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EU Science, Research & Innovation @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu · 04/08/2026

Does your organisation develop, supply or use ocean observation technologies? Take part in the Ocean Observation survey! Your contribution is key to understand what the sector needs to compete and grow, supporting the goals of the OceanEye initiative. Take part by 15/09: link.europa.eu/B67vNj

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Sebastian Büttrich @ ITU @sebastian.social.itu.dk.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026

#Language check - #AI does not "slip free", "go rogue" or "attack" - a company (resp. its engineers) are attacking another company, not containing a piece of #software properly. "The co-founder of #HuggingFace, a technology start-up that was hacked after some of #OpenAI most advanced […]

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Laura Weihl @lauraweihl.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

apparently doing a Phd still hasn’t satisfied my craving for learning new things.. so I just signed up for this course👇🏻 Not too late to register 😉

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Laura Weihl @lauraweihl.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I'm currently de-googling my life, and by that I mean: ּ✅ deleted all data from gdrive, ּ✅ uninstalled google maps (now using maps.me), ּ✅ uninstalled chrome, moved to firefox, ּ✅ enabled qwant.com as a search engine, ּ✅ set up a new email address on proton.me. Here's a nice image to go with it 😊

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Laura Weihl @lauraweihl.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

during my Phd I had not one, or two, but three (!) discus prolapses from stress. You have been warned 🥵 I’m having an operation this week, wish me luck 🥲

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Oisin Mac Aodha @oisinmacaodha.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Opportunity to join the fantastic iNaturalist team to help improve the underlying computer vision and machine systems that help power their platform. Role: CV/ML Engineer Deadline: Jul 15th (or sooner) app.beapplied.com/apply/i4mc1l...

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Animal behavior opportunities @animalopps.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

🚨 Fully funded PhD position in Berlin 🚨 Come investigate levelling behaviors in 🐟🐥🐒 will involve conducting experiments on real and robotic fish as well as analyzing long-term databases on birds and mammals. More info here: www.hu-berlin.de/en/universit...

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Smiling Puffer Fish in the Ocean

ALT: Smiling Puffer Fish in the Ocean

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

It's not easy being meme-d. #Oh-Gee-I-See-Algae 👀

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Freiheitsrechte.org - GFF @freiheitsrechte.org · 25/06/2026

3 Millionen Datenpunkte untersucht. 2.500 Belege gefunden. 13 Monate geprüft. 1 Ergebnis. Die AfD ist verfassungswidrig. Ein zulässiger Verbotsantrag beim Bundesverfassungsgericht hätte wahrscheinlich Erfolg. Das ist das Ergebnis unseres heute veröffentlichten Gutachtens. 🧵

Bild: Alice Weidel, Björn Höcke, Stephan Brandner, Hans-Christoph Berndt, Katrin Ebner-Steiner, Lena Kotré, Beatrix von Storch. Text: Nachweislich verfassungswidrig – Unser AfD-Gutachten belegt: Ein Verbotsverfahren gegen die Partei wäre wahrscheinlich erfolgreich.

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Laura Weihl @lauraweihl.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I’m looking forward to attending the Nordic Workshop on AI for Climate tomorrow 🥳 exciting schedule! Who else is going? 🌱🛰️🌍 … I didn’t know there is a satellite emoji until just now 😅 @climateainordics.com climateainordics.com/events/2026-...

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2026 Nordic Workshop on AI for Climate

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Deborah Sandidge Photography "A quiet moment on the shore as a pelican stretches into a yawn. A flamingo strolls by, graceful and slow. Each of the birds moving at their own rhythm, close together along the rocky shore. Filmed with my Nikon Z 9 and 600mm f/4 TC lens, slow motion video."

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Laura Weihl @lauraweihl.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

just came home to find one of my paintings nicely illuminated in the corner 🤩 any takers? “Already forgot everything you said” - L Weihl (80x60cm) Inspired by my favourite Phd supervisor (💖 if you ever read this). 1000 DKK. Mainly so I can keep up this hobby - pm me 😁

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Laura Weihl @lauraweihl.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Today I learned, the main reason CEOs these days are obsessed with AI is because they can tap in the investment budget, not the “boring” operational budget, and it looks better on paper.

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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/06/2026

A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. This is an important step to bring "AI" slop in line with all other products on the market: "AI" products are basically the only ones where a provider can just deliver unchecked garbage and put […]

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Laura Weihl @lauraweihl.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I've been using qwant.com in the last few days as a google alternative, and I'm super happy with it! Finally a decent European alternative. Best feature: no AI slop 🥳 try it! @qwant.bsky.social

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Qwant

Fast, reliable answers and still in trust: Qwant does not store your search data, does not sell your personal data and is hosted in Europe.

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Wow! 200,000km² of ocean declared entirely off-limits to fishing in some of the most biodiverse waters on earth 🌏 That's a win 🙌 #oceanoptimism oceanographicmagazine.com/news/papua-n...

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Papua New Guinea announces largest MPA in its history - Oceanographic

Papua New Guinea has announced the Western Manus Marine Protected Area - a no-take zone covering 200,000 km² of the Pacific Ocean.

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Retro Game Books 📚 @retrogamebooks.com · 03/06/2026

We used to have physical tickets for concerts. Now we simply just have to order online, get email, download obscure app, make an account, verify email, verify phone, agree to terms and service, complete tutorial, unsubscribe from emails, unsubscribe from texts, and delete the app. Simple!

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Sebastian Büttrich @ ITU @sebastian.social.itu.dk.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026

"The Trump administration is targeting one of the world’s most trusted sources of #climate and oceanic data—the Ocean Observatories Initiative (#OOI). According to the New York Times, ships will be dispatched this month to remove the more than 900 deep-sea instruments that comprise the network […]

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Laura Weihl @lauraweihl.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I had the pleasure to present my latest paper on underwater visual anomaly detection at the marine imaging workshop in Gibraltar ☺️🙏🏻 thanks for having me! #miw2026

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Oisin Mac Aodha @oisinmacaodha.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

🎓 Announcing the 1st Bath Summer School in Machine Learning 📅 5–7 August 2026 | 📍 University of Bath Topics: ODEs/SDEs, Bayesian methods, Self-Supervised Learning, World Models Open to PhDs, postdocs & staff at EU/UK universities www.bathmlsummerschool.org

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Laura Weihl @lauraweihl.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

To this day this is still my favourite dall-e hallucination when given the prompt: “give me an image of an AUV inspecting a windfarm”. Spot the obvious mistake 😂

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Laura Weihl @lauraweihl.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I’m happy to announce that I’ll be defending my Phd next week at ITU in Copenhagen 🥳 always happy to see familiar faces in the audience! en.itu.dk/about-itu/ca...

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PhD Defence by Laura Weihl

PhD Thesis: “Deep Neural Networks for Reliable Underwater Vision”

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Laura Weihl @lauraweihl.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I took the “Am I German or Autistic?” diagnostic and I'm apparently just German. Kant would approve. german.millermanschool.com

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Laura Weihl @lauraweihl.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

just got asked to be on a panel discussion for the first time at AUV2026 in September 🦾 excited and already nervous 😅

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Sarah Good @sassy0210.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

This is hilarious because it implies that her husband DID call her while she was in space on the ISS to ask her help in looking for something. 💀🌌

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Laura Weihl @lauraweihl.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I’ll be giving a talk on visual anomaly detection for underwater environmental monitoring at the Marine Imaging Workshop in Gibraltar 🥳🐠🌊 miw2026.org/about.html

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6th Marine Imaging Workshop – 2026

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Laura Weihl @lauraweihl.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Happy international women’s day 🥳 may your confidence always be stronger than your imposter syndrome 💥

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Laura Weihl @lauraweihl.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

my Phd has never been about the question “am I smart enough?”, it’s mainly been about “how much pain, stress, guilt and shame can I endure?”, anyone else? Why do people keep this broken system alive?

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Laura Weihl @lauraweihl.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

My paper “3D Gaussian Splatting as Test Video Generators for Loop Closure in Underwater vSLAM” got accepted at AUV2026 🥳 www.auv2026-southampton.com See you in September 👋🏻🤖🌊

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AUV2026, Southampton

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Emoji Caresser @lizrummy.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfAF...

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Laura Weihl @lauraweihl.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

This looks cool, who’s going? miw2026.org/about.html 🌊🐠📷🐬🤖🌱🌊

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6th Marine Imaging Workshop – 2026

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Laura Weihl @lauraweihl.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

me vs my Phd defence committee 🤪👩🏼‍🎓

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Oisin Mac Aodha @oisinmacaodha.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

We have two open PhD positions at the interface of AI and ecology. Start dates are Sept 2026. We are looking for candidates with a background in AI/CS, Math, Stats, or Physics that are passionate about solving challenging problems in these domains. Application deadline is in two weeks.

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ELLIS @ellis.eu · 29/12/2025

🔄 Revisit the profiles of 50 Women in ELLIS to discover women leading AI research across Europe—their achievements, impact and advice. 👉 ellis.eu/members/women-in-ellis

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Laura Weihl @lauraweihl.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Christmas came early for me 🥳 got this little present from a collaborator, I guess I’m doing something right 😇

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Laura Weihl @lauraweihl.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

@itu.dk in December, I will miss this! 🎄👩🏼‍💻🎊

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Laura Weihl @lauraweihl.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

proud little PhD moment: presenting my poster at @euripsconf.bsky.social (that I should have presented at ICCV in Hawaii but couldn’t 😅)

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Women in Machine Learning (WiML) @wimlworkshop.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

If you're in Copenhagen for #EurIPS this week, make sure to attend our #WiML Social @euripsconf.bsky.social on December 3rd at the Tree House, Bella Center. We can’t wait to see you there! 👉 Make sure you register here: luma.com/rs5val4p ℹ️ More info on the program here: www.wiml.org/events/wiml-...

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WiML@EurIPS · Luma

We are happy to invite you to the Women in Machine Learning (WiML) social co-located with EurIPS 2025 at Treehouse, Bella Center, Copenhagen. To attend the…

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Laura Weihl @lauraweihl.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I’ll be at @euripsconf.bsky.social conference this week presenting my poster on Anomalous Event Detection in underwater scenes on Tuesday at booth 124. See you there! 🌊🐠🦭 Full paper available here: openaccess.thecvf.com/content/ICCV...

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Laura Weihl @lauraweihl.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I’m just doing what any good computer scientist is supposed to be doing when they’re coming home to visit family: fixing the printer. This one was stubborn but it lost the fight in the end.

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Laura Weihl @lauraweihl.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

“We need to include ECRs in the decisions that shape the universities of tomorrow.” - Pil Saugmann, Eurodoc #msca #eurodoc

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IT-Universitetet i København @itu.dk · 14/01/2025

Vi har samlet et starter pack med forskere og repræsentanter fra ITU på Bluesky. Mød dem her 👇 go.bsky.app/E8WJwXS

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Laura Weihl @lauraweihl.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

There’s nothing like waking up to an Elsevier journal review telling you to spend money on their proof-reading services 🙄 predatory journal?

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Laura Weihl @lauraweihl.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Hello world! 🤓 (+ coincidental blue sky on the day of my bsky inauguration.)

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