copy of the Magna Carta for $US27. But in a startling discovery, two British researchers have confirmed it is a rare original from 1300. Until now, there were only six originals of the Magna Carta surviving.
oh wait is this the institute that stood up to kkk ah yes this gets better and better
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-16/magna-carta-copy-confirmed-to-be-original/105301724
Amazing!
SCIENCE said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-19/mothers-day-meteorite-found-in-wa-salt-lake/105307006
You might be surprised about how many salt lakes we have in WA.
roughbarked said:
My kids insist we now put up a sign on the road saying all stranded travellers are welcome to crash here.
It is a pleasant story.
Western quolls (Idnya) and brushtail possums (Virlda), once locally extinct, are flourishing in the Ikara-Flinders Ranges national park 10 years after their reintroduction.
“They’re pretty funny. We go spotlighting at night … you can spotlight at the campsite there and see them running around, looking for bits of food,” National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) reintroduction ecologist Talitha Moyle said.
“They can be quite inquisitive, but they can also be shy … some can be bold, it depends on their personality.”
In March, NPWS rangers and volunteers caught, scanned and released 135 western quolls and 30 brushtail possums over five nights.
The Idnya and Virlda are culturally significant to the Adnyamathanha people of the greater Flinders Ranges area.
The quolls lived in the area for centuries, and over about 80% of the continent before European settlement. They were last seen in the Flinders Ranges in the 1880s and are extinct everywhere except part of Western Australia.
“They’re a carnivorous marsupial. They scavenge carrion, they eat insects, birds, eggs, reptiles, baby rabbits … any opportunistic things if they can get it and it’s the right size to grab,” Moyle said.
“The females are about 800g to 1.2kg and the boys are up to 2.5kg – like a small native cat.”
The possums used to be common but are thought to have become extinct in the 1940s, according to the Landscape SA arid lands board.
While some consider them a pest in urban areas, their populations are only considered stable in two regions outside Adelaide.
The Bounceback program and the Foundation for Australia’s Most Endangered Species (Fame) reintroduced the quolls in 2014 and the possums in 2015.
They are now breeding in “safer havens” in the national park, areas where feral animals have been reduced.
Through Bounceback, Fame and the environment and water department have established three havens, each about 500 sq km, for endangered species in the state’s far north.
The Fame chief executive, Tracy McNamara, said it took “bold action” to return the animals to the Flinders. And she pointed out that it has been done without the need for a fence.
Moyle said while fencing could be useful, it was good to have them back in the wild by managing cats, foxes, and grazing pressure…
Ian said:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/25/western-quolls-and-brushtail-possums-thrive-in-national-park-a-decade-after-reintroductionWestern quolls (Idnya) and brushtail possums (Virlda), once locally extinct, are flourishing in the Ikara-Flinders Ranges national park 10 years after their reintroduction.
“They’re pretty funny. We go spotlighting at night … you can spotlight at the campsite there and see them running around, looking for bits of food,” National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) reintroduction ecologist Talitha Moyle said.
“They can be quite inquisitive, but they can also be shy … some can be bold, it depends on their personality.”
In March, NPWS rangers and volunteers caught, scanned and released 135 western quolls and 30 brushtail possums over five nights.
The Idnya and Virlda are culturally significant to the Adnyamathanha people of the greater Flinders Ranges area.
The quolls lived in the area for centuries, and over about 80% of the continent before European settlement. They were last seen in the Flinders Ranges in the 1880s and are extinct everywhere except part of Western Australia.
“They’re a carnivorous marsupial. They scavenge carrion, they eat insects, birds, eggs, reptiles, baby rabbits … any opportunistic things if they can get it and it’s the right size to grab,” Moyle said.
“The females are about 800g to 1.2kg and the boys are up to 2.5kg – like a small native cat.”
The possums used to be common but are thought to have become extinct in the 1940s, according to the Landscape SA arid lands board.While some consider them a pest in urban areas, their populations are only considered stable in two regions outside Adelaide.
The Bounceback program and the Foundation for Australia’s Most Endangered Species (Fame) reintroduced the quolls in 2014 and the possums in 2015.
They are now breeding in “safer havens” in the national park, areas where feral animals have been reduced.
Through Bounceback, Fame and the environment and water department have established three havens, each about 500 sq km, for endangered species in the state’s far north.
The Fame chief executive, Tracy McNamara, said it took “bold action” to return the animals to the Flinders. And she pointed out that it has been done without the need for a fence.
Moyle said while fencing could be useful, it was good to have them back in the wild by managing cats, foxes, and grazing pressure…
Good work done well.
Michael V said:
Ian said:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/25/western-quolls-and-brushtail-possums-thrive-in-national-park-a-decade-after-reintroductionWestern quolls (Idnya) and brushtail possums (Virlda), once locally extinct, are flourishing in the Ikara-Flinders Ranges national park 10 years after their reintroduction.
“They’re pretty funny. We go spotlighting at night … you can spotlight at the campsite there and see them running around, looking for bits of food,” National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) reintroduction ecologist Talitha Moyle said.
“They can be quite inquisitive, but they can also be shy … some can be bold, it depends on their personality.”
In March, NPWS rangers and volunteers caught, scanned and released 135 western quolls and 30 brushtail possums over five nights.
The Idnya and Virlda are culturally significant to the Adnyamathanha people of the greater Flinders Ranges area.
The quolls lived in the area for centuries, and over about 80% of the continent before European settlement. They were last seen in the Flinders Ranges in the 1880s and are extinct everywhere except part of Western Australia.
“They’re a carnivorous marsupial. They scavenge carrion, they eat insects, birds, eggs, reptiles, baby rabbits … any opportunistic things if they can get it and it’s the right size to grab,” Moyle said.
“The females are about 800g to 1.2kg and the boys are up to 2.5kg – like a small native cat.”
The possums used to be common but are thought to have become extinct in the 1940s, according to the Landscape SA arid lands board.While some consider them a pest in urban areas, their populations are only considered stable in two regions outside Adelaide.
The Bounceback program and the Foundation for Australia’s Most Endangered Species (Fame) reintroduced the quolls in 2014 and the possums in 2015.
They are now breeding in “safer havens” in the national park, areas where feral animals have been reduced.
Through Bounceback, Fame and the environment and water department have established three havens, each about 500 sq km, for endangered species in the state’s far north.
The Fame chief executive, Tracy McNamara, said it took “bold action” to return the animals to the Flinders. And she pointed out that it has been done without the need for a fence.
Moyle said while fencing could be useful, it was good to have them back in the wild by managing cats, foxes, and grazing pressure…
Good work done well.
Yes. There should be more of it.
6-4, 7-5, 7-6
SCIENCE said:
6-4, 7-5, 7-6
Who?
Michael V said:
SCIENCE said:
6-4, 7-5, 7-6
Who?
My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, 20 let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
SCIENCE said:
Michael V said:
SCIENCE said:
6-4, 7-5, 7-6
Who?
My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, 20 let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
Oh. I thought you were talking about a tennis player, not bible-bashing us.
Michael V said:
SCIENCE said:Michael V said:
Who?
My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, 20 let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
Oh. I thought you were talking about a tennis player, not bible-bashing us.
Yeah I thought that was a tennis score so I checked out the tennis overnight and I see Sinner bear Djokovic in straight sets.
Peak Warming Man said:
Michael V said:
SCIENCE said:My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, 20 let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
Oh. I thought you were talking about a tennis player, not bible-bashing us.
Yeah I thought that was a tennis score so I checked out the tennis overnight and I see Sinner bear Djokovic in straight sets.
Which is also Happy News.
Peak Warming Man said:
Michael V said:
SCIENCE said:My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, 20 let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
Oh. I thought you were talking about a tennis player, not bible-bashing us.
Yeah I thought that was a tennis score so I checked out the tennis overnight and I see Sinner bear Djokovic in straight sets.
Ah. I expected Sinner the drug cheat, to win.
And I completely missed SCIENCE’s subtle obliquity.
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Michael V said:Oh. I thought you were talking about a tennis player, not bible-bashing us.
Yeah I thought that was a tennis score so I checked out the tennis overnight and I see Sinner bear Djokovic in straight sets.
Ah. I expected Sinner the drug cheat, to win.
And I completely missed SCIENCE’s subtle obliquity.
When your man is named ‘Sinner’, do you have any right to be surprised when he does dodgy things?
4-6, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6
SCIENCE said:
4-6, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6
I read elsewhere that the Spaniard won.
This tiny device can shrink dangerous blood clots. It’s called the ‘milli-spinner’ and its invention was partly an accident…
don’t worry the even better news is that the USSA will singlehandedly prevent that uptick yous can see at the right there, saving the world from certain overcrowding with demented old farts
roughbarked said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-15/backyard-garden-cowaramup-becomes-unofficial-attraction/105400022
The only good thing about Cowamarup is the lolly shop.
Arts said:
roughbarked said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-15/backyard-garden-cowaramup-becomes-unofficial-attraction/105400022
The only good thing about Cowamarup is the lolly shop.
don’t diss cow town!
Arts said:
roughbarked said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-15/backyard-garden-cowaramup-becomes-unofficial-attraction/105400022
The only good thing about Cowamarup is the lolly shop.
:)
Sometimes it is good to reflect on all the wars that ain’t happening.
Like all things considered it is a remarkable thing that Bosnia and Herzegovina has held together. It’s taken some true compromise and political leadership.
dv said:
Sometimes it is good to reflect on all the wars that ain’t happening.
Like all things considered it is a remarkable thing that Bosnia and Herzegovina has held together. It’s taken some true compromise and political leadership.
wait how did the nuclear power versus nuclear power thing go last month
look we’re going to go do something more fun andor useful so we’ll leave you with at least some positive
A federal court has unanimously struck down Louisiana’s attempt to force public schools to display the Ten Commandments — ruling it a clear violation of the separation of church and state.
It’s been 12 years since Fiji last had a coup.
dv said:
It’s been 12 years since Fiji last had a coup.
No where to put their chickens.
Peak Warming Man said:
dv said:
It’s been 12 years since Fiji last had a coup.
No where to put their chickens.
Coups are so late 20th century.
dv said:
It’s been 12 years since Fiji last had a coup.
Wunnerful.
Peak Warming Man said:
dv said:
It’s been 12 years since Fiji last had a coup.
No where to put their chickens.
Free range.
Peak Warming Man said:
dv said:
It’s been 12 years since Fiji last had a coup.
No where to put their chickens.
I have a chicken coup now. Built it yesterday with my Dad. That’s happy news :-)
becklefreckle said:
Peak Warming Man said:
dv said:
It’s been 12 years since Fiji last had a coup.
No where to put their chickens.
I have a chicken coup now. Built it yesterday with my Dad. That’s happy news :-)
That looks like a decent spot to have put it.
Cymek said:
That looks like a decent spot to have put it.
They’re gonna be in charge of scratching out all of the kikuyu roots so it can’t invade my new garden bed. I’m gonna need to find some hungry chooks!
becklefreckle said:
Peak Warming Man said:
dv said:
It’s been 12 years since Fiji last had a coup.
No where to put their chickens.
I have a chicken coup now. Built it yesterday with my Dad. That’s happy news :-)
Like
becklefreckle said:
Peak Warming Man said:
dv said:
It’s been 12 years since Fiji last had a coup.
No where to put their chickens.
I have a chicken coup now. Built it yesterday with my Dad. That’s happy news :-)
Cool. Al it needs now is wheels and a handle to tow it with.
becklefreckle said:
Cymek said:That looks like a decent spot to have put it.
They’re gonna be in charge of scratching out all of the kikuyu roots so it can’t invade my new garden bed. I’m gonna need to find some hungry chooks!
They’ll need to dig deep.
becklefreckle said:
Peak Warming Man said:
dv said:
It’s been 12 years since Fiji last had a coup.
No where to put their chickens.
I have a chicken coup now. Built it yesterday with my Dad. That’s happy news :-)
Are they going to roam free during the day?
Divine Angel said:
becklefreckle said:
Peak Warming Man said:No where to put their chickens.
I have a chicken coup now. Built it yesterday with my Dad. That’s happy news :-)
Like
becklefreckle said:
Peak Warming Man said:
dv said:
It’s been 12 years since Fiji last had a coup.
No where to put their chickens.
I have a chicken coup now. Built it yesterday with my Dad. That’s happy news :-)
Looks very much like ours, other than being free of weeds growing inside and out.
Tamb said:
Divine Angel said:
becklefreckle said:I have a chicken coup now. Built it yesterday with my Dad. That’s happy news :-)
Like
Did you mean Chicken Coop?
That’s not how we spell it round here mister.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Tamb said:
Divine Angel said:Like
Did you mean Chicken Coop?That’s not how we spell it round here mister.
Yes they will free range during the day.
To go with the free range spelling… yes I know coop is right but coup went with the joke.
becklefreckle said:
Yes they will free range during the day.To go with the free range spelling… yes I know coop is right but coup went with the joke.
That’s the kind of friendly forum we inhabit. :)
becklefreckle said:
Yes they will free range during the day.To go with the free range spelling… yes I know coop is right but coup went with the joke.
becklefreckle said:
Yes they will free range during the day.To go with the free range spelling… yes I know coop is right but coup went with the joke.
Make sure you don’t get flighty jungle birds…my Hamburgs like to fly up and out of their yard. I had to put netting across the top. And for preference they want to roost in trees at night – and we can’t have that either. They are beautiful looking birds though. Here is The Ghost and Shadow of the Ghost (I just noticed the date on that photo…they are over 5 years old now. No wonder they haven’t laid for a couple of years)
buffy said:
Make sure you don’t get flighty jungle birds…my Hamburgs like to fly up and out of their yard. I had to put netting across the top. And for preference they want to roost in trees at night – and we can’t have that either. They are beautiful looking birds though. Here is The Ghost and Shadow of the Ghost (I just noticed the date on that photo…they are over 5 years old now. No wonder they haven’t laid for a couple of years)
Yeah, Dad is sure that they’re going to be flying out of their yard all day every day, and he might be right. But I’m going to get boring old isa browns retired from battery farms. I’m led to believe that they are very mellow and happy to stay home.
And your ghosts are beautiful :)
becklefreckle said:
buffy said:Make sure you don’t get flighty jungle birds…my Hamburgs like to fly up and out of their yard. I had to put netting across the top. And for preference they want to roost in trees at night – and we can’t have that either. They are beautiful looking birds though. Here is The Ghost and Shadow of the Ghost (I just noticed the date on that photo…they are over 5 years old now. No wonder they haven’t laid for a couple of years)
Yeah, Dad is sure that they’re going to be flying out of their yard all day every day, and he might be right. But I’m going to get boring old isa browns retired from battery farms. I’m led to believe that they are very mellow and happy to stay home.
Good luck and I hope they still have lots of eggs in them.
becklefreckle said:
buffy said:Make sure you don’t get flighty jungle birds…my Hamburgs like to fly up and out of their yard. I had to put netting across the top. And for preference they want to roost in trees at night – and we can’t have that either. They are beautiful looking birds though. Here is The Ghost and Shadow of the Ghost (I just noticed the date on that photo…they are over 5 years old now. No wonder they haven’t laid for a couple of years)
Yeah, Dad is sure that they’re going to be flying out of their yard all day every day, and he might be right. But I’m going to get boring old isa browns retired from battery farms. I’m led to believe that they are very mellow and happy to stay home.
I’m not sure if it’s the done thing any more, but my first boss was a chook breeder and Royal Show judge. He told me about clipping the tips off the feathers of just one wing – which means they are lopsided and can’t take off to fly out. I’ve never done it myself. Usually I’ve had heavy fancy breeds birds, probably too chunky to fly really. I used to get birds from my boss that he was going to cull because they were not up to show standard. I’d say to him “Ian, I’m short of chooks again, can I get a trio please” and I’d turn up to work to find a cardboard box gently clucking in three voices at the back door to my practice (he wasn’t my boss by then, a friend)
buffy said:
I’m not sure if it’s the done thing any more, but my first boss was a chook breeder and Royal Show judge. He told me about clipping the tips off the feathers of just one wing – which means they are lopsided and can’t take off to fly out. I’ve never done it myself. Usually I’ve had heavy fancy breeds birds, probably too chunky to fly really. I used to get birds from my boss that he was going to cull because they were not up to show standard. I’d say to him “Ian, I’m short of chooks again, can I get a trio please” and I’d turn up to work to find a cardboard box gently clucking in three voices at the back door to my practice (he wasn’t my boss by then, a friend)
becklefreckle said:
buffy said:I’m not sure if it’s the done thing any more, but my first boss was a chook breeder and Royal Show judge. He told me about clipping the tips off the feathers of just one wing – which means they are lopsided and can’t take off to fly out. I’ve never done it myself. Usually I’ve had heavy fancy breeds birds, probably too chunky to fly really. I used to get birds from my boss that he was going to cull because they were not up to show standard. I’d say to him “Ian, I’m short of chooks again, can I get a trio please” and I’d turn up to work to find a cardboard box gently clucking in three voices at the back door to my practice (he wasn’t my boss by then, a friend)
That’s so cute! I love the gentle bawking they make as they potter along or hunker down.
We used to clip the wings on mum’s chooks back in the day. I’ll do that to my girls if they always want to roam. I’ll tell them how are they going to control the weeds in you yard if you keep eating somewhere else! I’m only allowed to have six chooks, so they have their work cut out for them.
The fancy breeds are very pretty, but only last three or four years. The ones Ian bred were egg and meat chooks. Just because I can (and it’s cold and wet outside) here are some of my girls from over the years. Some were from Ian, and some were from one of my patients (the Hamburger’s were from my patient)
Speckled Sussex, which I had from Ian for many years. Although these ones were from a patient (not the one I got the Hamburgs from)
Esme (a Hamburg) after some hail in2018.
Gytha (a Barnevelder). Barnevelders are stunning.
And Lizza (I actually can’t remember which breed she was). Again with the hail.
And of course…no post would be complete without a photo which included the dogs. The docked tail boy was Digby and the young girl here was Babuschka.
buffy said:
becklefreckle said:
buffy said:I’m not sure if it’s the done thing any more, but my first boss was a chook breeder and Royal Show judge. He told me about clipping the tips off the feathers of just one wing – which means they are lopsided and can’t take off to fly out. I’ve never done it myself. Usually I’ve had heavy fancy breeds birds, probably too chunky to fly really. I used to get birds from my boss that he was going to cull because they were not up to show standard. I’d say to him “Ian, I’m short of chooks again, can I get a trio please” and I’d turn up to work to find a cardboard box gently clucking in three voices at the back door to my practice (he wasn’t my boss by then, a friend)
That’s so cute! I love the gentle bawking they make as they potter along or hunker down.
We used to clip the wings on mum’s chooks back in the day. I’ll do that to my girls if they always want to roam. I’ll tell them how are they going to control the weeds in you yard if you keep eating somewhere else! I’m only allowed to have six chooks, so they have their work cut out for them.
The fancy breeds are very pretty, but only last three or four years. The ones Ian bred were egg and meat chooks. Just because I can (and it’s cold and wet outside) here are some of my girls from over the years. Some were from Ian, and some were from one of my patients (the Hamburger’s were from my patient)
Speckled Sussex, which I had from Ian for many years. Although these ones were from a patient (not the one I got the Hamburgs from)
Esme (a Hamburg) after some hail in2018.
Gytha (a Barnevelder). Barnevelders are stunning.
And Lizza (I actually can’t remember which breed she was). Again with the hail.
And of course…no post would be complete without a photo which included the dogs. The docked tail boy was Digby and the young girl here was Babuschka.
BWUCK BWUCK BWUCK BWUCK………… BEGEEERK!
buffy said:
becklefreckle said:
buffy said:Make sure you don’t get flighty jungle birds…my Hamburgs like to fly up and out of their yard. I had to put netting across the top. And for preference they want to roost in trees at night – and we can’t have that either. They are beautiful looking birds though. Here is The Ghost and Shadow of the Ghost (I just noticed the date on that photo…they are over 5 years old now. No wonder they haven’t laid for a couple of years)
Yeah, Dad is sure that they’re going to be flying out of their yard all day every day, and he might be right. But I’m going to get boring old isa browns retired from battery farms. I’m led to believe that they are very mellow and happy to stay home.
I’m not sure if it’s the done thing any more, but my first boss was a chook breeder and Royal Show judge. He told me about clipping the tips off the feathers of just one wing – which means they are lopsided and can’t take off to fly out. I’ve never done it myself. Usually I’ve had heavy fancy breeds birds, probably too chunky to fly really. I used to get birds from my boss that he was going to cull because they were not up to show standard. I’d say to him “Ian, I’m short of chooks again, can I get a trio please” and I’d turn up to work to find a cardboard box gently clucking in three voices at the back door to my practice (he wasn’t my boss by then, a friend)
I used to clip one wing on our chooks. It certainly stopped them flying out of the coop.
buffy said:
And Lizza (I actually can’t remember which breed she was). Again with the hail.
buffy said:
becklefreckle said:
buffy said:I’m not sure if it’s the done thing any more, but my first boss was a chook breeder and Royal Show judge. He told me about clipping the tips off the feathers of just one wing – which means they are lopsided and can’t take off to fly out. I’ve never done it myself. Usually I’ve had heavy fancy breeds birds, probably too chunky to fly really. I used to get birds from my boss that he was going to cull because they were not up to show standard. I’d say to him “Ian, I’m short of chooks again, can I get a trio please” and I’d turn up to work to find a cardboard box gently clucking in three voices at the back door to my practice (he wasn’t my boss by then, a friend)
That’s so cute! I love the gentle bawking they make as they potter along or hunker down.
We used to clip the wings on mum’s chooks back in the day. I’ll do that to my girls if they always want to roam. I’ll tell them how are they going to control the weeds in you yard if you keep eating somewhere else! I’m only allowed to have six chooks, so they have their work cut out for them.
The fancy breeds are very pretty, but only last three or four years. The ones Ian bred were egg and meat chooks. Just because I can (and it’s cold and wet outside) here are some of my girls from over the years. Some were from Ian, and some were from one of my patients (the Hamburger’s were from my patient)
Speckled Sussex, which I had from Ian for many years. Although these ones were from a patient (not the one I got the Hamburgs from)
Esme (a Hamburg) after some hail in2018.
Gytha (a Barnevelder). Barnevelders are stunning.
And Lizza (I actually can’t remember which breed she was). Again with the hail.
And of course…no post would be complete without a photo which included the dogs. The docked tail boy was Digby and the young girl here was Babuschka.
They are pretty girls
We got our fancy girls from here
https://www.facebook.com/lockeviewpoultryzoo/?ref=page_internal&mt_nav=0
My nephew used to breed his own fancy chickens and ducks. They were like pets… he would take the friendliest ones on road trips and take weird pictures with them. He started making calendars out of them about ten years ago, but this year is the first time he didn’t do it. Getting older, different interests sigh
becklefreckle said:
My nephew used to breed his own fancy chickens and ducks. They were like pets… he would take the friendliest ones on road trips and take weird pictures with them. He started making calendars out of them about ten years ago, but this year is the first time he didn’t do it. Getting older, different interests sigh
Chickens do that funny squat when you go to pick them up and show them yummy bugs to eat
Cymek said:
Chickens do that funny squat when you go to pick them up and show them yummy bugs to eat
Yeah! I’ve always interpreted that as “oh god… the human is gonna do their thing where they need to pick me up and cuddle me or show me something that’s supposed to be fun. Best just stay still and let them get it over with.”
Cymek said:
Chickens do that funny squat when you go to pick them up …
sign of submission. they think you’re going to mate with them.
becklefreckle said:
buffy said:
And Lizza (I actually can’t remember which breed she was). Again with the hail.
Surely that should be Magrat!
I can’t remember now why she was named after me…
Cymek said:
We got our fancy girls from herehttps://www.facebook.com/lockeviewpoultryzoo/?ref=page_internal&mt_nav=0
I haven’t got anyone to get chooks from any more. But I think when The Ghost and Shadow of the Ghost die I won’t bother with chooks any more. There are young people around here who do roadside egg stalls. I’ll just support them.
Bogsnorkler said:
Cymek said:Chickens do that funny squat when you go to pick them up …
sign of submission. they think you’re going to mate with them.
This. They quite like a scratch at the base of the tail when they do that too.
becklefreckle said:
My nephew used to breed his own fancy chickens and ducks. They were like pets… he would take the friendliest ones on road trips and take weird pictures with them. He started making calendars out of them about ten years ago, but this year is the first time he didn’t do it. Getting older, different interests sigh
I really like the laced wings some breeds have. Ian bred Speckled Sussex and Laced Wyandottes and Andalusian bantams. Now there is a breed that lives a very long time – I think one of my Andalusians went longer than 10 years. He bred the Wyandottes down to bantam size – and then was accused by The Authorities of bringing eggs into the country. Fortunately he was obsessive about keeping his breeding records and could show how he’d done it over generations. I thhink he was breeding the Sussex down in size too.
Mick Roderick, Birdlife Australia’s regent honeyeater recovery adviser, said he had seen various eucalypt species thriving in the Hunter after their prolonged soaking during April and May.
He said as the different species flowered the blossom season could last throughout the next year at least.
It would provide food for the regent honeyeater, a species which has dropped to around 300 wild birds.
“To know that so many trees will be flowering from a breeding season, right through summer and winter … is significant for a critically endangered species that relies almost exclusively on nectar,” Mr Roderick said
Peak Warming Man said:
Mick Roderick, Birdlife Australia’s regent honeyeater recovery adviser, said he had seen various eucalypt species thriving in the Hunter after their prolonged soaking during April and May.He said as the different species flowered the blossom season could last throughout the next year at least.
It would provide food for the regent honeyeater, a species which has dropped to around 300 wild birds.
“To know that so many trees will be flowering from a breeding season, right through summer and winter … is significant for a critically endangered species that relies almost exclusively on nectar,” Mr Roderick said
Tamb said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Mick Roderick, Birdlife Australia’s regent honeyeater recovery adviser, said he had seen various eucalypt species thriving in the Hunter after their prolonged soaking during April and May.He said as the different species flowered the blossom season could last throughout the next year at least.
It would provide food for the regent honeyeater, a species which has dropped to around 300 wild birds.
“To know that so many trees will be flowering from a breeding season, right through summer and winter … is significant for a critically endangered species that relies almost exclusively on nectar,” Mr Roderick said
On a more personal level. I have just removed a tick from my neck.
I had one in my neck from walking up in the MacPherson rage, it was not good news.
Tamb said:
On a more personal level. I have just removed a tick from my neck.
Get yourself a flea & tick collar.
Peak Warming Man said:
Tamb said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Mick Roderick, Birdlife Australia’s regent honeyeater recovery adviser, said he had seen various eucalypt species thriving in the Hunter after their prolonged soaking during April and May.He said as the different species flowered the blossom season could last throughout the next year at least.
It would provide food for the regent honeyeater, a species which has dropped to around 300 wild birds.
“To know that so many trees will be flowering from a breeding season, right through summer and winter … is significant for a critically endangered species that relies almost exclusively on nectar,” Mr Roderick said
On a more personal level. I have just removed a tick from my neck.I had one in my neck from walking up in the MacPherson rage, it was not good news.
Divine Angel said:
Tamb said:On a more personal level. I have just removed a tick from my neck.
Get yourself a flea & tick collar.
Tamb said:
On a more personal level. I have just removed a tick from my neck.
Yikes!
They used to be merely annoying to me with the occasional bite. But in more recent years I got nailed three time in a row in only a couple of weeks. The first two were on the back of my neck and I found them pretty quickly, but in each case they left a bit of swelling in the bite area. The third one was on my forehead and we got it out again fairly quickly, but very early the next morning I woke up and tried to look around, only to find that I could only see in a narrow horizontal slit as my eyelids had swollen up substantially. So off to the local ER were they gave me a shot of something-or-other and some pills. And told me that I was likely now allergic to tick bites.
Earlier this year I got pinged again, this time on the top of my head and again I woke up in the wee small hours as I could feel it quite clearly. Raced out and got the freezing spray, woke up Spocky to get her to zap me a few times then pull it out. She was still pretty zonked and didn’t remember it at all when waking up later. :)
I still got some swelling on the bite area but not too bad.
Since then I did a bit of poking around and found that a chemical with the name of Permethryn pretty much kills ticks on contact and it can be applied to clothes, and the treated clothes last about 5 – 6 washes before needing re-treatment. So I bought a spray bottle of the stuff and some lightweight cotton trousers & long-sleeve top and hosed them down, perhaps a bit more than the instructions suggested but I wanted to be sure.
They are now called the Poison Clothes, and I wear them outside when going anywhere near long grass, etc.
Spiny Norman said:
Tamb said:
On a more personal level. I have just removed a tick from my neck.Yikes!
They used to be merely annoying to me with the occasional bite. But in more recent years I got nailed three time in a row in only a couple of weeks. The first two were on the back of my neck and I found them pretty quickly, but in each case they left a bit of swelling in the bite area. The third one was on my forehead and we got it out again fairly quickly, but very early the next morning I woke up and tried to look around, only to find that I could only see in a narrow horizontal slit as my eyelids had swollen up substantially. So off to the local ER were they gave me a shot of something-or-other and some pills. And told me that I was likely now allergic to tick bites.
Earlier this year I got pinged again, this time on the top of my head and again I woke up in the wee small hours as I could feel it quite clearly. Raced out and got the freezing spray, woke up Spocky to get her to zap me a few times then pull it out. She was still pretty zonked and didn’t remember it at all when waking up later. :)
I still got some swelling on the bite area but not too bad.Since then I did a bit of poking around and found that a chemical with the name of Permethryn pretty much kills ticks on contact and it can be applied to clothes, and the treated clothes last about 5 – 6 washes before needing re-treatment. So I bought a spray bottle of the stuff and some lightweight cotton trousers & long-sleeve top and hosed them down, perhaps a bit more than the instructions suggested but I wanted to be sure.
They are now called the Poison Clothes, and I wear them outside when going anywhere near long grass, etc.
Where do you keep the poison clothes when they’re not being worn?
Divine Angel said:
Spiny Norman said:
Tamb said:
On a more personal level. I have just removed a tick from my neck.Yikes!
They used to be merely annoying to me with the occasional bite. But in more recent years I got nailed three time in a row in only a couple of weeks. The first two were on the back of my neck and I found them pretty quickly, but in each case they left a bit of swelling in the bite area. The third one was on my forehead and we got it out again fairly quickly, but very early the next morning I woke up and tried to look around, only to find that I could only see in a narrow horizontal slit as my eyelids had swollen up substantially. So off to the local ER were they gave me a shot of something-or-other and some pills. And told me that I was likely now allergic to tick bites.
Earlier this year I got pinged again, this time on the top of my head and again I woke up in the wee small hours as I could feel it quite clearly. Raced out and got the freezing spray, woke up Spocky to get her to zap me a few times then pull it out. She was still pretty zonked and didn’t remember it at all when waking up later. :)
I still got some swelling on the bite area but not too bad.Since then I did a bit of poking around and found that a chemical with the name of Permethryn pretty much kills ticks on contact and it can be applied to clothes, and the treated clothes last about 5 – 6 washes before needing re-treatment. So I bought a spray bottle of the stuff and some lightweight cotton trousers & long-sleeve top and hosed them down, perhaps a bit more than the instructions suggested but I wanted to be sure.
They are now called the Poison Clothes, and I wear them outside when going anywhere near long grass, etc.
Where do you keep the poison clothes when they’re not being worn?
On a chair that’s isolated from pretty much everything else in a quite room.
Spiny Norman said:
Divine Angel said:
Spiny Norman said:Yikes!
They used to be merely annoying to me with the occasional bite. But in more recent years I got nailed three time in a row in only a couple of weeks. The first two were on the back of my neck and I found them pretty quickly, but in each case they left a bit of swelling in the bite area. The third one was on my forehead and we got it out again fairly quickly, but very early the next morning I woke up and tried to look around, only to find that I could only see in a narrow horizontal slit as my eyelids had swollen up substantially. So off to the local ER were they gave me a shot of something-or-other and some pills. And told me that I was likely now allergic to tick bites.
Earlier this year I got pinged again, this time on the top of my head and again I woke up in the wee small hours as I could feel it quite clearly. Raced out and got the freezing spray, woke up Spocky to get her to zap me a few times then pull it out. She was still pretty zonked and didn’t remember it at all when waking up later. :)
I still got some swelling on the bite area but not too bad.Since then I did a bit of poking around and found that a chemical with the name of Permethryn pretty much kills ticks on contact and it can be applied to clothes, and the treated clothes last about 5 – 6 washes before needing re-treatment. So I bought a spray bottle of the stuff and some lightweight cotton trousers & long-sleeve top and hosed them down, perhaps a bit more than the instructions suggested but I wanted to be sure.
They are now called the Poison Clothes, and I wear them outside when going anywhere near long grass, etc.
Where do you keep the poison clothes when they’re not being worn?
On a chair that’s isolated from pretty much everything else in a quite room.
Tamb said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Tamb said:On a more personal level. I have just removed a tick from my neck.
I had one in my neck from walking up in the MacPherson rage, it was not good news.
Yes. Normally they are just scrub itch ones but this one was a nasty.
Did it burrow all the way to the bone?
After losing his home, car and job in a year, a Perth father is hoping to rebuild his life, aided by a generous ABC radio listener.
Brendon, his partner and their two teenage sons have been couch surfing and sleeping rough since they had to move our of their rental.
After hearing Brendon’s story, which included a tree falling on his car in a freak accident, listener Heather donated her car to him.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-08/abc-radio-perth-listener-donates-care-to-father-who-lost-home/105628346
Divine Angel said:
After losing his home, car and job in a year, a Perth father is hoping to rebuild his life, aided by a generous ABC radio listener.
Brendon, his partner and their two teenage sons have been couch surfing and sleeping rough since they had to move our of their rental.
After hearing Brendon’s story, which included a tree falling on his car in a freak accident, listener Heather donated her car to him.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-08/abc-radio-perth-listener-donates-care-to-father-who-lost-home/105628346
:)
money saves ¡ the world
https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/08/18/g-s1-83197/infants-health-cash-aid-kenya
well, newborn babies anyway
captain_spalding said:
dv said:
captain_spalding said:
Very useful for surgeons, when they’re operating on fish.
You left out a t
Like, when harvesting caviar?
Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant, in the south-western city of Fukuoka. Only the second power plant of its type in the world, it is expected to generate about 880,000 kilowatt hours of electricity each year – enough to help power a desalination plant that supplies fresh water to the city and neighbouring areas.
While it is still an emerging technology being used only on a modest scale as yet, it does have an advantage over some other renewable energies in that it is available around the clock, regardless of the wind or weather or other conditions. It relies simply on the mixing of fresh and salt water, so the energy flow can continue day and night, providing a steady source of electricity.
“It is also noteworthy that the Japanese plant uses concentrated seawater, the brine left after removal of fresh water in a desalination plant, as the feed, which increases the difference in salt concentrations and thus the energy available.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/25/japan-osmotic-power-plant-fukuoka
SCIENCE said:
Japan Powers Up Perpetual Motion Machine
Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant, in the south-western city of Fukuoka. Only the second power plant of its type in the world, it is expected to generate about 880,000 kilowatt hours of electricity each year – enough to help power a desalination plant that supplies fresh water to the city and neighbouring areas.
While it is still an emerging technology being used only on a modest scale as yet, it does have an advantage over some other renewable energies in that it is available around the clock, regardless of the wind or weather or other conditions. It relies simply on the mixing of fresh and salt water, so the energy flow can continue day and night, providing a steady source of electricity.
“It is also noteworthy that the Japanese plant uses concentrated seawater, the brine left after removal of fresh water in a desalination plant, as the feed, which increases the difference in salt concentrations and thus the energy available.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/25/japan-osmotic-power-plant-fukuoka
With all our dams overflowing (suffer in ya jocks Timmy ) we won’t have to mothball all our desal plants, praise be.
roughbarked said:
Seems like good news on the soft plastic front. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-28/large-scale-recycling-household-soft-plastics-new-taree-facility/105699588
+1
SCIENCE said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-28/ato-whistleblower-richard-boyle-sentenced/105702198
That is good news, but Boyle shouldn’t have been prosecuted at all. Australia should have appropriate whistle-blower legislation.
Michael V said:
SCIENCE said:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-28/ato-whistleblower-richard-boyle-sentenced/105702198
That is good news, but Boyle shouldn’t have been prosecuted at all. Australia should have appropriate whistle-blower legislation.
Agree.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-11/nasa-discovery-ancient-life-perseverance/105760456
SCIENCE said:
The Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks that may hold signs of ancient life on the planet.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-11/nasa-discovery-ancient-life-perseverance/105760456
Cool.
https://neurosciencenews.com/music-motion-sickness-neuroscience-29658/
Researchers using a driving simulator found that music can significantly influence recovery from motion sickness. Participants who listened to joyful or soft music reported the greatest relief, while sad music hindered recovery.
EEG scans revealed changes in brain activity linked to symptoms, suggesting music affects both emotion and neural activity. The results highlight music as a promising, low-cost, and non-invasive way to manage travel-related discomfort.
Key Facts
Most Effective Relief: Joyful music (57.3% reduction) and soft music (56.7%) provided the strongest relief.
Brain Patterns: EEG showed that carsickness was tied to reduced activity in the occipital lobe, which normalized during recovery.
Unexpected Finding: Sad music amplified negative feelings, making recovery slower than doing nothing at all.
Divine Angel said:
https://neurosciencenews.com/music-motion-sickness-neuroscience-29658/
Researchers using a driving simulator found that music can significantly influence recovery from motion sickness. Participants who listened to joyful or soft music reported the greatest relief, while sad music hindered recovery.
EEG scans revealed changes in brain activity linked to symptoms, suggesting music affects both emotion and neural activity. The results highlight music as a promising, low-cost, and non-invasive way to manage travel-related discomfort.
Key Facts
Most Effective Relief: Joyful music (57.3% reduction) and soft music (56.7%) provided the strongest relief.
Brain Patterns: EEG showed that carsickness was tied to reduced activity in the occipital lobe, which normalized during recovery.
Unexpected Finding: Sad music amplified negative feelings, making recovery slower than doing nothing at all.
how does listening to radio talk show hosts rate
Dementia is the leading cause of death in Australia, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
China is due to finish its first SMR, “Linglong One”, in Hainan next year at a cost of 5 billion yuan, or $1 billion. It will generate 1,000 MWh, enough for a small city, and operate night and day, every day.
SCIENCE said:
China is due to finish its first SMR, “Linglong One”, in Hainan next year at a cost of 5 billion yuan, or $1 billion. It will generate 1,000 MWh, enough for a small city, and operate night and day, every day.
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sigh
</sibeen>
btm said:
SCIENCE said:
China is due to finish its first SMR, “Linglong One”, in Hainan next year at a cost of 5 billion yuan, or $1 billion. It will generate 1,000 MWh, enough for a small city, and operate night and day, every day.
<sibeen>
sigh
</sibeen>
fair
separately
another brown pill to save the world
well, good and bad news, we missed this when it first came out 4 months ago so here’s the slow EU news day version but what doesn’t make sense is
Investigadores de la Universidad de Minnesota (Estados Unidos) han encontrado un nuevo aliado en la lucha contra una grave enfermedad hepática: un hongo simbiótico intestinal que produce una molécula capaz de revertir la progresión de la enfermedad en ratones. Shuang Zhou y su equipo de la Universidad de Minnesota desarrollaron chips de aislamiento de hongos (FiChips), una técnica de cultivo que imita el entorno fecal natural ‘in situ’, lo que permite el crecimiento y aislamiento exitoso de especies de hongos que no se pueden cultivar mediante métodos convencionales. Utilizando este método, los investigadores identificaron 161 especies de hongos a partir de muestras fecales humanas en toda China. Entre estas, las especies de Fusarium, en particular Fusarium foetens (F. foetens), demostraron la capacidad de sobrevivir en entornos sin oxígeno y colonizar el intestino. También apareció ampliamente en conjuntos de datos globales del microbioma humano. En un modelo murino, los autores descubrieron que F. foetens podía revertir de forma segura la progresión de la enfermedad MASH.
Los ratones con una dieta alta en grasas y deficiente en colina tratados con ‘F. foetens’ mostraron mejoras notables en la salud hepática, incluyendo un peso hepático reducido, niveles más bajos de enzimas hepáticas y esteatosis hepática, inflamación y fibrosis menos pronunciadas. Al explorar los mecanismos subyacentes de este efecto, los investigadores descubrieron que un metabolito fúngico secretado, el FF-C1, producido por diversos hongos, inhibía una enzima intestinal relacionada con trastornos metabólicos, conocida como CerS6. Esto revirtió eficazmente la progresión de la MASH en ratones.
why would Investigadores de la Universidad de Minnesota (Estados Unidos) be digging around in muestras fecales humanas en toda China ¿ So anyway according to the actual research article
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp5540
they’re from Peking University so … someone’s lying
With ice floes disappearing, boffins have created durable structures which mimic floating ice so seals can breed safely.
Divine Angel said:
With ice floes disappearing, boffins have created durable structures which mimic floating ice so seals can breed safely.
not quite the right flag for Norway.
Divine Angel said:
With ice floes disappearing, boffins have created durable structures which mimic floating ice so seals can breed safely.
Great. More plastic in the oceans.
Divine Angel said:
With ice floes disappearing, boffins have created durable structures which mimic floating ice so seals can breed safely.
Are they giving polar bears harpoons or do they really want to fuck up the natural order of things?
finally we won’t have to watch yous lot fall away into dementia quite as quickly
Lecanemab has been shown to slow down cognitive decline during the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. A year’s supply of the drug can cost almost $40,000 in Australia, so unless the drug is listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), it will be out of reach for most.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-24/alzheimers-drug-lecanemab-approved-by-tga/105813710
A promising new Alzheimer’s drug has been green-lit by the national medicines regulator, after two previous failed attempts to register it for use in Australia. Lecanemab, sold under the brand name Leqembi, has been shown to clear amyloid plaque in the brain, which experts believe plays a role in Alzheimer’s disease. The drug is now registered for use by some patients with a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease. It had already been approved in around 50 countries, including the US, UK and China.
A phase-3 trial involving about 1,800 patients with early Alzheimer’s disease, published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2022, showed that those who received the drug had reduced markers of amyloid plaque and less cognitive decline after 18 months than those who took a placebo.
Donanemab, another Alzheimer’s drug that clears amyloid, was approved by the TGA earlier this year but did not make it onto the PBS as its potential benefits were deemed too small to justify the burden on the health system.
Ian said:
Blood bank..
Restrictions around sexually active gay and bisexual men donating blood and plasma are being loosened in a new world-leading move by Australian Red Cross Lifeblood.
Under current rules, gay and bisexual men, and transgender women who have sex with men, cannot donate blood or plasma if they have had sex in the past three months.
But from July 14, in the first set of rule changes, Lifeblood will remove most restrictions on donating plasma related to sexual activity.
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Fine, good but still not interested in draining the very excellent blood of haemochromatosises.. oh noooooo..
lies
Female shearer sets world record by shearing 500 merino lambs in one day
A New South Wales woman has set a world record as the first female to shear more than 500 merino lambs in a day.
Nikki Lyons achieved the feat in a shearing shed near Marnoo in Victoria’s Wimmera region on Wednesday.
The 38-year-old shore 502 lambs between 6am and 6pm, with nine of those hours spent with clippers in hand.
It was a record no woman had attempted before.
Despite the impressive haul, Ms Lyons was ruing the lambs she missed.
“That’s the thing about records, you’ve always got more,” she said with a laugh.
Bubblecar said:
Female shearer sets world record by shearing 500 merino lambs in one dayA New South Wales woman has set a world record as the first female to shear more than 500 merino lambs in a day.
Nikki Lyons achieved the feat in a shearing shed near Marnoo in Victoria’s Wimmera region on Wednesday.
The 38-year-old shore 502 lambs between 6am and 6pm, with nine of those hours spent with clippers in hand.
It was a record no woman had attempted before.
Despite the impressive haul, Ms Lyons was ruing the lambs she missed.
“That’s the thing about records, you’ve always got more,” she said with a laugh.
Imagine that. Ruing the sheep she missed because well, breaks.
Bubblecar said:
Female shearer sets world record by shearing 500 merino lambs in one dayA New South Wales woman has set a world record as the first female to shear more than 500 merino lambs in a day.
Nikki Lyons achieved the feat in a shearing shed near Marnoo in Victoria’s Wimmera region on Wednesday.
The 38-year-old shore 502 lambs between 6am and 6pm, with nine of those hours spent with clippers in hand.
It was a record no woman had attempted before.
Despite the impressive haul, Ms Lyons was ruing the lambs she missed.
“That’s the thing about records, you’ve always got more,” she said with a laugh.
That’s a monumental effort
shore seems odd even though it’s correct
Cymek said:
Bubblecar said:
Female shearer sets world record by shearing 500 merino lambs in one dayA New South Wales woman has set a world record as the first female to shear more than 500 merino lambs in a day.
Nikki Lyons achieved the feat in a shearing shed near Marnoo in Victoria’s Wimmera region on Wednesday.
The 38-year-old shore 502 lambs between 6am and 6pm, with nine of those hours spent with clippers in hand.
It was a record no woman had attempted before.
Despite the impressive haul, Ms Lyons was ruing the lambs she missed.
“That’s the thing about records, you’ve always got more,” she said with a laugh.
That’s a monumental effort
Dear ol’ Dad was a shearer in his younger days – gave his back no end of grief for the rest of his days.
Neophyte said:
Cymek said:
Bubblecar said:
Female shearer sets world record by shearing 500 merino lambs in one dayA New South Wales woman has set a world record as the first female to shear more than 500 merino lambs in a day.
Nikki Lyons achieved the feat in a shearing shed near Marnoo in Victoria’s Wimmera region on Wednesday.
The 38-year-old shore 502 lambs between 6am and 6pm, with nine of those hours spent with clippers in hand.
It was a record no woman had attempted before.
Despite the impressive haul, Ms Lyons was ruing the lambs she missed.
“That’s the thing about records, you’ve always got more,” she said with a laugh.
That’s a monumental effort
Dear ol’ Dad was a shearer in his younger days – gave his back no end of grief for the rest of his days.
Oh that’s not happy news
Neophyte said:
Cymek said:
Bubblecar said:
Female shearer sets world record by shearing 500 merino lambs in one dayA New South Wales woman has set a world record as the first female to shear more than 500 merino lambs in a day.
Nikki Lyons achieved the feat in a shearing shed near Marnoo in Victoria’s Wimmera region on Wednesday.
The 38-year-old shore 502 lambs between 6am and 6pm, with nine of those hours spent with clippers in hand.
It was a record no woman had attempted before.
Despite the impressive haul, Ms Lyons was ruing the lambs she missed.
“That’s the thing about records, you’ve always got more,” she said with a laugh.
That’s a monumental effort
Dear ol’ Dad was a shearer in his younger days – gave his back no end of grief for the rest of his days.
I can imagine so
Neophyte said:
Cymek said:
Bubblecar said:
Female shearer sets world record by shearing 500 merino lambs in one dayA New South Wales woman has set a world record as the first female to shear more than 500 merino lambs in a day.
Nikki Lyons achieved the feat in a shearing shed near Marnoo in Victoria’s Wimmera region on Wednesday.
The 38-year-old shore 502 lambs between 6am and 6pm, with nine of those hours spent with clippers in hand.
It was a record no woman had attempted before.
Despite the impressive haul, Ms Lyons was ruing the lambs she missed.
“That’s the thing about records, you’ve always got more,” she said with a laugh.
That’s a monumental effort
Dear ol’ Dad was a shearer in his younger days – gave his back no end of grief for the rest of his days.
My maternal grandfather was a shearer in Queensland during the union issues in the early 1900s. Grandad Alf had incredibly smooth skin on his legs and arms.
He made doll’s beds for his two daughters using the metal straps off the bales. I have my mother’s one.
I finally got hold of the ortho’s office and they csan fit me in tomorrow
Divine Angel said:
I finally got hold of the ortho’s office and they csan fit me in tomorrow
Good-oh.
wait but
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-25/mallacoota-sea-urchins-ai-artificial-intelligence/105802956
?¿ how is making copyright violating artwork going to stop ecological vandalism ?¿
SCIENCE said:
wait but
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-25/mallacoota-sea-urchins-ai-artificial-intelligence/105802956
?¿ how is making copyright violating artwork going to stop ecological vandalism ?¿
It is the wrong end of the stick as well..
SCIENCE said:
Toot! :)
SCIENCE said:
Noice.
:)
Next Up In Police State Victor Yahoo
Legislation to enshrine a democratically-elected body for First Peoples has been passed in Victoria’s parliament. The Gellung Warl body will be consulted on laws and policies affecting Indigenous people. The state government and First Peoples’ Assembly will sign the bill in coming weeks.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-31/victorian-first-nations-treaty-legislation-passes/105954864
Next Up In Communist Terror Australis
From November 1, new incentives come into effect to encourage doctors to bulk-bill for every visit. It’s a historic $7.9 billion government investment into Medicare and designed to resuscitate bulk-billing, which has been on the decline since the pandemic. But the scheme is not compulsory and many doctors have told the ABC they will not be signing up.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-31/bulk-billing-changes-medicare-gp-incentives/105953126
How dare they make rules voluntary and infringe freedoms and enable free market operators in a planned health economy¡
Rob Temple says Tim Tams “may have been superior all along”, but Penguins came first.
