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Dana Bergstrom

@danambergstrom.bsky.social

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Scientist, ecologist, Antarctica, impacts of climate change & writer of musicals - Antarctica, Beneath the Storm (out soonish) #BluePlanetNeeds💙OurLove Lutruwita/ Tasmania. Graphic art on Redbubble: SundogProducts

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Chris Nagano @charliesaito22.bsky.social · 10h

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 18h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 15h

Consilience is that entire sets of scientific theories must be consistent with each other.
That’s why climate change biologists can trust climatologists’ findings because they’ve apply the consistent theories & laws of physics. Understanding moves consistently across scientific domains🧪

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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 15h

One of the important but easily forgotten scientific principles in the media is the consistent use of consilience. 1/

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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 17h

Corporate-captured lying dinosaurs 🦕

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 2d

Some of the clients of the lobbying firm the Prime Minister is currently the President of include:

Ampol Australia Petroleum P/L (fossil fuels)

Lion P/L (brewing, alcohol)

Pfizer Australia P/L (pharmaceuticals)

Serco Australia P/L (defence, immigration)

Responsible Wagering Aust (gambling)

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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 18h

Anyone else finding the infusion of scispace and Ai into google scholar irritating as F**k? Or am I just getting old 🤷🏻‍♀️

Don’t get me wrong, I find scispace can be a useful tool but I want to control how I use it, not have it forced on me at every f**cking researching step 🤬
#science

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Peter W🤓 @wang.social · 19h

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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 21h

They really are trying to install a monarchy. No skills, no experience, failed education, but borne to lead with innate skills: confidence, entitlement, white & male.

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David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · 1d

“Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed as the region warms, with new seeps being discovered at an ‘astonishing rate,’ scientists have found.” www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/c...

Scientists discovered something alarming seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica | CNN

Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing rate,” raising fears that future global warming predictions may have been und...

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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 21h

But that sounds like a reasonable position

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Interesting parallel

Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 21h

That’s it! - they are “stranded assets” - politicians past their use by date!!!

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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 21h

But double reality sounds ok. They have doubtable reality - or they are non-reality politicians.

What about dinosaur politicians? They project a world that no longer exists ? 🦕🦖🦕🦖🦕🦖🦕

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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 1d

🌞Total land required to replace coal fired energy
🌞Example assumes all solar:120,000 hectares
🌞 That’s less than 0.016 percent of Australia’s total land currently used for agriculture
🌞 Australian agriculture currently accounts for 58% of our land use
🌞And agrisolar = panels + grass/sheep etc

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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 1d

Nice to be parallel to a squall and not under it ☺️ 💨🌦️

A view from a pathway along a beach with a headland mid ground. A low lying bank of rain clouds passing in the background with clear blue sky above.

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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 1d

#Dailyglimmer Yay!!!

Spring is definitely here in Nipaluna/ Hobart

The dusky woodswallows have arrived back from their mainland winter wanderings!

Ps although swallow size, they are not real swallows, but related to magpies, butcherbirds and Currawongs

A picture of blue sky & clouds. In the bottom right hand corner is a small, very fast bird in silhouette

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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 2d

🤷🏻‍♀️🤦‍♀️☺️

Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 2d

Ps - I’ve got a musical- out soon as a podcast @antarcticamusical.bsky.social

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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 2d

A lovely man but also a 🦕 who didn’t think women belonged in Antarctica. Thank goodness those days are gone.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee

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Briony Kidd @brionykidd.bsky.social · 2d

A concerning development regarding Madeleine Habib, the Tasmanian/Australian citizen being held by Israel after being taken from the humanitarian vessel the Conscience. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
#politas #auspol

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Dfat’s report noted Habib did not agree to sign the waiver and said the officials confirmed with Israeli immigration officials that any detainees who refused to sign the waiver would remain in Israel indefinitely.

The officials noted this differed from past experience where detainees would be deported after 72 hours regardless of whether they signed a waiver.

Guardian Australia understands the waiver required detainees to acknowledge they had sought to illegally break Israel’s naval blockade on Gaza. At least one member of the flotilla who did not sign a waiver has been released, sources have said.

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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 2d

Like a Scottish wild cat - looking at the tooth

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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 2d

Ok - do you think it’s a short faced carnivore - cat like ?

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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 2d

Nooo!