There is no amount of money, oil, or gold that is worth more than having bees, trees, and clean water.

Können wir darüber sprechen, was für ein krasser Tabubruch es ist, wenn eine Regierung offen zugibt, politisch nicht auf Linie stehende Organisationen zu bekämpfen? Und dabei ausgerechnet Demokratiebildung in Deutschland einstampft?

A Jackdaw perches on a wire, feathers wildly fluffed in all directions, staring straight ahead with wide, piercing eyes. Its intense expression and dishevelled appearance give off strong chaotic energy, completely at odds with any suggestion of calm or composure.

It's Monday. I'm calm. I'm composed. I'm absolutely fine.

#MondayMotivation

📷 @carlbovisnature.bsky.social

Graphic introducing the YESI International Fellows 2025-26 project titled 'Creative scholarship: Arts-research collaboration to imagine pro-environmental behaviour change in human-wildlife contexts.' It lists University of York Collaborator Judith Krauss (Department of Politics and International Relations/YESI) and International Collaborator Dr Ronit Amit (CIBET and School of Biology at the University of Costa Rica). The graphic features a circular collage of two photos showing a person painting a nature-themed mural and a group of people smiling in front of it, along with the YESI logo.

🐆 Open science in action!

@judithekrauss.bsky.social (@york.ac.uk) + Ronit Amit (University of Costa Rica) are sharing creative arts-research methods across borders. 🎨

We're collaborating to drive pro-environmental behaviour change.

🔗https://buff.ly/w1gBQgF

Cannot stress enough what a privilege it has been working with @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social since our Conviva - convivial conservation project. Both a phenomenal scholar and a wonderful human, which is a very rare combination.

If you are at all interested, do apply to work with her & a great team!

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work.

This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public.

Please spread the word.

🧵 1/4

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

Three pillars. Forty days. This is Lent.

Prayer During Lent we are called to pray for those whose voices are often ignored.

Lent is so much more than just giving up chocolate.

It's shaped by three practices that help turn faith into action - prayer, fasting and almsgiving.

Rooted in Jesus’ teachings in Matthew 6:1-18, Lent invites us to look beyond ourselves to notice the needs of others and to grow in faith.

Hintergrund: Schwarz-Weiß Bild des Gedenkens auf dem Marktplatz in Hanau, Menschen halten Schilder mit den Gesichtern der Ermordeten. Darauf die Schrift: Wir gedenken: Gökhan Gültekin Sedat Gürbüz Said Nesar Hashemi Mercedes Kierpacz Hamza Kurtović Vili Viorel Păun Fatih Saraçoğlu Ferhat Unvar Kaloyan Velkov

Wir gedenken:

Gökhan Gültekin
Sedat Gürbüz
Said Nesar Hashemi
Mercedes Kierpacz
Hamza Kurtović
Vili Viorel Păun
Fatih Saraçoğlu
Ferhat Unvar
Kaloyan Velkov

Ermordet vor 6 Jahren, am 19. Februar 2020, beim rassistischen Anschlag von #Hanau.

Wir gedenken Ibrahim Akkuş, verstorben an den Spätfolgen.

I wonder if people are paying attention to how much their doom scrolling is cutting into time they used to use to read books

A bright new day in Barcelona and #POLLEN2026 has moved on a stage. Of nearly 2000 (!) submissions, panel convenors have chosen nearly 1400. Registration is open. Given the demand we will begin with presenters first. Many thanks to all for their incredible efforts in making this happen.

If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.

Why local journalism matters and why you should subscribe to @manchestermill.bsky.social

Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/

Ein Foto von seinem Gesicht und seinem Oberkörper. Er hat ein massiges Gesicht, trägt eine Brille, die oben einen sehr dunklen Rand hat, und schaut konzentriert ins irgendwo.

"Die Forderung, daß Auschwitz nicht noch einmal sei, ist die allererste an Erziehung. Sie geht so sehr jeglicher anderen voran, daß ich weder glaube, sie begründen zu müssen noch zu sollen."
Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno


🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero

1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!

1/10

FINAL DAY TO ENTER
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...

#ukscience #blueacademy #skyscience #massspec #womeninstem

The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground.
Wonderful!

Merry Christmas 🎄
European Robin (Erithacus rubecula): The "Robin Redbreast" was given its nickname long before a distinction was made in the English language between "Red" & "Orange". Superb photo taken by Martina Olivia of this fluffy Robin taken in the UK.

So the US administration considers hate speech and disinformation “American viewpoints“? 🙄
HateAid is an organization that also helps climate scientists to defend themselves against online abuse and threats.
Its founder was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 🇩🇪 this year.

BREAKING: Michel Friedman fordert ein Verbot der rechtsextremen AfD. Und er spricht über die Notwendigkeit der völligen Abschottung vom Faschismus: Weil die Demokratie durch jede Berührung mit ihm stirbt!

Eben.

This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands

And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is

Excited that our session — 'Cyborg rivers and riverhood movements: potentials of re-imagining, re-politicizing and re-commoning relations between rivers, nonhumans and people' — was accepted for #POLLEN2026. Call for papers is open until 5th December! 🦦

pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/

Fieldwork can be a unique opportunity, but it can also be a very significant challenge to well-being. My colleagues have developed this interactive reflection tool to help manage well-being whilst on fieldwork, preparing to fieldwork, and when you get back
inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/wellbeing/

Carrie Fisher was the blueprint.
Protect your people. Call out the predators.
#RESIST

Mit Nazis reden. (Heute vor 80 Jahren war Prozessbeginn.)

The Drain of Scientific Publishing The domination of scientific publishing in the Global North by major commercial publishers is harmful to science. We need the most powerful members of the research community, funders, governments and ...

Profits from scientific publishing are eye-watering, costing us billions. In ‘The Drain of Scientific Publishing’ (arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820), (building on ‘The Strain of Scientific Publishing’ doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00327) we show how it is harmful – and unnecessary.