grrlscientist
grrlscientist
GrrlScientist
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Evolutionary ecologist & ornithologist who writes about evolution, ethology & ecology for Forbes. Formerly: The Guardian, BirdNote Radio & ScienceBlogs. Discarded scientist.
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grrlscientist · 17 hours ago
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How drug cartels destroy the last habitat of Mexico’s thick-billed parrot (commentary)
observing their habitat and the threats it faces made clear how severely Environmental Crime & weak governance are driving Biodiversity Loss
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grrlscientist · 22 hours ago
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typical rapist behavior: inserting himself in places where he’s not welcome.
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grrlscientist · 23 hours ago
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“Ladies, conservative men decided your birth control isn’t medicine — which it is — because the bible is against birth control — which it isn’t.”
— John Fugelsang
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grrlscientist · 24 hours ago
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CAPTCHA for Birders
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grrlscientist · 2 days ago
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Crime Investigation Tool Reveals Origins Of UK’s Feral Parrots
"A recent study identified where the UK’s naturalized parakeets came from by adapting a powerful crime investigation technique designed to locate and identify serial criminals"
SciComm by @GrrlScientist
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grrlscientist · 2 days ago
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we will not forget
Harvard College, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Replace Diversity Offices Amid DEI Purge
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grrlscientist · 3 days ago
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people have forgotten a vital thing about the 1950s and what made those years so great ...
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grrlscientist · 3 days ago
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Broken: The Suspicious Death Of Alydar By Fred M. Kray — Review
"This book tells the compelling story of world-famous racehorse, Alydar and his career, the gruesome details of his mysterious death, and the long process of unearthing the facts and the shameless greed of those around the horse."
Book Review by @GrrlScientist
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grrlscientist · 3 days ago
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Who fucking cares if poor people abuse the system? Rich people do it every fucking day and y'all ain't bat an eye."
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grrlscientist · 3 days ago
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How Britain privatised itself into failure
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong
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grrlscientist · 4 days ago
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wow!
The latest version of Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok is echoing the views of its billionaire creator, so much so that it will sometimes search online for Musk's stance on an issue before offering up an opinion
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grrlscientist · 4 days ago
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WOW! HOPEFUL NEWS! (i hope it’s not too late)
In the past 2 years, with surprisingly little notice, Renewable Energy has suddenly become the obvious, mainstream, cost-efficient choice around the world.
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grrlscientist · 4 days ago
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Big Plastic Wants You to Think You Can Recycle Your Yogurt Container
In fact, most plastics are not recyclable, largely because there is no market for materials labeled 3 through 7. But that hasn’t stopped the widespread use of the chasing arrows.
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grrlscientist · 4 days ago
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‘Focusing on keeping people alive’: Baltimore reels after at least 27 hospitalized in mass overdose
Seven are in critical condition and 15 are in serious, but not life-threatening, condition. There have been no fatalities so far, officials said.
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grrlscientist · 5 days ago
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we won’t forget!
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grrlscientist · 5 days ago
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AmeriKKKa's tiniest heroes
'Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis
“Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them”
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grrlscientist · 5 days ago
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The worst chief justice of all time
Move over, Roger Taney and Melville Fuller, now we've got the worst of the worst: Chief Injustice John Roberts
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