Alexander Lees

@alexanderlees.bsky.social

Birds, biodiversity science, natural history, politics. Professor Man Met Uni, Associate Cornell Lab of #Ornithology, Chair BOURC, Trustee @bou.org.uk SC @ras-network.bsky.social. Usually found in the #PeakDistrict or #Amazonia, he/him. Views own.

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A Moscow court sentenced Sofya Rozenfeld, a leading Russian expert on Arctic birds, to 3½ years in a penal colony over two 1,000-ruble donations to Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation in 2021. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

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Many versions of the current El Niño intensity have been shared… we’ve had to change the colour scale to appropriately show the strength of the anomaly.

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@georgemonbiot.bsky.socialReposted by @alexanderlees.bsky.social

Palantir didn't have to evade the UK's controls on lobbyists to get astonishing, unminuted access to government ministers and officials, or even to hire them to lobby their colleagues. Why not? Because there aren't any. My column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

theguardian.comPalantir is worming its way into the British state – it’s time to curb this controversial US company’s influence | George MonbiotTom Watson has said ‘mob rule’ must not decide public contracts. Perhaps he should take a look at his new employer, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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I'm not disputing any of the spin but there are lots of papers that show that some species benefit from predator control on grouse moors. Obviously the species which are legally and illegally killed do not benefit and there are lots of other environmental issues associated with DGS.

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In fairness, the main 'industry talking point' is managed burning for which the paper finds no support. Plenty of evidence elsewhere for impacts of predator control and this paper shows that need not be intensive to have an impact. I would be suprised if the donours would have been that happy.

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