Dr. James D
doctorjamesd.bsky.social
Dr. James D
@doctorjamesd.bsky.social
Friendly neighborhood livestock scientist making your meat better for you and the environment with SCIENCE! Views expressed here 100% my own. Thirtysomething bi trans dude living in sunny QLD. He/him.
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Ohhh I just fell down a tiny rabbit hole. Looks like surface predation of healthy waterfowl isn’t super common, so the deeper water probably is safer for them.

www.earthtouchnews.com/natural-worl...
A fascinating dive into the world of bird-munching predators
Seabirds and waterfowl, often seen as predators themselves, are frequently preyed upon by a surprising range of aquatic hunters—from orcas to crocodiles.
www.earthtouchnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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My cat... might hate me...
November 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Hero
Gotta go like the guy from Milwaukee:
November 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Most of us have way too much stuff. Please consider unloading things NOW to groups in your community. Many families are struggling to come up with Christmas gifts this year. In our community, moms are giving away unused items and toys that other moms can give their kids as gifts. Everyone wins. ❤️
November 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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statistically a lot of you won’t know about ocellated turkeys, so, here you go
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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i can’t blame dogs, if it was socially acceptable for me to stand on my back deck and do a little screaming now and again i would
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Fun fact, indie booksellers are always happy to order books, even if they don't have them in stock, for you to pick up in-store or have shipped. Heck, you can even ask faraway indie bookstores to ship a book, or you can purchase through bookshop.org and support indies across the US and the UK!
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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I have been reading all the "students these days" threads from various sides and I have an essay's worth of thoughts -- there's a lot of complexity and heterogeneity that is hard to communicate on social media. There are a couple of things I will say here though. 1/
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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This shop has some fantastic invertebrate content, including one of the finest ghost mantis illustrations I've ever seen! Highly recommended on this fabulous Small Business Saturday!
Whale fall pins are now back in stock, just in time for the holidays!! The perfect gift for deep sea lovers & marine biology fans 🐋🦀

Check them out here! shop.fossilforager.art
November 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Authors win discovery ruling in lawsuit against Open AI that could help prove willful copyright infringement (over the use of pirated datasets for AI training)
November 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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The birds are the preferred wrasslin toy of Theodosius Magnus, Fortunatus, Augustus, et Pius. Get your cat the toy fit for an emperor.
I am not doing a special sale in my shop this weekend because everything is already at cost, I’m not able to ship until next week, and I didn’t make some of the extra stuff I intended. But cat toys and goat totes are available! Bookmarks! A couple of original paintings!

ko-fi.com/octopusgalle...
Visit OctopusGallery's Shop!
Pay what you can crafts and art. Lots of upcycling and creative reuse but mostly cat toys.
ko-fi.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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OK, who narced?
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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More for the night owls - custom sun catchers w/ #dinosaur charms! Choose between 4 different toppers, your choice of bead combos & use the personalization box to choose between clear or purple drop crystals

alaskanime.etsy.com/listing/4402093988/custom-dinosaur-sun-catcher-prism-window

#BSNM
November 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Dungeons & Dragons in the original Klingon #StarTrek
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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The only place to get my art these days, plus many other cool artists!
Hello friends, foes, & lovers (?), we have our Holiday shipping deadlines for you! :) These deadlines will also be available to look at on our website too.
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Post something random or you'll have an awful December
November 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Redbubble are having a Black Friday sale with 35% off selected tees! There’s never been a better time to shop (because I am skint af)!
www.redbubble.com/people/docha...
November 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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New on the blog this week!

Our experimental archaeologist @experimentalkearns.bsky.social has shared a highlight from her recent trip to Italy, where she came face to face with the Copper Age legend himself, Ötzi the Iceman... ❄️
www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/blog/2025/11...
Frozen in Time: Coming Face to Face with Ötzi the Iceman — Butser Ancient Farm
This week, our Experimental Archaeologist Therese Kearns shares a highlight from her recent trip to Italy, where she came face to face with Ötzi the Iceman.
www.butserancientfarm.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Very cool to see this out, congratulations @alecburslem.bsky.social ! 🥳🐳🦑
New paper out today in @ecol-evol.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ece3....

The total size of the body’s fat stores is a crucial factor in understanding animal health, life history and conservation biology, but no established method exists to measure it in large marine animals without capturing them.
November 28, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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"Free shipping on cat forts" is brilliant 😸

Also brilliant? Getting a copy of #CrystalHeart with free shipping!
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/crys...
November 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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They think they can balance the country being totally hostile to a relatively small number of asylum seekers; marginally hostile to migrants needed to fill work in key sectors (health, care etc) and international students; and very attractive to high skilled migrants in high pay sectors. They can't.
November 28, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Some quick pointers for the government
🚨Asylum seekers are not, by any measure, "illegal migrants"
🚨The latest immigration stats have pretty much nothing to do with this government
🚨It's a genuinely weird flex to boast about making the country you govern less attractive
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study
Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM