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Matteo Rizzuto
@matteorizzuto.bsky.social
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🇪🇺🇮🇹🇨🇦| he/him

Postdoc Fellow in @comecology.bsky.social's lab at Concordia U

Ecosystem ecologist 🌍, zoogeochemist ⚛️, mathematical modeler 👨‍💻

In spare time, Tolkienite 💍 and D&D DM 🎲.

Born at 345.47 ppm CO2

On 🐘 ecoevo.social/@mrz
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tartacana.bsky.social
per prassi non firma documenti.
Nel frattempo nel ConsiglioAffariGenerali si è tenuta un’audizione sullo stato di diritto in #Ungheria e sulla possibilità d'attivare la procedura per sanzionare gli stati che violano i valori fondamentali dell’UE, come libertà, democrazia e diritti umani
#dirittilgbt
May 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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tartacana.bsky.social
Francia, Germania, Grecia, Irlanda, Lettonia, Lituania, Lussemburgo, Malta, Paesi Bassi, Portogallo, Repubblica Ceca, Slovenia, Spagna e Svezia.
Quelli che mancano invece sono:
Italia, Ungheria, Slovacchia, Romania, Bulgaria, Croazia e Polonia, quest’ultima, avendo la presidenza del Consiglio UE,⬇️
May 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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tartacana.bsky.social
Sono 20 i Paesi che hanno firmato un documento per chiedere all’Unione Europea di intervenire contro il divieto imposto da #Orbán al #Pride. Tra questi non c’è l’Italia (tanto per cambiare).
I Paesi che chiedono l’intervento dell’Europa sono:
Austria, Belgio, Cipro, Danimarca, Estonia, Finlandia,⬇️
May 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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edhawkins.org
When it rains, it now rains more
Graphic showing rainfall intensity increasing in the UK from 1891 to 2024
May 13, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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skypeascientist.bsky.social
Skype is dead. Long live Skype a Scientist.
May 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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richardbranson.bsky.social
Very sad to see this www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
Schooled by Trump, Americans are learning to dislike their allies
Our polling shows that Americans’ and Europeans’ attitudes towards each other are changing quickly
www.economist.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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adamkinzinger.substack.com
Trump is not on the side of the good guys

www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/...
US ‘to cease all future military exercises in Europe’
Nato countries could be forced to plan manoeuvres without US as Trump continues pivot away from bloc
www.telegraph.co.uk
March 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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ursulakleguin.com
You can read the full speech at the link below, and in the collection Dancing at the Edge of the World (Grove Press, 1989).

serendipstudio.org/sci_cult/leg...
"I don't think we have any right to obedience. I think we have a responsibility to freedom." Ursula K. Le Guin, from her 1986 Bryn Mawr commencement address
February 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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aerinj.bsky.social
Proud of @scbnorthamerica.bsky.social for statement about U.S. authoritarianism.

“These actions are assaults on scientific integrity, the people and process of doing science, and the application of scientific results to benefit the public.”

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Society for Conservation Biology North America Statement in Support of Scientific Integrity The Society for Conservation Biology North America (SCBNA) is alarmed by recent Executive Orders, directives, and actions by the new federal administration of the United States of America.' Our Society's mission involves supporting the development and application of the science and practice necessary to conserve biodiversity and its benefits to human society. Many of the recent unprecedented federal actions directly harm both nature and society, and hinder the work of conservation scientists and practitioners. These include terminating key climate science and mitigation initiatives; disbanding programs and firing staff including those related to diversity, equity, and inclusion; inhibiting the freedom of scientists to freely communicate findings; and freezing funding for and interfering in decisions about federal research grants and programs. These actions are assaults on scientific integrity, the people and process of doing science, and the application of scientific results to benefit the public. They put at risk the work and well-being of thousands of scientists in public, non-profit, and private sectors, as well as untold numbers of people who depend on evidence to inform public policy decisions. The ramifications of these attacks could devastate America's ability to ensure a high quality of life, conserve biological diversity and natural heritage, and encourage economic prosperity for its people. They profoundly damage America's reputation as an international leader in research, development, and innovation. As a non-profit organization affiliated with the global Society for Conservation Biology, SCBNA works with other scientific societies and conservation organizations to advance critical environmental knowledge that benefits society. It represents the North American continent north of Mexico, including Canada and the United States, and has over 1500 members working in state, federal, tribal, and municipal governments, non-profit organizations, universities, private companies, and more. Our members share their expertise to ensure on-the-ground conservation success, and work to promote communication and collaboration on transboundary conservation issues. SCBNA sets standards for scientific integrity and works to ensure that scientific knowledge is considered by decision-makers when shaping policies that affect the planet's biodiversity. Our work includes monitoring the actions of the government agencies to ensure that the best available science is used to implement major environmental laws, and bringing attention to situations where biodiversity protection is being compromised and providing advice through public comments, Congressional testimony, and outreach. We call on our elected representatives, civil society organizations, and the public to work with us in this crisis to immediately: 1. Defend science, namely that true facts and scientific integrity are foundational to informed, sound decision-making; 2. Defend scientists against censorship, loss of funding, and interference in their work, including initiatives to support diversity, equity, and inclusion; 3. Defend nature, including evidence-informed policies and actions necessary to support sustainable relationships among people and nature so that all life on earth thrives. We call on civil society to take bold, principled, stances to oppose attacks on science and scientific freedom. SCBNA supports and defends our colleagues working in the U.S. federal government who have dedicated their professional lives to serve the public interest. To our members, we assert that SCBNA will not be swayed from our mission. Indeed, it is more important than ever: To provide a venue to connect diverse students and professionals to advance and apply conservation knowledge, and to welcome, support, and empower all voices engaged in conservation. Only by embracing our many strengths and diverse knowledge will we be able to address challenges. We will strengthen efforts to support diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and justice among our members and in our work and communities. SCBNA commits to focusing on areas that our members know best, including conserving endangered species, protecting biodiversity, combating climate change, and promoting a scientifically-informed public. We are developing a list of resources for the defense of science on our website, and we invite members' suggestions of specific resources and types of support needed. We welcome and encourage collaboration with other scientific and professional societies in this work. Sincerely, Rebecca Hufft President Society for Conservation Biology North America Anderson Tate President-Elect Society for Conservation Biology North America Lauren Jonaitis VP of Policy and Programs Society for Conservation Biology North America
February 19, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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gennarocarotenuto.bsky.social
Ma se ce l’avessero detto anche solo pochi anni fa che avremmo visto la distopia di Stati Uniti e Russia uniti nella lotta per far vincere i nazisti in Germania, non ci avremmo mai creduto.
February 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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victorerikray.bsky.social
Read this chilling article from @jamellebouie.net

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Opinion | There Is No Going Back (Gift Article)
The president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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scottdagostino.ca
Current mood
Photo by Patrick Keefe of a honking Canadian goose squaring off against a American bald eagle, its wings flared open
February 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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snowdenwriter.bsky.social
Remember when Trump said he wouldn’t do this?

Big surprise, he was lying.
fightingliberal.bsky.social The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · Jan 31
Here Comes Nationwide Abortion Ban

House Republicans introduced a bill that would ban medication abortion nationwide and impose a prison sentence of up to 25 years on anyone who dispenses the drugs, which are used in the majority of abortions across the country

crooksandliars.com/2025/01/welp...
Welp, Here Comes The Nationwide Abortion Ban
It's the new "repeal Obamacare": House Republicans propose bill to restrict abortion nationwide.
crooksandliars.com
January 31, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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gibbological.bsky.social
What a stupid, petty move (rising to the top of the many many stupid, petty moves by this administration so far).

Dispersing free HIV medication is one of the greatest unequivocally 'good' things the US does for the world. This program has saved 25 million lives. Why the fuck would you cut it?!
apoorvanyt.bsky.social Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · Jan 27
BREAKING: The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries (Gift Article)
PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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comecology.bsky.social
Why aren't more researchers publishing in society journals?

Two potential reasons:

1) They're often unfamiliar to early-career researchers,

and 2) they need better promotion, a task for all of us.
January 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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carlbergstrom.com
I don’t have a definitive source on this yet but it looks like NSF review panels have been canceled.

Sixty-some years ago, Eisenhower transformed higher education because he viewed a science education gap as the single greatest threat to national security.

This is absolutely an act of sabotage.
January 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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uglygame.bsky.social
No, I don't need a bloody copilot for this document, thank you.

Writing is, in no small part, a tool for thinking. If you outsource that element to a machine that cannot think, you shouldn't be surprised if, at the end of the process, neither you nor your reader are any the wiser.
January 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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esa.int
Hello @bsky.app, here's to looking into more #bluesky and beyond... 😉
Image of the Moon, on a background of the blackness of space, and foreground at right of Earth's atmosphere in shades of blue, taken by ESA astronaut André Kuipers from the ISS in 2012.
January 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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knowyourmeme.com
On this day 12 years ago, @kcg.bsky.social posted the “This is Fine” comic.
January 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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ilpost.it
Il 2024 è stato l’anno più caldo mai registrato e il primo in cui è stato a lungo superato il limite degli 1,5 °C previsto dall'accordo di Parigi sul clima:

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Il 2024 è stato l'anno più caldo mai registrato - Il Post
E il primo in cui è stato a lungo superato il limite degli 1,5 °C previsto dall'accordo di Parigi sul clima
ilpost.link
January 10, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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bretdevereaux.bsky.social
::serious natsec writer face::

Most countries are, in fact, not for sale at any price. Most countries are not interesting in selling their territory.
badsocialism.bsky.social John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · Jan 8
What the fuck?
January 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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ilpost.it
La giornalista Cecilia Sala è libera ed è arrivata in Italia: era stata arrestata in Iran il 19 dicembre

ilpost.link/5ti8blvONV
Cecilia Sala è arrivata in Italia - Il Post
La giornalista di Chora Media e del Foglio è stata liberata in mattinata: era stata arrestata in Iran il 19 dicembre
ilpost.link
January 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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valigiablu.it
🧵 Perché Trump vuole prendersi la Groenlandia e il canale di Panama www.valigiablu.it/trump-prende... via @valigiablu.it
Perché Trump vuole prendersi la Groenlandia e il canale di Panama - Valigia Blu
Il riscaldamento globale sta rendendo Groenlandia e Panama più importanti per la navigazione e il commercio mondiale. Per questo il neopresidente USA Trump vuole prenderne il controllo.
www.valigiablu.it
January 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM