Assoc Prof Robyn Pickering
@pickeringrobyn.bsky.social
Assoc. Professor University of Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦 Co-director Human Evolution Research Institute | geology, isotopes, U-Pb dating carbonates, human evolution, southern African palaeoclimates | equitable fieldwork | decolonisation |she/her
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📌 TODAY @17:00 CET!
Join us for this #webinar with Sara Tremi Proietti, Mike Prior-Jones, and Jaz Millar, who will share their experiences and expertise on effective communication and actions to support #LGBT+ #equality.
📆 Wednesday, 26 November 2025 17:00 CET
👉 Register here: egu.eu/9P08T5
Join us for this #webinar with Sara Tremi Proietti, Mike Prior-Jones, and Jaz Millar, who will share their experiences and expertise on effective communication and actions to support #LGBT+ #equality.
📆 Wednesday, 26 November 2025 17:00 CET
👉 Register here: egu.eu/9P08T5
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
📌 TODAY @17:00 CET!
Join us for this #webinar with Sara Tremi Proietti, Mike Prior-Jones, and Jaz Millar, who will share their experiences and expertise on effective communication and actions to support #LGBT+ #equality.
📆 Wednesday, 26 November 2025 17:00 CET
👉 Register here: egu.eu/9P08T5
Join us for this #webinar with Sara Tremi Proietti, Mike Prior-Jones, and Jaz Millar, who will share their experiences and expertise on effective communication and actions to support #LGBT+ #equality.
📆 Wednesday, 26 November 2025 17:00 CET
👉 Register here: egu.eu/9P08T5
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I would die for pissfingers
dog shelters: don’t buy puppies, consider adoption instead
also dog shelters: this is pissfingers. she’s 19 years old and can’t live in a home with children, books or electricity. pissfingers is nervous around hair and needs 400 acres of land and an orchard of extinct fruits.
also dog shelters: this is pissfingers. she’s 19 years old and can’t live in a home with children, books or electricity. pissfingers is nervous around hair and needs 400 acres of land and an orchard of extinct fruits.
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I would die for pissfingers
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Yes, you CAN go back in time! This StoryMap allows readers to experience several hundred million years of Earth history in just minutes with a scroll-driven animation. Happy GIS Day too!
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Want to know how the team did it?
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⚒️ 🧪 #gischat #geogsky #geogchat 🌎 🌍 🌏
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Want to know how the team did it?
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⚒️ 🧪 #gischat #geogsky #geogchat 🌎 🌍 🌏
November 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Yes, you CAN go back in time! This StoryMap allows readers to experience several hundred million years of Earth history in just minutes with a scroll-driven animation. Happy GIS Day too!
ow.ly/ZjFV50XsVbc
Want to know how the team did it?
ow.ly/gC3k50XsVQY
⚒️ 🧪 #gischat #geogsky #geogchat 🌎 🌍 🌏
ow.ly/ZjFV50XsVbc
Want to know how the team did it?
ow.ly/gC3k50XsVQY
⚒️ 🧪 #gischat #geogsky #geogchat 🌎 🌍 🌏
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![Barbie crying [edited]: He thinks I'm megafauna? I don't suppress the growth of woody vegetation or stabilize the abundance of smaller animals.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wpdti66qcvzywaum55sucghw/bafkreid33rymnixdez3rme5jbyhrvmymugiq7bqfnyxmz2pjh6tpoicrnq@jpeg)
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Ever wondered what is done with the @egu.eu journal publication fees?
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We give it back to the #geoscience community through funding schemes like these ❤️ @egubg.bsky.social
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We give it back to the #geoscience community through funding schemes like these ❤️ @egubg.bsky.social
💰 Do you need #financial #support to attend #EGU26?
#EGU is here to ease your participation!
Submit your abstract by 1 December 2025 and get support through one of our three participation support schemes for #EGU26!
👉 Learn more here: egu.eu/5AKEKI
📸: Jerome Mayaud on imaggeo.egu.eu
#EGU is here to ease your participation!
Submit your abstract by 1 December 2025 and get support through one of our three participation support schemes for #EGU26!
👉 Learn more here: egu.eu/5AKEKI
📸: Jerome Mayaud on imaggeo.egu.eu
November 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Ever wondered what is done with the @egu.eu journal publication fees?
🤔👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
We give it back to the #geoscience community through funding schemes like these ❤️ @egubg.bsky.social
🤔👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
We give it back to the #geoscience community through funding schemes like these ❤️ @egubg.bsky.social
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1,019 glaciers have disappeared since 1973 in Switzerland! ✝️
1st nationwide assessment of vanished glaciers:
>40% of the glaciers inventoried in 1973
~13% (47±3 km²) of total glacier area loss! 🧊🔥
But, as it is based on the latest inventory (from 2016), the actual figures are far much higher! 📈 😰
1st nationwide assessment of vanished glaciers:
>40% of the glaciers inventoried in 1973
~13% (47±3 km²) of total glacier area loss! 🧊🔥
But, as it is based on the latest inventory (from 2016), the actual figures are far much higher! 📈 😰
November 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
1,019 glaciers have disappeared since 1973 in Switzerland! ✝️
1st nationwide assessment of vanished glaciers:
>40% of the glaciers inventoried in 1973
~13% (47±3 km²) of total glacier area loss! 🧊🔥
But, as it is based on the latest inventory (from 2016), the actual figures are far much higher! 📈 😰
1st nationwide assessment of vanished glaciers:
>40% of the glaciers inventoried in 1973
~13% (47±3 km²) of total glacier area loss! 🧊🔥
But, as it is based on the latest inventory (from 2016), the actual figures are far much higher! 📈 😰
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Ancient tooth proteins reveal the biological sex and genetic diversity of Paranthropus robustus.
Led by Dr. Palesa Madupe of the University of Copenhagen and UCT’s HERI, this study provides the oldest human genetic data from Africa.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Led by Dr. Palesa Madupe of the University of Copenhagen and UCT’s HERI, this study provides the oldest human genetic data from Africa.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 19, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Ancient tooth proteins reveal the biological sex and genetic diversity of Paranthropus robustus.
Led by Dr. Palesa Madupe of the University of Copenhagen and UCT’s HERI, this study provides the oldest human genetic data from Africa.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Led by Dr. Palesa Madupe of the University of Copenhagen and UCT’s HERI, this study provides the oldest human genetic data from Africa.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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“More than a decade after the first HPV vaccination programmes rolled out, data from multiple countries reveals a dramatic fall in cervical cancers and precancers, confirming that HPV vaccines are highly effective and extremely safe”
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
The HPV vaccine is erasing cancer – here's the proof
More than a decade after the first HPV vaccination programmes rolled out, data from multiple countries reveals a dramatic fall in cervical cancers and precancers, confirming that HPV vaccines are high...
www.gavi.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:38 AM
“More than a decade after the first HPV vaccination programmes rolled out, data from multiple countries reveals a dramatic fall in cervical cancers and precancers, confirming that HPV vaccines are highly effective and extremely safe”
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
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You cannot be a great scientist and a sexual predator. Maybe you can have scientific talent but I think being a scientist means caring about humanity’s knowledge and those who want to add to it. A good scientist wouldn’t stifle young women wanting to contribute to science. That hurts humanity.
November 18, 2025 at 4:56 AM
You cannot be a great scientist and a sexual predator. Maybe you can have scientific talent but I think being a scientist means caring about humanity’s knowledge and those who want to add to it. A good scientist wouldn’t stifle young women wanting to contribute to science. That hurts humanity.
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I used to have panic attacks after informal socialising during palaeo events. I struggled to engage, feeling alienated by not fitting in. I falsely thought it was a skill issue. Didn't realise, I just don't enjoy sitting with groups predominantly composed of slightly drunk British men.
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I used to have panic attacks after informal socialising during palaeo events. I struggled to engage, feeling alienated by not fitting in. I falsely thought it was a skill issue. Didn't realise, I just don't enjoy sitting with groups predominantly composed of slightly drunk British men.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Adding citations of people who might review the paper
November 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Adding citations of people who might review the paper
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I submitted a PubPeer comment, documented the similarities extensively, and emailed the publication. I really hope something comes of this. I've not identified the plagiarist with certainty yet (based on a common name) but I will continue to pursue that as well.
November 15, 2025 at 6:50 AM
I submitted a PubPeer comment, documented the similarities extensively, and emailed the publication. I really hope something comes of this. I've not identified the plagiarist with certainty yet (based on a common name) but I will continue to pursue that as well.
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Someone just straight up plagiarized a former student's published work and submitted to another publication and posted as a preprint. It reproduces figures, large chunks of text, and has the same citations in the same order. MDPI of course... more to come.
November 15, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Someone just straight up plagiarized a former student's published work and submitted to another publication and posted as a preprint. It reproduces figures, large chunks of text, and has the same citations in the same order. MDPI of course... more to come.
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Today is the #Health Day at #COP13, time to put health at the centre of climate change as health affect us all now, not in the future and multiple epidemics and pathogens as well as mental health and heat exhaustion affect billions of people worldwide. Act now! climade.health/climade-cop3...
November 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Today is the #Health Day at #COP13, time to put health at the centre of climate change as health affect us all now, not in the future and multiple epidemics and pathogens as well as mental health and heat exhaustion affect billions of people worldwide. Act now! climade.health/climade-cop3...
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Are you a 2025 #EGU member? If so, you can now take part in the autumn 2025 EGU #election!
You can #vote for Union President, General Secretary, Union representative of the Early Career Scientists and Division Presidents.
🗳️ Vote by 25 November 2025: egu.eu/6I2KT5
You can #vote for Union President, General Secretary, Union representative of the Early Career Scientists and Division Presidents.
🗳️ Vote by 25 November 2025: egu.eu/6I2KT5
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Are you a 2025 #EGU member? If so, you can now take part in the autumn 2025 EGU #election!
You can #vote for Union President, General Secretary, Union representative of the Early Career Scientists and Division Presidents.
🗳️ Vote by 25 November 2025: egu.eu/6I2KT5
You can #vote for Union President, General Secretary, Union representative of the Early Career Scientists and Division Presidents.
🗳️ Vote by 25 November 2025: egu.eu/6I2KT5
My brilliant #PhD candidate Georgina Luti 🤩
Her new paper gives detailed, regional evidence for conformable fs-sed sequences, providing robust ages for the #Cradle fossils.
Not an intrusive fs in sight!
And she identifies a whole lot of textural complexity in the fs fabrics
@heriuct.bsky.social
Her new paper gives detailed, regional evidence for conformable fs-sed sequences, providing robust ages for the #Cradle fossils.
Not an intrusive fs in sight!
And she identifies a whole lot of textural complexity in the fs fabrics
@heriuct.bsky.social
Flowstones from the Cradle of Humankind in #SouthAfrica reveal no evidence of intrusion.
New work, led by HERI’s Georgina Luti, counters arguments that the flowstones are uniform & intrusive, adding support for their role in dating fossils.
🔗 www.heriuct.co.za/news-content...
New work, led by HERI’s Georgina Luti, counters arguments that the flowstones are uniform & intrusive, adding support for their role in dating fossils.
🔗 www.heriuct.co.za/news-content...
November 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
My brilliant #PhD candidate Georgina Luti 🤩
Her new paper gives detailed, regional evidence for conformable fs-sed sequences, providing robust ages for the #Cradle fossils.
Not an intrusive fs in sight!
And she identifies a whole lot of textural complexity in the fs fabrics
@heriuct.bsky.social
Her new paper gives detailed, regional evidence for conformable fs-sed sequences, providing robust ages for the #Cradle fossils.
Not an intrusive fs in sight!
And she identifies a whole lot of textural complexity in the fs fabrics
@heriuct.bsky.social
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As COP30 begins, here's a gentle reminder that well-intentioned half measures aren't going to solve the climate crisis. The era of fossil fuels must come to an end. My latest in The Guardian... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Net zero is an insidious loophole that distracts from the scientific imperative to eliminate fossil fuels | Joëlle Gergis
History tells us that polite incrementalism and political kowtowing will prevail at Cop30 – even as catastrophe unfolds around us
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
As COP30 begins, here's a gentle reminder that well-intentioned half measures aren't going to solve the climate crisis. The era of fossil fuels must come to an end. My latest in The Guardian... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I think about this post every day 🧪
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I think about this post every day 🧪
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In 2020, a young socialist organizer & AIAC contributor sat down with us, sharing his vision for a world that empowers working people over the rich and powerful.
Today, that vision has carried him to City Hall.
Congrats, Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! 🌹 africasacountry.com/2020/01/roti...
Today, that vision has carried him to City Hall.
Congrats, Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! 🌹 africasacountry.com/2020/01/roti...
Roti and roses
Will Shoki sits down with Ugandan-born rapper and housing advocate Zohran Mamdani about his bid to represent Queens in the New York State Assembly.
africasacountry.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
In 2020, a young socialist organizer & AIAC contributor sat down with us, sharing his vision for a world that empowers working people over the rich and powerful.
Today, that vision has carried him to City Hall.
Congrats, Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! 🌹 africasacountry.com/2020/01/roti...
Today, that vision has carried him to City Hall.
Congrats, Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! 🌹 africasacountry.com/2020/01/roti...
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Its SHIGIDI paperback release day, US & Canada! Its been a long, lovely journey but my award-winning novel about African gods on a supernatural heist at the British museum finally hits stores in a new format, with a new cover + a bonus short story! Get it y'all🙏🏾
Art by @stephenembleton.bsky.social
Art by @stephenembleton.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Its SHIGIDI paperback release day, US & Canada! Its been a long, lovely journey but my award-winning novel about African gods on a supernatural heist at the British museum finally hits stores in a new format, with a new cover + a bonus short story! Get it y'all🙏🏾
Art by @stephenembleton.bsky.social
Art by @stephenembleton.bsky.social
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Ok but what if we invested in human intelligence
November 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Ok but what if we invested in human intelligence
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So glad to see/find one of my favourite knitwear designers/mending extraordinaire here on Bluesky! She has an incredible book on mending knitwear and also sells the most adorable mini skeins of wool and cashmere specifically for mending!
Learn to mend your knitwear with me in the new year, either in person or online:
www.collingwoodnorrisdesign.com/visible-mend...
I’m really excited to share my skills, and empower you to repair your clothes in style!
#visiblemending #repair #darning #makedoandmend #reducewaste
www.collingwoodnorrisdesign.com/visible-mend...
I’m really excited to share my skills, and empower you to repair your clothes in style!
#visiblemending #repair #darning #makedoandmend #reducewaste
November 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
So glad to see/find one of my favourite knitwear designers/mending extraordinaire here on Bluesky! She has an incredible book on mending knitwear and also sells the most adorable mini skeins of wool and cashmere specifically for mending!
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Only a few hours left for #OreCup R1M2 #Molybdenite vs #Tetrahedrite. Did you pick a favourite and vote?
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results:
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results:
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November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Only a few hours left for #OreCup R1M2 #Molybdenite vs #Tetrahedrite. Did you pick a favourite and vote?
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results:
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results: