Igor Pessi
@igorspp.bsky.social
Polar microbial ecologist, researcher at the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE). I post about science AND politics. “Ecology without class struggle is gardening” (Chico Mendes). 🇧🇷🇫🇮
“Biology”, “arts”… 🤦♂️
October 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
“Biology”, “arts”… 🤦♂️
The whole world is now Brazil.
August 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The whole world is now Brazil.
Palestine: is mentioned on an email sent to the University of Helsinki mailing list
Some researchers of the University of Helsinki:
Some researchers of the University of Helsinki:
May 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Palestine: is mentioned on an email sent to the University of Helsinki mailing list
Some researchers of the University of Helsinki:
Some researchers of the University of Helsinki:
Great talk by @jannekotiaho.bsky.social at the @oikosfinland.bsky.social 2025 conference in Jyväskylä. Not an easy message to digest, but a crucial one for the present time of ecological, social, and political breakdown
March 12, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Great talk by @jannekotiaho.bsky.social at the @oikosfinland.bsky.social 2025 conference in Jyväskylä. Not an easy message to digest, but a crucial one for the present time of ecological, social, and political breakdown
So much for the "land of the free"...
February 20, 2025 at 8:36 AM
So much for the "land of the free"...
My takeaway from yesterday's brilliant talk by Kohei Sato at Tiedekulma: the post-WW2 social democratic consensus is a failed one since its conception. It was created to appease the demands of the working class and the radical left with the illusion that capital and social justice can co-exist [1/3]
October 11, 2024 at 9:16 AM
My takeaway from yesterday's brilliant talk by Kohei Sato at Tiedekulma: the post-WW2 social democratic consensus is a failed one since its conception. It was created to appease the demands of the working class and the radical left with the illusion that capital and social justice can co-exist [1/3]
Well done! Araucaria is one of my favourite trees, and I miss eating Pinhão so much...
September 5, 2024 at 7:42 AM
Well done! Araucaria is one of my favourite trees, and I miss eating Pinhão so much...
Fireworks are stupid for so many reasons, but I think this poem by Naomi Shihab Nye is spot-on:
July 5, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Fireworks are stupid for so many reasons, but I think this poem by Naomi Shihab Nye is spot-on:
Me, submitting my fellowship application later this week:
January 7, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Me, submitting my fellowship application later this week: