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Exploring how media shapes our view of animals & the environment #ecocide #speciesism #animalwelfare

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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It's a sign that you need to lie down and rest
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
⁠#AnimalSentience Whose children used to watch or are currently watching Peppa Pig? Here are a few facts about pigs 👇
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🍁☁️
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why is the world in such a rush? It’s only the beginning of October, but shops are already full of Christmas stuff 💔 Please, just slow down. Let me enjoy autumn and all these pumpkin vibes
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#AnimalSentience #AnimalWelfare #AnimalAdvocacy Here are a few interesting facts about fish: 🐟 They experience positive and negative emotional states, much like mammals. 🐟 Some of them enjoy playing, even with their human caretakers 👇
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#FactoryFarming has to end. #AnimalWelfare is an important reason, and the horror is clearly illustrated with this farrowing crate on @humaneworldorg.bsky.social stall at #GreenParty conference
animals deserve kindness not cages sign
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#ClimateAction #Emissions Did you know that if shipping were a country, it would be the sixth-largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world? Some ships are not only powered by fossil fuels—they are built with fossil fuels and transport fossil fuels.
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Oh, #Duolingo just reminded me that I don't have any friends at all 🫠
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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For the past 3d, russian drones have been bombing Kyiv nonstop. russia is particularly targeting education infrastructure. This horrifying photo shows people escaping a massive fire through a window in the National Academy of Science of Ukraine. russians also bombed 2 schools and 2 kindergartens.
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Mission completed: spot the cat in Poděbrady 🐈
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Parasol mushroom 🍄‍🟫
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’m planning to watch #ForceOfNature in October, so I was interested to come across this piece about the series in The Conversation 👇
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Natural fibres are always better for the environment.” It sounds logical: cotton instead of polyester, wool instead of acrylic, linen instead of nylon. 🙅‍♀️ But it’s not that simple.
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Climate change is already reshaping wildfire risk. Since the 1980s, the global fire-weather season has become 27% longer on average, while days with extreme fire weather have become 54% more frequent.
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A lonely #LostGlove in Poděbrady 🧤
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It seems like dreams can come true even when you are 27. Feeling so excited, like a real Hogwarts student! So grateful to have the opportunity to study at @ujop.bsky.social in the Czech Republic. I will try my best 🤓
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thank you, Faunalytics, for today’s Fauna Connections 2026! If you’re interested in animal protection, please consider supporting this amazing organisation @faunalytics.bsky.social 🐓
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The problem is partly structural: news is built around events. A wildfire starts today. People are evacuated. Flights are cancelled. The flames make for dramatic photographs. But the conditions that made the fire more likely may have been building for months, decades or even longer.
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I’ve just read a fascinating paper on the relationship between masculinity and violence against animals. The study looks at Ecuadorian men involved in bullfighting, cockfighting, and slaughterhouse work 👇
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
#animalwelfare Keeping an exotic bird, especially a parrot, as a pet is far more complicated than it may seem. 🦜 Here’s why 👇
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This is the view from my window. The Russian military attacked a large shopping mall in our city with a drone. Half an hour later, while rescuers and medical teams were helping the injured, the Russian army launched a second strike — a “double tap.”
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
#ClimateChange “CO₂ is plant food” is a popular argument among climate contrarians. And there is a grain of truth in it: plants need CO₂ for photosynthesis, and higher CO₂ concentrations can stimulate plant growth under some conditions. But there is a big catch 👇
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Just found this newsletter for journalists covering biodiversity, conservation, and nature-based solutions to climate change by Mike Shanahan. Highly recommend subscribing: thenaturebeat.substack.com
thenaturebeat.substack.com
Global Nature Beat | Mike Shanahan | Substack
A newsletter for journalists (and others!) on biodiversity, conservation and nature-based solutions to climate change. Click to read Global Nature Beat, by Mike Shanahan, a Substack publication with t...
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Mike Shanahan @mikeshanahan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Just published: The new edition of my newsletter for journalists (and anyone else) interested in biodiversity, the ecological crisis and nature-based solutions to climate change. 🌏🧪 thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/nature-bea...
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
if Earth took part in this trend: Introduce yourself as what almost killed you. Hi, I’m human.
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Hundreds of years to restore just 1 cm of fertile soil. Decades for a pine forest to grow back. And only days to wipe them out. Wars destroy our planet. #StopEcocide
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Only around 5% of dead dolphins are estimated to wash ashore, making it difficult to assess the true scale of war-related dolphin deaths in the Black Sea 💔
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
🧑‍🎓 Are you a student? Want to get involved in the movement to make #ecocide a serious crime around the world? Join Stop Ecocide International Student Ambassadors to help change the law for a safer future! Get involved🔗 www.stopecocide.earth/students #StopEcocide
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
"— I can tell you something scary. This planet is dying, and you all are going to die with it. Your food is poisoned with microplastics. The bees are all dead. Water is running out. Deadly bacteria are antibiotic-resistant.
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"The physics is remarkably simple. The atmosphere doesn’t care about politics. It responds to the concentration of greenhouse gases. Every tonne of carbon dioxide released by burning coal, oil and gas adds to that concentration and shifts the odds towards more damaging extreme weather"
theconversation.com
‘Was this heatwave caused by climate change?’ – we’re asking the wrong question
Instead of asking whether climate change caused a heatwave, we should ask how much hotter it became because of fossil fuel emissions.
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
#ecocide In June 2023, Russian forces destroyed the Kakhovka Dam. Three years later, scientists are documenting the ecological changes taking place in the former Kakhovka Reservoir 👇
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
News is built around novelty—something has to be different from yesterday to become a story. Climate change rarely works that way 👇
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
🌈☔
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I found an amazing paper by Taly Haydis on how language shapes our attitudes toward nonhuman animals. Here are a few ideas that really stayed with me. The full paper is at the end of the thread 👇
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
#Unlearning centuries of lack of respect for non-human animals means we're slowly start to understand their lives better. “One mother will likely be able to estimate, based other mother’s last location & typical range, where they will most likely be" www.newscientist.com/article/2532...
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Orangutan mothers seem to plan playdates for their offspring
Female orangutans are generally solitary, but they travel more and eat less in an apparent effort to ensure their offspring have someone to play with
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Say cheese 📸😁
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Finally, my dream came true—I earned my Bachelor of Arts degree! I defended my thesis on the representation of wild animals in the media and received a perfect score: 100/100 🎓
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Do you recognize this little guy? 🌱🍅
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
A moment before the downpour. Thunderstorm time ⚡
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Met this beautiful fluffy lady on my way home 🐾 But what do you think about pet cats roaming outdoors?
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Happy birthday David Attenborough! 🎉 www.bbc.com/news/article...
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David Attenborough says he is 'overwhelmed' by 100th birthday messages
The legendary wildlife broadcaster thanks fans in a message the day before he reaches his centenary.
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
As of today, I’m officially on the bone marrow donor registry. I hope I can help someone someday 🩷
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The world isn’t black and white — it’s full of color 🌸
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Trying to find peace. Nature is the best place for it.
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Kelsey, Segrentarri of Ca’at Data and Birb Mail @kelskels06.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A clue in the NYT mini crossword today was “notoriously antisocial pets” and the answer was cats and now I’m annoyed AF. Cats aren’t antisocial. Lynn wakes me up at 2-3 am EVERY NIGHT so I can watch her eat because she needs to include me. All 3 use me as their pillow. Cats just demand consent.
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Dora @otter-dora.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
A little tomato sprout in a pot 🌱
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