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Sexual harassment is rife at US Antarctic research bases, fresh survey finds More than two-thirds of people polled had witnessed sexual harassment or assault on the ice.

We've been waiting for this report from NSF for many months — results of a survey on sexual harassment at US Antarctic stations. The numbers aren't good, but at least this problem is out in the open & starting to be tackled. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The importance of long term records from multiple geographical points around the globe cannot be overstated. This is both sad and enraging

deliberate action to hide an inconvenient truth.

Incontrovertible evidence, now, of *police* investigating families supporting their kids with gender affirming healthcare in the UK. For trying to do the best for your child, following best practice in most of the world, here you get a visit from the police.

Thank you, Wes Streeting.

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It's been a pretty great weekend 💍

The AI Boom Is Draining Water From the Areas That Need It Most A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.

Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water.

A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Sea pigs, icefish and trilobites: Antarctica’s mysterious marine life – in pictures Characterised by darkness and cold temperatures, the extreme environment of Antarctica’s deep sea is largely unexplored. Now, after a special marine science voyage, a team aboard Australia’s national ...

People sometimes think of Antarctica as being barren and devoid of life, but the ocean surrounding the continent is incredibly rich with wildlife and biodiversity.

Photos of new discoveries and insights from our wonderful Australian colleagues…

🧪🥼❄️🌊🦑

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Cover of book "Antarctica and the Earth System"

New book!! 📕

Antarctica is intimately connected to the rest of our planet, affecting climate, ecosystems, cultures and society. Our new book draws together international experts to explore this influence, and to understand what humans are doing to Antarctica (1/n)
www.routledge.com/Antarctica-a...

We'd urge people not to panic - there will be lots of commentary coming out quickly that is likely to deliberately overstate the impact that this decision is going to have on all trans people's lives. We'll say more as soon as we're able to. Please look out for yourselves and each other today 💗🏳️‍⚧️

To anyone feeling hurt and scared by the supreme court decision today, you are seen, you are cared for, and this changes nothing about your right to live your life in dignity and without discrimination.

I agree, and I also find it slightly patronising to be told 'you'll be fine' reading on a screen. I read on a screen all the time. I also think that if I'm trusted to review a book I should be trusted to say what the best way is for me to do it

An embroidery hoop with five cross stitched penguins walking on ice across the bottom third of the fabric. Cross-stitch cursive script filling the rest of the space says “strange men planting flags on our land is no basis for a system of government”

*crosses out “planting flags” and replaces it with “putting tariffs”*

Episode 454: Allegra Rosenberg's Tale of Love on Ice for The Atavist

The promo continues! Thank you so much @brendanomeara.bsky.social for having me on The Creative Nonfiction Podcast to chat about the behind-this-scenes of "From Antarctica With Love" — you can listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/5KQI...

This is beautifully written and such a compelling story. I confess that I usually stay away from 'heroic era' Antarctica, but the humanity of these men shines in your story, and shows them as so much more than 'just' their Antarctic story. Brilliant.

What a story! It never fails to amaze me what still remains to be unearthed in archives and what we think are familiar histories

World's sea-ice falls to record low The world's frozen oceans keep the planet cool, but they currently have less ice than ever recorded before.

Sea ice in the Arctic and around Antarctica cool our climate, drive ocean circulation across the planet, and provide a unique habitat for polar ecosystems.

Sea ice amounts have now fallen to their lowest since we started measuring them. This is not good.

🌊🥼❄️🧪

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mood of the day

RNID have launched a helpful toolkit to support people to use their #hearingaids. Will help those new to this and people they communicate with.

Please share widely with those who could benefit...

(Also features me on 1 of their clips on ‘living well with your hearing’) #HoH #deaf

Adelie penguins on an a small bergy bit

Adelie penguins on an a small bergy bit in Antarctic Sound

As promised, some Thoughts on this exhibition, so a brief thread. First of all, it was a really exciting exhibition – great to see historic photography from Sápmi and the images are so striking. 1/🧵

Taking advantage of an afternoon off work to go to a talk titled "can you hear the aurora borealis", excellent Wednesday

It’s the ciiircle of life 🎶🐧

This #PenguinAwarenessDay say hello to these fresh new gentoo penguin chicks.

Hatched in the Square Pond Colony near Bird Island Research Station, these penguins live on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. What a loud start to life!

🎥 Jess Callaghan

Something to celebrate on a Friday - my latest article is now available OA first view: on the challenges & findings of contagious human disease studies in Antarctica "From Operation Snuffles to the Killer Kleenex" inc. huskies, tragedies & *lots* of snot.
#histSTM �
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

An Adélie penguin near Brown Bluff, Antarctic peninsula.
#bird 🪶 #adeliepenguin #penguin #brownbluff #antarctica

About as succinct as it gets

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A wise conclusion in the British analysis about whether or not to go to war with the Soviet Union in 1945.

BlueSky’s big about alt-text on your images not b/c it’s THE GRAND SOLUTION to accessibility & inclusion. (It is not.)

It’s entry-level. Something simple you can do *right now* to improve this digital community for those who aren’t like you.

Here’s a setting to help make it easier.
Use it, please?