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Laura Cappelatti

@lauracapp.bsky.social
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Ecologist. Postdoc @ University of Helsinki. Here mostly to follow updates on science and politics. 🌍🌿

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Nature @nature.com · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton was an advocate for vaccines, public health, literacy and marginalized communities go.nature.com/4wQ2DH8
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Dolly Parton dies aged 80 – researchers celebrate her contributions to science
The country singer was an advocate for vaccines, public health, literacy and marginalized communities.
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Emilie Ellis @e-ellis1.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
🦋 I’m recruiting a fully funded PhD student at the University of Helsinki: understanding how butterflies respond to climate change across Europe. Apply by 30 Sept: Full details: jobs.helsinki.fi/job-invite/5... Please share! #ecology #job #phd
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Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) in Butterfly Ecology and Climate Change across Europe
Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) in Butterfly Ecology and Climate Change across Europe
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Laura Cappelatti @lauracapp.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Demand the full suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement in view of Israel’s violations of human rights eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#...
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European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
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Laura Cappelatti @lauracapp.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Loving my friend Marc Desmarais's new substack on the cosmetics industry, check it out! exclamationmarc.substack.com/p/aol-dial-u...
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AOL Dial-Up Tones, MSN Messenger and Lead in your Lipstick
Your "well-intentioned" auntie has probably been sharing fake news for longer than you think. (PS: Forward this to 49 people in 84 seconds or face 942 years of bad luck!)
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Laura Cappelatti @lauracapp.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Please donate to help Venezuelans here: donation.dec.org.uk/venezuela-ea... #venezuela #earthquake
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DEC Venezuela Earthquake Appeal
Two catastrophic earthquakes have hit Venezuela. More than 2 million people have been affected in the worst impacted areas. Now the survivors urgently need shelter, food, water and medical care. Pleas...
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
There are almost no crustaceans in the deep ocean. Not because they would get crushed, but because they would DISSOLVE. The cold & high pressure cause changes to water that make it very corrosive to calcium carbonate shells. But there's one crustacean who solves this problem with ALUMINUM ARMOR.
A trench amphipod, Hirondellea gigas, from the deepest place on Earth: Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench (10,890m).
Alan Jamieson, Newcastle University
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Igor Pessi @igorspp.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Our latest @isme-microbes.bsky.social study is now available in its final format. You can also read more about our work here: igorpessi.com/2026-04-13-b...
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Igor S. Pessi, PhD: Bioplastic biodegradability shapes microbial communities in a coastal brackish environment
Polar Microbial Ecologist
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Laura Cappelatti @lauracapp.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Sep 13 - 17, 2026 - Joint NSO–GfÖ Conference 2026 nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/joint-...
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Joint NSO–GfÖ Conference 2026 | Nordic Society Oikos
Join us for one of Europe’s leading ecological conferences, where scientists, students, and professionals from across the Nordic countries, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland come together to explore t...
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Laura Cappelatti @lauracapp.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Sea level much higher than assumed in most coastal hazard assessments - Nature
Meta-analyses on a global scale show that the measured coastal mean sea level is higher than assumed in most coastal hazard assessments.
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Laura Cappelatti @lauracapp.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
What's that South Park episode where Trump doesn't get a peace prize for ending wars and then start a war
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Laurie Hertzel @lhertzel.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.
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Laura Cappelatti @lauracapp.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
How easy it is for a single man to sh*t on the world. Over and over again, through history. And we let them, we let them, we let them. Learning nothing.
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Igor Pessi @igorspp.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
So let me get this straight: Lukoil was sanctioned when Russia invaded Ukraine, which is a no-no for Europe. But now Chevron, which is 100% involved in the US invasion of Venezuela, is allowed to operate scot-free??
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Laura Cappelatti @lauracapp.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
I've been living in Finland for almost 7 years. This past year, I've seen a significant worsening of every aspect of life here, especially for immigrants and women. The news in a nutshell: racism, no jobs, violence, lower social security, no snow, refusal of immigrants. Wishing for a better 2026.
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Laura Cappelatti @lauracapp.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
can we please stop unlocking potentials
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Julia Kemppinen @juliakemppinen.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
One week to go! I am recruiting a postdoc, call ends October 7 🍃🌿☘️ In ecology, University of Helsinki is the leading university in Finland and the Nordics and the fifth-best in Europe (ShangaiRanking's 2024). And for 8 years in a row, Finland is still the happiest country in the world :-)
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Laura Cappelatti @lauracapp.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Lactarius torminosus
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
This week's column. The details will make you gasp and rage. This massive desecration of nature is almost unbelievable, but it is happening in the UK right now. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Bluefin tuna are miraculously returning to UK shores – only to be tormented for ‘sport’ | George Monbiot
A tournament in Cornwall will pit anglers against these magnificent creatures, as part of a rising trend for so-called ‘sportfishing’, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Laura Cappelatti @lauracapp.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Some images from fieldwork in Finnish Lapland (Sápmi) last month. Nice to be back working with land vegetation, especially in a place like Kilpisjärvi ♥️
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
The kind of timeline synchronicity you wait your whole life for.
Two posts in a row. The first quotes JD Vance as saying in the past "we had dumb presidents". The next post quotes Trump who misspelled his own damn name as Donakd J Trump with a k i stead of an l in his first name.
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Laura Cappelatti @lauracapp.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
www.npr.org/2025/05/16/n...
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Hospital tells family brain-dead Georgia woman must carry fetus due to abortion ban
Georgia's law that restricts abortion once cardiac activity is detected doesn't allow relatives to have a say in whether a pregnant woman is kept on life support.
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Laura Cappelatti @lauracapp.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I had a great time listening to @vlfuller.bsky.social talk about grant writing yesterday at the @viikki-postdoc.bsky.social workshop. It can be scary to apply for grants, but chatting about it with peers make it easier, or at least more fun. Thanks Vanessa, you’re inspiring!
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Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
📣Get ready for the next Cutting vEdge Tools webinar in our series on ecological databases! On May 9 at 14 CEST, Jens Kattge will talk about the widely known TRY plant trait database. Join for free at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... only 100 places!
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Igor Pessi @igorspp.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
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Oscar-winning Palestinian director is attacked by Israeli settlers and detained by the army
Israeli settlers beat up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning documentary film “No Other Land." He was then detained by the Israeli military in the occupied West Bank.
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