Hein Pretorius
@heinpretorius.bsky.social
I am the founder and CEO of Ironwood Aero, an integrated data pipeline and automation platform for the aviation industry.
I planted some muesli sunflower seeds. 1 and a half months later, standing 2 meters or ~ 6 1/2 feet tall.
November 30, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I planted some muesli sunflower seeds. 1 and a half months later, standing 2 meters or ~ 6 1/2 feet tall.
I wonder if more climate change research funding should not be directed to exploring ways we can adapt to whatever is coming next. Seems fighting the change is futile. I wonder ...
November 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I wonder if more climate change research funding should not be directed to exploring ways we can adapt to whatever is coming next. Seems fighting the change is futile. I wonder ...
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💨Happy Clean Air Day!
Photo of the #air chemistry observatory at the German Neumayer III Antarctic station during Polar day. Situated in a #clean air sector south of the station.
📸 Photo credit: Jan-Marcus Nasse on #imaggeo 👉: egu.eu/9YF2EF
Photo of the #air chemistry observatory at the German Neumayer III Antarctic station during Polar day. Situated in a #clean air sector south of the station.
📸 Photo credit: Jan-Marcus Nasse on #imaggeo 👉: egu.eu/9YF2EF
September 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
💨Happy Clean Air Day!
Photo of the #air chemistry observatory at the German Neumayer III Antarctic station during Polar day. Situated in a #clean air sector south of the station.
📸 Photo credit: Jan-Marcus Nasse on #imaggeo 👉: egu.eu/9YF2EF
Photo of the #air chemistry observatory at the German Neumayer III Antarctic station during Polar day. Situated in a #clean air sector south of the station.
📸 Photo credit: Jan-Marcus Nasse on #imaggeo 👉: egu.eu/9YF2EF
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The 40th International Coastal Cleanup season is here! 🌊⏳🏖️
We're stoked to celebrate 40 years of impact with ocean lovers around the world. Dive in to learn all the ways you can get involved and #SeaTheChange! 🚮
🔗 seathechange.org
We're stoked to celebrate 40 years of impact with ocean lovers around the world. Dive in to learn all the ways you can get involved and #SeaTheChange! 🚮
🔗 seathechange.org
August 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The 40th International Coastal Cleanup season is here! 🌊⏳🏖️
We're stoked to celebrate 40 years of impact with ocean lovers around the world. Dive in to learn all the ways you can get involved and #SeaTheChange! 🚮
🔗 seathechange.org
We're stoked to celebrate 40 years of impact with ocean lovers around the world. Dive in to learn all the ways you can get involved and #SeaTheChange! 🚮
🔗 seathechange.org
The single biggest hurdle for digital transformation in aviation is the lack of high quality data in the right hands at the right time.
August 2, 2025 at 6:07 AM
The single biggest hurdle for digital transformation in aviation is the lack of high quality data in the right hands at the right time.
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A senior FAA official told the NTSB the agency now fully supports a rule requiring ADS-B In equipage in cockpits, aiming to close surveillance gaps exposed by the January collision between a PSA CRJ700 and a UH-60 Black Hawk near Reagan National Airport. - More on hype.aero
FAA Fully Backs ADS-B In Mandate, Senior Official Assures NTSB
The FAA’s stance on mandating ADS-B In has shifted to full-throated support following January’s midair collision between a regional jet and an Army helicopter.
aviationweek.com
August 2, 2025 at 5:12 AM
A senior FAA official told the NTSB the agency now fully supports a rule requiring ADS-B In equipage in cockpits, aiming to close surveillance gaps exposed by the January collision between a PSA CRJ700 and a UH-60 Black Hawk near Reagan National Airport. - More on hype.aero
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Checking in ... how is everyone doing on their #PlasticFreeJuly bingo boards? 🧐
How are you making a difference this #PlasticFreeJuly?
Be sure to mark off your ✖️Plastic Free July bingo board ✖️ and keep us posted on your accomplishments all month long!
Be sure to mark off your ✖️Plastic Free July bingo board ✖️ and keep us posted on your accomplishments all month long!
July 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Checking in ... how is everyone doing on their #PlasticFreeJuly bingo boards? 🧐
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To solve the plastics crisis, we can make the greatest impact by:
✅ reducing production
✅ improving waste management
✅ cleaning up
Ahead of #InternationalCoastalCleanup season, there’s no better time to remind ourselves of the positive impacts of cleanups. Dive in: bit.ly/4m146p2 #PlasticFreeJuly
✅ reducing production
✅ improving waste management
✅ cleaning up
Ahead of #InternationalCoastalCleanup season, there’s no better time to remind ourselves of the positive impacts of cleanups. Dive in: bit.ly/4m146p2 #PlasticFreeJuly
July 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
To solve the plastics crisis, we can make the greatest impact by:
✅ reducing production
✅ improving waste management
✅ cleaning up
Ahead of #InternationalCoastalCleanup season, there’s no better time to remind ourselves of the positive impacts of cleanups. Dive in: bit.ly/4m146p2 #PlasticFreeJuly
✅ reducing production
✅ improving waste management
✅ cleaning up
Ahead of #InternationalCoastalCleanup season, there’s no better time to remind ourselves of the positive impacts of cleanups. Dive in: bit.ly/4m146p2 #PlasticFreeJuly
@bsky.app why do I need to sign into the app every time I open it? Sometimes it askes for password other times I just log in by clicking on my profile. It really diminishes user experience
June 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
@bsky.app why do I need to sign into the app every time I open it? Sometimes it askes for password other times I just log in by clicking on my profile. It really diminishes user experience
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I have a new PhD position open in my research group, for a project studying how soil microbial communities, metabolism, and carbon use efficiency respond to drought 🧪. The application window closes on April 30, full instructions and more information here: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
Universität Basel: PhD Position in Organic Geochemistry and Soil Microbiology
The Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel invites applications for a PhD position in the field of organic geochemistry and soil microbiology (https://duw.unibas.ch/en/research-grou...
jobs.unibas.ch
March 31, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I have a new PhD position open in my research group, for a project studying how soil microbial communities, metabolism, and carbon use efficiency respond to drought 🧪. The application window closes on April 30, full instructions and more information here: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
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Members of our Secretariat are in #Brussels this week taking part in the #EuropeanOceanDays2025! You can find the whole programme and livestream links here: maritime-forum.ec.europa.eu/theme/govern... Keep an eye on our social feeds for more #EU4Ocean
March 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Members of our Secretariat are in #Brussels this week taking part in the #EuropeanOceanDays2025! You can find the whole programme and livestream links here: maritime-forum.ec.europa.eu/theme/govern... Keep an eye on our social feeds for more #EU4Ocean
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We're having our Zoom town halls about the ocean conservation science and policy textbook we're writing tomorrow and Thursday. If you want to join, there's still time to sign up! We'd love to hear what features would make this textbook more useful to you!
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We’re making a new marine conservation science and policy textbook. What do you want to be in it?
The leading textbook in Marine Conservation Biology (Norse and Crowder) is 20 years old. It’s great and it shaped the field for a generation, but a lot has happened since it came out. There are new…
www.southernfriedscience.com
February 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
We're having our Zoom town halls about the ocean conservation science and policy textbook we're writing tomorrow and Thursday. If you want to join, there's still time to sign up! We'd love to hear what features would make this textbook more useful to you!
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🚨 INTERCEPTION: Footage from inside an Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon as it intercepted American Airlines Flight #AA292 after a bomb threat. The New York-Delhi flight diverted to Rome (FCO), where all passengers were safely evacuated.
🎥 @Italian Air Force
🎥 @Italian Air Force
February 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
🚨 INTERCEPTION: Footage from inside an Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon as it intercepted American Airlines Flight #AA292 after a bomb threat. The New York-Delhi flight diverted to Rome (FCO), where all passengers were safely evacuated.
🎥 @Italian Air Force
🎥 @Italian Air Force
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I am speaking at www.copenhagencontrails.org
Join if you want to know more and help abate non-CO2 climate effects from aviation #eudk #dkgreen
Join if you want to know more and help abate non-CO2 climate effects from aviation #eudk #dkgreen
February 19, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I am speaking at www.copenhagencontrails.org
Join if you want to know more and help abate non-CO2 climate effects from aviation #eudk #dkgreen
Join if you want to know more and help abate non-CO2 climate effects from aviation #eudk #dkgreen
Autocorrect in Microsoft is much like traction control in modern cars. It is never really switched off completely
February 3, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Autocorrect in Microsoft is much like traction control in modern cars. It is never really switched off completely
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Cutting edge work in #mathematics is responsible for advances in #AI, #manufacturing, #PrecisionMedicine, #cybersecurity, and more.
Explore how #math research helps to improve our everyday lives: https://buff.ly/3Eiy0Vf
Explore how #math research helps to improve our everyday lives: https://buff.ly/3Eiy0Vf
January 31, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Cutting edge work in #mathematics is responsible for advances in #AI, #manufacturing, #PrecisionMedicine, #cybersecurity, and more.
Explore how #math research helps to improve our everyday lives: https://buff.ly/3Eiy0Vf
Explore how #math research helps to improve our everyday lives: https://buff.ly/3Eiy0Vf
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As expected, the Trump team is already deleting climate info from government websites. In anticipation, our team at Urban Ocean Lab created a permanent archive of 100+ key resources and published a permanent archive: www.urbanoceanlab.org/resource-hub 👩🏽💻
January 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
As expected, the Trump team is already deleting climate info from government websites. In anticipation, our team at Urban Ocean Lab created a permanent archive of 100+ key resources and published a permanent archive: www.urbanoceanlab.org/resource-hub 👩🏽💻
Crested barbet visiting for breakfast
January 23, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Crested barbet visiting for breakfast
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January 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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More than a decade in the making, a 2.5-billion-pixel Hubble image of the Andromeda galaxy could help astronomers figure out the tangled history of the galaxy next door. cosmiclog.com/2025/01/21/h...
Hubble gets a wide-screen view of Andromeda galaxy
Over the course of more than a decade, astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to gather up 2.5 billion pixels’ worth of imagery focusing on the Andromeda galaxy — and the results c…
cosmiclog.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
More than a decade in the making, a 2.5-billion-pixel Hubble image of the Andromeda galaxy could help astronomers figure out the tangled history of the galaxy next door. cosmiclog.com/2025/01/21/h...
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Check out the latest Air Attack Magazine stunning aerial firefighting poster! This one showcases the whole CAL FIRE Air Ops fleet as of 2024.
Size is approx 960mm wide x 680mm deep.
#Grumman #Beechcraft #Lockheed #NorthAmerican #Bell #Sikorsky
www.kiakahamedia.com/products/kia...
Size is approx 960mm wide x 680mm deep.
#Grumman #Beechcraft #Lockheed #NorthAmerican #Bell #Sikorsky
www.kiakahamedia.com/products/kia...
January 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Check out the latest Air Attack Magazine stunning aerial firefighting poster! This one showcases the whole CAL FIRE Air Ops fleet as of 2024.
Size is approx 960mm wide x 680mm deep.
#Grumman #Beechcraft #Lockheed #NorthAmerican #Bell #Sikorsky
www.kiakahamedia.com/products/kia...
Size is approx 960mm wide x 680mm deep.
#Grumman #Beechcraft #Lockheed #NorthAmerican #Bell #Sikorsky
www.kiakahamedia.com/products/kia...
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January 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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It's videos like these that make my day 🐢💕
🎥: YBS Youngbloods
🎥: YBS Youngbloods
January 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It's videos like these that make my day 🐢💕
🎥: YBS Youngbloods
🎥: YBS Youngbloods