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Alanna Bridgeman
@alannabridgeman.bsky.social
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Undergraduate | Photographer
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Grand Canal Square, Dublin.

#dublin #cityphotography #streetphotography #nightphotograhy #photography
Photo taken from ground level, pointing upwards. A group of tall, LED red sticks stand on the edge of the square, clustered beneath the moon. City lights twinkle across the water in the background.
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Samuel Beckett Bridge, Dublin. #Dublin #cityphotography #photography
A photo of the Samuel Beckett Bridge. The bridge arcs over the quays. The pink clouds behind it reflect in the water.
December 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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lecternmedia.org
Climate conversations get stuck on individual choices while ignoring structural forces. Your carbon footprint matters less than the fact that 100 companies produce 71% of global emissions. Focusing on individual responsibility? That's deliberate - to avoid systemic change. #environment #academicsky
September 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Found this sitting in one of my albums. I think it's one of my favourites 💙 #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #landscape #ocean
A ship heads between two Greek islands, leaving a wake behind it. Cliffs plunge into the ocean in the background. Rocky terrain makes up the foreground.
September 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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The Muses - Achillion Palace, Corfu #photography
A portrait photograph of a marble statue, looking upwards. Her left hand is on her waist and she is carved wearing a crown of flowers. A side view of a marble statue, her finger pointing to the corner of her mouth. Her head is wrapped in fabric. She wears a gown. A marble statue holds a scroll in each hand. She's standing tall against a pillar. The carved fabric is bunched up around her elbows. She wears a circlet of leaves.
August 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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whysharksmatter.bsky.social
Scientists of Bluesky, introduce yourselves by replying to this post and I’ll share it and help you get some followers!

I’m David, I’m based in DC and study shark ecology and conservation policy. I’m the author of “Why Sharks Matter.”

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Me securing a shark getting measured for a research workup Posing with some friends as part of my Why Sharks Matter book tour.
August 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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hombrepajaro.bsky.social
A colorful and loud bird ( a "croaker"), this Channel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus) was not too far from the Atlantic coast southeast of São Paulo, Brazil. #birds #birdsoftheworld #toucan #channel-billed #Brazil #selvefloresta #nikon www.felzfotoz.com
July 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Clownfish at Georgia Aquarium. #fish #photography #nature
Four clownfish swim along a bank of rocks and coral A clownfish swims through a bush-like coral.
June 30, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Idk that I have those fish just b/c the dives I watch are usually deeper than where they live, but I have lots of octopus! Here's a vitreledonella from my favorites folder @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 556 #ventunderworld #MarineLife
June 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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whaletalesorg.bsky.social
Sperm Whales Breach Too! Read the full story here: buff.ly/m8Uwg45
Photo by Azores Experiences⁠
This is an encounter from 2020
#WhaleTales #whales
June 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Mykonos, Greece. #photography #sunset #oceanphotography
A boat sails on the open ocean, in the centre of the photograph. The sun sets behind it.
June 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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natureportfolio.nature.com
Nature’s careers team spoke to a dozen scientists who have been laid off from US federal agencies and from universities because of federal funding cuts in the past two months. #Academicsky 🧪
#OpenToWork: how laid-off US scientists are coping with shattered careers
Unemployed researchers face some tough career choices as they flood the job market after the Trump administration’s cuts to science.
go.nature.com
May 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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whaletalesorg.bsky.social
Greys and Orcas. Read the full story here: buff.ly/kE0MfJZ
Photo by Janine
#WhaleTales #Whales
May 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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sensoryecology.bsky.social
“Other animals, such as cats and crocodiles, have reflectors inside their eyes to enhance their vision at night. But face-banded crabs are the first example of a signaling reflector on the outside of an animal, the authors say.”

#scicomm
#sensoryecology

www.science.org/content/arti...
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These crabs cast bright beams of light with their heads
Crustaceans may use unique reflectors to signal mates or scare off predators
www.science.org
May 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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petchary.bsky.social
A new study puts cuttlefish at center stage with the famous "marshmallow test," and shows that these soft-bodied hunters have what it takes.

www.earth.com/news/cuttlef...
#MarineLife 🦑
Cuttlefish easily passed a test designed for kids, startling scientists with their intelligence
A new study puts cuttlefish at center stage with the famous "marshmallow test," and shows that these soft-bodied hunters have what it takes.
www.earth.com
May 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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A cheery looking harbor seal out on the breakwater rocks at the Edmonds marina this morning.

#MarineLife #Boating #Edmonds #PortOfEdmonds #Seals #Pinnipeds #Photography #SealsOnSunday #SmilingSeals #Smile #PNW #PugetSound #Stunday
A white seal with dark spots rests on rocks that are wet with salt water and have algae and kelp on them. The seals eyes are closed and it appears to be smiling.
May 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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whaletalesorg.bsky.social
A Great Earth Day with Orcas and Humpbacks. Read the full story here: buff.ly/yHsrnDs
Photo by Patrick
#WhaleTales #Whales
May 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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whysharksmatter.bsky.social
How do clownfish survive a heat wave? By shrinking themselves down
How do clownfish survive a heat wave? By shrinking themselves down
Researchers believe marine heatwaves could be impacting fish growth patterns—and Nemo’s only getting smaller.
www.nationalgeographic.com
May 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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🐳 UPCOMING BOOK ALERT 🐬
The Evolution of Cetacean Societies

Edited by @darrencroft.bsky.social @andrewfoote.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social and myself

Preorder available now
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

#whale #dolphin #animalbehaviour
March 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Panorama view of Bray, Co. Wicklow.

#panorama #landscape #photography #Ireland
A panoramic view of the bay. A speedboat races through the water in the distance. There are rocks in the foreground.
May 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Bray, Co. Wicklow

#landscape #photography #hikingtrails #Ireland
The stone cross sits on a mountaintop overlooking the bay. Stone cliffs and grassy slopes overlook the open sea. A view of a mountain, covered in dense foliage. The ground dips and falls away into the ocean. A lone ferry sits in the water.
May 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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whysharksmatter.bsky.social
Researchers puzzled as baby whales spotted in unexpected places along Australia’s ‘humpback highway’
Researchers puzzled as baby whales spotted in unexpected places along Australia’s ‘humpback highway’
Newborns seen in colder waters as far south as Tasmania, indicating breeding and migration more complex than thought
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Sunset over the Aegean Sea. #photography #landscape
The sun sets over the open ocean.
May 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Baltimore, Cork, Ireland. #Ireland #photography #landscape
A bay surrounded by tall, seaside cliffs. There are cliffs covered in grass in the foreground.
May 18, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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whysharksmatter.bsky.social
Every child needs to hear these things:

I love you

I’m always here for you

Those are not direwolves

I support you
samanthayammine.com Science Sam @samanthayammine.com · Apr 8
Scientists love to debate and argue, but if there are 3 things every scientist absolutely agrees on, it's that:

1. Climate change is real
2. Vaccines work
3. Those are NOT dire wolves 😤

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April 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM