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Gregor Kalinkat
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science educator & communicator | biodiversity scientist | ecologist | guest scientist at @igb-berlin.de

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Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · Jun 17
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Our new Forum article in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social is out now. A short read about combating light pollution 💡 & approaches to push nocturnal biodiversity conservation 🦇 to the next level. Free to read for everyone 🔓🧪

@sibylleschroer.bsky.social @andreasjechow.bsky.social @igb-berlin.de
gkalinkat.bsky.social Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · Jun 13
Our new forum piece is out now in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social 🥳

We argue that existing & expanding regulations to protect specific animal groups from light pollution 💡 (e.g. bats 🦇 marine turtles 🐢 insects 🦋) might co-protect many other organisms ...

doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... 🔓🧪
A schematical graphic shows an umbrella shading darkness from a street lamp. On the umbrella there are nocturnal animals for whom regulations to protect the dark exist (e.g. bats, marine turtles, insects) while under the umbrella many other animals are also protected from artificial light at night (ALAN).
gkalinkat.bsky.social
@buddepiept.bsky.social mit aktuellen Entwicklungen aus der forensischen Entomologie im DLF

'Insekten am Tatort - Nach dem Mord kommen die Fliegen'
🪰💀🧪

www.deutschlandfunk.de/todeszeitpun...
Insekten am Tatort - Nach dem Mord kommen die Fliegen
Insekten verraten heute schon den Zeitpunkt von Mord und Totschlag. Demnächst könnten sie auch Jahre zurückliegende Kriminalfälle aufklären helfen.
www.deutschlandfunk.de
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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tinido.bsky.social
Die @bpb.de hat ihren Account auf X geschlossen. Dafür werden sie dort extrem beschimpft, was natürlich auch ein Zeichen dafür ist, wie wichtig die Präsenz staatlicher Institutionen, Orgas etc. für das Image von X ist. Den Abgang aus dem Höllenpfuhl kann man hier mit nem Folllow würdigen.
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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indyfromspace.bsky.social
Archaeologist here. For 99.5% of human history (ca 300-400,000 years), we were peaceful (no war). There was conflict and smaller scale violence, but countless studies on the 119 known modern hunter gatherer groups show cooperation, negotiation, and peace instead of conflict. Please read books.
rachael-the-hobbit.bsky.social Rachael the Hobbit @rachael-the-hobbit.bsky.social · 8d
Revenge/physical combat was how people settled things for literally millions of years, it's normal human behavior, we're wolves not sheep, the government project trying to social engineer us and domesticate us into sheep has been unsuccessful
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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gkalinkat.bsky.social
Cats love to massacre bugs, and scientists have the videos to prove it 😼🪲🧪

www.popsci.com/technology/c... @popsci.com
Cats love to massacre bugs, and scientists have the videos to prove it
Cat videos aren’t just funny, they fuel the growing field of iEcology.
www.popsci.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
gkalinkat.bsky.social
Cats love to massacre bugs, and scientists have the videos to prove it 😼🪲🧪

www.popsci.com/technology/c... @popsci.com
Cats love to massacre bugs, and scientists have the videos to prove it
Cat videos aren’t just funny, they fuel the growing field of iEcology.
www.popsci.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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cbarragan.bsky.social
My new Emmy Noether Group is recruiting!

🔬 Two PhD positions in plant pathogen evolution

🧬 Start: April 2026 (flexible)

📍 Dept. of Phytopathology & Plant Protection @rstam.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de

⏰ Apply by 15 Dec 2025

🔗 More info: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...

Do get in touch or share 😊
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www.uni-kiel.de
November 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
gkalinkat.bsky.social
Sorry, I just can't resist quote-posting a @science.org paper 🧪 on sponges with a Spongebob Squarepants GIF
November 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
gkalinkat.bsky.social
Wow! Just got the news that the luminaire 💡 that was developed in our @bfn-de.bsky.social project @aubenews.bsky.social w/ industry partner Selux will receive a big award! Congratulations to all involved, particularly @sibylleschroer.bsky.social & F Hölker 🎉
@igb-berlin.de @leibnizbiodiv.bsky.social
Street lamp with an attached insect trap against the sunset
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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gkalinkat.bsky.social
Johnston et al (2025) Widespread influence of artificial light at night on ecosystem metabolism 💡🧪🔓

www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natclimate.nature.com

(H/T @zarahpattison.bsky.social)
Widespread influence of artificial light at night on ecosystem metabolism - Nature Climate Change
The authors combine light intensity data with eddy covariance observations from 86 sites to show that artificial light at night increases ecosystem respiration and alters carbon exchange, with impacts...
www.nature.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
gkalinkat.bsky.social
Johnston et al (2025) Widespread influence of artificial light at night on ecosystem metabolism 💡🧪🔓

www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natclimate.nature.com

(H/T @zarahpattison.bsky.social)
Widespread influence of artificial light at night on ecosystem metabolism - Nature Climate Change
The authors combine light intensity data with eddy covariance observations from 86 sites to show that artificial light at night increases ecosystem respiration and alters carbon exchange, with impacts...
www.nature.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
gkalinkat.bsky.social
Every day now we learn about another freedom being canceled in the "Land of the Free"
jasonkoebler.bsky.social Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 7d
The legendary HOPE hacking conference has been banned from its venue at St. John's University over what the university seems to be calling an "anti-police agenda." Part of a broader crackdown on security research / hacking / open source: www.404media.co/hope-hacking...
HOPE Hacking Conference Banned From University Venue Over Apparent ‘Anti-Police Agenda’
"The lack of due process on its own is extremely disturbing," the conference said.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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mads100tist.bsky.social
This is misinformation by default, so if you're a journal and you use AI slop for your cover or your announcements, you're not scientific in any way and should be shamed mercilessly 🧪
nataliajagielska.bsky.social Natalia Jagielska @nataliajagielska.bsky.social · 7d
AI slop gracing the cover of Royal Society B. Not only in AI yellow but scientifically nonsensical. Come on. I'm certain human photographs and artworks were ignored to platform ... this.
Royal Society B cover with AI generated image of endocasts.
November 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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flyingtrilobite.com
If any big-name 🧪science or 🎨artist accounts would like to share the SciArt Feed with their followers, I’d be grateful. 👉👈
November 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
gkalinkat.bsky.social
Sometimes I feel like every dystopian nightmare that I read about in SciFi novels in the 1990ies is now coming true 😬
charleswlogan.bsky.social Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 8d
"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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gkalinkat.bsky.social
Open Position at @zalf.bsky.social

Tenure Track Scientist (m/f/d) on “Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes” 🧪🎓🪲🦋🌱

jobs.zalf.de/jobposting/0...

Deadline Dec 10th 2025 ⌛
Tenure Track Scientist (m/f/d) on “Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes”
This Classic Tenure Track Call invites applications of scientists with profound expertise in biodiversity and its spatiotemporal dynamics and responses to external drivers, preferably land use and man...
jobs.zalf.de
November 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
gkalinkat.bsky.social
Open Position at @zalf.bsky.social

Tenure Track Scientist (m/f/d) on “Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes” 🧪🎓🪲🦋🌱

jobs.zalf.de/jobposting/0...

Deadline Dec 10th 2025 ⌛
Tenure Track Scientist (m/f/d) on “Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes”
This Classic Tenure Track Call invites applications of scientists with profound expertise in biodiversity and its spatiotemporal dynamics and responses to external drivers, preferably land use and man...
jobs.zalf.de
November 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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katestarbird.bsky.social
Preprint w/ (rapid) analysis of Grokipedia, showing it to be “highly derivative of Wikipedia”, but differing, often on controversial topics, in that Grokipedia includes content/cites from low quality (hyper partisan & conspiracy laden) sources like Stormfront & Infowars. arxiv.org/pdf/2511.09685
arxiv.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
gkalinkat.bsky.social
This was really good: „The woman who predicted Tech Fascism- Paulina Borsook was right“ 👩‍💻 @gilduran.com

youtu.be/DL-kwZdkiOA?...
The Woman Who Predicted Tech Fascism — Paulina Borsook Was Right
YouTube video by The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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science.org
For the first time, scientists have documented an unusual defense: Some species of arachnids build giant doppelgängers on their webs, creating a frightening deception that scares off would-be killers. https://scim.ag/487Myn0
A fake spider in a web, with text: That’s no spider! It’s a decoy
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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gkalinkat.bsky.social
Watching the rapid decline of a former science 🧪 superpower in real-time. It’s horrible
brookenewman.bsky.social Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 11d
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
A thread by an A&M professor describing how the new rules will impact faculty. Syllabi must be fed into AI to be checked for content not aligned with approved syllabi; students will be encouraged to report faculty for inaccurate content; and young people are now being told they get to decide what a professor should teach.
November 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
gkalinkat.bsky.social
Watching the rapid decline of a former science 🧪 superpower in real-time. It’s horrible
brookenewman.bsky.social Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 11d
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
A thread by an A&M professor describing how the new rules will impact faculty. Syllabi must be fed into AI to be checked for content not aligned with approved syllabi; students will be encouraged to report faculty for inaccurate content; and young people are now being told they get to decide what a professor should teach.
November 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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acritschristoph.bsky.social
Defunding scientists for the nationality of who they co-author with or who they train.

One of the most radical attack on freedom of speech in US history. A far right nationalist destruction of US science. Such a shameful time to be an American that this racist stupidity has become mainstream.
environmicrobio.bsky.social Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · 11d
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
gkalinkat.bsky.social
"No, wait, avoid wiki" - Elon Musks Grokipedia ist tendenziöser KI-Slop

the-decoder.de/no-wait-avoi... @heise.de
"No, wait, avoid wiki" - Elon Musks Grokipedia ist tendenziöser KI-Slop
Elon Musks neue KI-Enzyklopädie Grokipedia will Wikipedia ablösen und „von Propaganda befreien“. Doch schon der erste Blick zeigt: Die Plattform verzerrt sensibel-politische Themen systematisch und li...
the-decoder.de
November 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
gkalinkat.bsky.social
Far-right and conservative parties across Europe teaming up in support of the #pollutocracy 🏭 - why am I not surprised 😏
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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kakape.bsky.social
I’ve been in Toronto at the #astmh meeting these past few days and last night some very good news was presented here: A new malaria drug has proven efficacious in a large trial and could soon be approved.🧪
My story in @science.org (and 🧵on why it's important to come):
www.science.org/content/arti...
‘A sigh of relief’: New malaria drug succeeds in large clinical trial
As existing drugs falter because of resistance, the world gets a backup—but hard choices loom on how to use it
www.science.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM