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Emily Bryson, PhD
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👩‍🔬 Environmental Scientist and Lecturer at CQUniversity | PhD thesis on home composting dog poo | Passionate about sustainable waste management and evidence-based science communication
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Emily Bryson, PhD @drdogpoo.bsky.social · Jan 28
Hello, I’m new here! 👋
I’m Emily and this gorgeous fluff is Bailey. 🐶
I’m an environmental scientist and uni lecturer living in Adelaide, Australia.
I did my PhD on home composting dog poo for use in backyard veggie gardens.
Stay tuned for sci comm, dog photos and related shenanigans! 🔬🌱
#drdogpoo
A brown and white Cavalier King Charles Spaniel dog sits on a rainbow striped rug in a domestic lounge room. He is smiling at the camera with a pink tongue.
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sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social
‘The CSIRO has found that extreme fire weather days have increased in Australia by 56 per cent over the past four decades.’

STOP SUBSIDISING & BURNING FOSSIL FUELS ASAP‼️ #Climatecrisis #auspol #BlackSummers
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
January 11, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
PLEASE support a science-based future #Bushfire #ClimateEmergency #Heatwave
While this image shows the situation in #Victoria today, it’s not much better in NSW
January 9, 2026 at 5:13 AM
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varshayajman.bsky.social
Several parts of Australia are likely to face the worst heatwaves since the 2019/2020 bushfires.

Volunteers and underpaid frontline workers will step up to help communities.

Meanwhile, in just one year, the Australian government gave $14.9 billion in subsidies to fossil fuel producers and users.
January 6, 2026 at 6:01 AM
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andybrockman.bsky.social
Everybody makes money out of academic authors except the authors...News.

Wiley is the latest academic publisher to reach a multi-million deal to allow access to its content to AI developers, with no opt out, let alone payment, for the authors who created that content.
Wiley set to earn $44m from AI rights deals, confirms “no opt-out" for authors
The US publisher is the latest to capitalise on deals to give tech firms access to its authors’ content to train their Large Language Models (LLMs).
www.thebookseller.com
September 19, 2024 at 10:21 AM
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hudrewthis.bsky.social
Seeking scientist volunteers for this fall! Want to practice science communication and help author a 🌟comic🌟 about your research? I need collaborators for the next cohort of SciComm & Comics art and design students. All countries and scientific fields eligible.
An anole extends its dewlap, which says "call for scientists!"
August 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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melaniebergma18.bsky.social
📈 New analysis by @ciel.org & other civil society organisations highlights another increase in #fossilfuel & petrochemical lobbyists to at least 234, outnumbering EU delegates, as well as @scientistscoa.bsky.social members by ~4: 1 at the #PlasticsTreaty negotiations!
www.ciel.org/news/inc-5-2...
Fossil Fuel and Petrochemical Lobbyists Overrun Plastics Treaty Negotiations - Center for International Environmental Law
At least 234 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists registered to participate in the final scheduled round of plastics treaty negotiations (INC-5.2).
www.ciel.org
August 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
drdogpoo.bsky.social
My bestie @aclearing.bsky.social and I bought our first artwork today from the Incognito Art Show. All pieces are $100 and artists are anonymous during the sale. All profits support artists with disabilities.

Can’t wait to have this guy in our home. 🎨🐙🌈

#cephalopod #ArtForArtists #SciArt
July 6, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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pollyjhemming.bsky.social
The Australian Government is currently lobbying to host the UN international climate conference in South Australia - and tbh where better to showcase our extinction crisis, punitive protest laws and industry capture?
#auspol #climate

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Screenshot of article with title "Dead marine life from algal bloom collected from Adelaide beaches amid local extinction fears"
July 4, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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warren.senate.gov
If Jeff Bezos can afford to rent Venice for a $50 million wedding, he can afford to pay his fair share in taxes.
June 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
drdogpoo.bsky.social
What are y’all reading these days?

I’ve just started Faking It by Toby Walsh, a Prof of AI at UNSW.

GenAI isn’t really my cup of tea, but it’s unavoidable as an academic now.

Looking for some guidance on how to teach my students to use it responsibly, if that’s even possible.

#booksky 💙📚
A hand holds up a book in front of a white wall. The book title is “Faking It: Artificial Intelligence in a Human World” by Toby Walsh. FAKING IT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN A HUMAN WORLD TOBY WALSH Al will be as big a game-changer as the smart phone and nal computer - or bigger! This book will help you navigate the revolution! -Dr Karl Kruszelnicki Photo of the back of a book called Faking It. The brave new world of faking it ... Artificial intelligence is, as the name suggests, artificial and fundamentally different to human intelligence. Yet often the goal of Al is to fake human intelligence. This deceit has been there from the very beginning. We've been trying to fake it since Alan Turing answered the question 'Can machines think?' by proposing that machines pretend to be humans. Now we are starting to build Al that truly deceives us. Powerful Als such as ChatGPT can convince us they are intelligent and blur the distinction between what is real and what is simulated. In reality, they lack true understanding, sentience and common sense. But this doesn't mean they can't change the world. Can Al systems ever be creative? Can they be moral? What can we do to ensure they are not harmful? In this fun and fascinating book, Professor Toby Walsh explores all the ways Al fakes it, and what this means for humanity - now and in the future. 'Refreshingly clear-eyed ... Faking It is an insightful and intelligent book that's a must for those looking for facts about Al hype.' -Books+Publishing Toby Walsh is one of the world's leading researchers in artificial intelligence. He is a professor of artificial intelligence at the University of New South Wales and chief scientist at its new Al institute, UNSW.ai. He is also the author of three previous books about Al, including Machines Behaving Badly. ISBN 9781760644826
June 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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zoophilosophy.bsky.social
Great summary by @faunalytics.bsky.social of our recent paper on welfare risks for cephalopods and decapods
faunalytics.org/seafood-anim...
Seafood Animals Are Probably Sentient — Now What? - Faunalytics
Evidence indicates that octopuses, squids, lobsters, crabs, and shrimps experience pain and suffering. The seafood industry needs to change.
faunalytics.org
June 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
drdogpoo.bsky.social
On a more joyful topic, Bailey had his 9-and-half birthday party at daycare last month. He changed doggy daycares in Jan and has been absolutely loving his new human and pup mates. They also take fun very seriously and throw awesome parties!
#DogMum #FurFriends
A ruby coloured Cavalier King Charles dog sits in front of a colourful background with gold balloons that spell out “happy birthday”. He is looking intently at a birthday cake in front of him. The cake is wrapped in dog bones and a red festive ribbon. The top of the cake has red and orange “frosting” made from mashed potatoes and food colouring. 2 dogs at doggy daycare smile in front of a colourful background with black and white paw balloons and gold balloons spelling out “happy birthday”. Both dogs appear happy and have open mouths and pink tongues. 2 dogs at doggy daycare smile in front of a colourful background with black and white paw balloons and gold balloons spelling out “happy birthday”. Both dogs appear happy and have open mouths and pink tongues. The dog in the foreground is the birthday boy and is wearing a pink sequinned bow tie attached to his harness at his chest. 2 dogs at doggy daycare smile in front of a colourful background with black and white paw balloons and gold balloons spelling out “happy birthday”. Both dogs appear happy.
June 14, 2025 at 5:41 AM
drdogpoo.bsky.social
This is bad news for so many people struggling to afford rent. Such a shame housing, an essential human right, has been co-opted as a tool for creating wealth.

I bought my first house, well, mortgage, ~1.5 years ago to escape the insecurity of renting with a dog.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
Average house price surpasses $1 million, sparking affordability fears
The average home in Australia has surpassed $1 million for the first time, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The main drivers of the rise were increases in house prices in Western Aust...
www.abc.net.au
June 14, 2025 at 4:53 AM
drdogpoo.bsky.social
Hey fellow compost nerds!

I’m really looking forward to next week’s AORA conference in Newcastle where I’ll be giving a talk on PFAS and microplastic contamination in FOGO waste.

Be sure to say hi and show me photos of your pets please.
#compost #microplastics #pfas
Screen shot of conference program showing Emily’s upcoming presentation on Wednesday June 4: Understanding and managing PFAS and microplastics in FOGO waste
May 31, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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euanritchie.bsky.social
I feel sick. I feel angry. I feel so, so sad.

What a legacy, @albomp.bsky.social.

I'll NEVER forgive what you've done to this country and our future.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Breaking: Australia's largest gas project approved for operation to 2070
The life of Australia's largest oil and gas project will be extended to 2070, with Environment Minister Murray Watt giving the long-awaited environmental approval for Woodside's North West Shelf proje...
www.abc.net.au
May 28, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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adriftlab.bsky.social
Please listen to the story the birds are telling us #ForTheOceans
May 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
Fantastic and very detailed, evidence-based report from @greenpeace.eu @oekoinstitut.bsky.social
out today on the environmental impacts of uncontrolled data centre expansion, predicated largely on machine learning applications like generation of text and images ->

www.greenpeace.de/publikatione...
A bar graph titled Figure 2-1: Future Scenario of global data centre (DC) electricity consumption with the y-axis labeled Annual Electricity Consumption in TWh ranging from 0 to 1600. The x-axis spans from 2010 to 2030 with labels for 2010, 2015, 2020, 2025, and 2030. The graph shows stacked bars in different colors representing various categories: Other Data Centres in green, Cryptocurrencies in dark green, Large Scale DCs (10% CAGR) in light green, and Large Scale DCs (18% CAGR) in dark green with an upper scenario line. Data points are marked for years 2010 (487 TWh), 2015 (563 TWh), 2020 (661 TWh), 2025 (879 TWh), and 2030 (1381 TWh). Source compilation based on IEA 2022, Deloitte 2024, McKinsey 2024, LBNL 2024, Digiconomist 2025. A bar graph titled Figure 2-4: Estimated greenhouse gas emissions from data centres (2023-2030) by type with the y-axis labeled Million tonnes CO2e from data centres by type ranging from 0 to 400. The x-axis spans from 2023 to 2030. The graph shows stacked bars in different colors representing various categories: Other DC in light green, Cryptocurrencies DC in dark green, and AI specific DC in green. Data points are marked for each year: 2023 (212, 55, 28), 2024 (217, 55, 30), 2025 (242, 55, 30), 2026 (267, 63, 40), 2027 (292, 63, 81), 2028 (317, 63, 103), 2029 (342, 63, 151), 2030 (366, 63, 196). Source: own calculation based on expected electricity consumption (Figure 2-1), electricity emission factors from ember-energy.org and comments on declining emission factors.
May 14, 2025 at 8:51 AM
drdogpoo.bsky.social
Two years ago, I started my job as a permanent, part-time uni lecturer after a long series of casual contracts. This was, and still is, an incredibly rare opportunity for job security in academia. My probation period just ended! I’m celebrating by joining the local union. #AcademicSky
April 25, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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gbosslet.bsky.social
I’m a huge @guster.bsky.social fan and this piece is terrific

www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
Why I Played the Kennedy Center
How our band made the decision to perform—and why we probably won’t be welcomed back
www.theatlantic.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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epwn.bsky.social
Hillside Dog Park near the Brooklyn Queens Expressway is offering dog poop composting services to visitors who use a scooper and chuck it into a collection bucket. No plastic bags! Finished compost will help the trees to grow. Sign up for a free webinar www.epwn.org/event-detail...
March 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
drdogpoo.bsky.social
Happy Monday to the southern hemisphere! I work from home but I’m still well-supervised by this guy.

He makes sure I get up from desk regularly to get some fresh air and snack breaks. He encourages snack sharing. He says it helps with team building.
A gorgeous red-brown dog lays on a blanket-covered dog cot in a home office. He’s looking at the camera with an expression of bright anticipation. It’s treat time.
March 17, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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aunz.theconversation.com
Without swift and effective action, composting may become an environmental crisis, rather than a solution.
Tonnes of microplastics infiltrate Australia’s agricultural soils each year, study shows
theconversation.com
March 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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kenya.cx
ChatGPT is not a search engine nor a research database. Y'all need to stop treating it that way. You have to verify everything it tells you.
March 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
drdogpoo.bsky.social
I went to see the Dale Chihuly exhibition at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens during one of the night sessions. It was cool to wander through the gardens after dark and see these magnificent pieces all lit up.
February 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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sassymetischick.bsky.social
The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.
February 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM