Twin Special Issue "History of Vegetation Science" in the Journal of Vegetation Science and Vegetation Classification and Survey - call for abstracts vegsciblog.org/2026/01/13/t... @iavs5.bsky.social
Global protests target Israel and media outlets who have ‘made excuses’ after killing of five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza.
A photo of Anas Al-Sharif and his Al Jazeera colleague Mohammad Qrere in their press bullet proof vests looking at their phones. Both are reported killed. Photo credit to Motassem A Dalloul.
BREAKING: One of the most important and prominent reporters on the ground in Gaza has been Anas Al Sharif.
He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza.
Speechless.
Rima Hassan dénonce au Parlement Européen le silence de celui-ci quand les personnes de la Freedom Flotilla ont été kidnappé 👏
must stop protecting Israel, now. They must stop prioritising profit over human lives, now. Protect our volunteers while protecting Palestinians in Gaza & wider Palestine.
#BreakIsraelsSiege #EndTheBlockade #Madleen #FreedomFlotilla #Volunteers #IOF #StandWithGaza #StandWithPalestine
🚨Freedom Flotilla Official Update🚨
It's time for our governments to do their jobs and sanction Israel whose illegal attack on 'Madleen' while sailing in international waters is a small extension of their war crimes in Gaza. Governments, institutions, media, and corporations...2/
I ran an experiment, simultaneously posting articles on Bluesky and X, and then testing to see how many people actually clicked and read them. The numbers on Bluesky are higher, both because the X algorithm downranks journalism, and because Bluesky attracts readers, not just shitposters.
The Madleen, now less than 150 nautical miles from Gaza, carries baby formula, food, and medical supplies.
#AllEyesOnMadleen #BreaktheSiege #EndTheSiege #EndtheBlockage
exposing Israel’s ongoing genocide. The conversation will also include international human rights defenders aboard Madleen, who are sailing to Gaza, challenging Israel’s illegal blockade and calling for justice and safe passage.
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SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.
Pressure their foreign ministries and help us keep them safe!
E: alertes.cdc@diplomatie.gouv.fr & courrier.scec@diplomatie.gouv.fr
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Nossa solidariedade e apoio à ministra Marina Silva. Temos que repudiar veementemente os ataques racistas e misóginos cometidos contra ela por parlamentares no Congresso Nacional.
jefersonmiola.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/o...
Suscribo punto por punto.
… Os impactos sociais e ambientais do transgênico aos diferentes biomas não são avaliados. Também não são consideradas quais medidas devem ser adotadas para abrandar os impactos dos transgênicos, especialmente para agricultores, povos e comunidades tradicionais e seus modos de vida.”
“Com composição que não contempla, em paridade, os setores necessários para avaliar os riscos e os potenciais danos dos transgênicos ao meio ambiente e à saúde, o processo de avaliação dos transgênicos pelo CNTBio acumula diversos problemas. […]
diplomatique.org.br/20-anos-da-l...
Levantamento feito em 119 regiões do mundo investigou a “diversidade faltante”, isto é, espécies nativas que poderiam estar presentes na localidade, mas estavam ausentes. Resultados acabam de ser publicados em @nature.com. agencia.fapesp.br/54378
@alefidelis.bsky.social @macroecologyut.bsky.social
I fully agree. In this editorial in Applied Vegetation Science, we presented some arguments in favor: doi.org/10.1111/avsc...
The same applies to reviewing manuscripts. If you're wary of working for free for a journal, consider doing it for a society-owned journal instead!
"Silence is not just complicity; it is consent. And so, the bombs keep falling, and the Palestinians remain what the world has allowed them to become: numbers."
— #AJOpinion by Hassan Abo Qamar ⤵️
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