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Gregor Kalinkat

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ecologist based in Berlin, DE

posts in EN and DE, occassionally in ES

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auch die internationale Sportberichterstattung zur Euro 2024 kommt nicht ohne Seitenhiebe auf die DB aus "Like one of its mercurial intercity trains, Germany’s Euro 2024 journey stuttered and slowed here, even threatening an unscheduled diversion, but ultimately remaining raggedly on course"

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note that I am not implying that the point of OP is wrong. Quite the contrary. I am just implying that actually a lot of stuff and behaviours that are marketed to us should come with warning signs

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sorry I did not know that one needs a medical degree to read the literature

"Total sedentary behaviour and TV viewing were most consistently associated with unfavourable health outcomes..."

cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Greifswald Mire Centre's avatar Greifswald Mire Centre @greifswaldmoor.bsky.social
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#byebyeelon! Ab dem 18. Juni, dem Int. Tag gegen Hate Speech legen wir @greifswaldmoor wie auch 46 weitere Organisationen ihre Accounts auf X still. Wir kehren zurück, wenn konstruktiver Dialog und Respekt auf der Plattform wieder möglich ist. Mehr unter: www.greifswaldmoor.de/files/dokume...

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From last week's trip to the Smoky mountains, a few minutes of synchronous fireflies (Photinus carolinus) in the forest undergrowth.

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Jesus möchte von den Unionsparteien sein C zurück

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from a medical POV anything that makes us sit too much and exercise too little should come with a warning sign: tvs, cars, desktop computers etc

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Chris Baraniuk's avatar Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com
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NEW: Climate change presents a gigantic threat to housing around the world. Mortgage providers are finally starting to notice. 🔥🏠🔥

By me, for Wired. www.wired.com/story/banks-...

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Rachel Lense is Professionally Curious's avatar Rachel Lense is Professionally Curious @rachellense.bsky.social
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I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

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It was time for xkcd to loop back to population ecology! As an ecologist, I find this model intriguing xkcd.com/2945/

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Tatort Strassenbeleuchtung's avatar Tatort Strassenbeleuchtung @aubenews.bsky.social
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Neue Straßenlaternen, weniger tote Insekten 🧪💡🦋

Die ersten Ergebnisse mit unseren zusammen mit TU Berlin & Selux entwickelten Leuchten sind jetzt nach erfolgreicher Begutachtung im Fachjournal Communications Biology erschienen, hier eine kurze Zusammenfassung 👇

www.igb-berlin.de/news/neue-st...

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Arne Semsrott's avatar Arne Semsrott @arnesemsrott.bsky.social
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Das Vorgehen der Bildungsministerin Stark-Watzinger gegen kritische Wissenschaftler*innen ist ein Skandal, der Konsequenzen haben muss. Positiv: Wie sich Beamt*innen gegen das Vorgehen ihrer Hausspitze gewehrt haben. Wichtige Hinweise für ähnliche Fälle! Aus internen Mails des Ministeriums:

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yup. 2016 war sein erster richtig großer Erfolg mit dem Double aus Brexit und Trump

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Sebastian Lakner🇺🇦's avatar Sebastian Lakner🇺🇦 @sebastianlakner.bsky.social
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Ein wichtiges Signal für Meinungs- & Wissenschaftsfreiheit: Man darf Rechtsextreme u Rechtspopulisten in der Agrarszene beim Namen nennen u es ist dem rechten Mob nicht gelungen, eine mutige Wissenschaftlerin einzuschüchtern.

taz.de/Rechte-Agrar...

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Khan 2021: "... 5 factors have been found to be responsible for the outflow of human capital. These include: (1) attractive salaries outside Europe; (2) short-term fixed contracts for early career researchers; (3) unfair recruitment procedures ..."

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Die Leute stimmen bereits mit den Füßen ab, frag mal die ganzen PIs die Stellen mehrmals ausschreiben müssen. Zusätzlich eine Petition mit zehntausenden Unterschriften abgeben kann da auch nicht schaden.

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But as Ireland was a neutral non-participating party in the war they could have handed that information to others. Or to noone for that matter

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Since I heard about it for the first time I have always been fascinated by the background story of the weather forecast around D-day. Who would've thought that a young woman, even more so from a neutral, non-participating country, would shape global events in such an impactful way.
#OnThisDay #OTD

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As we head into the 80th anniversary of the allied landings in France tomorrow, let's not forget the young Irish woman that massively shaped the events with her weather observations:
'Maureen Flavin Sweeney's ... Weather Report Delayed D-Day'
www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/w...
@nytimes.com #giftlink 🔓

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Maria Meier's avatar Maria Meier @mariame.bsky.social
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„We believe the current draft bill will make researchers’ positions more precarious, harming the quality and innovativeness of scientific research in Germany.“ #WissZeitVG

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ICYMI new paper out on light pollution and insects and how we can reduce negative effects of the former on the later

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ICYMI new paper out on light pollution and insects and how we can reduce negative effects of the former on the later

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