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soniasa.bsky.social
@soniasa.bsky.social
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A language nerd raised in Germany and Japan, living in beautiful,
democratic Norway, where she teaches psychology, literature, and theory of knowledge. Values #ArtOfConversation
#Film #Books #Kids #Art #Nature #Inclusion #DialogueForPeace #RuleOfLaw
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soniasa.bsky.social
Worthwhile musings about a hilarious, memorable scene from The Wire wwrdeepdives.substack.com/p/the-greate...
The Greatest Scene in Television History: The Wire’s Fuck Scene
It’s more than the poetic use of ‛fuck.’
wwrdeepdives.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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scifri.bsky.social
“We live in the desert and we really need these water sources for wildlife to survive,” says a conservation manager. A new section of border wall could deplete springs in a crucial wildlife corridor between Arizona and Mexico—and that’s just one concern about it.
Will Border Wall Construction Deplete Desert Springs?
Volunteers are monitoring natural springs in an Arizona wilderness to understand what the construction of a border wall will cost wildlife.
buff.ly
November 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
soniasa.bsky.social
"Feil sammensatt panel" for evaluering av forskningssøknad innen grønn kriminologi www.khrono.no/fripro-sokna...
Fripro-søknad om uetisk dyrehandel ble vurdert av ekspert på eksorsisme
— Jeg har mistet all tillit til Forskningsrådet, sier forsker Ragnhild Sollund. Forskningsrådet innrømmer feil og vil gi søknaden en ny sjanse.
www.khrono.no
November 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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deelilley.bsky.social
Tree Reflections, Hazel McNab 2022
Tree Reflections, Hazel McNab 2022
November 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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oliver48.bsky.social
"In a Pakistani landfill, Aspergillus tubingensis ate through polyurethane in just eight weeks.
Tests showed it scarred, fragmented, and dissolved plastic films, hinting at a real tool against decades-long waste"
via neil degrasse tyson
September 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
soniasa.bsky.social
:-)
September 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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timobrien.bsky.social
RIP, Robert Redford.
September 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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eff.org
Install Privacy Badger organization-wide to protect your community from online surveillance and malvertising. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
From Libraries to Schools: Why Organizations Should Install Privacy
​​In an era of pervasive online surveillance, organizations have an important role to play in protecting their communities’ privacy. Schools, libraries, and other organizations can make private
www.eff.org
September 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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trohde.bsky.social
Lesenswertes Interview mit Gabriele Haefs, Autorin und Übersetzerin
www.kultur-port.de/blog/literat...
„Wenn ich den Tonfall eines Buches im Ohr habe, schreibe ich.“ Gabriele Haefs, die Übersetzerin
Das Kultur-Magazin für den deutschsprachigen Raum: Rezensionen, News, KulturTipps, Reisen, Blog, Kolumne
www.kultur-port.de
February 27, 2024 at 2:34 AM
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michaelemann.bsky.social
Thanks for the great review of #ScienceUnderSiege (due out 9/9 in U.S. and Australia, 10/9 in UK), @brianmchugh.bsky.social!
climatewithbrian.com/2025/09/01/r...
Review of ‘Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World’ by Michael Mann and Peter Hotez
When two world-class science heavyweights take the time to warn us about scientific endeavour being under attack by bad actors, it is incumbent upon us to listen. Doctors Michael Mann and Peter Hot…
climatewithbrian.com
September 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
soniasa.bsky.social
Young #indigenous people in Norway are protesting against recent mining projects in the North of the country - via #NRK #Sami www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnm...
Aktivister sperrer Næringsdepartementet
Aktivister blokkerer inngangen til Nærings- og fiskeridepartementet i protest mot gruvedrift i Repparfjorden. Politiet har fjernet dem fra en inngang.
www.nrk.no
September 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
soniasa.bsky.social
The times they are a'changin ...
japantimes.co.jp The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · Sep 2
Commentary: U.S. missteps have fueled fears of “losing India” to China, even as New Delhi navigates its strategic autonomy, maintains ties with the West and resists being fully drawn into any single bloc.
Realism and realpolitik rule Indian foreign policy
A decade from now, there is likely to be heated debate in the United States over “who lost India,” an accounting that may rival the “who lost China?”
ebx.sh
September 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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darinself.com
My feed isn't full of sludge

I have 5x as many followers

Experts actually engage in meaningful dialogue

And there's no Nazis

........

Sounds like this app is thriving actually
September 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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frankmingila.bsky.social
Det må nok være flere enn Senterpartiet og MDG som ble overrasket
www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnm...
Meningsmåling: De fleste i Finnmark godtar rovdyrene
Både Senterpartiet og MDG bommer grovt når de skal tippe hva finnmarkingene mener om størrelsen på rovdyrbestanden. Naturvernforbundet mener det blir pisket opp en rovdyrmotstand som strider mot det f...
www.nrk.no
September 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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edutopia.org
Looking to start a book club with your teaching buddies or PLC? 📚 Check out Edutopia’s suggestions for a year’s worth of great books: edut.to/3US1P3W

#EduSky #ProfessionalLearning
Yearlong Book Club Recommendations from Edutopia for professional learning communities or schoolwide book clubs. For September, it recommends Small But Mighty by Miriam Plotinsky. October’s pick is Intentional Neuroplasticity by Lori Desautels. November suggests Verified by Mike Caulfield and Sam Wineberg. December features The Art of Teaching Children: All I Learned From a Lifetime in the Classroom by Phillip Done. January’s recommendation is Neurodiversity–Affirming Schools by Emily Kircher-Morris and Amanda Morin.
August 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
soniasa.bsky.social
Hva om engasjement mot klimakrisen ville hjelpe med å utvikle resiliens? www.khrono.no/psykolog-om-...
Psykolog om studenters mentale helse: — Jeg tror det går til helvete og at det er for seint å snu
Psykolog Svein Øverland sammenligner den mentale helsen til dagens unge under 35 år med klimakrisen, og mener de er «helt ødelagte». Studentleder Sigve Næss Røtvold sier at studentene har advart mot d...
www.khrono.no
August 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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theonion.com
8,500-Year-Old Settlement Lost To Rising Sea Discovered Off Denmark’s Coast
https://theonion.com/8500-year-old-settlement-lost-to-rising-sea-discovered-off-denmarks-coast/
“Enjoy it now. It’ll all be condos and Citibanks by next year.” Vivian Rentfro, Cart Pusher
August 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
soniasa.bsky.social
Treffende Satire
August 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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gloriouslyhorrible.bsky.social
This is an amazing use of the technology. Wow. And she's been living with motor neurone disease (ALS) for 25 *years*.

#bbc #ALS #MND #AI #artificial #intelligence #amazing

www.bbc.com/news/article...
How eight seconds of scratchy audio from a VHS tape gave a mum back her voice
Sarah Ezekiel was 34 with two children when motor neurone disease took away her ability to speak.
www.bbc.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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faberbooks.bsky.social
‘The characters and voices could stand alone, but they flow together into something deep and rich, held together by the Eden Valley, and its Helm.’

A fantastic review for Helm by Sarah Hall over on the Guardian 👇
Helm by Sarah Hall review – a mighty epic of climate change in slow motion
A Cumbrian wind is the central character in this hugely ambitious, millennia-spanning novel, which was 20 years in the making
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
soniasa.bsky.social
Looking forward to reading #SympathyTowerTokyo www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Author Rie Qudan: Why I used ChatGPT to write my prize-winning novel
Sympathy Tower Tokyo attracted controversy for being partly written using AI. Does its author think the technology could write a better novel than a human?
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
soniasa.bsky.social
Om #leieskam og andre utfordringer for unge mennesker på boligmarkedet www.forskning.no/barn-og-ungd...
Unge har leieskam: – Har blitt fortalt hele livet at det er viktig å kjøpe bolig
– De unge snakker hele tiden om boligkjøp på jobben og i vennekretsen, sier forsker.
www.forskning.no
August 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
soniasa.bsky.social
On challenges and (mostly) unused potential of the #Cli-Fi genre. #booksky www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Blue sky thinking: why we need positive climate novels
Environmental fiction is booming – but can it move beyond dystopia to a brighter vision of the future?
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:02 AM
soniasa.bsky.social
Interesting commentary
August 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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bakerdphd.bsky.social
I heard about this but hadn't seen the article since I was offline (thanks for sharing Tressie!). Mini thread.

Gift link

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Elite-University Presidents Who Despise One Another
Inside the civil war between the Ivy League and the South
www.theatlantic.com
August 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM