Ruud van Beusekom
@ruudvanbeusekom.bsky.social
Vogelaar op Texel, voorheen werkzaam bij Vogelbescherming Nederland, vanaf 1 maart met pensioen.
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Minister Mona Keijzer negeert het vogelvriendelijke plan om neststenen in te metselen bij nieuwbouw en renovaties. Zelfs na de aangenomen kamermotie en de ruim 37.000 keer getekende petitie. Onbegrijpelijk!
Minister schoffeert Kamer en creëert woningnood voor vogels
Geen neststenen voor de huismus en gierzwaluw in woningen.
www.vogelbescherming.nl
February 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Minister Mona Keijzer negeert het vogelvriendelijke plan om neststenen in te metselen bij nieuwbouw en renovaties. Zelfs na de aangenomen kamermotie en de ruim 37.000 keer getekende petitie. Onbegrijpelijk!
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Fellow Europeans, it's time to move away from using American technology and software. Using European and open source alternatives makes us more sovereign and safe, and reduces the influence of Trump-supporting technology oligarchy.
Here's a good guide for finding European alternatives.
Here's a good guide for finding European alternatives.
Homepage | European Alternatives
We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.
european-alternatives.eu
February 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Fellow Europeans, it's time to move away from using American technology and software. Using European and open source alternatives makes us more sovereign and safe, and reduces the influence of Trump-supporting technology oligarchy.
Here's a good guide for finding European alternatives.
Here's a good guide for finding European alternatives.
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Antarctic ice plays a crucial role in regulating Earth’s climate, global sea levels, ocean circulation, and planetary reflectivity.
Learn more in a new #ScienceReview: https://scim.ag/40UoRKa
Learn more in a new #ScienceReview: https://scim.ag/40UoRKa
February 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Antarctic ice plays a crucial role in regulating Earth’s climate, global sea levels, ocean circulation, and planetary reflectivity.
Learn more in a new #ScienceReview: https://scim.ag/40UoRKa
Learn more in a new #ScienceReview: https://scim.ag/40UoRKa
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Supplementary feeding is a threat to UK Hawfinch populations #Ornithology #UKBirding
February 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Supplementary feeding is a threat to UK Hawfinch populations #Ornithology #UKBirding
Does anyone know what's exactly wrong with this Great Tit? Does it suffer from a great amount of feather lice?
February 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Does anyone know what's exactly wrong with this Great Tit? Does it suffer from a great amount of feather lice?
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Even in the most untouched, pristine parts of the world, birds and insects are dying out, fast. And the cause is climate breakdown. How?
The finely tuned, interconnected timings are all being disrupted. If larvae or chicks emerge when there's no food, they die.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The finely tuned, interconnected timings are all being disrupted. If larvae or chicks emerge when there's no food, they die.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In the most untouched, pristine parts of the Amazon, birds are dying. Scientists may finally know why
Populations have been falling for decades, even in tracts of forest undamaged by humans. Experts have spent two decades trying to understand what is going on
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Even in the most untouched, pristine parts of the world, birds and insects are dying out, fast. And the cause is climate breakdown. How?
The finely tuned, interconnected timings are all being disrupted. If larvae or chicks emerge when there's no food, they die.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The finely tuned, interconnected timings are all being disrupted. If larvae or chicks emerge when there's no food, they die.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Peatlands occupy just 3% of all land but contain more carbon than all of the world’s forests.
Often overlooked: typically flat, wet, often inaccessible, not always picturesque & all the carbon they hold is hiding below the surface.
80% of the UK bogs are degraded by draining, overgrazing, burning.
Often overlooked: typically flat, wet, often inaccessible, not always picturesque & all the carbon they hold is hiding below the surface.
80% of the UK bogs are degraded by draining, overgrazing, burning.
World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study
World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study
Bogs and swamps are a colossal carbon store but their continued destruction would blow climate change targets
The world’s peatlands are “dangerously underprotected” despite the colossal amount of climate-heating carbon dioxide already being emitted due…
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Peatlands occupy just 3% of all land but contain more carbon than all of the world’s forests.
Often overlooked: typically flat, wet, often inaccessible, not always picturesque & all the carbon they hold is hiding below the surface.
80% of the UK bogs are degraded by draining, overgrazing, burning.
Often overlooked: typically flat, wet, often inaccessible, not always picturesque & all the carbon they hold is hiding below the surface.
80% of the UK bogs are degraded by draining, overgrazing, burning.
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An outbreak of bird flu has been tearing through dairy farms across the U.S. and infecting more and more people. But how close are we to another pandemic? On “The Daily,” our reporter explains how the virus has changed and why our government might be ill-equipped to respond.
As Bird Flu Cases Rise, How Close Is Another Pandemic?
The bird flu is driving up egg prices and tearing through dairy farms. Here’s what has changed.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
An outbreak of bird flu has been tearing through dairy farms across the U.S. and infecting more and more people. But how close are we to another pandemic? On “The Daily,” our reporter explains how the virus has changed and why our government might be ill-equipped to respond.
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A clear and interesting experiment showing the power of social media algorithms.
I compared 22 identical climate-related posts on Threads vs Bluesky over the last 3 months, and the difference is shocking.
Normalized engagement on Threads dropped nearly 2/3 + my following dropped, while Bluesky engagement held steady + following quadrupled.
What’s driving this?
Read on! 🧵
Normalized engagement on Threads dropped nearly 2/3 + my following dropped, while Bluesky engagement held steady + following quadrupled.
What’s driving this?
Read on! 🧵
a monkey holding a smiley face a butterfly and an @ symbol
Alt: a monkey holding a smiley face a butterfly and an @ symbol
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A clear and interesting experiment showing the power of social media algorithms.
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A dairy worker in Nevada has tested positive for H5N1, on the heels of genotype D1.1 being identified in the state for the first time in dairy cattle. Confirmatory testing pending with CDC.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/08/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/08/h...
February 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
A dairy worker in Nevada has tested positive for H5N1, on the heels of genotype D1.1 being identified in the state for the first time in dairy cattle. Confirmatory testing pending with CDC.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/08/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/08/h...
Garnalenvisser op de Waddenzee bij #Texel, Geoorde Fuut @vogelbeschermingnl.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Garnalenvisser op de Waddenzee bij #Texel, Geoorde Fuut @vogelbeschermingnl.bsky.social
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US Government takeover has begun.
Musk is the most dangerous man in the world right now.
Musk is the most dangerous man in the world right now.
i'm just saying, if you were slow rolling a coup from the inside, how would it look any different than this
January 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
US Government takeover has begun.
Musk is the most dangerous man in the world right now.
Musk is the most dangerous man in the world right now.
Toch nog maar een foto van de Brileider/Spectacled Eider van zondag. Omdat ie zo mooi is... Hier zie je goed de structuur van de kop. Ik zeg: Picasso! #Texel @vogelbeschermingnl.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Toch nog maar een foto van de Brileider/Spectacled Eider van zondag. Omdat ie zo mooi is... Hier zie je goed de structuur van de kop. Ik zeg: Picasso! #Texel @vogelbeschermingnl.bsky.social
De Brileider zat ver weg, maar deze 2kj man Topper werkte mooi mee. Interessant kleed, fraai licht aan het einde van de middag @vogelbeschermingnl.bsky.social #Texel
January 28, 2025 at 6:53 AM
De Brileider zat ver weg, maar deze 2kj man Topper werkte mooi mee. Interessant kleed, fraai licht aan het einde van de middag @vogelbeschermingnl.bsky.social #Texel
Vanmorgen zat de Brileider eindelijk even dichtbij! @vogelbeschermingnl.bsky.social #Texelrules
January 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Vanmorgen zat de Brileider eindelijk even dichtbij! @vogelbeschermingnl.bsky.social #Texelrules
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Back to Texel tomorrow for the 3th time this week. Still excited.
#birdwatching #texel #spectacledeider
#birdwatching #texel #spectacledeider
January 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Back to Texel tomorrow for the 3th time this week. Still excited.
#birdwatching #texel #spectacledeider
#birdwatching #texel #spectacledeider
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A drake Spectacled Eider has been found in the Netherlands, representing a first for the country and one of the most extreme vagrants possible for the wider Western Palearctic region:
Unprecedented Spectacled Eider sighting in the Netherlands
One of the world's most sought-after seaduck species has put in an entirely unexpected appearance in the Netherlands. A drake Spectacled Eider has been found on the sea off Texel in North Holland, representing a first for the Netherlands and one of the most extreme vagrants possible for the wider We...
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January 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
A drake Spectacled Eider has been found in the Netherlands, representing a first for the country and one of the most extreme vagrants possible for the wider Western Palearctic region:
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A thread on quite how incredible the Texel Spectacled Eider record is, given that almost the entire world population (~250K) winters together around 62°00'N, 173°00'W in polynyas - gaps in the sea ice in the Bering Sea, like the ones below👇 🧵#Ornithology 1/
January 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
A thread on quite how incredible the Texel Spectacled Eider record is, given that almost the entire world population (~250K) winters together around 62°00'N, 173°00'W in polynyas - gaps in the sea ice in the Bering Sea, like the ones below👇 🧵#Ornithology 1/
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De kerstdagen zijn achter de rug. Dan is het nu tijd voor eindejaarslijstjes! 2024 was een emotionele achtbaan voor iedereen die zich met het beschermen van vogels en natuur bezig houdt.
Lees het artikel van @Arjanberben over de uitdagingen én successen voor #vogelbeschermingnederland dit jaar 🎆
Lees het artikel van @Arjanberben over de uitdagingen én successen voor #vogelbeschermingnederland dit jaar 🎆
Vogels beschermen in 2024
Resultaten met impact en nieuwe uitdagingen.
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December 30, 2024 at 11:00 AM
De kerstdagen zijn achter de rug. Dan is het nu tijd voor eindejaarslijstjes! 2024 was een emotionele achtbaan voor iedereen die zich met het beschermen van vogels en natuur bezig houdt.
Lees het artikel van @Arjanberben over de uitdagingen én successen voor #vogelbeschermingnederland dit jaar 🎆
Lees het artikel van @Arjanberben over de uitdagingen én successen voor #vogelbeschermingnederland dit jaar 🎆
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Zijn jullie al klaar voor de #nationaletuinvogeltelling 2025 in het laatste weekend van januari? Bereid je voor met onze quiz, vogelherkenningscursus of lees ons stappenplan:
Nationale Tuinvogeltelling
Tel op vrijdag 24, zaterdag 25 of zondag 26 januari 2025 één keer een half uur de vogels in jouw tuin of op je balkon. Meedoen is leuk, gemakkelijk en je helpt de vogels.
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December 27, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Zijn jullie al klaar voor de #nationaletuinvogeltelling 2025 in het laatste weekend van januari? Bereid je voor met onze quiz, vogelherkenningscursus of lees ons stappenplan:
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A map of wandering Bonelli's Eagle in Europe. It would surely be inevitable they will eventually turn up in the Celtic Isles.
December 28, 2024 at 7:19 AM
A map of wandering Bonelli's Eagle in Europe. It would surely be inevitable they will eventually turn up in the Celtic Isles.
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Bonelli's Eagle is one of my favorite Western Palearctic #raptors. With records of Mediterranean eagles increasing into the UK, you would figure Bonelli's could be on the list of probable species to turn up. These are from #spain & #morocco #birding #birdwatching #birds 🪶 #nature #wildlife
December 28, 2024 at 7:14 AM