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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 17h

University of Brighton management has given notice to terminate its recognition agreement with UCU alongside collective agreements covering key terms and conditions. This isn't just about Brighton. What happens here could have implications for branches across the UK.

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Meanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For Europe, Ukraine can become a headline; for Ellie, it is where she lives. The British creator behind Ellie’s Ukrainian Life has recorded a video for Europeans about the situation in Ukraine, speaking from the reality she lives in every day. Support link is in our Bio.

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Kristian Svennevig @ksvenenvig.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

3D-print your own landslide! New paper out in @geomorphica.bsky.social "Open access 3D-printable landslide models for outreach and teaching" journals.psu.edu/geomorphica/...

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

These far right thugs need locking up. They are deliberately putting lives at risk. If protesting a genocide can be treated as terrorism how are their actions not. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

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Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard

Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover

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PIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Diesen Samstag: Tag der offenen Tür auf dem Telegrafenberg! Der Tagesspiegel berichtet. Am PIK gibt’s Vorträge, Experimente für Kinder & Gespräche mit Forschenden. 📆26.9 🕐12–17:00 💰Eintritt frei 🚌Shuttle Bus von Potsdam Bhf 🔬Programm: www.gfz.de/veranstaltun... www.tagesspiegel.de/potsdam/land...

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Offene Labore auf Potsdamer Telegrafenberg: Vom Polarlicht bis zum Einsteinturm – vier Institute zeigen, wie Wissenschaft entsteht

Beim Tag der offenen Tür auf dem Telegrafenberg am 26. September geht es um Erde, Klima, Arktis und Weltall – mit Experimenten, Vorträgen und Gesprächen mit Forschenden.

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The Geological Society of America (GSA) @geosociety.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

In this Geology Bites episode, Caltech Emeritus Professor Brian Wernicke explains how crustal extension created the Basin and Range Province and why this region is such an exceptional place to see a tectonic process that is often buried beneath sediment. 🎧 Listen now: geosociety.co/Geology-Bites

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Seb Breitenbach @speleoseb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Bearware! If any #IrishTerrier is ‘identified’ as something like ‘Yorkshire-mix’ #geodog Pebble will come for a visit - with his gang of ‘gamekeepers’! You have been warned! 😇

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Mick Lister @listermj.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKn "Knowledge is power" (commonly attributed to Sir Francis Bacon 1597) Barter Books in Alnwick, Northumberland. It is one of the largest second hand bookshops in Europe. See Alt text for more #classicmono #barterbooks #alnwick #northumberland #photography #eastcoastkin

A black and white image of a walkway with many wooden bookshelves either side of it. The genre of each bookshelf is written in capital letters on the outside of the bookshelf.
This is at Barter Books in Alnwick,. Northumberland, England. It is one of the largest second hand bookshops in Europe.
The bookshop is housed in the town's old Victorian railway station, which was decommissioned in 1968.
Lines from poems and quotes, such as those from the Song of Solomon seen in the image, are displayed throughout the shop.
The text displayed prominently on a banner above the walkway for each row in the image is a quote from the Song of Solomon: "Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle...".
The shop operates on a barter system, allowing customers to trade their own books for store credit.
It is known for its cozy atmosphere, featuring comfortable seating areas, open fireplaces, and a model railway that runs above the bookshelves

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Vaccine "skeptics" aren't skeptics, they're deniers of well-understood, long- established science. Just like #climate "skeptics" aren't skeptics, they're deniers of well-understood, long-established science. And this crackpot caters to them.

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Seb Breitenbach @speleoseb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I initially thought that a cobalt nickel arsenide would be the perfect candidate- until I learned that #vesuvianite originates in cooked carbonate rocks ! That just convinced me 😇🤩❤️

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Valérie Masson-Delmotte @valmasdel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Rapid Warming in the Himalaya Exacerbates Geohazard Cascades Beyond Adaptation Limits www.worldweatherattribution.org/rapid-warmin...

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Seb Breitenbach @speleoseb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

All the mushrooms Pebble told me NOT to collect 🤪🐾😅 Today around Loch an Eilein 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 with @olakwiecien3.bsky.social with fantastic weather!

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Seb Breitenbach @speleoseb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Yesterday @olakwiecien3.bsky.social and #geodog Pebble helped hunting #mushrooms in the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Cairngorms. And what a hunt it was! 😎 the most beautiful &plentyful I found in >20 yrs! 🥰🤩 @speleojacek.bsky.social @geohenning.bsky.social @pucicu.de @mariabox.bsky.social

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Emathion 📯 @emathion.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The French made a short film about what could happen after all immigrants would follow the ‘white, angry old man’s’ advice to go back where they came from.

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Eos @eos.org · 13/09/2026

Happy International Day of Caves and Karst! #IDCK Karst aquifers supply drinking water to much of Earth's population! And caves host biodiverse ecosystems, archaeological remains, & more. Flickr PC m01229, CC BY 2.0 Nick Bramhall, CC BY-SA 2.0 David Stanley, CC BY 2.0 Harald Kanins, CC BY-SA 2.0

Large stalactites hang form the roof of a cave.

Water pours in through an overhead opening in a cave.

Gray rock ridges that almost look like folded fabric

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Seb Breitenbach @speleoseb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Happy International Day of Caves and Karst! 🥰

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 12/09/2026

Assimilation of mid-tropospheric vapor isotopes significantly improves short-term weather forecasts, including heavy precipitation, especially at mid-latitudes, according to an analysis in Communications Earth & Environment. go.nature.com/3TqDZiy 🌎🧪

This is figure 3, which shows forecast improvements by IASI δD assimilation.

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Syd Barhey Esq. FCA. #FBPE @barheys.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Call to action ? Change the bloomin law and make sure no one can buy influence in this way. The Representation of the People Bill is making its way through Parliament right now - amend it and fix this. Thats all the action thats needed. #UKLabour

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026

This is a tax guy. His advice could be the difference between someone having their assets seized & maybe going to jail, or not. Now imagine having to worry about racist shit in every interaction you have with any person in authority. Every doctor & nurse, every cop, every lawyer & judge, every boss

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 11/09/2026

While the UK transitions between summer and autumn, we can see notable changes in the weather. But how does the changing of seasons affect the jet stream? Find out in our blog 👇

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Do changing seasons affect the jet stream?

As the UK moves from summer to autumn, the weather can change markedly.

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Seb Breitenbach @speleoseb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I don’t have to tell you to vote #calcite! only viable option with it’s relevance for palaeontology, paleoclimatology, oceanography, geothermometry, carbon cycling, biogeochemistry… I could go on, but I guess you get the idea 🤩 A beautiful example from Sägistal 🇨🇭 @pucicu.de @scitobias.bsky.social

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Lincoln Branch of UCU @uculincolnbranch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🚨Why are we balloting and how can senior management resolve the dispute?🚨 University of Lincoln UCU is in a formal industrial dispute with the university over their decision to push through with compulsory redundancies in 25/26 - based on what UCU see as VERY weak evidence.

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Traqua.be 💧🧪🔦 @traqua.eurosky.social · 10/09/2026

There are few visible features at the surface, and from here the slow process of chemical weathering begins. Many articles jump straight to the processes beyond the first stage, but I liked the description in the Encyclopedia of the Environment 👉 www.encyclopedie-environnement.org/en/zoom/he-m...

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The mechanisms of karstification - Encyclopedia of the Environment

Two mechanisms are at the basis of karstification: the flow of water into the carbonate rock and the dissolution of carbonates by acidic water

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Seds Online @sedsonline.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Dear Carbonate Community, 📅 Save the Date! The 18th Bathurst Meeting will take place on July 6–8, 2027, in Marseille, France. 🌐 The conference website will be online soon. Stay tuned for more information.

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Seb Breitenbach @speleoseb.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

All correct - with one little correction: let’s call them what they are: f cking Nazis 🤮🤬

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I have queSStions.

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Tommy Krappweis 📯 @tommykrappweis.de · 05/09/2026

Wie wär's wenn wir ... ach ich sehe, Ihr macht schon. Na dann.

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Seb Breitenbach @speleoseb.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Asagiite it is! #secondary minerals every time! 😅😉 like #speleothem carbonates 🤗

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Sean Sublette @subletteweather.com · 04/09/2026

From my friend @climatechris.bsky.social: "A glacier’s weight braces the slope it sits against, and permafrost joins the fractured rocks above it. When you lose both the permafrost and the glacier, the mountain loses its structural support."

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The Ice Was Holding the Mountain Up

We keep talking about glaciers as water towers. In steep terrain they are also load-bearing walls, and the strength of the joints holding the rock together drops 17 percent for every degree of warming

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Seb Breitenbach @speleoseb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Indeed! More REEs, more fun 🤩

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Seb Breitenbach @speleoseb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Looking for a great PhD opportunity? Look no further! Apply and join a great team! 👇

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Christoph Grützner @ch-gruetze.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

PhD position available in our group: Analysis of the reactivation potential of preexisting macro- to microscale fractures in the basement of the Thuringian Basin in the current stress field jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/4...

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Doctoral Researcher

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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

#MinCup26 Round 1 Match 2: Flowery pink #Erythrite is against shiny silver #Skutterudite in this match of cobalt minerals. Will you pick the weathering product or the mineral it comes from? VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

#MinCup26 Round 1 Match 1: It's carbonate-vs-carbonate with copper-rich #Azurite against zinc-rich #Smithsonite. Which has your vote? VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

Split photo of bright blue azurite and peach-colored smithsonite crystals.

The azurite forms clusters of round nodules with a matte, almost velvety-looking texture.

The smithsonite crystals are mostly discs with parallelogram faces. There are some black and gold-colores minerals mixed in.

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Northumbria UCU Branch @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social members are VOTING NOW to protect pay and conditions - here's a little, daft, poetic reminder in case any have forgotten to do so yet. Pls share! Last chance to request replacement ballot is 2/9; last safe date to post is 8/9; ballot ends 11/9. You know what to do!

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Seb Breitenbach @speleoseb.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Yes indeed! UK should finally get over it and make that Walk to Canossa - it will be a stony and long slog either way

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