RenateKappes
@renatekappes.bsky.social
EU citizen in Eurocity in the middle of Europe. Here you will find some more about biodiversity, permaculture, sustainability • mixtures • sayable, unsayable • philosophy, Enlightenment, the unconscious & the five senses • history of art, concepts & ideas.
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A flock of remarkable birds features in the stained glass at Clothall, Hertfordshire. Dating from the late-15th century, there are over 70 birds in the quarries of the east window. They are by the same hand as another set of bird quarries at Clipsham in Rutland.
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A flock of remarkable birds features in the stained glass at Clothall, Hertfordshire. Dating from the late-15th century, there are over 70 birds in the quarries of the east window. They are by the same hand as another set of bird quarries at Clipsham in Rutland.
We Germans do garbage sorting between completely natural and obsessive. Therefore, best regards to Romania. 👋🏻
Postscript: We Germans don't like it when our carefully sorted plastic garbage is dumped all over the world.
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Postscript: We Germans don't like it when our carefully sorted plastic garbage is dumped all over the world.
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94% of bottles and cans now recycled in Romania - including glass. Why can’t UK do this? Wales wants to!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created the largest deposit return scheme in the world
In the two years since the system was launched, beverage-packaging collection and recycling has risen to 94%
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
We Germans do garbage sorting between completely natural and obsessive. Therefore, best regards to Romania. 👋🏻
Postscript: We Germans don't like it when our carefully sorted plastic garbage is dumped all over the world.
bsky.app/profile/cath...
Postscript: We Germans don't like it when our carefully sorted plastic garbage is dumped all over the world.
bsky.app/profile/cath...
I think that's important.
@nialloconghaile.bsky.social @kresten2.bsky.social @sabine34.bsky.social @elenaadaal.bsky.social
@nialloconghaile.bsky.social @kresten2.bsky.social @sabine34.bsky.social @elenaadaal.bsky.social
The European Parliament m voted in favor of banning social media for people under the age of 16.
483 MEPs voted in favor while 92 voted against. If it becomes law, people will likely have to use IDs to log into their profiles, making anonymous accounts impossible.
483 MEPs voted in favor while 92 voted against. If it becomes law, people will likely have to use IDs to log into their profiles, making anonymous accounts impossible.
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I think that's important.
@nialloconghaile.bsky.social @kresten2.bsky.social @sabine34.bsky.social @elenaadaal.bsky.social
@nialloconghaile.bsky.social @kresten2.bsky.social @sabine34.bsky.social @elenaadaal.bsky.social
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Get to bed you lot!
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Get to bed you lot!
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The new exhibition "As Long As We're Here, Everything Will Be Fine" at Kyiv's Mystetskyi Arsenal cultural and art complex is open from Nov. 13 to Feb. 8 and celebrates Vasyl Stus's legacy.
Kate Tsurkan
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-po...
Kate Tsurkan
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-po...
The Soviets tried to silence Ukrainian poet Vasyl Stus. A new exhibition honors his legacy
While the Soviet authorities promoted their vision of ideological "universalism" — a homogenized identity that suppressed national cultures — dissenting voices were silenced through arrests, intimidat...
kyivindependent.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The new exhibition "As Long As We're Here, Everything Will Be Fine" at Kyiv's Mystetskyi Arsenal cultural and art complex is open from Nov. 13 to Feb. 8 and celebrates Vasyl Stus's legacy.
Kate Tsurkan
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-po...
Kate Tsurkan
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-po...
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New road 2025 – 24 x 30cm, acrylic, pencil on canvas
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
New road 2025 – 24 x 30cm, acrylic, pencil on canvas
Excellent thread from @nialloconghaile.bsky.social about Ireland and #Brexit, which goes hand in hand with the historical, cultural, and systematic effects of British colonization of Ireland.
Personally I would be very happy if many more continental European students
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Personally I would be very happy if many more continental European students
bsky.app/profile/nial...
Economy and culture are key.
Ireland was the test bed of colonisation for the English crown. That involved "planting" (taking land and putting in settlers from outside, as later used in North America); extraction or raw materials and destruction of manufacturing and services (mercantilism);
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Ireland was the test bed of colonisation for the English crown. That involved "planting" (taking land and putting in settlers from outside, as later used in North America); extraction or raw materials and destruction of manufacturing and services (mercantilism);
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November 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Excellent thread from @nialloconghaile.bsky.social about Ireland and #Brexit, which goes hand in hand with the historical, cultural, and systematic effects of British colonization of Ireland.
Personally I would be very happy if many more continental European students
bsky.app/profile/nial...
Personally I would be very happy if many more continental European students
bsky.app/profile/nial...
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ASC Alternative Safe Communities 2025 – 24 x 18cm, acrylic, pencil on canvas
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
ASC Alternative Safe Communities 2025 – 24 x 18cm, acrylic, pencil on canvas
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Once again:
The great tragedy of the 🇺🇦 war is that the 🇺🇸/🇪🇺/G7 could have crushed 🇷🇺 economically & fully armed 🇺🇦 in 2022-23 & this all could have been long over by now.
There was a world where 🇺🇸/🇩🇪/the G7 actually gave 🇺🇦 all the weapons they needed to win the war & fully flexed their massive financial/economic power to completely destroy 🇷🇺's economy & it is sad that we do not live in that world.
November 26, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Once again:
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Ingrams would do the same sort of thing, but what I really loved was library research on microfilm… these pregnant wonder as one mounted the reels, and the whir of the reels as one went back and forth across the ages.
When I was a bookseller in the late 80s Whitakers sent out a folder each month of microfiche cels with the entire list of UK Books in Print on it. We would swap the months over and send the previous month's to a nearby shop that didn't have a subscription.
And yes, the machine was REALLY cool.
And yes, the machine was REALLY cool.
I LOVED the microfiche machine. Secret agent vibes.
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Ingrams would do the same sort of thing, but what I really loved was library research on microfilm… these pregnant wonder as one mounted the reels, and the whir of the reels as one went back and forth across the ages.
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This is a very interesting map by @researchremora (follow this account!!!). The measure of biodiversity intactness was new to me. The food producing “fly over” states have very little intact biodiversity. Europe looks relatively intact.
November 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
This is a very interesting map by @researchremora (follow this account!!!). The measure of biodiversity intactness was new to me. The food producing “fly over” states have very little intact biodiversity. Europe looks relatively intact.
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I think I’m going to have to watch this film. It looks fantastic, all about black rhinos.
This is the trailer for it, 'new film rhino'
youtu.be/UDF-lCKwNkI?...
This is the trailer for it, 'new film rhino'
youtu.be/UDF-lCKwNkI?...
'RHINO' 2025 – Official Trailer Narrated by Tom Hardy
YouTube video by BritFlicks | Indie Film Trailers Worldwide
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I think I’m going to have to watch this film. It looks fantastic, all about black rhinos.
This is the trailer for it, 'new film rhino'
youtu.be/UDF-lCKwNkI?...
This is the trailer for it, 'new film rhino'
youtu.be/UDF-lCKwNkI?...
For the long term, Ireland cannot rely on defiant Irish fishermen defending the country's maritime border and transatlantic telephone cables (TAT) against invading Russian warships and submarines. The underwater cables, transatlantic cables, that are laid at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean for
Ireland - “an international liability”
Reference to Ireland’s Blanche Dubois defence policy - relying on the kindness of neighbours.
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Reference to Ireland’s Blanche Dubois defence policy - relying on the kindness of neighbours.
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How Ireland became the weak spot in Europe’s defences
With few ships and limited intelligence-sharing, some say the country cannot hope to protect itself or its infrastructure
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November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
For the long term, Ireland cannot rely on defiant Irish fishermen defending the country's maritime border and transatlantic telephone cables (TAT) against invading Russian warships and submarines. The underwater cables, transatlantic cables, that are laid at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean for
"No one ever asked. Maybe it was obvious, but it didn't make any difference because all that mattered was the role I was playing. As long as I did a good job on the part, no one cared about my sexuality." He convinced them all: Andy Warhol, Lars von Trier,
youtu.be/jaXGmPx7x88?...
youtu.be/jaXGmPx7x88?...
QUEER CINEMA SCENES : UDO KIER'S PERFOMANCE OF 'SITTING ON A BULLET' FROM 'MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO'
YouTube video by NIco James
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November 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"No one ever asked. Maybe it was obvious, but it didn't make any difference because all that mattered was the role I was playing. As long as I did a good job on the part, no one cared about my sexuality." He convinced them all: Andy Warhol, Lars von Trier,
youtu.be/jaXGmPx7x88?...
youtu.be/jaXGmPx7x88?...
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The water that submerged the church in Iznik for more than 700 years has receded due to climate change. 🥲
Basilica emerges from lake, illuminating early Church life in Turkey.
Known as the Basilica of the Holy Fathers, it marks the site of one of the early Church's most important gatherings which took place in Nicaea 12 years after the Roman Empire legalised Christianity in AD 325
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Known as the Basilica of the Holy Fathers, it marks the site of one of the early Church's most important gatherings which took place in Nicaea 12 years after the Roman Empire legalised Christianity in AD 325
u.afp.com/Sh5e
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The water that submerged the church in Iznik for more than 700 years has receded due to climate change. 🥲
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BikeFlip is one of the places I volunteer in Utrecht. We refurbish & lease used children's bikes monthly. A wonderful business!
Every Dutch bike, tiny to adult, has a chain guard / kettingcast. Every one is unique. The boxes below are filled w chain guards. As a novice mechanic, they drive me mad.
Every Dutch bike, tiny to adult, has a chain guard / kettingcast. Every one is unique. The boxes below are filled w chain guards. As a novice mechanic, they drive me mad.
November 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
BikeFlip is one of the places I volunteer in Utrecht. We refurbish & lease used children's bikes monthly. A wonderful business!
Every Dutch bike, tiny to adult, has a chain guard / kettingcast. Every one is unique. The boxes below are filled w chain guards. As a novice mechanic, they drive me mad.
Every Dutch bike, tiny to adult, has a chain guard / kettingcast. Every one is unique. The boxes below are filled w chain guards. As a novice mechanic, they drive me mad.
An aesthetic decision? Probably not. Between the late 40s till the 60s and 70s they took what they had and made the best of it. Many people of the post-war generations upcycled, saved old glass, packaging, patched, stopped, sewed, knitted, and preserved food.
I've been watching some yard-cleaning videos from SE London, and noticed that so many houses have this peculiar paving stone style with multicolored slabs. I assume this was the style in the late 40s/early 50s when rebuilding areas after the Blitz?
November 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
An aesthetic decision? Probably not. Between the late 40s till the 60s and 70s they took what they had and made the best of it. Many people of the post-war generations upcycled, saved old glass, packaging, patched, stopped, sewed, knitted, and preserved food.
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Climate change is bad.
Our Almost-Apocalyptic Climate Future
By shooting for 3 degrees Celsius of warming, the world could slide toward a more cataclysmic 4 degrees.
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Climate change is bad.
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The other certainty about overshoot is that even if we eventually get back to 1.5°C, a lot more people will suffer because we didn’t reduce emissions earlier and more rapidly.
Now that we are likely to cross 1.5°C, there is increasing discussion on "overshoot".
There is a lot of uncertainties on overshoot, but there is one thing that we are 100% sure about:
GHG emissions need to go down >90% in decades for overshoot to be a reality.
www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...
There is a lot of uncertainties on overshoot, but there is one thing that we are 100% sure about:
GHG emissions need to go down >90% in decades for overshoot to be a reality.
www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The other certainty about overshoot is that even if we eventually get back to 1.5°C, a lot more people will suffer because we didn’t reduce emissions earlier and more rapidly.
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When a Swedish minister gets this sassy, it means that they’re furious.
And rightly so. It’s amazing that the small ones have punched so far above their weight, but inexcusable that the bigger ones haven’t followed suit. There simply are capacity limits for the small ones.
And rightly so. It’s amazing that the small ones have punched so far above their weight, but inexcusable that the bigger ones haven’t followed suit. There simply are capacity limits for the small ones.
Nordic countries paying most for Ukraine ‘not sustainable,’ Swedish foreign minister says
The EU must seize Russia’s frozen assets, Maria Malmer Stenergard believes, because any other solution would be unfair to Ukraine’s biggest backers.
www.politico.eu
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
When a Swedish minister gets this sassy, it means that they’re furious.
And rightly so. It’s amazing that the small ones have punched so far above their weight, but inexcusable that the bigger ones haven’t followed suit. There simply are capacity limits for the small ones.
And rightly so. It’s amazing that the small ones have punched so far above their weight, but inexcusable that the bigger ones haven’t followed suit. There simply are capacity limits for the small ones.
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Critical Update! The Guardian’s Failure: Questions Not Asked
Just days before my Canary investigation is published, The Guardian ran a feature (Helena Horton, Sun 23rd Nov 2025) on Forest City that asked none of the questions that matter.
Please read
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Just days before my Canary investigation is published, The Guardian ran a feature (Helena Horton, Sun 23rd Nov 2025) on Forest City that asked none of the questions that matter.
Please read
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Critical Update! The Guardian’s Failure: Questions Not Asked
Just days before my Canary investigation is published, The Guardian ran a feature (Helena Horton, Sun 23rd Nov 2025) on Forest City that asked none of the questions that matter.
Please read
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Just days before my Canary investigation is published, The Guardian ran a feature (Helena Horton, Sun 23rd Nov 2025) on Forest City that asked none of the questions that matter.
Please read
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
There's a conflict of goals between the Environmental Protection Movement and biodiversity. Focusing on protection of native species means insects in increasingly mild winters from January to March will not find any food. Planting carefully selected species that then bloom is a way to help insects.
Why I plant none native trees & walkway work as torrential rain falls youtu.be/KX9YcW6zcGg?... via @YouTube Insect biodiversity needs help as climatic changes occurs. This is why I pant trees that produce pollen during winter months. Glad I have a job I can do without getting wet
Why I plant none native trees & walkway work as torrential rain falls
YouTube video by Zwartbles Ireland Suzanna Crampton
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
There's a conflict of goals between the Environmental Protection Movement and biodiversity. Focusing on protection of native species means insects in increasingly mild winters from January to March will not find any food. Planting carefully selected species that then bloom is a way to help insects.
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Most balanced take on #COP30 I have seen thus far:
Quick post on how COP30 was a mix of success and failure, but the narrative battle is starting to see it as a failure and that’s really bad news. As ever the onus is now on governments and businesses that want climate action to step up.
Free link: www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/45...
Free link: www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/45...
COP30 delivered mix of success and failure, but that is no success at all
Belém Summit provided important progress, but the market signals were compromised by petrostate wrecking tactics - the onus is now on leading governments and businesses to deliver the climate action t...
www.businessgreen.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Most balanced take on #COP30 I have seen thus far:
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L’hiver est arrivé tôt cette année à l’ @umontreal.ca
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
L’hiver est arrivé tôt cette année à l’ @umontreal.ca