The Mariani Lab
@marianilab.bsky.social
Marine Biodiversity, Ecology, Evolution, Ocean Conservation, Sustainability, DNA monitoring.
Made in Rome, Based in Liverpool.
Own views.
Equity, Inclusivity, Compassion, Justice. ✊🏽🇵🇸
www.mariani-lab.org
Made in Rome, Based in Liverpool.
Own views.
Equity, Inclusivity, Compassion, Justice. ✊🏽🇵🇸
www.mariani-lab.org
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The Mariani Lab
@marianilab.bsky.social
· Nov 23
What Israel is doing, relentlessly, is a stain on humanity as a whole. Wherever we are, whatever we do, we must speak out against it and do anything in our power to distance ourselves from and hinder that unthinkable horror.
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Fascinating chart with one outlier: Warren Buffett.
At the low end, giving 0.06% of one's wealth is equivalent to:
Net worth -> Lifetime Giving
50K->$30
100K->$60
500K->$300
$1M->$600
Most folks give far more by % in a *single year*.
www.forbes.com/sites/forbes...
At the low end, giving 0.06% of one's wealth is equivalent to:
Net worth -> Lifetime Giving
50K->$30
100K->$60
500K->$300
$1M->$600
Most folks give far more by % in a *single year*.
www.forbes.com/sites/forbes...
February 16, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Fascinating chart with one outlier: Warren Buffett.
At the low end, giving 0.06% of one's wealth is equivalent to:
Net worth -> Lifetime Giving
50K->$30
100K->$60
500K->$300
$1M->$600
Most folks give far more by % in a *single year*.
www.forbes.com/sites/forbes...
At the low end, giving 0.06% of one's wealth is equivalent to:
Net worth -> Lifetime Giving
50K->$30
100K->$60
500K->$300
$1M->$600
Most folks give far more by % in a *single year*.
www.forbes.com/sites/forbes...
Beautiful testimony that only marginally captures Mino’s wonderful spirit. Gone painfully too soon. You taught all of us who were lucky enough to get close to you many ways to be kinder and sensitive.
Rest in Power beautiful soul.
💔❤️🩹
www.isprambiente.gov.it/it/news/in-r...
Rest in Power beautiful soul.
💔❤️🩹
www.isprambiente.gov.it/it/news/in-r...
In ricordo del Collega Emanuele Ponis
Il 9 febbraio 2026 ci ha lasciato troppo presto Emanuele Ponis, per molti Mino. Emanuele si era laureato in biologia a Roma per poi ottenere un Dottorato di Ricerca in “Océanologie Biologique” all’U...
www.isprambiente.gov.it
February 11, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Beautiful testimony that only marginally captures Mino’s wonderful spirit. Gone painfully too soon. You taught all of us who were lucky enough to get close to you many ways to be kinder and sensitive.
Rest in Power beautiful soul.
💔❤️🩹
www.isprambiente.gov.it/it/news/in-r...
Rest in Power beautiful soul.
💔❤️🩹
www.isprambiente.gov.it/it/news/in-r...
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Isaac Herzog to commemorate Bondi Beach mass shooting victims, but activists say he shouldn’t escape scrutiny over Gaza.
Pro-Palestine groups to protest Israeli president's visit to Australia
Isaac Herzog to commemorate Bondi Beach mass shooting victims, but activists say he shouldn't escape scrutiny over Gaza.
www.aljazeera.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Isaac Herzog to commemorate Bondi Beach mass shooting victims, but activists say he shouldn’t escape scrutiny over Gaza.
Just visited #Alicante. There was this painting in a museum: the 1600s mass deportations of the “moriscos”… and the town organises dances and parties for the event. The suffering of one people, celebrated by the oppressors.
400 years ago. We never learn.
400 years ago. We never learn.
February 6, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Just visited #Alicante. There was this painting in a museum: the 1600s mass deportations of the “moriscos”… and the town organises dances and parties for the event. The suffering of one people, celebrated by the oppressors.
400 years ago. We never learn.
400 years ago. We never learn.
18 months dumped in prisons.
For having a conscience.
When is Justice coming to rectify this horrible, defaced world?
For having a conscience.
When is Justice coming to rectify this horrible, defaced world?
February 5, 2026 at 7:58 AM
18 months dumped in prisons.
For having a conscience.
When is Justice coming to rectify this horrible, defaced world?
For having a conscience.
When is Justice coming to rectify this horrible, defaced world?
“Ceasefire”
At least 10 people, including a four-year-old girl, killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza overnight.
Israeli attacks kill 10 Palestinians amid restrictions at Rafah crossing
At least 10 people, including a four-year-old girl, killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza overnight.
www.aljazeera.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:44 AM
“Ceasefire”
Academic paths are complex and exciting: it is a huge privilege to witness and steward so many of them, for a living. And when you’re so lucky to share part of one such journey with someone truly special, it’s a magical ride. Just like flying. Brava @giumaiello.bsky.social you deserve the best!
February 3, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Academic paths are complex and exciting: it is a huge privilege to witness and steward so many of them, for a living. And when you’re so lucky to share part of one such journey with someone truly special, it’s a magical ride. Just like flying. Brava @giumaiello.bsky.social you deserve the best!
It’s started! #SEA4FUTURE blasts into the eurosphere with the kick-off meeting in #Alicante!
Great to join forces with >70 minds, including a lovely bunch of Italians!
#S4F
@ljmuimpact.bsky.social
@ljmubiocon.bsky.social
@szndohrn.bsky.social
Great to join forces with >70 minds, including a lovely bunch of Italians!
#S4F
@ljmuimpact.bsky.social
@ljmubiocon.bsky.social
@szndohrn.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 10:05 PM
It’s started! #SEA4FUTURE blasts into the eurosphere with the kick-off meeting in #Alicante!
Great to join forces with >70 minds, including a lovely bunch of Italians!
#S4F
@ljmuimpact.bsky.social
@ljmubiocon.bsky.social
@szndohrn.bsky.social
Great to join forces with >70 minds, including a lovely bunch of Italians!
#S4F
@ljmuimpact.bsky.social
@ljmubiocon.bsky.social
@szndohrn.bsky.social
Horrible monsters
Journalists and children continue to get shot in Gaza. Some ceasefire... www.nbcnews.com/world/gaza/i...
Israeli fire strikes journalists and children on one of Gaza's deadliest days since ceasefire
More than 200 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza since the war began in 2023, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
www.nbcnews.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Horrible monsters
MONSTERS!!!
Israel extends media restrictions under law targeting foreign broadcasters - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-extends-restrictions-under-law-targeting-foreign-broadcasters
Israel extends media restrictions under law targeting foreign broadcasters
Move seeks to silence Gaza war coverage following the shutdown of digital platforms
www.middleeasteye.net
January 26, 2026 at 11:05 AM
MONSTERS!!!
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fuck GenAI
Calling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)
January 21, 2026 at 9:27 PM
fuck GenAI
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Our new open access paper demonstrates jellyfish can be efficient natural samplers of eDNA link.springer.com/article/10.1... @marianilab.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Our new open access paper demonstrates jellyfish can be efficient natural samplers of eDNA link.springer.com/article/10.1... @marianilab.bsky.social
Maybe there’s no better “natural #eDNA sampler” than a sponge. But here we show why #jellyfish maybe also deserve some consideration:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@craigwilding.bsky.social @ljmubiocon.bsky.social #OGS #Trieste #Miramare
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@craigwilding.bsky.social @ljmubiocon.bsky.social #OGS #Trieste #Miramare
January 20, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Maybe there’s no better “natural #eDNA sampler” than a sponge. But here we show why #jellyfish maybe also deserve some consideration:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@craigwilding.bsky.social @ljmubiocon.bsky.social #OGS #Trieste #Miramare
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@craigwilding.bsky.social @ljmubiocon.bsky.social #OGS #Trieste #Miramare
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Today, the world honors Martin Luther King Jr,,, and every day Public Enemy honors him.
We was touring with U2 and they respected our desire to boycott playing in Arizona since they wouldnt recognize MLK Day. We just walked off stage.
By the Time I Get to Arizona
youtu.be/zrFOb_f7ubw?...
We was touring with U2 and they respected our desire to boycott playing in Arizona since they wouldnt recognize MLK Day. We just walked off stage.
By the Time I Get to Arizona
youtu.be/zrFOb_f7ubw?...
Public Enemy - By The Time I Get To Arizona
YouTube video by PublicEnemyVEVO
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Today, the world honors Martin Luther King Jr,,, and every day Public Enemy honors him.
We was touring with U2 and they respected our desire to boycott playing in Arizona since they wouldnt recognize MLK Day. We just walked off stage.
By the Time I Get to Arizona
youtu.be/zrFOb_f7ubw?...
We was touring with U2 and they respected our desire to boycott playing in Arizona since they wouldnt recognize MLK Day. We just walked off stage.
By the Time I Get to Arizona
youtu.be/zrFOb_f7ubw?...
Everyone working in academia should read this and be prepared. We have a responsibility, towards the future generations, towards those whose voices and lives are being erased. Do not bow, do not hide.
www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/te...
www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/te...
I teach linguistics at MIT. Here's how a pro-Israel lawsuit uses language to silence critics
Zionist lawfare relies on lies, distortions, mirror accusations and denial to justify genocidal violence and suppress academic freedom and Palestinian solidarity
www.middleeasteye.net
January 19, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Everyone working in academia should read this and be prepared. We have a responsibility, towards the future generations, towards those whose voices and lives are being erased. Do not bow, do not hide.
www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/te...
www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/te...
Yay!
Juicy #Postdoc opportunity to work on #PopGen of pollock #pollachius with hall-of-famer Ilaria Coscia!
In #Galway!
www.marine.ie/node/3612
Juicy #Postdoc opportunity to work on #PopGen of pollock #pollachius with hall-of-famer Ilaria Coscia!
In #Galway!
www.marine.ie/node/3612
Temporary Postdoctoral Researcher - EMFAF Project Pollack Population Structure – Marine Fish Population Genomics | Marine Institute
The Marine Institute is the national agency responsible for marine research, technology, development and innovation (RTDI). The Marine Institute seeks to assess and realise the economic potential of Ireland’s 220-million-acre marine resource; promote the sustainable development of marine industry through strategic funding programmes and scientific services; and safeguard the marine environment through research and environmental monitoring. The Institute works in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM) and a network of other Government Departments, semi-state agencies, national and international marine partners.
www.marine.ie
January 19, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Yay!
Juicy #Postdoc opportunity to work on #PopGen of pollock #pollachius with hall-of-famer Ilaria Coscia!
In #Galway!
www.marine.ie/node/3612
Juicy #Postdoc opportunity to work on #PopGen of pollock #pollachius with hall-of-famer Ilaria Coscia!
In #Galway!
www.marine.ie/node/3612
This is a vital message.
I completely agree, and try hard to live by it. But I still find it so difficult. Little glimpses of joy, of very short duration, while the load of the world’s suffering weighs upon us like a lead cloud…
I completely agree, and try hard to live by it. But I still find it so difficult. Little glimpses of joy, of very short duration, while the load of the world’s suffering weighs upon us like a lead cloud…
I don’t know how to help people on this app understand that you can just let people have happy moments! and in fact you *should*
The world is shit, if someone is smiling for a second, AWESOME
The world is shit, if someone is smiling for a second, AWESOME
January 16, 2026 at 11:30 AM
This is a vital message.
I completely agree, and try hard to live by it. But I still find it so difficult. Little glimpses of joy, of very short duration, while the load of the world’s suffering weighs upon us like a lead cloud…
I completely agree, and try hard to live by it. But I still find it so difficult. Little glimpses of joy, of very short duration, while the load of the world’s suffering weighs upon us like a lead cloud…
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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Really pleased for this guide to have been published as the first UKDNA-WG briefing note!
#DNA and #CitizenScience (/community science) leverages the collective power of volunteers to accelerate scientific discoveries and advance our understanding nature.
Huge thanks to all involved!
#DNA and #CitizenScience (/community science) leverages the collective power of volunteers to accelerate scientific discoveries and advance our understanding nature.
Huge thanks to all involved!
Our latest output is a practical guide to anyone considering running a citizen science project involving environmental DNA monitoring. Written by @laurens-colours.bsky.social and @lynseyrharper.bsky.social -- tinyurl.com/2cn9zdbx #DNA #CitizenScience #monitoring @ukdnawg.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Really pleased for this guide to have been published as the first UKDNA-WG briefing note!
#DNA and #CitizenScience (/community science) leverages the collective power of volunteers to accelerate scientific discoveries and advance our understanding nature.
Huge thanks to all involved!
#DNA and #CitizenScience (/community science) leverages the collective power of volunteers to accelerate scientific discoveries and advance our understanding nature.
Huge thanks to all involved!
One more day to go!
Get your stuff tidy and submit!
Please no chatGPT for the motivation letter: we love natural intelligence not the artificial one!
#postdoc #eDNA #Mediterranean #fisheries #sustainability
Get your stuff tidy and submit!
Please no chatGPT for the motivation letter: we love natural intelligence not the artificial one!
#postdoc #eDNA #Mediterranean #fisheries #sustainability
We are hiring!
If you like the #sea and its #fish and are motivated to apply #eDNA methods to make #fisheries more sustainable, then this #postdoc position might be perfect for you:
jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancy/post...
@thefsbi.bsky.social
@bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social
If you like the #sea and its #fish and are motivated to apply #eDNA methods to make #fisheries more sustainable, then this #postdoc position might be perfect for you:
jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancy/post...
@thefsbi.bsky.social
@bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social
Post-doctoral Research Associate in Marine Environmental DNA (Fixed term) (5297)
jobs.ljmu.ac.uk
January 15, 2026 at 8:16 AM
One more day to go!
Get your stuff tidy and submit!
Please no chatGPT for the motivation letter: we love natural intelligence not the artificial one!
#postdoc #eDNA #Mediterranean #fisheries #sustainability
Get your stuff tidy and submit!
Please no chatGPT for the motivation letter: we love natural intelligence not the artificial one!
#postdoc #eDNA #Mediterranean #fisheries #sustainability
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#academics #palestine-action #support #palestine #gaza #genocide #israel #proscription #UK-government
The “Protest Not Terrorism” website today published the academics and authors co-signed statement: “We oppose genocide, we support the Palestine Action prisoners.
The “Protest Not Terrorism” website today published the academics and authors co-signed statement: “We oppose genocide, we support the Palestine Action prisoners.
Dozens of academics back Palestine Action hunger strikers
DOZENS of academics and authors have backed Palestine Action hunger-strikers’ demands for a fair trial and condemned the arrest of activist Greta Thunberg.The Protest Not Terrorism website today publi...
morningstaronline.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 8:03 AM
#academics #palestine-action #support #palestine #gaza #genocide #israel #proscription #UK-government
The “Protest Not Terrorism” website today published the academics and authors co-signed statement: “We oppose genocide, we support the Palestine Action prisoners.
The “Protest Not Terrorism” website today published the academics and authors co-signed statement: “We oppose genocide, we support the Palestine Action prisoners.
Only few days left to apply for our #SEA4FUTURE #eDNA #postdoc!
Let’s make #Mediterranean #fisheries sustainable!
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Let’s make #Mediterranean #fisheries sustainable!
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January 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Only few days left to apply for our #SEA4FUTURE #eDNA #postdoc!
Let’s make #Mediterranean #fisheries sustainable!
Check out 👇🏽 👇🏽 👇🏽
Let’s make #Mediterranean #fisheries sustainable!
Check out 👇🏽 👇🏽 👇🏽
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About 100 writers and four board members quit Adelaide Festival after it barred author Randa Abdel-Fattah.
Australia festival faces mass boycott after dropping Palestinian author
About 100 writers and four board members quit Adelaide Festival after it barred author Randa Abdel-Fattah.
www.aljazeera.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:30 AM
About 100 writers and four board members quit Adelaide Festival after it barred author Randa Abdel-Fattah.
The absolute nerve…
Labour MPs (actually most MPs) are so blatantly hypocritical.
Govt minister Heidi Alexander on #trevorphillips this morning urging the Iranian govt to protect peoples right to peacefully protest
January 11, 2026 at 9:59 AM
The absolute nerve…
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This is bullshit. It undermines the solidarity SA has shown to Gazans.
Gayton McKenzie, South Africa's Arts Minister, cancelled a Venice Biennale artwork addressing Gaza's violence, invoking censorship concerns and risking the nation's participation. The decision sparked outrage, highlighting tensions between artistic freedom and political narratives.
Gayton McKenzie pulls the plug on SA’s Venice Biennale submission because it alludes to Gaza genocide
www.dailymaverick.co.za
January 9, 2026 at 9:54 PM
This is bullshit. It undermines the solidarity SA has shown to Gazans.