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Ole Seehausen

@oleseehausen.bsky.social
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Ecologist, evolutionary biologist. Educator, #BLM, social justice, environmental justice, inclusive science. Opinions my own. www.aqua.iee.unibe.ch/about_us/inde…

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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
If biodiversity matters for prosperity, why are all the rich countries poor in biodiversity while those with great biodiversity are economically poor? In People and Nature we resolve this paradox and call for a reframing of the conservation agenda besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/IBRPPA...
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Great success for human rights www.survivalinternational.org/news/14121
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Kenya: Landmark court ruling delivers devastating blow to flagship carbon offset project
Two NRT conservancies have no basis in law. Rangers ordered off the territories.
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
It is indeed a great honor if I may contribute to these values and their implementation
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
It is great honor, and one I accept with humility. I appreciate the Academies perspective on arts, science and society, its commitment to making academia equitable, clarity that it currently is not (lnkd.in/eR8sKwtC), and initiatives to repair past and continued injustice (i.e. lnkd.in/esEcW9n9).
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
It is great honor, and one I accept with humility. I appreciate the Academies perspective on arts, science and society, its commitment to making academia equitable, clarity that it currently is not (lnkd.in/eR8sKwtC), and initiatives to repair past and continued injustice (i.e. lnkd.in/esEcW9n9).
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Happy to share with you the completely updated assessment of the conservation status of Europe’s 559 known freshwater fish species. Not happy to report that nearly 50% of them are threatened. ▶️ Here is the #IUCN report 👇 sohub.io/nvoz
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European red list of freshwater fishes - Publications Office of the EU
The European Red List provides a scientifically rigorous and evidence-based assessment of the regional extinction risk of selected European taxa. This includes all vertebrate species - fishes, amphibi...
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Universität Bern @unibe.ch · 15/04/2026
❗🐟 Fast die Hälfte der europäischen #Süsswasserfische ist vom Aussterben bedroht. 📉 Weitere 18% gelten als potenziell gefährdet. 📝Dies zeigt die neue Rote Liste der #IUCN, an der auch @oleseehausen.bsky.social #unibern & @eawag.bsky.social beteiligt ist. ▶️ Hier geht es zum Bericht 👇 sohub.io/nvoz
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Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
📚Book Announcement!📚 The most dangerous racist idea—great replacement theory—has become the most dominant political theory of our time. 1/3
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
I cannot believe that Jimmy Cliff has passed. He was a carrier of hope for me since my youth. I will never forget summer 1984 when I saw him in his Hannover concert in Germany. As a big kid, I could not afford a ticket but found a way into the concert. It was overwhelming …
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Please share the announcement of this new fellowship scheme widely with your students and colleagues www.linkedin.com/posts/initia...
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#initiativeafrique #africaresearch #africaeurope #scientificexchange #researchcollaboration #universityofbern #equitablepartnerships #africanscience #sciencefordevelopment #researchfellowships… | Init...
Initiative Afrique Fellowships — Call 2026 is now open! We are proud to announce the launch of the Initiative Afrique Fellowships, a new funding scheme designed to strengthen the scientific partnersh...
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Our latest paper on fish communities in nearly 80 peri-alpine lakes reveals that community assembly through immigration and speciation respond to different dimensions of ecosystem size: area and depth respectively. Check it out here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/BKFKRT...
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Recent and Rapid Assembly of an Island Species–Area Relationship Threatened by Human Disturbance
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
UN commission inquiry concludes Israel has committed genocide in Gaza bbc.com/news/article...
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Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says
The panel finds that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out against Palestinians during the war.
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
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Why Does Greta Thunberg Care About Palestine?
YouTube video by Novara Media
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
A remarkable speach by Natasa Pirc Musar share.google/Tqe5HwUXjpoH...
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Israel’s attack on hospital in Gaza may constitute a war crime on many fronts
Double-tap strike suggests killing of civilians, rescue workers and journalists deliberate and not a mistake
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
dear western scientists and academics, your talking science while being silent about the horror that happens in our name frightens me to the bottom of my heart. There is so much to say, but this short clip brings it to the point. Please share it further youtu.be/b5y016zo0rM?...
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The West Said “Never Again.” It Lied.
YouTube video by AJ+
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Happy to share our new paper describing two new, and soooo different, species of stone loaches from Switzerland doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70108
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Happy to share the description of the first two rocky reef snail crushers from Lake Victoria zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1256...
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Two new cichlid species of the genus Labrochromis from rocky reefs of Lake Victoria, Tanzania (Perciformes, Cichlidae)
Lake Victoria is home to a unique and taxonomically understudied species flock of endemic haplochromine cichlid fishes, with many morphologically specialized trophic groups and many different species ...
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
What an amazing difference a live photo in the natural habitat makes to our understanding of fish species
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Ngugi wa Thiong‘o passed. He was a true giant of African literature. His writings have illuminated the path to liberation and will continue to do so #blackbooksky #blackbookshelf #blackbooks
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
It is special moments when believed extinct species show up again shoalconservation.org/lipochromis-...
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Cichlid species, previously 'lost' to science rediscovered in Lake Victoria! - Shoal
Lipochromis microdon, a 'Lost Fish' not seen since 1985 has been rediscovered in Lake Victoria, offering fresh hope for the species' future.
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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Attorney Ben Crump @attorneybencrump.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
On Malcolm X’s 100th birthday, we honor his legacy with action. We call on the U.S. government to release ALL files tied to Malcolm’s assassination. The fight for truth, transparency, & accountability must continue — by any means necessary.
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Pepe Mujica www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
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Pepe Mujica, 1935–2025 - Dissent Magazine
The late Uruguayan president had an unmatched connection with popular sectors and the courage of his enduring convictions.
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Sounds of freedom from the years before neocolonialism struck: Manu Dibango with Soul Makossa 1973 youtube.com/watch?v=EF92...
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Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango RIP (1973)
YouTube video by Cienfuegos911
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Sounds of freedom from the years before neocolonialism struck: Fela Kuti’s Water no Get Enemy from 1975 youtube.com/watch?v=IQBC...
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Fela Kuti - Water no get enemy
YouTube video by ACghigo
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Sounds of freedom from the years before neocolonialism struck down emerging nations: Chilumbulu with The Smoke that Thunders youtube.com/watch?v=IEff...
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(70s Zamrock) The Smoke That Thunders [Full Album] - Chilumbulu (1975) (AI Records)
YouTube video by Temple of the Acid Fist Records
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Sounds of freedom from the years before neocolonialism struck down emerging nations: Here is an introduction to the music of The Witch. youtube.com/watch?v=YPZa...
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Do the young people still remember the music from the two hopeful decades after independence and before the full onslaught of neocolonialism. Here are The Witch from Zambia youtu.be/fu165_T9QuA
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Witch - The Only Way (Official Audio) Zamrock/Psychedelic Rock
YouTube video by Marvin Mulenga
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Fatima Hassouna and her family were killed one day after her documentary was selected to premier at the Cannes Film Festival
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
An incredibly relevant article on the relationship between environmentalism and racism. Racism is indeed not an accidental byproduct of environmentalism but has been a constant reference point. Please live up to your responsibility and think about this www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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Climate Anxiety Is an Overwhelmingly White Phenomenon
Is it really just code for white people wishing to hold onto their way of life or to get “back to normal?”
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Omar el Akkad captures the essence of the total failure of western society to stand up against the crimes perpetuated in its name at the time they are being perpetuated.
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
we are hosting Kenyan author and critical conservation biologist Dr Mordecai Ogada for a public lecture at the University of Bern on Monday 17 March at 13:00. The author of The Big Conservation Lie, Ogada is uncovering uncomfortable truth about nature conservation in the Global South.
we are hosting Kenyan author and critical conservation biologist Dr Mordecai Ogada for a public lecture at the University of Bern on Monday 17 March at 13:00. The author of The Big Conservation Lie, Ogada is uncovering uncomfortable truth about nature conservation in the Global South.
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Amazing
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Our two new fish species found their names!
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
This is really important: The West Bank-based film No Other Land wins this year’s best documentary feature Oscar. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
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No Other Land directors criticise US as they accept documentary Oscar: ‘US foreign policy is helping block the path’ to peace
Self-distributed film about Israeli displacement of a Palestinian community beat out Porcelain War and Sugarcane
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Yesterday 140 years ago Western powers sidelined Africans and carved up ‘ownership’ of the continent among themselves. 140 years of cancelling the history, culture and science of African peoples and nations followed and continue to this day. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...
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Berlin Conference: How Europe carved up Africa 140 years ago
This month marks 140 years since Western powers sidelined Africans and carved up ‘ownership’ of the continent.
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Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Exactly
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Deadline for applications is now just over 2 weeks away. Please circulate widely
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Universität Bern @unibe.ch · 28/01/2025
Researchers from #unibern @wyssacademy.bsky.social #NaturhistorischesMuseumBern @eawag.bsky.social have discovered two new #fish species. You can actively take part in naming them! Learn more in the interview with biologist Bárbara Calegari: sohub.io/83u0.
Two fishes are looking at each other. One asks the other: Hang on ... are you ... arbatula «fluvicola» or «amnicus»? The other fish replies: "Uhm..."
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Heros still exist
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Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Absolutely
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 22/01/2025
SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
It could hardly be a more important day than today for recalling MLKs clarity and wisdom
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Here is the explanation why Jimmy Carter was so different from all other white US presidents… www.instagram.com/reel/DEtRkXD...
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Digital authoritarianism www.democracynow.org/2025/1/9/met...
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Meta Ends Fact-Checking in U.S. & Paves Way for More Hate Speech
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced major changes to what content is allowed on his company’s social media platforms Facebook, Instagram and Threads, scrapping the system of independent fact-checke...
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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Everyone should finally take the tight connections of big tec to scientific racism and white supremacy seriously www.democracynow.org/2025/1/6/qui...
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How Billionaire Elon Musk’s Extremism Is Shaping Global Politics
Billionaire Trump associate Elon Musk’s latest disinformation campaign is targeting the U.K. government, which Musk appears to believe is not sufficiently anti-immigrant. Musk, who has already shaped ...
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