[data] science (now), [bio] informatics (previously), education, open [source|data|access|science], photographer
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4 Mar 2024
thanks for ruining one of my favourite tweets @X by changing the ID of the target - now here - x.com/metabolomics/status/82…
31 Jan 2017
No, that's a 3D pie chart. A nice graphic is something else. x.com/metabolomics/status/82…
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Jun 15
"as conditions in coastal waters continue to change" - and why are they changing @7NewsAustralia ? Your article doesn't say for some reason.
(also culls: no)
7news.com.au/sunrise/governm…
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Jun 11
Incredible. A European robin and an American eastern bluebird visiting a birdbath in Australia.
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Jun 8
I think any type of extended connection with the natural world can induce this sensation - even a bushwalk. We all need time away from the artificial environments that we've created.
Jun 6
Like astronauts’ “overview effect,” a dramatic feeling of awe takes hold on extended seafloor stays
spklr.io/6013E367R
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May 28
incredibly it takes almost until the bottom of the comment thread for someone to point out that it was built that way - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neitok…
2 Nov 2022
There is a lake in Finland, that looks like Finland. Now you know. Source: buff.ly/3zuuou5
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May 28
citizen scientists contribute roughly 70 per cent of the records in the Atlas of Living Australia" 👍
abc.net.au/news/2026-05-17/b…
citizen scientist finds new species, gets acknowledgement not authorship 👎
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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May 27
static website generators: leaves you free to concentrate on the writing!
reality: hours spent fiddling with themes because it looks so dreadful
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May 13
will the code explain why the top post I see after logging in is always from 👇
To give people confidence that we are not secretly manipulating the 𝕏 recommendations, it is critical that we open source anything that influences what people are shown
Community note
X promised to update the open-source "X algorithm" every four weeks, but there have been no updates since it was initially published.
x.com/XEng/status/20…
github.com/xai-org/x-algo…
Also, the release is missing critical files preventing anyone else from running the code themselves:
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=466882…
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May 12
must be time for my occasional "Ratten still the best of them" chart
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May 8
On the occasion of Attenborough's 100th I remind myself that while we still do appalling things to the natural world, we've also learned not to do appalling things to the natural world - theguardian.com/environment/…
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Apr 27
look at all that northern sea ice...
Apr 22
The Apollo photographs set an extremely high bar. When properly restored, they show exquisite detail and dynamic range — far better than the reproductions you will have seen. Here are a couple of favourites:
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Apr 21
no mention of Apple silicon? the biggest Apple revolution under Cook for me - theguardian.com/technology/2…
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Apr 21
not sure that anti-drone tech is equivalent to space opera in another galaxy
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Apr 20
Even the colonialists used "Botany" for one of their first named places, the plants were so impressive. Why grow anything but natives - abc.net.au/news/2026-04-17/i…
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Apr 16
quick someone tell Tim that it's possible to spend quality time with people outside of work
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Apr 15
ironically, the only way I could focus on reading this article was to set my browser to Reader mode so as to escape the dreadful 'Story Lab' format - abc.net.au/news/2026-04-15/a…
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Apr 15
AFL analytics community about the only thing keeping me on this platform tbh
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Apr 15
unfortunate that this is itself a fake quote - hac.bard.edu/amor-mundi/on-f… - but that's Twitter/X for you I guess
Apr 14
Everyone just stop being outraged. They are trolling us, and we are playing right into their hands.
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Apr 14
Managers: "wow! Oooh! Aaah!" Technical people: cleaning up the mess. Thus it ever was.
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