Toby Travers

PhD @Mpred_lab @IMASUTAS. Studying the almighty brown skuas of Macquarie Island. Ecology, birds, Australian megafauna, desert marsupials and geology. das ma jam

[Toby Travers @TobyTravers_]

A nice little summary of my first published PhD chapter. Like the rest of Macca the skuies are kicking on in a post rabbit world! And they taught us some great insights about how to manage future eradications in ecosystems with native top-order predators.

[IMAS @IMASUTAS]

New IMAS PhD study reveals how invasive species eradication on #MacquarieIsland in 2011 changed the island’s ecosystem in different ways. How did it effect the #BrownSkua, a top-order native predator?
👉https://t.co/NnJVB9ewHe
@UTAS_ @mpred_lab @TSR_Hub @UQ_CBCS @TasmaniaParks

[Toby Travers @TobyTravers_]

@freodockersAFLW

[Toby Travers @TobyTravers_]

@GeorgiaMarianne @abcnews @abcperth Hey ya, that looks to me like a grey fantail?

[Strewth! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @StrewthQueen]

The moment VICPol violently shoved trans people to the ground to make way for literal NAZIs sieg heiling in front of Parliament House on the side of Posie Parker & the TERFs

[IndigenousX @IndigenousX]

Did not expect the AFR to come out swinging... but it's a welcome addition.

"Forrest displays a startling lack of coherence here. He is mining someone else’s land without a land-use agreement, and he doesn’t want to pay them 'cash for nothing'!" https://t.co/4ujRNx98u3

[Craig Foster @Craig_Foster]

A reminder that there are still people on Nauru who’ve been there for 10 years.

Away from their families.

It’s inconceivable that Australia could treat anyone in this way.

This is Kaium who has asked for his photo to be shared.

We must get everyone off Nauru immediately.

[Toby Travers @TobyTravers_]

@TheRestumpPod I got this scoop on freo fixtures this year from a friend inside AFL hq!

[Institute for Collaborative Race Research @War_On_Race]

🧵Let's be clear.
No 'talking to', sacking or liberal fantasy of 'reform' will change the fundamentally racist design of #QPS and its violent role in maintaining the colony #DefundQPS

Our expert report to the inquiry https://t.co/8gKubj5IpC

[Institute for Collaborative Race Research @War_On_Race]

"QPS' denial of Indigenous women & gender diverse ppl's victimhood creates a culture of impunity within which ppl can perpetrate violence against them and know they are safe from consequences"
See more: https://t.co/GebvUKQmgW

[Toby Travers @TobyTravers_]

Real Y2K jibes right now, but don't feel twitter is going anywhere. It is owned by a person I don't align with, enough reason to divest. If there's 435mil active monthly users here, he bought your account for US$100. If we all bail we could make him broke! #mastodon

[Toby Travers @TobyTravers_]

I do wonder if @MarkMcGowanMP considers how being locked up in isolation for this long would lead to "severe.. and I mean.. severe behavioural issues" or if he realises his policies are the cause of them... The level of community silence after that #4corners is deafening 😢

[Dr Tracy Westerman AM @TracyWesterman]

The other reality is that #RaiseTheAge will force Govts to actually invest in prevention. It’s simply too easy to send a kid to prison than do the heavy lifting of preventing it.

[Kate Helmstedt @katehelmstedt.bsky.social @KateHelmstedt]

Women of maths! We are advertising a women-only ongoing Lecturer (Assistant Prof) position in the QUT maths school. We are so excited about this opportunity, and can’t wait to mentor a new female colleague to grow her research team. Please apply, or reach out if you need advice

[Dr Tracy Westerman AM @TracyWesterman]

A child at 10:
•Loses 4 baby teeth/yr
•Knows the complete date
•Can name the months of the yr in order
•Can understand a para of sentences
•Has skills in addition, subtraction
•Has some skills in multiplying/division
& in Aust can go to prison
https://t.co/UBR3YpuvdR

[Four Corners @4corners]

State governments know that detaining children as young as 10 is traumatising and makes them more likely re-offend, putting the community at greater risk.

So why does Australia continue to incarcerate children knowing the harm it causes?

Tonight's investigation on #4Corners.

[IndigenousStudies @IndigenousUoM]

Did you see this? More police breaking the law and you just know they will get away with this |
Leaked audio reveals Queensland police staff in racist conversations, joking about violence to black people and protesters https://t.co/Djg380zGvN

[Patrick Begley @begley_patrick]

Restraint positions like this were banned in Queensland due to the risk of suffocating and killing a child. But "folding up" is common in WA youth detention. From @GraceTobin @meghnabali @MaryFFallon and me. https://t.co/uucK0jux1T

[Four Corners @4corners]

Video footage has emerged from inside a youth detention facility facing allegations of excessive force and unlawful confinement.

https://t.co/iG0V8NtvTu

[Justice Aunties @JusticeAunties]

They cant resist when you have 4 men on them, thats just said to cover their arses for harming little kids.
Stop treating #IndigenousKids like this and breaching their #HumanRights #HumanRightsViolations

[Justice Aunties @JusticeAunties]

We need a national call to protest, to take to the streets to force the royal commissions findings and raise the age to 14 yrs and end solitary confinement.
Child detention centres need scrutiny

[Tony Armstrong @Tonaaayy_]

Such strength from ‘Amy’. Another day in the colony.