Kevin Pluck

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a black and white photo of a person 's face Alt: A stapler gets close to a photo of Ripley from "Alien" depicting her iconic terrified squint. The stapler ejects its staple tray in a similar way to the Alien releasing its inner jaws.

Everyone knows staplers are xenomorphs.

And then you find out the penguin's mouth is filled with spines and nightmares.

I want this on a t-shirt

Comic. [2x2 chart. Top left quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of dinosaurs stegosaurus, triceratops, tyrannosaurus, velociraptor, and long-neck dinosaur. Top right quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of mosasaur, quetzalcoatlus, dimetrodon, plesiosaur, and pteranodon. Bottom left quadrant: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of penguin, egret, ostrich, pigeon, falcon. Bottom right: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of squirrel, stapler, plant, person, and bicycle.]

Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs

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A juvenile female kākāpō on a nest. Credit: Andrew Digby

Yesterday we found juvenile female #kakapo Ongaonga on a nest on Pukenui/Anchor Island. At just under 4 years old (her hatch day is 12th Feb), she's the youngest female ever recorded nesting. Today we also found Matilda nesting - she's just 2 days older. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds

Disappointing lack of #SuperbOwl s

A kākāpō egg being candled, showing development. Credit: Andrew Digby

A female kākāpō on a nest with two eggs. Credit: Andrew Digby

We found a 4th egg in #kakapo Waikawa's nest yesterday and found it was fertile. Waikawa has maintained her incredible 100% fertility record: 5 clutches of 4 fertile eggs in 4 breeding seasons. That's unmatched by any other kākāpō. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds

A kākāpō transmitter hanging in a bush. Credit: Andrew Digby

Our #kakapo monitoring system reported a mortality signal for male Tiwai two days ago - triggered by the transmitter not moving for 24 hours. I followed up and was relieved to find a dropped transmitter next to his bowl, rather than a dead bird. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds

That ⅛ of a byte coin loosing 50% of its imaginary value in 4 months is funny to me.

A kākāpō on a nest with two eggs. Credit: Andrew Digby

Three more #kakapo nests found on Pukenui/Anchor Island yesterday. Here's Konini with her two eggs. We have found nests for 26 out of the 36 adult females on the island, with more to come in the next few days. It's a big year! #conservation #kakapo2026 A

Looking back to the port of Ushuaia, nestled beneath snow-capped hills with calm water in the foreground

Looking astern across the poop deck of Bark Europa with a line of hills in the distance beyond the calm waters of the Beagle Channel

Looking forward from the poop deck of Bark Europa as the ship travels through calm water in the Beagle Channel. On the right of the image there are the ship's masts, rigging and furled sails. In the upper left a line of hills in Tierra del Fuego are seen lining the north side of the Beagle Channel.

Looking out towards the mouth of the Beagle Channel with the bowsprit of Bark Europa in the foreground

Day 1 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa: departing from #Ushuaia and sailing east along the Beagle Channel.
#BusmansHoliday

A female kākāpō on a nest, with one egg showing. Credit: Andrew Digby

Female #kakapo Phoenix on her nest yesterday, with three eggs. We suspect they're infertile, but it's hard to tell yet as they're either very dirty or young. She's one of at least 24 female kākāpō on nests on Anchor Island, with 3 more nests found today! #kakapo2026 #conservation #parrots

A female kākāpō on a nest with three eggs. Credit: Andrew Digby

Female #kakapo Kohengi on her three eggs on Pukenui/Anchor Island today. We don't yet know if they're fertile, but will investigate soon. So far fertility on Anchor is very high: only 8 infertile out of 33 checked. We expect many more infertile eggs though. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds

A whiteboard showing kākāpō breeding results from 2026. Credit: Andrew Digby

The latest #kakapo breeding update, from the Anchor "fridge". #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds #parrots

Please use Edge, please use Bing.

Oh do fuck off.

I feel that imaginary financial security blankie dropping 15% in 5 days would be more in the news.

What? Did I hear someone say the real stuff is stonks?

*for January

*for January

11th lowest Antarctic sea ice on record.🧪

Fifth lowest Global sea ice extent on record 🧪

Second lowest January Arctic sea ice extent on record.🧪

Is it wrong to say to a tourist that "No, sorry you didn't see a kiwi, you saw a weka"?

Destroying what they thought would be the quintessential Aotearoa experience?

The BBC Chose Transphobia over Science Transcript: Over the holidays, there was some news out of the UK that I wanted to highlight, lest it be lost in the news black hole that is Christmas and New Year: the British Broadcasting Corporat…

I will probably get told off for sharing this - but it does give some perspective on why I was under so much pressure to leave Monkey Cage - I accept my career is dead so….

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YouTube video by Department of Conservation Kākāpō Cam: Rakiura the kākāpō – 2026 nest

All three of Rakiura's eggs are fertile!

Rangers confirmed and have taken two to be incubated leaving one of Rakiura's and another infertile egg from another mum for her to tend.

Such wonderful news!

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YouTube video by LastWeekTonight Corn: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

There's a whole further rat tail to corn in the US that Alec couldn't possibly get to in this video. I highly recommend the LWT episode on corn.

Fantastic news!
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