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Kath Kopke

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Coastal & Marine Science Communication, Stakeholder Engagement & Societal Impact

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Vojsava Gjoni @vojsavagjoni.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Excited to share our paper in Ecology Letters @pzecology.bsky.social@jimjunker.bsky.social ker.bsky.social@wesnerlab.bsky.social! Using ~670,000 body sizes from stream food webs across North America, we show that warming does not necessarily favour smaller organisms, but depends on resource supply🌍🐟
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Cork Safety Alerts @corksafetyalerts.com · 02/10/2026
Serious collision involving a pedestrian and a bus on Lower Glanmire Road, Cork City. Restrictions and diversions in place. csalert.ie/NcKEgS
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Serious Road Traffic Collision Involving Pedestrian and Bus on Lower Glanmire Road
Serious collision involving a pedestrian and a bus on Lower Glanmire Road, Cork City. Restrictions and diversions in place.
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Environmental Information: Use and Influence (Dalhousie Univ.) @eiui.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#Marine #pollution is “one of the most pressing/complex environmental challenges globally” but resources about the problem are scattered. @kathkopke.bsky.social et al. describe a repository designed with accessibility principles that could inform creating similar repositories doi.org/10.3389/fcom...
Title, authors’ names and affiliations, abstract, keywords, and publication information from a paper about a curated digital repository for marine pollution science communication and education resources
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Kath Kopke @kathkopke.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New Paper 🚨 how we developed a #sciencecommunication resources library focused on #marinepollution with pollution expert validated resources in different formats for #PFAS #Microplastcs #Nutrients #UnderwaterNoise for diverse audiences & 20+ languages. doi.org/10.3389/fcom... @ucc.ie @vliz.be
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Frontiers | Operationalising accessibility in marine pollution science communication: the Zeropol Hub case study
Marine pollution is a major environmental challenge, and effective communication of scientific evidence is important for supporting public engagement, enviro...
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Kath Kopke @kathkopke.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
🌊 What will it take to achieve zero pollution in Europe’s seas? Zero Pollution Parliament in Brussels with 33 stakeholders from 16 countries explored solutions to tackle nutrients, hazardous substances, microplastics and underwater noise. 📄 Read the report shorturl.at/AahQm #ZeroPollution @ucc.ie
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(PDF) D5.6 Report of the zero-pollution parliament
PDF | The Zero Pollution Parliament, held in Brussels on 18–19 November 2025, brought together 33 stakeholders from 16 European countries representing... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...
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Kath Kopke @kathkopke.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
💫 Zero Pollution Hub! 🌊 marine #scicomm checked by #marinescientists on #underwaternoise, #nutrients, #microplastics & #PFAS for the public, students, educators & decision-makers. 🌐 23 languages — more coming! 🔗 zeropolhub.eu @ucc.ie @vliz.be @orlapeach.bsky.social @visualscithomas.bsky.social
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Kath Kopke @kathkopke.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
🌊 What will it take to achieve zero pollution in Europe’s seas? Zero Pollution Parliament in Brussels with 33 stakeholders from 16 countries explored solutions to tackle nutrients, hazardous substances, microplastics and underwater noise. 📄 Read the report shorturl.at/AahQm #ZeroPollution @ucc.ie
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(PDF) D5.6 Report of the zero-pollution parliament
PDF | The Zero Pollution Parliament, held in Brussels on 18–19 November 2025, brought together 33 stakeholders from 16 European countries representing... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...
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Kath Kopke @kathkopke.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
🎉 Excited to be part of a team exploring how the Source-to-Sea approach can connect the dots on plastic pollution policy. 🌊🧩♻️ #SourceToSea @w-u-r.bsky.social @ucc.ie @vliz.be @gridarendal.bsky.social 🚨new paper out 👇
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Exploring a Source to Sea approach for plastic pollution policy integration in the European Union: the case of tyre wear particles
The European Green Deal marks a shift in policy-making, aiming to transform the European economy and society to achieve sustainability and climate neutrality. Its zero-pollution ambition, outlined ...
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Kath Kopke @kathkopke.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
💫 Zero Pollution Hub! 🌊 marine #scicomm checked by #marinescientists on #underwaternoise, #nutrients, #microplastics & #PFAS for the public, students, educators & decision-makers. 🌐 23 languages — more coming! 🔗 zeropolhub.eu @ucc.ie @vliz.be @orlapeach.bsky.social @visualscithomas.bsky.social
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/12/2025
Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist for the Cure, dies aged 65
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Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist for the Cure, dies aged 65
Starting as a roadie and guitar tech, Bamonte joined the band in 1990 after its breakthrough album Disintegration Perry Archangelo Bamonte, longtime guitarist and keyboardist for the influential goth band the Cure, has died. He was 65. The band made the announcement on their official website on Friday. Continue reading...
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Kath Kopke @kathkopke.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Two days. One message. 🌊✨ Zero Pollution Parliament shows the future of our seas is ZERO pollution, not business-as-usual! 👉 soszeropol2030.eu/2025/11/25/z... @ucc.ie @vliz.be @w-u-r.bsky.social @sintef.bsky.social @gridarendal.bsky.social
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Zero Pollution Parliament Living Lab | SOSZEROPOL2030
On 17 and 18 November, SOS-ZEROPOL2030 brought together 35 experts, policymakers, researchers, and stakeholders from across Europe for a two-day Living Lab ...
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Marine SABRES @marinesabres.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Fuel + Post-it notes... the driving force behind invention and consensus! ☕☕🟨🟪🟦✅✅ (thank you delicious Italian coffee - we are only slightly addicted 😬) #MarineSABRES
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Dr Angel Borja @drangelborja.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Arrived too early for @marinesabres.bsky.social project meeting today!
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Marine SABRES @marinesabres.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Delighted to gather as a consortium this week at @unipisa.bsky.social for our third project General Assembly! Our coordination team, stakeholder engagement experts, & reps from our 3 Demonstration Areas have been updating on data, research & outreach 💙 #horizoneurope #EBM #BlueEconomy #MarineSABRES
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LifeWatch ERIC @lifewatcheric.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
🌊 Teachers across Europe: ready to play for the ocean? Join the @marinesabres.bsky.social School Competition 2025 on 21 Nov 2025 (World Fisheries Day) and guide your students (10-18) through a free online Serious Game on ocean-human connections. 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4nDEcc4
Join the Serious Game School Competition 2025
Discover how to register your school!After a successful 2024 edition Marine SABRES launches a new online Serious Game School Competition to help students explore the links between human activities, changes in marine ecosystems and impacts on our well-being.

WHEN 
It will take place online on Friday, 21 November, World Fisheries Day, from 09:00 to 17:00 CET.

WHO 
Teachers of natural and social sciences, English and CLIL, citizenship, environmental or sustainability education who can tutor lower (10-13) and upper (14-18) secondary school students across Europe.HOW
By registering to the Marine SABRES School Competition 2025: you will tutor your students in playing an online serious game for free.​

WHY
This informal education activity will let your students discover more about the links between human activities, changes in marine ecosystems, and impact on our well-being.​

Ready to play for the ocean?
Registration is open until the day of the event!
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Seebrücke @seebruecke.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Am 03.10.13 sank vor #Lampedusa ein Boot mit hunderten fliehenden Menschen. Nur wenige Tage später, am 11.10. sank ein weiteres Boot. Insgesamt starben innerhalb weniger Tage über 600 Menschen.
Foto von einem Strand mit leichten Wellen. In einem orangen Kasten steht "12 Jahre nach den Schiffbrüchen vor Lampedusa. Europäische Abschottungspolitik tötet." In der rechten oberen Ecke ist das Seebrücke-Logo in weiß auf orange.
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Enrico R. Crema @ercrema.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
⚠️Paper Alert!⚠️ Excited to share this paper with @roccoro.bsky.social where we examined whether ceramic technology in Saharan Africa was the result of a single or multiple episodes of innovation & diffusion rdcu.be/eJi3g
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Bayesian analyses of radiocarbon dates suggest multiple origins of ceramic technology in Early Holocene Africa
Nature Communications - Several possible points of origin have been proposed for the spread of ceramic technology in Saharan Africa between 11–10,000 years ago. Here, the authors...
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Fabian Goldmann @goldi.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Die ganze Untersuchung von fast 5.000 deutschen Nahost-Nachrichten gibt's hier: www.schantall-und-scharia.de/nahostnachri...
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Gautam Dey @gautamdey.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
If you’re applying to your dream lab for an internship/PhD/postdoc, always send a second email 1-2 weeks after the first one if you don’t hear back. I promise we will be grateful rather than annoyed. My email inbox is a disaster and I’m quite junior - and very few of us have secretarial support
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Dr Angel Borja @drangelborja.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Remember that #GES4SEAS project hosts the #MarinART Challenge, an international competition that celebrates urban art inspired by the ocean. Organized by @azti.bsky.social , submit photographs of ocean-themed murals and street art. Look those submitted! #MarineEcology www.ges4seas.eu/marinart-cha...
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Marine SABRES @marinesabres.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
New Publication!👀 Sharing our latest peer-reviewed publication, led by @drangelborja.bsky.social @azti.bsky.social! The paper emerged from #SciComm Summer School in San Sebastián, 2024 & highlights the role of effective SciComm in bridging the #marineresearch/policy gap🔗 www.marinesabres.eu/results
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Environmental Information: Use and Influence (Dalhousie Univ.) @eiui.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Since the 1990s the number of science-policy interfaces (SPIs) has grown to inform decision-making about global environmental crises. Velander studied how SPIs collaborate & found influential individuals & the UN promote collaboration but hurdles limit knowledge co-production doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
Title, author’s name, abstract, and keywords from a paper about collaboration among global environmental science-policy interfaces in knowledge co-production
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Kath Kopke @kathkopke.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Absolutely delighted 🎉 to have been part of this journey that started with an inspiring Summer School in 2024 all around #marine #ScienceCommunication and big thanks to @drangelborja.bsky.social for leading this enjoyable collaboration! Check out our publication 👇
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
#BookSky
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Kath Kopke @kathkopke.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
This isn’t just a gig — it’s a stand for equality in Irish music🎶join Aine Duffy & Friends at Elizabeth Fort, Cork, Ireland on Aug 1 for a powerful night of female-led acts 💥 🎫 eventbrite.ie/e/dont-touch... #LetTheMusicSpeak 📖 www.echolive.ie/corkviews/ar... & www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
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Don't touch my knob
“No female headlines? No Problem” This isn’t just a gig. It’s a statement.
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Kath Kopke @kathkopke.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Our New Paper ⏰ shows how structured online conversations allows to engage stakeholders and turn complex topics around #marinepollution into shared understanding and practical next steps! @ucc.ie @orlapeach.bsky.social #microplastics #underwaternoise #stakeholder link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Online stakeholder engagement to bridge the science-policy interface for marine pollution research: adaptation & evaluation of the focused conversation method and ORID framework - Discover Oceans
This paper introduces an online adaptation of the Focused Conversation Method (FCM), demonstrating through three marine pollution projects how structured online stakeholder dialogues can inform resear...
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Environmental Information: Use and Influence (Dalhousie Univ.) @eiui.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Despite research showing #CitizenScience can support #policy-making, e.g., raising environmental awareness, citizen science remains under-used in policy-making. Hölscher et al. "highlight the potential of mainstreaming citizen science to enhance #environmental #policy-making" doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
Title, authors’ names, abstract, and keywords from a paper about mainstreaming citizen science in policy development in five European countries
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Environmental Information: Use and Influence (Dalhousie Univ.) @eiui.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Understanding audiences is key to #communication about #climate change. F. Willick reports on a new study by @dalhousie.bsky.social‬ researchers that shows understanding the #personality roots of climate #skepticism can help in developing effective messaging strategies www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Title, journalist’s name, photograph of a person holding a placard at a climate demonstration, article headline, and opening paragraphs of a news article published by CBC News about research on the relationship between personality and belief in climate change.
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Environmental Information: Use and Influence (Dalhousie Univ.) @eiui.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
#Stakeholder engagement is widely viewed as essential in marine science-policy interfaces to support informed decision-making. Kopke et al. demonstrated the effectiveness of an online engagement process that resulted in productive/collaborative outcomes @kathkopke.bsky.social doi.org/10.1007/s442...
Title, authors’ names, and abstract from a paper about an online method for stakeholder engagement to bridge gaps at the science-policy interface on marine pollution research
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s-ag.bsky.social @s-ag.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
💥Read our new paper on how structured online conversations help to engage stakeholders, turn complex #marinepollution issues into shared understanding & practical next steps! @kathkopke.bsky.social @orlapeach.bsky.social @ucc.ie 👉https://rdcu.be/es77d #microplastics #underwaternoise #stakeholder
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Online stakeholder engagement to bridge the science-policy interface for marine pollution research: adaptation & evaluation of the focused conversation method and ORID framework
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Orlapeach @orlapeach.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Happy to announce the availability of our #openaccess paper lead by our SCEI research group lead @kathkopke.bsky.social: "Online #StakeholderEngagement to Bridge the Science-Policy Interface for #MarinePollution Research: Adaptation & Evaluation of the #FocusedConversationMethod & #ORIDFramework"!
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Kath Kopke @kathkopke.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
New Paper🚨: Its been an absolute pleasure to collaborate on this SOS-ZEROPOL2030 Publication led by @vliz.be Lisa Devriese!!! We assessed and compared the current state of persistent and emerging pollutants with the EU environmental goals and ambitions. www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
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Frontiers | Setting the course: aligning European Union marine pollution policy ambitions with environmental realities
Pollution in coastal and marine waters is a global challenge that transcends national boundaries, affecting interconnected seas, the ocean and broader ecosys...
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Kath Kopke @kathkopke.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Our New Paper ⏰ shows how structured online conversations allows to engage stakeholders and turn complex topics around #marinepollution into shared understanding and practical next steps! @ucc.ie @orlapeach.bsky.social #microplastics #underwaternoise #stakeholder link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Online stakeholder engagement to bridge the science-policy interface for marine pollution research: adaptation & evaluation of the focused conversation method and ORID framework - Discover Oceans
This paper introduces an online adaptation of the Focused Conversation Method (FCM), demonstrating through three marine pollution projects how structured online stakeholder dialogues can inform resear...
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Jeff @mrbowlman.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Great Horned Owl #birds 🪶
Photo of a Great Horned Owl perched on a tree branch.
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Kath Kopke @kathkopke.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Our @SourceToSeas workshop at #EMD2025 was a powerful reminder that effective science communication and stakeholder engagement around #marinepollution are not optional but essential. Big thank you to all participants, facilitators and speakers!!! www.marei.ie/marei-worksh...
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MaREI Workshop at the European Maritime Day - MaREI
SOS-ZEROPOL2030, hosted a workshop around science communication and stakeholder engagement in the context of marine pollution.
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Kath Kopke @kathkopke.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
New Paper🚨: Its been an absolute pleasure to collaborate on this SOS-ZEROPOL2030 Publication led by @vliz.be Lisa Devriese!!! We assessed and compared the current state of persistent and emerging pollutants with the EU environmental goals and ambitions. www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
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Frontiers | Setting the course: aligning European Union marine pollution policy ambitions with environmental realities
Pollution in coastal and marine waters is a global challenge that transcends national boundaries, affecting interconnected seas, the ocean and broader ecosys...
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Mariana Cerca, PhD @marianacerca.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
How cool is that? 😍 #EMD2025 #C-FAARER #seaweed
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Kath Kopke @kathkopke.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Our @SourceToSeas workshop at #EMD2025 was a powerful reminder that effective science communication and stakeholder engagement around #marinepollution are not optional but essential. Big thank you to all participants, facilitators and speakers!!! www.marei.ie/marei-worksh...
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MaREI Workshop at the European Maritime Day - MaREI
SOS-ZEROPOL2030, hosted a workshop around science communication and stakeholder engagement in the context of marine pollution.
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Louise Firth @louisefirth.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Great #craic at Sea Shanty Singing sessions. 🎶🎵 Music by #MeithealMara for European Maritime Day #Cork 🇮🇪🇪🇺. Thanks to Ronan shingles, Corina Hanrahan & Cork City Council #CorkCC for great evening of networking with salty folks. 🌊⚓️🪼🦀🛥️⛵️🦪 #EMD #EMD25 @ronangingles.bsky.social @kathkopke.bsky.social
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Louise Firth @louisefirth.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Beautiful 16th century Spanish galleon (Galeón Andalucía) docked alongside the ILV #Granuaile & the RV #TomCrean ⛴️🚢⛵️ on the River #Lee, #Cork on European Maritime Day 🇮🇪🇪🇺⚓️🏴‍☠️ #EMD #EMD25 @rvmarineinstitute.bsky.social
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Dave Johnston🚶🐕 📷 @djwalker.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
El Galeón on the day the rain returned to Cork European Maritime Day 2025 #photography #nature #landscape #PhotoHour #EMD2025 #spain #tallship #Cork #ireland #camino #caminotraining #caminoprimitivo #caminodesantiago 🐕 🚶📱 📸 📷 🌧️ 🏴‍☠️⚓️
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Maven's Notebook @mavensnotebook.com · 16/05/2025
‘This is a big problem’: Two California weather offices no longer provide 24/7 warnings #cawater www.sfchronicle.com/weather/arti...
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‘This is a big problem’: Two California weather offices no longer provide 24/7 warnings
Collectively, the Central Valley offices issue forecasts and warnings from Redding to Bakersfield, including Lassen, Yosemite, Kings and Sequoia National Parks.
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Rachael Talibart @rachaeltalibart.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
‘All that remains’. Today’s photo is from Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 📷 🌊
A vertical-format, black and white photo of sea water pulling back around the few remains of a shipwreck with an island in the background and a dark, cloudy sky. Horizon above centre.
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Soubhiye, from Lebanese Arabic, is the enjoyment of a quiet moment of peace before everyone else is awake. Gökotta is a Swedish term for waking up early to enjoy the birdsong. For the rest of us, there is hurkle-durkling, from Scots: lingering in bed long after it’s time to get up.
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Martin Rak @martinrak.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Spring sunset in the Central Bohemian Uplands, Czech Republic.
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Dr Joby Razzelliot @jobium.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
I have no intention of spending my money at any business that forces trans people to use the wrong toilets
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
For #science nerds wanting to read up on #penguin evolution + the millions of years that some penguin spp have been dealing with ice … Their evolution is pre ice. They are tough. Birds that can go through interglacial/ glacial times (hothouse / icehouse 🔄) are tough. We can learn from penguins 🐧
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Genomic insights into the secondary aquatic transition of penguins - Nature Communications
This study examines the tempo and drivers of penguin diversification by combining genomes from all extant and recently extinct penguin lineages, stratigraphic data from fossil penguins and morphologic...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Contemporary UK artist Barbara Walker's Study Series, (charcoal and pastel on paper) #WomensArt
Artwork of a Black girl, head and shoulders, looking directly outwards wearing a vest top, her head surrounded by a dolls with white features and blond hair
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