Dr Sjúrður Hammer
@sjurdur.bsky.social
Faroe Islander Seabird ecotoxicology, biodiversity and invasive species. Hoarder of bird skulls, feathers & eggshells. Natural history books and taxidermy are my love languages. University of Aberdeen and Glasgow alumni - got Meniere's too
2003 🇫🇴🏴🇩🇰🏴🇫🇴2017
2003 🇫🇴🏴🇩🇰🏴🇫🇴2017
Kind of heartbreaking. Federal judge of 40 years resigns in protest
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Kind of heartbreaking. Federal judge of 40 years resigns in protest
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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In honor of Viktor Orban's visit to Washington, here's a reminder that Orban has made his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
www.theatlantic.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In honor of Viktor Orban's visit to Washington, here's a reminder that Orban has made his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Putin lost his teeth in Pokrovsk, a city in eastern Ukraine.
Former Ukrainian Marine Shaun Pinner compared it with the farmhouse at Waterloo. Both places mauled the army of an imperial aggressor, CEPA.
"We fight for survival. Russia fights for optics.” 1/
Former Ukrainian Marine Shaun Pinner compared it with the farmhouse at Waterloo. Both places mauled the army of an imperial aggressor, CEPA.
"We fight for survival. Russia fights for optics.” 1/
November 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Putin lost his teeth in Pokrovsk, a city in eastern Ukraine.
Former Ukrainian Marine Shaun Pinner compared it with the farmhouse at Waterloo. Both places mauled the army of an imperial aggressor, CEPA.
"We fight for survival. Russia fights for optics.” 1/
Former Ukrainian Marine Shaun Pinner compared it with the farmhouse at Waterloo. Both places mauled the army of an imperial aggressor, CEPA.
"We fight for survival. Russia fights for optics.” 1/
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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Don’t you want to just scratch that little spot behind thier adorable ears‽
An absolutely stunning #thylacine at @nhmwien.bsky.social, which hasn't been posed to convey the impression that #thylacines were dangerous or threatening in the way that so many other #taxidermy specimens do. That idea was central to the false claim that they threatened #Tasmania's sheep industry.
November 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Don’t you want to just scratch that little spot behind thier adorable ears‽
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Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
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I see James Watson has died.
What did Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin's lab notes.
Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.
What did Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin's lab notes.
Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.
November 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I see James Watson has died.
What did Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin's lab notes.
Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.
What did Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin's lab notes.
Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.
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Trump labeled Venezuelan boat crews as narco-terrorists, but AP reveals they were desperate fishermen and bus drivers, killed in strikes without trial, chasing $500 amid poverty. #HumanRights
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Trump labeled Venezuelan boat crews as narco-terrorists, but AP reveals they were desperate fishermen and bus drivers, killed in strikes without trial, chasing $500 amid poverty. #HumanRights
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Meta’s own researchers concluded that a third of the scams in the U.S. happen over its platforms and that fraudulent ads and those for banned products might contribute a tenth of its revenue. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Meta’s own researchers concluded that a third of the scams in the U.S. happen over its platforms and that fraudulent ads and those for banned products might contribute a tenth of its revenue. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Over the years I have read A LOT of damning stories about what Meta executives were saying internally about serious harms on their platforms (most of them written by Reuters’ @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social ). His new story is a blockbuster:
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
sherwood.news/tech/meta-pr...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
sherwood.news/tech/meta-pr...
Meta projected 10% of 2024 revenue came from scams and banned goods, Reuters reports
The report shows that the company was hesitant to crack down harder on scams, due to the billions in revenue that they were generating for Meta....
sherwood.news
November 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Over the years I have read A LOT of damning stories about what Meta executives were saying internally about serious harms on their platforms (most of them written by Reuters’ @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social ). His new story is a blockbuster:
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
sherwood.news/tech/meta-pr...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
sherwood.news/tech/meta-pr...
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“But I’ll just ignore them and use FB to stay in touch with family and friends.”
No, you won’t. Meta regularly moves the buttons for accessing your human connections to defeat your muscle memory and force you to spend time looking at ads. Then they use higher “engagement time” to sell more ads.
No, you won’t. Meta regularly moves the buttons for accessing your human connections to defeat your muscle memory and force you to spend time looking at ads. Then they use higher “engagement time” to sell more ads.
On average Meta shows its platforms’ users an estimated 15 billion “higher risk” scam advertisements every day.
(Meta earns about $7 billion in annualized revenue from this category of scam ads each year.) www.reuters.com/investigatio...
(Meta earns about $7 billion in annualized revenue from this category of scam ads each year.) www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“But I’ll just ignore them and use FB to stay in touch with family and friends.”
No, you won’t. Meta regularly moves the buttons for accessing your human connections to defeat your muscle memory and force you to spend time looking at ads. Then they use higher “engagement time” to sell more ads.
No, you won’t. Meta regularly moves the buttons for accessing your human connections to defeat your muscle memory and force you to spend time looking at ads. Then they use higher “engagement time” to sell more ads.
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Meta, Meta, Meta. So Meta. This Reuters report is 🔥
"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"
"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates […]
"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"
"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Meta, Meta, Meta. So Meta. This Reuters report is 🔥
"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"
"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates […]
"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"
"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates […]
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Are you looking for a #postdoc? with #seabirds or #raptors? at the @mncn-csic.bsky.social & @csic.es? Please send me an email and consider applying for a #JldC fellowship
#ornithology
Requirements: completed PhD within the last 2 years & competitive CV.
www.infosubvenciones.es/bdnstrans/GE...
#ornithology
Requirements: completed PhD within the last 2 years & competitive CV.
www.infosubvenciones.es/bdnstrans/GE...
November 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Are you looking for a #postdoc? with #seabirds or #raptors? at the @mncn-csic.bsky.social & @csic.es? Please send me an email and consider applying for a #JldC fellowship
#ornithology
Requirements: completed PhD within the last 2 years & competitive CV.
www.infosubvenciones.es/bdnstrans/GE...
#ornithology
Requirements: completed PhD within the last 2 years & competitive CV.
www.infosubvenciones.es/bdnstrans/GE...
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"“Normal” testosterone levels are largely based on studies from high-income populations that do not account for diverse ecological conditions known to influence physiology. This study highlights complex relationships that exist among age, adiposity & testosterone patterns in subsistence populations"
Salivary Testosterone, Age, and Adiposity Associations Among Shuar Males in Amazonian Ecuador Challenge Assumptions of “Normal” Testosterone Patterns
Objectives
Adult male testosterone concentrations in high income countries often decrease with age and adiposity, a pattern typically viewed as “normal.” However, testosterone is expected to be adap.....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:16 AM
"“Normal” testosterone levels are largely based on studies from high-income populations that do not account for diverse ecological conditions known to influence physiology. This study highlights complex relationships that exist among age, adiposity & testosterone patterns in subsistence populations"
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NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation to track #seabirds from Rathlin Island and analyse data to identify foraging areas (deadline 10 Nov): buff.ly/K0zcdH8
November 4, 2025 at 7:19 AM
NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation to track #seabirds from Rathlin Island and analyse data to identify foraging areas (deadline 10 Nov): buff.ly/K0zcdH8
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Carrie Bradshaw
November 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Carrie Bradshaw
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So Bluesky is already hiding replies and I can't tell you how incredibly dangerous this can be. I need to see for myself if people are threatening to kill me over a film review (which has happened!) and I don't understand why they think preventing me from knowing that is helping
November 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
So Bluesky is already hiding replies and I can't tell you how incredibly dangerous this can be. I need to see for myself if people are threatening to kill me over a film review (which has happened!) and I don't understand why they think preventing me from knowing that is helping
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Great Auk
a piece I thought would be perfect for halloween, art of my favorite extinct bird.
🪶🦉 #wildlifeillustration #bird #birb #digitalillustration #greatauk #extinctbird #paleoart
a piece I thought would be perfect for halloween, art of my favorite extinct bird.
🪶🦉 #wildlifeillustration #bird #birb #digitalillustration #greatauk #extinctbird #paleoart
November 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Great Auk
a piece I thought would be perfect for halloween, art of my favorite extinct bird.
🪶🦉 #wildlifeillustration #bird #birb #digitalillustration #greatauk #extinctbird #paleoart
a piece I thought would be perfect for halloween, art of my favorite extinct bird.
🪶🦉 #wildlifeillustration #bird #birb #digitalillustration #greatauk #extinctbird #paleoart
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Other report “Guidance for strengthening citizen involvement in the management of nature in the Arctic” showcases a model that public authorities could use for establishing participatory local nature management with the support of citizens, in just 5 steps.
🔗 blog.more4nature.eu/news/arctic-...
🔗 blog.more4nature.eu/news/arctic-...
Two new reports chart a way forward for participatory monitoring and management of living resources in the Arctic
The reports present examples of citizen involvement in nature management in the Arctic and set out a concrete framework for strengthening this citizen engagement.
blog.more4nature.eu
October 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Other report “Guidance for strengthening citizen involvement in the management of nature in the Arctic” showcases a model that public authorities could use for establishing participatory local nature management with the support of citizens, in just 5 steps.
🔗 blog.more4nature.eu/news/arctic-...
🔗 blog.more4nature.eu/news/arctic-...
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Some conclusions are:
✅ Appointing government representatives as contact points between citizens and authorities.
✅ Developing a clear roadmap for citizen engagement, including formal and regular dialogue.
✅ Establishing national policies that guarantee annual funding, expertise, and resources.
✅ Appointing government representatives as contact points between citizens and authorities.
✅ Developing a clear roadmap for citizen engagement, including formal and regular dialogue.
✅ Establishing national policies that guarantee annual funding, expertise, and resources.
October 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Some conclusions are:
✅ Appointing government representatives as contact points between citizens and authorities.
✅ Developing a clear roadmap for citizen engagement, including formal and regular dialogue.
✅ Establishing national policies that guarantee annual funding, expertise, and resources.
✅ Appointing government representatives as contact points between citizens and authorities.
✅ Developing a clear roadmap for citizen engagement, including formal and regular dialogue.
✅ Establishing national policies that guarantee annual funding, expertise, and resources.
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What is the key for successful participatory science? Two new reports published by the Nordic Council of Ministers present examples of citizen involvement in nature management in the Arctic and set out a concrete framework for strengthening this engagement.
#CitizenScience
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#CitizenScience
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October 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
What is the key for successful participatory science? Two new reports published by the Nordic Council of Ministers present examples of citizen involvement in nature management in the Arctic and set out a concrete framework for strengthening this engagement.
#CitizenScience
👇🧵1/5
#CitizenScience
👇🧵1/5
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1/ Carlton & Cohen (1993) described the global transport of species as "ecological roulette" (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...), whereas Paine & Zaret (1973) equated the introduction of non-native species to ecological gambling (jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...). #bioinvasions #invasivespecies
Ecological Gambling
MOST natural ecosystems are overwhelmingly complex, and conventional ecological wisdom holds that tropical communities are more so than their temperature or higherlatitude equivalents. This belief has...
jamanetwork.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:09 AM
1/ Carlton & Cohen (1993) described the global transport of species as "ecological roulette" (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...), whereas Paine & Zaret (1973) equated the introduction of non-native species to ecological gambling (jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...). #bioinvasions #invasivespecies
@alicecarravieri.bsky.social nice to see you on here!
October 31, 2025 at 11:24 AM
@alicecarravieri.bsky.social nice to see you on here!