Helena Wiklund
@hwiklund.bsky.social
taxonomist working with deep-sea fauna using morphology and DNA
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Ja, jag förstår att det är skillnad på att bygga något som står i vägen för befintlig spaningsstruktur och att nyskapa något som kan bli nya strukturer för spaningsutrustning.
Men där Sverige bara verkar se försvarsproblem i vindkraften, ser alltså Finland både försvars- och klimatmöjligheter.
Men där Sverige bara verkar se försvarsproblem i vindkraften, ser alltså Finland både försvars- och klimatmöjligheter.
Tusen vindkraftverk planeras längs Finlands östgräns
I östra Finland utreds nu om vindkraftverk kan användas för att övervaka luftrummet längs gränsen mot Ryssland. Idén är att vindkraftverkens torn utrustas med radar- och sensorteknik som kan upptäcka ...
www.energinyheter.se
November 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Ja, jag förstår att det är skillnad på att bygga något som står i vägen för befintlig spaningsstruktur och att nyskapa något som kan bli nya strukturer för spaningsutrustning.
Men där Sverige bara verkar se försvarsproblem i vindkraften, ser alltså Finland både försvars- och klimatmöjligheter.
Men där Sverige bara verkar se försvarsproblem i vindkraften, ser alltså Finland både försvars- och klimatmöjligheter.
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Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
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Norges statsminister kommer. Finland skickar både statsministern och presidenten. Frankrikes Macron, Tysklands Merz och Storbritanniens Starmer är självklart där. Men Ulf Kristersson stannar hemma när världens ledare samlas för planetens framtid. Det är bedrövligt
www.aftonbladet.se/ledare/a/QMp...
www.aftonbladet.se/ledare/a/QMp...
Ulf Kristersson är inte gravid – bara lat
Norges statsminister kommer. Finland skickar både sin statsminister och president. Frankrikes Emmanuel Macron, Tysklands Friedrich Merz och Storbritanniens Keir
www.aftonbladet.se
November 5, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Norges statsminister kommer. Finland skickar både statsministern och presidenten. Frankrikes Macron, Tysklands Merz och Storbritanniens Starmer är självklart där. Men Ulf Kristersson stannar hemma när världens ledare samlas för planetens framtid. Det är bedrövligt
www.aftonbladet.se/ledare/a/QMp...
www.aftonbladet.se/ledare/a/QMp...
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Interesting paper! When you ask people about the most important issue "facing the country," they often say immigration. But when you ask them about issues facing them personally, it doesn't crack the top 10.
This indicates that voters are reacting to media narratives, not their own experience.
This indicates that voters are reacting to media narratives, not their own experience.
October 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Interesting paper! When you ask people about the most important issue "facing the country," they often say immigration. But when you ask them about issues facing them personally, it doesn't crack the top 10.
This indicates that voters are reacting to media narratives, not their own experience.
This indicates that voters are reacting to media narratives, not their own experience.
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Fattigdom är den enda utsläppssänkande politik regeringen för. Jorunn Fagerström vill aldrig mer höra Tidö prata om ”vanligt folk”.
Fler privatjet – färre barnvantar
klimatgranskaren.se
October 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Fattigdom är den enda utsläppssänkande politik regeringen för. Jorunn Fagerström vill aldrig mer höra Tidö prata om ”vanligt folk”.
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As negotiations re #deep-sea mining intensify, weak baseline data to assess the impact of mining is a major concern. Paiba-Garcia et al. studied data covering 149 years in the Norwegian Sea & conclude better data are needed @samwperrin.bsky.social @torkildbakken.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
September 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
As negotiations re #deep-sea mining intensify, weak baseline data to assess the impact of mining is a major concern. Paiba-Garcia et al. studied data covering 149 years in the Norwegian Sea & conclude better data are needed @samwperrin.bsky.social @torkildbakken.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
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Watch the birth of a tardigrade under a microscope: a rare glimpse of a water bear hatching boingboing.net/2025/10/23/w...
Watch the birth of a tardigrade under a microscope: a rare glimpse of a water bear hatching
are footage captures a tardigrade hatching in real time. The microscopic water bear emerges from eggs left inside its mother's shed skin—a process that takes just 15 minutes but is incredibly difficul...
boingboing.net
October 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Watch the birth of a tardigrade under a microscope: a rare glimpse of a water bear hatching boingboing.net/2025/10/23/w...
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Klimataktivisten David hotas han med utvisning – efter märkligt agerande av myndigheterna.
Advokaten menar att deras agerande är oproportionerligt, men polisen håller inte med.
Läs (upplåst nu):
www.etc.se/ledare/klima...
Advokaten menar att deras agerande är oproportionerligt, men polisen håller inte med.
Läs (upplåst nu):
www.etc.se/ledare/klima...
Klimataktivisten David trakasseras av myndigheterna – hotas med utvisning
Civilklädd polis dök upp utanför bostaden • Advokaten: ”Behandlas som tungt kriminell”
www.etc.se
October 24, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Klimataktivisten David hotas han med utvisning – efter märkligt agerande av myndigheterna.
Advokaten menar att deras agerande är oproportionerligt, men polisen håller inte med.
Läs (upplåst nu):
www.etc.se/ledare/klima...
Advokaten menar att deras agerande är oproportionerligt, men polisen håller inte med.
Läs (upplåst nu):
www.etc.se/ledare/klima...
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Last chance to submit an abstract for this years Young Systematists' Forum!
Register to join us in November for what's always a great insight into the promising future of systematics and taxonomy
systass.org/young-system...
Register to join us in November for what's always a great insight into the promising future of systematics and taxonomy
systass.org/young-system...
📢📢📢 #YSF2025 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION CLOSES THIS SATURDAY OCT 25TH 11:59PM GMT+1 📢📢📢
If you are a student or early career researcher working on phylogenetics/taxonomy/systematics, join us online on Nov 14th for this year's (free!) Young Systematists' Forum!
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
If you are a student or early career researcher working on phylogenetics/taxonomy/systematics, join us online on Nov 14th for this year's (free!) Young Systematists' Forum!
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
YSF2025 Registration Form
Welcome to the YSF2025 Registration and Abstract Submission form.
This year the conference will be held online on Friday, November 14th 2025. We look forward to seeing old and new faces from across t...
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October 23, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Last chance to submit an abstract for this years Young Systematists' Forum!
Register to join us in November for what's always a great insight into the promising future of systematics and taxonomy
systass.org/young-system...
Register to join us in November for what's always a great insight into the promising future of systematics and taxonomy
systass.org/young-system...
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Day three of the Deepwater Horizon work was a success. Unfortunately the red crabs still look like this…
October 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Day three of the Deepwater Horizon work was a success. Unfortunately the red crabs still look like this…
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Super pumped to be a guest speaker in the COBRA webinar series in two weeks’ time, along with Olivia Pereira from @mbarinews.bsky.social! We’ll be talking about our Science Communication strategies & experiences. Register for Zoom link here: cobra.bigelow.org/webinars/
October 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Super pumped to be a guest speaker in the COBRA webinar series in two weeks’ time, along with Olivia Pereira from @mbarinews.bsky.social! We’ll be talking about our Science Communication strategies & experiences. Register for Zoom link here: cobra.bigelow.org/webinars/
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🌊🔬 Grad Student Opportunity!
I’m recruiting PhD students to explore marine biodiversity, body size, and bioenergetics with flexibility to design your own project! PDF of ad link below.
#PhDPosition #MarineBiology #Macroecology #Biodiversity #GradSchool #Ecology #OceanScience tinyurl.com/5n9434wk
I’m recruiting PhD students to explore marine biodiversity, body size, and bioenergetics with flexibility to design your own project! PDF of ad link below.
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September 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🌊🔬 Grad Student Opportunity!
I’m recruiting PhD students to explore marine biodiversity, body size, and bioenergetics with flexibility to design your own project! PDF of ad link below.
#PhDPosition #MarineBiology #Macroecology #Biodiversity #GradSchool #Ecology #OceanScience tinyurl.com/5n9434wk
I’m recruiting PhD students to explore marine biodiversity, body size, and bioenergetics with flexibility to design your own project! PDF of ad link below.
#PhDPosition #MarineBiology #Macroecology #Biodiversity #GradSchool #Ecology #OceanScience tinyurl.com/5n9434wk
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Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
September 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
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woah this is genuinely, utterly WILD
Ant queens of one species produce males of another species, so she can then mate with them and produce hybrid workers!
This is so gloriously weird I can't quite compute it 🤯🧪🐜
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Ant queens of one species produce males of another species, so she can then mate with them and produce hybrid workers!
This is so gloriously weird I can't quite compute it 🤯🧪🐜
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Almost unimaginable’: these ants are different species but share a mother
Ant queens of one species clone ants of another to create hybrid workers that do their bidding.
www.nature.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
woah this is genuinely, utterly WILD
Ant queens of one species produce males of another species, so she can then mate with them and produce hybrid workers!
This is so gloriously weird I can't quite compute it 🤯🧪🐜
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Ant queens of one species produce males of another species, so she can then mate with them and produce hybrid workers!
This is so gloriously weird I can't quite compute it 🤯🧪🐜
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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New addition to the spectacular life cycle of Osedax worms: sex of O. japonicus is genetically (not environmentally) determined since larvae show both morphological and transcriptomic signatures of gender. Might help us explain male dwarfism rdcu.be/eCHBe
@alicerouan.bsky.social @NorioMiyamoto
@alicerouan.bsky.social @NorioMiyamoto
August 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
New addition to the spectacular life cycle of Osedax worms: sex of O. japonicus is genetically (not environmentally) determined since larvae show both morphological and transcriptomic signatures of gender. Might help us explain male dwarfism rdcu.be/eCHBe
@alicerouan.bsky.social @NorioMiyamoto
@alicerouan.bsky.social @NorioMiyamoto
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I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
"Sweden has vast 'old growth' forests – but they are being chopped down faster than the Amazon"
theconversation.com/sweden-has-v...
"Sweden has vast 'old growth' forests – but they are being chopped down faster than the Amazon"
theconversation.com/sweden-has-v...
Sweden has vast ‘old growth’ forests – but they are being chopped down faster than the Amazon
Research suggests these forests could disappear by the 2070s.
theconversation.com
March 24, 2024 at 1:45 AM
I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
"Sweden has vast 'old growth' forests – but they are being chopped down faster than the Amazon"
theconversation.com/sweden-has-v...
"Sweden has vast 'old growth' forests – but they are being chopped down faster than the Amazon"
theconversation.com/sweden-has-v...
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the guaranteed provision of a home for everyone is the only solution to mass homelessness, and this is a basic requirement of a functional society
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
August 15, 2025 at 2:34 AM
the guaranteed provision of a home for everyone is the only solution to mass homelessness, and this is a basic requirement of a functional society
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“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.”
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
Copenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new level
Cycling has been a part of that good life in Copenhagen for decades. In recent years, it has enjoyed yet another unfathomable surge in popularity — taken to the next level thanks to constantly improvi...
www.latimes.com
August 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.”
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
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One of the most common arguments you hear from fans of generative ‘AI’ is that it’s not plagiarizing people’s work, it’s just learning like a human learns. So I’m going to break down why that’s just not true, and why it can never be true, with the existing systems. 1/
February 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
One of the most common arguments you hear from fans of generative ‘AI’ is that it’s not plagiarizing people’s work, it’s just learning like a human learns. So I’m going to break down why that’s just not true, and why it can never be true, with the existing systems. 1/
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“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:22 AM
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
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There’s no evidence that offshore wind kills whales. But you know what does kill whales? Commercial fishing kills at least 300,000 whales and dolphins every year.
Fact-checking Donald Trump's claim that wind turbines kill whales
The former president blamed wind farms for a spike in whale deaths - but his claims don't stand up.
www.bbc.com
August 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
There’s no evidence that offshore wind kills whales. But you know what does kill whales? Commercial fishing kills at least 300,000 whales and dolphins every year.
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An aerial view of what the Gaza City area looked like this week. Taken from a Jordanian military aircraft, by our colleague Heidi Levine.
August 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
An aerial view of what the Gaza City area looked like this week. Taken from a Jordanian military aircraft, by our colleague Heidi Levine.
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"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
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