Francis Masse
@geofrancismasse.bsky.social
Political Ecologist. Geographer. Conservation, wildlife trade/economies, (in)security, human-wildlife-livestock relations, infectious disease.
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Call PhD Proposals related to Political Ecologies of Conservation, Infectious Animal and Zoonotic Diseases, One Health, and Wildlife Trade
#politicalecology #humanenvironmentgeography
Please share and pass on to potentially interested people.
@pollenetwork.bsky.social
@findaphd.bsky.social
#politicalecology #humanenvironmentgeography
Please share and pass on to potentially interested people.
@pollenetwork.bsky.social
@findaphd.bsky.social
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Call PhD Proposals related to Political Ecologies of Conservation, Infectious Animal and Zoonotic Diseases, One Health, and Wildlife Trade
#politicalecology #humanenvironmentgeography
Please share and pass on to potentially interested people.
@pollenetwork.bsky.social
@findaphd.bsky.social
#politicalecology #humanenvironmentgeography
Please share and pass on to potentially interested people.
@pollenetwork.bsky.social
@findaphd.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Call PhD Proposals related to Political Ecologies of Conservation, Infectious Animal and Zoonotic Diseases, One Health, and Wildlife Trade
#politicalecology #humanenvironmentgeography
Please share and pass on to potentially interested people.
@pollenetwork.bsky.social
@findaphd.bsky.social
#politicalecology #humanenvironmentgeography
Please share and pass on to potentially interested people.
@pollenetwork.bsky.social
@findaphd.bsky.social
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This brilliant graphic from @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca captures really clearly the challenge of the drain, and the hope of alternatives that can free us from it.
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk 🎤
If you’ve read this far and still need convincing, please check out our preprint arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 and this infographic: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
10/10
If you’ve read this far and still need convincing, please check out our preprint arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 and this infographic: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
10/10
November 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
This brilliant graphic from @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca captures really clearly the challenge of the drain, and the hope of alternatives that can free us from it.
CALL FOR PHD APPLICANTS ON CIVET ONE HEALTH.
Collaborative PhD with Civet One Health Programme.
Interested in applicants wanting to examine civet trade, consumption, farming, value chains, and One Health issues relating to and across these. @pollenetwork.bsky.social @jeshooper.bsky.social
👇SEE AD👇
Collaborative PhD with Civet One Health Programme.
Interested in applicants wanting to examine civet trade, consumption, farming, value chains, and One Health issues relating to and across these. @pollenetwork.bsky.social @jeshooper.bsky.social
👇SEE AD👇
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
CALL FOR PHD APPLICANTS ON CIVET ONE HEALTH.
Collaborative PhD with Civet One Health Programme.
Interested in applicants wanting to examine civet trade, consumption, farming, value chains, and One Health issues relating to and across these. @pollenetwork.bsky.social @jeshooper.bsky.social
👇SEE AD👇
Collaborative PhD with Civet One Health Programme.
Interested in applicants wanting to examine civet trade, consumption, farming, value chains, and One Health issues relating to and across these. @pollenetwork.bsky.social @jeshooper.bsky.social
👇SEE AD👇
Call PhD Proposals related to Political Ecologies of Conservation, Infectious Animal and Zoonotic Diseases, One Health, and Wildlife Trade
#politicalecology #humanenvironmentgeography
Please share and pass on to potentially interested people.
@pollenetwork.bsky.social
@findaphd.bsky.social
#politicalecology #humanenvironmentgeography
Please share and pass on to potentially interested people.
@pollenetwork.bsky.social
@findaphd.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Call PhD Proposals related to Political Ecologies of Conservation, Infectious Animal and Zoonotic Diseases, One Health, and Wildlife Trade
#politicalecology #humanenvironmentgeography
Please share and pass on to potentially interested people.
@pollenetwork.bsky.social
@findaphd.bsky.social
#politicalecology #humanenvironmentgeography
Please share and pass on to potentially interested people.
@pollenetwork.bsky.social
@findaphd.bsky.social
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CfP Political Ecology Conference
Beyond the Usual Suspects: The Expanding Cast of Conservation Actors
Submit a contribution on emergence/enrolment of new, unlikely, overlooked actors in conservation!
@brocksaglio.bsky.social @charisenns.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/bdehbxsc
Beyond the Usual Suspects: The Expanding Cast of Conservation Actors
Submit a contribution on emergence/enrolment of new, unlikely, overlooked actors in conservation!
@brocksaglio.bsky.social @charisenns.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/bdehbxsc
P086: Beyond the Usual Suspects: The Expanding Cast of Conservation Actors
10-15 minute presentations depending on participants. Charis Enns will be discussant to provoke discussion and thinking about future special issue.
tinyurl.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:57 AM
CfP Political Ecology Conference
Beyond the Usual Suspects: The Expanding Cast of Conservation Actors
Submit a contribution on emergence/enrolment of new, unlikely, overlooked actors in conservation!
@brocksaglio.bsky.social @charisenns.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/bdehbxsc
Beyond the Usual Suspects: The Expanding Cast of Conservation Actors
Submit a contribution on emergence/enrolment of new, unlikely, overlooked actors in conservation!
@brocksaglio.bsky.social @charisenns.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/bdehbxsc
another example of Geopolitical Ecology of Conservation, now in the Arctic. To understand how national security interests shape conservation assistance, just like this, take a peak at this article w @jaredmargulies.bsky.social that seeks to understand that very relationship
tinyurl.com/bd9utx7y
tinyurl.com/bd9utx7y
October 15, 2025 at 8:25 AM
another example of Geopolitical Ecology of Conservation, now in the Arctic. To understand how national security interests shape conservation assistance, just like this, take a peak at this article w @jaredmargulies.bsky.social that seeks to understand that very relationship
tinyurl.com/bd9utx7y
tinyurl.com/bd9utx7y
CfP Political Ecology Conference
Beyond the Usual Suspects: The Expanding Cast of Conservation Actors
Submit a contribution on emergence/enrolment of new, unlikely, overlooked actors in conservation!
@brocksaglio.bsky.social @charisenns.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/bdehbxsc
Beyond the Usual Suspects: The Expanding Cast of Conservation Actors
Submit a contribution on emergence/enrolment of new, unlikely, overlooked actors in conservation!
@brocksaglio.bsky.social @charisenns.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/bdehbxsc
P086: Beyond the Usual Suspects: The Expanding Cast of Conservation Actors
10-15 minute presentations depending on participants. Charis Enns will be discussant to provoke discussion and thinking about future special issue.
tinyurl.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:57 AM
CfP Political Ecology Conference
Beyond the Usual Suspects: The Expanding Cast of Conservation Actors
Submit a contribution on emergence/enrolment of new, unlikely, overlooked actors in conservation!
@brocksaglio.bsky.social @charisenns.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/bdehbxsc
Beyond the Usual Suspects: The Expanding Cast of Conservation Actors
Submit a contribution on emergence/enrolment of new, unlikely, overlooked actors in conservation!
@brocksaglio.bsky.social @charisenns.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/bdehbxsc
CfP Political Ecology Conference
Beyond the Usual Suspects: The Expanding Cast of Conservation Actors
Submit a contribution on emergence/enrolment of new, unlikely, overlooked actors in conservation! @brocksaglio.bsky.social @charisenns.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/bdehbxsc
Beyond the Usual Suspects: The Expanding Cast of Conservation Actors
Submit a contribution on emergence/enrolment of new, unlikely, overlooked actors in conservation! @brocksaglio.bsky.social @charisenns.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/bdehbxsc
October 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
CfP Political Ecology Conference
Beyond the Usual Suspects: The Expanding Cast of Conservation Actors
Submit a contribution on emergence/enrolment of new, unlikely, overlooked actors in conservation! @brocksaglio.bsky.social @charisenns.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/bdehbxsc
Beyond the Usual Suspects: The Expanding Cast of Conservation Actors
Submit a contribution on emergence/enrolment of new, unlikely, overlooked actors in conservation! @brocksaglio.bsky.social @charisenns.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/bdehbxsc
Reposted by Francis Masse
Rethinking disaster risk reduction
Today is the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has recently published the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2025, which estimates that the true cost of disasters is nearly $2.3 trillion.…
Today is the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has recently published the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2025, which estimates that the true cost of disasters is nearly $2.3 trillion.…
Rethinking disaster risk reduction
Today is the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has recently published the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2025, which estimates that the true cost of disasters is nearly $2.3 trillion. This year’s call is to “Fund Resilience, Not Disasters” as part of the international day, with the UNDRR arguing for a “decisive shift” towards funding resilience now to avoid paying for disasters later.
zimbabweland.wordpress.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Rethinking disaster risk reduction
Today is the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has recently published the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2025, which estimates that the true cost of disasters is nearly $2.3 trillion.…
Today is the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has recently published the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2025, which estimates that the true cost of disasters is nearly $2.3 trillion.…
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#POLLEN"2026 panels are now live.
What happens now is a vital part of the preparation
Hundreds of potential participants will be sending in their ideas to the hundreds of different convenors. It is a rich moment of exchange and interaction.
Please spread the word.
shorturl.at/fCGhB
What happens now is a vital part of the preparation
Hundreds of potential participants will be sending in their ideas to the hundreds of different convenors. It is a rich moment of exchange and interaction.
Please spread the word.
shorturl.at/fCGhB
Call for presentations & posters - POLLEN
The call for presentations and posters is now open until 23:59 CET on Friday 5th December. Before proposing anything, please read the conference rationale & purpose, the rules below, and then browse t...
shorturl.at
October 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
#POLLEN"2026 panels are now live.
What happens now is a vital part of the preparation
Hundreds of potential participants will be sending in their ideas to the hundreds of different convenors. It is a rich moment of exchange and interaction.
Please spread the word.
shorturl.at/fCGhB
What happens now is a vital part of the preparation
Hundreds of potential participants will be sending in their ideas to the hundreds of different convenors. It is a rich moment of exchange and interaction.
Please spread the word.
shorturl.at/fCGhB
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🌅 How are digital technologies refashioning ecological aesthetics? 🌅
Join us for the next Digital Ecologies conference in February 2026 - CFP now open!
We're delighted to welcome Joanna Zylinska and Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg as our keynotes!
Any questions, get in touch.
Join us for the next Digital Ecologies conference in February 2026 - CFP now open!
We're delighted to welcome Joanna Zylinska and Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg as our keynotes!
Any questions, get in touch.
🌐🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS 🚨🌐
'The Visual Politics of Digital Ecologies'
🗓️ 2-3 February 2026
📍 @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
We invite one-word titles (e.g. hallucinating, zooming, obscuring, glitching, generating)
Deadline: 14th November
Full info: digicologies.com/cfp
'The Visual Politics of Digital Ecologies'
🗓️ 2-3 February 2026
📍 @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
We invite one-word titles (e.g. hallucinating, zooming, obscuring, glitching, generating)
Deadline: 14th November
Full info: digicologies.com/cfp
October 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🌅 How are digital technologies refashioning ecological aesthetics? 🌅
Join us for the next Digital Ecologies conference in February 2026 - CFP now open!
We're delighted to welcome Joanna Zylinska and Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg as our keynotes!
Any questions, get in touch.
Join us for the next Digital Ecologies conference in February 2026 - CFP now open!
We're delighted to welcome Joanna Zylinska and Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg as our keynotes!
Any questions, get in touch.
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International students can apply for a UK Chevening Fellowship to study on one of our 1-year Taught Postgraduate courses:
MA Climate, Risk and Society
MSc Climate, Risk and Society
MSc Environmental Hazards and Risk
MA Risk, Security and Politics
Deadline for applications to Chevening is Oct 7.
MA Climate, Risk and Society
MSc Climate, Risk and Society
MSc Environmental Hazards and Risk
MA Risk, Security and Politics
Deadline for applications to Chevening is Oct 7.
September 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
International students can apply for a UK Chevening Fellowship to study on one of our 1-year Taught Postgraduate courses:
MA Climate, Risk and Society
MSc Climate, Risk and Society
MSc Environmental Hazards and Risk
MA Risk, Security and Politics
Deadline for applications to Chevening is Oct 7.
MA Climate, Risk and Society
MSc Climate, Risk and Society
MSc Environmental Hazards and Risk
MA Risk, Security and Politics
Deadline for applications to Chevening is Oct 7.
I can echo how difficult a task this was and how seriously it was taken! A privilege (even when difficult) to be part of the process and get an insight into the amazing breadth and depth or work and thinking being done under the banner of Political Ecology.
That was one of the hardest tasks I've done for any POLLEN meeting.
#POLLEN26 had 227 panels submitted. Normally there is space for about 120 *including* double panels. Whereas our 227 were all single ideas that could become doubles.
And all were amazing. What do you do?
#POLLEN26 had 227 panels submitted. Normally there is space for about 120 *including* double panels. Whereas our 227 were all single ideas that could become doubles.
And all were amazing. What do you do?
September 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I can echo how difficult a task this was and how seriously it was taken! A privilege (even when difficult) to be part of the process and get an insight into the amazing breadth and depth or work and thinking being done under the banner of Political Ecology.
In Zambia continuing research to support understanding of animal/zoonotic diseases in community conservation landscapes & how to mitigate disease risks for sustainable wildlife-livestock futures @charisenns.bsky.social @brocksaglio.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
In Zambia continuing research to support understanding of animal/zoonotic diseases in community conservation landscapes & how to mitigate disease risks for sustainable wildlife-livestock futures @charisenns.bsky.social @brocksaglio.bsky.social
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New article🚨 Demilitarizing Conservation
A labour of love w L Lunstrum @ashavin.bsky.social A Dutta @esthermarijnen.bsky.social T Mushonga F Matose
For a more robustly care-full conservation
Demilitarization based on ethics/politics of care/nonviolence @pollenetwork.bsky.social
shorturl.at/Wsl9m
A labour of love w L Lunstrum @ashavin.bsky.social A Dutta @esthermarijnen.bsky.social T Mushonga F Matose
For a more robustly care-full conservation
Demilitarization based on ethics/politics of care/nonviolence @pollenetwork.bsky.social
shorturl.at/Wsl9m
Demilitarizing Conservation
Many national parks and other protected areas (PAs) are experiencing an intensification of military actors, logics, and partnerships across the globe. This amounts to one of the most consequential ...
www.tandfonline.com
August 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
New article🚨 Demilitarizing Conservation
A labour of love w L Lunstrum @ashavin.bsky.social A Dutta @esthermarijnen.bsky.social T Mushonga F Matose
For a more robustly care-full conservation
Demilitarization based on ethics/politics of care/nonviolence @pollenetwork.bsky.social
shorturl.at/Wsl9m
A labour of love w L Lunstrum @ashavin.bsky.social A Dutta @esthermarijnen.bsky.social T Mushonga F Matose
For a more robustly care-full conservation
Demilitarization based on ethics/politics of care/nonviolence @pollenetwork.bsky.social
shorturl.at/Wsl9m
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Ethemblage is an online game developed by @leahgovia.bsky.social leahgovia.itch.io/ethemblage It's a story in which players interact with different scenarios where technologies such as acoustic monitors, drones, and GPS collars are applied by conservationists to monitor non-human species.
Ethemblage by leahgovia
Interactive story about more-than-human ethics
leahgovia.itch.io
August 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Ethemblage is an online game developed by @leahgovia.bsky.social leahgovia.itch.io/ethemblage It's a story in which players interact with different scenarios where technologies such as acoustic monitors, drones, and GPS collars are applied by conservationists to monitor non-human species.
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A #POLLEN26 Update:
We have 227 panels submitted.
227!! That is an incredible response. We will not have space for them all. But we will try our best. Now the 17 members of the scientific committee will set about selecting and sorting.
A huge thanks to all who sent proposals in.
We have 227 panels submitted.
227!! That is an incredible response. We will not have space for them all. But we will try our best. Now the 17 members of the scientific committee will set about selecting and sorting.
A huge thanks to all who sent proposals in.
August 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A #POLLEN26 Update:
We have 227 panels submitted.
227!! That is an incredible response. We will not have space for them all. But we will try our best. Now the 17 members of the scientific committee will set about selecting and sorting.
A huge thanks to all who sent proposals in.
We have 227 panels submitted.
227!! That is an incredible response. We will not have space for them all. But we will try our best. Now the 17 members of the scientific committee will set about selecting and sorting.
A huge thanks to all who sent proposals in.
Very excited to be starting at @geogdurham.bsky.social today! Looking forwards to new colleagues, friends, & collaborations and already feeling a very warm welcome.
And a sincere thank you to friends & colleagues at Northumbria GES & @nuglobaldev.bsky.social for some wonderful years!
And a sincere thank you to friends & colleagues at Northumbria GES & @nuglobaldev.bsky.social for some wonderful years!
August 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Very excited to be starting at @geogdurham.bsky.social today! Looking forwards to new colleagues, friends, & collaborations and already feeling a very warm welcome.
And a sincere thank you to friends & colleagues at Northumbria GES & @nuglobaldev.bsky.social for some wonderful years!
And a sincere thank you to friends & colleagues at Northumbria GES & @nuglobaldev.bsky.social for some wonderful years!
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🚨Job Alert 🚨 🐕🦺 🐄🐎🐦⬛
Do you have project management skills & an interest in human-animal relations? We are recruiting a project manager role (5 years) for our new project (info in the 🧵) @sheffielduni.bsky.social
📆 deadline 30 June www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNO134/p...
Do you have project management skills & an interest in human-animal relations? We are recruiting a project manager role (5 years) for our new project (info in the 🧵) @sheffielduni.bsky.social
📆 deadline 30 June www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNO134/p...
June 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🚨Job Alert 🚨 🐕🦺 🐄🐎🐦⬛
Do you have project management skills & an interest in human-animal relations? We are recruiting a project manager role (5 years) for our new project (info in the 🧵) @sheffielduni.bsky.social
📆 deadline 30 June www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNO134/p...
Do you have project management skills & an interest in human-animal relations? We are recruiting a project manager role (5 years) for our new project (info in the 🧵) @sheffielduni.bsky.social
📆 deadline 30 June www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNO134/p...
Do you work in conservation/for a conservation organisation? Please take our survey!
We need respondents who work in conservation (broadly defined) in any capacity
Survey takes 15/20 minutes, doesn’t ask for name & is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French
www.cmi.no/projects/292...
We need respondents who work in conservation (broadly defined) in any capacity
Survey takes 15/20 minutes, doesn’t ask for name & is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French
www.cmi.no/projects/292...
Conservation Labor: A New Frontier in Labor Theory and Conservation Science (CONLAB)
There is a rapidly developing literature on the 'human dimensions' of conservation, including critical scholarship and appli...
www.cmi.no
June 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Do you work in conservation/for a conservation organisation? Please take our survey!
We need respondents who work in conservation (broadly defined) in any capacity
Survey takes 15/20 minutes, doesn’t ask for name & is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French
www.cmi.no/projects/292...
We need respondents who work in conservation (broadly defined) in any capacity
Survey takes 15/20 minutes, doesn’t ask for name & is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French
www.cmi.no/projects/292...
Absolutely glorious day in the NE of England! Just needed to be said.
June 20, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Absolutely glorious day in the NE of England! Just needed to be said.
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This is an excellent- and alarming - read on the growth of journals, including killer line ‘if you think about it, it’s a steal’. Also has advice on what any of us can do about it ⬇️
📰 The Daily Strain is back!
#SpringerNature may be copying #MDPI journal names with its "Discover" series.
Blog 👉 the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io/website/post...
Mini-Game 👉 Can you tell Discover from MDPI? pagoba.shinyapps.io/publi_guess/
@discoverjrnls.bsky.social #DiscoverOrMDPI
#SpringerNature may be copying #MDPI journal names with its "Discover" series.
Blog 👉 the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io/website/post...
Mini-Game 👉 Can you tell Discover from MDPI? pagoba.shinyapps.io/publi_guess/
@discoverjrnls.bsky.social #DiscoverOrMDPI
Springer Nature Discovers MDPI – The Strain on Scientific Publishing
Home page for the paper ‘The Strain on Scientific Publishing’ by Mark A Hanson, Dan Brockington, Paolo Crosetto and Pablo Gomez Barreiro
the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io
June 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This is an excellent- and alarming - read on the growth of journals, including killer line ‘if you think about it, it’s a steal’. Also has advice on what any of us can do about it ⬇️
Reposted by Francis Masse
Latest from me looking at #SpaceX, #STEMwashing and the #NewSpace industry's jazz hands 'immersion' tactics used to pinch stuff from poor people.
All free today!
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
All free today!
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
June 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Latest from me looking at #SpaceX, #STEMwashing and the #NewSpace industry's jazz hands 'immersion' tactics used to pinch stuff from poor people.
All free today!
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
All free today!
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Look's like I'm on Bluesky now. Hello.
May 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Look's like I'm on Bluesky now. Hello.