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Our head of section is currently on parental leave - and it's now you really see what he spends his life at work doing. And it's not that it's useless bureaucracy - it's really important! Middle management is a thankless task often, but goodness I appreciate it.

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I'm a long time supporter of @DoctorsWithoutBorders 2024 was largest ever fundraising in Denmark with just over 1% of DK population (~ 70,000 people) making at least one donation, + 40,000 making regular donations. Alas, there is such need in the world still https://msf.dk/stoet/

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We extended the deadline to register for #DASS2025 slightly, tomorrow 27th Feb is your last chance to register for next week's Danish Antarctic Science Seminar - it covers all disciplines working in Antarctica from Danish affiliated institutes, with focus on #AntarcticaInsync this year for […]

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While I'm still employed for now by the USGS, it seems like the writing on the wall is clear -- I'm officially looking for a new position. I'm a data scientist with 5+ years of experience with #rstats and spatial data, plus experience with Python/Rust/JS, looking for Boston or remote positions.

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Please share: On March 7, scientists and citizens across the US will #standup4freescience . https://standupforscience2025.org/ 👉 Does anyone know whether any events are planned in Europe / Germany ? #DefendResearch #StandUpForScience #StandUpForScience2025

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An American tragedy in many ways on @thisamericanlife.org this week, and yet it explains so much about the current situation the world finds itself in, sensitively told. Ten Things I Don't Want To Hate About You https://www.thisamericanlife.org/854/ten-things-i-dont-want-to-hate-about-you

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We at Vivaldi are the only browser company with a Mastodon server. We have chosen to support the Fediverse in every way we can. We will continue to do so as we need options away from Big Tech. https://social.vivaldi.net/ #Vivaldi @Vivaldi #Mastodon #fediverse

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Have yet to find something my fellow danes can't make a party out of it. This week it's leaving Meta...

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I dunno, coffee is pretty expensive in this town, I wonder if it has been normalised for local prices..? 🤔 https://vis.social/@infobeautiful/114058415527611030 [email protected] - Interesting reframing. Cost of aid to #ukraine in cups of coffee per month. (by @topleadEU)

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The UK's green manufacturing and services sectors offer far higher economic returns than business-as-usual activities. This latest report is consistent with a very large and rapidly growing body of evidence for this.

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I was honoured to meet Jocelyn Bell Burnell at the #bloomdk festival a few years ago - she is an incredibly nice woman and a very entertaining speaker. https://mstdn.social/@CarveHerName/114058041972872464

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Today's positive act of good for the world, I moved this frog to safety on an evening stroll in the park. Also reported it on arter.dk -> Danish app + database for recording nature in Denmark which now has more than 54 million finds recorded! #RandomActsofKindness #PositiveActivism

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March in Copenhagen tomorrow 24 feb at 17.30 in support of #Ukraine... From: @iryna https://mstdn.social/@iryna/114055494536920375

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Every now + then I wonder if I'm paranoid about our reliance on US tech - but then @bert_hubert comes along to reassure me that I'm actually far too relaxed #Dkpol #Tech #Cybersikkerhed https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/you-can-no-longer-base-your-government-and-society-on-us-clouds/

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In the latest projection for today’s election in Germany, the right wing extremists of the AfD party double their support raking in 19.9 percent. To every German who now feel nauseous about this: This is exactly like Denmark in 2015, where the far right Danish People’s Party took 21 percent of […]

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Ahead of their time or history endlessly repeating itself? There's always a Yes (Prime) Minister... https://youtu.be/qVO85anasrA

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Zum Abschluss noch dieser Zeitraffer von ca 17:15 bis 19:15 Uhr, der heutigen #demogegenrechts in #augsburg - mehr als nur ein Funken Hoffnung, finde ich.

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We now see the wisdom of Europe having its own satellite positioning system as well as an independent launch capability. #Galileo #Ariane6

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When scientists are threatened with being fired over saying the wrong words, it's up to the rest of us to say the words they're not allowed to say: The high temperatures last month bears the fingerprints of #ClimateChange caused by the burning of #FossilFuels, which needs to stop […]

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A #caturday post: old our lady is posing as a black hole on the duvet while kids watch miniMGP on Danish TV...

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Last day in #Houston Got to visit #TrueAnomaly - a #brewery that pays homage to the amazing #science achievements of n asa It was founded by some alumni engineers. Today:: I am still working with a group of amazing scientists to apply novel techniques to […] [Original post on fediscience.org]

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[A #USPol #DkPol #EUpol rant] I have been encouraged by the number of people joining the Danish signal groups on leaving Meta and Google, we're bloody lucky to have such dedicated people as @maiathecyberwitch + @datacoop to help ease the transition. It's still not straightforward enough, but […]

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Extortion Inc. Exclusive: US could cut Ukraine's access to Starlink internet services over minerals, say sources | Reuters "During the meeting, #Ukraine was told it faced imminent shutoff of the Starlink service if it did not reach a deal on critical minerals, said the source, who requested […]

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Excellent episode of Science In Action. Thoughtful + alarming on #H5N1 but piece on self regulation by genetic scientists was super interesting: #glaciology is also having this discussion, now on #geoengineering. Time for a new #Asilomar? http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5vf5

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Radiolab: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Essential and moving listening Media file: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/14/prfx.byspotify.com/e/dts.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/waaa.wnyc.org/758af4c0-a2c3-47ec-a2d8-05f41bfbde51/episodes/46ce8280-aa7b-41c4-aa2e-32478a52ea92/audio/128/default.mp3

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I've never understood how scientists, in particular, could flee from that Musk place only to take refuge in, wait for it, a Bannon place like #BlueSky. 🤦‍♂️ "On social media, Mastodon is managed and run by the community (e.g., https://neuromatch.social is a server run by neuroscientists) […]

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Plans to boost capacity at St Pancras are welcome. But the hurdles to run trains from London to 🇩🇪, 🇨🇭 and 🇫🇷 beyond Paris are elsewhere, as I explain in this piece for the iPaper https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/travel/rail-routes-st-pancras-upgrade-open-up-fewer-hurdles-3548255 […]

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/21/elon-musk-butch-wilmore-suni-williams-nasa-astronaut-iss-claims-biden

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A question for #OpenAccess advocates. I store a lot of code on our institutional gitlab, but that is closed to anyone outside of my home institute, In a new project we promised to make all code, jupyter botebooks accessible via git. I do use github, but if I wanted to make it Trump proof (I'm […]

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‘Researching climate change feels like standing in the path of an approaching train’ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00487-4 Studying the impacts of extreme weather events can exact a heavy mental toll. Finding your ‘happy place’ is an important coping strategy.

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EU has funded 3 new projects about #Ice + #Climate, particularly land based ice. Today I'm representing @OceanIceEU + attending launch meeting of #ICELINK where projects #LIQUIDICE + #CryoSCOPE are also present The focus of these projects is very much on how #cryosphere changes impact society.

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Radiolab: Quantum Birds Episode webpage: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcast Media file: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/14/prfx.byspotify.com/e/dts.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/waaa.wnyc.org/758af4c0-a2c3-47ec-a2d8-05f41bfbde51/episodes/80d11377-9a86-4215-884a-4c95c34c4f2f/audio/128/default.mp3

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The legality (not wisdom) of putting European private data on US clouds hinges on the availability of the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Trump neutered this board, and the European parliament has taken notice & asked the European Commission what they think:

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Me (spotting a new piece of music open on the piano): Pavane pour une infante defunte? I didn't know you could play that? Husband: I can't. I just got it out the library, it's amazing they have all this paper and stuff just lying around and you can borrow it for free....

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Imagine how much cheaper it would have been to supply Ukraine with everything they needed from the start of the war. Then the Russians would have been defeated by now. Now it's going to cost Europe a fortune, increased defense spending for the next many decades.

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All data vi som #nordmenn har lagret i USA er nå eiendommen til Elon Musk og kong Trump. Vist #Norge skal være seriøst om sine digitale eiendeler og vår frihet som borgere og individer, da må vi holde vår data her til lands og drifte vår egen infrastruktur. Å stole på Amerikanere har altid […]

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Hello Danish based #antarctic (or Antarctic-interested) researchers. The annual Danish Antarctic Science Seminar (including discussion on #AntarcticaInSync) will take place at DMI on 6th March - all disciplines welcome, sign up deadline Thursday 27th, hybrid with posters welcome too: #DASS25 […]

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On the subject of META and facebook. Another meeting for volunteers who organise community events in Denmark. 6th March, details: https://dukop.dk/da/event/leaving-meta-for-volunteer-run-venues/7457/

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This is pretty disgraceful: a crypto scam, and perhaps misinformation campaign, targeting #greenland population and misusing both @ArcticToday and #ArcticHub logos […]

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Hello Danish based #antarctic (or Antarctic-interested) researchers. The annual Danish Antarctic Science Seminar (including discussion on #AntarcticaInSync) will take place at DMI on 6th March - all disciplines welcome, sign up deadline Thursday 27th, hybrid with posters welcome too: #DASS25 […]

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Good morning from Copenhagen. It's a #frostodon #icetodon kind of day! 🌞❄️🥶

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Wonderful podcast to accompany an evening walk in the snowy park under clear starry skies. #Radiolab on the wonders of birds. And #QuantumEntanglement Radiolab: Quantum Birds Episode webpage: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/projects/podcasts Media file […]

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https://www.zetland.dk/historie/stNmyolS-moGnNy6v-03a95

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In my thoughts today.

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In my thoughts today.

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God it's like Dieselgate but worse. HT Ketan Joshi. It turns out that hybrid cars emit far more than the manufacturers like to claim because the fossil engine is engaged a lot more than expected. That's what you get for having a tiny battery too small for the […] [Original post on mastodon.green]

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Nogle medier omtaler flittigt dramatiske studier af risiko for Golfstrømmens kollaps og en nært forestående istid. Enkeltstudier viser da også risiko for et kollaps, men fænomenet ser vi ikke tegn på Https://klimamonitor.dk/debat/art10292327/De-atlantiske-havstr%C3%B8mme-g%C3%A5r-ikke-amok

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If you are a party organiser/promoter in Copenhagen who would like to leave Meta platforms like #facebook +#Instagram, there is a meeting you should probably attend this afternoon... https://dukop.dk/da/event/party-promoters-leaving-meta/7445/

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Gosh. It's going to be quite crowded in #Greenland over the next 4 to 5 years... #Aria https://www.aria.org.uk/opportunity-spaces/scoping-our-planet/forecasting-tipping-points/

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