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The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · 3h

Oral exams - or call them “conversations” - are the only real way to assess a student’s knowledge/understanding of a subject nowadays. Arrangements for differently able/neurodiverse students can be made.
Everything else will increasingly become a GenAI mess.

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 2d

Israel 'beat, tied up and tortured' Gaza flotilla activists in prison - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-beat-up-tied-tortured-gaza-flotilla-activists-prison

Israel 'beat, tied up and tortured' Gaza flotilla activists in prison

David Adler, a Jewish American detained by Israel, tells MEE about brutal treatment at Ashdod and in Ketziot Prison

www.middleeasteye.net

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The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you #Orbetello
#Mediterranean #Lagoon #Fish #Flamingo
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The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · 5d

#VERGOGNA #SHAME #FreePalestine
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 9d

Israeli quadcopters shooting children.

And our government continues to materially supporting Israel every day.

Even as Israel rejects a two state solution, votes to fully annex the West Bank, and murders more doctors, nurses, journalists, children.

And our government continues to assist it.

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 13d

Let that sink in

"Despite its extreme population density, Gaza was mostly self-sufficient in vegetables and poultry, and met much of the population’s demand for olives, fruit and milk. But last month the UN reported that just 1.5% of its agricultural land now remains both accessible and undamaged."

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13d

When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot

Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · 13d

R.I.P.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13d

Assata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age."

She was 78.

Assata Shakur, political activist and ex-Black Liberation Army member, has died

Assata Shakur “died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age,” according to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · 16d

SHAME on European governments!

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 16d

Activists on board the Global Sumud Flotilla said they heard explosions and saw drone attacks late on Tuesday.

Gaza aid flotilla hit by drone attacks and explosions, activists say

Activists on board the Global Sumud Flotilla said they heard explosions and saw drone attacks late on Tuesday.

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The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · 17d

Night thought: I really don’t understand how they never banned the use of two hands as soon as people started striking the backhand in that fashion.
#tennis

The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · 18d

So powerful… Thank you, Ta-Nehisi Coates, for this stunning book.
#TheMessage
#FreePalestine

An excerpt from Ta-Nehisi Coates’ book “The Message”

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18d

3rd deadly US strike on a boat in the Caribbean.

As with the others:
-in area US military operates freely
-where arrest has relatively low risk, and greater strategic value
-no US legal rationale, or even attempt to offer one
-blatant violation of international law
-no evidence US knew who they hit

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The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · 20d

Show me your shape and i’ll tell you where you live!
#marine #fish #ecology
#Puglia #Mediterranean

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The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · 20d

It was HUNGRY!!!
#scorpaena #fish #marine #ecology

A scorpionfish and its meal of crabs and squid

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 22d

"You're not lying in the right way," lamented the liar. "Lie the way I want you to lie as an excuse to do awful things I want to do, don't lie in a way I don't like that can't be used in ways I want!"

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 22d

Laura Loomer is upset today because the conspiracy theory that Israel killed Charlie Kirk has persisted among some on the right. 1/ x.com/lauraloomer/...

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The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · 23d

Show me your fish and I’ll tell you where you are

16 fishes belonging to 13 Mediterranean species

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The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · 23d

In the wake of the bubbles generated by #DNA #Divers, here’s another great demonstration of how effective this new #eDNA approach is at capturing #fish #biodiversity patterns!
Led by @giumaiello.bsky.social
#Seychelles #Coral #Reefs #MPA
@ukri.org

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Opportunistic diver-assisted eDNA sampling unpicks fine-scale ecological and conservation signals in tropical reef fishes

Coral reefs are emblematic ecosystems of astonishing biological diversity and significant economic value for many countries, yet they are increasingly…

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The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · Sep 10

At last, #DNA #Divers is here! A blueprint for a transformative way of capturing #eDNA, from everywhere, through the engagement of #SCUBA divers - a huge team effort led by #ErikaNeave
@ukri.org @ljmuimpact.bsky.social @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social
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DNA Divers: Volunteer‐based eDNA capture for local and global marine biodiversity monitoring

Volunteer-based biodiversity recording is a powerful source of scalable data yet to be used to its full potential by the scientific community. Coastal ecosystems are varied and diverse, making it ...

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The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · Sep 8

The current Labour government iterations: Tories 2.0
In literally everything.

The grotesque posturing of the current Labour government portrayed as they bootlick Trump’s shitshow

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The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · Sep 3

Scotland always a step ahead here

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · Sep 3

Tomorrow's front page 📰

Scotland votes to boycott Israel

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The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · Aug 31

And yet, you wouldn’t know any of this is happening, based on national mainstream media…
#GlobalSumudFlotilla
#FreePalestine

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · Aug 28

Register now for a session at the National Environment Monitoring Conference - deadline 12 September.

From Insight to Impact: Building the UK Environmental Monitoring Community, organised by UKCEH, @britishecologicalsociety.org @ukeof.bsky.social, is on 15 Dec in Edinburgh

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Looking up to a canopy of trees and the back of a person scaling up a ladder-like object

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The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · Aug 26

“No one has been to account – and no one will be – because the destruction of Gaza is Israeli policy, because Israeli public opinion supports it and because the world allows it”:

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Opinion: Slaughtered journalists, medics and starving children will not sway public opinion here in Israel

Views of the public are partly shaped by members of the media here who call for the killing of Palestinian journalists in Gaza

www.irishtimes.com

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The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · Aug 23

If you have a decent platform and decide to just “stick to your job” or express some form of solidarity for certain causes, and YET you stay completely SILENT on #Palestine, trust me: it DOES NOT look good at all…

The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · Aug 22

Now… that’s cheating!

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The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · Aug 22

Absolutely astonishing. The morally bankrupt folks at @theguardian.com STILL cannot bring themselves to condemn Israel’s responsibility for this horror.
Shame on you!
So many in media will NEVER be able to clean their stained conscience.
#FreePalestine
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

UN-backed experts declare famine in and around Gaza City

IPC says famine is ‘entirely man-made’ and immediate response is needed or avoidable deaths will soar

www.theguardian.com

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