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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

12th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture, Food & Environment 30 Sept – 3 Oct, 2026, Kos Island, Greece @butterfly-project.bsky.social haicta.gr/conferences/... TIMES ARE LOCAL TIME in Kos!! HAICTA plenary live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHO8...

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HAICTA 2026 - Day 1 - Thursday, 1 October 2026 (IALYSSOS BALLROOM)

YouTube video by Hellenic Association for ICT in Agriculture

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Butterfly @butterfly-project.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

You can find us at the 11th European Conference of Apidology, EurBee11, 🐝Bologna.

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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Butterfly's "Synthesis report human dimensions of pollinator decline and restoration" is out! Find out what the 18 facets of pollinator-human relations are that were identified in the Multi Language review across the 13 languages of Butterfly's consortium. butterfly-europe.eu/deliverable-...

Through our multi-language review, we found many hopeful narratives, especially in the areas mentioned above. We found stories and experiences from farmers switching from conventional to organic farming (e.g., Telling, 2011; Lemvig, 2020), municipalities becoming pesticide-free (Boesen, 2025), mutual benefits for pollinators and humans of pollinator gardens (Batemen, 2023) and stories of kinship (Lindholm, 2023). Concepts building on multispecies ethnography such as ‘playful work’ (Ellis, 2022), multispecies kinship (Meloni, 2019) and multi-species urban spaces (Pettenati, 2023), as well as indigenous cultures and knowledge, can inspire and show that a care relationship is
possible. Generally, this deliverable itself should be seen as part of slow hope, as it presents hopeful narratives about the various ways humans relate to pollinators, become ecologically aware, and act as individuals or communities to restore them. It will influence and inspire the other Butterfly work packages with its results, form a basis for new research and motivate citizens and policymakers to take action.

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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Butterfly's Toolbox for Resilience Thinking helps actors in pollinator-dependent supply chains (food & nutrients, bio-materials, bio-energy crops, medicine, cosmetics) to engage in transformative action and assume pollinator stewardship in their daily practices. butterfly-europe.eu/deliverable-...

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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Butterfly's Delphi vulnerability assessment protocol @mimiet.bsky.social maps out vulnerability of pollinator dependent sectors (food/micronutrients, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, biomaterials, biomass energy) to pollinator decline and guides scenario development butterfly-europe.eu/deliverable-...

Steps included in the development of the scenarios for the Butterfly Delphi surveys. Supply chain description, literature search and desk research long list, consultation of experts in Butterfly and Living Labs to draft short list, scenario statments / projections.

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Mirella Miettinen @mimiet.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

How does forest management change the hidden world in which forest pollinators spend most of their lives? This is studied in ProPollSoil project. The 3rd video in #ForestStation elaborates links of @butterfly-project.bsky.social pollinator stewardship and forest management practices. #HorizonEurope

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Butterfly @butterfly-project.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

🧵1/5 #ForestStation 3/3: 🎥from campus to forest @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social @ioes-ju.bsky.social 🌲 Can a forest look green and healthy, yet fail to provide pollinator larvae with the nutrients they need? This time, we’re taking a closer look at what the ProPollSoil project has been up to😄.

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Butterfly @butterfly-project.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

🧵1/4 #ForestStation 2/3: 🎥The beetle worth hearing Plagionotus detritus produces a striking creaking sound when threatened. Its black-and-yellow colouring adds a second defence by resembling a hornet. But the deeper lesson lies in its life cycle. @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social @ioes-ju.bsky.social

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Maria Clara Castellanos @calacastellanos.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Project Butterfly on pollinator stewardship and the multiple roles of pollinators in ecosystems - see 🧵 including short video below.

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Butterfly @butterfly-project.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🧵1/4 💡 Pollinator stewardship begins by recognising that pollinators do far more than pollinate 🪲Many forest pollinators spend most of their lives as larvae, hidden from flowers in dead wood or leaf litter. #ForestStation 1/3: 🎥1 insect, 2 lives @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social @ioes-ju.bsky.social

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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

What started as a low-budget, highly ambitious project to help restore populations of bumble bees, solidary bees, hoverflies and moths fast became the biggest nature-positive initiative, embraced by local authorities and communities alike. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2...

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The low budget pollinator project that grew wings and created real change

Low-budget, highly ambitious project to restore populations of critical insects fast became a top nature-positive initiative

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Butterfly @butterfly-project.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

We'll present you with the 3-part #ForestStation video series next week🤩 Episode 1: One insect, two lives – Mon Ep 2: The beetle worth hearing – Wed Ep 3: From campus to forest – Fri It's a story about pollinator stewardship, lesser-known pollinators, and our connections to the ProPollSoil project

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The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation @xercessociety.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Yes, there are bumble bees in Alaska! And they're very interesting. This #BugBanterPodcast, Dr. Hollis Woodard is sharing her research on bees and monitoring their populations! 🏔️🐝 Audio & transcript 📻 xerces.org/bug-banter/a... Video w/ captions 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMNh...

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Javier Galeano @galeanojav.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

1/9 Why do some pollinators visit dozens of plants while others visit almost none? Our new study in the Journal of Animal Ecology explains how plant-pollinator networks emerge from what individuals do, not just what species they belong to.🧵

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Butterfly @butterfly-project.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

In the second video of our “Voices of BUTTERFLY” series, meet Seyed-Ali Hosseini-Yekani🦋. Ali is an agricultural economist. He simulates the macroeconomic effects of pollinator decline to help decision-makers and politicians anticipate and counteract these effects.

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Annie Leonard @annieleonard.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Happy that our #NSF-funded research on the temporal stability of wild #bees' pollen nutrition is now published! Basic funding into what bees need is so important and feeling imperiled lately. Open access article: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Wild bees occupy temporally stable pollen nutritional niches - Oecologia

As bees’ primary source of protein and lipids, pollen is a nutritional resource key to the persistence of wild populations. Because bee taxa may differ in their pollen macronutrient requirements, and ...

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Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg @uni-wuerzburg.de · 22/07/2026

#Europe is hindering its own efforts to protect bees, butterflies and other #pollinators, say 135 researchers. @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social et al. warn of serious consequences for #biodiversity and food security. ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

Bees make an important contribution to the pollination of wild plants and fruit trees: on the left, a honeybee on the flower of a sweet cherry; on the right, a bumblebee on a chicory. (Photos: Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter / University of Würzburg)

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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Now in 15 languages! (latest addtion: Οι επικονιαστές είναι η αόρατη υποδομή της Ευρώπης on Wired)

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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Read the @valor-project.eu newsletter with pollinator news from @butterfly-project.bsky.social's sister project preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1107...

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Welcome to the new edition of the VALOR newsletter

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Butterfly @butterfly-project.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

🧵1/3 What does a pollinator sound like? Sometimes... like this. 🪲🎵 Turn up the volume. ⬇️ video with sound (longhorn beetle - Stragnalia) ⬇️

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polli.NET @pollinet.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Uma edição PT do documento conjunto 'Rumo à salvaguarda dos polinizadores em todas as políticas' já está disponível. Este analisa como a incoerência nas políticas pode dificultar a recuperação dos polinizadores e apresenta 15 recomendações para ação. 🐝🌼 butterfly-europe.eu/en/wp-conten...

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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

News about the Joint White Paper "Towards pollinator stewardship in all policies: Policy incoherence in the EU is a major barrier to pollinator restoration" (doi.org/10.5281/zeno...) Now in 14 languages! Share these stories with your national policy makers butterfly-europe.eu/media-covera...

https://butterfly-europe.eu/media-coverage-of-joint-white-paper-towards-pollinator-stewardship-in-all-policies/

Eight EU projects propose a roadmap to reverse the wild pollinator decline - Funded by the European Union

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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Without pollinators, entire supply chains begin to falter. Yet wild bees, hoverflies, butterflies, moths and beetles are under increasing pressure across Europe. A European White Paper (doi.org/10.5281/zeno...) with the involvement of Prof. Dr. Sara Diana Leonhardt... www.ls.tum.de/en/ls/public...

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Bestäuber-Schutz in der EU: White Paper mit TUM Beteiligung

Bestäuber wie Wildbienen, Falter und Käfer sind bedroht. Ein White Paper mit TUM-Beteiligung fordert stärkeren Schutz in der EU-Politik.

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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Rumo à salvaguarda dos polinizadores em todas as políticas A incoerência das políticas na UE constitui um importante obstáculo ao restauro dos polinizadores Traduzido do inglês (zenodo.org/records/2071...) por @jloureiro13.bsky.social butterfly-europe.eu/en/wp-conten...

Sumário executivo
Os polinizadores são fundamentais para a resiliência das funções societais vitais, a
competitividade e a segurança alimentar da Europa. Os polinizadores são essenciais
para a produção agrícola, a reprodução e evolução das plantas silvestres, a resiliência
dos ecossistemas, a segurança alimentar, as culturas alimentares, a conservação da
natureza terrestre, a subsistência, a saúde e o bem-estar humanos, a competitividade,
a economia, a estética da paisagem e a identidade local, o sentimento de pertença e a
ligação à natureza, contribuindo, em última instância, para a segurança e a estabilidade
política. A dependência da Europa em relação aos polinizadores aumentou nas últimas
décadas.
A integração da salvaguarda dos polinizadores nas diferentes áreas de política que
os afetam é indispensável para alcançar as metas juridicamente vinculativas da UE
relativas ao restauro da diversidade de polinizadores e à reversão do seu declínio. As
principais áreas de política que devem integrar a salvaguarda dos polinizadores
incluem a agricultura, o ambiente, os produtos químicos, a investigação e a inovação,
o comércio, as finanças, o planeamento, a legislação e a educação.
A Europa possui uma grande riqueza de espécies de polinizadores selvagens, mas
estas encontram-se ameaçadas por múltiplas pressões. As borboletas diurnas e
noturnas constituem os grupos mais numerosos de polinizadores selvagens, seguidas
pelos escaravelhos, pelas vespas e abelhas e pelas moscas. Todos são essenciais para
os ecossistemas naturais e muitos são cruciais para as paisagens cultivadas, a
agricultura e a floresta. Muitas espécies de polinizadores selvagens estão em declínio e
muitas são exclusivas do continente europeu, o que confere aos países europeus uma
responsabilidade particular de agir. As abelhas-do-mel sob gestão apícola são
consideradas animais de produção e não estão em declínio, mas enfrentam problemas
de saúde das colónias em muitos países europeus.

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Butterfly @butterfly-project.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Meet Noa Simón Delso in the first video of our “Voices of BUTTERFLY” series 🦋 Noa works at the interface between science, decision-makers and other actors. She explains how Butterfly treats the human dimension of pollinator decline as one of the project’s central pillars. @beelifeeu.bsky.social

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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Hoe kunnen we bestuivers beter helpen? Ecologisch onderzoeker @buitenanne.bsky.social trok er met een visnet op uit om insecten te vangen en te onderzoeken welke maatregelen bijdragen aan een gezondere leefomgeving voor bestuivers. @butterfly-project.bsky.social avs.be/nieuws/europ...

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Europees onderzoek rond toekomst bijen, hommels en vlinders

Hoe kunnen we bestuivers zoals bijen, hommels en vlinders beter helpen? Die vraag stond centraal in een Europees onderzoek in een vlasveld bij Oostburg.…

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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Europees onderzoek voor toekomst hommels, bijen en vlinders Het onderzoek is voor @buitenanne.bsky.social erg belangrijk. Dat de velden steeds minder vol zijn met bijen en vlinders kan uiteindelijk betekenen dat de aarde voor ons minder leefbaar wordt. www.omroepzeeland.nl/nieuws/18523...

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Europees onderzoek in vlasveld Oostburg: 'Voor toekomst hommels, bijen en vlinders'

Ecologisch onderzoeker Annemarie Dekker trok er met een visnet op uit om insecten te vangen.

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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Unsung Heroes of Pollination shows a hidden world of pollination, where flies, wasps, mosquitoes, bats and beetles take centre stage. Naturalists, gardeners, citizen scientists and flower enthusiasts are invited to journey into the undergrowth with Peter Bernhardt www.publishing.csiro.au/book/8200

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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

News on our Joint White Paper ***Towards pollinator stewardship in all policies*** in 9 languages: +Dutch +English +Finish +French +Indonesian +Italian +Norwegian +Polish +Spanish Forward widely to your national networks @butterfly-project.bsky.social butterfly-europe.eu/media-covera...

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Media coverage of Joint White Paper “Towards pollinator stewardship in all policies”

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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Today's Challenge - test your #insectageddon literacy: Ask your favorite AI prophet: "Describe a dystopian world where wild and managed pollinators have collapsed. It should be consistent with the scientific evidence and diagnosis presented in zenodo.org/records/2071... " Forward to politicians.

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Towards pollinator stewardship in all policies: Policy incoherence in the EU is a major barrier to pollinator restoration

Joint White Paper from Horizon Europe-funded projects Butterfly, VALOR, PollinERA, WildPosh, AGRI4POL, ProPollSoil, RestPoll, and Safeguard Executive summary Pollinators are critical for Europe’s resi...

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Butterfly @butterfly-project.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Looking for a gentle but thought-provoking weekend read for #PollinatorWeek? Our first Butterfly Newsletter is here - an accessible journey into pollinator stewardship! Read slowly. Look closely. Let something stay wild🐛🦋⬇️ butterfly-europe.eu/news/newslet...

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Butterfly @butterfly-project.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Have you seen our Pollinator Week press release yet? 🐝 Eight EU-funded consortia warn that Europe must act now to halt pollinator loss. Press release: butterfly-europe.eu/eight-eu-fun... Earth.com has also covered the story: www.earth.com/news/wild-po...

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Earth and Environmental News, Videos and Images

At Earth.com, our goal is to provide the internet with a homepage for anything and everything about our planet Earth and the environment.

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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Pollination is embedded in supply chains that most people never think of. Flowering plants that depend on pollinators underpin European industries such as medicinal plants, food supplements, biomass energy crops, biomaterials, textiles, fodder, cosmetics, decoration, art, culture, and tourism

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Butterfly @butterfly-project.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

📣On 30 June Butterfly will join @restpoll.bsky.social , @valor-project.eu , ProPollSoil and @agri4pol.eu for a special session on pollinator stewardship in EU farming⬇️ 📅 Tuesday, 30 June 2026 | 13:45–17:15 📍 Room 105, Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier You're welcome to join us!

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Butterfly @butterfly-project.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Pollinator Week reminder 🐝🦋 Protecting pollinators = more than just planting flowers. Pollinators need nesting sites, larval food, healthy soils, connected habitats, and a clean environment. Pollinator stewardship = caring for the complete pollinator life cycle. #PollinatorWeek

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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Eight EU-funded research consortia warn that Europe risks a crisis if it fails to halt pollinator loss. Their solution: a roadmap to reverse wild pollinator decline and protect managed bees. @butterfly-project.bsky.social @vitenskapsteori.bsky.social butterfly-europe.eu/eight-eu-fun...

he Privet Hawkmoth is a nightactive pollinating moth found in
Europe and parts of Asia. Photo: Jeff Ollerton

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Butterfly @butterfly-project.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

🧵1/3 It’s #PollinatorWeek 🐝🦋 A moment to celebrate pollinators, and to ask whether our policies truly give them a chance to recover. Our new joint White Paper argues that pollinator restoration needs coherent action across sectors. Read the preprint: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #Pollinators

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Butterfly @butterfly-project.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Pollinator Week is coming soon 🐝🦋💓 It is a good moment to remember that caring for pollinators can start very locally: in a garden, a schoolyard, a farm, a park, or one small patch left a little wilder. Small actions can create real butterfly effects. #PollinatorWeek #Pollinators

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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Europees onderzoek in vlasveld Oostburg: 'Voor toekomst hommels, bijen en vlinders' @butterfly-project.bsky.social's pollinator livinglab (flax) covered on Dutch radio today! www.omroepzeeland.nl/nieuws/18523...

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Europees onderzoek in vlasveld Oostburg: 'Voor toekomst hommels, bijen en vlinders'

Ecologisch onderzoeker Annemarie Dekker trok er met een visnet op uit om insecten te vangen.

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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Message from a solitary Bee ...To businesses and their lobbyists: Stop packaging poison as progress. What is profit if the planet dies? What is success if the soil is dead, if flowers don’t bloom, if children never .. Full message in Butterfly's 1st newsletter butterfly-europe.eu/news/newslet...

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Butterfly @butterfly-project.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

🌿 Happy Day for Biological Diversity🪲🪳🦗 “Acting Locally for Global Impact”, the theme this year, encapsulates what Butterfly is all about. Our newsletter is full of scientific and pop-science resources designed to inspire this kind of action. 🦋 Read it here: butterfly-europe.eu/news/newslet...

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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Butterfly's First NEWSLETTER is out! Celebrate #worldbeeday and massively REPOST, SHARE, RETWEET, FORWARD, PROMULGATE this important and amazing newsletter on pollinator stewardship #mustread #PollinatorStewardship #Pollinators @butterfly-project.bsky.social butterfly-europe.eu/news/newslet...

Title page of Butterfly's first newletter

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