@TNWJackson

Evolution and chemical ecology of natural toxins. Biology, toxinology, pharmacology. Dad, scientist, musician, dilettante. Views are my own or somebody else’s.

 Melbourne, Victoria
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Joined September 2016
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Abstract for my talk - "Machinic Pharmakoecology: on the heterogenesis of and by molecules" - at the Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy (@AusSocContiPhil) conference in December
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After an extended hiatus (including a long break from social media) I'm revivifying my blogging practice. Like everyone else (late to the party as usual), I've migrated to Substack. See post below for a link to my latest article - "Towards a humanities worthy of the event"
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Mary is the parthenogenetic khôra
Darpos@energeiologian7 May 2025
Mary is the World-Soul.
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The latest episode of ABC Kid's wonderful podcast "Imagine This" is on venom and features both myself and my daughter! This is my second appearance on the show, and it's always a lot of fun - it's also legitimately some of my favourite kid's media (link below):
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abc.net.au/kidslisten/progra…

How do snakes and spiders make venom? - ABC Kids listen

Step right up for the Tiny Tour of Toxins! Nij and the kids trek through the Aussie bush and go on an underwater adventure with venom expert Dr Timothy Jackson to explore the world of venomous...

abc.net.au
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Great chat yesterday with @DrTomFroese!
Tom Froese, Embodied Cognitive Science Unit (ECSU)
@DrTomFroese7 May 2025
Video of a discussion with Timothy Jackson - What are the connections between irruption theory and process ontologies in the context of evolutionary theory? URL to recording below 👇
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A man spent 18 years injecting himself with venom, almost dying more than once – and now his blood is behind a new snakebite treatment. @TNWJackson @CNZdenek @unimelb @UQ_News theconversation.com/super-an…

‘Super antibodies’ for snake toxins: how a dangerous DIY experiment helped scientists make a new...

A man spent 18 years injecting himself with venom, almost dying more than once – and now his blood is behind a new snakebite treatment.

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Excellent article.
University of Oxford
@UniofOxford15 Apr 2025
Replying to @UniofOxford
theconversation.com/why-de-e…

Why ‘de-extinct’ dire wolves are a Trojan horse to hide humanity’s destruction of nature

Extinction is, for the time being, forever – and a symptom of our global economic system.

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Publication alert! Predictive Modelling of Bioclimatic Venom Variation in Russell’s Viper. journals.plos.org/plosntds/a…

Significant Serpents: Predictive Modelling of Bioclimatic Venom Variation in Russell’s Viper

Author summary Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii), with a near-country-wide distribution across the Indian subcontinent, causes the highest number of snakebite deaths and disabilities. A considerable...

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Last night in Grand Baie, Mauritius, we were treated to a performance by the amazing Menwar and band. Inspiring polyrhythms!
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Went looking for (invasive) panther chameleons this morning, but the lizard gods frowned upon us. Plenty of (invasive) Madagascar day geckos (Phelsuma grandis) around though!
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Ornate day gecko (Phelsuma ornata), a Mauritius endemic
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☿ Footnotes2Plato ☼☽@ThouArtThat30 Mar 2025
A. N. Whitehead: "In animals we can see emotional feeling, dominantly derived from bodily functions, and yet tinged with purposes, hopes, and expression derived from conceptual functioning. In mankind, the dominant de­pendence on bodily functioning seems still there. And yet..."
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A little live lo-fi looping madness, if anyone’s into that sort of thing! on.soundcloud.com/BdWgvR7TKi…
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Preformationism is the mortal enemy of heterogenetic thought
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Never actually looked for these online before. Y’all should probably buy them
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De rerum natura
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Back from almost a month away on the Christmas/NY Family Road Trip Odyssey. This was waiting 👀
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"The technical operation of form-taking can therefore serve as a paradigm if we require this operation to indicate the veritable relations that it institutes. However, the relations are not established between the raw matter and the pure form, but between the prepared matter....
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...and the materialised form: the operation of form-taking doesn't just suppose raw matter and form but also energy; the materialised form is a form that can act as a limit, as the topological boundary of a system." Gilbert Simondon, Individuation (p29)
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