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Tobias Stål

@tobiasstl.bsky.social
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Geophysicist and antifascist. Also at: @Toby@fediscience.org 🇦🇺🇩🇰🇸🇪🇬🇭

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Kit Whitfield - fantasy writer @kitwhitfield.bsky.social · 17h
Escher for autumn.
MC Escher print: a koi swims in a pool covered over with leaves, its surface reflecting bare trees.
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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 03/10/2026
Malmö, Sweden, 1983. KILL CARS HATE DATA Ahead of their time
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Australian Antarctic Program Partnership @antarctic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🌊 For an essential pre- #COP31 briefing on the risks of ignoring the potential sea-level rise risks from East #Antarctica's ice sheet to the Pacific and the world, check out this comprehensive presentation from @aussmc.bsky.social ▶️ www.scimex.org/newsfeed/new...
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NEWS BRIEFING: What we don't know might hurt us - Antarctica's unexplo
NEWS BRIEFING: What we don't know might hurt us - Antarctica's unexplored threat ***RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE*** A region of Antarctica with enough ice to raise sea levels by three to four m
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The public housing answer Australia already knows. Andrew Brown takes the long handle to neoliberal housing fallacies. The facts of the #housingcrisis are clear, as is the solution #auspol michaelwest.com.au/the-public-h...
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The public housing answer Australia already knows - Michael West
While the public debate on housing shortages is as ill-informed as ever, one solution is not just obvious, but been well and truly tested.
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VAW Glaciology @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Switzerland's glacier report 2026 is out. Swiss glaciers have lost 5% of their ice volume this year. Only the last 5 years accounted for nearly 20% of the total ice loss across Switzerland. The numbers are devastating. Full report → doi.glamos.ch/pubs/annualr...
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Tobias Stål @tobiasstl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Can’t beat #Tassie skies.
Evening sky. Left side orange, right side blue, separated by a black cloud.
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 30/09/2026
From 2023 to 2026, Google Earth's updated satellite imagery shows what's left of Gaza. The images reflect what Human Rights Watch has already found: Israel has caused deliberate, widespread destruction throughout Gaza ⤵️
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Emma Persson @emmapersson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ebba Busch är dömd för grovt förtal. För henne gick det utmärkt att fortsätta som partiledare, vara vice statsminister och minister. Mohamed Ali är inte dömd för brott, inte ens delgiven misstanke om brott ändå har han toppat nyheterna i snart två veckor. Rasismen är äcklig.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Google maps has finally updated its Satellite photos of Gaza and it shows the most complete destruction of a city ever. A Genocide.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Tobias Stål @tobiasstl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Career in academia? Yes, it’s possible.
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Frida Hylander @fridahylander.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Det är just nu sex plastlag i toppen och fem gräslag i botten av Allsvenskan. Otroligt deppigt.
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Tobias Stål @tobiasstl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
My rough mental map of East Antarctica: Dronning Maud Land is “Norway”; Wilkes Land–Terre Adélie, the “Barents Sea”; Victoria Land, “Svalbard.” Not a literal analogy, just a way to picture how basin geometry, ocean access and hypsometry shape uneven ice-sheet responses to warming oceans.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The 0.04 kg m² increase in water vapour is the equivelent of 20 trillion litres of additional water, or 20 cubes of water, each a kilometre wide, high and deep. We are playing with very dangerous forces. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Planet’s atmosphere breaks record for water vapour levels increasing risk of extreme heat and rainfall
Global heating contributes to record, with a warmer atmosphere able to hold more water, scientists say
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NSF has reduced the research budget for all atmospheric, ocean, and earth sciences by ~80%. 80%! A lot of us will not be conducting new research or training new students for the foreseeable future.
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Owe Nilsson @owenil.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Både SD-are och Moderater ifrågasätter nu alltså öppet rösträtten. Vi får vara glada över att de förlorade.
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JAAAAAHlle 🖤🦇🦇🦇🦇 @gyttjansfolk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Nu vill jag skicka medskick till kamrater i V och övriga partier: Rädda folkbildningen. Rädda föreningslivet.
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Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
For those interested in the Wilkes Subglacial Basin or Antarctic Ice Sheet comms in general, I made some visualisations that may be useful. All are from code and traceable to the data. First, an overview of the system. Full video and metadata: youtu.be/kzpCeVsNNwU
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Strömberg @cs1891.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Vi har haft 4 år med den sämsta regeringen någonsin, ändå belönar svenska väljarkåren den med så gott som varannan röst. Vi är ett sorgligt släkte, vi svenskar.
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 10/09/2026
what do I know really though, I just want to live on a peaceful, habitable planet, on which all people are treated with dignity
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Tobias Stål @tobiasstl.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS9B...
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Joshua Idehen - Mum Does The Washing OFFICIAL VIDEO
YouTube video by Joshua Idehen
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DrMary @drshowup.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
What Calvin said..
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Streamingmylife (Håkan) @streamingmylife.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Just when you think you couldn’t love David Byrne more he goes to the Hollywood Bowl playing "Life During Wartime" projecting ICE raids 🔥
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Tobias Stål @tobiasstl.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Thank you, Dolly Parton.
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Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
🔍🧊 What lies beneath one of Antarctica's most important glaciers? A significant new study, led by ACEAS researcher Dr Maria Manassero from @utas.edu.au, suggests parts of Denman Glacier's hidden trough may be ~1km shallower than estimated, improving our understanding of the glacier's dynamics.
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First Denman Glacier campaign findings challenge assumptions about glacier's hidden depths - ACEAS
A team of Australian and global researchers have published the first peer-reviewed research paper from the landmark Denman Terrestrial Campaign, offering an unprecedented glimpse beneath one of Antarctica's most important and least understood glaciers.
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Fun @funkelly.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
this is one of my favorite visual jokes of all time. i think about it several times a week.
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 26/08/2026
Sediment and nitrogen runoff carried by rivers is a major challenge to the Great Barrier Reef. Science confirms efforts to improve water quality are paying off.
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We finally have some encouraging news on Great Barrier Reef water quality
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Martin Jucker @drjucker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Some serious warm air being pushed onto Antarctica at the moment. viz from martinjucker.com, data from GFS. #weather #antarctica #sciviz
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The Shovel @theshovel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The new rating reflects the Australian Government's feelings today after the Israeli Defence Force said it would not open a criminal investigation into its fatal strike on aid workers, including Australian Zomi Frankcom. Read the full story: theshovel.com.au/2026/08/20/t...
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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Tasmania is awful! Never come here m!
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Mathias Cederholm @mathiasced.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Unga i Sverige verkar ha gått rejält åt vänster sedan valet 2022. En tidigare högervind har brutits. De mellan 18–29 år skulle idag ge Tidö-partierna 40 procent av rösterna, och oppositionen 57. Analys av DN/Ipsos opinionsdata, publicerad idag. www.dn.se/sverige/unga...
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SCAR INSTANT @scarinstant.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
SCAR INSTANT, ISMIP, PMIP, PMIP-Interglacials are pleased to announce this workshop that will take place just before EGU, April 3-4, in Vienna: More info: sites.google.com/view/long-te... @scar-antarctic.bsky.social
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Dive photographer Alex Dawson captured this eerie tour of an underwater forest at Geiseltalsee, the largest artificial lake in Germany. Formerly an open-cast lignite coal mine, it was flooded 2003-2011 to create the lake. Let's talk about the geological history of this valley & why it was flooded.
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 05/08/2026
New free podcast: About a street dog named Negro Matapacos (“Black Cop-Killer”), who consistently joined demonstrators in confronting police in a nationwide uprising in Chile in 2019. Listen today, wherever you get your podcasts, or go to our website: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e125...
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john JASON saeteroy @johnjasonsaeteroy.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
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Met4Cast @met4cast.net · 03/08/2026
Earth is now warming faster than at any point in recorded geological history - around 10 times faster than the extreme warming event 56 million years ago and 20 times faster than at the end of the last ice age. We are almost certainly in a new extinction event.
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earend | making 🐻🛡️⚠️ @earend.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The "Jason figured it out meme" from the Goodplace, but the captions are:

LinkedIn figured it out?

LinkedIn?  This is a real low point.
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Mathieu Morlighem @mathieu-ice.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Turns out not knowing what's under the ice can matter as much as not knowing future emissions. Nice piece on Hélène's latest work! www.sciencenews.dk/en/the-conti...
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The continent beneath Antarctica could reshape sea-level forecasts
Scientists have discovered that uncertainty about the landscape beneath Antarctica’s kilometre-thick ice sheet can influence future sea-level forecasts just as much as the difference between...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars. Even if those cars are electric. And then there’s all the parking. OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc. Choices. Simple.
Graphic showing a 9 m wide track for metros can move as many people as a 175 m wide, 7 lane road for cars.
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Tobias Stål @tobiasstl.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Another Swedish compliment goes “This wasn’t disgusting at all, actually.”
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Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"Many of these changes were once considered unlikely to happen this quickly. Antarctica is sending us clear warning signs." – ACEAS outgoing Director, Professor Matt King (@utas.edu.au) Read the news story ▶️ antarctic.org.au/warning-sign... 👏 @deformedearth.bsky.social | Laure Poncet
A figure presenting an overview of recent Antarctic extremes, including record-low sea ice, major heatwaves, ice shelf collapse, emperor penguin breeding failures, and the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1), amongst others. Credit: Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science.
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Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🔔 ALARM BELLS FROM THE SOUTH: a new science explainer unpacking recent Antarctic extremes, from record-low sea ice, to unprecedented heatwaves, emperor penguin breeding failures and the spread of H5N1 through parts of the Antarctic region. Please read and share ▶️ antarctic.org.au/explainers/
Our new ACEAS explainer, 'Alarm bells from the south: an overview of recent Antarctic extremes', brings together the latest science on some of the most significant changes now occurring across the Antarctic region.
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Tobias Stål @tobiasstl.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The most Ghanaian thing to do.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 17/07/2026
True friendship shown as dolphins guide stranded whale out of WA estuary
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Relief for marine experts as whale helped out of shallow estuary
A juvenile southern right whale has been saved by a pod of dolphins after it was stranded in an estuary in WA's south for two weeks.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Yasser Bakri reveals the shocking ordeal a Palestinian Australian student endured when seeking special cons. to grieve family killed by Israel in Gaza— inc forcing her to obtain death certificates for each family member killed. ANU’s Joan Leach insists she doesn’t know. Outrageous.
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Tobias Stål @tobiasstl.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Checking out of the word cup now. All my teams/flags are out, and FIFA and the US is killing the vibe.
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Tess Snider @malkyne.com · 08/07/2026
I am exasperated with people accusing programmers of "gatekeeping" programming. We were practically dragging people through the gate. Do you know why a mindless LLM can tell you so much great programming information? It's because we've been sharing that information for free online for decades.
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