Karl Grammer
@grammek5.bsky.social
This is my flag. Europe guaranties safety and health, free education and freedom of speech and much more. All these things Putinland and Trumpland dont have.
December 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This is my flag. Europe guaranties safety and health, free education and freedom of speech and much more. All these things Putinland and Trumpland dont have.
Reposted by Karl Grammer
RIP Dr. Ekman @lapate.bsky.social @foxdotdrew.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
RIP Dr. Ekman @lapate.bsky.social @foxdotdrew.bsky.social
Reposted by Karl Grammer
How scientists are shining light on the biology behind seasonal affective disorder
How scientists are shining light on the biology behind seasonal affective disorder
Researchers tracking large cohorts are discovering the effects of sleep, light and therapy on people impacted by winter’s arrival
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
How scientists are shining light on the biology behind seasonal affective disorder
Reposted by Karl Grammer
Why are EU-banned pesticides still used in Africa?
A cross-border investigation reveals how toxic chemicals banned in Europe are harming farmers and ecosystems across the continent.
Full story: https://twp.ai/9PUPxJ
A cross-border investigation reveals how toxic chemicals banned in Europe are harming farmers and ecosystems across the continent.
Full story: https://twp.ai/9PUPxJ
gijn.org
Investigating How Pesticides Banned in the EU Find Their Way to African Countries
twp.ai
August 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Why are EU-banned pesticides still used in Africa?
A cross-border investigation reveals how toxic chemicals banned in Europe are harming farmers and ecosystems across the continent.
Full story: https://twp.ai/9PUPxJ
A cross-border investigation reveals how toxic chemicals banned in Europe are harming farmers and ecosystems across the continent.
Full story: https://twp.ai/9PUPxJ
Reposted by Karl Grammer
Jamie Lee Curtis condemns ‘genocide’ of women by plastic surgery industry
Jamie Lee Curtis condemns ‘genocide’ of women by plastic surgery industry
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ star said plastic surgery has led to ‘disfigurement’ of generations of women
www.independent.co.uk
July 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Jamie Lee Curtis condemns ‘genocide’ of women by plastic surgery industry
Reposted by Karl Grammer
Why do we keep choosing authoritarian strongmen as leaders? Find out in Lasse Laustsen & Mark van Vugt’s HBES blog post about their cross-cultural study in 25 countries on the link between intergroup conflict and face preferences in leaders: www.hbes.com/why_we_keep_...
Why We Keep Choosing Strongmen as Leaders: A Global Experiment Reveals an Evolutionary Secret - HBES
– by Lasse Laustsen & Mark van Vugt Across the globe and throughout history, people have repeatedly turned to dominant, authoritarian leaders—figures like Julius Caesar, Vladimir Putin, and Donald Tru...
www.hbes.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Why do we keep choosing authoritarian strongmen as leaders? Find out in Lasse Laustsen & Mark van Vugt’s HBES blog post about their cross-cultural study in 25 countries on the link between intergroup conflict and face preferences in leaders: www.hbes.com/why_we_keep_...
Reposted by Karl Grammer
Most Britons want to be back in the EU
Nine years on from the Brexit vote, here’s how Brits feel about rejoining the EU
Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and the Conservative Party all blamed by voters who think Brexit has been a failure
www.independent.co.uk
June 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Most Britons want to be back in the EU
Reposted by Karl Grammer
The reason why birds make such a racket at dawn is still unclear. But researchers are now pouring cold water on one popular idea about why.
A new study knocks down a popular hypothesis about why birds sing at dawn
The reason why birds make such a racket at dawn is still unclear. But researchers are now pouring cold water on one popular idea about why.
n.pr
June 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The reason why birds make such a racket at dawn is still unclear. But researchers are now pouring cold water on one popular idea about why.
Reposted by Karl Grammer
Bonobo societies are famous for being “female dominant.” But females are weaker than males, so how can this be? Study by Barbara Fruth and Martin Surbeck on wild bonobos explains how.
Hint: it has to do with female solidarity.
Paper ▶️ www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.ab.mpg.de/673281/news_...
Hint: it has to do with female solidarity.
Paper ▶️ www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.ab.mpg.de/673281/news_...
Female solidarity keeps male bonobos in check
Study on wild bonobos reveals that females team up to maintain power in their societies
www.ab.mpg.de
April 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Bonobo societies are famous for being “female dominant.” But females are weaker than males, so how can this be? Study by Barbara Fruth and Martin Surbeck on wild bonobos explains how.
Hint: it has to do with female solidarity.
Paper ▶️ www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.ab.mpg.de/673281/news_...
Hint: it has to do with female solidarity.
Paper ▶️ www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.ab.mpg.de/673281/news_...
Reposted by Karl Grammer
🏺 First published in 1996 and now a classic paper. I'd just begun to study archaeology as a mature student with small children and married to a brewer. This paper sparked my interest in the archaeological evidence for malt.
Good indications for malt & malting here:
www.academia.edu/3487946/Trac...
Good indications for malt & malting here:
www.academia.edu/3487946/Trac...
Traces of a possible Celtic brewery in Eberdingen-Hochdorf, Kreis Ludwigsburg, southwest Germany
A large number of weakly germinated hulled barley grains was found during archaeobotanical analyses from the early Celtic settlement excavations at Eberdingen-Hochdorf in southwest Germany (ca. 600 – ...
www.academia.edu
May 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🏺 First published in 1996 and now a classic paper. I'd just begun to study archaeology as a mature student with small children and married to a brewer. This paper sparked my interest in the archaeological evidence for malt.
Good indications for malt & malting here:
www.academia.edu/3487946/Trac...
Good indications for malt & malting here:
www.academia.edu/3487946/Trac...
Reposted by Karl Grammer
It may be time to move on from species stereotypes.
Our ape cousins show us empathy has deep evolutionary roots – new research
It may be time to move on from species stereotypes.
tcnv.link
May 1, 2025 at 5:26 AM
It may be time to move on from species stereotypes.
Reposted by Karl Grammer
President Trump wants European countries to start buying U.S. chicken and eggs. But the U.K. and E.U. think American poultry is gross and chemically washed. Turns out, chlorine isn't really the issue.
Europe deplores America's 'chlorinated chicken.' How safe is our poultry?
President Trump wants European countries to start buying U.S. chicken and eggs. But the U.K. and E.U. think American poultry is gross and chemically washed. Turns out, chlorine isn't really the issue.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
President Trump wants European countries to start buying U.S. chicken and eggs. But the U.K. and E.U. think American poultry is gross and chemically washed. Turns out, chlorine isn't really the issue.
Reposted by Karl Grammer
It's baboon butt, and serves the same purpose
www.primatespark.com/baboon-butt-...
www.primatespark.com/baboon-butt-...
Baboon Butt: What is It's Cause, Functions and Effect? - Primates Park
Rosy red baboon butt is a natural phenomenon prevalent during a particular period of life cycle for a specific purpose. baboon butt is a biological, natural
www.primatespark.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
It's baboon butt, and serves the same purpose
www.primatespark.com/baboon-butt-...
www.primatespark.com/baboon-butt-...
Reposted by Karl Grammer
🇪🇺 EU chief diplomat: The free world needs a new leader, and today that became clear
EU chief diplomat: The free world needs a new leader, and today that became clear
Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has followed other European officials and leaders in commenting on today’s events at the White House.
www.pravda.com.ua
February 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
🇪🇺 EU chief diplomat: The free world needs a new leader, and today that became clear
Reposted by Karl Grammer
The pill hasn’t been improved in years. No wonder women are giving up on it | Martha Gill
The pill hasn’t been improved in years. No wonder women are giving up on it | Martha Gill
When contraception has stagnated for decades, it is hardly surprising it’s fallen victim to culture wars and a wellness cult
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The pill hasn’t been improved in years. No wonder women are giving up on it | Martha Gill
Reposted by Karl Grammer
OTTAWA – Thousands of people have electronically signed a parliamentary petition calling for revocation of Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship over his role in the Trump administration, which is pointedly threatening Canada’s sovereignty.
Petition asking PM to revoke Elon Musk's Canadian citizenship garners support
OTTAWA – Thousands of people have electronically signed a parliamentary petition calling for revocation of Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship over his role in the Trump administration, which is pointedly threatening Canada’s sovereignty.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
February 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
OTTAWA – Thousands of people have electronically signed a parliamentary petition calling for revocation of Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship over his role in the Trump administration, which is pointedly threatening Canada’s sovereignty.
Reposted by Karl Grammer
Well done Anneliese! 🧪🦑🌊🌍
Anneliese Hodge (of PML & @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social) continues to make waves in the media with her new #suncreens publication! She was invited to speak on Deutsche Welle news about the chemicals released inadvertently by swimmers into coral reef zones🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe9Y...
How thousands of tons of sun-blocking chemicals end up in the ocean every year | DW News
YouTube video by DW News
www.youtube.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Well done Anneliese! 🧪🦑🌊🌍
Reposted by Karl Grammer
Alice Weidel, Germany's far-right leader, lives in Switzerland and is raising two sons with her Sri Lankan-born wife.
Her party, the Alternative for Germany, campaigns on a platform that is anti-immigrant and defines family as a father and a mother raising children.
Her party, the Alternative for Germany, campaigns on a platform that is anti-immigrant and defines family as a father and a mother raising children.
Meet Germany’s Far-Right Leader, a Study in Contradictions
Alice Weidel of the nationalist, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany lives in Switzerland and is married to a Sri Lankan-born woman. She had led her party to second place before Sunday’s election.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Alice Weidel, Germany's far-right leader, lives in Switzerland and is raising two sons with her Sri Lankan-born wife.
Her party, the Alternative for Germany, campaigns on a platform that is anti-immigrant and defines family as a father and a mother raising children.
Her party, the Alternative for Germany, campaigns on a platform that is anti-immigrant and defines family as a father and a mother raising children.
Reposted by Karl Grammer
Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany on Saturday accused Vice President JD Vance of unacceptably interfering in his country’s coming elections on behalf of a party that has played down the atrocities committed by the Nazis. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...
February 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany on Saturday accused Vice President JD Vance of unacceptably interfering in his country’s coming elections on behalf of a party that has played down the atrocities committed by the Nazis. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...
Reposted by Karl Grammer
Far-right populists much more likely than the left to spread fake news – study
Far-right populists much more likely than the left to spread fake news – study
Amplifying misinformation is now part of radical right strategy, says Dutch study of tweets by MPs in 26 countries
Far-right populists are significantly more likely to spread fake news on social media than politicians from mainstream or far-left parties,…
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Far-right populists much more likely than the left to spread fake news – study
Keiner kann sagen er hätte es nicht gewusst ... (Rauscher im Standard)
February 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Keiner kann sagen er hätte es nicht gewusst ... (Rauscher im Standard)
Reposted by Karl Grammer
Fascinating world of ancient #glass: a stunning #Roman flask in the form of a shell. Flasks such as this were popular in the Rhineland during the 3rd and 4th century AD.
Found in Cologne.
Photo: Römerkastell Saalburg
📷 by me
🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology
Found in Cologne.
Photo: Römerkastell Saalburg
📷 by me
🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology
February 3, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Fascinating world of ancient #glass: a stunning #Roman flask in the form of a shell. Flasks such as this were popular in the Rhineland during the 3rd and 4th century AD.
Found in Cologne.
Photo: Römerkastell Saalburg
📷 by me
🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology
Found in Cologne.
Photo: Römerkastell Saalburg
📷 by me
🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology
Reposted by Karl Grammer
Humans actually have vestigial muscles that activate when listening closely to something, even though people lost the ability to really move their ears about 25 million years ago.
Your ears can't prick up, but your ear muscles sure try
Humans actually have vestigial muscles that activate when listening closely to something, even though people lost the ability to really move their ears about 25 million years ago.
www.npr.org
February 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Humans actually have vestigial muscles that activate when listening closely to something, even though people lost the ability to really move their ears about 25 million years ago.
Reposted by Karl Grammer
Way back in 1912, the prediction of climate change
January 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Way back in 1912, the prediction of climate change
Reposted by Karl Grammer
If you thought this was a major problem BEFORE the election, buckle up. Our own government will be leading the disinformation and censorship charge from here on out.
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
New study shows radical-right populists are fueling a misinformation epidemic
Misinformation isn’t just a problem — it’s a political strategy.
www.zmescience.com
January 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
If you thought this was a major problem BEFORE the election, buckle up. Our own government will be leading the disinformation and censorship charge from here on out.
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
www.zmescience.com/science/news...