Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 13hIt's that time again. 2439
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸BISS (Biodiversity Information Science and Standards) journal @biss.pensoft.net · 25/09/2026🌍 We had a great time at #TDWG2026 in Oslo exploring "Research and Robot-ready Biodiversity Data Standards" and connecting with the global biodiversity informatics community. 📜 Had a talk or poster? Publish it free in our journal. Deadline: 9 October 2026: biss.pensoft.net/collection/6... 022
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Biodiversity Meets Data @bmd-project.eu · 25/09/2026Last day at #TDWG2026! 🇳🇴 Learn how BMD is connected to @tdwg.org from BMD's coordinator @nielsraes.bsky.social and don't forget to check out the BMD materials at our shared dissemination booth 📚📍 See you there! 👋 042
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Biodiversity Meets Data @bmd-project.eu · 24/09/2026BMD's @sharifx.bsky.social (@naturalis.bsky.social) hosted a presentation on the Biodiversity #DigitalTwins – a digital tool for continuous monitoring of physical phenomena, and explained how to use them as an operationalisation mechanism 🌳💻 More: bmd-project.eu/news/demysti... #TDWG2026 143
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Biodiversity Meets Data @bmd-project.eu · 23/09/2026Highlights from #TDWG2026 so far 🌱 After his presentation on high-throughput biodiversity monitoring, BMD coordinator @nielsraes.bsky.social stopped by our booth to check out BMD's materials. We were also visited by BMD partner Mathias Dillen, participating in both BMD and @tettrix.eu 🌟 042
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Pensoft @pensoft.net · 21/09/2026🎉 Fantastic first day at #TDWG2026! We were left inspired by brilliant talks on biodiversity informatics and AI-ready data infrastructure. 📍 Make sure to visit our stand tomorrow to test-drive #ORPHO - our intelligent authoring workspace for biodiversity research. @tdwg.org 041
Sharif Islam🐧🎸 @sharifx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Presentation on @dissco.bsky.social Annotation Validation Framework at #tdwg2026. For natural history specimen data annotation and curation are important aspects of data management. Trust+provenance! 010
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Biodiversity Meets Data @bmd-project.eu · 21/09/2026BMD's coordinator @nielsraes.bsky.social from @naturalis.bsky.social presented the BMD project and our work towards biodiversity conservation across Europe at #TDWG2026 🌱 💻 Watch our intro video for more info: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqaO... 011
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Biodiversity Meets Data @bmd-project.eu · 21/09/2026Today at #TDWG2026, our BMD partner @cabbageleek.bsky.social from @meisebotanicgarden.bsky.social presented the joint policy brief "The Lag from Observation to Information" we co-wrote with @b-cubed.eu, @onestop-project.eu, @mambo-project.eu, GUARDEN, and AURORA. 📝🤝 👉 zenodo.org/records/1993... 094
Sharif Islam🐧🎸 @sharifx.bsky.social · 21/09/2026@bmd-project.eu at #tdwg2026 @tdwg.org presented by coordinator @nielsraes.bsky.social 031
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The @tdwg.org #TDWG2026 conference is coming in September and @dissco.bsky.social will be present in several insightful sessions. See a summary below. Remember that TDWG2026 is a hybrid event. More info 👉https://www.tdwg.org/conferences/2026/ @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org @disscoflanders.bsky.social 031
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The @dissco.bsky.social has just launched a widespread consultation on its Annotation Validation Framework: www.dissco.eu/avf-consulta... All feedback is welcome! @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org @tdwg.org @disscoflanders.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social #FAIRdata #machinelearning #biodiversity #AIdissco.euUPDATED: DiSSCo's Annotation Validation Framework consultation process launched! - DiSSCo 063
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Biodiversity Meets Data @bmd-project.eu · 11/08/2026Why should you attend the BMD High-throughput biodiversity workshop? 🌱🤔 Caterina Palombo from Intramontes tell us what makes BMD workshops valuable. 🇪🇸 Join our next workshop on 5-6 November in Seville: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 💻 Full video on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfpm... 052
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Biodiversity Meets Data @bmd-project.eu · 13/08/2026Meet our partners: Catalogue of Life 🌼🇪🇺 In BMD, Catalogue of Life will make sure that the mobilised taxonomic data will be made available through Catalogue of Life (COL) ChecklistBank. #BMDpartners 032
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations @fao.org · 06/08/2026🔥 Agricultural workers are on frontlines of #ExtremeHeat. Extreme heat events threaten livelihoods & health of over a billion people, causing half a trillion work hours to be lost annually. @fao.org-@wmo-global.bsky.social report offers four practical solutions 👉 doi.org/10.4060/cd9394en 053
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Biodiversity Meets Data @bmd-project.eu · 06/08/2026Meet our partners: @eurosite.org 🌿🇪🇺 Within our project, Eurosite will support the effective engagement of the BMD stakeholder network through its extensive community and experience. #BMDpartners 052
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Biodiversity Meets Data @bmd-project.eu · 04/08/2026Learn more about data spaces from Sharif Islam (@sharifx.bsky.social), one of BMD's partners from @naturalis.bsky.social 📊 🔗 bmd-project.eu/news/demysti... 032
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Biodiversity Meets Data @bmd-project.eu · 30/07/2026Meet our partners: @lifewatcheric.bsky.social 🌿🇪🇺 LifeWatch ERIC will lead the design, development and operation of BMD’s Biodiversity Explorer and maintain the BMD data catalogue. They will also host the BMD training materials. 📚 Their research here: bmd-project.eu/resources/li... #BMDpartners 084
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Biodiversity Meets Data @bmd-project.eu · 31/07/2026🌿📊 Check out @b-cubed.eu's blog post for one of their project results - modelled cubes! 💻Find it here: b-cubed.eu/news/how-be-... 👉 More #HowToBeCubed blog posts are available on their website: b-cubed.eu/news 021
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 20/07/2026People need to grapple with the fact we're in an epistemic crisis that's starting to corrode countless elements of human knowledge. 2636263
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Biodiversity Meets Data @bmd-project.eu · 16/07/2026Meet our partners: @naturalis.bsky.social 🦦🇳🇱 Naturalis is not only the coordinating team behind BMD, but they will also develop the engine of BMD and the core infrastructure that provides cloud computing, a data visualisation engine, and web-GIS viewer 💻 🔗 www.naturalis.nl/en #BMDpartners 042
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Biodiversity Meets Data @bmd-project.eu · 20/07/2026Meet our partners: @thebotanics.bsky.social 🌼🇬🇧 Through in-person and online workshops, RBGE helps embed stakeholders’ requirements in BMD’s tools for biodiversity status assessment, trend analyses, and future projections. 🔗 Check out their research: bmd-project.eu/resources/li... #BMDpartners 062
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Biodiversity Meets Data @bmd-project.eu · 14/07/2026💻 The OneSTOP Project is organising a webinar that introduces the concept of plant-blindness in One Health and explores why it matters for prevention, resilience, and policy. 📝 Learn more and register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 011
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸European News @eunews.social · 05/06/2026EU invests in ocean monitoring as US cuts funding With underwater drones and ocean-focused satellites, the EU is expanding its monitoring network of Earth’s seas as climate change fuels heat waves and stronger storms and the Trump administration plans severe cuts to a similar system in the US.apnews.comEU invests in ocean monitoring as US cuts fundingWith underwater drones and ocean-focused satellites, the EU is expanding its monitoring network of Earth’s seas as climate change fuels heat waves and stronger storms and the Trump administration plans severe cuts to a similar system in the United States. 0145
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Here's more on today's EU plans on ocean observation ec.europa.eu/commission/p... One of the EU Commissioners explicitly referred to the "extremely worrying" context of the US "dismantling" its ocean observation role ec.europa.eu/commission/p...ec.europa.euCommission presents OceanEye initiative to put EU at the forefront of ocean observationToday, the European Commission adopted OceanEye to expand the EU\'s role in ocean observation. 04522
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 02/06/2026Free newsletter: The dawn of token-based-billing has shown that generative AI doesn’t have a return on investment. It's too unpredictable, too unreliable, you can't easily measure the cost of tasks, and organizations are already pulling back. www.wheresyoured.at/ai-doesnt-have-roi/wheresyoured.atAI Doesn't Have ROIIf you liked this piece, you should subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, or $7 a month, and in return you get a weekly newsletter that’s usually anywhere from 5,000 to 18,000 words, in... 281036291
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Climate TRACE @climatetrace.org · 03/06/2026The 2026 FIFA World Cup was recently coined ‘the most polluting World Cup’ due to its sheer geographic footprint. This year’s event stretches across 16 cities in Canada, the US, and Mexico. Get data on each host city’s annual emissions impacts at climatetrace.org/explore. 14622
Sharif Islam🐧🎸 @sharifx.bsky.social · 03/06/2026@lifewatcheric.bsky.social CEO Christos at the BGE+ kick off. @biogeneurope.bsky.social @naturalis.bsky.social 040
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Biodiversity Genomics Europe plus (BGE+) @biogeneurope.bsky.social · 22/05/2026New publications from our colleagues at @iboleurope.bsky.social: Strategic priorities for boosting #DNA #barcoding research and application in Europe, at the continental and national level. Two must-reads. @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social 051
Sharif Islam🐧🎸 @sharifx.bsky.social · 03/06/2026@biogeneurope.bsky.social getting started with BGE+ #biodiversity 🧬🧪 030
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Biodiversity Meets Data @bmd-project.eu · 26/05/2026Day 2️⃣ begins with a session led by Julian Oeser from @ufz.de. Partners discussed the main challenges for the development of BMD’s Biodiversity Analysis Tools, such as alignment with stakeholders and different teams and integration with data processing infrastructure. #BMDmeets26 143
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Biodiversity Meets Data @bmd-project.eu · 15/05/2026📊 In this episode of #BMDexplained, @sharifx.bsky.social from @naturalis.bsky.social outlines the challenges of integrating biodiversity data from diverse sources. Watch the full video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3EE... 022
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸GBIF @gbif.org · 15/05/2026🚀 The 2026 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge is OPEN! Have an idea, tool or prototype that uses GBIF biodiversity data to advance open science, research or policy? Submit an entry and compete for a share of €20,000 in prizes 💸 ⭐ Deadline: Friday 26 June 2026 (23:59 CEST) 👉 gbif.link/ENC-2026 077
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/05/2026We must stand in solidarity with Jews being attacked by antisemitic criminals and terrorists: no ifs or buts. We must stand in solidarity with Palestinians being murdered by the Israeli government: no ifs or buts. These are not contradictory positions. They are consistent ones. 🧵1/5 8264411784
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Emily (I'm not leaving) Feiner @emilyjaynef.bsky.social · 03/05/2026It truly is about the money. Killing people is profitable. U.S. Fast-Tracks Arms Deals Valued at $8.6 Billion to Mideast Partners www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/w...nytimes.comU.S. Fast-Tracks Arms Deals Valued at $8.6 Billion to Mideast Partners 0228
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 03/05/2026Nature’s careers team interviewed research-support professionals to hear how their work helps to shape the course of modern science, and how recognition — or the lack of it — has influenced their careers. #Academicsky 🧪go.nature.comHow hidden contributions power modern researchThe people who work behind the scenes to keep research moving say that there should be more recognition for their roles. 24514
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 02/05/2026whoa... powerful stuff 071
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Ahead of the World Cup, Saudi Aramco — the world's biggest climate polluter — is estimated to be spending $400 million to sponsor FIFA: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @hayleysmith.bsky.sociallatimes.comOne of the World Cup's biggest sponsors is Big OilFIFA is promoting its commitment to environmental sustainability ahead of this year's World Cup. It also signed a sponsorship deal with the largest oil and gas company in the world, Saudi Aramco. 13116
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸BirdLife International @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 25/04/2026A species on the edge 🐧 On this #WorldPenguinDay we take a close look at the lives of the Emperor Penguin. Learn more about it’s recent uplisting to Endangered here: www.birdlife.org/news/2026/04... 0277
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸debpaul.bsky.social @debpaul.bsky.social · 13/04/2026@tdwg.org #TDWG2026 opportunity! contribute to this #digitalcuration #roundtripping topic at the conference and in the BDJ. @sharifx.bsky.social @nickynicolson.bsky.social @miketrizna.bsky.social @evomri.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @aguentsch.bsky.social @njdowdy.bsky.social @cabbageleek.bsky.social 063
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 13/04/2026We'll do almost anything to avoid building actual trains. 1233899
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸David William with a 'This IS my costume' pin @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 11/04/2026"Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei has said he is open to the idea that Claude may already have some form of consciousness, and company leaders frequently talk about the need to give it a moral character." This is a sales pitch, and journalism that doesn't highlight this has failed. 522869
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Least surprising story of the day: fossil fuel lobbyist of two decades (who was PM before that), lobbies for fossil fuels www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...independent.co.ukTony Blair calls for more North Sea drilling to protect against shocks of Iran warFormer prime minister’s think tank says Labour should back Jackdaw and Rosebank oil and gas fields 56461148
Sharif Islam🐧🎸 @sharifx.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Reposting here to see if anyone can help. @gbif.org @taxonworks.bsky.social @naturalis.bsky.social 010
Sharif Islam🐧🎸 @sharifx.bsky.social · 29/03/2026open.substack.com/pub/sadnewsl...open.substack.comReading NotesAgainst Purity and Fear of a Dead White Planet 000
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Pensoft @pensoft.net · 19/03/2026🎉Happy Taxonomist Appreciation Day! We're thrilled to see 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘺𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘶𝘴 𝘷𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪 featured in the World Register of Marine Species @marinespecies.bsky.social Top 10 Marine Species of 2025. 🌌🪐Meet the Sith Lord of the sea on our blog 👇 #TaxonomistAppreciationDay #marinebiology #taxonomy #biodiversityblog.pensoft.netThe Sith Lord of the Sea: Supergiant Isopod in the WoRMS’ Top 10 Marine Species of 2025 | BlogSupergiant isopod named after Darth Vader joins the prestigious World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) top 10 Marine Species of 2025. 153
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 19/03/2026$200 billion could fund the National Science Foundation for 20 years.washingtonpost.comPentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran warThat figure would far surpass the costs of the U.S. airstrike campaign to date and aims to boost production of critical weapons depleted in the conflict, people familiar with the matter said. 17637262
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Please see this commentary I wrote for @livescience.com that summarizes the current state of knowledge regarding the "zero emissions commitment" (how much warming we expect once emissions decrease to zero). Our best estimate is that the ZEC is very close to 0C: www.livescience.com/planet-earth...livescience.comMichael Mann: Yes, we can still stop the worst effects of climate change. Here's why.Opinion: State-of-the-art climate models show warming stops once we stop emitting carbon. That means there's still time to stop the worst impacts of climate change. 23111
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸Meredith Conroy @meredithconroy.bsky.social · 05/03/2026great stuff by @davekarpf.bsky.social "Journal articles aren’t social science. They’re just a unit of measurement. They’re how we keep score. Producing journal articles isn’t what we are actually meant to be doing — we’re supposed to be learning meaningful things about people, power, and society." 111724
Reposted by Sharif Islam🐧🎸RIO (Research Ideas and Outcomes) journal @riojournal.com · 04/03/2026🆕 The @biogeneurope.bsky.social project - which now gives way to BGE+ - represented a landmark in European research collaboration, bringing together the #DNAbarcoding (@iboleurope.bsky.social) and #reference #genomes (@ergabiodiv.bsky.social) communities. 🔓 Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio..... 1117