M Rivertree
@okcapi.bsky.social
A friend of trees , let's stop plundering our pale blue dot 🌎
Blockchain and Decentralization researcher.
Looking for tech volunteer opportunities in nonprofits working on climate change and nature conservation.
Blockchain and Decentralization researcher.
Looking for tech volunteer opportunities in nonprofits working on climate change and nature conservation.
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December 24, 2024 at 7:46 PM
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Beware of toxins in eWaste—Children are exposed to #eWaste toxins through:
1️⃣ Skin exposure
2️⃣ Inhalation
3️⃣ Ingestion
4️⃣ Transplacental exposure (in utero)
1️⃣ Skin exposure
2️⃣ Inhalation
3️⃣ Ingestion
4️⃣ Transplacental exposure (in utero)
December 19, 2024 at 9:09 AM
Beware of toxins in eWaste—Children are exposed to #eWaste toxins through:
1️⃣ Skin exposure
2️⃣ Inhalation
3️⃣ Ingestion
4️⃣ Transplacental exposure (in utero)
1️⃣ Skin exposure
2️⃣ Inhalation
3️⃣ Ingestion
4️⃣ Transplacental exposure (in utero)
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Why Texas is the best US state to be a climate advocate:
1. Highest CO2 emissions
2. Oil & gas industry’s home
3. Most weather & climate disasters
4. Most wind energy
5. Most utility-scale solar
6. Rapidly growing storage & geothermal capacity
If change can happen here, it can happen anywhere!
1. Highest CO2 emissions
2. Oil & gas industry’s home
3. Most weather & climate disasters
4. Most wind energy
5. Most utility-scale solar
6. Rapidly growing storage & geothermal capacity
If change can happen here, it can happen anywhere!
December 6, 2024 at 4:49 AM
Why Texas is the best US state to be a climate advocate:
1. Highest CO2 emissions
2. Oil & gas industry’s home
3. Most weather & climate disasters
4. Most wind energy
5. Most utility-scale solar
6. Rapidly growing storage & geothermal capacity
If change can happen here, it can happen anywhere!
1. Highest CO2 emissions
2. Oil & gas industry’s home
3. Most weather & climate disasters
4. Most wind energy
5. Most utility-scale solar
6. Rapidly growing storage & geothermal capacity
If change can happen here, it can happen anywhere!
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Are you a fish telemetry practitioner? The 7th International Conference on Fish Telemetry will take place June 8-13, 2025 in Traverse City, Michigan, USA. The conference website is now live for abstract submission and details on the venue. Help spread the word. event.fourwaves.com/7thicft/pages
International Conference on Fish Telemetry (7th ICFT)
Fourwaves - International Conference on Fish Telemetry (7th ICFT)
event.fourwaves.com
December 4, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Are you a fish telemetry practitioner? The 7th International Conference on Fish Telemetry will take place June 8-13, 2025 in Traverse City, Michigan, USA. The conference website is now live for abstract submission and details on the venue. Help spread the word. event.fourwaves.com/7thicft/pages
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This is a really good thread on why these types of accounts exist and what the goal is! Manipulating the temperature of the conversation and setting people on edge serves a *lot* of purposes. #BadActorBingo
So about ten years ago I found a small network of bots on Reddit dedicated to spreading hate. The thing about it is that these weren't even responding to political topics - they were just responding to random keywords with insults and hate.
The same bots are now here. You should understand why. 🧵
The same bots are now here. You should understand why. 🧵
this is kind of a niche issue but: if you are getting weird and hostile responses that feel a little off, there are some folks on here making accounts that automatically reply to large quantities of posts in a vaguely hostile manner. you can ignore them, and also, it's not personal
December 3, 2024 at 9:49 PM
This is a really good thread on why these types of accounts exist and what the goal is! Manipulating the temperature of the conversation and setting people on edge serves a *lot* of purposes. #BadActorBingo
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Environmental groups demand EPA to start monitoring microplastics in water
Environmental groups demand EPA to start monitoring microplastics in water
Legal petition filed by 170 groups pushes environmental agency to tackle pressing health threat of pollution
A new legal petition filed by more than 170 top environmental groups demands that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) begin monitoring for…
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Environmental groups demand EPA to start monitoring microplastics in water
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Belgium’s sex workers win maternity pay and pension rights in world first
Belgium’s sex workers win maternity pay and pension rights in world first
Move by lawmakers hailed as ‘huge step forward’, ending legal discrimination against sex workers
Belgian sex workers have gained the right to sick days, maternity pay and pension rights under the first law of its kind in the world.
Lawmakers voted in…
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Belgium’s sex workers win maternity pay and pension rights in world first
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Antarctic krill store massive amounts of carbon in the deep ocean, researchers find https://buff.ly/3OviyHh 🧪🦑🐠🌎
Antarctic krill store massive amounts of carbon in the deep ocean, researchers find
In the icy waters surrounding Antarctica, small shrimp-like crustaceans called krill (Euphausia superba) swim in swarms of trillions, forming a biomass larger than the entire human population. Scientists...
buff.ly
November 30, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Antarctic krill store massive amounts of carbon in the deep ocean, researchers find https://buff.ly/3OviyHh 🧪🦑🐠🌎
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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
While you are drinking wine and drowning in turkey, I would encourage folks to think about:
What if Bluesky really is our shot at breaking the web2/socmedia stranglehold on collective sensemaking...
What kinds of trillionaire and sovereign attacks are coming?
While you are drinking wine and drowning in turkey, I would encourage folks to think about:
What if Bluesky really is our shot at breaking the web2/socmedia stranglehold on collective sensemaking...
What kinds of trillionaire and sovereign attacks are coming?
November 28, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
While you are drinking wine and drowning in turkey, I would encourage folks to think about:
What if Bluesky really is our shot at breaking the web2/socmedia stranglehold on collective sensemaking...
What kinds of trillionaire and sovereign attacks are coming?
While you are drinking wine and drowning in turkey, I would encourage folks to think about:
What if Bluesky really is our shot at breaking the web2/socmedia stranglehold on collective sensemaking...
What kinds of trillionaire and sovereign attacks are coming?
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@mathewi.bsky.social
hi Matthew! wanted to note a mistake in your recent post. the part i'm highlighting is categoriically not true. running your own PDS to store your own data for your own posts costs in the range of single cents a year.
hi Matthew! wanted to note a mistake in your recent post. the part i'm highlighting is categoriically not true. running your own PDS to store your own data for your own posts costs in the range of single cents a year.
November 28, 2024 at 2:52 PM
@mathewi.bsky.social
hi Matthew! wanted to note a mistake in your recent post. the part i'm highlighting is categoriically not true. running your own PDS to store your own data for your own posts costs in the range of single cents a year.
hi Matthew! wanted to note a mistake in your recent post. the part i'm highlighting is categoriically not true. running your own PDS to store your own data for your own posts costs in the range of single cents a year.
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We need to talk about plastic: five everyday items choking the planet
We need to talk about plastic: five everyday items choking the planet
It is one of the world’s most dangerous materials, and global leaders are meeting in South Korea to thrash out a treaty to curb its effects
This week, world leaders are gathering in Busan, South Korea, to hammer out a global plastics treaty to try to…
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2024 at 7:10 AM
We need to talk about plastic: five everyday items choking the planet
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Hi everyone. I felt really dejected for a long time about the state of science communication on Twitter, and was reluctant to give things a try on yet another new platform. I’m so touched by the support everyone has shown so let’s give this one last go, as KaiTheFishGuy on Blue Sky!
November 29, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Hi everyone. I felt really dejected for a long time about the state of science communication on Twitter, and was reluctant to give things a try on yet another new platform. I’m so touched by the support everyone has shown so let’s give this one last go, as KaiTheFishGuy on Blue Sky!
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Too good not to share - sent by my student @danielgeldof.bsky.social from Peppermint Narwhal
Happy Thanksgiving #TeamFish
www.peppermintnarwhal.com
Happy Thanksgiving #TeamFish
www.peppermintnarwhal.com
November 28, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Too good not to share - sent by my student @danielgeldof.bsky.social from Peppermint Narwhal
Happy Thanksgiving #TeamFish
www.peppermintnarwhal.com
Happy Thanksgiving #TeamFish
www.peppermintnarwhal.com
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Finally: increased protection granted to 5 🇩🇪 Natura 2000 sites in Baltic Sea, prohibiting 🎣 with mobile bottom contacting gears in these areas. Thanks to @bmuv.de @steffi-lemke.de & @oceanunger.bsky.social for fight against paper-parks...
oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/news/increas...
oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/news/increas...
Increased protection granted to five Natura 2000 sites in the Baltic Sea
Today, the EU adopted a set of conservation measures to strengthen the environmental protection of 5 Natura 2000 sites in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Baltic Sea. The initiative, pu...
oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu
November 28, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Finally: increased protection granted to 5 🇩🇪 Natura 2000 sites in Baltic Sea, prohibiting 🎣 with mobile bottom contacting gears in these areas. Thanks to @bmuv.de @steffi-lemke.de & @oceanunger.bsky.social for fight against paper-parks...
oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/news/increas...
oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/news/increas...
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A particularly spectacular Crested Barbet…
📍Akagera National Park, Rwanda.
#birds #wildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
📍Akagera National Park, Rwanda.
#birds #wildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
November 27, 2024 at 4:54 AM
A particularly spectacular Crested Barbet…
📍Akagera National Park, Rwanda.
#birds #wildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
📍Akagera National Park, Rwanda.
#birds #wildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
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Day 21 of posting cool mushrooms every day:
The Bleeding Tooth fungus (Hydnellum peckii) has both teeth on its underside and "blood" on its top!
The "blood" is extracellular fluid, which is squeezed out when the fungus absorbs water, increasing pressure until the red fluid is squeezed out!
The Bleeding Tooth fungus (Hydnellum peckii) has both teeth on its underside and "blood" on its top!
The "blood" is extracellular fluid, which is squeezed out when the fungus absorbs water, increasing pressure until the red fluid is squeezed out!
November 26, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Day 21 of posting cool mushrooms every day:
The Bleeding Tooth fungus (Hydnellum peckii) has both teeth on its underside and "blood" on its top!
The "blood" is extracellular fluid, which is squeezed out when the fungus absorbs water, increasing pressure until the red fluid is squeezed out!
The Bleeding Tooth fungus (Hydnellum peckii) has both teeth on its underside and "blood" on its top!
The "blood" is extracellular fluid, which is squeezed out when the fungus absorbs water, increasing pressure until the red fluid is squeezed out!
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
2/20
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
2/20
November 25, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
2/20
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
2/20
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California reports finding #H5 #birdflu virus in raw milk bought in a store.
How risky H5-containing raw milk is to humans isn't clear. Here's hoping we're not about to find out. www.statnews.com/2024/11/24/b...
How risky H5-containing raw milk is to humans isn't clear. Here's hoping we're not about to find out. www.statnews.com/2024/11/24/b...
November 25, 2024 at 3:05 AM
California reports finding #H5 #birdflu virus in raw milk bought in a store.
How risky H5-containing raw milk is to humans isn't clear. Here's hoping we're not about to find out. www.statnews.com/2024/11/24/b...
How risky H5-containing raw milk is to humans isn't clear. Here's hoping we're not about to find out. www.statnews.com/2024/11/24/b...
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Bluesky's firehose is a treasure trove of public data for researchers and developers, and it's completely free. Check out our developer docs: docs.bsky.app
November 23, 2024 at 5:54 AM
Bluesky's firehose is a treasure trove of public data for researchers and developers, and it's completely free. Check out our developer docs: docs.bsky.app
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Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities and 100 times more fun.
Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities and 100 times more fun.
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By strapping acoustic tags onto 6 turtles over 10 days 🐢 , this study found that ~75% of acoustic samples had detectable human-made sound from boats & shipping ⛴️🛳️🚢 (at frequencies between the low end & punch of a kick drum)
These sounds were very often as loud as fireworks 😬🎇🎆
🧪🌏🐢📢🌊
These sounds were very often as loud as fireworks 😬🎇🎆
🧪🌏🐢📢🌊
What can turtles tell us about noise in the ocean? In our new paper in Biological Conservation, leatherback 🐢 collect underwater sound data to map natural and human noise in the soundscape facing critical nesting beaches 🚢🔊
authors.elsevier.com/c/1k2~j1R~eW...
@exetermarine.bsky.social
authors.elsevier.com/c/1k2~j1R~eW...
@exetermarine.bsky.social
November 23, 2024 at 11:15 AM
By strapping acoustic tags onto 6 turtles over 10 days 🐢 , this study found that ~75% of acoustic samples had detectable human-made sound from boats & shipping ⛴️🛳️🚢 (at frequencies between the low end & punch of a kick drum)
These sounds were very often as loud as fireworks 😬🎇🎆
🧪🌏🐢📢🌊
These sounds were very often as loud as fireworks 😬🎇🎆
🧪🌏🐢📢🌊
😨 , found while cleaning my old room #fungifriends #blueskybeautiful
November 23, 2024 at 3:58 AM
😨 , found while cleaning my old room #fungifriends #blueskybeautiful
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🌊 Happy World Fisheries Day 🌊
Sustainable fisheries are key to healthy oceans and the future of iconic fishes like seahorses, pipefish, and seadragons. Together, let’s protect marine biodiversity and champion sustainability!
#WorldFisheriesDay #SavingIconicFishes
Sustainable fisheries are key to healthy oceans and the future of iconic fishes like seahorses, pipefish, and seadragons. Together, let’s protect marine biodiversity and champion sustainability!
#WorldFisheriesDay #SavingIconicFishes
November 21, 2024 at 10:59 PM
🌊 Happy World Fisheries Day 🌊
Sustainable fisheries are key to healthy oceans and the future of iconic fishes like seahorses, pipefish, and seadragons. Together, let’s protect marine biodiversity and champion sustainability!
#WorldFisheriesDay #SavingIconicFishes
Sustainable fisheries are key to healthy oceans and the future of iconic fishes like seahorses, pipefish, and seadragons. Together, let’s protect marine biodiversity and champion sustainability!
#WorldFisheriesDay #SavingIconicFishes
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Hats off to Jaguar’s ‘inclusive’ new branding: now people of all backgrounds won’t buy its cars | Marina Hyde
Hats off to Jaguar’s ‘inclusive’ new branding: now people of all backgrounds won’t buy its cars | Marina Hyde
In the aftermath of Trump’s victory, the ad already looks like a period piece. But aside from that – I mean, seriously?
There are many eve-of-the-offensive conversations I would love to have been a fly on the wall for. Inside the Trojan horse, say, with…
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Hats off to Jaguar’s ‘inclusive’ new branding: now people of all backgrounds won’t buy its cars | Marina Hyde