Luke Taylor

My latest for @newscientist on how Colombia's peace accord has been a boon for those recording the country's mega biodiversity but also threatens to wipe out many of the unique species scientists are rushing to document. With some spectacular photos from @inst_humboldt.

'A dream come true’: Brazil’s blue-and-yellow macaws return to Rio after 200 years 💚 Images of the iconic blue-and-yellow macaw can be spotted all over Rio de Janeiro. Yet the real thing has been seen so rarely in the Brazilian city that some wondered if it ever really existed there at all. The French explorer Jean de Léry first describedan abundance of the giant, colourful parrots around Indigenous tribes in the 16th century, and the Austrian naturalist Johann Natterer sighted the Ara ararauna in the city in 1818. After that, the record goes blank. Experts say the species was almost certainly wiped out by deforestation, along with the tapirs, jaguars and peccaries that once roamed the forests surrounding the city. Now, 200 years later, flashes of blue and gold are once again peppering the forest canopy as biologists bring the species – and the forest – back to life. 1)

Meta and Google are found liable for harm to child’s mental health in landmark California Supreme Court ruling bmj.com/content/392/bm… via @LukeStTaylor

Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to see Taylor Swift

Venezuelan gold worth more than $2.2 billion was funnelled through the Caribbean island of Curaçao and a Swiss middleman company before making its way into the global supply chain, OCCRP, @IrpiMedia, and @ArmandoInfo found. occrp.org/en/investigati…

@peachmate @nathanmarzulo Que alivio 😂

@LukeStTaylor @nathanmarzulo isso nao é comum aqui nao…. eu moro a quase 20 anos e nunca vi isso😳

Esse rolezinho de moto barulhenta às 2 da manhã é foda, acordei atordoado

@peachmate @nathanmarzulo Eu também! Acabei de me mudar para o bairro e fiquei bem confuso. Que merda foi essa!?!?

@nathanmarzulo porra achei que a guerra do irã tinha chegado aqui em Laranjeiras

Qué vergüenza un MinCiencias que no distingue entre opinión y periodismo, ni que sepa que varias revistas académicas tienen secciones de noticias en donde trabajan periodistas científicos con editores. ¿Ahora le van a pedir revisión de pares a las noticias de BMJ, NEJM y Nature?

Some people question our editorial independence related to this article. For the avoidance of doubt: The BMJ is editorially independent, including of its owner. We certainly do not have competing interests in relation to this article ⁦@bmj_latest⁩ bmj.com/content/392/bm…

US immigration agents are using an app developed by Palantir that draws on the health records of millions of Americans to find and detain illegal immigrants bmj.com/content/392/bm…

El análisis de @andresvecino demuestra que eso no es cierto. Y aun si fuera correcto, no tiene mucho que ver. No responde a lo que documenta mi artículo: crisis de pagos, escasez de medicamentos, cierres hospitalarios y fallas graves de acceso al sistema de salud.

“International crime networks trafficking cocaine and laundering profits through illegal gold mining are combined with a government in Lima that has not been a serious obstacle against organised crime,” I told @LukeStTaylor for @guardian theguardian.com/environment/20… @CrisisGroup

Thanks @LukeStTaylor for this fantastic piece in The Guardian @guardian featuring our podcast “El Capitán y el Brazalete de Esmeraldas.”⚽️💎🇨🇴🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇲🇽 @fdbedout @lanoficcion @juanserranosoto theguardian.com/football/2025/…

@katieangelx @awolffr Dm me plz :)

@awolffr Hiya I have 2 tickets for the 20th June- managed to get the 21st too which is better for me

getting it out there early but I'm looking for 1x ticket for loyle carner at hackney church (ideally standing)

ARTICLE by @LukeStTaylor on the Maduro-ELN partnership that is wreaking havoc in Colombia & helping the ELN to become richer & stronger in Venezuela: “It’s not just that the government is turning a blind eye. They are partners” says @cburelli @SOSOrinoco theguardian.com/world/2025/jan…

More than 80 people killed in Colombia as truce between rebel groups collapses theguardian.com/world/2025/jan…

@JuanDGranados Me escribes por fa

VENDO ORIENTAL GENERAL SUR

@Rojita_SF Me escribes por interno por fa

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Esto es el Parque Nacional Natural Serranía de la Macarena, en nuestra Amazonia. (La foto y las siguientes son de @catalina_sanabr)

@inrainbowssss Sabrías algo de lo que pasó hoy? Se fue a las 3.30pm y no ha vuelto

Si se vuelve a ir un día más la luz en La Soledad voy a gritar

@SectorMovilidad @tembici_co @camaracomerbog @investinbogota Me sale este error hace 4 días y nadie contesta por el chat.....

Actualmente el Sistema de #BicisCompartidas cuenta con 3⃣0⃣0⃣ ciclotalleres y 3⃣.3⃣0⃣0⃣ bicicletas: 🚲1.500 mecánicas 🚲1.500 con pedaleo asistido 🚲150 manocletas 🚲150 bicicletas de cajón 🚲150 con sillas para niñas y niños ¡Estamos orgullosos de esta alternativa de micromovilidad incluyente y con enfoque de género de #BogotáMiCiudadMiCasa!