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.
<sibeen>
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.
SCIENCE said:
Good.
:)
Don’t have health insurance¿ Just turn up in a coffin¡
this is some serious shit
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-26/the-13-year-search-for-a-rare-flower-in-indonesia/106047160
look at these dodgy supposed clever research type people who disrespect the laws of the land and break rules and behave like criminals to adulterate the food supply
the innovators found a way around the law and created a product they named “stuff”. “The people would come in and they knew we had this product and they’d ask, ‘Can we have a pound of that stuff?’” said Mr Richardson, who was at the award ceremony at the Dairy Research Foundation Symposium 2025 in Wollongong. “We packaged the product in plain containers and we didn’t sell it on the market at all because it wasn’t legal.” Mr Boxsell said the team added sunflower oils and safflower oils
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/07/no-one-knows-where-it-came-from-first-wild-beaver-spotted-in-norfolk-for-400-years
A wild beaver has been spotted in Norfolk for the first time since beavers were hunted to extinction in England at the beginning of the 16th century.
It was filmed dragging logs and establishing a lodge in a “perfect beaver habitat” on the River Wensum at Pensthorpe, a nature reserve near Fakenham in Norfolk.
It is the first time a free-living beaver has been recorded in the county since the species began to re-establish itself in the English countryside in 2015, when a litter of wild kits was born in Devon.
dv said:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/07/no-one-knows-where-it-came-from-first-wild-beaver-spotted-in-norfolk-for-400-yearsA wild beaver has been spotted in Norfolk for the first time since beavers were hunted to extinction in England at the beginning of the 16th century.
It was filmed dragging logs and establishing a lodge in a “perfect beaver habitat” on the River Wensum at Pensthorpe, a nature reserve near Fakenham in Norfolk.
It is the first time a free-living beaver has been recorded in the county since the species began to re-establish itself in the English countryside in 2015, when a litter of wild kits was born in Devon.
That’s heartening. Although knowing the Brits, there’ll already be people moaning about the beavers making a mess and shitting everywhere.
dv said:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/07/no-one-knows-where-it-came-from-first-wild-beaver-spotted-in-norfolk-for-400-yearsA wild beaver has been spotted in Norfolk for the first time since beavers were hunted to extinction in England at the beginning of the 16th century.
It was filmed dragging logs and establishing a lodge in a “perfect beaver habitat” on the River Wensum at Pensthorpe, a nature reserve near Fakenham in Norfolk.
It is the first time a free-living beaver has been recorded in the county since the species began to re-establish itself in the English countryside in 2015, when a litter of wild kits was born in Devon.
Nice.
good we presume
SCIENCE said:
good we presume
Then there’s the Tiwi islands.
SCIENCE said:
good we presume
Having spent quite a bit of time in that country, it is the best outcome for country.
excellent, see we should burn the shit out of everything in Australia and these revelations will be awesome
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-08/gorilla-twins-born-virunga-national-park-drc-congo/106209406
SCIENCE said:
SCIENCE said:
Don’t buy a box of them.
Kingy said:
SCIENCE said:
roughbarked said:
SCIENCE said:
Don’t buy a box of them.
why not
SCIENCE said:
roughbarked said:
SCIENCE said:
Don’t buy a box of them.
why not
Coz you won’t be able to lift it.
SCIENCE said:
Kingy said:
SCIENCE said:
Stop screaming, you guys!
The bank has concluded its investigation into my card being used for fraudulent purchases.
They have found I am not at fault and have credited my account the entire amount 🥳
Divine Angel said:
The bank has concluded its investigation into my card being used for fraudulent purchases.They have found I am not at fault and have credited my account the entire amount 🥳
Praise the Lord.
Divine Angel said:
The bank has concluded its investigation into my card being used for fraudulent purchases.They have found I am not at fault and have credited my account the entire amount 🥳
Good.
How long did the investigation take?
Divine Angel said:
The bank has concluded its investigation into my card being used for fraudulent purchases.They have found I am not at fault and have credited my account the entire amount 🥳
nice
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
The bank has concluded its investigation into my card being used for fraudulent purchases.They have found I am not at fault and have credited my account the entire amount 🥳
Good.
How long did the investigation take?
About six weeks.
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
The bank has concluded its investigation into my card being used for fraudulent purchases.They have found I am not at fault and have credited my account the entire amount 🥳
Good.
How long did the investigation take?
About six weeks.
Gosh. That’s a fair wait.
This week I got to smell a frangipani flower for the first time in many, many years.
kii said:
This week I got to smell a frangipani flower for the first time in many, many years.
Nice.
:)
Divine Angel said:
The bank has concluded its investigation into my card being used for fraudulent purchases.They have found I am not at fault and have credited my account the entire amount 🥳
So very happy to hear that.
Michael V said:
kii said:
This week I got to smell a frangipani flower for the first time in many, many years.
Nice.
:)
The rest of the week.
Spice cabinet with its original key, what a beautiful peice.
350 Years Untouched: Inside the Most Miraculous Cabinet in America at Sotheby’s
Tau.Neutrino said:
Spice cabinet with its original key, what a beautiful peice.350 Years Untouched: Inside the Most Miraculous Cabinet in America at Sotheby’s
It is a nice little cupboard.
kii said:
Michael V said:
kii said:
This week I got to smell a frangipani flower for the first time in many, many years.
Nice.
:)
The rest of the week.
Giggle.
I know I shouldn’t, but I did.
Tau.Neutrino said:
Spice cabinet with its original key, what a beautiful peice.350 Years Untouched: Inside the Most Miraculous Cabinet in America at Sotheby’s
It’d go nicely in my place.
Michael V said:
kii said:
Michael V said:Nice.
:)
The rest of the week.
Giggle.
I know I shouldn’t, but I did.
Oh, but you should! Giggling is Good For You!
The 76-year-old former Bushwackers band member is two years into his passion project, for which he travels the state refurbishing colonial-era postboxes — known as pillar boxes.
It’s a job he believes is best done in period costume: often a tartan three-piece suit and a straw boater hat.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-18/vic-letterbox-man-s-colourful-hobby/106169390
I finally found a source for tissues in cube-shaped boxes.
Perfect.
Also they dispense the tissues more efficiently.
Annd now for the important news:
Push to change QVB coloured glass windows withdrawn after community backlash
alleged
https://www.folklore.org/Negative_2000_Lines_Of_Code.html
In early 1982, the Lisa software team was trying to buckle down for the big push to ship the software within the next six months. Some of the managers decided that it would be a good idea to track the progress of each individual engineer in terms of the amount of code that they wrote from week to week. They devised a form that each engineer was required to submit every Friday, which included a field for the number of lines of code that were written that week.
Bill Atkinson, the author of Quickdraw and the main user interface designer, who was by far the most important Lisa implementer, thought that lines of code was a silly measure of software productivity. He thought his goal was to write as small and fast a program as possible, and that the lines of code metric only encouraged writing sloppy, bloated, broken code.
He recently was working on optimizing Quickdraw’s region calculation machinery, and had completely rewritten the region engine using a simpler, more general algorithm which, after some tweaking, made region operations almost six times faster. As a by-product, the rewrite also saved around 2,000 lines of code.
He was just putting the finishing touches on the optimization when it was time to fill out the management form for the first time. When he got to the lines of code part, he thought about it for a second, and then wrote in the number: -2000.
I’m not sure how the managers reacted to that, but I do know that after a couple more weeks, they stopped asking Bill to fill out the form, and he gladly complied.
SCIENCE said:
alleged
https://www.folklore.org/Negative_2000_Lines_Of_Code.html
In early 1982, the Lisa software team was trying to buckle down for the big push to ship the software within the next six months. Some of the managers decided that it would be a good idea to track the progress of each individual engineer in terms of the amount of code that they wrote from week to week. They devised a form that each engineer was required to submit every Friday, which included a field for the number of lines of code that were written that week.
Bill Atkinson, the author of Quickdraw and the main user interface designer, who was by far the most important Lisa implementer, thought that lines of code was a silly measure of software productivity. He thought his goal was to write as small and fast a program as possible, and that the lines of code metric only encouraged writing sloppy, bloated, broken code.
He recently was working on optimizing Quickdraw’s region calculation machinery, and had completely rewritten the region engine using a simpler, more general algorithm which, after some tweaking, made region operations almost six times faster. As a by-product, the rewrite also saved around 2,000 lines of code.
He was just putting the finishing touches on the optimization when it was time to fill out the management form for the first time. When he got to the lines of code part, he thought about it for a second, and then wrote in the number: -2000.
I’m not sure how the managers reacted to that, but I do know that after a couple more weeks, they stopped asking Bill to fill out the form, and he gladly complied.
:)
I don’t think we can thank Pepsi for this, but thanks to SCIENCE for reminding me. (Also Mr Mutant isn’t going to Svarlbard for work after all; he might have become a victim.)
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/svalbard-polar-bears-warming
In parts of the Arctic, polar bears are in decline as sea ice, which they depend on to hunt, disappears. That is not the case, however, on the Norwegian island of Svalbard, where bears have actually managed to grow more plump even as ice melts away.
Polar bears hunt by stalking sea ice in search of seals, but sea ice is shrinking across much of the Arctic, which is warming nearly four times faster than the world as a whole. Increasingly, ice forms later in the winter and melts earlier in the spring, which means bears spend less time hunting and more time fasting.
A study along the western edge of Hudson Bay, in Canada, found that, over the last half-century, the number of polar bears in the region dropped nearly in half, and the bears grew measurably smaller. The average female lost 86 pounds, the research found, while the average cub lost 47 pounds.
And yet, on Svalbard, polar bears are gaining weight. That is the finding of a new study of 770 bears on the remote Arctic island, which lies some 500 miles north of Norway in the Barents Sea. The region has seen a precipitous drop in sea ice since the early 1990s, adding about 100 ice-free days. And yet, since 2000, Svalbard polar bears have gotten bigger, boosting their reserves of fat, according to the research, published in Scientific Reports.
Nice work if you can get autism ¡
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-03/brain-cancer-vaccine-trial-for-children/106294532
Scientists are using man-made frog ‘spas’ and ‘saunas’ in a world-first attempt to reintroduce a frog species to the ACT, nearly 50 years after it went locally extinct.
If it works, the spas and saunas could save amphibians all around the world from chytrid fungus.
Kid saves family, well done kid.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-03/teen-speaks-after-saving-family-in-geographe-bay/106298798
Peak Warming Man said:
Kid saves family, well done kid.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-03/teen-speaks-after-saving-family-in-geographe-bay/106298798
Yeah that was a mammoth effort.
roughbarked said:
Scientists are using man-made frog ‘spas’ and ‘saunas’ in a world-first attempt to reintroduce a frog species to the ACT, nearly 50 years after it went locally extinct.If it works, the spas and saunas could save amphibians all around the world from chytrid fungus.
I’d like to see something similar for Rheobatrachus. But that probably won’t happen.
Peak Warming Man said:
Kid saves family, well done kid.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-03/teen-speaks-after-saving-family-in-geographe-bay/106298798
I think he’ll get some sort of award for that.
Peak Warming Man said:
Kid saves family, well done kid.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-03/teen-speaks-after-saving-family-in-geographe-bay/106298798
It was a busy Friday night here, with a sea rescue, a bushfire and a severe car crash.
There were ambulances, helicopters, fire trucks, cops, marine rescue boats & sea rescue planes going in all directions. All of the emergency services were in it.
ChrispenEvan said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Kid saves family, well done kid.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-03/teen-speaks-after-saving-family-in-geographe-bay/106298798
I think he’ll get some sort of award for that.
Heard that on abc radio.
4km swim.
Amazing.
.
SCIENCE said:
roughbarked said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Is this related to the broken hip? If so that’s quick.
yep
Damn communist Medicare and socialised healthcare and paying taxes and government overreach¡
fuck everyone else who thinks otherwise and we say thank fuck we’re in Australia even the way it is for now
SCIENCE said:
SCIENCE said:
roughbarked said:
yep
Damn communist Medicare and socialised healthcare and paying taxes and government overreach¡
fuck everyone else who thinks otherwise and we say thank fuck we’re in Australia even the way it is for now
The whole article is well worth reading; it is extraordinarily well written. It triggered overwhelming emotions in me.
Thanks very much for posting. I agree with your sentiments, and so does Roger Chao, the author.
Michael V said:
SCIENCE said:SCIENCE said:
Damn communist Medicare and socialised healthcare and paying taxes and government overreach¡
fuck everyone else who thinks otherwise and we say thank fuck we’re in Australia even the way it is for now
The whole article is well worth reading; it is extraordinarily well written. It triggered overwhelming emotions in me.
Thanks very much for posting. I agree with your sentiments, and so does Roger Chao, the author.
I love medicare.
nice find
but this
“Eucalypt wood is really tough, and this technique, what it does, it takes a reinforced steel core about the size of a pencil and we attach it to a drill and drill it into the trunk of a tree,” she said. “It doesn’t harm them in any way, and what we end up with is … a pencil-sized slither from that tree that we can then analyse.”
we’r‘n’t too sure about doesn’t harm them part
SCIENCE said:
nice find
but this
“Eucalypt wood is really tough, and this technique, what it does, it takes a reinforced steel core about the size of a pencil and we attach it to a drill and drill it into the trunk of a tree,” she said. “It doesn’t harm them in any way, and what we end up with is … a pencil-sized slither from that tree that we can then analyse.”
we’r‘n’t too sure about doesn’t harm them part
Do we have devices that could record their scream?
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/plants/china-has-planted-so-many-trees-around-the-taklamakan-desert-that-its-turned-this-biological-void-into-a-carbon-sink
Mass tree planting in China is turning one of the world’s largest and driest deserts into a carbon sink, meaning it absorbs more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits, new research reveals.
The Taklamakan Desert (also spelled Taklimakan or Takla Makan) is slightly larger than Montana, stretching across about 130,000 square miles (337,000 square kilometers). It is encircled by high mountains, which block moist air from reaching the desert for most of the year, creating extremely arid conditions that are too harsh for most plants.
However, over the past few decades, China has sowed a forest around the Taklamakan’s edges, and a new study suggests this approach is beginning to bear fruit.
***
This is good news and all but I’m a little hazy on what’s happening here. It seems like the desertification of surrounding areas has stopped?
Divine Angel said:
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/plants/china-has-planted-so-many-trees-around-the-taklamakan-desert-that-its-turned-this-biological-void-into-a-carbon-sinkMass tree planting in China is turning one of the world’s largest and driest deserts into a carbon sink, meaning it absorbs more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits, new research reveals.
The Taklamakan Desert (also spelled Taklimakan or Takla Makan) is slightly larger than Montana, stretching across about 130,000 square miles (337,000 square kilometers). It is encircled by high mountains, which block moist air from reaching the desert for most of the year, creating extremely arid conditions that are too harsh for most plants.
However, over the past few decades, China has sowed a forest around the Taklamakan’s edges, and a new study suggests this approach is beginning to bear fruit.
***
This is good news and all but I’m a little hazy on what’s happening here. It seems like the desertification of surrounding areas has stopped?
Last sentence sums up the answer to your question:
The Great Green Wall’s potential to slow desertification remains unclear, but its role as a carbon sink “may serve as a valuable model for other desert regions,” he added.
thanks
SCIENCE said:
thanks
No worries.
SCIENCE said:
Praise the Lord.
SCIENCE said:
SCIENCE said:
T1200 carbon fibre with titanium spring and AI modulated grip, good score.
Bubblecar said:
SCIENCE said:
T1200 carbon fibre with titanium spring and AI modulated grip, good score.
So, not from Aldi then?
Bubblecar said:
SCIENCE said:
T1200 carbon fibre with titanium spring and AI modulated grip, good score.
They could take those pegs to Pluto and still hang up their socks.
roughbarked said:
Bubblecar said:
SCIENCE said:
T1200 carbon fibre with titanium spring and AI modulated grip, good score.
So, not from Aldi then?
No idea, I’m just adding decorative hype.
I can drive!
Six weeks ago, I attempted driving. Lacked strength and range of motion. Tried again today, drove to Officeworks and back. No issues at all 😀
Divine Angel said:
I can drive!Six weeks ago, I attempted driving. Lacked strength and range of motion. Tried again today, drove to Officeworks and back. No issues at all 😀
:) good.
Divine Angel said:
I can drive!Six weeks ago, I attempted driving. Lacked strength and range of motion. Tried again today, drove to Officeworks and back. No issues at all 😀
Praise the Lord.
Divine Angel said:
I can drive!Six weeks ago, I attempted driving. Lacked strength and range of motion. Tried again today, drove to Officeworks and back. No issues at all 😀
Splendid.
Divine Angel said:
I can drive!Six weeks ago, I attempted driving. Lacked strength and range of motion. Tried again today, drove to Officeworks and back. No issues at all 😀
:)
Good!
:)
Dealing with feral goats. ABC story
I really, really like this idea.
buffy said:
Dealing with feral goats. ABC storyI really, really like this idea.
Yes but without the water the goats would easily jump the fence. It is the water that makes the trap work.
Locals around here were putting traps around the dams in the local national park and selling the goats.
This is the kind of happy news I have been wanting to hear for decades.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-22/cawleys-bridge-wildlife-crossing-retrofit/106365756
The last time I was this happy, I was sitting in the front row of a Hamilton performance.
Arm is very nearly healed. I’m legally allowed to drive again. I don’t have to wear the splint anymore.
So yes, very happy news indeed 🥂
Divine Angel said:
The last time I was this happy, I was sitting in the front row of a Hamilton performance.Arm is very nearly healed. I’m legally allowed to drive again. I don’t have to wear the splint anymore.
So yes, very happy news indeed 🥂
Well done.
It’s only taken 19 weeks. Another visit with the ortho in a month’s time, if it’s still looking good then I’ll be discharged and that’s that.
just came off an online meeting, have to be happy with that
Divine Angel said:
It’s only taken 19 weeks. Another visit with the ortho in a month’s time, if it’s still looking good then I’ll be discharged and that’s that.
Good. Now don’t go picking fights with any more 6th graders.
Ian said:
Divine Angel said:
It’s only taken 19 weeks. Another visit with the ortho in a month’s time, if it’s still looking good then I’ll be discharged and that’s that.
Good. Now don’t go picking fights with any more 6th graders.
The only time I’ve been hit by a kid, it was a prep (kindy) kid. He beat me up with his lunchbox.
Divine Angel said:
The last time I was this happy, I was sitting in the front row of a Hamilton performance.Arm is very nearly healed. I’m legally allowed to drive again. I don’t have to wear the splint anymore.
So yes, very happy news indeed 🥂
Yay!
Divine Angel said:
It’s only taken 19 weeks. Another visit with the ortho in a month’s time, if it’s still looking good then I’ll be discharged and that’s that.
Cool!
Divine Angel said:
It’s only taken 19 weeks. Another visit with the ortho in a month’s time, if it’s still looking good then I’ll be discharged and that’s that.
Keep an eye out for banana peels.
hope they got some good pictures
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-27/teenager-rescued-after-climbing-crane/106394622
“He told police his shoes were wet, so he didn’t feel safe climbing down,” police said.
nice forward planning there cous’, check weather forecast next time
The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Denmark for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV and syphilis, recognizing the country’s sustained commitment to ensuring every child is born free of these infections.
“The elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis marks a major public health achievement for Denmark,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “This milestone demonstrates that with strong political commitment and consistent investment in primary care and integrated maternal and child health services, countries can protect every pregnant woman and newborn from these diseases.”
The validation, based on an assessment by WHO’s Regional Validation Committee in June 2025 and Global Validation Advisory Committee (GVAC) in August 2025, confirms that Denmark met all required targets from 2021 to 2024, including low transmission rates and high coverage of prenatal testing and treatment for pregnant women.
https://www.who.int/news/item/27-02-2026-denmark-becomes-first-country-in-the-european-union-to-eliminate-of-mother-to-child-transmission-of-hiv-and-syphilis
Divine Angel said:
The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Denmark for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV and syphilis, recognizing the country’s sustained commitment to ensuring every child is born free of these infections.
“The elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis marks a major public health achievement for Denmark,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “This milestone demonstrates that with strong political commitment and consistent investment in primary care and integrated maternal and child health services, countries can protect every pregnant woman and newborn from these diseases.”
The validation, based on an assessment by WHO’s Regional Validation Committee in June 2025 and Global Validation Advisory Committee (GVAC) in August 2025, confirms that Denmark met all required targets from 2021 to 2024, including low transmission rates and high coverage of prenatal testing and treatment for pregnant women.
https://www.who.int/news/item/27-02-2026-denmark-becomes-first-country-in-the-european-union-to-eliminate-of-mother-to-child-transmission-of-hiv-and-syphilis
good, hope they consolidate that achievement
you sort of wonder like how apparently this 3 years ago
Sydney is on track to be the first place in the world to effectively eliminate the transmission of HIV
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-06/sydney-is-on-track-to-be-the-first-place-in-the/102573044
but nothing more said about it even now, so where did that track go
Divine Angel said:
The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Denmark for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV and syphilis, recognizing the country’s sustained commitment to ensuring every child is born free of these infections.“The elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis marks a major public health achievement for Denmark,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “This milestone demonstrates that with strong political commitment and consistent investment in primary care and integrated maternal and child health services, countries can protect every pregnant woman and newborn from these diseases.”
The validation, based on an assessment by WHO’s Regional Validation Committee in June 2025 and Global Validation Advisory Committee (GVAC) in August 2025, confirms that Denmark met all required targets from 2021 to 2024, including low transmission rates and high coverage of prenatal testing and treatment for pregnant women.
https://www.who.int/news/item/27-02-2026-denmark-becomes-first-country-in-the-european-union-to-eliminate-of-mother-to-child-transmission-of-hiv-and-syphilis
Excellent!
:)
SCIENCE said:
Divine Angel said:
The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Denmark for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV and syphilis, recognizing the country’s sustained commitment to ensuring every child is born free of these infections.
“The elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis marks a major public health achievement for Denmark,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “This milestone demonstrates that with strong political commitment and consistent investment in primary care and integrated maternal and child health services, countries can protect every pregnant woman and newborn from these diseases.”
The validation, based on an assessment by WHO’s Regional Validation Committee in June 2025 and Global Validation Advisory Committee (GVAC) in August 2025, confirms that Denmark met all required targets from 2021 to 2024, including low transmission rates and high coverage of prenatal testing and treatment for pregnant women.
https://www.who.int/news/item/27-02-2026-denmark-becomes-first-country-in-the-european-union-to-eliminate-of-mother-to-child-transmission-of-hiv-and-syphilis
good, hope they consolidate that achievement
you sort of wonder like how apparently this 3 years ago
Sydney is on track to be the first place in the world to effectively eliminate the transmission of HIV
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-06/sydney-is-on-track-to-be-the-first-place-in-the/102573044
but nothing more said about it even now, so where did that track go
Maybe that track they were on is not quite so level, straight and narrow as they first thought.
while the bros and disinformation agents chase 跟爱 psychosis, actual artificial intelligence saves lives
SCIENCE said:
while the bros and disinformation agents chase 跟爱 psychosis, actual artificial intelligence saves lives
though this part seems a bit unfair
Unlike a radiologist, who either finds cancer or not, the AI tool gives a personalised risk score between 0 and 99.9 that predicts the woman’s likelihood of having breast cancer at any time over the next four years.
well did you ¿ ask the radiologist
Hopes for lower melanoma risk as study finds number of moles on children’s bodies halved in 25 years
In short:
A study tracking mole development in children has found the number of moles developing on their skin has almost halved in the past 25 years, from an average of 87 in 1992 to 46 in 2016.
Researchers believe the drop could be attributed to reduced sun exposure before the age of 12, driven by the iconic Slip, Slop, Slap public health campaign.
What’s next?
Researchers estimate the drop in mole presence, which is a strong predictor of melanoma, could lead to “a fourfold drop in lifetime melanoma risk”.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-05/children-moles-melanoma-almost-half-25-years/106411542
Marsupials previously thought extinct for millennia discovered in New Guinea
The chances of finding one mammal species thought to be lost was ‘almost zero’ and finding two is ‘unprecedented’, biologist Tim Flannery says
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/05/marsupials-discovered-new-guinea
SARACAIDS-CoV and bombing Iran, is there any planet they can’t save ¿
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-07/indonesia-to-ban-social-media-for-under-16s/106427038
it’s like vaccination but for taste buds
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-08/cane-toad-breeding-program-wa-kimberley/106409356
and no autistic goannas
Yes yes good news but let’s have a closer look at Ozempic regenerating osteoarthritis damage.
https://www.sciencealert.com/semaglutide-may-reverse-damage-caused-by-osteoarthritis-study-suggests
It’s already established that carrying less weight is good for osteoarthritis, but new research in mice reveals Ozempic (because I can’t spell semiglut-whatever) can actually reverse tissue damage caused by osteoarthritis.
Divine Angel said:
Yes yes good news but let’s have a closer look at Ozempic regenerating osteoarthritis damage.https://www.sciencealert.com/semaglutide-may-reverse-damage-caused-by-osteoarthritis-study-suggests
It’s already established that carrying less weight is good for osteoarthritis, but new research in mice reveals Ozempic (because I can’t spell semiglut-whatever) can actually reverse tissue damage caused by osteoarthritis.
could do with some of that then.
roughbarked said:
Divine Angel said:
Yes yes good news but let’s have a closer look at Ozempic regenerating osteoarthritis damage.https://www.sciencealert.com/semaglutide-may-reverse-damage-caused-by-osteoarthritis-study-suggests
It’s already established that carrying less weight is good for osteoarthritis, but new research in mice reveals Ozempic (because I can’t spell semiglut-whatever) can actually reverse tissue damage caused by osteoarthritis.
could do with some of that then.
thanks
Divine Angel said:
Yes yes good news but let’s have a closer look at Ozempic regenerating osteoarthritis damage.https://www.sciencealert.com/semaglutide-may-reverse-damage-caused-by-osteoarthritis-study-suggests
It’s already established that carrying less weight is good for osteoarthritis, but new research in mice reveals Ozempic (because I can’t spell semiglut-whatever) can actually reverse tissue damage caused by osteoarthritis.
Good, keep up the breakthroughs.
Spiny Norman said:
Jellybean wouldn’t use it but the cat would.
Divine Angel said:
Spiny Norman said:
Jellybean wouldn’t use it but the cat would.
Double win for the cat – they’d also get the box it came in
Neophyte said:
Divine Angel said:
Spiny Norman said:
Jellybean wouldn’t use it but the cat would.
Double win for the cat – they’d also get the box it came in
we’ve never bought a normal cat
Scientists studying Mars may have uncovered a brand-new mineral hidden in the planet’s ancient sulfate deposits. By combining laboratory experiments with orbital data, researchers identified an unusual iron sulfate—ferric hydroxysulfate—forming in layered deposits near the massive Valles Marineris canyon system. The mineral likely formed when sulfate-rich deposits left behind by ancient water were later heated by volcanic or geothermal activity, transforming their chemistry.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260309225228.htm
Divine Angel said:
Scientists studying Mars may have uncovered a brand-new mineral hidden in the planet’s ancient sulfate deposits. By combining laboratory experiments with orbital data, researchers identified an unusual iron sulfate—ferric hydroxysulfate—forming in layered deposits near the massive Valles Marineris canyon system. The mineral likely formed when sulfate-rich deposits left behind by ancient water were later heated by volcanic or geothermal activity, transforming their chemistry.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260309225228.htm
Interesting, ta.
A man was rushed to hospital after his skin turned blue – only for medics to discover it was dye from his new bed sheets. Tommy Lynch, from Derbyshire, said he had woken from a long sleep in the gifted navy-coloured bedding looking like “an Avatar”, in reference to the blue beings from the blockbuster film. A friend convinced him to head to hospital where concerned emergency ward staff put him on oxygen – but the penny dropped when a medic rubbed his arm with a swab that turned blue.
SCIENCE said:
A man was rushed to hospital after his skin turned blue – only for medics to discover it was dye from his new bed sheets. Tommy Lynch, from Derbyshire, said he had woken from a long sleep in the gifted navy-coloured bedding looking like “an Avatar”, in reference to the blue beings from the blockbuster film. A friend convinced him to head to hospital where concerned emergency ward staff put him on oxygen – but the penny dropped when a medic rubbed his arm with a swab that turned blue.
Nobody was put on oxygen. It’s all a load of tripe.
Who the heck is selling non-colourfast bedsheets in 2026…
dv said:
Who the heck is selling non-colourfast bedsheets in 2026…
You seem to live a very sheltered life.
SCIENCE said:
A man was rushed to hospital after his skin turned blue – only for medics to discover it was dye from his new bed sheets. Tommy Lynch, from Derbyshire, said he had woken from a long sleep in the gifted navy-coloured bedding looking like “an Avatar”, in reference to the blue beings from the blockbuster film. A friend convinced him to head to hospital where concerned emergency ward staff put him on oxygen – but the penny dropped when a medic rubbed his arm with a swab that turned blue.
Happy Smurf
kii said:
dv said:
Who the heck is selling non-colourfast bedsheets in 2026…
You seem to live a very sheltered life.
I don’t at all.
dv said:
kii said:
dv said:
Who the heck is selling non-colourfast bedsheets in 2026…
You seem to live a very sheltered life.
I don’t at all.
Oh, okay.
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British Museum
SCIENCE said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-16/new-rock-monitor-species-north-queensland-savanna/106459522
I noticed that…a very beautiful lizard.
buffy said:
SCIENCE said:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-16/new-rock-monitor-species-north-queensland-savanna/106459522
I noticed that…a very beautiful lizard.
SCIENCE said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-16/new-rock-monitor-species-north-queensland-savanna/106459522
It is a lovely lizard but I wonder why its colouring-in was left unfinished.
Bubblecar said:
SCIENCE said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-16/new-rock-monitor-species-north-queensland-savanna/106459522
It is a lovely lizard but I wonder why its colouring-in was left unfinished.
deity moves in mysterious ways
Tamb said:
buffy said:
SCIENCE said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-16/new-rock-monitor-species-north-queensland-savanna/106459522
I noticed that…a very beautiful lizard.
Seeing that reminds me of how nature can be.
I took out a small lizard from the laundry sink. It happily ran away only to be eaten by a kookaburra.
but yes agree they are aesthetically appealing
Vile Kyle confirms he’s been sacked by ARN Media, says his lawyers “know” the termination is invalid.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-18/nsw-kyle-sandilands-arn-radio-contract-terminated/106465986
Divine Angel said:
Vile Kyle confirms he’s been sacked by ARN Media, says his lawyers “know” the termination is invalid.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-18/nsw-kyle-sandilands-arn-radio-contract-terminated/106465986
This Is All The Fault Of The Cancel Cultists
Divine Angel said:
Vile Kyle confirms he’s been sacked by ARN Media, says his lawyers “know” the termination is invalid.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-18/nsw-kyle-sandilands-arn-radio-contract-terminated/106465986
Oh no… anyway… … . . … .. . . .
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Vile Kyle confirms he’s been sacked by ARN Media, says his lawyers “know” the termination is invalid.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-18/nsw-kyle-sandilands-arn-radio-contract-terminated/106465986
Oh no… anyway… … . . … .. . . .
Here’s a chance for the radio station to replace Kyle with someone with a personality better than that of a large and inflamed boil.
Do you reckon they’ll do it?
captain_spalding said:
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Vile Kyle confirms he’s been sacked by ARN Media, says his lawyers “know” the termination is invalid.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-18/nsw-kyle-sandilands-arn-radio-contract-terminated/106465986
Oh no… anyway… … . . … .. . . .
Here’s a chance for the radio station to replace Kyle with someone with a personality better than that of a large and inflamed boil.
Do you reckon they’ll do it?
After all these years he never got that sand out of his vagina and became less angry
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Vile Kyle confirms he’s been sacked by ARN Media, says his lawyers “know” the termination is invalid.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-18/nsw-kyle-sandilands-arn-radio-contract-terminated/106465986
Oh no… anyway… … . . … .. . . .
Albo’s mate, gone?
captain_spalding said:
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Vile Kyle confirms he’s been sacked by ARN Media, says his lawyers “know” the termination is invalid.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-18/nsw-kyle-sandilands-arn-radio-contract-terminated/106465986
Oh no… anyway… … . . … .. . . .
Here’s a chance for the radio station to replace Kyle with someone with a personality better than that of a large and inflamed boil.
Do you reckon they’ll do it?
for a while I thought that everyone thought the same of him as I do and his popularity and longevity was down to that thing where humans can’t look away from a car crash – but on reading some of the comments when the story first broke, there are people who actually think he’s a decent human being. He might be a decent human being in private – but his public personality is deplorable – which is really what these people were commenting on. I accept everyone’s moral code is different, but it surprised me how much support he was getting. We have had complete twats dominate certain airways for years, so I guess it sells – in answer to your question – I fully expect we will see the rise of a new ‘villian’ for the majority of us to love to hate.
Arts said:
captain_spalding said:
Arts said:Oh no… anyway… … . . … .. . . .
Here’s a chance for the radio station to replace Kyle with someone with a personality better than that of a large and inflamed boil.
Do you reckon they’ll do it?
for a while I thought that everyone thought the same of him as I do and his popularity and longevity was down to that thing where humans can’t look away from a car crash – but on reading some of the comments when the story first broke, there are people who actually think he’s a decent human being. He might be a decent human being in private – but his public personality is deplorable – which is really what these people were commenting on. I accept everyone’s moral code is different, but it surprised me how much support he was getting. We have had complete twats dominate certain airways for years, so I guess it sells – in answer to your question – I fully expect we will see the rise of a new ‘villian’ for the majority of us to love to hate.
so 41% support for fascists is plausible
SCIENCE said:
Arts said:
captain_spalding said:Here’s a chance for the radio station to replace Kyle with someone with a personality better than that of a large and inflamed boil.
Do you reckon they’ll do it?
for a while I thought that everyone thought the same of him as I do and his popularity and longevity was down to that thing where humans can’t look away from a car crash – but on reading some of the comments when the story first broke, there are people who actually think he’s a decent human being. He might be a decent human being in private – but his public personality is deplorable – which is really what these people were commenting on. I accept everyone’s moral code is different, but it surprised me how much support he was getting. We have had complete twats dominate certain airways for years, so I guess it sells – in answer to your question – I fully expect we will see the rise of a new ‘villian’ for the majority of us to love to hate.
so 41% support for fascists is plausible
I wonder if long knives will suddenly sell out
SCIENCE said:
Arts said:
captain_spalding said:Here’s a chance for the radio station to replace Kyle with someone with a personality better than that of a large and inflamed boil.
Do you reckon they’ll do it?
for a while I thought that everyone thought the same of him as I do and his popularity and longevity was down to that thing where humans can’t look away from a car crash – but on reading some of the comments when the story first broke, there are people who actually think he’s a decent human being. He might be a decent human being in private – but his public personality is deplorable – which is really what these people were commenting on. I accept everyone’s moral code is different, but it surprised me how much support he was getting. We have had complete twats dominate certain airways for years, so I guess it sells – in answer to your question – I fully expect we will see the rise of a new ‘villian’ for the majority of us to love to hate.
so 41% support for fascists is plausible
I’ll say.
Arts said:
captain_spalding said:
Arts said:Oh no… anyway… … . . … .. . . .
Here’s a chance for the radio station to replace Kyle with someone with a personality better than that of a large and inflamed boil.
Do you reckon they’ll do it?
for a while I thought that everyone thought the same of him as I do and his popularity and longevity was down to that thing where humans can’t look away from a car crash – but on reading some of the comments when the story first broke, there are people who actually think he’s a decent human being. He might be a decent human being in private – but his public personality is deplorable – which is really what these people were commenting on. I accept everyone’s moral code is different, but it surprised me how much support he was getting. We have had complete twats dominate certain airways for years, so I guess it sells – in answer to your question – I fully expect we will see the rise of a new ‘villian’ for the majority of us to love to hate.
I simply don’t listen.
Cymek said:
SCIENCE said:
Arts said:for a while I thought that everyone thought the same of him as I do and his popularity and longevity was down to that thing where humans can’t look away from a car crash – but on reading some of the comments when the story first broke, there are people who actually think he’s a decent human being. He might be a decent human being in private – but his public personality is deplorable – which is really what these people were commenting on. I accept everyone’s moral code is different, but it surprised me how much support he was getting. We have had complete twats dominate certain airways for years, so I guess it sells – in answer to your question – I fully expect we will see the rise of a new ‘villian’ for the majority of us to love to hate.
so 41% support for fascists is plausible
I wonder if long knives will suddenly sell out
and crystal
roughbarked said:
Arts said:
captain_spalding said:Here’s a chance for the radio station to replace Kyle with someone with a personality better than that of a large and inflamed boil.
Do you reckon they’ll do it?
for a while I thought that everyone thought the same of him as I do and his popularity and longevity was down to that thing where humans can’t look away from a car crash – but on reading some of the comments when the story first broke, there are people who actually think he’s a decent human being. He might be a decent human being in private – but his public personality is deplorable – which is really what these people were commenting on. I accept everyone’s moral code is different, but it surprised me how much support he was getting. We have had complete twats dominate certain airways for years, so I guess it sells – in answer to your question – I fully expect we will see the rise of a new ‘villian’ for the majority of us to love to hate.
I simply don’t listen.
People support convicted sex offenders and rapists if they are famous.
Cymek said:
roughbarked said:
Arts said:for a while I thought that everyone thought the same of him as I do and his popularity and longevity was down to that thing where humans can’t look away from a car crash – but on reading some of the comments when the story first broke, there are people who actually think he’s a decent human being. He might be a decent human being in private – but his public personality is deplorable – which is really what these people were commenting on. I accept everyone’s moral code is different, but it surprised me how much support he was getting. We have had complete twats dominate certain airways for years, so I guess it sells – in answer to your question – I fully expect we will see the rise of a new ‘villian’ for the majority of us to love to hate.
I simply don’t listen.
People support convicted sex offenders and rapists if they are famous.
Look how much fan mail the Menendez brothers get
Divine Angel said:
Cymek said:
roughbarked said:I simply don’t listen.
People support convicted sex offenders and rapists if they are famous.
Look how much fan mail the Menendez brothers get
That’s mainly Arts.
Divine Angel said:
Cymek said:
roughbarked said:
I simply don’t listen.
People support convicted sex offenders and rapists if they are famous.
Look how much fan mail the Menendez brothers get
grab them by the manosphere
Divine Angel said:
Cymek said:
roughbarked said:I simply don’t listen.
People support convicted sex offenders and rapists if they are famous.
Look how much fan mail the Menendez brothers get
not just them… many high profile offenders get ‘fan’ mail. Richard Ramirez – even with the reported bad hygiene (which continued while in prison) got tons of it. Women came and sat in the trial trying to get him to notice them.
The hillside stranglers Buono and Bianchi got women fighting over them – one juror even quit the jury in the hope of starting a relationship with Bianchi. Another woman – who actually did end up in a relationship with him, tried to murder someone else and leave Bianchi’s semen (which he smuggled out to her in a bible) at the scene so the cops would match it with the first lot of murders and assume that the person was obviously still at large (this was well before the days of DNA analysis – so all they could do was match samples with each other.) She did not succeed at the murder and ended up in jail herself (Veronika Compton was her name if you want to read a wild story.
Chris Watts who killed his pregnant wife and two young girls gets fan mail from adoring women.
It’s a whole level of behaviour that one day I would like to do some research on, it’s so fascinating.
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Cymek said:People support convicted sex offenders and rapists if they are famous.
Look how much fan mail the Menendez brothers get
not just them… many high profile offenders get ‘fan’ mail. Richard Ramirez – even with the reported bad hygiene (which continued while in prison) got tons of it. Women came and sat in the trial trying to get him to notice them.
The hillside stranglers Buono and Bianchi got women fighting over them – one juror even quit the jury in the hope of starting a relationship with Bianchi. Another woman – who actually did end up in a relationship with him, tried to murder someone else and leave Bianchi’s semen (which he smuggled out to her in a bible) at the scene so the cops would match it with the first lot of murders and assume that the person was obviously still at large (this was well before the days of DNA analysis – so all they could do was match samples with each other.) She did not succeed at the murder and ended up in jail herself (Veronika Compton was her name if you want to read a wild story.Chris Watts who killed his pregnant wife and two young girls gets fan mail from adoring women.
It’s a whole level of behaviour that one day I would like to do some research on, it’s so fascinating.
I remember reading about Veronika!
A few years ago I went down a wild rabbit hole of girls/women who wanted to do all sorts of sexy things to the Columbine shooters, even now. The mythology surrounding high profile murderers is insane.
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:Look how much fan mail the Menendez brothers get
not just them… many high profile offenders get ‘fan’ mail. Richard Ramirez – even with the reported bad hygiene (which continued while in prison) got tons of it. Women came and sat in the trial trying to get him to notice them.
The hillside stranglers Buono and Bianchi got women fighting over them – one juror even quit the jury in the hope of starting a relationship with Bianchi. Another woman – who actually did end up in a relationship with him, tried to murder someone else and leave Bianchi’s semen (which he smuggled out to her in a bible) at the scene so the cops would match it with the first lot of murders and assume that the person was obviously still at large (this was well before the days of DNA analysis – so all they could do was match samples with each other.) She did not succeed at the murder and ended up in jail herself (Veronika Compton was her name if you want to read a wild story.Chris Watts who killed his pregnant wife and two young girls gets fan mail from adoring women.
It’s a whole level of behaviour that one day I would like to do some research on, it’s so fascinating.
I remember reading about Veronika!
A few years ago I went down a wild rabbit hole of girls/women who wanted to do all sorts of sexy things to the Columbine shooters, even now. The mythology surrounding high profile murderers is insane.
I wonder if Erin Patterson gets fan mail
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Cymek said:People support convicted sex offenders and rapists if they are famous.
Look how much fan mail the Menendez brothers get
not just them… many high profile offenders get ‘fan’ mail. Richard Ramirez – even with the reported bad hygiene (which continued while in prison) got tons of it. Women came and sat in the trial trying to get him to notice them.
The hillside stranglers Buono and Bianchi got women fighting over them – one juror even quit the jury in the hope of starting a relationship with Bianchi. Another woman – who actually did end up in a relationship with him, tried to murder someone else and leave Bianchi’s semen (which he smuggled out to her in a bible) at the scene so the cops would match it with the first lot of murders and assume that the person was obviously still at large (this was well before the days of DNA analysis – so all they could do was match samples with each other.) She did not succeed at the murder and ended up in jail herself (Veronika Compton was her name if you want to read a wild story.Chris Watts who killed his pregnant wife and two young girls gets fan mail from adoring women.
It’s a whole level of behaviour that one day I would like to do some research on, it’s so fascinating.
I’ve read about the MAGA women who adore/support/ trump.
Abusive fathers and the continuance of that with intimate relationships.
Trump is a powerful symbol of abuse with which they feel comfortable and loved by.
kii said:
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:Look how much fan mail the Menendez brothers get
not just them… many high profile offenders get ‘fan’ mail. Richard Ramirez – even with the reported bad hygiene (which continued while in prison) got tons of it. Women came and sat in the trial trying to get him to notice them.
The hillside stranglers Buono and Bianchi got women fighting over them – one juror even quit the jury in the hope of starting a relationship with Bianchi. Another woman – who actually did end up in a relationship with him, tried to murder someone else and leave Bianchi’s semen (which he smuggled out to her in a bible) at the scene so the cops would match it with the first lot of murders and assume that the person was obviously still at large (this was well before the days of DNA analysis – so all they could do was match samples with each other.) She did not succeed at the murder and ended up in jail herself (Veronika Compton was her name if you want to read a wild story.Chris Watts who killed his pregnant wife and two young girls gets fan mail from adoring women.
It’s a whole level of behaviour that one day I would like to do some research on, it’s so fascinating.
I’ve read about the MAGA women who adore/support/ trump.
Abusive fathers and the continuance of that with intimate relationships.
Trump is a powerful symbol of abuse with which they feel comfortable and loved by.
Humans hey
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Cymek said:People support convicted sex offenders and rapists if they are famous.
Look how much fan mail the Menendez brothers get
not just them… many high profile offenders get ‘fan’ mail. Richard Ramirez – even with the reported bad hygiene (which continued while in prison) got tons of it. Women came and sat in the trial trying to get him to notice them.
The hillside stranglers Buono and Bianchi got women fighting over them – one juror even quit the jury in the hope of starting a relationship with Bianchi. Another woman – who actually did end up in a relationship with him, tried to murder someone else and leave Bianchi’s semen (which he smuggled out to her in a bible) at the scene so the cops would match it with the first lot of murders and assume that the person was obviously still at large (this was well before the days of DNA analysis – so all they could do was match samples with each other.) She did not succeed at the murder and ended up in jail herself (Veronika Compton was her name if you want to read a wild story.Chris Watts who killed his pregnant wife and two young girls gets fan mail from adoring women.
It’s a whole level of behaviour that one day I would like to do some research on, it’s so fascinating.
Wow!
A world first.
Although that’s only because it is a palm cockatoo, which doesn’t nest elsewhere in the world much.
From the above, learned a new word: cockatube
roughbarked said:
From the above, learned a new word: cockatube
Sounds gay.
Witty Rejoinder said:
roughbarked said:
From the above, learned a new word: cockatube
Sounds gay.
Snigger.
There is hope¡
RCDs are designed to disconnect the circuit if there is a leakage current. In their first implementation in the 1950s, power companies used them to prevent electricity theft where consumers grounded returning circuits rather than connecting them to neutral to inhibit electrical meters from registering their power consumption. The most common modern application is as a safety device to detect small leakage currents (typically 5–30 mA) and disconnecting quickly enough (<30 milliseconds) to prevent device damage or electrocution.
finally, something good coming out of the ussa
SCIENCE said:
finally, something good coming out of the ussa
Finally Australia takes it up.
damn fool communist could have made a fortune instead
A prospector in WA’s Goldfields has found a rare piece of cosmic debris known as an australite, which formed hundreds of thousands of years ago. Jim Miles was prospecting for gold in “the middle of nowhere”, about 150 kilometres north-east of Kalgoorlie, when he discovered the black object on the ground. He quickly made contact with Curtin University about his discovery and has donated the australite to the Space Science and Technology Centre in Perth, where planetary scientist Aaron Cavosie will take a closer look. The same day Mr Miles made contact about the find, PhD student Sophie Deam came into Dr Cavosie’s office with an australite she found during a recent search for a meteorite on the Nullarbor.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-20/prospector-finds-rare-australite-wa-goldfields/106576110
Perth researchers have found that reducing the contact food has with plastic packaging and utensils can significantly reduce levels of chemicals within the human body
Trials showed reduced urine levels of plastic chemicals after a week of avoiding contact with plastic products.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-23/plastic-packaging-body-chemicals-study/106594194
SCIENCE said:
Perth researchers have found that reducing the contact food has with plastic packaging and utensils can significantly reduce levels of chemicals within the human body
Trials showed reduced urine levels of plastic chemicals after a week of avoiding contact with plastic products.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-23/plastic-packaging-body-chemicals-study/106594194
That is really good news!
In BUG news for Southeast Queensland, a new facility in Moreton Bay is set to unleash thousands of tiny beetles and bugs to fight two of SEQ’s worst invasive weeds.
The new Samford Biological Control Facility is breeding these little environmental warriors—like cat’s claw creeper jewel beetles, tingid bugs, and madeira beetles—to take on the fast-spreading vines that are choking native vegetation and threatening habitats for animals like koalas and platypus.
How does it work? 🤔
👉 Volunteers from Samford Men’s Shed have built special ‘bug dorms’ filled with invasive vines to feed the beetles and bugs.
👉 The facility will raise tens of thousands of these insects every year.
👉 Once they’re ready, the bugs will be released into priority areas like the Pine Rivers, Mid-Brisbane, Mary, and Logan River catchments.
The best part? Once they’re out in the wild, they’ll keep working to control the weeds and help restore balance to our ecosystems. These bugs will not only help protect native plants and wildlife, they’ll also improve water quality and make our landscapes more resilient.
This project is part of the Resilient Rivers SEQ program, funded under the SEQ City Deal, a partnership between the Australian Government, Queensland Government, Council of Mayors (SEQ), and Seqwater.
That wasn’t the photo I wanted to post.
Divine Angel said:
In BUG news for Southeast Queensland, a new facility in Moreton Bay is set to unleash thousands of tiny beetles and bugs to fight two of SEQ’s worst invasive weeds.The new Samford Biological Control Facility is breeding these little environmental warriors—like cat’s claw creeper jewel beetles, tingid bugs, and madeira beetles—to take on the fast-spreading vines that are choking native vegetation and threatening habitats for animals like koalas and platypus.
How does it work? 🤔
👉 Volunteers from Samford Men’s Shed have built special ‘bug dorms’ filled with invasive vines to feed the beetles and bugs.
👉 The facility will raise tens of thousands of these insects every year.
👉 Once they’re ready, the bugs will be released into priority areas like the Pine Rivers, Mid-Brisbane, Mary, and Logan River catchments.
The best part? Once they’re out in the wild, they’ll keep working to control the weeds and help restore balance to our ecosystems. These bugs will not only help protect native plants and wildlife, they’ll also improve water quality and make our landscapes more resilient.
This project is part of the Resilient Rivers SEQ program, funded under the SEQ City Deal, a partnership between the Australian Government, Queensland Government, Council of Mayors (SEQ), and Seqwater.
Great news!
Divine Angel said:
In BUG news for Southeast Queensland, a new facility in Moreton Bay is set to unleash thousands of tiny beetles and bugs to fight two of SEQ’s worst invasive weeds.The new Samford Biological Control Facility is breeding these little environmental warriors—like cat’s claw creeper jewel beetles, tingid bugs, and madeira beetles—to take on the fast-spreading vines that are choking native vegetation and threatening habitats for animals like koalas and platypus.
How does it work? 🤔
👉 Volunteers from Samford Men’s Shed have built special ‘bug dorms’ filled with invasive vines to feed the beetles and bugs.
👉 The facility will raise tens of thousands of these insects every year.
👉 Once they’re ready, the bugs will be released into priority areas like the Pine Rivers, Mid-Brisbane, Mary, and Logan River catchments.
The best part? Once they’re out in the wild, they’ll keep working to control the weeds and help restore balance to our ecosystems. These bugs will not only help protect native plants and wildlife, they’ll also improve water quality and make our landscapes more resilient.
This project is part of the Resilient Rivers SEQ program, funded under the SEQ City Deal, a partnership between the Australian Government, Queensland Government, Council of Mayors (SEQ), and Seqwater.
I hope it works. And not like the dreaded cane toads…
Divine Angel said:
That wasn’t the photo I wanted to post.
What photo did you want?
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
That wasn’t the photo I wanted to post.
What photo did you want?
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
That wasn’t the photo I wanted to post.
What photo did you want?
:)
They are tiny.
I really do hope that they work as intended.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
In BUG news for Southeast Queensland, a new facility in Moreton Bay is set to unleash thousands of tiny beetles and bugs to fight two of SEQ’s worst invasive weeds.The new Samford Biological Control Facility is breeding these little environmental warriors—like cat’s claw creeper jewel beetles, tingid bugs, and madeira beetles—to take on the fast-spreading vines that are choking native vegetation and threatening habitats for animals like koalas and platypus.
How does it work? 🤔
👉 Volunteers from Samford Men’s Shed have built special ‘bug dorms’ filled with invasive vines to feed the beetles and bugs.
👉 The facility will raise tens of thousands of these insects every year.
👉 Once they’re ready, the bugs will be released into priority areas like the Pine Rivers, Mid-Brisbane, Mary, and Logan River catchments.
The best part? Once they’re out in the wild, they’ll keep working to control the weeds and help restore balance to our ecosystems. These bugs will not only help protect native plants and wildlife, they’ll also improve water quality and make our landscapes more resilient.
This project is part of the Resilient Rivers SEQ program, funded under the SEQ City Deal, a partnership between the Australian Government, Queensland Government, Council of Mayors (SEQ), and Seqwater.
I hope it works. And not like the dreaded cane toads…
They didn’t test for the calicivirus.
ms spock said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
In BUG news for Southeast Queensland, a new facility in Moreton Bay is set to unleash thousands of tiny beetles and bugs to fight two of SEQ’s worst invasive weeds.The new Samford Biological Control Facility is breeding these little environmental warriors—like cat’s claw creeper jewel beetles, tingid bugs, and madeira beetles—to take on the fast-spreading vines that are choking native vegetation and threatening habitats for animals like koalas and platypus.
How does it work? 🤔
👉 Volunteers from Samford Men’s Shed have built special ‘bug dorms’ filled with invasive vines to feed the beetles and bugs.
👉 The facility will raise tens of thousands of these insects every year.
👉 Once they’re ready, the bugs will be released into priority areas like the Pine Rivers, Mid-Brisbane, Mary, and Logan River catchments.
The best part? Once they’re out in the wild, they’ll keep working to control the weeds and help restore balance to our ecosystems. These bugs will not only help protect native plants and wildlife, they’ll also improve water quality and make our landscapes more resilient.
This project is part of the Resilient Rivers SEQ program, funded under the SEQ City Deal, a partnership between the Australian Government, Queensland Government, Council of Mayors (SEQ), and Seqwater.
I hope it works. And not like the dreaded cane toads…
They didn’t test for the calicivirus.
It got released illegally.
Michael V said:
ms spock said:
Michael V said:I hope it works. And not like the dreaded cane toads…
They didn’t test for the calicivirus.
It got released illegally.
A lot of things did.
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
ms spock said:They didn’t test for the calicivirus.
It got released illegally.
A lot of things did.
and most of it all ran wild and caused mayhem.
research suggests: Originally from South America, jewel beetles were first introduced to Australia by Biosecurity Queensland in 2012 as a targeted biological control agent following extensive testing. They have been proven to feed exclusively on Cat’s Claw, making them a safe and effective method for supporting the management of this invasive and damaging vine weed.
Michael V said:
ms spock said:
Michael V said:I hope it works. And not like the dreaded cane toads…
They didn’t test for the calicivirus.
It got released illegally.
I didn’t know that.
This is news that is happy, in that NZ is effectively silencing him.
roughbarked said:
This is news that is happy, in that NZ is effectively silencing him.
well aren’t they a bunch of Islam apologists then when they should be caring about social cohesion and antisemitism like their good neighbours here
roughbarked said:
This is news that is happy, in that NZ is effectively silencing him.
well aren’t they a bunch of Islam apologists then when they should be caring about social cohesion and antisemitism like their good neighbours here
SCIENCE said:
roughbarked said:
This is news that is happy, in that NZ is effectively silencing him.
well aren’t they a bunch of Islam apologists then when they should be caring about social cohesion and antisemitism like their good neighbours here
Twice for good measure?
roughbarked said:
SCIENCE said:
roughbarked said:
This is news that is happy, in that NZ is effectively silencing him.
well aren’t they a bunch of Islam apologists then when they should be caring about social cohesion and antisemitism like their good neighbours here
Twice for good measure?
sorry if repost
mostly good news but
fuck imperialists
SCIENCE said:
mostly good news but
fuck imperialists
Latest weapon for the special operation to remove emus.
SCIENCE said:
mostly good news but
fuck imperialists
Flamin’ Galah
ruby said:
SCIENCE said:mostly good news but
fuck imperialists
Flamin’ Galah
:)
dv said:
Cool!
dv said:
Puffins!! Excellent! This is indeed happy news.
kii said:
dv said:
Puffins!! Excellent! This is indeed happy news.
I associate them with the Puffin book club
Cymek said:
kii said:
dv said:
Puffins!! Excellent! This is indeed happy news.
I associate them with the Puffin book club
I associate them with Lundy.
Cymek said:
kii said:
dv said:
Puffins!! Excellent! This is indeed happy news.
I associate them with the Puffin book club
I’m reminded of the Penguin books meme.
kii said:
Cymek said:
kii said:Puffins!! Excellent! This is indeed happy news.
I associate them with the Puffin book club
I’m reminded of the Penguin books meme.
Spike Milligan was Patron of the Puffin Club IIRC
Cymek said:
kii said:
dv said:
Puffins!! Excellent! This is indeed happy news.
I associate them with the Puffin book club
+1
kii said:
Cymek said:
kii said:Puffins!! Excellent! This is indeed happy news.
I associate them with the Puffin book club
I’m reminded of the Penguin books meme.
Ah wow! All those logos at different times.
ms spock said:
kii said:
Cymek said:I associate them with the Puffin book club
I’m reminded of the Penguin books meme.
Ah wow! All those logos at different times.
If you’ve the time to spare, you may find this history of the Penguin logo design of interest…
https://www.penguin.co.uk/discover/articles/penguin-books-logo-history-edward-young-allen-lane
Neophyte said:
ms spock said:
kii said:I’m reminded of the Penguin books meme.
Ah wow! All those logos at different times.
If you’ve the time to spare, you may find this history of the Penguin logo design of interest…
https://www.penguin.co.uk/discover/articles/penguin-books-logo-history-edward-young-allen-lane
Ta!
I don’t know why but I loved that logo as a child. I love the books that had the logo on it as well.
I’ve followed this news a little bit. Seen the videos. Nice to know that the fucking idiot got arrested.
From The 98%‘s Facebook page:
“That guy who threw a big rock at an endangered seal is actually going to court and could get fined up to $70,000 and a year in prison! Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk, a 38-year-old from Covington, Washington, strolled up to the Lahaina shoreline in Maui on May 5th, picked up a rock the size of a coconut and hurled it directly at “Lani,” a beloved and critically endangered Hawaiian monk seal. The rock narrowly missed her head and sent her lurching out of the water. When witnesses confronted him on the spot, he told them he was “rich enough to pay the fines” and walked away. With only about 1,600 Hawaiian monk seals left in the wild, the move wasn’t just cruel. It was a perfect encapsulation of a certain kind of wealthy entitlement that genuinely believes money is a get-out-of-consequences-free card.
Hawaii had a different take on that theory. A local man confronted Lytvynchuk moments later and delivered some real-time education via fists. The video went viral almost immediately. Rather than quietly condemn it, state Senator Brenton Awa showed the footage during a legislative meeting and awarded the anonymous vigilante a formal letter of recognition, dubbing him the “Ambassador of Aloha.” His own attorney clarified that they “don’t condone violence,” which was apparently said with a straight face right before handing over the award for violence.
The federal government moved fast. NOAA special agents arrested Lytvynchuk near Seattle, and he appeared in U.S. District Court facing charges under both the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, with up to $70,000 in fines and a year in federal prison on the table. Maui Mayor Richard Bissen made clear this wasn’t just about one seal, noting that Lani is part of the community’s “ocean ohana,” especially after she returned to Lahaina following the devastating 2023 wildfires. No amount of money buys you the right to terrorize an endangered animal, and some communities take that seriously enough to put it in writing.”
kii said:
I’ve followed this news a little bit. Seen the videos. Nice to know that the fucking idiot got arrested.From The 98%‘s Facebook page:
“That guy who threw a big rock at an endangered seal is actually going to court and could get fined up to $70,000 and a year in prison! Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk, a 38-year-old from Covington, Washington, strolled up to the Lahaina shoreline in Maui on May 5th, picked up a rock the size of a coconut and hurled it directly at “Lani,” a beloved and critically endangered Hawaiian monk seal. The rock narrowly missed her head and sent her lurching out of the water. When witnesses confronted him on the spot, he told them he was “rich enough to pay the fines” and walked away. With only about 1,600 Hawaiian monk seals left in the wild, the move wasn’t just cruel. It was a perfect encapsulation of a certain kind of wealthy entitlement that genuinely believes money is a get-out-of-consequences-free card.
Hawaii had a different take on that theory. A local man confronted Lytvynchuk moments later and delivered some real-time education via fists. The video went viral almost immediately. Rather than quietly condemn it, state Senator Brenton Awa showed the footage during a legislative meeting and awarded the anonymous vigilante a formal letter of recognition, dubbing him the “Ambassador of Aloha.” His own attorney clarified that they “don’t condone violence,” which was apparently said with a straight face right before handing over the award for violence.
The federal government moved fast. NOAA special agents arrested Lytvynchuk near Seattle, and he appeared in U.S. District Court facing charges under both the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, with up to $70,000 in fines and a year in federal prison on the table. Maui Mayor Richard Bissen made clear this wasn’t just about one seal, noting that Lani is part of the community’s “ocean ohana,” especially after she returned to Lahaina following the devastating 2023 wildfires. No amount of money buys you the right to terrorize an endangered animal, and some communities take that seriously enough to put it in writing.”
Probably did it because the seal is better-looking than him.
kii said:
I’ve followed this news a little bit. Seen the videos. Nice to know that the fucking idiot got arrested.From The 98%‘s Facebook page:
“That guy who threw a big rock at an endangered seal is actually going to court and could get fined up to $70,000 and a year in prison! Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk, a 38-year-old from Covington, Washington, strolled up to the Lahaina shoreline in Maui on May 5th, picked up a rock the size of a coconut and hurled it directly at “Lani,” a beloved and critically endangered Hawaiian monk seal. The rock narrowly missed her head and sent her lurching out of the water. When witnesses confronted him on the spot, he told them he was “rich enough to pay the fines” and walked away. With only about 1,600 Hawaiian monk seals left in the wild, the move wasn’t just cruel. It was a perfect encapsulation of a certain kind of wealthy entitlement that genuinely believes money is a get-out-of-consequences-free card.
Hawaii had a different take on that theory. A local man confronted Lytvynchuk moments later and delivered some real-time education via fists. The video went viral almost immediately. Rather than quietly condemn it, state Senator Brenton Awa showed the footage during a legislative meeting and awarded the anonymous vigilante a formal letter of recognition, dubbing him the “Ambassador of Aloha.” His own attorney clarified that they “don’t condone violence,” which was apparently said with a straight face right before handing over the award for violence.
The federal government moved fast. NOAA special agents arrested Lytvynchuk near Seattle, and he appeared in U.S. District Court facing charges under both the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, with up to $70,000 in fines and a year in federal prison on the table. Maui Mayor Richard Bissen made clear this wasn’t just about one seal, noting that Lani is part of the community’s “ocean ohana,” especially after she returned to Lahaina following the devastating 2023 wildfires. No amount of money buys you the right to terrorize an endangered animal, and some communities take that seriously enough to put it in writing.”
I hope he gets the maximum.
kii said:
I’ve followed this news a little bit. Seen the videos. Nice to know that the fucking idiot got arrested.From The 98%‘s Facebook page:
“That guy who threw a big rock at an endangered seal is actually going to court and could get fined up to $70,000 and a year in prison! Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk, a 38-year-old from Covington, Washington, strolled up to the Lahaina shoreline in Maui on May 5th, picked up a rock the size of a coconut and hurled it directly at “Lani,” a beloved and critically endangered Hawaiian monk seal. The rock narrowly missed her head and sent her lurching out of the water. When witnesses confronted him on the spot, he told them he was “rich enough to pay the fines” and walked away. With only about 1,600 Hawaiian monk seals left in the wild, the move wasn’t just cruel. It was a perfect encapsulation of a certain kind of wealthy entitlement that genuinely believes money is a get-out-of-consequences-free card.
Hawaii had a different take on that theory. A local man confronted Lytvynchuk moments later and delivered some real-time education via fists. The video went viral almost immediately. Rather than quietly condemn it, state Senator Brenton Awa showed the footage during a legislative meeting and awarded the anonymous vigilante a formal letter of recognition, dubbing him the “Ambassador of Aloha.” His own attorney clarified that they “don’t condone violence,” which was apparently said with a straight face right before handing over the award for violence.
The federal government moved fast. NOAA special agents arrested Lytvynchuk near Seattle, and he appeared in U.S. District Court facing charges under both the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, with up to $70,000 in fines and a year in federal prison on the table. Maui Mayor Richard Bissen made clear this wasn’t just about one seal, noting that Lani is part of the community’s “ocean ohana,” especially after she returned to Lahaina following the devastating 2023 wildfires. No amount of money buys you the right to terrorize an endangered animal, and some communities take that seriously enough to put it in writing.”
1 year in prison or $70,000 in fines will hopefully make others think twice.
A tiny nesting box in Ireland is my antidote to the despair of adulthood
By Virginia Trioli Topic:Birdsroughbarked said:
A tiny nesting box in Ireland is my antidote to the despair of adulthood By Virginia Trioli Topic:Birds
:)
roughbarked said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-18/newcastle-waters-cattle-station-bird-cull-stopped/106693348
“We will meet with relevant environmental groups when we are in Australia later this year and thank them for bringing this matter to our attention.”
Fabulous news! 🥰😍🥰
ms spock said:
roughbarked said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-18/newcastle-waters-cattle-station-bird-cull-stopped/106693348
“We will meet with relevant environmental groups when we are in Australia later this year and thank them for bringing this matter to our attention.”
Fabulous news! 🥰😍🥰
It is. Very good to see some companies listening to environmentalists.
Johnny No Dementia
ms spock said:
Denmark is saving seven species of bats by changing their whole light system along their flight paths
That’s thoughtful of them. Looks pretty, too.
dv said:
Claps…good news.
YouTube can follow their example.
Tau.Neutrino said:
dv said:
Claps…good news.
YouTube can follow their example.
A chance would be a nice thing.
Michael V said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
dv said:
Claps…good news.
YouTube can follow their example.
A chance would be a nice thing.
apparently rich angry cisgender old white males on SoMe did pushback on the idea
if it was
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-25/cathay-pacific-flight-turbulence-brisbane-hong-kong/106717348
the biggest news of the day
alleged
Bubblecar said:
A ‘mind-blowing’ swim for survival and complex abdomen reconstruction saved Sam after Thursday Island shark attack
Yes that was an amazing story. That no infection occurred is probably the most amazing thing apart from the fact that the shark didn’t harm any organs.
Pancreatic cancer halted by virus injection in three patients
A cancer-killing virus has stopped pancreatic tumours from growing and spreading in three people in an initial safety trial, raising hopes that it may help to beat the deadly condition
Verrrrrrry early trials, involving just three human patients, but the results are promising.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2528235-pancreatic-cancer-halted-by-virus-injection-in-three-patients/
Maybe buffy can post the full article?
Divine Angel said:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2528235-pancreatic-cancer-halted-by-virus-injection-in-three-patients/Maybe buffy can post the full article?
Thank dog for paywall removers.
Divine Angel said:
Pancreatic cancer halted by virus injection in three patients
A cancer-killing virus has stopped pancreatic tumours from growing and spreading in three people in an initial safety trial, raising hopes that it may help to beat the deadly conditionVerrrrrrry early trials, involving just three human patients, but the results are promising.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2528235-pancreatic-cancer-halted-by-virus-injection-in-three-patients/
Maybe buffy can post the full article?
I haven’t got New Scientist. I’ve got SciAm. They give you one or two free articles a month. Don’t know what NS does.
Spiny Norman said:
Divine Angel said:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2528235-pancreatic-cancer-halted-by-virus-injection-in-three-patients/Maybe buffy can post the full article?
Thank dog for paywall removers.
There is some more info here though Link
Looks like they’ve done phase one and are continuing with it. So it’s a very, very long way into the future.
SCIENCE said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-02/little-dog-island-cat-eradication/106745136
Well done.
BTW Little Dog Island (smaller companion of Big Dog Island) has no little dogs, unless they’re visiting.
The islands are named after the cries of the native muttonbirds, whose barking calls at night reminded 19th century sailors of packs of dogs.
Bubblecar said:
SCIENCE said:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-02/little-dog-island-cat-eradication/106745136
Well done.
BTW Little Dog Island (smaller companion of Big Dog Island) has no little dogs, unless they’re visiting.
The islands are named after the cries of the native muttonbirds, whose barking calls at night reminded 19th century sailors of packs of dogs.
Good thing the islands aren’t inhabited by curlews, they might be called Murder Islands.
A couple of years ago, a pair of curlews nested underneath a demountable classroom at Mini Me’s school. Their cries frightened the younger kids. The demountable has now been demolished as part of the school’s refreshed look.
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:
SCIENCE said:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-02/little-dog-island-cat-eradication/106745136
Well done.
BTW Little Dog Island (smaller companion of Big Dog Island) has no little dogs, unless they’re visiting.
The islands are named after the cries of the native muttonbirds, whose barking calls at night reminded 19th century sailors of packs of dogs.
Good thing the islands aren’t inhabited by curlews, they might be called Murder Islands.
A couple of years ago, a pair of curlews nested underneath a demountable classroom at Mini Me’s school. Their cries frightened the younger kids. The demountable has now been demolished as part of the school’s refreshed look.
These ones? I don’t blame them for being scared.
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:Well done.
BTW Little Dog Island (smaller companion of Big Dog Island) has no little dogs, unless they’re visiting.
The islands are named after the cries of the native muttonbirds, whose barking calls at night reminded 19th century sailors of packs of dogs.
Good thing the islands aren’t inhabited by curlews, they might be called Murder Islands.
A couple of years ago, a pair of curlews nested underneath a demountable classroom at Mini Me’s school. Their cries frightened the younger kids. The demountable has now been demolished as part of the school’s refreshed look.
These ones? I don’t blame them for being scared.
Yeah, them. Colloquially known as “murder birds” because of their call.
As opposed to a peacock, whose call sounds like a gay cat, according to my sister. She has a wild peacock living somewhere around her.
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:
SCIENCE said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-02/little-dog-island-cat-eradication/106745136
Well done.
BTW Little Dog Island (smaller companion of Big Dog Island) has no little dogs, unless they’re visiting.
The islands are named after the cries of the native muttonbirds, whose barking calls at night reminded 19th century sailors of packs of dogs.
Good thing the islands aren’t inhabited by curlews, they might be called Murder Islands.
A couple of years ago, a pair of curlews nested underneath a demountable classroom at Mini Me’s school. Their cries frightened the younger kids. The demountable has now been demolished as part of the school’s refreshed look.
These ones? I don’t blame them for being scared.
Yeah, them. Colloquially known as “murder birds” because of their call.
As opposed to a peacock, whose call sounds like a gay cat, according to my sister. She has a wild peacock living somewhere around her.
SCIENCE said:
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:
These ones? I don’t blame them for being scared.
Yeah, them. Colloquially known as “murder birds” because of their call.
As opposed to a peacock, whose call sounds like a gay cat, according to my sister. She has a wild peacock living somewhere around her.
I imagine it would be a large job growth industry trapping and/or eradicating invasive species.
SCIENCE said:
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:
These ones? I don’t blame them for being scared.
Yeah, them. Colloquially known as “murder birds” because of their call.
As opposed to a peacock, whose call sounds like a gay cat, according to my sister. She has a wild peacock living somewhere around her.
I imagine it would be a large job growth industry trapping and/or eradicating invasive species.
alleged
elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor
SCIENCE said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-04/qld-motorcyclist-crash-survivor-thanks-bystanders/106759658
:)
fknel
Dawa has described how he found a few chocolates in his pocket before he fell into a crevasse, which he was trapped in for two-and-a-half days. After an avalanche sent snow barrelling into the chasm, he was able to climb out.
I had a very nice experience this morning. At the bakery there was a group of ladies standing near the counter and I touched one of them to ask if they had ordered because I don’t like to jump the queue. Her friend looked at me, said “Are you Elizabeth?!” I said “yes, who are you?” and she told me her name and got terribly excited about seeing me. She is a lady in her 40s now, but I looked after her eyes when she was a child. She had quite complex problems. She demanded a hug and kept thanking me for being a “wonderful human being”. We didn’t have time for a chat as they were all off to the local football. It’s nice to have seen her again though.
buffy said:
I had a very nice experience this morning. At the bakery there was a group of ladies standing near the counter and I touched one of them to ask if they had ordered because I don’t like to jump the queue. Her friend looked at me, said “Are you Elizabeth?!” I said “yes, who are you?” and she told me her name and got terribly excited about seeing me. She is a lady in her 40s now, but I looked after her eyes when she was a child. She had quite complex problems. She demanded a hug and kept thanking me for being a “wonderful human being”. We didn’t have time for a chat as they were all off to the local football. It’s nice to have seen her again though.
SHE TOUCHED YOU!!!!??¿¿
AAAAARGH…..
kii said:
buffy said:
I had a very nice experience this morning. At the bakery there was a group of ladies standing near the counter and I touched one of them to ask if they had ordered because I don’t like to jump the queue. Her friend looked at me, said “Are you Elizabeth?!” I said “yes, who are you?” and she told me her name and got terribly excited about seeing me. She is a lady in her 40s now, but I looked after her eyes when she was a child. She had quite complex problems. She demanded a hug and kept thanking me for being a “wonderful human being”. We didn’t have time for a chat as they were all off to the local football. It’s nice to have seen her again though.
SHE TOUCHED YOU!!!!??¿¿
AAAAARGH…..
She asked could she have a hug…I said yes.
buffy said:
I had a very nice experience this morning. At the bakery there was a group of ladies standing near the counter and I touched one of them to ask if they had ordered because I don’t like to jump the queue. Her friend looked at me, said “Are you Elizabeth?!” I said “yes, who are you?” and she told me her name and got terribly excited about seeing me. She is a lady in her 40s now, but I looked after her eyes when she was a child. She had quite complex problems. She demanded a hug and kept thanking me for being a “wonderful human being”. We didn’t have time for a chat as they were all off to the local football. It’s nice to have seen her again though.
Well that’s a heartening story.
buffy said:
kii said:
buffy said:
I had a very nice experience this morning. At the bakery there was a group of ladies standing near the counter and I touched one of them to ask if they had ordered because I don’t like to jump the queue. Her friend looked at me, said “Are you Elizabeth?!” I said “yes, who are you?” and she told me her name and got terribly excited about seeing me. She is a lady in her 40s now, but I looked after her eyes when she was a child. She had quite complex problems. She demanded a hug and kept thanking me for being a “wonderful human being”. We didn’t have time for a chat as they were all off to the local football. It’s nice to have seen her again though.
SHE TOUCHED YOU!!!!??¿¿
AAAAARGH…..
She asked could she have a hug…I said yes.
I always wonder what would happen if one said no when this is asked.
kii said:
buffy said:
kii said:SHE TOUCHED YOU!!!!??¿¿
AAAAARGH…..
She asked could she have a hug…I said yes.
I always wonder what would happen if one said no when this is asked.
I’ve said no and stepped back. Some company reps became friends and I didn’t mind a hug from them. Some I didn’t want to touch me…so I stepped back. M was a child I knew from when she was quite young and I was quite happy to renew the acquaintance.
buffy said:
I had a very nice experience this morning. At the bakery there was a group of ladies standing near the counter and I touched one of them to ask if they had ordered because I don’t like to jump the queue. Her friend looked at me, said “Are you Elizabeth?!” I said “yes, who are you?” and she told me her name and got terribly excited about seeing me. She is a lady in her 40s now, but I looked after her eyes when she was a child. She had quite complex problems. She demanded a hug and kept thanking me for being a “wonderful human being”. We didn’t have time for a chat as they were all off to the local football. It’s nice to have seen her again though.
Awwww. Nice.
:)
kii said:
buffy said:
kii said:SHE TOUCHED YOU!!!!??¿¿
AAAAARGH…..
She asked could she have a hug…I said yes.
I always wonder what would happen if one said no when this is asked.
Mrs V said no this afternoon to a woman on the beach.
Then she explained that we both had colds.
buffy said:
I had a very nice experience this morning. At the bakery there was a group of ladies standing near the counter and I touched one of them to ask if they had ordered because I don’t like to jump the queue. Her friend looked at me, said “Are you Elizabeth?!” I said “yes, who are you?” and she told me her name and got terribly excited about seeing me. She is a lady in her 40s now, but I looked after her eyes when she was a child. She had quite complex problems. She demanded a hug and kept thanking me for being a “wonderful human being”. We didn’t have time for a chat as they were all off to the local football. It’s nice to have seen her again though.
How are her eyes?
buffy said:
I had a very nice experience this morning. At the bakery there was a group of ladies standing near the counter and I touched one of them to ask if they had ordered because I don’t like to jump the queue. Her friend looked at me, said “Are you Elizabeth?!” I said “yes, who are you?” and she told me her name and got terribly excited about seeing me. She is a lady in her 40s now, but I looked after her eyes when she was a child. She had quite complex problems. She demanded a hug and kept thanking me for being a “wonderful human being”. We didn’t have time for a chat as they were all off to the local football. It’s nice to have seen her again though.
Awwwwwwwwwwwww
That’s lovely!
btm said:
buffy said:
I had a very nice experience this morning. At the bakery there was a group of ladies standing near the counter and I touched one of them to ask if they had ordered because I don’t like to jump the queue. Her friend looked at me, said “Are you Elizabeth?!” I said “yes, who are you?” and she told me her name and got terribly excited about seeing me. She is a lady in her 40s now, but I looked after her eyes when she was a child. She had quite complex problems. She demanded a hug and kept thanking me for being a “wonderful human being”. We didn’t have time for a chat as they were all off to the local football. It’s nice to have seen her again though.
How are her eyes?
I can’t remember all the details now, but I’m pretty sure we avoided poor visual acuity by the judicious use of the appropriate lenses during her developmental years.
buffy said:
I had a very nice experience this morning. At the bakery there was a group of ladies standing near the counter and I touched one of them to ask if they had ordered because I don’t like to jump the queue. Her friend looked at me, said “Are you Elizabeth?!” I said “yes, who are you?” and she told me her name and got terribly excited about seeing me. She is a lady in her 40s now, but I looked after her eyes when she was a child. She had quite complex problems. She demanded a hug and kept thanking me for being a “wonderful human being”. We didn’t have time for a chat as they were all off to the local football. It’s nice to have seen her again though.
How wonderful that you’ve made such an impact on her that she’s remembered you all these years later! You obviously did a good enough job that she saw you well enough to recognise you…
kii said:
buffy said:
kii said:SHE TOUCHED YOU!!!!??¿¿
AAAAARGH…..
She asked could she have a hug…I said yes.
I always wonder what would happen if one said no when this is asked.
Fist-bump.
Witty Rejoinder said:
kii said:
buffy said:She asked could she have a hug…I said yes.
I always wonder what would happen if one said no when this is asked.
Fist-bump.
Trying to imagine buffy doing a fist-bump in the cake shop.
Robin (bird) and guy makes friends.
Michael V said:
ms spock said:Robin (bird) and guy makes friends.
Awwww.
Of the Australian robins, the yellow robin is the most curious and daring around humans.
Michael V said:
ms spock said:Robin (bird) and guy makes friends.
Awwww.
I met an English man who says he had a Robin who supervised his gardening activities.
So touching and moving.
ms spock said:
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:Robin (bird) and guy makes friends.
So cool that.
:)
I have a good relationship with my local birds and did have robins(flame robin and red capped robin as well as the jacky winter). However, I haven’t seen any robins apart from the ground robin here in my yard since about 1985. :(
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
ms spock said:Robin (bird) and guy makes friends.
Awwww.
Of the Australian robins, the yellow robin is the most curious and daring around humans.
I have never personally met a yellow robin but there is a butcher bird who will fly in and help themselves.
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:
roughbarked said:So cool that.
:)
I have a good relationship with my local birds and did have robins(flame robin and red capped robin as well as the jacky winter). However, I haven’t seen any robins apart from the ground robin here in my yard since about 1985. :(
It is sad that the birds are disappearing. :(
ms spock said:
Michael V said:
ms spock said:Robin (bird) and guy makes friends.
Awwww.
I met an English man who says he had a Robin who supervised his gardening activities.
So touching and moving.
I jave a couple of groups of apostle birds that follow me around. As well there are the crested pigeons who seem to know that I’m not going to put the plump birds in the pot and they brazenly eat the seeds as I sow them. Have to take precautions and put mesh over anything I don’t want them to eat.
ms spock said:
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:Awwww.
Of the Australian robins, the yellow robin is the most curious and daring around humans.
I have never personally met a yellow robin but there is a butcher bird who will fly in and help themselves.
The grey butcherbird nests nearby and also follows me around.
ms spock said:
roughbarked said:
ms spock said::)
I have a good relationship with my local birds and did have robins(flame robin and red capped robin as well as the jacky winter). However, I haven’t seen any robins apart from the ground robin here in my yard since about 1985. :(
It is sad that the birds are disappearing. :(
I think that the wild fires we have had severely depleted the small bird populations.
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:
Michael V said:Awwww.
I met an English man who says he had a Robin who supervised his gardening activities.
So touching and moving.
I jave a couple of groups of apostle birds that follow me around. As well there are the crested pigeons who seem to know that I’m not going to put the plump birds in the pot and they brazenly eat the seeds as I sow them. Have to take precautions and put mesh over anything I don’t want them to eat.
Cheeky devils
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:
Michael V said:Awwww.
I met an English man who says he had a Robin who supervised his gardening activities.
So touching and moving.
I jave a couple of groups of apostle birds that follow me around. As well there are the crested pigeons who seem to know that I’m not going to put the plump birds in the pot and they brazenly eat the seeds as I sow them. Have to take precautions and put mesh over anything I don’t want them to eat.
Cheeky devils
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:
roughbarked said:I have a good relationship with my local birds and did have robins(flame robin and red capped robin as well as the jacky winter). However, I haven’t seen any robins apart from the ground robin here in my yard since about 1985. :(
It is sad that the birds are disappearing. :(
I think that the wild fires we have had severely depleted the small bird populations.
There was no under bushes or shrubbery for them to be safe in and breed.
I am getting good at dodging and crawling under spider webs.
I looked back on this one and it made me smile.
Today’s dose of dopamine. Dogs choosing their own toys. The song is just a coincidence….Upside Down. Link.
now if they could just get rid of the
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-25/kangaroo-island-free-of-feral-pigs-after-220-years/106789628
capitalist pigs on the big island
Today’s happy news is:
Not only are days getting longer, now the sun is rising earlier.
Hope you are all happy.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Today’s happy news is:Not only are days getting longer, now the sun is rising earlier.
Hope you are all happy.
You’re very chipper.
Witty Rejoinder said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Today’s happy news is:Not only are days getting longer, now the sun is rising earlier.
Hope you are all happy.
You’re very chipper.
As chipper as a
Witty Rejoinder said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Today’s happy news is:Not only are days getting longer, now the sun is rising earlier.
Hope you are all happy.
You’re very chipper.
He surprised himself by waking up alive?
The Rev Dodgson said:
Today’s happy news is:Not only are days getting longer, now the sun is rising earlier.
Hope you are all happy.
Winter will be over soon enough and we’ll all be concerned by the heat, not the cold.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Today’s happy news is:Not only are days getting longer, now the sun is rising earlier.
Hope you are all happy.
You’re very chipper.
As chipper as a
That looks like a decent sixe one.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Today’s happy news is:Not only are days getting longer, now the sun is rising earlier.
Hope you are all happy.
This depends on latitude.
dv said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Today’s happy news is:Not only are days getting longer, now the sun is rising earlier.
Hope you are all happy.
This depends on latitude.
If happiness depends on latitude what depends on longitude.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTGN05QmCMk
NEW YORK – Two masked climbers scaled the Empire State Building on July 1 to share a message of love from the top of the iconic New York City skyscraper.
The climbers self-identified on social media as Russian couple Ivan Beerkus and Angela Nikolau. The daredevil couple was the subject of the 2024 documentary “Skywalkers: A Love Story.”
Beerkus and Nikolau, clinging to the building’s 1,454-foot-tall antenna, flew a banner reading: “When the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace.”
Ian said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTGN05QmCMkNEW YORK – Two masked climbers scaled the Empire State Building on July 1 to share a message of love from the top of the iconic New York City skyscraper.
The climbers self-identified on social media as Russian couple Ivan Beerkus and Angela Nikolau. The daredevil couple was the subject of the 2024 documentary “Skywalkers: A Love Story.”
Beerkus and Nikolau, clinging to the building’s 1,454-foot-tall antenna, flew a banner reading: “When the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace.”
The bastards.
Beerkus lol
Peak Warming Man said:
dv said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Today’s happy news is:Not only are days getting longer, now the sun is rising earlier.
Hope you are all happy.
This depends on latitude.
If happiness depends on latitude what depends on longitude.
Length.
Peak Warming Man said:
Ian said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTGN05QmCMkNEW YORK – Two masked climbers scaled the Empire State Building on July 1 to share a message of love from the top of the iconic New York City skyscraper.
The climbers self-identified on social media as Russian couple Ivan Beerkus and Angela Nikolau. The daredevil couple was the subject of the 2024 documentary “Skywalkers: A Love Story.”
Beerkus and Nikolau, clinging to the building’s 1,454-foot-tall antenna, flew a banner reading: “When the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace.”
The bastards.
Imagine the reaction of old school Star Wars fans
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
dv said:This depends on latitude.
If happiness depends on latitude what depends on longitude.
Length.
That’s what she said
Michael V said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Today’s happy news is:Not only are days getting longer, now the sun is rising earlier.
Hope you are all happy.
Winter will be over soon enough and we’ll all be concerned by the heat, not the cold.
If the Northern Hemisphere is anything to go by, our next summer looks to be a scorcher.
Cymek said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Ian said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTGN05QmCMkNEW YORK – Two masked climbers scaled the Empire State Building on July 1 to share a message of love from the top of the iconic New York City skyscraper.
The climbers self-identified on social media as Russian couple Ivan Beerkus and Angela Nikolau. The daredevil couple was the subject of the 2024 documentary “Skywalkers: A Love Story.”
Beerkus and Nikolau, clinging to the building’s 1,454-foot-tall antenna, flew a banner reading: “When the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace.”
The bastards.
Imagine the reaction of old school Star Wars fans
Is it happy news that I watched the first couple of episodes of ‘Andor’ last night?
Cymek said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Ian said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTGN05QmCMkNEW YORK – Two masked climbers scaled the Empire State Building on July 1 to share a message of love from the top of the iconic New York City skyscraper.
The climbers self-identified on social media as Russian couple Ivan Beerkus and Angela Nikolau. The daredevil couple was the subject of the 2024 documentary “Skywalkers: A Love Story.”
Beerkus and Nikolau, clinging to the building’s 1,454-foot-tall antenna, flew a banner reading: “When the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace.”
The bastards.
Imagine the reaction of old school
Star WarsBatman fans
Witty Rejoinder said:
Cymek said:
Peak Warming Man said:The bastards.
Imagine the reaction of old school Star Wars fans
Is it happy news that I watched the first couple of episodes of ‘Andor’ last night?
What did you think of it
Cymek said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Cymek said:Imagine the reaction of old school Star Wars fans
Is it happy news that I watched the first couple of episodes of ‘Andor’ last night?
What did you think of it
It’s a slow burn but it was definitely interesting. Sometimes it’s hard to predict where new stories will fit into the established canon but in this case that only made the episodes more watchable.
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Today’s happy news is:Not only are days getting longer, now the sun is rising earlier.
Hope you are all happy.
Winter will be over soon enough and we’ll all be concerned by the heat, not the cold.
If the Northern Hemisphere is anything to go by, our next summer looks to be a scorcher.
Our mate Roy Spencer hasn’t updated his monthly temperature records yet, so presumably June was pretty hot.
The Rev Dodgson said:
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:Winter will be over soon enough and we’ll all be concerned by the heat, not the cold.
If the Northern Hemisphere is anything to go by, our next summer looks to be a scorcher.
Our mate Roy Spencer hasn’t updated his monthly temperature records yet, so presumably June was pretty hot.
https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1uj66ad/snow_today_june_29_driving_through_yellowstone_wy/
Divine Angel said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
roughbarked said:If the Northern Hemisphere is anything to go by, our next summer looks to be a scorcher.
Our mate Roy Spencer hasn’t updated his monthly temperature records yet, so presumably June was pretty hot.
https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1uj66ad/snow_today_june_29_driving_through_yellowstone_wy/
The comments say it is pretty high. Like higher than anywhere in Australia.
Divine Angel said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
roughbarked said:If the Northern Hemisphere is anything to go by, our next summer looks to be a scorcher.
Our mate Roy Spencer hasn’t updated his monthly temperature records yet, so presumably June was pretty hot.
https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1uj66ad/snow_today_june_29_driving_through_yellowstone_wy/
The Internet tells me that the alleged snow really happened, allegedly.
Seems that snow in June is rare in Yellowstone, but not unheard of.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
The Rev Dodgson said:Our mate Roy Spencer hasn’t updated his monthly temperature records yet, so presumably June was pretty hot.
https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1uj66ad/snow_today_june_29_driving_through_yellowstone_wy/
The comments say it is pretty high. Like higher than anywhere in Australia.
Also 44 degrees N of the Equator, which would put it somewhere between Christchurch and Dunedin in our part of the world.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Divine Angel said:
The Rev Dodgson said:Our mate Roy Spencer hasn’t updated his monthly temperature records yet, so presumably June was pretty hot.
https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1uj66ad/snow_today_june_29_driving_through_yellowstone_wy/
The Internet tells me that the alleged snow really happened, allegedly.
Seems that snow in June is rare in Yellowstone, but not unheard of.
Mt Wellington in Hobart has had snow on Christmas Day.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-25/christmas-day-weather-snow-in-tasmania-heat-across-australia/106178338
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Today’s happy news is:Not only are days getting longer, now the sun is rising earlier.
Hope you are all happy.
Winter will be over soon enough and we’ll all be concerned by the heat, not the cold.
If the Northern Hemisphere is anything to go by, our next summer looks to be a scorcher.
It’s probably not much of a guide though.
buffy said:
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:Winter will be over soon enough and we’ll all be concerned by the heat, not the cold.
If the Northern Hemisphere is anything to go by, our next summer looks to be a scorcher.
It’s probably not much of a guide though.
The are El Nino affects felt in North America.
Witty Rejoinder said:
buffy said:
roughbarked said:If the Northern Hemisphere is anything to go by, our next summer looks to be a scorcher.
It’s probably not much of a guide though.
The are El Nino affects felt in North America.
effects.
buffy said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
buffy said:It’s probably not much of a guide though.
The are El Nino affects felt in North America.
effects.
Ooops.
In my happy news, my father is doing well. Can’t remember if I mentioned it but he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, the kind where he can watch-and-see. Through lifestyle changes, he has brought his PSA down and is otherwise quite healthy. So yay dad!
Divine Angel said:
In my happy news, my father is doing well. Can’t remember if I mentioned it but he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, the kind where he can watch-and-see. Through lifestyle changes, he has brought his PSA down and is otherwise quite healthy. So yay dad!
Goodo.
He should eat more watermelon, broccoli and Brussels sprouts, and take vitamin D capsules.
Also happy news: I think I’ve finally got this assignment sorted. A ton of info on the slides, and my speech was under 11 minutes. Now to remember exactly what I said so I can do that again in the live assessment…
My previous assignment in this unit, I got a Credit, which is my lowest grade so far, but I can see why I struggled so hard with it. Dad’s diagnosis, mum’s health, shit at school… it all got to me.
Divine Angel said:
Also happy news: I think I’ve finally got this assignment sorted. A ton of info on the slides, and my speech was under 11 minutes. Now to remember exactly what I said so I can do that again in the live assessment…My previous assignment in this unit, I got a Credit, which is my lowest grade so far, but I can see why I struggled so hard with it. Dad’s diagnosis, mum’s health, shit at school… it all got to me.
I’m sure you’ll do admirably.
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
In my happy news, my father is doing well. Can’t remember if I mentioned it but he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, the kind where he can watch-and-see. Through lifestyle changes, he has brought his PSA down and is otherwise quite healthy. So yay dad!
Goodo.
He should eat more watermelon, broccoli and Brussels sprouts, and take vitamin D capsules.
Really?
Why?
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
In my happy news, my father is doing well. Can’t remember if I mentioned it but he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, the kind where he can watch-and-see. Through lifestyle changes, he has brought his PSA down and is otherwise quite healthy. So yay dad!
Goodo.
He should eat more watermelon, broccoli and Brussels sprouts, and take vitamin D capsules.
Really?
Why?
Recommended amongst other measures to help get PSA levels down.
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
In my happy news, my father is doing well. Can’t remember if I mentioned it but he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, the kind where he can watch-and-see. Through lifestyle changes, he has brought his PSA down and is otherwise quite healthy. So yay dad!
Goodo.
He should eat more watermelon, broccoli and Brussels sprouts, and take vitamin D capsules.
Really?
Why?
And cooked tomatoes, and fibre. They all provide vitamins and minerals to support prostate health. As well as losing weight, exercise, all the usual things.
Dad already walks 10km a day and has a pretty healthy diet apart from wine consumption. Blame that on his French girlfriend.
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:Goodo.
He should eat more watermelon, broccoli and Brussels sprouts, and take vitamin D capsules.
Really?
Why?
Recommended amongst other measures to help get PSA levels down.
I wonder why my urologist hasn’t told me these things.
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:Really?
Why?
Recommended amongst other measures to help get PSA levels down.
I wonder why my urologist hasn’t told me these things.
My dad’s a big fan of Dr Google and Dr ChatGPT. I don’t know what his dr has or hasn’t told him.
But I do know the surgeon’s name was Dr Wang 😏
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:Really?
Why?
Recommended amongst other measures to help get PSA levels down.
I wonder why my urologist hasn’t told me these things.
He should read more AI Overview :)
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:Recommended amongst other measures to help get PSA levels down.
I wonder why my urologist hasn’t told me these things.
My dad’s a big fan of Dr Google and Dr ChatGPT. I don’t know what his dr has or hasn’t told him.
But I do know the surgeon’s name was Dr Wang 😏
Like the computers?
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:Goodo.
He should eat more watermelon, broccoli and Brussels sprouts, and take vitamin D capsules.
Really?
Why?
And cooked tomatoes, and fibre. They all provide vitamins and minerals to support prostate health. As well as losing weight, exercise, all the usual things.
Consider steaming bollocks
Ian said:
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:Really?
Why?
And cooked tomatoes, and fibre. They all provide vitamins and minerals to support prostate health. As well as losing weight, exercise, all the usual things.
Consider steaming bollocks
Rocky Mountain oysters?
kii said:
Ian said:
Divine Angel said:And cooked tomatoes, and fibre. They all provide vitamins and minerals to support prostate health. As well as losing weight, exercise, all the usual things.
Consider steaming bollocks
Rocky Mountain oysters?
I’m guessing that’s what he means.
I had some in California. Battered, deep fried in a sloppy brown sauce. Because, well, I had to. The sauce was awful. The RMO’s were good.
I’ve had similar in Jamaica: curried goat’s testicles. Quite nice.
Michael V said:
kii said:
Ian said:Consider steaming bollocks
Rocky Mountain oysters?
I’m guessing that’s what he means.
I had some in California. Battered, deep fried in a sloppy brown sauce. Because, well, I had to. The sauce was awful. The RMO’s were good.
I’ve had similar in Jamaica: curried goat’s testicles. Quite nice.
Always best to check what people mean. He could have been referring to a Gwyneth Paltrow remedy similar to steaming one’s vaginal area.
Ian said:
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:Really?
Why?
And cooked tomatoes, and fibre. They all provide vitamins and minerals to support prostate health. As well as losing weight, exercise, all the usual things.
Consider steaming bollocks
I’ll need to see some pretty good evidence before I allow steam anywhere near my bollocks.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Ian said:
Divine Angel said:And cooked tomatoes, and fibre. They all provide vitamins and minerals to support prostate health. As well as losing weight, exercise, all the usual things.
Consider steaming bollocks
I’ll need to see some pretty good evidence before I allow steam anywhere near my bollocks.
CBT has two meanings
kii said:
Ian said:
Divine Angel said:And cooked tomatoes, and fibre. They all provide vitamins and minerals to support prostate health. As well as losing weight, exercise, all the usual things.
Consider steaming bollocks
Rocky Mountain oysters?
No
dv said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Ian said:Consider steaming bollocks
I’ll need to see some pretty good evidence before I allow steam anywhere near my bollocks.
CBT has two meanings
A lot more than two. Which of these did you mean?
Ian said:
kii said:
Ian said:Consider steaming bollocks
Rocky Mountain oysters?
No
Oh well.
Michael V said:
dv said:
The Rev Dodgson said:I’ll need to see some pretty good evidence before I allow steam anywhere near my bollocks.
CBT has two meanings
A lot more than two. Which of these did you mean?
dv said:
Michael V said:
dv said:CBT has two meanings
A lot more than two. Which of these did you mean?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Cock and Ball Torture
Perhaps we need a Venn diagram here
dv said:
Michael V said:
dv said:CBT has two meanings
A lot more than two. Which of these did you mean?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Cock and Ball Torture
Ta.
Divine Angel said:
Also happy news: I think I’ve finally got this assignment sorted. A ton of info on the slides, and my speech was under 11 minutes. Now to remember exactly what I said so I can do that again in the live assessment…My previous assignment in this unit, I got a Credit, which is my lowest grade so far, but I can see why I struggled so hard with it. Dad’s diagnosis, mum’s health, shit at school… it all got to me.
You are a compassionate person who is dealing with little people with trauma and a complex array of other issues. It will get to you from time to time.
Divine Angel said:
In my happy news, my father is doing well. Can’t remember if I mentioned it but he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, the kind where he can watch-and-see. Through lifestyle changes, he has brought his PSA down and is otherwise quite healthy. So yay dad!
Oh I didn’t realise that you were talking about your own father.
It’s not good he had prostate cancer, but it is good that he can watch and see.
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Also happy news: I think I’ve finally got this assignment sorted. A ton of info on the slides, and my speech was under 11 minutes. Now to remember exactly what I said so I can do that again in the live assessment…My previous assignment in this unit, I got a Credit, which is my lowest grade so far, but I can see why I struggled so hard with it. Dad’s diagnosis, mum’s health, shit at school… it all got to me.
I’m sure you’ll do admirably.
+1
ms spock said:
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Also happy news: I think I’ve finally got this assignment sorted. A ton of info on the slides, and my speech was under 11 minutes. Now to remember exactly what I said so I can do that again in the live assessment…My previous assignment in this unit, I got a Credit, which is my lowest grade so far, but I can see why I struggled so hard with it. Dad’s diagnosis, mum’s health, shit at school… it all got to me.
I’m sure you’ll do admirably.
+1
Yeah I hope it goes well.
You deserve it.
Michael V said:
dv said:
Michael V said:A lot more than two. Which of these did you mean?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Cock and Ball TortureTa.
what’s the difference
SCIENCE said:
Michael V said:
dv said:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Cock and Ball Torture
Ta.
what’s the difference
Lololol 😹
Eighty-five years ago, during a World War II raid over Germany, his bomber crashed into the North Sea.
He drifted for two days in freezing waters, watching all his fellow crew members succumb to exposure, before he was rescued and captured by German soldiers.
The then-19-year-old spent three years in a prison camp. He doubted he would see another birthday.
Link
roughbarked said:
Eighty-five years ago, during a World War II raid over Germany, his bomber crashed into the North Sea.He drifted for two days in freezing waters, watching all his fellow crew members succumb to exposure, before he was rescued and captured by German soldiers.
The then-19-year-old spent three years in a prison camp. He doubted he would see another birthday.
Link
He enjoyed those days¿
Link
In short:
Two osprey chicks have been filmed hatching on top of a crane in the Daintree Rainforest.
The crane is run by James Cook University’s Daintree Observatory, and the video live stream has been running for more than a decade.
What’s next?
The observatory was threatened with decommissioning, but the university recently confirmed it would stay operational.
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:
Living Legacy Forest has developed a process to liquefy the ashes and change the pH level to nourish tree growth.“We create a borehole down into the root area and people can, in the same way you put dirt on a coffin when it’s being lowered, pour some of the ashes in liquid form into the root of the tree,” Ms Fung said.
Warren Roberts said Ms Fung and Mr Chen would put their “heart and soul” into the forest, which will simultaneously help preserve the ancient Wollemi pine.
“For the last 200 years we’ve been chopping down trees to create space for graveyards and make coffins,” he said.
We’ve been destroying life to try to honour life.
A forest will soon be opening in Queensland, while the organisation already has properties in Victoria, Western Australia, New South Wales and South Australia.
“People can become trees … create habitat for wildlife and endangered species … and change the way we leave the world,” Mr Roberts said.
Shannon Antsee from Earthwatch, an NGO that plants small forests, said the West Pymble forest had shot up as high as 7 metres.
“We find that we get really rapid growth of our tiny forests,” Ms Antsee said.
“Sometimes council have underused, underutilised parks and we can use those spaces to turn them back into green sanctuaries.”
Ku-ring-gai Council Mayor Christine Kay said the tiny forest helped solve the problem of forming tree canopy in a constrained urban site.
“Tree plantings on our streets and in our parks are usually very slow to form a canopy,” Cr Kay said.
The initiative provides a scalable blueprint for other councils seeking measurable outcomes from small urban sites.Ms Antsee says the forests grow quickly because they use what’s known as the Miyawaki method, developed by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki in the 1970s.
The method involves densely planting a variety of plants in nutrient-rich soil. The resulting competition between plants forces them to grow upwards quickly.
thanks
SCIENCE said:
One may wonder whether they have also kept an eye on the capacity of this plant to establish itself as a weed and or whether it can hybridise with any of the local local Fabaceae?
The kindness of strangers: My son was unconscious and I frantically called out for help – then five teenagers came running
I was at the park with my two young boys, aged five and seven, riding scooters along a wide path that looped around the grass. My eldest has cerebral palsy, so my husband had modified a scooter with a large base so that we could ride it together. My son stood at the front and I stood behind him. It meant he could join in just like other kids, and he loved it.
When you have boys, you need to run them like dogs – the goal is to burn as much energy as possible every time you’re out of the house. So even though it had started to drizzle, we set off on another loop of the park on our scooters. But when we hit a puddle coming round the bend, the scooter slipped out from under me. We fell sideways, landing on the ground. I realised my son wasn’t conscious. In that moment all I felt was sheer terror.
I didn’t have my phone and frantically called out for help. The park was empty save for a group of teenagers who had been sitting under a picnic shelter. They sprang into action as soon as they heard me, all five of them running through the rain to get to us.
One immediately called an ambulance. My younger son had run off, frightened by everything happening, so another of the teenagers went after him so I could stay with my older child. Two others went to the park entrance so they could guide the ambulance to us. The last, a girl, brought the blankets they had been sitting on, wrapping one around my son. She draped another around my shoulders and held on to me while I sat there holding my son in my arms, crying. As she hugged me, she kept repeating, “You’re doing a great job as a mum.”
At the hospital, my son regained consciousness and thankfully ended up being completely fine.
Perhaps because of their age I expected less of those teenagers, but they stepped in without hesitation. They were calm and completely focused on helping my boys and me, a world away from the endless moral panic over teenagers behaving badly.
I can still remember the small face of the girl who had her arm around me. I was so scared and she was a sweet, soothing presence; an unexpected source of comfort in a terrible moment.
Bubblecar said:
The kindness of strangers: My son was unconscious and I frantically called out for help – then five teenagers came runningI was at the park with my two young boys, aged five and seven, riding scooters along a wide path that looped around the grass. My eldest has cerebral palsy, so my husband had modified a scooter with a large base so that we could ride it together. My son stood at the front and I stood behind him. It meant he could join in just like other kids, and he loved it.
When you have boys, you need to run them like dogs – the goal is to burn as much energy as possible every time you’re out of the house. So even though it had started to drizzle, we set off on another loop of the park on our scooters. But when we hit a puddle coming round the bend, the scooter slipped out from under me. We fell sideways, landing on the ground. I realised my son wasn’t conscious. In that moment all I felt was sheer terror.
I didn’t have my phone and frantically called out for help. The park was empty save for a group of teenagers who had been sitting under a picnic shelter. They sprang into action as soon as they heard me, all five of them running through the rain to get to us.
One immediately called an ambulance. My younger son had run off, frightened by everything happening, so another of the teenagers went after him so I could stay with my older child. Two others went to the park entrance so they could guide the ambulance to us. The last, a girl, brought the blankets they had been sitting on, wrapping one around my son. She draped another around my shoulders and held on to me while I sat there holding my son in my arms, crying. As she hugged me, she kept repeating, “You’re doing a great job as a mum.”
At the hospital, my son regained consciousness and thankfully ended up being completely fine.
Perhaps because of their age I expected less of those teenagers, but they stepped in without hesitation. They were calm and completely focused on helping my boys and me, a world away from the endless moral panic over teenagers behaving badly.
I can still remember the small face of the girl who had her arm around me. I was so scared and she was a sweet, soothing presence; an unexpected source of comfort in a terrible moment.
Heartwarming tale.
Bubblecar said:
The kindness of strangers: My son was unconscious and I frantically called out for help – then five teenagers came runningI was at the park with my two young boys, aged five and seven, riding scooters along a wide path that looped around the grass. My eldest has cerebral palsy, so my husband had modified a scooter with a large base so that we could ride it together. My son stood at the front and I stood behind him. It meant he could join in just like other kids, and he loved it.
When you have boys, you need to run them like dogs – the goal is to burn as much energy as possible every time you’re out of the house. So even though it had started to drizzle, we set off on another loop of the park on our scooters. But when we hit a puddle coming round the bend, the scooter slipped out from under me. We fell sideways, landing on the ground. I realised my son wasn’t conscious. In that moment all I felt was sheer terror.
I didn’t have my phone and frantically called out for help. The park was empty save for a group of teenagers who had been sitting under a picnic shelter. They sprang into action as soon as they heard me, all five of them running through the rain to get to us.
One immediately called an ambulance. My younger son had run off, frightened by everything happening, so another of the teenagers went after him so I could stay with my older child. Two others went to the park entrance so they could guide the ambulance to us. The last, a girl, brought the blankets they had been sitting on, wrapping one around my son. She draped another around my shoulders and held on to me while I sat there holding my son in my arms, crying. As she hugged me, she kept repeating, “You’re doing a great job as a mum.”
At the hospital, my son regained consciousness and thankfully ended up being completely fine.
Perhaps because of their age I expected less of those teenagers, but they stepped in without hesitation. They were calm and completely focused on helping my boys and me, a world away from the endless moral panic over teenagers behaving badly.
I can still remember the small face of the girl who had her arm around me. I was so scared and she was a sweet, soothing presence; an unexpected source of comfort in a terrible moment.
My AI detectors have gone off the scale here.
Kingy said:
Bubblecar said:
The kindness of strangers: My son was unconscious and I frantically called out for help – then five teenagers came runningI was at the park with my two young boys, aged five and seven, riding scooters along a wide path that looped around the grass. My eldest has cerebral palsy, so my husband had modified a scooter with a large base so that we could ride it together. My son stood at the front and I stood behind him. It meant he could join in just like other kids, and he loved it.
When you have boys, you need to run them like dogs – the goal is to burn as much energy as possible every time you’re out of the house. So even though it had started to drizzle, we set off on another loop of the park on our scooters. But when we hit a puddle coming round the bend, the scooter slipped out from under me. We fell sideways, landing on the ground. I realised my son wasn’t conscious. In that moment all I felt was sheer terror.
I didn’t have my phone and frantically called out for help. The park was empty save for a group of teenagers who had been sitting under a picnic shelter. They sprang into action as soon as they heard me, all five of them running through the rain to get to us.
One immediately called an ambulance. My younger son had run off, frightened by everything happening, so another of the teenagers went after him so I could stay with my older child. Two others went to the park entrance so they could guide the ambulance to us. The last, a girl, brought the blankets they had been sitting on, wrapping one around my son. She draped another around my shoulders and held on to me while I sat there holding my son in my arms, crying. As she hugged me, she kept repeating, “You’re doing a great job as a mum.”
At the hospital, my son regained consciousness and thankfully ended up being completely fine.
Perhaps because of their age I expected less of those teenagers, but they stepped in without hesitation. They were calm and completely focused on helping my boys and me, a world away from the endless moral panic over teenagers behaving badly.
I can still remember the small face of the girl who had her arm around me. I was so scared and she was a sweet, soothing presence; an unexpected source of comfort in a terrible moment.
My AI detectors have gone off the scale here.
To be honest I was gonna say that it was photoshopped.
kii said:
Kingy said:
Bubblecar said:
The kindness of strangers: My son was unconscious and I frantically called out for help – then five teenagers came running
I was at the park with my two young boys, aged five and seven, riding scooters along a wide path that looped around the grass. My eldest has cerebral palsy, so my husband had modified a scooter with a large base so that we could ride it together. My son stood at the front and I stood behind him. It meant he could join in just like other kids, and he loved it.
When you have boys, you need to run them like dogs – the goal is to burn as much energy as possible every time you’re out of the house. So even though it had started to drizzle, we set off on another loop of the park on our scooters. But when we hit a puddle coming round the bend, the scooter slipped out from under me. We fell sideways, landing on the ground. I realised my son wasn’t conscious. In that moment all I felt was sheer terror.
I didn’t have my phone and frantically called out for help. The park was empty save for a group of teenagers who had been sitting under a picnic shelter. They sprang into action as soon as they heard me, all five of them running through the rain to get to us.
One immediately called an ambulance. My younger son had run off, frightened by everything happening, so another of the teenagers went after him so I could stay with my older child. Two others went to the park entrance so they could guide the ambulance to us. The last, a girl, brought the blankets they had been sitting on, wrapping one around my son. She draped another around my shoulders and held on to me while I sat there holding my son in my arms, crying. As she hugged me, she kept repeating, “You’re doing a great job as a mum.”
At the hospital, my son regained consciousness and thankfully ended up being completely fine.
Perhaps because of their age I expected less of those teenagers, but they stepped in without hesitation. They were calm and completely focused on helping my boys and me, a world away from the endless moral panic over teenagers behaving badly.
I can still remember the small face of the girl who had her arm around me. I was so scared and she was a sweet, soothing presence; an unexpected source of comfort in a terrible moment.
My AI detectors have gone off the scale here.
To be honest I was gonna say that it was photoshopped.
let’s be fair though we don’t really need 跟爱 to write fiction now do we
Good on him.
roughbarked said:
Good on him.
Divine Angel said:
roughbarked said:
Good on him.
Because he wants to work, or because he has to work cos he’s go no money to live?
There are four generations working n the same workshop. I’d say he’s there because he can.
My happy news is that the sticky traps I ordered have caught a few fungus gnats already. I bought from a small business, not a corporation like Bunnings. The stickies came with a free storage tin.
Divine Angel said:
My happy news is that the sticky traps I ordered have caught a few fungus gnats already. I bought from a small business, not a corporation like Bunnings. The stickies came with a free storage tin.
:)
Divine Angel said:
My happy news is that the sticky traps I ordered have caught a few fungus gnats already. I bought from a small business, not a corporation like Bunnings. The stickies came with a free storage tin.
I’d probably plant some Drosera binata, a type of insectivorous sundew native to southeastern Australia, which is very easy to cultivate; its leaves bifurcate (hence the name) and produce very large amounts of sticky nectar to catch insects, or D. filiformis, another sundew that produces large amounts of sticky nectar, this one with long thin leaves that unroll like fern leaves do; this one is native to USA and Canada. D. filiformis is very easy to clone: cut a leaf so both ends are cleanly cut, lay it in some peat, and cover both ends with peat. Keep it moist and a new plant will grow from both ends.
btm said:
Divine Angel said:
My happy news is that the sticky traps I ordered have caught a few fungus gnats already. I bought from a small business, not a corporation like Bunnings. The stickies came with a free storage tin.
I’d probably plant some Drosera binata, a type of insectivorous sundew native to southeastern Australia, which is very easy to cultivate; its leaves bifurcate (hence the name) and produce very large amounts of sticky nectar to catch insects, or D. filiformis, another sundew that produces large amounts of sticky nectar, this one with long thin leaves that unroll like fern leaves do; this one is native to USA and Canada. D. filiformis is very easy to clone: cut a leaf so both ends are cleanly cut, lay it in some peat, and cover both ends with peat. Keep it moist and a new plant will grow from both ends.
I shall pursue this, thankyou. It’s only one plant that gets the gnats, very annoying.
btm said:
Divine Angel said:
My happy news is that the sticky traps I ordered have caught a few fungus gnats already. I bought from a small business, not a corporation like Bunnings. The stickies came with a free storage tin.
I’d probably plant some Drosera binata, a type of insectivorous sundew native to southeastern Australia, which is very easy to cultivate; its leaves bifurcate (hence the name) and produce very large amounts of sticky nectar to catch insects, or D. filiformis, another sundew that produces large amounts of sticky nectar, this one with long thin leaves that unroll like fern leaves do; this one is native to USA and Canada. D. filiformis is very easy to clone: cut a leaf so both ends are cleanly cut, lay it in some peat, and cover both ends with peat. Keep it moist and a new plant will grow from both ends.
Great suggestion.
I’ve not seen D. binata locally. But I’ll keep my eyes open. There is another Drosera that I have seen locally. But I can’t recall its specific name.
Michael V said:
btm said:
Divine Angel said:
My happy news is that the sticky traps I ordered have caught a few fungus gnats already. I bought from a small business, not a corporation like Bunnings. The stickies came with a free storage tin.
I’d probably plant some Drosera binata, a type of insectivorous sundew native to southeastern Australia, which is very easy to cultivate; its leaves bifurcate (hence the name) and produce very large amounts of sticky nectar to catch insects, or D. filiformis, another sundew that produces large amounts of sticky nectar, this one with long thin leaves that unroll like fern leaves do; this one is native to USA and Canada. D. filiformis is very easy to clone: cut a leaf so both ends are cleanly cut, lay it in some peat, and cover both ends with peat. Keep it moist and a new plant will grow from both ends.
Great suggestion.
I’ve not seen D. binata locally. But I’ll keep my eyes open. There is another Drosera that I have seen locally. But I can’t recall its specific name.
Drosera spatulata
btm said:
Divine Angel said:
My happy news is that the sticky traps I ordered have caught a few fungus gnats already. I bought from a small business, not a corporation like Bunnings. The stickies came with a free storage tin.
I’d probably plant some Drosera binata, a type of insectivorous sundew native to southeastern Australia, which is very easy to cultivate; its leaves bifurcate (hence the name) and produce very large amounts of sticky nectar to catch insects, or D. filiformis, another sundew that produces large amounts of sticky nectar, this one with long thin leaves that unroll like fern leaves do; this one is native to USA and Canada. D. filiformis is very easy to clone: cut a leaf so both ends are cleanly cut, lay it in some peat, and cover both ends with peat. Keep it moist and a new plant will grow from both ends.
Ta. That’s one plant I’ve never attempted to propagate yet.
btm said:
Divine Angel said:
My happy news is that the sticky traps I ordered have caught a few fungus gnats already. I bought from a small business, not a corporation like Bunnings. The stickies came with a free storage tin.
I’d probably plant some Drosera binata, a type of insectivorous sundew native to southeastern Australia, which is very easy to cultivate; its leaves bifurcate (hence the name) and produce very large amounts of sticky nectar to catch insects, or D. filiformis, another sundew that produces large amounts of sticky nectar, this one with long thin leaves that unroll like fern leaves do; this one is native to USA and Canada. D. filiformis is very easy to clone: cut a leaf so both ends are cleanly cut, lay it in some peat, and cover both ends with peat. Keep it moist and a new plant will grow from both ends.
Would these be effective with mosquitoes btm?
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Divine Angel said:
My happy news is that the sticky traps I ordered have caught a few fungus gnats already. I bought from a small business, not a corporation like Bunnings. The stickies came with a free storage tin.
The name of this small business le do thoil (Please?)
ms spock said:
btm said:
Divine Angel said:
My happy news is that the sticky traps I ordered have caught a few fungus gnats already. I bought from a small business, not a corporation like Bunnings. The stickies came with a free storage tin.
I’d probably plant some Drosera binata, a type of insectivorous sundew native to southeastern Australia, which is very easy to cultivate; its leaves bifurcate (hence the name) and produce very large amounts of sticky nectar to catch insects, or D. filiformis, another sundew that produces large amounts of sticky nectar, this one with long thin leaves that unroll like fern leaves do; this one is native to USA and Canada. D. filiformis is very easy to clone: cut a leaf so both ends are cleanly cut, lay it in some peat, and cover both ends with peat. Keep it moist and a new plant will grow from both ends.
Would these be effective with mosquitoes btm?
🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟
Minimally.
roughbarked said:
Good on him.
Wow, he is looking great for 99.
I think keeping busy has got something to do with it.
Amazing.
Tau.Neutrino said:
roughbarked said:
Good on him.
Wow, he is looking great for 99.
I think keeping busy has got something to do with it.
Amazing.
Maybe he’s just well oiled.
Tau.Neutrino said:
roughbarked said:
Good on him.
Wow, he is looking great for 99.
I think keeping busy has got something to do with it.
Amazing.
It was only near the end of his life when Stamatis Moraitis became famous for cheating death.
More…
roughbarked said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
roughbarked said:
Good on him.
Wow, he is looking great for 99.
I think keeping busy has got something to do with it.
Amazing.
Maybe he’s just well oiled.
:)
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:
btm said:I’d probably plant some Drosera binata, a type of insectivorous sundew native to southeastern Australia, which is very easy to cultivate; its leaves bifurcate (hence the name) and produce very large amounts of sticky nectar to catch insects, or D. filiformis, another sundew that produces large amounts of sticky nectar, this one with long thin leaves that unroll like fern leaves do; this one is native to USA and Canada. D. filiformis is very easy to clone: cut a leaf so both ends are cleanly cut, lay it in some peat, and cover both ends with peat. Keep it moist and a new plant will grow from both ends.
Would these be effective with mosquitoes btm?
🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟
Minimally.
Any suggestions of plants for getting the mosquitoes?
roughbarked said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
roughbarked said:
Good on him.
Wow, he is looking great for 99.
I think keeping busy has got something to do with it.
Amazing.
Maybe he’s just well oiled.
Lubricated by what he loves.
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
roughbarked said:
Good on him.
Wow, he is looking great for 99.
I think keeping busy has got something to do with it.
Amazing.
It was only near the end of his life when Stamatis Moraitis became famous for cheating death.
More…
so it’s all a lie
ms spock said:
Divine Angel said:
My happy news is that the sticky traps I ordered have caught a few fungus gnats already. I bought from a small business, not a corporation like Bunnings. The stickies came with a free storage tin.
The name of this small business le do thoil (Please?)
We the Wild, I think.
Michael V said:
btm said:
Divine Angel said:
My happy news is that the sticky traps I ordered have caught a few fungus gnats already. I bought from a small business, not a corporation like Bunnings. The stickies came with a free storage tin.
I’d probably plant some Drosera binata, a type of insectivorous sundew native to southeastern Australia, which is very easy to cultivate; its leaves bifurcate (hence the name) and produce very large amounts of sticky nectar to catch insects, or D. filiformis, another sundew that produces large amounts of sticky nectar, this one with long thin leaves that unroll like fern leaves do; this one is native to USA and Canada. D. filiformis is very easy to clone: cut a leaf so both ends are cleanly cut, lay it in some peat, and cover both ends with peat. Keep it moist and a new plant will grow from both ends.
Great suggestion.
I’ve not seen D. binata locally. But I’ll keep my eyes open. There is another Drosera that I have seen locally. But I can’t recall its specific name.
I’m reading that these plants require winter dormancy. My room gets a lot of sun so is warm even in winter.
I’ll pop up to the local nursery, see if they have any, and ask them about it.
ms spock said:
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:Would these be effective with mosquitoes btm?
🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟
Minimally.
Any suggestions of plants for getting the mosquitoes?
Some say that there’s a Pelargonium that works.
The best cure is a willie wagtail and a lot of dragonflies..
roughbarked said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
roughbarked said:
Good on him.
Wow, he is looking great for 99.
I think keeping busy has got something to do with it.
Amazing.
Maybe he’s just well oiled.
Well oil beef hooked.
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
btm said:I’d probably plant some Drosera binata, a type of insectivorous sundew native to southeastern Australia, which is very easy to cultivate; its leaves bifurcate (hence the name) and produce very large amounts of sticky nectar to catch insects, or D. filiformis, another sundew that produces large amounts of sticky nectar, this one with long thin leaves that unroll like fern leaves do; this one is native to USA and Canada. D. filiformis is very easy to clone: cut a leaf so both ends are cleanly cut, lay it in some peat, and cover both ends with peat. Keep it moist and a new plant will grow from both ends.
Great suggestion.
I’ve not seen D. binata locally. But I’ll keep my eyes open. There is another Drosera that I have seen locally. But I can’t recall its specific name.
I’m reading that these plants require winter dormancy. My room gets a lot of sun so is warm even in winter.
I’ll pop up to the local nursery, see if they have any, and ask them about it.
If they haven’t, try these guys; they’ve got a very large range, and will send to anywhere in Australia. They’re also very knowledgeable.
ms spock said:
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:Would these be effective with mosquitoes btm?
🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟 🦟
Minimally.
Any suggestions of plants for getting the mosquitoes?
There are several plants that live in water and eat mosquito larvae, but that won’t stop mosquitoes from elsewhere coming in. Carnivorous plants offer sugary syrup to attract insects, but that doesn’t work with mosquitoes. As roughbarked has said, other forms of biological control are better.
btm said:
ms spock said:
roughbarked said:Minimally.
Any suggestions of plants for getting the mosquitoes?
There are several plants that live in water and eat mosquito larvae, but that won’t stop mosquitoes from elsewhere coming in. Carnivorous plants offer sugary syrup to attract insects, but that doesn’t work with mosquitoes. As roughbarked has said, other forms of biological control are better.
several bats.
JudgeMental said:
btm said:
ms spock said:Any suggestions of plants for getting the mosquitoes?
There are several plants that live in water and eat mosquito larvae, but that won’t stop mosquitoes from elsewhere coming in. Carnivorous plants offer sugary syrup to attract insects, but that doesn’t work with mosquitoes. As roughbarked has said, other forms of biological control are better.
several bats.
Yes the microbats eat a bloody lot.
Michael V said:
Michael V said:
btm said:I’d probably plant some Drosera binata, a type of insectivorous sundew native to southeastern Australia, which is very easy to cultivate; its leaves bifurcate (hence the name) and produce very large amounts of sticky nectar to catch insects, or D. filiformis, another sundew that produces large amounts of sticky nectar, this one with long thin leaves that unroll like fern leaves do; this one is native to USA and Canada. D. filiformis is very easy to clone: cut a leaf so both ends are cleanly cut, lay it in some peat, and cover both ends with peat. Keep it moist and a new plant will grow from both ends.
Great suggestion.
I’ve not seen D. binata locally. But I’ll keep my eyes open. There is another Drosera that I have seen locally. But I can’t recall its specific name.
Drosera spatulata
I have successfully transplanted some Drosera aberrans (whitakeri in South Australia) into a pot and also a spot in my garden. I’m waiting to see if they deign to flower. There are millions of them at the block. Some leaves are red, some are green. We’ve got five other Drosera there, but so far only aberrans and planchonii are starting to leaf up. Planchonii has a very beautiful filigree in the centre of its flower.
D. planchonii
D. aberrans.
buffy said:
Michael V said:
Michael V said:Great suggestion.
I’ve not seen D. binata locally. But I’ll keep my eyes open. There is another Drosera that I have seen locally. But I can’t recall its specific name.
Drosera spatulata
I have successfully transplanted some Drosera aberrans (whitakeri in South Australia) into a pot and also a spot in my garden. I’m waiting to see if they deign to flower. There are millions of them at the block. Some leaves are red, some are green. We’ve got five other Drosera there, but so far only aberrans and planchonii are starting to leaf up. Planchonii has a very beautiful filigree in the centre of its flower.
D. planchonii
D. aberrans.
I think that I have mentioned here that I had a Venus Flytrap (no idea of the proper name) flower when it lived on my kitchen windowsill in Hunter’s Hill, Sydney. It was a west-facing window. I was so excited by that event, There a photos of it packed away in my storage unit.
In other Happy News I just created a new password for Britbox that Norton Password Manager says will take 9,000 years to crack. I take the small wins when I can.
buffy said:
Michael V said:
Michael V said:Great suggestion.
I’ve not seen D. binata locally. But I’ll keep my eyes open. There is another Drosera that I have seen locally. But I can’t recall its specific name.
Drosera spatulata
I have successfully transplanted some Drosera aberrans (whitakeri in South Australia) into a pot and also a spot in my garden. I’m waiting to see if they deign to flower. There are millions of them at the block. Some leaves are red, some are green. We’ve got five other Drosera there, but so far only aberrans and planchonii are starting to leaf up. Planchonii has a very beautiful filigree in the centre of its flower.
D. planchonii
D. aberrans.
Good to know.
kii said:
buffy said:
Michael V said:Drosera spatulata
I have successfully transplanted some Drosera aberrans (whitakeri in South Australia) into a pot and also a spot in my garden. I’m waiting to see if they deign to flower. There are millions of them at the block. Some leaves are red, some are green. We’ve got five other Drosera there, but so far only aberrans and planchonii are starting to leaf up. Planchonii has a very beautiful filigree in the centre of its flower.
D. planchonii
D. aberrans.
I think that I have mentioned here that I had a Venus Flytrap (no idea of the proper name) flower when it lived on my kitchen windowsill in Hunter’s Hill, Sydney. It was a west-facing window. I was so excited by that event, There a photos of it packed away in my storage unit.
Venus flytraps (Dionaea muscipula) are really easy to cultivate. Give them lots of water and lots of sunshine and they thrive. I’ve had them flower, and occasionally find a rosette of traps about half way up the flower stalk. I usually cut the flower stalks off when they appear, unless I want seeds.
btm said:
kii said:
buffy said:I have successfully transplanted some Drosera aberrans (whitakeri in South Australia) into a pot and also a spot in my garden. I’m waiting to see if they deign to flower. There are millions of them at the block. Some leaves are red, some are green. We’ve got five other Drosera there, but so far only aberrans and planchonii are starting to leaf up. Planchonii has a very beautiful filigree in the centre of its flower.
D. planchonii
D. aberrans.
I think that I have mentioned here that I had a Venus Flytrap (no idea of the proper name) flower when it lived on my kitchen windowsill in Hunter’s Hill, Sydney. It was a west-facing window. I was so excited by that event, There a photos of it packed away in my storage unit.
Venus flytraps (Dionaea muscipula) are really easy to cultivate. Give them lots of water and lots of sunshine and they thrive. I’ve had them flower, and occasionally find a rosette of traps about half way up the flower stalk. I usually cut the flower stalks off when they appear, unless I want seeds.
If I recall correctly, I didn’t do much other than watering it and I knew not to touch the pads. It certainly had lots of sunshine.
roughbarked said:
JudgeMental said:
btm said:There are several plants that live in water and eat mosquito larvae, but that won’t stop mosquitoes from elsewhere coming in. Carnivorous plants offer sugary syrup to attract insects, but that doesn’t work with mosquitoes. As roughbarked has said, other forms of biological control are better.
several bats.
Yes the microbats eat a bloody lot.
They swear at you when you don’t feed them fast enough. They can half a meal worm sticking out of its mouth and give you a whole lot of attitude and be demanding more food!
kii said:
In other Happy News I just created a new password for Britbox that Norton Password Manager says will take 9,000 years to crack. I take the small wins when I can.
what’s the password, someone here can check if that 9000 figure is correct
SCIENCE said:
kii said:
In other Happy News I just created a new password for Britbox that Norton Password Manager says will take 9,000 years to crack. I take the small wins when I can.
what’s the password, someone here can check if that 9000 figure is correct
LOL
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:
roughbarked said:Minimally.
Any suggestions of plants for getting the mosquitoes?
Some say that there’s a Pelargonium that works.
The best cure is a willie wagtail and a lot of dragonflies..
I have a lot of dragonflies. No willy wagtails. 🙄
A New Approach to Knee Osteoarthritis Pain
The treatment, known as genicular artery embolization (GAE), is an emerging nonsurgical procedure designed to target abnormal blood vessels that develop around arthritic knee joints. These excess vessels are believed to contribute to ongoing inflammation and pain.
During the procedure, an interventional radiologist uses a thin catheter to reach the affected blood vessels and injects tiny particles that block blood flow to them. By shutting down these abnormal vessels, the treatment aims to reduce inflammation and relieve pain without surgery.
For this study, researchers evaluated GAE performed with rapidly resorbable, gelatin-based microspheres. These specially designed spherical particles are calibrated by size and dissolve within hours after being delivered. The team proposed that the material could combine some of the advantages of both temporary and permanent embolization agents while avoiding some of their drawbacks.
“GAE is a whole new treatment regimen that targets abnormal hypervascularity around the joint and, in turn, modulates the pathological neurovascular environment,” Dr. Fleckenstein said. “By reducing both inflammation and pain, GAE with resorbable microspheres may be the first procedure that alters the course of the disease, slowing its progression.”
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260616102217.htm
Sheepses(tic) might have better smelling bums.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2026-07-15/tea-tree-oil-nanotechnology-flystrike-sheep/106876168
Prompted by DA, my happy news from yesterday:
All Australian Standards referenced in legislation are to be made available to the public at no cost.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Prompted by DA, my happy news from yesterday:All Australian Standards referenced in legislation are to be made available to the public at no cost.
Very good sir.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Prompted by DA, my happy news from yesterday:All Australian Standards referenced in legislation are to be made available to the public at no cost.
The system works!
(My system, that is.)
Also, hate to be a Negative Nancy but I have questions. Was it not free previously? Will these Standards be difficult to find and/or navigate?
Divine Angel said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Prompted by DA, my happy news from yesterday:All Australian Standards referenced in legislation are to be made available to the public at no cost.
The system works!
(My system, that is.)
Also, hate to be a Negative Nancy but I have questions. Was it not free previously? Will these Standards be difficult to find and/or navigate?
roughbarked said:
Divine Angel said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Prompted by DA, my happy news from yesterday:All Australian Standards referenced in legislation are to be made available to the public at no cost.
The system works!
(My system, that is.)
Also, hate to be a Negative Nancy but I have questions. Was it not free previously? Will these Standards be difficult to find and/or navigate?
please quote andor highlight within the text, the parts that answer those above questions
Divine Angel said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Prompted by DA, my happy news from yesterday:All Australian Standards referenced in legislation are to be made available to the public at no cost.
The system works!
(My system, that is.)
Also, hate to be a Negative Nancy but I have questions. Was it not free previously? Will these Standards be difficult to find and/or navigate?
No, they are quite expensive. Not a significant cost for a large business, but for small businesses the cost adds up.
Not hard to find, when you know where to look. Not easy to navigate, but that’s what the people who use then are paid for.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Divine Angel said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Prompted by DA, my happy news from yesterday:
All Australian Standards referenced in legislation are to be made available to the public at no cost.
The system works!
(My system, that is.)
Also, hate to be a Negative Nancy but I have questions. Was it not free previously? Will these Standards be difficult to find and/or navigate?
No, they are quite expensive. Not a significant cost for a large business, but for small businesses the cost adds up.
Not hard to find, when you know where to look. Not easy to navigate, but that’s what the people who use then are paid for.
so when will iso follow this socialism
SCIENCE said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Divine Angel said:
The system works!
(My system, that is.)
Also, hate to be a Negative Nancy but I have questions. Was it not free previously? Will these Standards be difficult to find and/or navigate?
No, they are quite expensive. Not a significant cost for a large business, but for small businesses the cost adds up.
Not hard to find, when you know where to look. Not easy to navigate, but that’s what the people who use then are paid for.
so when will iso follow this socialism
I don’t know.
Making all the constituent countries socialist might be a bit difficult.
Divine Angel said:
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I have made a decision.
Yesterday at the staff meeting, a teacher talked about those cards I mentioned earlier today. She also said she wanted to have a gratitude jar for staff, students, and parents to fill. It shifts the mindset from the negative things that happen to positive things.
Having been caught in this spiral myself, I have decided to create a gratitude jar for my family’s use.
Already I have three: today’s payday, I caught all the green lights on this morning’s school run, and I got a free Disney emoji in the game I play.
So now I’m off to the discount store to find a suitable receptacle and some cheap notepaper to write good things on.
How does this “Gratitude Jar” work?
When something good happens, write it on a piece of paper and put it into the jar. It keeps you looking for the good things in life rather than ruminating on the crappy bits.
So-and-so was nice to me today. I found a $2 coin. I won at the church bingo. My knees feel good today.
etc and etc and so on and so forth.
When the jar is full, or when you’re feeling shit, or on a specific date eg birthday, NYE etc, take out a slip of paper and remember the good things.
Jars, gratitude or otherwise, usually have a lid which unscrews allowing access to the inside.
hth.
You know, now that I think about it, lolly jars would have much the same effect.
I think you need to go full aussie and use a vegemite jar.
Thanks.
“When the jar is full, or when you’re feeling shit, or on a specific date eg birthday, NYE etc, take out a slip of paper and remember the good things.”
This was the bit I didn’t figure out.
Think of it like the Happy News thread. When the weight of the world bogs you down, go read that thread to see the light in the world. Good things are happening. Unfortunately it’s far too easy to ruminate on the crappy things.
seems a bit much
teacher we know has started sending letters home emails to parents
when the students do good things over and above the expected standard range of good things
The Rev Dodgson said:
Prompted by DA, my happy news from yesterday:All Australian Standards referenced in legislation are to be made available to the public at no cost.
Good.
SCIENCE said:
seems a bit much
teacher we know has started sending
letters homeemails to parentswhen the students do good things over and above the expected standard range of good things
People are free to do whatever they choose. I’m making a gratitude jar because it helps me. And posting about it here because someone might be inspired to look at the sunshine in their own lives once in a while ✨
Divine Angel said:
SCIENCE said:
seems a bit much
teacher we know has started sending
letters homeemails to parentswhen the students do good things over and above the expected standard range of good things
People are free to do whatever they choose. I’m making a gratitude jar because it helps me. And posting about it here because someone might be inspired to look at the sunshine in their own lives once in a while ✨
exactly, we’re glad we agree
Divine Angel said:
SCIENCE said:seems a bit much
teacher we know has started sending
letters homeemails to parentswhen the students do good things over and above the expected standard range of good things
People are free to do whatever they choose. I’m making a gratitude jar because it helps me. And posting about it here because someone might be inspired to look at the sunshine in their own lives once in a while ✨
Ta. Nice of you.
Speaking of sunshine, it’s sunny outside (but cold and quite breezy). I’ll go have a walk along the beach in a little while. Rain is supposed to be returning this evening.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Prompted by DA, my happy news from yesterday:All Australian Standards referenced in legislation are to be made available to the public at no cost.
☀️☀️☀️
The Rev Dodgson said:
Divine Angel said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Prompted by DA, my happy news from yesterday:All Australian Standards referenced in legislation are to be made available to the public at no cost.
The system works!
(My system, that is.)
Also, hate to be a Negative Nancy but I have questions. Was it not free previously? Will these Standards be difficult to find and/or navigate?
No, they are quite expensive. Not a significant cost for a large business, but for small businesses the cost adds up.
Not hard to find, when you know where to look. Not easy to navigate, but that’s what the people who use then are paid for.
I remember having hard copies of the ones relevent to dispensing spectacles and 1067 is the one for sunglasses. I don’t remember if I paid for them way back in the 1980s. I do vaguely remember finding out you had to pay for them some years ago and deciding not to bother.
Eastern brown snakes are among the world’s most deadly but it was the bike rider’s lucky day, coincidentally a day before World Snake Day, and the reptile’s bite failed to deliver venom. A local snake catcher says snakes are common on the rail trail and users should always carry compression bandages.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-16/snake-caught-in-bike-chain/106920972
SCIENCE said:
Eastern brown snakes are among the world’s most deadly but it was the bike rider’s lucky day, coincidentally a day before World Snake Day, and the reptile’s bite failed to deliver venom. A local snake catcher says snakes are common on the rail trail and users should always carry compression bandages.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-16/snake-caught-in-bike-chain/106920972
Non-venomous strikes are mostly what happens because you are too big to eat and they don’t really want to waste venom on you.
“There are hundreds of amino acids in this meteorite and the majority of them do not occur naturally on Earth,” Glavin wrote in an email. “The suite of amino acids in Hillsborough was even more diverse than those found in pristine samples returned from the carbon-rich asteroids Bennu and Ryugu.” The Hillsborough meteorite “provides more evidence that meteorite delivery of organic matter to the early Earth could have been an important source of organic molecules necessary for the origin of life,” Glavin said.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/15/science/new-jersey-fireball-rare-meteorite
SCIENCE said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-07-17/atmosphere-earth-like-planet-habitable/106916842
We’re saved, praise the lord.
Peak Warming Man said:
SCIENCE said:https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-07-17/atmosphere-earth-like-planet-habitable/106916842
We’re saved, praise the lord.
Nice planet if you’re a duck.
Bubblecar said:
Peak Warming Man said:
SCIENCE said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-07-17/atmosphere-earth-like-planet-habitable/106916842
We’re saved, praise the lord.
Nice planet if you’re a duck.
and for billionaire submarines
Bubblecar said:
Peak Warming Man said:
SCIENCE said:https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-07-17/atmosphere-earth-like-planet-habitable/106916842
We’re saved, praise the lord.
Nice planet if you’re a duck.
I have connections with the the ducks. So everyone from the holiday forum will be fine.
Kindergarten children made a special hat for Cast in Blue’s first birthday.
Bubblecar said:
Kindergarten children made a special hat for Cast in Blue’s first birthday.
Unvandalised?
roughbarked said:
Bubblecar said:
Kindergarten children made a special hat for Cast in Blue’s first birthday.
Unvandalised?
It’s an official birthday hat, just tied on.
Bubblecar said:
roughbarked said:
Bubblecar said:
Kindergarten children made a special hat for Cast in Blue’s first birthday.
Unvandalised?
It’s an official birthday hat, just tied on.
I meant that in its first year it hasn’t been vandalised.
roughbarked said:
Bubblecar said:
roughbarked said:Unvandalised?
It’s an official birthday hat, just tied on.
I meant that in its first year it hasn’t been vandalised.
It was vandalised when that young woman stuck googly eyes on it with industrial glue.
Bubblecar said:
roughbarked said:
Bubblecar said:It’s an official birthday hat, just tied on.
I meant that in its first year it hasn’t been vandalised.
It was vandalised when that young woman stuck googly eyes on it with industrial glue.
I was unaware of it.
Bubblecar said:
Kindergarten children made a special hat for Cast in Blue’s first birthday.
Is this a penguin?
ms spock said:
Bubblecar said:
Kindergarten children made a special hat for Cast in Blue’s first birthday.
Is this a penguin?
No, it’s an imaginary being inspired by the region’s ancient megafauna.
Bubblecar said:
ms spock said:
Bubblecar said:
Kindergarten children made a special hat for Cast in Blue’s first birthday.
Is this a penguin?
No, it’s an imaginary being inspired by the region’s ancient megafauna.
Interesting.
SCIENCE said:
The taxonomists will be happy.
alleged
Australian autonomous vehicle breaks another speed limit.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-26/runaway-coal-train-hunter-valley/106959762
backed by big coal what a bunch of legends
SCIENCE said:
Australian autonomous vehicle breaks another speed limit.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-26/runaway-coal-train-hunter-valley/106959762
backed by big coal what a bunch of legends
“Safety is Pacific National’s highest priority. We acknowledge that we have failed and will now self-destruct.”
we guess
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/zoladex-pbs-astrazeneca-breast-cancer-endometriosis/106969942
wonder what the ulterior motive is
Despite some damage, the book is still in good condition. As well as the ownership stamp inside the front cover, it also states the library’s opening hours, borrowing restrictions and, crucially, fines. At a rate of three pence per week for every week the book is overdue, library staff estimate the book has racked up an overdue bill of $28,000, accounting for inflation.
SCIENCE said:
Despite some damage, the book is still in good condition. As well as the ownership stamp inside the front cover, it also states the library’s opening hours, borrowing restrictions and, crucially, fines. At a rate of three pence per week for every week the book is overdue, library staff estimate the book has racked up an overdue bill of $28,000, accounting for inflation.
Luckily there was no actual fine to pay.
SCIENCE said:
Wow! 😲😲😲
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/health-dementia-alzheimers-blood-test-centre-signs-diagnosis/106975294
The ability to test for signs of Alzheimer’s disease decades earlier could be a step closer with a new blood test set for clinical trials within months.
Laboratory test “pTau217” is thought to give results in as little as 18 minutes and can detect changes in the brain decades before someone might develop symptoms.
It works by detecting a protein called phosphorylated tau 217 which is a biomarker for a build up of amyloid plaque in the brain.
A medical research group says the rollout for doctors to refer patients is expected in the next six to nine months.
Divine Angel said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/health-dementia-alzheimers-blood-test-centre-signs-diagnosis/106975294The ability to test for signs of Alzheimer’s disease decades earlier could be a step closer with a new blood test set for clinical trials within months.
Laboratory test “pTau217” is thought to give results in as little as 18 minutes and can detect changes in the brain decades before someone might develop symptoms.
It works by detecting a protein called phosphorylated tau 217 which is a biomarker for a build up of amyloid plaque in the brain.
A medical research group says the rollout for doctors to refer patients is expected in the next six to nine months.
In what way would having this biomarker change the way you live your life? Is there any gain in this knowledge?
buffy said:
Divine Angel said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/health-dementia-alzheimers-blood-test-centre-signs-diagnosis/106975294The ability to test for signs of Alzheimer’s disease decades earlier could be a step closer with a new blood test set for clinical trials within months.
Laboratory test “pTau217” is thought to give results in as little as 18 minutes and can detect changes in the brain decades before someone might develop symptoms.
It works by detecting a protein called phosphorylated tau 217 which is a biomarker for a build up of amyloid plaque in the brain.
A medical research group says the rollout for doctors to refer patients is expected in the next six to nine months.
In what way would having this biomarker change the way you live your life? Is there any gain in this knowledge?
maybe after getting a diagnosis they could donate more to preventative research
SCIENCE said:
buffy said:
Divine Angel said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/health-dementia-alzheimers-blood-test-centre-signs-diagnosis/106975294The ability to test for signs of Alzheimer’s disease decades earlier could be a step closer with a new blood test set for clinical trials within months.
Laboratory test “pTau217” is thought to give results in as little as 18 minutes and can detect changes in the brain decades before someone might develop symptoms.
It works by detecting a protein called phosphorylated tau 217 which is a biomarker for a build up of amyloid plaque in the brain.
A medical research group says the rollout for doctors to refer patients is expected in the next six to nine months.
In what way would having this biomarker change the way you live your life? Is there any gain in this knowledge?
maybe after getting a diagnosis they could donate more to preventative research
I was trained to ask, when considering a test or an intervention, “will the result of this test make a difference to how this person is treated (if not, don’t do it), or doing this intervention make a difference to the patient’s life (if not, don’t do it).”
buffy said:
SCIENCE said:
buffy said:In what way would having this biomarker change the way you live your life? Is there any gain in this knowledge?
maybe after getting a diagnosis they could donate more to preventative research
I was trained to ask, when considering a test or an intervention, “will the result of this test make a difference to how this person is treated (if not, don’t do it), or doing this intervention make a difference to the patient’s life (if not, don’t do it).”
Brindabellas said:
buffy said:
SCIENCE said:
buffy said:
Divine Angel said:
ms spock said:
SCIENCE said:
Wow! 😲😲😲
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/health-dementia-alzheimers-blood-test-centre-signs-diagnosis/106975294
The ability to test for signs of Alzheimer’s disease decades earlier could be a step closer with a new blood test set for clinical trials within months.
Laboratory test “pTau217” is thought to give results in as little as 18 minutes and can detect changes in the brain decades before someone might develop symptoms.
It works by detecting a protein called phosphorylated tau 217 which is a biomarker for a build up of amyloid plaque in the brain.
A medical research group says the rollout for doctors to refer patients is expected in the next six to nine months.
In what way would having this biomarker change the way you live your life? Is there any gain in this knowledge?
maybe after getting a diagnosis they could donate more to preventative research
I was trained to ask, when considering a test or an intervention, “will the result of this test make a difference to how this person is treated (if not, don’t do it), or doing this intervention make a difference to the patient’s life (if not, don’t do it).”
There is currently medication that delays the progression of Alzheimer’s. If started early, the progression would be even slower. and new medication is currently underdevelopment.
we mean aside from being facetious in our rebuffal and we apologise for that
one without a way to measure a condition at a given stage then it’s even more pointless to have interventions that could target the condition at that stage
two partially accounted for by one there is a difference between the application of a test to a given individual for individual purposes, and the application of a test to individuals in a population for broader purposes like research and policy and epidemiology
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Hmm. Poured a second lot of crystals down the shower drain hole, and some sort of violent reaction occurred.
Lots of hissing and bubbling and the release of a toxic gas. I’ve got the exhaust fan on in there while it clears.
Crystal therapy for drains?
(What sort of crystals are you using?)
Mystic crystals,hmmm
I’m hoping the reaction is a good sign and it’s actually working.
picric acid
Awfully had to get hold of picric acid. And dangerous too as crystals, IIRC.
Some days you nail it and some days you fail it but today, I fkn nailed it 💪🏻
Good to hear.
Meanwhile, my shower drain is still heavily blocked.
I did read that post about strong smelling chemical reaction. I can offer no advice other than, have you tried swearing at it?
That won’t do any good. I need explosives but the IGA doesn’t stock them.
Give it a good workout with a plunger.
Over.
It’s actually quite simple: instead of making a song and dance about it, call the real estate agent.
Back in the good old days you’d stock up on fireworks from the local Franklins for occasions such as blocked drains.
*for legal purposes, this is a joke 👀
When I had the plumber here years ago, he said it’s going to need regular doses of drain cleaner but sooner or later they’ll stop working.
He said the bathroom pipework really needs replacing but it’s a huge, expensive job that would require ripping up the bathroom and kitchen floors etc.
Usually need those Skeldings wire to get the hair and assorted muck
I’ll order one of those and a plunger, just in case they have any positive effect.
Yeah, it’s doing something.
The gas will be hydrogen. Hold a flame to it and you might get your explosion ;)
Have you got one of those plunger thingies?
Get the man in.
Can you turn it off and on again?
No, I’m ordering one. But it didn’t work for the plumber, years ago.
the man with the rota rooter?
I could tell the estate agent but there’s unlikely to be any action taken.
The shower does drain, just very slooowly. So I have to have a very quick body-wash shower, then turn it off while washing my hair, then turn it on again to very quickly rinse my hair, hoping the cubicle doesn’t overflow onto the bathroom floor.
May I ask if it’s full of hair?
You might need to get a length of fencing wire, bend the end into a hok, and have a dig around to see what you can drag up.
LOL
:)
Hook …
I’m ordering one of these which should have the same effect, if any.
Yep well worth a try.
Yes
I’ve had luck unclogging showers with them.
The hair from them is pretty damn disgusting
Is it gunna fit down the holes in the drain hole?
The drain hole has a removable filter thing, so it’s then just the bare hole.
Anyway I’ll have a shower this afternoon and see if the crystals made any difference at all.
Open a window for ventilation just on case. Or wear a gas mask, whatever you have lying around.
Good.
Plumbers have very good lengthy tools to unclog pipes these days. The owner would be the one who pays for it too.
In the Umbrella Academy the guys superpower was the ability to find out someone’s location by eating shower or drain hair belonging to the person
A delightfully odd show.
and there yous are
A regional museum needed to call in the bomb squad after discovering a highly explosive acid among its donated items. Historian Samuel Doering was sorting through a “backlog” of donations at the Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery in South Australia’s mid-north when he came across an old doctor’s bag. “In one of the boxes that we brought forward was this odd-looking brown bottle with a gauze sort of label on it that said picric acid,” Mr Doering told ABC Radio’s North & West Breakfast.
Bubblecar said:
Hmm. Poured a second lot of crystals down the shower drain hole, and some sort of violent reaction occurred.
Lots of hissing and bubbling and the release of a toxic gas. I’ve got the exhaust fan on in there while it clears.
Michael V said:
Crystal therapy for drains?
(What sort of crystals are you using?)
Cymek said:
Mystic crystals,hmmm
Bubblecar said:
I’m hoping the reaction is a good sign and it’s actually working.
SCIENCE said:
picric acid
Michael V said:
Awfully had to get hold of picric acid. And dangerous too as crystals, IIRC.
Divine Angel said:
Some days you nail it and some days you fail it but today, I fkn nailed it 💪🏻
Bubblecar said:
Good to hear.
Bubblecar said:
Meanwhile, my shower drain is still heavily blocked.
Divine Angel said:
I did read that post about strong smelling chemical reaction. I can offer no advice other than, have you tried swearing at it?
Bubblecar said:
That won’t do any good. I need explosives but the IGA doesn’t stock them.
Peak Warming Man said:
Give it a good workout with a plunger.
Over.
kii said:
It’s actually quite simple: instead of making a song and dance about it, call the real estate agent.
Divine Angel said:
Back in the good old days you’d stock up on fireworks from the local Franklins for occasions such as blocked drains.
*for legal purposes, this is a joke 👀
Bubblecar said:
When I had the plumber here years ago, he said it’s going to need regular doses of drain cleaner but sooner or later they’ll stop working.
He said the bathroom pipework really needs replacing but it’s a huge, expensive job that would require ripping up the bathroom and kitchen floors etc.
Cymek said:
Usually need those Skeldings wire to get the hair and assorted muck
Bubblecar said:
I’ll order one of those and a plunger, just in case they have any positive effect.
Ian said:
Yeah, it’s doing something.
The gas will be hydrogen. Hold a flame to it and you might get your explosion ;)
Woodie said:
Have you got one of those plunger thingies?
Woodie said:
Get the man in.
ms spock said:
Can you turn it off and on again?
Bubblecar said:
No, I’m ordering one. But it didn’t work for the plumber, years ago.
JudgeMental said:
the man with the rota rooter?
Bubblecar said:
I could tell the estate agent but there’s unlikely to be any action taken.
The shower does drain, just very slooowly. So I have to have a very quick body-wash shower, then turn it off while washing my hair, then turn it on again to very quickly rinse my hair, hoping the cubicle doesn’t overflow onto the bathroom floor.
Spiny Norman said:
May I ask if it’s full of hair?
You might need to get a length of fencing wire, bend the end into a hok, and have a dig around to see what you can drag up.
Michael V said:
LOL
:)
Spiny Norman said:
Hook …
Bubblecar said:
I’m ordering one of these which should have the same effect, if any.
Spiny Norman said:
Yep well worth a try.
Cymek said:
Yes
I’ve had luck unclogging showers with them.
The hair from them is pretty damn disgusting
Woodie said:
Is it gunna fit down the holes in the drain hole?
Bubblecar said:
The drain hole has a removable filter thing, so it’s then just the bare hole.
Bubblecar said:
Anyway I’ll have a shower this afternoon and see if the crystals made any difference at all.
Divine Angel said:
Open a window for ventilation just on case. Or wear a gas mask, whatever you have lying around.
Michael V said:
Good.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Plumbers have very good lengthy tools to unclog pipes these days. The owner would be the one who pays for it too.
Cymek said:
In the Umbrella Academy the guys superpower was the ability to find out someone’s location by eating shower or drain hair belonging to the person
Spiny Norman said:
A delightfully odd show.
and there yous are
A regional museum needed to call in the bomb squad after discovering a highly explosive acid among its donated items. Historian Samuel Doering was sorting through a “backlog” of donations at the Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery in South Australia’s mid-north when he came across an old doctor’s bag. “In one of the boxes that we brought forward was this odd-looking brown bottle with a gauze sort of label on it that said picric acid,” Mr Doering told ABC Radio’s North & West Breakfast.
Pont entre Kinshasa et Brazzaville: validation de l’accord bilatéral sur l’application du régime fiscal
https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/02/05/actualite/economie/pont-entre-kinshasa-et-brazzaville-validation-de-laccord-bilateral-sur
bon news
Annexon reported early results from the first 10 US and European patients treated with tanruprubart in its ongoing, open-label FORWARD study for Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS).¹ Overall, all patients showed rapid, clinically meaningful improvement in muscle strength within 4 days of a single 30 mg/kg infusion, with the company describing the outcomes as consistent with previously reported phase 3 and real-world evidence findings.¹
SCIENCE said:
Otherwise the whole land rights thing is rather sad since they have to prove that they live there to get their land back. The reason for that being that everywhere else, their land was taken from them by dispossession.
Well done!
Spiny Norman said:
Well done!
We need this in Australia.
ms spock said:
Spiny Norman said:
Well done!
We need this in Australia.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-13/moreton-bay-free-homeless-camp-ay-wyllie-park/107031700
ms spock said:
Spiny Norman said:
Well done!
We need this in Australia.
Do we really? We’re a rich country, we can afford to build enough proper housing for everybody. We (our elected governments) just choose not to. Giving people in tents a few solar panels is not solving the real problem.
Spiny Norman said:
Well done!
I’d love to have one of those.
party_pants said:
ms spock said:
Spiny Norman said:
Well done!
We need this in Australia.
Do we really? We’re a rich country, we can afford to build enough proper housing for everybody. We (our elected governments) just choose not to. Giving people in tents a few solar panels is not solving the real problem.
Be good for going camping with though.
party_pants said:
ms spock said:
Spiny Norman said:
Well done!
We need this in Australia.
Do we really? We’re a rich country, we can afford to build enough proper housing for everybody. We (our elected governments) just choose not to. Giving people in tents a few solar panels is not solving the real problem.
Correct.
Though as the government chooses not to provide housing. Options need to be provided.
Apparently there are 1 million empty houses in Australia. An empty house tax is possibility.
The fastest growing population of homeless people are women over 65. With multifactorial? identification passwords they are unable to access government services.
I went to one homeless day event where we had over 402 women in over 65 come though. They all had disconnected mobiles. They proudly showed us pictures of their grandkids. It was a rueful day.
privilege we know but even all the prosperity of Australia aside it could be a good camping thing
roughbarked said:
party_pants said:
ms spock said:We need this in Australia.
Do we really? We’re a rich country, we can afford to build enough proper housing for everybody. We (our elected governments) just choose not to. Giving people in tents a few solar panels is not solving the real problem.
Be good for going camping with though.
^ +1 this
SCIENCE said:
privilege we know but even all the prosperity of Australia aside it could be a good camping thing
Yep.
Spiny Norman said:
Well done!
In Uganda (and elsewhere in East Africa, too), I was surprised how many people sleep by the side of the road in the day-time. Even beside dust-spreading dirt roads. Then I realised that hey hadn’t had enough food to give them enough energy to get through the day.
LOL
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260813-have-the-benefits-of-intermittent-fasting-been-overhyped
