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Michael Orr

@mcorr.bsky.social

Stuttgart Naturkundemuseum. Bee Systematics, Natural History, and everything in between. Focused on Anthophorinae (Apidae). He/Him.

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Striped field

Striped field

#SavetheDate Tue | July 8th | 4PM | zoom & twitch

Research Colloquium:
Diversification for biodiversity-friendly agriculture
Prof. Dr. Ingo Grass, @unihohenheim.bsky.social

Join us via zoom or on twitch (@naturkundemuseum)!
www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/besuch/veran...

07.07.2025 07:11 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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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...

08.05.2025 15:59 — 👍 2685    🔁 1986    💬 68    📌 112

The global online authority for #bees research DiscoverLife.org has been up and down the last few months due to rampant AI bot webscraping. Learn more in our quick new @nature.com Correspondence here: rdcu.be/emMOw

20.05.2025 10:52 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Jobs | Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart Open positions

🦤🧬🧑‍🔬 Junior Group Leader in Conservation Genomics Wanted! 🪲🌿🔬
Help bridge gaps between evolutionary genetics & conservation with museum and monitoring collections.

🔗 Info: tinyurl.com/biodivgen
⏰ Deadline: June 15th
📩 Contact me!

🚀 Excited to explore new horizons!
Please share 🕊️

08.04.2025 16:57 — 👍 24    🔁 34    💬 1    📌 2

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