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Giulia Faucher
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Postdoc & MSCA Fellow @geomar.de 🌊
Ocean scientist | Phytoplankton lover

Dog person 🐶 Sometimes I run, always reading, talking too fast
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I read it literally non-stop. I can’t believe it was written 20 years ago.

On Beauty: art, family drama, and academic chaos. I loved everyone in this book (especially Kiki 🥰).

Zadie Smith shows us that beauty isn’t perfect… it’s awkward, loud, complicated, and hilariously human

#BookSky 💙📚
A hand holding the book “On Beauty” by Zadie Smith with a patterned cover.
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Among the authors I hold dearest, #ElizabethStrout books feel like a warm blanket on a rainy autumn afternoon. They warm my heart and make reflect on human bonds, friendship, family silences, untold feelings, and the power of sharing our stories. Her latest book is full of beauty

💙📚 #booksky
A hand holding the book Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout, which has an orange spine and a white cover featuring a simple line drawing of a winding road through trees. A bookshelf filled with books and plants is visible in the background
October 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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A very refreshing talk today! A fascinating journey into the seafloor through the stories of ocean mappers, explorers, entrepreneurs, dreamers and Indigenous people. Thanks so much @laura-trethewey.bsky.social

Can’t wait to read your book! 🌊
A woman stands at a podium in an auditorium at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. On the screen behind her is a slide showing the cover of her book “The Deepest Map: The High-Stakes Race to Chart the World’s Oceans” by Laura Trethewey, along with her name and website.
October 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Two young people in my group asked why senior researchers with big egos treat them in ways that go beyond basic respect. I don't know.
But I do know that literature is a safe place where we read other stories to understand ourselves, to learn to be decent human beings. Let's read more. This book👇💙📚
items on a white surface, including a red bag, a book titled Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a vintage Leica
October 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Che lettura. Una descrizione potente del ruolo della donna nella nostra società. Non riguarda soltanto la parità dei diritti, ma il ripensamento dell’organizzazione della famiglia, del peso della cura che non può gravare solo sulla donna. Che diviene una donna gelata.

#annieernaux 📚💙
Hand holding the book “La donna gelata” by Annie Ernaux with an illustrated cover of a woman reading
September 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Una breve viaggio nella vita di Tove Jansson, tanto tanto bello.
Mi sono ritrovata commossa molte volte. Grazie a @laurapezzino.bsky.social per questo delizioso libro, parte di una collana - Oilà - meravigliosa

Grazie Electa editore 🥰

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A hand holding the book: Lavorare e amare, Amare e lavorare - Tove Jansson, by Laura Pezzino, published by Electa. The book has a colorful cover in pink, blue, and white with decorative patterns and small illustrated eyes. In the background, a bookshelf with books
August 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Today I tried the new M4 to Milano Linate Airport. I love public transport and the M4 is a super cool service! Well done Milano! I often complain you’ve grown elitist, forgetting those who struggle, chasing profit, not building a true social network, but today I give you a round of applause! 👏🏼
August 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Three (now cleaned) iconic cameras. Undecided which one to take. Hasselblad is my favorite, but a bit too much for me. Yet, seeing the world through that ground glass is pure magic. Love you Hassi 📸

#FilmIsNotDead #BelievelnFilm,
Three film cameras placed on a gray fabric surface: a black Nikon F3 camera on the left, a silver and black Leica M6 in the middle, and a black Hasselblad medium format 6x6 camera on the right
August 17, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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In a small bookshop in Otranto I found this little book by Pierre Bonnard. He is one of my all-time favorite painters. I love his museum in Le Cannet. And yet, I didn’t know this painting (which I’ve found under different titles). I haven’t stopped thinking about it for days. It’s wonderful
#art 💙📚
Page from Pierre Bonnard’s book showing the painting “La colazione del cane” (1910), a woman and a dog at a table with a red checkered cloth Cover of Pierre Bonnard’s book “Con ali di farfalla. Thoughts on art and life,” with a simple line portrait of Pierre on a light background
August 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Bellissimo leggere un libro di una scrittrice italiana della mia generazione.
“Ragazze per bene” di Olga Campofreda (collana Le Fuggitive) è una lettura che accompagna nel faticoso cammino di lotta per conquistare i propri spazi di donna, per non sentirsi mai sole

NNE: editore del mio cuore 📚 💙
A hand holds the book “Ragazze per bene” by Olga Campofreda, with a bright pink cover featuring a photograph of a woman looking through her bent arm. In the background, the blue sea with small waves under a clear sky
August 15, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Dopo un breve detour nella rilettura dell’Orlando di Virginia Woolf, eccomi a chiedermi cosa iniziare. Quasi tutti questi libri sono graditissimi regali 😍
Edizioni molto belle e alcune molto speciali. Indecisione. È da un po’ che non leggo in italiano

#book #libri

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A photo of six books arranged in two rows of three on a wooden surface. 1. L’arte di collezionare mosche by Fredrik Sjöberg; Di luce e Polvere by Esther Kinsky; Climate injustice by Friederike Otto; La prova dell’innocenza by Jonathan Coe; Medusa: Storie dalla fine del mondo; Either/Or by Elif Batuman
August 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Tell me you are at home in Italy without telling me you’re at home in Italia

#coffee 🇮🇹
Two blue coffee cups on a peach-colored tray, served with a cookie and a piece of dark chocolate A hand holding a white espresso cup, with a small glass of water and a small dish of chocolate nearby A “caffe lungo” served in a white cup with matching saucer, held next to its lid. Two textured ceramic coffee cups, one filled with espresso and the other with caffè macchiato, placed on a white table with a glass of water
August 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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The Idiot. Published in 2017

Recommended for an enjoyable, easy, (and well-written) read.
A journey into Selin’s early adulthood. You can’t help but find her lovable and completely inexperienced

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#books
a copy of the novel The Idiot by Elif Batuman in front of a bookshelf filled with various books. The book cover is pale pink with a black rock illustration in the center
August 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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A little dawn test near home. Just 500 meters of climbing through woods and rocks to see how the ankle holds up after the fracture, boots on. Getting ready for a bit of proper fatigue. I can’t wait to ring the 🔔 on my Monte CaBianca!

#orobie 🏔️

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A pair of worn red hiking boots with light green laces. The boots show signs of use: they have been used a lot on mountain trails.
July 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Maybe northern Germany isn’t the fanciest place. But quality of life means also going on a date dressed nicely, by bike 🚲, without feeling stressed, because there are safe bike lanes. And where there aren’t, bikes still have priority.

Biking brings happiness (when you feel safe)

🚲 #bikes
Night view of a quiet urban street with a large bicycle symbol painted on the asphalt, indicating bike priority. It shows a calm and safe atmosphere for cyclists ♥️
July 21, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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When your partner is a botanist, 80% of the photos you receive are of beautiful landscapes and lovely wild plants (the remaining 20% are of our dogs 😅).

The last one is a cute wild gladiolus

#botany #plants 🪴 🌱
A tall wildflower with magenta-pink blossoms growing in a sunny meadow. The flower is surrounded by green grass and blurred trees in the background
July 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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I saw it yesterday on @newyorker.com, and I think it’s my favorite one from @jeremywins.bsky.social.

So perfect and fitting! Love it
A black-and-white cartoon shows a man unloading a dishwasher in a kitchen. The caption reads: “Realizing that not every moment in life will be deep, or meaningful, or vibrating with energy that would give him the fulfillment that he’d always hoped for, Todd unloaded the dishwasher.”
July 18, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Trying to understand my family’s story (from the Caribbean to the UK), I picked up this book. Wasn’t sure: I’m not big on hyped books.

Ended up loving them all: Clara, Archie, Irie, Samad, Alsana, Magid, Millat, Hortense, Neena

A book that literally kept me up at night. Superb writing

💙📚 #booksky
A hand holding the book White Teeth by Zadie Smith
July 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Being vegetarian for many years, I’m now on a new path.
I’m enjoying the journey so far, learning as I go, without putting too much pressure on myself.

Small steps: mindful choices 🌱

#vegan #veganfodie #vegancommunity #plantbased
Cover of the book Vegan Cooking for Everyone by David & Stephen Flynn on a coffee table.
July 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Immersed in color. At the #Deichtorhallen, Hamburg.
Well worth a visit to recharge heart and mind

#KatharinaGrosse

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A person standing on a painted floor by Katharina Grosse, with abstract spray-painted patterns in green, yellow, black, and red hues.
June 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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What an energy boost today in front of Katharina Grosse’s Wunderbild

Grosse works on an undefinable scale and said about her art: “…you’re within a surface where you can’t say, ‘This is this big, this is as big as my car.’ It’s as big as a form of imagination. And imagination doesn’t have a scale.”
Immersive installation by Katharina Grosse called WUNDERBILD, featuring massive painted fabric sheets cascading along the walls and floor of a large exhibition hall, with visitors walking through the colorful space.
June 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Coming from a mixed-race family myself, I’ve always been intrigued by Danzy Senna’s books. “Caucasia” touched me deeply.

“Colored Television” is a wonderful book, funny and moving. Danzy Senna is an incredible writer. Highly recommended. I learned I am a Nusu Nusu (partly partly) in Swahili

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A hand holds the book Colored Television by Danzy Senna, featuring a bright yellow cover with a bold pop-art style illustration. The central image shows a woman in a sparkling dress, palm trees, a car, and the Hollywood sign. In the background, a wooden table holds a stack of books, a yellow vase with dried flowers, a cup, and other small decorative items.
June 21, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Meloni: “Vado a votare ma non ritiro le schede”
Fratelli d’Italia: “Referendum, scegliamo l’astensione”

Giulia: “Say no more!”
Anche dall’estero ho fatto il mio dovere di cittadina 🇮🇹

Andiamo tutti a votare! Si, no… quello che vuoi! Ma diamo valore al nostro voto!

#referendum2025
#iovoto
A hand holding a bright yellow envelope labeled “Wichtige Wahlunterlagen!” (Important election documents!) in bold black letters.
June 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Quick trip to Brussels. A friend (we both worked in sc museums) suggested the Natural Sciences Museum. Thought we might be biased but it was great! One exhibition, BiodiverCITY, shows what urban biodiversity means. Fun, hands-on. I designed a garden, made mistakes, learned a lot! I recommend it
Wide interior view of the Natural Sciences Museum in Brussels, showcasing a long gallery filled with taxidermy animals like giraffes, ostriches, bison, and deer. The space is bright with a high arched ceiling and a mix of natural and artificial light. Part of the BiodiverCITY exhibition in the Natural Sciences Museum. The display includes screens, a taxidermy fox, and small animal specimens in glass cases. A white wall with text and maps is lit by colored diagonal light lines. Miniature diorama showing an urban setting with buildings, vegetation, and cut-out animals like rabbits and birds. Part of the BiodiverCITY exhibition, illustrating biodiversity in city environments.
June 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Travelling by train makes you happy: happy happy faces! Short, but still #CrossBorderRail. A short trip from Liège 🇧🇪 to Maastricht 🇳🇱
Photo of five people reflected in the window of a Belgian Railways train, happy and smiling.
May 31, 2025 at 9:14 AM