Brad Duthie

Evolutionary ecologist and ecological modeller at the University of Stirling, #Scotland #ecology #evolution #rstats #conservation #philosophy #chess #autistic #socialist #neurodiversity #openscience

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Robin Haywardcanopyrobin
2025-05-26

Pretty sure Pride starting next week has been trumped by the fact that payday was a while ago and nobody has money for pins. If you fancy sharing this or 'favouriting' my Etsy shop, that would probably help me stand out amongst bigger shops in the Pride month algorithms though canopyrobin.etsy.com

An enamel pin in the shape of a flower in a pot with rainbow petals. It's on a card that says "Blooming Pride by canopy robin. Take me outside. Did you know that lots of flowers feature ultraviolet patterns that humans can't see but which pollinators use to navigate and select food sources? This pins true colours are only revealed when exposed to ultraviolet light, so take it outdoors and watch it bloom! Like the hidden colours of flowers, LGBTQ+ identities might not always be immediately visible."Enamel pins that say "It's dr, actually" on trans, nonbinary,  agender, genderqueer, genderfluid, bigender, intersex, progress, and lesbian pride flags. There are also versions on black, white, hot pink, purple, dark green, light pink, light blue, and light green colour backgroundsenamel pins of the lesbian and gay man flags with a trans inclusive chevron on the leftan enamel pin badge in the shape of a tree in progress pride flag colours. It's on a backing card that says "LGBTreeQ+ by canopy robin. Did you know that only % of flowering plants are of a binary sex? Most plants have either multiple sexes of flowers on the same individual plant, or multiple sexes within a single flower!"
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Anirvan Chatterjeeanirvan
2025-05-24

TLDR: "Since taking office this year, the Trump administration has initiated or completed nearly half of Project 2025’s agenda, according to a tracking project"

latimes.com/environment/story/

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2025-05-23

40,000 people have already added their voice.

Join them and let the government know they need to #SaveLochLomond greens.scot/lochlomond

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2025-04-26

It's happening.
The Good Law Project is challenging the UK Supreme Court ruling on the classification of woman.
Its efforts are funded by us. If you can donate, here is the link to help and to read their full statement.
"We believe the UK is now in breach of its obligations under the Human Rights Act and the European Convention of Human Rights and we plan to ask the High Court for a declaration of incompatibility. "

goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder

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Djoerd Hiemstra 🟥djoerd@idf.social
2025-04-25

Holy sh*t. This is a real xkcd, not funny, disturbing, and also one that must be shared

xkcd.com/3081/

US PhD program timeline:
 1. Meet adbisor
 2. Research proposal
 3. Qualifying exams
 4. Propose dissertation
 5. Reseaech and write
 6. Submit
 7. Defend
The last two steps in the timeline are crossed out and replaced -- in red --  by:
 6. Get grabbed of the sidewalk by masked governnent agents
 7. Be whisked out of the state before a judge has time to intervene
 8.  ????
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2025-04-25

➡️Businesses should pay taxes, right?

🚨Currently, Airbnb and short-term let owners enjoy a 100% discount on a property tax paid by most businesses!

💚We're putting an end to this. Scottish Greens are pushing to end these disastrous tax breaks.

Bid to ban tax break for Airbnb owners unveiled by Scottish Greens.

The Scottish Greens said that the current rules meant that short-term let operators currently enjoy a 100% discount in non-domestic rates.
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2025-04-20

Link Post: The UK is going to have to start making choices about Europe and the USA iandunt.substack.com/p/the-bat

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Nicol Wistreichnicol@social.coop
2025-04-17

What’s so puzzling (as cis guy) watching the aftermath of the Supreme Court ruling is how many of the campaigners seem to deny the existence of trans men.

‘Marion Calder, a director of For Women Scotland, said: “If there is a female sign on the door, that is now a single-sex space. That is crystal clear as a result of today’s ruling.’

Does she not realise her logic would mean trans men must use women’s’ toilets now? How will she know if the bearded person in ‘her’ loo is a trans man or threat?

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In case you missed it, Bluesky is apparently caving to an authoritarian government:

➡️ mas.to/@osma/11434616689055247

This is why the Fediverse is so important: each Fedi server is totally independent, servers communicate directly with each other, anyone can set up a server anywhere.

Bluesky posts all flow through Bluesky's own corporate relay which is impossible to bypass, making censorship easy.

:Fediverse: No one controls the Fediverse

🦋 Bluesky is controlled by a US-based for-profit corporation

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1. I've been banging on about the existential crisis facing our food system for years. But don't take it from me. Take it from the food professionals now risking their careers in an urgent and devastating warning to their own industry. Key quotes from their memo in 🧵 drive.google.com/file/d/1tATF...

Investor Memo - Inside Track.p...

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George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽georgetakei@universeodon.com
2025-04-08

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

2025-04-01

I've finished an audiobook version of my #statistics textbook for biological and environmental sciences with #jamovi -- all free and available on my website and Spotify (bradduthie.github.io/audiobook). I initially underestimated how much my own students would want this, so my hope is that others my benefit from it. Please feel free to contact me if you're teaching an introductory statistics class and are looking for resources! #rstats #stats bradduthie.github.io/blog/stat

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1. One of capitalism’s greatest successes is to shut down our imaginations. With the help of its favoured tools - neoliberalism and fascism - it persuades us that “there is no alternative”. Our first task is to re-ignite our moral imaginations and name our alternatives. 🧵

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Dare Obasanjocarnage4life@mas.to
2025-03-09

The long term trajectory of the U.S. and the world has been changed in a way that can’t be reset even if Democrats win future elections.

Europe will never forget the U.S. abandoning Ukraine in the midst of a war and the shift away from America as the world’s police will have far reaching ramifications beyond the defense industry.

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Aure Free Press :verified:Free_Press@mstdn.social
2025-03-05

Macron's Nationwide Address

"The future of Europe is not going to be decided by Russia or by Washington"
- President Macron

He emphasized that Europe needs to be able to defend itself and increase military spending, re-industrialize Europe and transform according to the new global context.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #France #Macron

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Nicol Wistreichnicol@social.coop
2025-03-04

For the US to stop -without warning- Ukraine arms overnight, including arms already in Poland on route to the front line, giving no time for Ukraine to find new supplies, is so damaging it looks like an act of war.

USA for over 80 years has demanded to be the centre and foundation of Western security –it’s ok if it no longer wants to take that role– but to halt arms overnight is like switching sides; this helps Russia beyond their wildest dreams. How can any country (incl UK) trust USA again?

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Ned Hamsonnedhamson1
2025-02-27

‘Cruel and thoughtless’: Trump fires hundreds at US climate agency Noaa | Trump administration | The Guardian (Musk wants NOAA for StarLink profits?)

Source: ‘Cruel and thoughtless’: Trump fires hundreds at US climate agency Noaa | Trump administration | The Guardian

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This week's column asks a question that should be in everyone's minds, as Trump reshapes the world's alliances: How, given that our defence and security capacities are completely infiltrated by the US state, do we defend ourselves if the US becomes our opponent? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The question no one dares ask:...

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At what point do we conclude that by sharing intelligence with the US, the UK might as well be sharing it with Russia?

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