Dana Bergstrom
@danambergstrom.bsky.social
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
#BluePlanetNeeds💙OurLove Lutruwita/ Tasmania.
Graphic art on Redbubble: SundogProducts
So much mediocrity.
In Hobart, one of the proposals for Macquarie Point was a science precinct, in an Antarctic gateway city which has more scientists per capita than anywhere else. But what Utopian idea floated to the top m: an afl stadium, a place to watch rather than lead😬😵💫😩
In Hobart, one of the proposals for Macquarie Point was a science precinct, in an Antarctic gateway city which has more scientists per capita than anywhere else. But what Utopian idea floated to the top m: an afl stadium, a place to watch rather than lead😬😵💫😩
Who would think that at this point in Australia’s economic transition we should be spending more, not less, on research and development…
Imagine if we taxed the gas industry and pant more on R&D…crazy talk … #cliamte
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Imagine if we taxed the gas industry and pant more on R&D…crazy talk … #cliamte
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research
The announcement this week that CSIRO are to cut 350 research jobs is another damning indictment on Australia’s ongoing failure to prioritise research and development.
thepoint.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 AM
So much mediocrity.
In Hobart, one of the proposals for Macquarie Point was a science precinct, in an Antarctic gateway city which has more scientists per capita than anywhere else. But what Utopian idea floated to the top m: an afl stadium, a place to watch rather than lead😬😵💫😩
In Hobart, one of the proposals for Macquarie Point was a science precinct, in an Antarctic gateway city which has more scientists per capita than anywhere else. But what Utopian idea floated to the top m: an afl stadium, a place to watch rather than lead😬😵💫😩
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This is one of the coolest freakin' science stories I've ever heard of! Members of the Haíɫzaqv First Nation of BC noticed some animal had been damaging their *underwater* crab traps, so they set up a camera. This is what they found! www.science.org/content/arti...
Have wild wolves learned to use tools?
Video captures a lone female pulling crab traps out of the water, but does it count as tool use?
www.science.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:18 AM
This is one of the coolest freakin' science stories I've ever heard of! Members of the Haíɫzaqv First Nation of BC noticed some animal had been damaging their *underwater* crab traps, so they set up a camera. This is what they found! www.science.org/content/arti...
“Despite the Labor government noting last year that research and development has had "a decade of going backwards", successive governments have failed to fix the problem.
The future of Australia's science industry looks grim”
But submarines 🤷🏻♀️
The future of Australia's science industry looks grim”
But submarines 🤷🏻♀️
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 AM
“Despite the Labor government noting last year that research and development has had "a decade of going backwards", successive governments have failed to fix the problem.
The future of Australia's science industry looks grim”
But submarines 🤷🏻♀️
The future of Australia's science industry looks grim”
But submarines 🤷🏻♀️
Reposted by Dana Bergstrom
Reposted by Dana Bergstrom
The dumbing down of Australia continues in a quest to make the Australian populace as ignorant & gullible as the USA's. Coalition or Labor same same. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... @csiro.bsky.social #auspol @australianlabor.bsky.social
‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at CSIRO
Australia’s national scientific agency announces more research job losses as it looks for budgetary savings
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The dumbing down of Australia continues in a quest to make the Australian populace as ignorant & gullible as the USA's. Coalition or Labor same same. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... @csiro.bsky.social #auspol @australianlabor.bsky.social
“In 2023, Australia had the 8th lowest level of government support for R&D – well below than OED average and lower than every nation in the G7”
Not a very smart nation. We are capable of doing better.
Not a very smart nation. We are capable of doing better.
"CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research" my column on the CSIRO research cuts #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research
The announcement this week that CSIRO are to cut 350 research jobs is another damning indictment on Australia’s ongoing failure to prioritise research and development.
thepoint.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
“In 2023, Australia had the 8th lowest level of government support for R&D – well below than OED average and lower than every nation in the G7”
Not a very smart nation. We are capable of doing better.
Not a very smart nation. We are capable of doing better.
Sweet legacy media
They really are turning into fossils
They really are turning into fossils
I am a superfan of the single funniest fossil fuel lobbyist group in existence: FUTURECOAL: THE ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE COAL (lol)
The lovely people at Comms Declare have put together a bingo card so you can play at home whilst watching their speech at the Press Club on Wednesday:
The lovely people at Comms Declare have put together a bingo card so you can play at home whilst watching their speech at the Press Club on Wednesday:
November 18, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Sweet legacy media
They really are turning into fossils
They really are turning into fossils
Minister “this will mean that CSIRO exits or scales back research in areas where that work is being undertaken by other parts of the R&D system & builds the foundation for strengthening and focusing effort in areas of national industrial science priority”
It’s still a foolish budget cut
It’s still a foolish budget cut
November 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Minister “this will mean that CSIRO exits or scales back research in areas where that work is being undertaken by other parts of the R&D system & builds the foundation for strengthening and focusing effort in areas of national industrial science priority”
It’s still a foolish budget cut
It’s still a foolish budget cut
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This is obscene.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at CSIRO
Australia’s national scientific agency announces more research job losses as it looks for budgetary savings
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This is obscene.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
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“CSIRO has announced it will slash up to 350 jobs as the national science agency grapples with long-term financial challenges … with current funding failing to keep pace with the rising costs of running a modern science agency.”
Not “challenges”. They’re choices. 😡
Not “challenges”. They’re choices. 😡
CSIRO to cut up to 350 research jobs in major overhaul
After 440 positions were slashed last year, the CSIRO has announced more staff cuts across the country in a bid to remain financially viable.
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“CSIRO has announced it will slash up to 350 jobs as the national science agency grapples with long-term financial challenges … with current funding failing to keep pace with the rising costs of running a modern science agency.”
Not “challenges”. They’re choices. 😡
Not “challenges”. They’re choices. 😡
This is not what a smart nation does. We have to do more than dig up resources & give them away
Australia is full of smart people but we have yet to create a situation where these people can actively, consistently create a brighter future for all or hold to to resemblance of what we have re change
Australia is full of smart people but we have yet to create a situation where these people can actively, consistently create a brighter future for all or hold to to resemblance of what we have re change
That's more than 1,100 jobs lost at the CSIRO over the last two years.
"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."
This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."
This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
CSIRO to slash hundreds of jobs in cost-saving drive
The staff association at the nation’s leading scientific research organisation says the latest round of cuts marks “a sad day for publicly funded science”.
www.smh.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 5:44 AM
This is not what a smart nation does. We have to do more than dig up resources & give them away
Australia is full of smart people but we have yet to create a situation where these people can actively, consistently create a brighter future for all or hold to to resemblance of what we have re change
Australia is full of smart people but we have yet to create a situation where these people can actively, consistently create a brighter future for all or hold to to resemblance of what we have re change
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#ClimateActionNow
Solar panels are often now elevated so that sheep can graze underneath them. Dew runs off them, making the paddocks more drought resistant. The sheep get shade underneath them. Productivity of both wool and meat is increased, farmers get static income from the lease. Win win!!😍
Solar panels are often now elevated so that sheep can graze underneath them. Dew runs off them, making the paddocks more drought resistant. The sheep get shade underneath them. Productivity of both wool and meat is increased, farmers get static income from the lease. Win win!!😍
November 17, 2025 at 8:45 AM
#ClimateActionNow
Solar panels are often now elevated so that sheep can graze underneath them. Dew runs off them, making the paddocks more drought resistant. The sheep get shade underneath them. Productivity of both wool and meat is increased, farmers get static income from the lease. Win win!!😍
Solar panels are often now elevated so that sheep can graze underneath them. Dew runs off them, making the paddocks more drought resistant. The sheep get shade underneath them. Productivity of both wool and meat is increased, farmers get static income from the lease. Win win!!😍
Interesting to watch and don’t forget to support #Wikipedia with a monthly subscription if you believe in trustworthy information and you actually use it. (Who doesn’t?)
Remember every statement on Wikipedia needs to backed by citation. Not always perfect but pretty damn good.
Remember every statement on Wikipedia needs to backed by citation. Not always perfect but pretty damn good.
Ok @hankgreen.bsky.social is my anger translator regarding stupid controversies about Jimmy Wales and @wikipedia.org. I was going to say something, but Hank says everything I would have said here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zi0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zi0...
Wikipedia and the Destruction of Trust
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Interesting to watch and don’t forget to support #Wikipedia with a monthly subscription if you believe in trustworthy information and you actually use it. (Who doesn’t?)
Remember every statement on Wikipedia needs to backed by citation. Not always perfect but pretty damn good.
Remember every statement on Wikipedia needs to backed by citation. Not always perfect but pretty damn good.
Reposted by Dana Bergstrom
I wish Australia would do that
November 17, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I wish Australia would do that
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Now if only there was proportional representation at the federal level 🤔🤷🏻♀️
An analysis of the changing pattern between 2010 and 2025 of Greens support across electoral divisions, and the continuing increase in the flows of Green preferences to Labor. antonygreen.com.au/comparing-gr... #auspol
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Now if only there was proportional representation at the federal level 🤔🤷🏻♀️
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You’d think Labor might notice this this and not cut their own throats to spite their faces - but nah. #Greens #Labor
An analysis of the changing pattern between 2010 and 2025 of Greens support across electoral divisions, and the continuing increase in the flows of Green preferences to Labor. antonygreen.com.au/comparing-gr... #auspol
November 17, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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A rare yellow version of the ‘Jigsaw Decisions’ artwork!
December 10, 2024 at 6:13 PM
A rare yellow version of the ‘Jigsaw Decisions’ artwork!
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November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Extreme gentrification dressed up as “cult”ural theatre with blackhawks where little children were terrified & tortured
The Chicago apartment building raid: no gangs, no arrests, all occupants now homeless, most lost their possessions.
The US is Australia’s closest ally 😔 1/
The Chicago apartment building raid: no gangs, no arrests, all occupants now homeless, most lost their possessions.
The US is Australia’s closest ally 😔 1/
Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Extreme gentrification dressed up as “cult”ural theatre with blackhawks where little children were terrified & tortured
The Chicago apartment building raid: no gangs, no arrests, all occupants now homeless, most lost their possessions.
The US is Australia’s closest ally 😔 1/
The Chicago apartment building raid: no gangs, no arrests, all occupants now homeless, most lost their possessions.
The US is Australia’s closest ally 😔 1/
Timeline cleanser 🥰👇🏽
It’s baby octopus season 🐙🦑
Saw this little guy last night with the Salish Sea School in Anacortes, WA as part of their free community dock walk I volunteer as an interpreter for.
We can tell it is a giant pacific octopus from the single line of chromatophores on each arm.
Saw this little guy last night with the Salish Sea School in Anacortes, WA as part of their free community dock walk I volunteer as an interpreter for.
We can tell it is a giant pacific octopus from the single line of chromatophores on each arm.
November 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Timeline cleanser 🥰👇🏽
“This decision is not predicated on science but economics “
National Party leader in Australia on dumping net zero 😬😵💫
The lack of scientific understanding in parliament needs rapid improvement
National Party leader in Australia on dumping net zero 😬😵💫
The lack of scientific understanding in parliament needs rapid improvement
And the LNP dumps Net Zero
Humanity could be just 3 years away from crossing a dire climate threshold, report warns
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
November 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
“This decision is not predicated on science but economics “
National Party leader in Australia on dumping net zero 😬😵💫
The lack of scientific understanding in parliament needs rapid improvement
National Party leader in Australia on dumping net zero 😬😵💫
The lack of scientific understanding in parliament needs rapid improvement
Indefinite closure of commercial crayfish due to antibiotic release in farmed salmon.
From the map it appears that NRE are predicting southwards drift of the antibiotic into the southern waters of the Channel . That’s not the 3km no fishing zone publicly called.
From the map it appears that NRE are predicting southwards drift of the antibiotic into the southern waters of the Channel . That’s not the 3km no fishing zone publicly called.
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Indefinite closure of commercial crayfish due to antibiotic release in farmed salmon.
From the map it appears that NRE are predicting southwards drift of the antibiotic into the southern waters of the Channel . That’s not the 3km no fishing zone publicly called.
From the map it appears that NRE are predicting southwards drift of the antibiotic into the southern waters of the Channel . That’s not the 3km no fishing zone publicly called.
Reposted by Dana Bergstrom
Lobster fishery off Bruny Island in TAS closed on eve of the opening of fishing season due to antibiotic use by the salmon farms.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.
Crayfish Closure Follows Salmon Antibiotic Deployment - Tasmanian Times
The commercial rock lobster fishery south of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel is now closed effective 15 November 2025
tasmaniantimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Lobster fishery off Bruny Island in TAS closed on eve of the opening of fishing season due to antibiotic use by the salmon farms.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.