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@okaytopus.bsky.social
Wien I PhD student | she/her
forams & palaeoecosystems & the sea
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Ein 19-jähriger junger Mann hat gestern das Mikro ergriffen und eine wichtige Frage gestellt, auf die er mMn keine gute Antwort bekommen hat: Was ist eigentlich so schlimm an Looksmaxxing? Sollten wir es nicht gut finden, wenn junge Männer mehr auf ihr Äußeres achten?
September 10, 2026 at 7:14 AM
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I hope 2025 & 2026 have adequately prepared everyone for the shitshow that will be 2027:

Strongest El Niño and highest global temperature on record
Energy and affordability crisis from the illegal war
End of 3-year federal science grants awarded in 2024
AI bubble bursting
Continued rise of fascism
August 22, 2026 at 4:55 AM
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🎬 Kinostart für "Salz und Wasser" 🍿🌊

Der #Dokumentarfilm begleitet die Polarstern-Expedition PS140 in die #Antarktis. Im Fokus: die mögliche Verlagerung des Antarktischen Zirkumpolarstroms, Folgen für den Meeresspiegel – und die Menschen, die unter extremen Bedingungen forschen.
August 19, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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NEW BLOG FOR YOU

Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too.

A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI:

ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...
July 1, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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To mark the February 11, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, some of the numerous skilled, committed and inspiring women working as scientists at the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy @univie.ac.at present themselves in a multifaceted photo collage.
February 11, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
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Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Ich saß monatelang im Gerichtssaal mit den Vergewaltigern von Madame Pelicot. Es waren durchschnittliche, unauffällige, weiße Franzosen. Auch jede Statistik zeigt: Die größte Gefahr für Frauen liegt im näheren Umfeld, in der Familie.
Nicht irgendwo in der Stadt. So ein Quark.
“Ich habe gar nichts zurückzunehmen”

- sagt #Merz heute zu seiner “wir haben im Stadtbild noch dieses Problem”-Äußerung in Bezug auf Migration.
October 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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One of the most challenging aspects of the climate crisis is that it becomes harder to solve as it proceeds, both in terms of mitigation and adaptation. It isn't something that can be put off until tomorrow without serious penalty.
The wet tropical rainforests of Queensland are now a carbon source because CO₂ emitted from trees dying and decaying outstripped the CO₂ taken up by trees growing. 😕
Australia's tropical trees emit more carbon than they absorb: study
Climate change is killing trees faster than they can be replaced leading to greater carbon emissions, according to a new study.
www.abc.net.au
October 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Great timing reading this while in Japan, where every lunch time at work consists of 90% plastic and 10% nutrients (still tastes great tho)
Microplastics are released from plastic when exposed to heat, including leaching from tea bags into hot tea and plastic containers releasing nanoplastics when microwaved. While health effects are still unclear, minimizing heating plastic is a simple way to reduce exposure.
Microplastics are everywhere. You can do one simple thing to avoid them.
The biggest sources of microplastics have one thing in common: Heat.
wapo.st
October 16, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Sehr cooler Wikipedia-Artikel mit einer guten Liste und Zusammenfassung von Merkmalen, an denen man "AI"-Texte erkennen kann.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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happy international rock day to them 🪨💕
July 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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📢 Der Österreichische Klimabericht ist da!
200 Wissenschaftler*innen haben in 3 Jahren das aktuelle Wissen zur Klimakrise in Österreich zusammengetragen:
🔍 Wie stark ist Österreich betroffen?
✅ Welche Maßnahmen helfen?

Heute auf Ö1 um 19:05 Uhr.
#AAR2 #APCC

oe1.orf.at/programm/202...
Wege aus der Hitze: Der österreichische Klimabericht | DI | 17 06 2025 | 19:05
Das Austrian Panel on Climate Change hat den Stand des Wissens zum Klimawandel in Österreich zusammengetragen und im zweiten österreichischen Sachstandsbericht veröffentlicht.
oe1.orf.at
June 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Unser nächster #Talk4Future mit Richard Bärnthaler (@rbaernthaler.bsky.social):

🌍 "Wie europäische Industriepolitik an planetaren Grenzen & sozialem Wohlergehen ausgerichtet werden kann" 👨‍👨‍👧

🗓️ 27.5. (Di)
🕖 19 Uhr
💻 Online über Zoom
❓ Fragen stellen dürft ihr auch :)
🔗 Link ⬇️
Talk4Future Doughnut Economy » 27. Mai 2025
www.scientists4future.at
May 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Come postdoc in Oslo! 3 years. You design the project! Get in touch with me or others at our museum! Deadline 23 june www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... share and repost !
Postdoctoral Fellow: Self-Developed Project (280531) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow: Self-Developed Project (280531), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, June 23, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
May 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie

Quadruplets
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie

Two flew over the cuckoo's nest
Implement a 100% tariff and run a movie

The 12th Sense
May 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...

sweet sweet foram PhD/post-doc project on monitoring benthic forams in terrestrial salt ponds in Germany 👀
Ausschreibung
www.uni-hamburg.de
March 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
quite a nice turnout on this lovely day on the streets of Vienna in support of Science and scientists in the US. we see you!

#standupforscience
@standupforscience.bsky.social @s4fat.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Isopod Culture
January 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Der Countdown läuft - nur noch 3️⃣ Tage bis zum March for #Science in #Wien am Freitag!

Bitte jetzt gerne noch einmal im Freundeskreis, am Arbeitsplatz etc. streuen 🗣️📧📢. Wir möchten ein deutliches Zeichen für eine freie #Wissenschaft setzen!
at.scientists4future.org/2025/02/24/7...
March 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Merz in der New York Times 🫠
March 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Posted with alt text bc I fricking love this. No I couldn't find a pronunciation
February 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument.

(Scroll down.)
Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights a...
www.nps.gov
February 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I know it's by far not the worst, but srsly
February 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM