Michael Reid
@billabongs.bsky.social
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The Greens cannot support laws that could be weaponised to shut down legitimate political protest.
Labor must make it crystal clear that criticism of Israel’s actions, just like those of Russia, China or Australia will not be criminalised.
Labor must make it crystal clear that criticism of Israel’s actions, just like those of Russia, China or Australia will not be criminalised.
January 15, 2026 at 4:31 AM
The Greens cannot support laws that could be weaponised to shut down legitimate political protest.
Labor must make it crystal clear that criticism of Israel’s actions, just like those of Russia, China or Australia will not be criminalised.
Labor must make it crystal clear that criticism of Israel’s actions, just like those of Russia, China or Australia will not be criminalised.
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"One of the biggest impediments to increasing the amount of people we have who could work is our incredibly low unemployment benefits
People can't afford to put money on their travel card, they can't go to the dentist & they can't have something to wear to go to the interview"
People can't afford to put money on their travel card, they can't go to the dentist & they can't have something to wear to go to the interview"
October 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"One of the biggest impediments to increasing the amount of people we have who could work is our incredibly low unemployment benefits
People can't afford to put money on their travel card, they can't go to the dentist & they can't have something to wear to go to the interview"
People can't afford to put money on their travel card, they can't go to the dentist & they can't have something to wear to go to the interview"
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Coming to the end of a fantastic week assisting with bankside respirometry experiments on fish at the Condamine River. This is part of the ARC Linkage “Hot Place Hypoxia” project to better understand and model risks of fish kills in dryland rivers.
May 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Coming to the end of a fantastic week assisting with bankside respirometry experiments on fish at the Condamine River. This is part of the ARC Linkage “Hot Place Hypoxia” project to better understand and model risks of fish kills in dryland rivers.
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Wonderful good news story.
Removing feral horses enables a precious living cultural waterscape to recover.
Hat tip to Yorta Yorta, Parks Victoria and GBCMA!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Removing feral horses enables a precious living cultural waterscape to recover.
Hat tip to Yorta Yorta, Parks Victoria and GBCMA!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Brumby cull makes way for 'magical landscape change' in national park
Native vegetation returns in abundance to Victoria's Barmah National Park in an "amazing" rebound an ecologist says has never been witnessed before.
www.abc.net.au
May 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Wonderful good news story.
Removing feral horses enables a precious living cultural waterscape to recover.
Hat tip to Yorta Yorta, Parks Victoria and GBCMA!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Removing feral horses enables a precious living cultural waterscape to recover.
Hat tip to Yorta Yorta, Parks Victoria and GBCMA!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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Ali France just became the first person to unseat an opposition leader at an election. Despite Peter Dutton’s fear-mongering and culture wars that strategically and deliberately harm minorities, Australians didn’t buy it. And a woman with a disability showed him the door.
May 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Ali France just became the first person to unseat an opposition leader at an election. Despite Peter Dutton’s fear-mongering and culture wars that strategically and deliberately harm minorities, Australians didn’t buy it. And a woman with a disability showed him the door.
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Excavating an ancient Norfolk #ghostpingo #ghostpond last summer. This year expecting 100s of species already in the pond that has resulted. Resurrecting lost ponds may be THE most successful means of freshwater nature recovery #ghostpond
April 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Excavating an ancient Norfolk #ghostpingo #ghostpond last summer. This year expecting 100s of species already in the pond that has resulted. Resurrecting lost ponds may be THE most successful means of freshwater nature recovery #ghostpond
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If you were outraged by the crimes against civilians on Oct 7th but not by the many more crimes against civilians *since* Oct 7th - just this week: kids being burned from head to toe; having their limbs amputated without anesthetic - then you don’t actually care about crimes against civilians.
March 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
If you were outraged by the crimes against civilians on Oct 7th but not by the many more crimes against civilians *since* Oct 7th - just this week: kids being burned from head to toe; having their limbs amputated without anesthetic - then you don’t actually care about crimes against civilians.
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tired of people treating trump like he is anything other than an ego-driven simpleton (i wrote this, this is a piece about why he is nothing more than an ego driven simpleton.)
Opinion | Trump’s Revenge Tour Finds Its True Target (Gift Article)
It is hard to describe the president’s first month and a half in office as something other than a retribution campaign against the American people.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
tired of people treating trump like he is anything other than an ego-driven simpleton (i wrote this, this is a piece about why he is nothing more than an ego driven simpleton.)
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More wonderful, PONDERFUL work just out..
Our new paper, "Amphibian conservation in Europe: the importance of pond condition", has just been published in Biodiversity and Conservation! Here's a short thread with the main results 🧵
#ecology #amphibian #conservation #research
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#ecology #amphibian #conservation #research
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Amphibian conservation in Europe: the importance of pond condition - Biodiversity and Conservation
Most amphibians found in Europe inhabit ponds, small aquatic ecosystems commonly threatened by habitat degradation and destruction. Despite this situation, ponds are rarely considered in conservation ...
link.springer.com
February 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
More wonderful, PONDERFUL work just out..
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News Corp specifically has been one of the main sources of violence, abuse, tension and disharmony in Australia. Hateful people, hateful company.
They have both a profit motive and an ideological motive to stoke hate in the community, and they have gotten pretty good at it
They have both a profit motive and an ideological motive to stoke hate in the community, and they have gotten pretty good at it
February 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
News Corp specifically has been one of the main sources of violence, abuse, tension and disharmony in Australia. Hateful people, hateful company.
They have both a profit motive and an ideological motive to stoke hate in the community, and they have gotten pretty good at it
They have both a profit motive and an ideological motive to stoke hate in the community, and they have gotten pretty good at it
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Reposted by Michael Reid
What if restoring shallow lakes was no more complex than reducing nutrients?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bimodality and alternative equilibria do not help explain long-term patterns in shallow lake chlorophyll-a - Nature Communications
Shallow lakes have long been considered an example of alternative equilibria in ecological systems. Here, the authors combine empirical data and simulations to show that the relationship of shallow la...
www.nature.com
February 2, 2025 at 9:12 AM
What if restoring shallow lakes was no more complex than reducing nutrients?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Reposted by Michael Reid
Are you interested in field work and data science? We're looking for a PhD student interested in data-driven analysis of non-linearity in lake ecosystems to begin September 2025.
Please share far and wide, and contact Robert for any questions!
Here's the official description: lnkd.in/dzTwudQz
Please share far and wide, and contact Robert for any questions!
Here's the official description: lnkd.in/dzTwudQz
January 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Are you interested in field work and data science? We're looking for a PhD student interested in data-driven analysis of non-linearity in lake ecosystems to begin September 2025.
Please share far and wide, and contact Robert for any questions!
Here's the official description: lnkd.in/dzTwudQz
Please share far and wide, and contact Robert for any questions!
Here's the official description: lnkd.in/dzTwudQz
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Australian uni Vice-Chancellors are among the highest paid in the world.
You'll be shocked (*shocked*!!!) to discover that higher pay does not lead to a better student experience.
@jack-thrower.bsky.social writes #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-hig...
You'll be shocked (*shocked*!!!) to discover that higher pay does not lead to a better student experience.
@jack-thrower.bsky.social writes #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-hig...
January 30, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Australian uni Vice-Chancellors are among the highest paid in the world.
You'll be shocked (*shocked*!!!) to discover that higher pay does not lead to a better student experience.
@jack-thrower.bsky.social writes #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-hig...
You'll be shocked (*shocked*!!!) to discover that higher pay does not lead to a better student experience.
@jack-thrower.bsky.social writes #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-hig...
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Reposted by Michael Reid
At dawn, near the Shrine, at a place called Camp Sovereignty, First Nations people, and allies, began a day of mourning by reading out hundreds of massacres that took place in Victoria since colonisation. This is the truth of our history, and on January 26, the very least we can do is acknowledge it
January 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
At dawn, near the Shrine, at a place called Camp Sovereignty, First Nations people, and allies, began a day of mourning by reading out hundreds of massacres that took place in Victoria since colonisation. This is the truth of our history, and on January 26, the very least we can do is acknowledge it
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Here's me. 'How did America Nazi this coming?'
How did America Nazi this coming? - The Shot
Elon Musk and the Broligarchy are now aboard the Nazi train. And it isn't that surprising. MAGA is a hate movement, don't play dumb.
theshot.net.au
January 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Here's me. 'How did America Nazi this coming?'
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The CSIRO pours cold water on the Coalition’s nuclear claims in a new report. Here’s how
The CSIRO pours cold water on the Coalition’s nuclear claims in a new report. Here’s how
Peter Dutton dismisses the latest analysis from the national science agency. Here’s what it says about energy costs – and the opposition’s criticism
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www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2024 at 4:45 AM
The CSIRO pours cold water on the Coalition’s nuclear claims in a new report. Here’s how