Katharine Kite
@katharinekite.bsky.social
Ecologist - keen on things watery, fresh & salt #seabirds #waders #cetaceans #pollution - 1st priority #ClimateEmergency #EcologicalEmergency
‘They have already saved countless lives, identifying & stemming outbreaks of yellow fever, mpox & Marburg virus
Sentinel is an early warning system using genomics, surveillance & sequencing to identify new pathogens & packages the science ready for govts to act
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Sentinel is an early warning system using genomics, surveillance & sequencing to identify new pathogens & packages the science ready for govts to act
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Meet Dr Happi. With $100m and a steely determination could he save the world from the next pandemic?
The Cameroonian professor made the Time most influential list in 2025 and saw the project he co-founded receive $100m for its virus detection work. Now he is on a mission to transform Africa’s genomic...
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
‘They have already saved countless lives, identifying & stemming outbreaks of yellow fever, mpox & Marburg virus
Sentinel is an early warning system using genomics, surveillance & sequencing to identify new pathogens & packages the science ready for govts to act
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Sentinel is an early warning system using genomics, surveillance & sequencing to identify new pathogens & packages the science ready for govts to act
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Force the government to meet with the Palestine Action hunger strikers NOW
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Force the government to meet with the Palestine Action hunger strikers NOW
Palestine Action activists are in the middle of their hunger strike, and their situation is desperate. Some of them have not eaten for 46 days. They have been refused medical attention, their communic...
goodlaw.social
December 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Force the government to meet with the Palestine Action hunger strikers NOW
goodlaw.social/8f6640
goodlaw.social/8f6640
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Curator of Education job (tenure-track Assistant Professor) at the Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado Boulder! Salary $90-$100K, 9 month full time position. Apply by Jan 21. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
Assistant Professor - Curator of Education (Tenure-Track)
jobs.colorado.edu
December 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Curator of Education job (tenure-track Assistant Professor) at the Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado Boulder! Salary $90-$100K, 9 month full time position. Apply by Jan 21. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
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Quite odd that our national broadcaster took the decision mid-morning to wipe a straightforward announcement of the government's Animal Welfare Strategy which focused on reforming puppy breeding
and replaced it with headlines about chickens, shoving the original leading content 20 paragraphs down
and replaced it with headlines about chickens, shoving the original leading content 20 paragraphs down
![[Post by Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org 16:36 GMT 22 Dec 2025 illustrating the change in focus including a big closeup of a slightly alarming depressed chicken head instead of puppies]
If you post, quite literally the exact same link now, it looks like this. ~AA
[shares exact same link https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93wxd27dvko]
BBCNEWS
Hen cages and pig farrowing crates face ban in England
The government says its animal welfare strategy will bring](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreiaotnvyhn76crv2towrt3gutwnahx5nszps3apwogpv6lqyqkw7sa@jpeg)
December 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Quite odd that our national broadcaster took the decision mid-morning to wipe a straightforward announcement of the government's Animal Welfare Strategy which focused on reforming puppy breeding
and replaced it with headlines about chickens, shoving the original leading content 20 paragraphs down
and replaced it with headlines about chickens, shoving the original leading content 20 paragraphs down
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Doctors Without Borders urges Israel to let critical aid into Gaza as children freeze to death. "At least 13 people, including two-week-old and one-month-old babies, have died from winter weather and a lack of adequate shelter and aid – blocked by Israel"
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
MSF urges Israel to let critical aid into Gaza as children freeze to death
At least 13 people in Gaza, including two-week-old and one-month-old babies, have died from winter weather.
www.aljazeera.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Doctors Without Borders urges Israel to let critical aid into Gaza as children freeze to death. "At least 13 people, including two-week-old and one-month-old babies, have died from winter weather and a lack of adequate shelter and aid – blocked by Israel"
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
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Last call! We're hiring 👉 Invertebrate Paleontology Collection Manager
📌 Apply by Jan 5, 2026
This position will manage the extensive collections, conduct fieldwork, participate in public outreach & pursue external funding.
🔸 Full info + application: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/nhdept/inver...
📌 Apply by Jan 5, 2026
This position will manage the extensive collections, conduct fieldwork, participate in public outreach & pursue external funding.
🔸 Full info + application: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/nhdept/inver...
December 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Last call! We're hiring 👉 Invertebrate Paleontology Collection Manager
📌 Apply by Jan 5, 2026
This position will manage the extensive collections, conduct fieldwork, participate in public outreach & pursue external funding.
🔸 Full info + application: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/nhdept/inver...
📌 Apply by Jan 5, 2026
This position will manage the extensive collections, conduct fieldwork, participate in public outreach & pursue external funding.
🔸 Full info + application: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/nhdept/inver...
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The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
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📖 Published📖
Duhamel et al. evaluate the predictability of bird migratory behaviour from bone remains using a novel experimental framework that combines stable isotope and histological analyses 🦴 🦅
🌍 🧪
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Duhamel et al. evaluate the predictability of bird migratory behaviour from bone remains using a novel experimental framework that combines stable isotope and histological analyses 🦴 🦅
🌍 🧪
buff.ly/5CyZpQI
December 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
📖 Published📖
Duhamel et al. evaluate the predictability of bird migratory behaviour from bone remains using a novel experimental framework that combines stable isotope and histological analyses 🦴 🦅
🌍 🧪
buff.ly/5CyZpQI
Duhamel et al. evaluate the predictability of bird migratory behaviour from bone remains using a novel experimental framework that combines stable isotope and histological analyses 🦴 🦅
🌍 🧪
buff.ly/5CyZpQI
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We continue to stand in solidarity with Denmark and Greenland.
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Any changes to that status are for Greenlanders and Danes alone to decide. (1/2)
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Any changes to that status are for Greenlanders and Danes alone to decide. (1/2)
December 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
We continue to stand in solidarity with Denmark and Greenland.
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Any changes to that status are for Greenlanders and Danes alone to decide. (1/2)
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Any changes to that status are for Greenlanders and Danes alone to decide. (1/2)
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City & Guilds bosses handed bonus after training firm privatized.
£1.7m bonus for CEO + £100k pay rise; £1.2m bonus for CFO + £70k pay rise.
1,600 staff & 1,800 “associates” put on short-term contracts. Low wages, high staff churn; 300 leave a year. A third of jobs to be relocated to Greece.
£1.7m bonus for CEO + £100k pay rise; £1.2m bonus for CFO + £70k pay rise.
1,600 staff & 1,800 “associates” put on short-term contracts. Low wages, high staff churn; 300 leave a year. A third of jobs to be relocated to Greece.
Bosses at City & Guilds handed million-pound bonuses after training firm is privatised
Exclusive: Executives at body that trained chef Jamie Oliver awarded pay rises and bonuses after sale to private firm – as hundreds of jobs may be offshored
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
City & Guilds bosses handed bonus after training firm privatized.
£1.7m bonus for CEO + £100k pay rise; £1.2m bonus for CFO + £70k pay rise.
1,600 staff & 1,800 “associates” put on short-term contracts. Low wages, high staff churn; 300 leave a year. A third of jobs to be relocated to Greece.
£1.7m bonus for CEO + £100k pay rise; £1.2m bonus for CFO + £70k pay rise.
1,600 staff & 1,800 “associates” put on short-term contracts. Low wages, high staff churn; 300 leave a year. A third of jobs to be relocated to Greece.
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This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
December 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
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The future of Thames Water hangs in the balance.
Thanks @graceblakeley.substack.com for highlighting just how important this deal is.
Ofwat must say NO to Thames Water - email now: weownit.org.uk/act-now/ofwa...
Thanks @graceblakeley.substack.com for highlighting just how important this deal is.
Ofwat must say NO to Thames Water - email now: weownit.org.uk/act-now/ofwa...
December 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The future of Thames Water hangs in the balance.
Thanks @graceblakeley.substack.com for highlighting just how important this deal is.
Ofwat must say NO to Thames Water - email now: weownit.org.uk/act-now/ofwa...
Thanks @graceblakeley.substack.com for highlighting just how important this deal is.
Ofwat must say NO to Thames Water - email now: weownit.org.uk/act-now/ofwa...
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MAGA: Sweden is in the midst of civil war, on the cusp of civilisational erasure
Swedes: on your paid holiday, please borrow some free skates so you can enjoy our public rink in the middle of the idyllic square in the heart of our walkable city.
Swedes: on your paid holiday, please borrow some free skates so you can enjoy our public rink in the middle of the idyllic square in the heart of our walkable city.
December 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
MAGA: Sweden is in the midst of civil war, on the cusp of civilisational erasure
Swedes: on your paid holiday, please borrow some free skates so you can enjoy our public rink in the middle of the idyllic square in the heart of our walkable city.
Swedes: on your paid holiday, please borrow some free skates so you can enjoy our public rink in the middle of the idyllic square in the heart of our walkable city.
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Reform UK have repeatedly said that Kent is their "flagship" council and "the shop window" for how they intend to run things.
When they are exposed as planning to slash social care for old people, in order to hire their cronies as advisors at £150k a pop, I think people should believe them. ~AA
When they are exposed as planning to slash social care for old people, in order to hire their cronies as advisors at £150k a pop, I think people should believe them. ~AA
December 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Reform UK have repeatedly said that Kent is their "flagship" council and "the shop window" for how they intend to run things.
When they are exposed as planning to slash social care for old people, in order to hire their cronies as advisors at £150k a pop, I think people should believe them. ~AA
When they are exposed as planning to slash social care for old people, in order to hire their cronies as advisors at £150k a pop, I think people should believe them. ~AA
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The centre left should have been fighting this battle from the start, rather than accepting the right’s false premise
The UK will celebrate net emigration and depopulation come 2027.
And by 2028 it will start to realise, with an ageing society and low growth, what a really silly thing it has done.
The right will go "pro-natalist", the centre-left will be completely stuck.
And by 2028 it will start to realise, with an ageing society and low growth, what a really silly thing it has done.
The right will go "pro-natalist", the centre-left will be completely stuck.
December 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The centre left should have been fighting this battle from the start, rather than accepting the right’s false premise
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Jeff Landry is a moron with zero foreign policy experience, knowledge, or qualifications. ZERO. Nothing. More insanity.
December 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Jeff Landry is a moron with zero foreign policy experience, knowledge, or qualifications. ZERO. Nothing. More insanity.
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“I don’t need a machine, I have a community” is such a lovely way of putting what academia is, can and should be
Also I don’t need to read every book and article, discerning whats important for my research and what isn’t is a really important skill. And what I also do is collaborate with other researchers, organise conferences, edit books, review others‘ work. I don’t need a machine, I have a community
If you have the time to read every book and article in your area of study and in related areas, then more power to you!
December 22, 2025 at 6:59 AM
“I don’t need a machine, I have a community” is such a lovely way of putting what academia is, can and should be
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Yeah, there’s a way around this that doesn’t involve AI. It’s called ‘academia’. We read each other’s work. We read primary sources as appropriate. We go to conferences to discuss it - and get pointed to other work to read. We listen.
It’s the job.
It’s the job.
If you have the time to read every book and article in your area of study and in related areas, then more power to you!
December 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Yeah, there’s a way around this that doesn’t involve AI. It’s called ‘academia’. We read each other’s work. We read primary sources as appropriate. We go to conferences to discuss it - and get pointed to other work to read. We listen.
It’s the job.
It’s the job.
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Oh man, you're *so close* to understanding what scholarship is.
December 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Oh man, you're *so close* to understanding what scholarship is.
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You absolutely will not convince a bunch of historians and sociologists and whoever else is in this thread that you know more than we do about this and we should use it. I wish you AI enthusiasts would stop wading into our conversations. You have nothing helpful to contribute and are snarky.
December 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
You absolutely will not convince a bunch of historians and sociologists and whoever else is in this thread that you know more than we do about this and we should use it. I wish you AI enthusiasts would stop wading into our conversations. You have nothing helpful to contribute and are snarky.
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The “future mayor of London”!
What a moron
What a moron
December 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The “future mayor of London”!
What a moron
What a moron
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I really think this borders on disinformation. Someone actively thought: "NAH. Too positive. Let's feed the discord angle."
Incredible. This morning on the BBC site story was titled "Puppy farm ban promised in plans to improve animal welfare" with puppy pic up top. Later changed to "Hen cages and pig crates face ban" and gives top focus to policy's opponents. The puppy/RSPCA angle is 20 paragraphs in, as "meanwhile". ~AA
December 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I really think this borders on disinformation. Someone actively thought: "NAH. Too positive. Let's feed the discord angle."
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Some of us have been saying that our problem is too little immigration, not too much, for a long time.
#Cassandra
#Cassandra
December 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Some of us have been saying that our problem is too little immigration, not too much, for a long time.
#Cassandra
#Cassandra
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Basically, I need to stop making any sort of droll remark, based on the notion of something totally outlandish, because a few hours later it happens. ~AA
December 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Basically, I need to stop making any sort of droll remark, based on the notion of something totally outlandish, because a few hours later it happens. ~AA