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Alexander Otte

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Life, water, climate; social, human and historical stuff. Work for UNESCO. All views expressed or shared here are personal. Photos posted are generally mine, unless stated otherwise (or obvious screengrabs).

Alexander Otte's avatar Alexander Otte @aotte.bsky.social
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In the end, I keep thinking, it‘s a multi-lever communication thing. His art director thinks it makes him look “close to the people” and “not posh”, which says more about their views than about popular taste… (over-interpretation is my thing).

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Scott Santens's avatar Scott Santens @scottsantens.com
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As people debate the affordability of Universal Basic Income, they seldom question the cost of not implementing it. The ripple effects of chronic widespread financial insecurity touch every aspect of our society and democracy. Let's crunch the numbers on UBI vs. the status quo.

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Tina's avatar Tina @wunder2welt.bsky.social
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"In fact, experiments in social psychology have shown that, for people to take a threat seriously, they need to be well informed about the situation and to have credible, reliable and accessible alternatives. If they have only partial information and can play only a limited role,⬇️

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Alexander Otte's avatar Alexander Otte @aotte.bsky.social
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Either he wants to compensate for Sunak’s slacks or he didn‘t pull them up… Surely a Labour PM does not want to brag with how much tissue he can afford?

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Ansgar T̶r̶i̶n̶k̶m̶a̶n̶n̶ AFD-VERBOT's avatar Ansgar T̶r̶i̶n̶k̶m̶a̶n̶n̶ AFD-VERBOT @ansgartrinkmann.bsky.social
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Ansgar im Freudentaumel:
Das #Kindergeld wird 2025 um 60 € pro Jahr erhöht. 👍

Kleine Anekdote:
Parallel dazu sind bei uns die Preise in der Schulmensa ab dem kommenden Schuljahr um mindestens 114 € (bis 268 €) pro Jahr erhöht worden.

Warum hasst Deutschland Kinder?

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Steven J. Gibbons's avatar Steven J. Gibbons @stevenjgibbons.bsky.social
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This is why I pick snails off the tarmac at Nydalen … please put them out of harm’s way if you see them on paths.

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LouisZeypher's avatar LouisZeypher @louiszeyper.bsky.social
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Die Migranten sind also gar nicht schuld an der Wohnungsnot, sondern geldgierige Spekulanten, die durch Wohnraumverknappung die Immobilienpreise in die Höhe treiben? Wer hätte das gedacht?

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Prof. Farhana Sultana's avatar Prof. Farhana Sultana @farhana.bsky.social
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Saleem was a lifelong collaborator, mentor, colleague, friend. I’ve known him since 1997. The keynote lecture I delivered at the Royal Geographical Society this past week has video clips of interviews with him (and others). Video of my lecture & the panel discussion afterwards is here:

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b-boy bouiebaisse's avatar b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
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these people do not intend to ever lose power again

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Cédric Mas 's avatar Cédric Mas @cedricmas.bsky.social
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“Tu ne crois pas que tu exagères un peu avec les dangers que l’extrême droite fait peser sur toi ?” Ben non

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Alexander Otte's avatar Alexander Otte @aotte.bsky.social
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Dass gerade Audi im Bild zum Link erscheint… Ich fuhr heute in Paris an einem der hier eher seltenen Audi e-tron vorbei. Auf französisch ist ein „etron“ ein zylindrisches Verdauungsendprodukt. Nimmt da wirklich das Marketing die eigenen Produkte nicht ernst?

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Alexander Otte's avatar Alexander Otte @aotte.bsky.social
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Yes… And AI is only a fraction of the world(s) you imagined… The political parallels between, say, Eclipse and today are taking my breath away. And I only read it…

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Alexander Otte's avatar Alexander Otte @aotte.bsky.social
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I cannot fathom how you guys are dealing with this…

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Alexander Otte's avatar Alexander Otte @aotte.bsky.social
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'Schlechte Kamera gutes Foto' #FotoVorschlag

‚Schlechte Kamera gutes Foto’?
Weiß ich nicht, aber ich nehme das alles auch viel zu ernst 😅…

(„Die beste Kamera ist immer die, die zur Hand ist, wenn wir sie brauchen/benutzen wollen.“
Nicht von mir, finde aber den Autor nicht mehr.)

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Alexander Otte's avatar Alexander Otte @aotte.bsky.social
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Oh Scheisse… das ist traurig. Und schon wieder die gleiche Verkehrs-Nichtplanung die tötet. Wie kann das sein, dass diese Fallen immer noch auf die Strassen der Republik gepinselt werden, in so vielen Städten?

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“Zurzeit leiden Bergkantone besonders unter den Folgen von Gewittern mit extrem viel Regen innert kurzer Zeit. Doch auch das Mittelland kann sich nicht in Sicherheit wiegen: Mehr als die Hälfte aller Gebäude in der #Schweiz sind gefährdet, bei Unwettter Schaden zu nehmen”

www.srf.ch/news/schweiz...

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Alexander Otte's avatar Alexander Otte @aotte.bsky.social
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That is even more worrisome… When I read about this in The Guardian, I had to think on my question to you yesterday, why speaks Starmer so adamantly against reopening the Brexit case? An ‘agreement’ with Murdoch et al. would make sense (in their dimension, at least).

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 's avatar Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social
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Wild forest by the banks of Lough Derg, Co. Tipperary.

In an almost thoroughly domesticated, tamed landscape, these places are precious repositories of nature, and sanctuaries for the soul.

We need WAY more of them.
#Rewilding 🌏

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Alexander Otte's avatar Alexander Otte @aotte.bsky.social
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I didn’t mean to dehumanise anyone… a title like this just appears so totally estranged to the idea of journalism, it is shocking in the sense of a complete functional takeover that shows like a weird outcrop… But then, Germany has close enough equivalents.

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Alexander Otte's avatar Alexander Otte @aotte.bsky.social
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Wait, this is an actual newspaper title page? 😳 I’ve just reposted here pictures of fungi-infested invertebraes, and this reminds me…

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Frank Ashwood's avatar Frank Ashwood @frankashwood.bsky.social
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Nature can be rather disturbing at times, but amazing too!

Here are a couple of examples of entomopathogenic fungi I've seen across New Zealand - that's fungi which infect and kill invertebrates (yep, 'The Last of Us' style).

Can you tell what the unfortunate hosts were?

#Entomology 🧪

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Sol Roth's avatar Sol Roth @solroth.bsky.social
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“People are strange: they are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice” -Charles Bukowski

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Jens Südekum's avatar Jens Südekum @suedekum.bsky.social
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Heute ist ein aufregender Tag für alle Regionalforscher:innen in Deutschland, denn gerade wurde der allererste „Gleichwertigkeitsbericht“ vorgestellt. Ein Kompendium mit 102 Landkarten (!), darunter Material, das man so noch nie gesehen hat. Hier meine persönlichen TOP 3 Highlights 🧵

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Daryll Marie🐋's avatar Daryll Marie🐋 @daryllmarie.bsky.social
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🧪Bluesci friends, I finish the day with some very serious and scientific business: three cheetahs taking a synchronized poop in Maasai Mara, Kenya. Friends that 💩 together, stay together ❤️

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Alexander Otte's avatar Alexander Otte @aotte.bsky.social
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“I‘ve heard there are some pooping cheetahs around here…“

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Alexander Otte's avatar Alexander Otte @aotte.bsky.social
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Merci pour le lien… en voulant y accéder, ça bug. Normal.

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Alexander Otte's avatar Alexander Otte @aotte.bsky.social
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Gruß aus Paris! 💚

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Alexander Otte's avatar Alexander Otte @aotte.bsky.social
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Merci, prima Link.

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Christian Eymery's avatar Christian Eymery @christianeymery.bsky.social
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Ihr Lieben, Eine weitere Schätzung der Sitzverteilung im frz. Parlament nach den Kandidaten-Rückzügen vor der 2. Wahlrunde: RN 225-262 Sitze NFP 137-157 Sitze Ensemble 107-133 Sitze LR 24-31 Sitze Sonstige 38-45 Sitze

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𝙆𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙋𝙚𝙥𝙚 & 𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙁𝙁's avatar 𝙆𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙋𝙚𝙥𝙚 & 𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙁𝙁 @terrorcatgang.bsky.social
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'Labyrinth' #FotoVorschlag
So amüsierte man sich einst ohne PC...😉

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💚WirFürDemokratie💚🌍's avatar 💚WirFürDemokratie💚🌍 @stephaniehount1.bsky.social
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Da Zusammenhalt unter Demokraten immer wichtiger wird: Vernetzt euch💚

Hallo und herzlich willkommen zu unserer 41. #FollowerParty in Bluesky am Mittwoch den 03.07.2024.

Ich freue mich über rege Beteiligung von allen. 🙏

#WirFürDemokratie

💚WirFürDemokratie💚🌍

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Alexander Otte's avatar Alexander Otte @aotte.bsky.social
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Interesting. The (some) French say, “an electoral promise only engages those who believe it”, so time might tell. The outcome for the LibDems will perhaps also play a role, I guess…

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Alexander Otte's avatar Alexander Otte @aotte.bsky.social
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Thanks for linking this. Admittedly, I haven’t delved into this yet. But would you have a short take on why Starmer is saying so? Is it a specific electoral group he is trying to please or is something else behind this?

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Dr. Damien P. Williams: Magus, Werewolf, Cyborg, Bi's avatar Dr. Damien P. Williams: Magus, Werewolf, Cyborg, Bi @wolvendamien.bsky.social
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You sit in a relational, interconnected, mutually sustaining matrix with other intentioned beings, and if "AI" were built in a completely different way, it might be able to be that on purpose, but it is *not* built that way, and every intention it currently has is an intention built from capitalism…

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Dr. Damien P. Williams: Magus, Werewolf, Cyborg, Bi's avatar Dr. Damien P. Williams: Magus, Werewolf, Cyborg, Bi @wolvendamien.bsky.social
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…militarism, hegemony, and white supremacy, & it has neither the inclination nor the capacity to meaningfully introspect and bracket those biases. In short, even if this form of "AI" *were* a person, it's for sure not a person i want influencing every single aspect of my daily life. Have a good one.

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Katharine Hayhoe's avatar Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com
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Yesterday, I shared this same Canada Day thread on Bluesky, Threads, and X. Here's what I found. 🧵

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Rollo's avatar Rollo @rolloo.bsky.social
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Der Klimawandel beeinflusst auch die Häufigkeit und das Ausmaß extremer Waldbrände. Das zeigt eine Studie, die als Reaktion auf Klimaskeptiker entstanden ist. Häufigkeit und Ausmaß extremer Waldbrände weltweit haben sich in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten aufgrund des Klimawandels verdoppelt.

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ThankYouForTheFish's avatar ThankYouForTheFish @thankyouforthefish.bsky.social
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Sizilianische Landwirtschaft mit ungewisser Zukunft

Sizilien ähnelt einer Wüste, 40% weniger Regen seit '03, Wasser wird rationiert, bis '30 wird 1/3 der Insel Wüste sein

Viele Landwirte werden ihre Höfe aufgeben, auch andere Wirtschaftsbereiche leiden, mittlerweile 33.000 weniger Jobs
#Klimakrise

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