Ed B
@ebenyon.bsky.social
Texmanian Ameristralian
University Research Manager
Community Volunteer
Lutruwita Explorer
Think creatively, ask probing questions, engage with & transform your world.
University Research Manager
Community Volunteer
Lutruwita Explorer
Think creatively, ask probing questions, engage with & transform your world.
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A media story on one of our research efforts to reduce methane emissions from livestock.
Thanks to my colleagues, & JM Roberts Charitable Trust &
@tia.utas.edu.au for funding this project.
www.utas.edu.au/about/news-a...
Thanks to my colleagues, & JM Roberts Charitable Trust &
@tia.utas.edu.au for funding this project.
www.utas.edu.au/about/news-a...
Exploring natural feed additives to reduce methane emissions from livestock
www.utas.edu.au
October 7, 2025 at 5:31 AM
A media story on one of our research efforts to reduce methane emissions from livestock.
Thanks to my colleagues, & JM Roberts Charitable Trust &
@tia.utas.edu.au for funding this project.
www.utas.edu.au/about/news-a...
Thanks to my colleagues, & JM Roberts Charitable Trust &
@tia.utas.edu.au for funding this project.
www.utas.edu.au/about/news-a...
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A new research project led by Professor Calum Wilson, a TIA plant pathology expert, will respond to potato mop top virus in Tasmania.
The $200,000 Tasmanian Government investment will fast-track research to help potato growers manage the risk of potato mop top virus.
📹 youtube.com/shorts/K5cxR...
The $200,000 Tasmanian Government investment will fast-track research to help potato growers manage the risk of potato mop top virus.
📹 youtube.com/shorts/K5cxR...
New research will respond to potato mop top virus in Tasmania
YouTube video by Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture
youtube.com
October 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
A new research project led by Professor Calum Wilson, a TIA plant pathology expert, will respond to potato mop top virus in Tasmania.
The $200,000 Tasmanian Government investment will fast-track research to help potato growers manage the risk of potato mop top virus.
📹 youtube.com/shorts/K5cxR...
The $200,000 Tasmanian Government investment will fast-track research to help potato growers manage the risk of potato mop top virus.
📹 youtube.com/shorts/K5cxR...
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Lovely interview with Chen, including why she wanted to have a career in Antarctic research.
Great to hear Dr Chen Zhao @imas-utas.bsky.social on ABC Radio National, talking about the #Antarctic ice-sheet research that’s earned her recognition as a ‘Tall Poppy’ by the Australian Institute of Policy and Science @aipscience.bsky.social
🎧 Listen in at www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
🎧 Listen in at www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
The science of saving Antarctica - ABC listen
100 word including guest & book
www.abc.net.au
September 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Lovely interview with Chen, including why she wanted to have a career in Antarctic research.
Fantastic concert earlier this week. Lucinda Williams joining Paul Kelly for Australian tour that landed at the intimate MyState Arena in Hobart. Wow. Many great reviews available online from opening concert in Perth say it better than I could.
September 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Fantastic concert earlier this week. Lucinda Williams joining Paul Kelly for Australian tour that landed at the intimate MyState Arena in Hobart. Wow. Many great reviews available online from opening concert in Perth say it better than I could.
Several days late, but a few pics from last weekend. Saturday morning Salamanca Market with a snow capped Kunanyi/Mt Wellington. And a full double rainbow over River Derwent on Sunday. Yeah, not bad, Hobart! Not very Spring-like, but I’ll take it!
September 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Several days late, but a few pics from last weekend. Saturday morning Salamanca Market with a snow capped Kunanyi/Mt Wellington. And a full double rainbow over River Derwent on Sunday. Yeah, not bad, Hobart! Not very Spring-like, but I’ll take it!
What program dedicated to the review of new literary fiction starts off with the introduction line, “Books, books, books! We read “em so you don’t have to”?!?
August 24, 2025 at 6:05 AM
What program dedicated to the review of new literary fiction starts off with the introduction line, “Books, books, books! We read “em so you don’t have to”?!?
I listened to the countdown before heading out for the evening around #24. Not disappointed by #INXS topping the #Australia #Hottest100! INXS is my favourite Aussie band, having been turned on to them as a young teen in 1982 with Shabooh Shoobah by my friend's punk sister. Onya, INXS! #music
Triple J Hottest 100: Never Tear Us Apart by INXS voted best Australian song ever
Triple J Hottest 100: Never Tear Us Apart by INXS voted best Australian song ever
More than 2.6m people voted in radio poll to find the most loved homegrown hits of all time
Never Tear Us Apart by INXS has been named the best Australian song of all time in Triple J’s poll of the country’s favourite homegrown hits.
The 1987 song topped the Hottest 100 of Australian Songs, a spin-off of Triple J’s annual poll of the year’s most popular tracks. The poll, which aired on Saturday, was open to Australian releases from any time in history. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I listened to the countdown before heading out for the evening around #24. Not disappointed by #INXS topping the #Australia #Hottest100! INXS is my favourite Aussie band, having been turned on to them as a young teen in 1982 with Shabooh Shoobah by my friend's punk sister. Onya, INXS! #music
This popped up in my feed and I immediately thought to myself, I know that illustration - that's @edoddridge.bsky.social!
I know my @utas.edu.au #researchers. #UTAS
I know my @utas.edu.au #researchers. #UTAS
A study explores the consequences of years with low sea ice in Antarctica, including declining krill populations, warming seas, increased ice-shelf calving, and reduced access for researchers. In PNAS Nexus: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
July 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
This popped up in my feed and I immediately thought to myself, I know that illustration - that's @edoddridge.bsky.social!
I know my @utas.edu.au #researchers. #UTAS
I know my @utas.edu.au #researchers. #UTAS
A wet day in Australia. Geography party game: pin the storm centre on #Tasmania.:
Absolutely stunning image !!! As we bunker down for the day ⛈️
Currently appreciating the high-quality data / images from the Himawari-9 GEO satellite operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
It shows a monster system over Eastern Australia with the focal point a low-pressure system in Bass Strait, that is drawing moisture from the tropics.
It shows a monster system over Eastern Australia with the focal point a low-pressure system in Bass Strait, that is drawing moisture from the tropics.
July 26, 2025 at 3:35 AM
A wet day in Australia. Geography party game: pin the storm centre on #Tasmania.:
The engineer of the 'Cane Train taking care of business for the nation on the #T20 pitch. #Hurricanes
Tim David smashes Australia’s fastest T20 century in victory against West Indies
Tim David smashes Australia’s fastest T20 century in victory against West Indies
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Third T20I: WI 214-4, Aus 215-4; Australia win by 6 wickets in St Kitts
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Middle-order powerhouse hits 11 sixes in 37-ball unbeaten hundred
Tim David has blasted Australia’s fastest T20I hundred from 37 balls as the tourists chased down a 215-run target with six wickets in hand to seal a series-winning victory over the West Indies in St Kitts.
The middle-order powerhouse smashed 11 sixes and six boundaries to reach a century off 37 balls, while Mitch Owen joined David for an unbroken 128-run stand to guide Australia home. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The engineer of the 'Cane Train taking care of business for the nation on the #T20 pitch. #Hurricanes
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How do you weigh the ocean? An old one for the #geodesy fans here! I'd forgotten how nice this video is 🤩 @noc.ac.uk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdtn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdtn...
Measuring Changes in Ocean Mass
YouTube video by OceanClimateAtUoL
www.youtube.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
How do you weigh the ocean? An old one for the #geodesy fans here! I'd forgotten how nice this video is 🤩 @noc.ac.uk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdtn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdtn...
Great way to spend a rainy Saturday - Triple J Hottest 100 Australian Songs. I'm a late arrival, so, I'll hear lots of 'new to me' songs (e.g., 86-Gotye, 85-DMAs), and some I know (91-Whitlams, 89-Amyl and the Sniffers, 87-Gang of Youths). Rock on! #music #Australia www.abc.net.au/triplej/coun...
Hottest 100 of Australian Songs - triple j
Listen on Saturday July 26 as we count down the Hottest 100 Australian songs - as voted by you.
www.abc.net.au
July 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Great way to spend a rainy Saturday - Triple J Hottest 100 Australian Songs. I'm a late arrival, so, I'll hear lots of 'new to me' songs (e.g., 86-Gotye, 85-DMAs), and some I know (91-Whitlams, 89-Amyl and the Sniffers, 87-Gang of Youths). Rock on! #music #Australia www.abc.net.au/triplej/coun...
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RIP Sir Guy Green. Sir Guy (he preferred just Guy) was a passionate champion of Antarctica and of the Antarctic Treaty System. As Governor of Tasmania he developed and promoted the Governor’s Forum on Antarctica. I will miss him as a wonderful colleague.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
First locally born Tasmanian governor, Guy Green, dies aged 87
Colleagues and friends remember a thoughtful man of the law, champion of the Antarctic and "one of the funniest men".
www.abc.net.au
July 25, 2025 at 6:49 AM
RIP Sir Guy Green. Sir Guy (he preferred just Guy) was a passionate champion of Antarctica and of the Antarctic Treaty System. As Governor of Tasmania he developed and promoted the Governor’s Forum on Antarctica. I will miss him as a wonderful colleague.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
ABC’s Radio National Hour opened with story on legal definition of genocide and the war in Gaza. Next story about Tel Aviv Univ researchers’ discovery that moths listening to tomato plant can tell if it’s distressed. If they listen to Palestinians what do they hear? www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au
July 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
ABC’s Radio National Hour opened with story on legal definition of genocide and the war in Gaza. Next story about Tel Aviv Univ researchers’ discovery that moths listening to tomato plant can tell if it’s distressed. If they listen to Palestinians what do they hear? www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
I enjoy contemporary restagings of ‘classic’ works and this Carmen sounds well worth experiencing.
🎭 REVIEW: Directed by Anne-Louise Sarks, this Carmen is defined by many degrees of contrast: a contemporary retelling of the 19th century opera.
Opera Australia gives us a rocking Carmen for the post-#metoo era
theconversation.com
July 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I enjoy contemporary restagings of ‘classic’ works and this Carmen sounds well worth experiencing.
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In Hobart this week? Want to know more about the enormous Denman Glacier in East Antarctica? 🌊
Come along to this special Island of Ideas event, featuring lead scientists from the #DMV:
• 6:00pm - 7:45pm, Wed 23 July, 2025
• Sir Stanley Burbury Theatre @utas.edu.au
Register here: bit.ly/3IEhroO
Come along to this special Island of Ideas event, featuring lead scientists from the #DMV:
• 6:00pm - 7:45pm, Wed 23 July, 2025
• Sir Stanley Burbury Theatre @utas.edu.au
Register here: bit.ly/3IEhroO
Voyage to Antarctica’s Floodgates
An Antarctic voyage, a melting glacier, and a warming ocean. Discover what four science agencies found at the Denman Glacier, and why it matters.
events.humanitix.com
July 21, 2025 at 6:37 AM
In Hobart this week? Want to know more about the enormous Denman Glacier in East Antarctica? 🌊
Come along to this special Island of Ideas event, featuring lead scientists from the #DMV:
• 6:00pm - 7:45pm, Wed 23 July, 2025
• Sir Stanley Burbury Theatre @utas.edu.au
Register here: bit.ly/3IEhroO
Come along to this special Island of Ideas event, featuring lead scientists from the #DMV:
• 6:00pm - 7:45pm, Wed 23 July, 2025
• Sir Stanley Burbury Theatre @utas.edu.au
Register here: bit.ly/3IEhroO
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If you don’t want to form government why are you in politics
Dean Winter continues to rule out Greens deal in wake of election blow
Winter said it is crucial that the new parliament works collaboratively…
pulsetasmania.com.au
July 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
If you don’t want to form government why are you in politics
Labor's Dean Winter describes #TASpol election as "a resounding message that [Tasmanians] want their politicians to work together more collaboratively. ...[W]e need to figure this out. This will take leadership, it will take maturity, and it will take a willingness to work and seek common ground."
July 20, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Labor's Dean Winter describes #TASpol election as "a resounding message that [Tasmanians] want their politicians to work together more collaboratively. ...[W]e need to figure this out. This will take leadership, it will take maturity, and it will take a willingness to work and seek common ground."
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"Sunset Hour"
My photographs of sunflowers are what I'm best known for & I'm proud to have this photograph displayed in the collection of University of Colorado Hospital 😀
Welcome to #Colorado folks! ❤️
#landcapephotography #landscape #nature #naturephotography #photography #BlueSkyArtShow
My photographs of sunflowers are what I'm best known for & I'm proud to have this photograph displayed in the collection of University of Colorado Hospital 😀
Welcome to #Colorado folks! ❤️
#landcapephotography #landscape #nature #naturephotography #photography #BlueSkyArtShow
July 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"Sunset Hour"
My photographs of sunflowers are what I'm best known for & I'm proud to have this photograph displayed in the collection of University of Colorado Hospital 😀
Welcome to #Colorado folks! ❤️
#landcapephotography #landscape #nature #naturephotography #photography #BlueSkyArtShow
My photographs of sunflowers are what I'm best known for & I'm proud to have this photograph displayed in the collection of University of Colorado Hospital 😀
Welcome to #Colorado folks! ❤️
#landcapephotography #landscape #nature #naturephotography #photography #BlueSkyArtShow
Honest question. How does the new HRA definition and the Special Envoy’s Plan to Combat #Antisemitism classify the sentiment below? Anti-#Israel? Certainly anti-Israeli army acts. Antisemitic? How it would be interpreted under the plan?
July 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Honest question. How does the new HRA definition and the Special Envoy’s Plan to Combat #Antisemitism classify the sentiment below? Anti-#Israel? Certainly anti-Israeli army acts. Antisemitic? How it would be interpreted under the plan?
Listen to @rlhortle.bsky.social on Radio National Hour analyse Saturday’s #TASpol election. Excellent analysis of crappy situation for TAS. Deficits, poor health outcomes, housing shortage, the stadium only politicians want, and no distinction btwn major parties. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
July 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Listen to @rlhortle.bsky.social on Radio National Hour analyse Saturday’s #TASpol election. Excellent analysis of crappy situation for TAS. Deficits, poor health outcomes, housing shortage, the stadium only politicians want, and no distinction btwn major parties. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Wonderful to see gifted palawa musician Dewayne Everettsmith performing his music with #TasmanianSymphonyOrchestra. The #LutruwitaArtOrchestra was privileged to perform Muylatina Tapilti Nayri with Dewayne in Dec 2024, evoking the spirit, memory and energy of Country through site-inspired music.
July 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Wonderful to see gifted palawa musician Dewayne Everettsmith performing his music with #TasmanianSymphonyOrchestra. The #LutruwitaArtOrchestra was privileged to perform Muylatina Tapilti Nayri with Dewayne in Dec 2024, evoking the spirit, memory and energy of Country through site-inspired music.
How good has the #TourDeFrance been through 7 stages so far?!? Onya, #SBS, for brilliant coverage and streaming options. Amazing athletes, incredible teamwork and tech, stunning setting, one of biggest & best spectacles of #sport! Loving it!
www.sbs.com.au/sport/tour-d...
www.sbs.com.au/sport/tour-d...
Tour de France 2025: News, Highlights, Interviews. | SBS Sport
Get the latest Tour de France 2025 and Tour de France Femmes 2025 news, highlights, interviews, and live streams on SBS Sport.
www.sbs.com.au
July 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
How good has the #TourDeFrance been through 7 stages so far?!? Onya, #SBS, for brilliant coverage and streaming options. Amazing athletes, incredible teamwork and tech, stunning setting, one of biggest & best spectacles of #sport! Loving it!
www.sbs.com.au/sport/tour-d...
www.sbs.com.au/sport/tour-d...
A great band can play new #music and hook you right in! Wet Leg do just that with this #TinyDesk set. moisturizer released 11 July! I’m ready to get wet!
When we finally got Wet Leg into the office to record, we weren't surprised by the amount of playful swagger the band brought.
Wet Leg: Tiny Desk Concert
When we finally got Wet Leg into the office to record, we weren't surprised by the amount of playful swagger the band brought.
n.pr
July 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM