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Iain H Woodhouse 🛰️🌍🌲

@fortiain.bsky.social
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Satellites. Space.Trees. Prof Edinburgh Uni. Co-founder Earth Blox.

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I'm old enough to remember being told in the 90s that field inventory would soon be a thing of the past because of remote sensing. It's not going away. Also, I agree with @fortiain.bsky.social that 'ground truth' is a misleading term.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/04/2026
The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Just had this from Planet Labs, the US government have asked satellite imagery providers for "voluntarily" restrictions on access to satellite imagery. Given a lot of them provide satellite imagery to the USG we can probably guess the outcome of not acquiescing to that request.
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Dr. Nicolas Le Corvec @nlecorvec.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
@esa.int Advanced Radar Polarimetry / #Biomass course. A dense week ahead to deepen polarimetric #SAR approaches & their applications to agricultural & forested environments. Goal: better link soils, vegetation & water stress using radar data. Back to @fortiain.bsky.social 📡📘 #Science #Ljubljana
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Iain H Woodhouse 🛰️🌍🌲 @fortiain.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Unmarked car. Unidentified individuals in balaclavas. Tell me how this is not some secret police with no accountability. America, you’ve become a fascist state.
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Do you know how many Labour MPs are now on Bluesky? It's now over 300 out of the 400 or so MPs! And many do post! I've created starter packs and a list! Firstly the list: bsky.app/profile/did:... 1/5
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 29/12/2025
You probably heard the US admin is threatening to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research: but did you know they already froze funding for the 9 regional Climate Science Adaptation Centers? From tracking invasives to helping tribes with drought, here's why the CASCs matter ⬇️
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From invasive species tracking to water security – what’s lost with federal funding cuts at US Climate Adaptation Science Centers
The people who manage America’s aquifers, wetlands, shorelines and recreation areas rely on federal science as they face new and rising risks in a changing climate.
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Iain H Woodhouse 🛰️🌍🌲 @fortiain.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Soon? 😬
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Iain H Woodhouse 🛰️🌍🌲 @fortiain.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
This reminds me of when my boys were are nursery school. They made up prizes for the kids there too.
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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Each year, I teach "Evolution of Plant Form and Function" to undergraduates - I've struggled to find good synthetic out-of-class materials - until recently. This is such a superb overview of the functional and physiological overview of land plant evolution www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSch... 🧪🌾🌐 #botany
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Trees Are So Weird
YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
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Iain H Woodhouse 🛰️🌍🌲 @fortiain.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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Iain H Woodhouse 🛰️🌍🌲 @fortiain.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
😅 bit of a stretch to equate a local council issue in UK with behaviour of POTUS in an increasingly autocratic US.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I watched Yarvin’s Sheldonian lecture. What struck me is that he’s describing real institutional failures, but he completely misdiagnoses the cause. He treats “democracy” as the problem, when the actual collapse is upstream.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I hired and worked with Jamal for a year. www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
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Iain H Woodhouse 🛰️🌍🌲 @fortiain.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY SWAMP!!
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 11/11/2025
“Trump & Brexit are not 2 different things. They are the same thing. Same companies. Same data. Same Facebook. Same Russians. Same Cambridge Analytica. Same Robert Mercer. Same Steve Bannon. Same Breitbart. Same Alexander Nix. Same Donald Trump. Same Nigel Farage” @carolecadwalla.bsky.social 👇 #BBC
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 06/11/2025
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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Iain H Woodhouse 🛰️🌍🌲 @fortiain.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I have a very bad feeling about this...
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Diaper Diplomacy Unofficial Mirror @diaperdiplomacy-m.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
“They are all lying… and dishonest people” — Kristi Noem threatens to double down on Portland & Chicago
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Iain H Woodhouse 🛰️🌍🌲 @fortiain.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
They’ve all seen Death of Stalin, right? Right? 😳
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Iain H Woodhouse 🛰️🌍🌲 @fortiain.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Rest assured, it’s their fault for not using BCC!!!
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 06/10/2025
Can AI and robotics help us in many ways? I am not a Luddite — I believe they can. But we must make sure these new technologies benefit all of us, not just a handful of billionaires. I hope you'll take a few minutes to read my op-ed in Fox News. Let’s start the debate.
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SEN SANDERS: AI must benefit everyone, not just a handful of billionaires
Billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos invest billions in AI and robotics that could eliminate millions of jobs while increasing corporate profits at workers' expense.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 06/10/2025
Startup Reflect Orbital aims to power solar farms at night by reflecting sunlight from about 4,000 satellites, has recently requested a license for a 2026 demo. But astronomers warn the bright objects could be “ruinous” to vital scientific research.
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Plan to Reflect Sunlight to Power Solar Panels at Night Upsets Astronomers
Reflect Orbital aims to launch its first of a planned 4,000 satellites into orbit next year. Scientists worry that it would be “ruinous” for research.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 06/10/2025
This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States. America is on the brink of martial law. Do not be silent.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 03/10/2025
Want a quick economic win? Look to university spinouts on.ft.com/42XMTpl | opinion
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Want a quick economic win? Look to university spinouts
UK innovators too often have to find capital in the US — the quid pro quo is often jobs and facilities there instead of here
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Phil Cole @phillcole40.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
More than 150 lawyers and refugee NGOs report being ‘pressured into silence’ by far-right protesters. At least two groups supporting UK asylum seekers have closed their offices after credible threats to their safety www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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More than 150 lawyers and refugee NGOs report being ‘pressured into silence’ by far-right protesters
At least two groups supporting UK asylum seekers have closed their offices after credible threats to their safety
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 20/09/2025
Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
One person familiar with the federal investigation said that “thus far, there is no evidence connecting the suspect with any left-wing groups.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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'No evidence' found yet of ties between Charlie Kirk's shooting and left-wing groups, officials say
Three people familiar with the federal probe into Kirk’s assassination told NBC News that investigators have yet to find a link between the alleged shooter and left-wing groups.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/09/2025
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Iain H Woodhouse 🛰️🌍🌲 @fortiain.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
This is not a drill, people!!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
The 4 Pillars of the Trump Admin: Threats Lies Intimidation Corruption
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
3 months ago, today, Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered by a Trump supporter. They had kids, too.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
"Let's put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, okay? Let's see how she feels about it, you know, when the guns are trained on her face." — Donald Trump, October 31, 2024 ( ht: @luiszanger.bsky.social )
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Iain H Woodhouse 🛰️🌍🌲 @fortiain.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
The second issue is that all of these articles & all the Uni policies are about how students use AI, not staff. 🤷🏻 medium.com/@i.h.woodhou...
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AI will make higher education “uniquely human”.
AI will change the modern university beyond recognition
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Iain H Woodhouse 🛰️🌍🌲 @fortiain.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
The problem in Unis (mine included) is that the decision making process is slower than the rate of change for AI tools. So guidance to students lags their experience of using it by a long way.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
I have no words for this.
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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
The EPA move follows news the administration wants to scrap the satellites that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. If you can't measure it and don't know where it's coming from, it becomes very difficult to reduce or eliminate it (or hold anybody accountable for damages). Gift link.
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Two Valuable Satellites Are in ‘Perfect Health.’ They May Be Scrapped.
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Iain H Woodhouse 🛰️🌍🌲 @fortiain.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Kirk’s views and actions were vile and despicable, and he promoted hate and lies. He didn’t deserve to die, and political assassinations require collective condemnation and pause to think, by everyone, together. Both things can be true at the same time.
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Good that the Guardian is calling Kirk “far right” and showings its readers his views - not “common sense”, not “conservative”, but far right conspiracy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Charlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’
The far-right commentator didn’t pull his punches when discussing his bigoted views on current events
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Excellent reporting from The Guardian. Plane to purgatory: how Trump’s deportation program shuttles immigrants into lawless limbo www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Plane to purgatory: how Trump’s deportation program shuttles immigrants into lawless limbo
44,000 immigrants, 1,700 flights, 100 days: a Guardian investigation of leaked flight data and government detention data reveals the inhumane journey of immigrants shuttled around and outside the US
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Iain H Woodhouse 🛰️🌍🌲 @fortiain.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
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a man in a military uniform is asking are we the baddies .
ALT: a man in a military uniform is asking are we the baddies .
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Iain H Woodhouse 🛰️🌍🌲 @fortiain.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Reduce crime by committing crime. Simple recipe. 🤷🏻
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Glen Jackson @glenjackson.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Trump’s disgraceful treatment of White House correspondent #YamicheAlcindor needs to be called out. #News organizations in Washington used to do that. There is something wrong with the press in our nation’s capital. My closing thoughts today. @jimacosta.bsky.social substack.com/@jimacosta/n...
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Jim Acosta (@jimacosta)
Trump’s disgraceful treatment of White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor needs to be called out. News organizations in Washington used to do that. There is something wrong with the press in our nat...
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
1/ I worked at DoD. I literally cannot imagine lawyers coming up with a legal basis for lethal strike of suspected Venezuelan drug boat. Hard to see how this would not be "murder" or war crime under international law that DoD considers applicable. Read expert analysis by @bcfinucane.bsky.social⤵️
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Legal Issues Raised by a Lethal U.S. Military Attack in the Caribbean
The Trump administration’s extraordinary lethal attack on this purported smuggling vessel raises significant potential legal issues.
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Iain H Woodhouse 🛰️🌍🌲 @fortiain.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Can someone help me here and defined what he means by “experts”? 🤷🏻
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
The problem with figures like RFK Jr. isn’t just that they spread bad information. It’s that they sustain disordered counterpublics, spaces where falsehoods are reinforced through imitation of legitimate democratic processes.
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