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Dr SjΓΊrΓ°ur Hammer

@sjurdur.bsky.social

Faroe Islander Seabird ecotoxicology, biodiversity and invasive species. Hoarder of bird skulls, feathers & eggshells. Natural history books and taxidermy are my love languages. University of Aberdeen and Glasgow alumni - got Meniere's too 2003 πŸ‡«πŸ‡΄πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸ‡©πŸ‡°πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸ‡«πŸ‡΄2017

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Learning from the past to inform future seabird conservation (PASTBIRD)

Can we overcome the shifting baseline syndrome? At @au.dk they offer at three year PhD project Co-supervised by me, which aims to intertwine local ecological knowledge and scientific knowledge to gain insights into seabird breeding distributions prior to rat invasion

phd.tech.au.dk/for-applican...

27.02.2026 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

#phdvacancy 🌍πŸ§ͺ

27.02.2026 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Learning from the past to inform future seabird conservation (PASTBIRD)

Can we overcome the shifting baseline syndrome? At @au.dk they offer at three year PhD project Co-supervised by me, which aims to intertwine local ecological knowledge and scientific knowledge to gain insights into seabird breeding distributions prior to rat invasion

phd.tech.au.dk/for-applican...

27.02.2026 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Hungary's leader orders extra security at energy sites, claiming Ukraine plots disruptions Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor OrbΓ‘n ordered extra security at critical energy infrastructure sites after claiming Ukraine was attempting to disrupt Hungary’s energy system.

Viktor Orban is now 20 points behind in the polls - and so he has ordered the military to guard β€œkey energy facilities” against a possible Ukrainian β€œattack.” Hungarians fear he plans a fake national security emergency or false-flag incident before the April 12 election
apnews.com/article/hung...

25.02.2026 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3335    πŸ” 1564    πŸ’¬ 219    πŸ“Œ 172
Front cover of the thesis, entitled 'Eyes in the sky'. Photo of a magnificent bird cliff in the Faroes

Front cover of the thesis, entitled 'Eyes in the sky'. Photo of a magnificent bird cliff in the Faroes

Big congrats to Johan Castenschiold for successfully defending his PhD thesis yesterday at Aarhus University!

It was a pleasure to supervise with @sjurdur.bsky.social . Also thanks to @masden.bsky.social and Jonas Hentati-Sundberg for excellent questions!

25.02.2026 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Det er svært at finde det rigtige tags og handles med bluesky, tak for hjælpen

24.02.2026 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats to Johan Castenschiold at AU today for successfully defending his PhD thesis on drone and AI for monitoring of cliff-nesting seabirds #fulmar #gannet #eider

@seabirdmortenf.bsky.social

And thanks to @masden.bsky.social for some excellent points and constructive feedback

24.02.2026 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought you meant that almost one off kill of white sided dolphins

23.02.2026 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I try, but I haven't mastered time travel yet. I assume you mean the dolphin slaughter that happened five or so years ago?

23.02.2026 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

When oligarchs talk of β€œpersonal liberties and free markets” they mean their own liberties to become even richer and more powerful.

When oligarchs speak of β€œfreedom,” what they actually seek is freedom from accountability.

Know the truth.

22.02.2026 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8726    πŸ” 2769    πŸ’¬ 204    πŸ“Œ 101
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However valid Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is, it would suggest we treat ecosystems as a resource to satisfy physiological needs, and safety needs, survival in effect, not thriving, self-actualization for many of us is immersing ourselves in places of biodiversity and natural earth processes.

10.06.2025 07:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Some people can take a moral or spiritual approach which will not persuade but at least frames their own objection. For most of us we are left with a good list of important benefits, and a 'just look at it and feel the awe', we all do, others don't, why they do not is a question.

10.06.2025 07:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Migration strategies of skuas in the southwest Atlantic Ocean revealed by stable isotopes - Marine Biology Stable isotope ratios of carbon (Ξ΄13C) and nitrogen (Ξ΄15N) were measured in feathers to compare the non-breeding distributions and habitat use of adult brown skuas Stercorarius antarcticus lΓΆnnbergi f...

Mills et al. Migration strategies of skuas in the southwest Atlantic Ocean revealed by stable isotopes link.springer.com/article/10.1... #ornithology #seabirds #teamskua

20.02.2026 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you to @thelabandfield.bsky.social and @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social , @adriftlab.bsky.social for the engaging conversations!
#seabirds

19.02.2026 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm never 100% sure something is true until these people deny it.

19.02.2026 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 8597    πŸ” 2239    πŸ’¬ 719    πŸ“Œ 140
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Fear and Fascism β€” STAND UP FOR SCIENCE I recently had coffee and spent some time with a Big Deal (TM) Psychologistβ€”who I have looked up to for years and who’s lab I unsuccessfully applied to for my PhD. It was very wonderful, and I actuall...

"Sure, it’s scary to stand up to fascism, but... there is also risk to a version of the future where we don’t have vaccines, birth control, freedom, science, or a right to vote. Pick your poison: Scary now or scary later"

@cdelawalla.bsky.social

www.standupforscience.net/blog/fear-an...

16.02.2026 11:17 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Interesting! Seems related to what I think of as "solarpunk consilience" - building better systems using difference as strength: a source of insight vs an opponent; reconciliation via understanding vs resolution by cherry-picking privileged sources; crowdsourcing vs argument from authority; etc.

16.02.2026 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Please feel free to contribute, comment or ask regarding any of these eight #punkscience thoughts. Let's make it more fun!

12.11.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@mark-ungrin.bsky.social up for helping me write this book? It's a pretty mental proposition!

15.02.2026 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Trump Administration Announces That We Don’t Know Where the Sun Goes at Night After deciding carbon dioxide does no harm, it was the logical next move.

"You can simply decide to forget progress. Disease is caused by miasma, insufficient beef tallow, corn syrup, the evil eye. You can simply decide to burn coal and witches and books again."

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

15.02.2026 05:20 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

One thing I learned last year is that there's no turning back if you give up on matching socks. It started only very occasionally that I wouldn't bother, but now hardly any of my socks match. Stay safe!

14.02.2026 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nazis are lame

14.02.2026 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Some stroker in the telegraph writing this bullshit: MATT RIDLEY
CO2 is simply not a danger to human health, and it's actively good for crops

Some stroker in the telegraph writing this bullshit: MATT RIDLEY CO2 is simply not a danger to human health, and it's actively good for crops

The same stroker with an amended headline: MATT RIDLEY
an asteroid is simply not a danger to dinosaur health, and it's actively good for dinosaurs

The same stroker with an amended headline: MATT RIDLEY an asteroid is simply not a danger to dinosaur health, and it's actively good for dinosaurs

14.02.2026 07:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2619    πŸ” 393    πŸ’¬ 179    πŸ“Œ 34
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Trump ally and tech billionaire Peter Thiel brings Antichrist warning to Paris β€œI heard more about the Antichrist during those 45 minutes than during the rest of my life,” one attendee tells POLITICO.

Tech billionaire and early Trump backer Peter Thiel is bringing his Antichrist lecture series across the Atlantic.

27.01.2026 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 20
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Researcher/Senior Researcher in Benthic Ecology at the Greenland Climate Research Center at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources The Greenland Climate Research Centre (GCRC) at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR) invites applications for a position as researcher/senior researcher within the field of marine benth...

We are hiring a benthic ecologist at the researcher or senior researcher level πŸ§ͺπŸŒπŸ¦‘

The Greenland Institute of Natural Resources is an excellent place to work, with friendly colleagues, support, and teaching opportunities.

naalakkersuisut.emply.net/recruitment/...

12.02.2026 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Ghislaine Maxwell has made it abundantly clear that she will continue protecting pedophiles and sex traffickers until she is granted clemency by Donald Trump.

She doesn’t care about the crimes that she has committed and is completely unremorseful.

09.02.2026 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4388    πŸ” 1183    πŸ’¬ 197    πŸ“Œ 39
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OBAMA: β€œPeople make excuses for him. They say he’s not serious. Everything a president says is serious!”πŸ”₯

07.02.2026 04:23 β€” πŸ‘ 23734    πŸ” 7896    πŸ’¬ 660    πŸ“Œ 618
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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not β€œmove on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

08.02.2026 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 44550    πŸ” 16952    πŸ’¬ 967    πŸ“Œ 963

Sounds very similar to Francis of Assisi's mantra "do few things but do them well"

08.02.2026 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0