Sophia Volzke
@sophiavolzke.bsky.social
Marine & Antarctic Ecologist studying marine mammal populations around Australia and the Southern Ocean 🐋🦭
Passion for photography, digital art, SciComm & wild nature 🐙
🇩🇪🇦🇺 📍Lutruwita/Tasmania
https://sophia-volzke.myportfolio.com/linktree
Passion for photography, digital art, SciComm & wild nature 🐙
🇩🇪🇦🇺 📍Lutruwita/Tasmania
https://sophia-volzke.myportfolio.com/linktree
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We are seeking volunteer ASL Interpreters (or students working towards certification) to join monthly, virtual meetings and facilitate translation of spoken language (English) to American Sign Language and sign language to spoken language. Knowledge of marine mammal sciences is not required. (1)
September 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
We are seeking volunteer ASL Interpreters (or students working towards certification) to join monthly, virtual meetings and facilitate translation of spoken language (English) to American Sign Language and sign language to spoken language. Knowledge of marine mammal sciences is not required. (1)
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I’d like to humbly suggest that you take whatever money you are saving by cancelling Disney plus, Hulu, ESPN, etc. and give it to indie journalists, authors, artists, or community organizations that are making a difference.
September 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I’d like to humbly suggest that you take whatever money you are saving by cancelling Disney plus, Hulu, ESPN, etc. and give it to indie journalists, authors, artists, or community organizations that are making a difference.
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Ah but we are so much more than Twitter! Have you seen @whtwnd.com or @flashes.blue or @skylight.social? There are substack, instagram, and TikTok competitors built in the Bluesky ecosystem by 3rd party developers like @seabass.bsky.social and @buildwithtori.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Ah but we are so much more than Twitter! Have you seen @whtwnd.com or @flashes.blue or @skylight.social? There are substack, instagram, and TikTok competitors built in the Bluesky ecosystem by 3rd party developers like @seabass.bsky.social and @buildwithtori.com
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Whales are the only form of energy from which the world has transitioned. 🥲
"Reducing our dependence on whales as an energy source will send us sliding down the slippery, spermaceti-lubricated slope to socialism. If we give up whaling, what will those lackwits come for next? Will I have to surrender my peg leg for a titanium prosthetic?"
I’m Captain Ahab and I Say We Must Never Transition Away from a Whale-Based Energy Industry
When I heard that the globalist oligarchs and fat cats in the Washington marshland were conspiring to invest in alternative, non-whale-based energy...
buff.ly
August 7, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Whales are the only form of energy from which the world has transitioned. 🥲
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
His job is just beach. #neiltheseal 🦭
July 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
His job is just beach. #neiltheseal 🦭
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"Everything that they do is through mimicry, rather than abstracted cognition across proper world models."
Latest from @garymarcus.bsky.social
Latest from @garymarcus.bsky.social
Generative AI’s crippling and widespread failure to induce robust models of the world
LLM failures to reason, as documented in Apple’s Illusion of Thinking paper, are really only part of a much deeper problem
garymarcus.substack.com
June 29, 2025 at 12:11 AM
"Everything that they do is through mimicry, rather than abstracted cognition across proper world models."
Latest from @garymarcus.bsky.social
Latest from @garymarcus.bsky.social
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All are welcome in this pod. In celebration of Pride Month, we reaffirm our support for our 2SLGBTQIA+ colleagues, friends and allies.
#marinemammalogy #smm
#marinemammalogy #smm
June 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
All are welcome in this pod. In celebration of Pride Month, we reaffirm our support for our 2SLGBTQIA+ colleagues, friends and allies.
#marinemammalogy #smm
#marinemammalogy #smm
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Regardless of who wins the July 19 state election, Tasmanians want the govt to rip up the dud stadium deal with the AFL.
Our research reveals more than two-thirds of Tasmanians believe the stadium deal is unfair and want Parliament to stand up to the AFL and negotiate a new deal.
Our research reveals more than two-thirds of Tasmanians believe the stadium deal is unfair and want Parliament to stand up to the AFL and negotiate a new deal.
Whether for or against the stadium, Tasmanians overwhelmingly feel dudded by the AFL - poll - The Australia Institute
Regardless of who wins the July 19 state election, Tasmanians overwhelmingly want the government to rip up the dud stadium deal with the AFL.
australiainstitute.org.au
June 23, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Regardless of who wins the July 19 state election, Tasmanians want the govt to rip up the dud stadium deal with the AFL.
Our research reveals more than two-thirds of Tasmanians believe the stadium deal is unfair and want Parliament to stand up to the AFL and negotiate a new deal.
Our research reveals more than two-thirds of Tasmanians believe the stadium deal is unfair and want Parliament to stand up to the AFL and negotiate a new deal.
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The White Cliffs of Dover have even been lit up with the stripes!
June 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The White Cliffs of Dover have even been lit up with the stripes!
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Wind and Solar Energy Are Cheaper Than Electricity from Fossil-Fuel Plants
Even without subsidies, renewable energy is staying competitive with power from gas and coal.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/wind...
Even without subsidies, renewable energy is staying competitive with power from gas and coal.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/wind...
Wind and Solar Energy Are Cheaper Than Electricity from Fossil-Fuel Plants
Even without subsidies, renewable energy is staying competitive with power from gas and coal
www.scientificamerican.com
June 18, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Wind and Solar Energy Are Cheaper Than Electricity from Fossil-Fuel Plants
Even without subsidies, renewable energy is staying competitive with power from gas and coal.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/wind...
Even without subsidies, renewable energy is staying competitive with power from gas and coal.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/wind...
I’m ready for the ‘free world’ to wake theF up… and yesterday was one of those days where they didn’t just hit the snooze button another time ..! 🌅
May 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I’m ready for the ‘free world’ to wake theF up… and yesterday was one of those days where they didn’t just hit the snooze button another time ..! 🌅
May 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Important new paper giving insights into Australian southern right whales 🐋📈📉🧪
Australia’s population of Southern right whales has grown substantially since the late 1970s when they began to recover from whaling. But a new study reveals troubling signs that could mark a turning point in the population’s recovery: tinyurl.com/4rd9uu2z
May 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Important new paper giving insights into Australian southern right whales 🐋📈📉🧪
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Federal scientists will stop updating the NOAA list of billion-dollar weather disasters. The list, which had grown rapidly in recent years, reflected both worsening extreme weather and expanding development nationwide.
May 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Federal scientists will stop updating the NOAA list of billion-dollar weather disasters. The list, which had grown rapidly in recent years, reflected both worsening extreme weather and expanding development nationwide.
Proud to be an Aussie (by choice) today! As a migrant 🇩🇪🇦🇺 dual citizen, it feels extra special to be contributing to Australian culture, science and the democratic progress in 2025. I knew these kind and inclusive people wouldn’t let me down. I choose this place as my home for a reason! 🇦🇺🐨🦘✊ #auspol
May 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Proud to be an Aussie (by choice) today! As a migrant 🇩🇪🇦🇺 dual citizen, it feels extra special to be contributing to Australian culture, science and the democratic progress in 2025. I knew these kind and inclusive people wouldn’t let me down. I choose this place as my home for a reason! 🇦🇺🐨🦘✊ #auspol
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A devastating blow to #marinemammals, their ecosystems & anyone who enjoys/depends on the #ocean. My colleagues & I are distraught and will not stand idly by. Please join us in supporting marine #conservation in whatever way you can.
🐋🐬🦭🐻❄️🦦
#radicalhope
🐋🐬🦭🐻❄️🦦
#radicalhope
May 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A devastating blow to #marinemammals, their ecosystems & anyone who enjoys/depends on the #ocean. My colleagues & I are distraught and will not stand idly by. Please join us in supporting marine #conservation in whatever way you can.
🐋🐬🦭🐻❄️🦦
#radicalhope
🐋🐬🦭🐻❄️🦦
#radicalhope
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A re-elected Coalition government would have to slash net migration of students and skilled workers by 90% to reach its “impossibly heroic” goal of reducing net migration to 160,000, a Guardian analysis shows.
Imagine Dutton’s implausible cuts to migration were actually possible. Now see the dire economic consequences
Net migration of international students and skilled workers would have to fall by almost 90% to achieve the Coalition’s promised figures
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A re-elected Coalition government would have to slash net migration of students and skilled workers by 90% to reach its “impossibly heroic” goal of reducing net migration to 160,000, a Guardian analysis shows.
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Trump Just Militarized the Police State — Here’s How We Fight Back - Resistance Kitty resistancekitty.com/trump-just-m...
Trump Just Militarized the Police State — Here’s How We Fight Back - Resistance Kitty
The Authoritarian Protection Act. On Day 100 of Trump’s regime, he signed an executive order that reads like a love letter to every violent, unaccountable cop in America — and a death sentence for civ...
resistancekitty.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Trump Just Militarized the Police State — Here’s How We Fight Back - Resistance Kitty resistancekitty.com/trump-just-m...
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'Have you noticed that things are getting a little Trumpian in Australia?'
Damon Gameau looks at Atlas and Advance #auspol
> youtu.be/ecqDvx9HMhs?...
Let's share this - a lot!!! 🙌 🙌
Damon Gameau looks at Atlas and Advance #auspol
> youtu.be/ecqDvx9HMhs?...
Let's share this - a lot!!! 🙌 🙌
What is the Atlas network?
YouTube video by Regenerators
youtu.be
April 29, 2025 at 6:06 AM
'Have you noticed that things are getting a little Trumpian in Australia?'
Damon Gameau looks at Atlas and Advance #auspol
> youtu.be/ecqDvx9HMhs?...
Let's share this - a lot!!! 🙌 🙌
Damon Gameau looks at Atlas and Advance #auspol
> youtu.be/ecqDvx9HMhs?...
Let's share this - a lot!!! 🙌 🙌
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At this juncture I’d like to point out:
* we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing
* there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world
* a united approach could stop the climate crisis
But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.
* we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing
* there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world
* a united approach could stop the climate crisis
But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.
April 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
At this juncture I’d like to point out:
* we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing
* there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world
* a united approach could stop the climate crisis
But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.
* we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing
* there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world
* a united approach could stop the climate crisis
But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.
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Please share this with every European person you know! The collection period to consider a ban on the torture of LGBTQ+ people (so called "conversion practices") ends next month!
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
eci.ec.europa.eu
April 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Please share this with every European person you know! The collection period to consider a ban on the torture of LGBTQ+ people (so called "conversion practices") ends next month!
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
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We officially abhor this title. First tariffs, then releasing our secrets during our molt when we are hungry and vulnerable? Tactless and boorish.
Our DOJ may be amending access to NatGeo in the Ice house and the whole island moving forward.
Our DOJ may be amending access to NatGeo in the Ice house and the whole island moving forward.
Secrets of the Penguins is out today! Go watch on NatGeo TV and tomorrow on Disney+ and Hulu.
I can tell you for sure, the first episode is adorable, you will love it.
🧪🌎🦑🦉
I can tell you for sure, the first episode is adorable, you will love it.
🧪🌎🦑🦉
April 21, 2025 at 3:12 AM
We officially abhor this title. First tariffs, then releasing our secrets during our molt when we are hungry and vulnerable? Tactless and boorish.
Our DOJ may be amending access to NatGeo in the Ice house and the whole island moving forward.
Our DOJ may be amending access to NatGeo in the Ice house and the whole island moving forward.
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I'm a pretty simple guy:
1) I don't support genocides.
2) I do support taking actions on existential threats to my children's future.
3) I do support using modern science & scientific knowledge to reduce diseases to the best of our abilities.
This doesn't seem radical to me, why does it to you?
1) I don't support genocides.
2) I do support taking actions on existential threats to my children's future.
3) I do support using modern science & scientific knowledge to reduce diseases to the best of our abilities.
This doesn't seem radical to me, why does it to you?
April 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I'm a pretty simple guy:
1) I don't support genocides.
2) I do support taking actions on existential threats to my children's future.
3) I do support using modern science & scientific knowledge to reduce diseases to the best of our abilities.
This doesn't seem radical to me, why does it to you?
1) I don't support genocides.
2) I do support taking actions on existential threats to my children's future.
3) I do support using modern science & scientific knowledge to reduce diseases to the best of our abilities.
This doesn't seem radical to me, why does it to you?