@pyro_ct

recovering academic, fire ecologist, married to the lovely Annie & dad to 3 fantastic kids. wannabe ruckmaker. maintain the rage! CO2 @ birth 330 ppm

 Brisbane, Australia
Joined March 2009
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Ahem
Susie Dent
@susie_dent6 Nov 2024
Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.
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Lachie McCaw in his keynote asks have we been underestimating the bushfire risk given the significant change in Extreme fire danger using g the new Fire Danger System in Aust, his two examples from Southern WA sees massive increases in periods of Extreme fire danger #IAWF2024
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And so it begins, months of warning, warmest winter on record, lower winter rainfall, a sign of things to come in the summer… fires across multiple regions, all at once (again)
Cuong Tran@pyro_ct17 Sep 2023
Replying to @pyro_ct
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Progress of the vast Barkly bushfire over the last week. Dry south easterly winds are forecast to continue across the NT, which is a concern for folks in Tennant Creek.
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Just in case you’ve forgotten #fork #spoon
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Actual nightmarish!
Scarred for Life@ScarredForLife230 Jun 2023
Your regular reminder that British public information films were like brutal horror films condensed into 30 second chunks, and shown during primetime (and children's) TV shows.
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100% spot on here
Rohan Fisher@RohanFisher48 Jun 2023
Can we please stop calling burnt areas in the landscape "fire scars"? Fire can be as much a healing salve as a cause of injury. The words we use are important, their inherent meaning conveys (moral?) value. Fire is used to maintain healthy country, fire should be medicine.
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+1 Complex landscapes, complex environments, wicked problems and solutions
Trent Penman@trentpenman27 May 2023
To put it in a nutshell, it is a complex matter. To quote Malcolm Gill. It is not rocket science, it's much much harder
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Peak Internet
𝕊𝕀𝔻 - gone to Bluesky@neoengel25 Apr 2023
Replying to @swear_trek @EffinBirds @TheWebbyAwards
@swear_trek @EffinBirds @TheWebbyAwards
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💯 % spot on
#AustralEcology@AustralEcology12 Apr 2023
Kangaroo grass enables regular low intensity, patchy fires while the soil remains moist. Promoting grass and herb recruitment and seed production without damaging canopies or promoting excessive sapling density. @WileyEcolEvol @EcolSocAus #AustralEcology bit.ly/3HqXm0O
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Not a bad way to spend a day in the office #TheG @MCG
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*ahem*
Wolfgang Kissel@wkissel14 Mar 2023
Replying to @AlanKohler
That says it all. xitter.cf/RnaudBertrand/status/1…
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The scammers aren’t even trying anymore, are they? #buscocaine
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What a great role! #apply
maitec@maitec_sec3 Mar 2023
The Drone Operations and Technology Solutions Group of the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water is looking for an ecologist/ data scientist dcceewjobs.nga.net.au/cp/ind…
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Stunner!
WA Forest Alliance@waforests14 Feb 2023
Tree of abundance - Marri catching the light in #Treenbrook forest near Pemberton, West Oz #thicktrunktuesday #eucbeaut @WATourism
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Childhood memories watching these shows!
ABC News
@abcnews20 Feb 2023
Leiji Matsumoto, manga creator of epic space sagas, dies aged 85 abc.net.au/news/2023-02-20/l…

Leiji Matsumoto, manga creator of epic space sagas, dies aged 85

The famed Japanese manga and anime creator was known for series such as Galaxy Express 999 but also supervised several animated videos for Daft Punk, including One More Time.

abc.net.au
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Oh my. What a system
Domenico@AvatarDomy13 Feb 2023
West Texas storm chaser Laura Rowe captured the picture of a lifetime, fantastic shot of a mature supercell thunderstorm, illuminated at varying heights from the setting sun. mymodernmet.com/texas-storm-…
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Todays the day everyone becomes an expert on American Football, right? #SuperBowl
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Story of the day folks
Niall Byrne@scienceinpublic12 Feb 2023
Nena buys 99 red balloons in a shop and lets them go, for fun. They show up on the radar and both sides scramble planes and go to full alert to counteract a perceived nuclear attack, when it is the most childlike of things, a bunch of balloons. From songfacts.com/facts/nena/99-…
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