Anup Bokkasa

Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

YouTube video by Bernie Sanders We Are Living in Unprecedented Times

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I just got one heck of a welcome home. Volume up, but not too high.

The wolves were singing tonight. A few seconds in you’ll hear the closest howling wolf I’ve ever heard. I couldn’t see it, but it might have been at the end of my driveway. I went right back inside after this. 😊🐺🦊

Picture of canopy of two trees taken from underneath them. The picture exhibits the phenomenon of Crown Shyness

Crown Shyness in a couple of 50m trees in the rainforests of western ghats, Coorg, Karnataka.

OK, my left-of-centre friends, let us see if we can swing the vote in favour of Sadiq Khan; and really upset the Daily Express

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Stunning sunset picture at Sandy Beach in Kavaratti island, Lakshadweep, India

Stunning 01-Jan evening

‘There will be nothing left’: researchers fear collapse of science in Argentina One year into President Javier Milei’s presidency, scientists are exiting the country in the face of big budget cuts.

'The National Agency for the Promotion of Research, Technological Development and Innovation, which is the main funder of research projects in Argentina, has nearly halted work under Milei, despite 85% of its money coming from international agencies such as the Inter-American Development Bank'

Every year around now, I start to see grad students on social media bemoan that they’re going home for the holidays to a family that doesn’t understand their research, or what they do in general, and it breaks my heart. 🧵 🧪 #SciComm

Well well well. Still landing in Delhi in Air Vistara livery 🤩. The north remembers, eh @airindia?

Remember with increasing sample size, your averages become more reliable

The Ns justify the means

Intense discussion on strategies to handle the absolute carnage feral dogs are creating on the Biodiversity of Ladakh. THT, BNHS, Indian Army and Animal Husbandry department are partners in this.

She's so beautiful! 💞

The Bachman's Warbler was last seen in Louisiana in 1988 & was just declared extinct in 2023. It was a specialist breeding only in North American swamplands, undervalued habitat that was destroyed in the 19th & 20th centuries for agriculture & development. #ornithology

📸: Jerry A. Payne, 1958

Totally!

Fresh updates from Urban Bangalore.

A brown-headed barbet and a white-throated kingfisher look as though they've just had a tiff and are not talking to each other for a bit. Pic through the binocs.

Rashid and Nabi plead for restoration of women's right to education in Afghanistan They were reacting to reports that the Taliban had closed down institutes for women training as nurses and midwives

Very brave of Rashid and Nabi to voice this out.

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When a Telescope Is a National-Security Risk How do you know what you’re not allowed to see?

That’s an absolutely crazy story 🤯 Also what are US secret agencies gonna do about non US based facilities mapping the sky?Could they could force similar procedures on other survey telescopes?

If you think Wisdom is impressive (you should), consider that she’s roughly the same age at which 95% of orange roughies have begun breeding. They can live for over two centuries.

Can we see some love for all the endangered orange roughie mothers out there?
🦑 🧪

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Hi Nick! Welcome and great to connect.

Overwhelming evidence galvanizes a global consensus on the need for action against Invasive Alien Species - Biological Invasions Biological Invasions -

Quote: "The impacts of invasive alien species [on people and nature in all regions of the world] are well-supported by thoroughly documented information that leaves no uncertainty as to their negative consequences and the urgent need for immediate action."
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Content Analysis: Anup's style is a delightful mix of enthusiastic exposition and scientific precision, like a TED Talk delivered via emojis and hashtags, just with more love for wolves.

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Flying into Leh, chasing the sun. Winters in Ladakh are action-packed! A lot of the big wild mammals are at lower elevations.

Health watch showing sleep time of 8 hours and 52 min with a sleep score of 89

One can always wish to have more such days!

First COVID case day too! And Bhopal gas tragedy. And my birthday. Truly special day.

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Those white specks on the right part of the pic through my binocs? They're the Argali - the monarchs of the mountains, and the shahs of the sheep. Very few left and not easy to spot, even in the vast emptiness of Ladakh. Very happy to see these.

Awesome! Also hello!

Hi Mark, in my team at The Habitats Trust, we are trying to spearhead conservation social sciences in a big way. Will be happy to talk about it more with the community. Please add me to the pack. Thank you!

And he's back today. Warms my heart so much! Hopefully fewer feral dogs in the area soon. Apartment folks losing their sleep though, wish I was there in person to soothe nerves.