Cristina Rusu

Post a tree you photographed. Here is Isaac Newton’s apple tree

Portrait of a jaguar resting in a tree, its face closely framed as it looks up to the top left corner, resting its chin on its paw. Warm orange sunlight is dappled on its face, creating a warm glow.

Wishing for a planet where a jaguar's habitat is safe. 🌠

A new project led by WCS & funded by NASA, is shining some paws-itive light on their future.

Using satellite imagery to map out & predict the future of jaguar habitat, we'll be able to identify the areas which need conservation the most. 🧡

The horrors persist, but so do I...

‘The trend is irreversible’: has Romania shattered the link between economic growth and high emissions? Emissions have plunged 75% since communist times in the birthplace of big oil – but for some the transition has been brutal

‘The trend is irreversible’: has Romania shattered the link between economic growth and high emissions?

Close up of snowdrops

Found on Sunday on my walk. #SpringhasSprung

Irish man held in ICE detention says he fears for his life and asks Ireland for help Seamus Culleton describes conditions as ‘torture’ as he pleads with taoiseach to raise his case with Donald Trump An Irish man who has been held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement for five months despite having a valid work permit and no criminal record says he fears for his life and has appealed for help from Ireland’s government. Seamus Culleton said conditions at his detention centre in Texas were akin to “torture” and that the atmosphere was volatile. “I’m not in fear of the other inmates. I’m afraid of the staff. They’re capable of anything.” Continue reading...

Irish man held in ICE detention says he fears for his life and asks Ireland for help

Love data? Then license it!

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#lovedataweek #copyright #opendata #openresearch @lborolibrary.bsky.social

Four panel comic on Love your data week

💚📊 It’s #LoveYourData Week!

Charlie the Cat and Copycat have teamed up to remind us that research data needs love and copyright considerations are essential!

Put them together and you get… a library‑made love story. 💘📚 (a thread)

#LoveYourData #ResearchData #Copyright #LibraryLove

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

"Open source software that doesn't spy on us"

Cover of the EUA Sustainability and greening in European higher education survey report, featuring a minimalistic design with abstract lines and the logo of EUA at the top. Authors: Henriette Stoeber, Michael Gaebel

🌿 #Sustainability brings wide benefits for universities: better campus life, R&I opportunities, hands-on learning & teaching, staff and student recruitment, partnerships with other institutions and society at large and cost savings.
📘 Full report bit.ly/48yIEDT

#HigherEdSky #Greening #SDGs

The Trump admin has shut down the CIA’s World Factbook, a country reference that for six decades has provided data on birth and death rates, major exports, and more. Long used by government officials and by researchers, educators, and journalists, the database was taken offline today.

Hannah and Zack and the three beautiful greyhounds

Saturday. 10am. Denton.

Biggest action day ever?

We have to stop Reform.

Let’s elect Hannah Spencer 💚

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Recommend Ireland, lovely people and great scenery!

This is real, and it’s located near Tesla’s flagship London store in Tottenham.

Mapping Data Journeys and the Research Data Life-Spiral | UCL Open@UCL Blog UCL Homepage

Love Data Week 2026 is nearly here! 💕

In today's blog post, Dr Christiana McMahon considers how linking iterations of the research lifecycle can create spirals driving better data reuse and repurposing 📑💫

Curious? Read more 👉 buff.ly/8upzEjU

#ResearchData #UCL #LoveData26

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

Former Prince Andrew leaves his Windsor home as Britain's royals seek distance from Epstein revelations He lost his duties, then his titles and then his home: The next steps in the downfall of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor are less clear.

Former Prince Andrew has moved out of his sprawling home in Windsor, it has been widely reported by British media, as fresh revelations in the newly-released Epstein files throw up more challenges and embarrassment for Britain’s royals.

The Houses of Parliament and Big Ben view over Thames River

Black headed gull

London was sort off foggy yesterday, but I made a friend!

Is UNESCO to blame for overtourism in this tiny European village? Some residents believe they would be better off if the village was removed from the prestigious list.

Some residents believe they would be better off if the village was removed from the prestigious list.

Purple graphic with bold text reading ‘Cancer Knows No age. No gender. No border.’ The words ‘Cancer’ and ‘Knows’ are highlighted in darker purple boxes. A small European Union flag icon appears in the bottom-right corner.

Everyone has a story about cancer.

Patients. Families. Friends. Communities. Cancer affects millions of people across Europe.

Such a sad truth....

Jisc's new licensing approach to support open research infrastructure - Research Information Institutions helped to adopt more cost-effective, collaborative and strategically aligned alternatives

Jisc’s new licensing approach to support open research infrastructure
www.researchinformation.info/news/jiscs-n...
Institutions helped to adopt more cost-effective, collaborative and strategically aligned alternatives
@jisc.bsky.social

Das drohende Ende von Open-Source-Projekten durch LLMs am Beispiel von Tailwind CSS Ich bin heute über eine längere Diskussion auf GitHub gestolpert, die exemplarisch zeigt, wie „KI“s bisherige Open-Source-Ökosysteme zerstören und derzeit keine Lösung in Sicht ist. Da das Thema exemp...

Lest das bitte.

Wie KI die Open Source Idee zerstört

www.leitmedium.de/2026/01/09/d...

🎬Our documentary "Kherson: Human Safari" is selected for the prestigious MSC Cinema Series, an official side event of the Munich Security Conference 2026

Come to the screening followed by a high-level panel discussion. I'll be there.

12 Feb, 15.30 Gloria Palast. Free tickets: below

Academic publishers defeat lawsuit over ‘peer review’ pay, other restrictions A group of major academic publishers convinced a judge in New York to dismiss a lawsuit accusing them of thwarting competition by barring scholars from submitting papers to multiple journals simultane...

It was always going to be a hiding to nothing, but the lawsuit accusing six major publishers of anti-competitive practices has been dismissed by a judge.

OMG 😂🐷😂🐷😂🐷

#Melania

Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.

TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.

Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.

Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.

Half of all rail journeys that Great British Railways will ultimately be responsible for will be on services run by publicly owned operators from Sunday, as London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Railway services join the fast-growing family of operators "owned by the public for the public."

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Need a calm place to study? 🤫

With SCONUL Access, OU students can use quiet study spaces in university libraries near them. 📖💻

Fewer distractions, proper desks, a fresh study spot - whatever helps you focus.

Find your local options 👇
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