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"Not much has changed in how a spy approaches, cultivates, recruits and runs an agent, except perhaps the technological means by which he does so. The Russians still prey upon grievances and vulnerabilities the way they used to." @spybrary.bsky.social @michaelidov.bsky.social

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

Is Piggy referring to his attempted coup on January 6th?

"We have to get better at saying what is it that we want, and say it often" -- an inspiring conversation about picking up the pieces and rebuilding America with @mochaeinstein27.bsky.social and @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social on What Rough Beast podcast virginiaheffernan.substack.com/podcast

There is a PhD position available at @w-u-r.bsky.social on seed dispersal and succession! You will be based at Wageningen University in the Netherlands and conduct fieldwork in tropical forests in Mexico on plant-animal interactions. Deadline to apply: 3rd of December shorturl.at/sLVOU

“Agora a gente quer contar nossas histórias. Igual a gente vê em filme, em TV." Filme em idioma Kayapó "Nhakpoti" produzido em colaboração intercultural entre o Museu Goeldi e a aldeia A'Ukre fecha o festival Pan-Amazônica de cinema em Belém revistacenarium.com.br/ii-mostra-pa...

Despite important affirmative action policies in Brazil, Indigenous university students feel their knowledge and values aren't respected in the academic setting. ruf.folha.uol.com.br/2025/noticia...

Found this Joaquin Phoenix film based on the novel by my friend @jonathanames.bsky.social on the Wall of Fame at Libero Luxardo art cinema in Belém, where our prize-winning collaborative Kayapó language film Nkahpoti is showing tonight as part of an Amazonian film festival for #COP30

My new book, KARMA DOLL, third in my DOLL detective series, will be out January 14, 2025, six days before...well, on we go!

Today! 7 PM in Belem. NHAKPOTI: Award-winning short film in the Kayapo language will be shown at the Pan-Amazonian Film Festival, Nov. 16th at 7 PM, Av. Gentil Bittencourt, 650 - Nazaré, followed by discussion with me and indigenous filmmaker Pat-I More @sapiens_org www.sapiens.org/culture/indi...

NHAKPOTI: Award-winning Kayapo film will be shown Sunday, November 16th at 6:30 PM at the Pan-Amazonian Film Festival, Av. Gentil Bittencourt, 650 - Nazaré, Belém, followed by discussion session with me and Indigenous filmmaker Pat-I See article @sapiens_org www.sapiens.org/culture/indi...

NHAKPOTI: Award-winning Kayapo film will be shown Sunday, November 16th at 6:30 PM at the Pan-Amazonian Film Festival, Av. Gentil Bittencourt, 650 - Nazaré, Belém, followed by discussion session with me and Indigenous filmmaker Pat-I See article @sapiens_org www.sapiens.org/culture/indi...

ETHNOBOTANY REIMAGINED! Discover the living intelligence of the plant world: The McKenna Academy, led by pioneering ethnopharmacologist Dennis McKenna, is offering Master-level courses in ethnobotany, plant chemistry and shamanism. Discounts through November 30! mckenna.academy/mka-programs...

"I am a child of the forest, a child of Omama who planted the forest. I defend the forest. The nape [non-indigenous enemies] are multiplying and destroying the forest. All of you need to help us Yanomami defend the forest. Enough destruction!" -- Davi Kopenawa at COP30 in Belem.

COP30 Belem!

"Indigenous Water Guardians": Part 2 of a 3 part series on TV Peru about Rainforest Flow's water projectsthat have reduced childhood deaths from diarrhea by 73% in the last 15 years in Matsigenka Indigenous communities of Manu National Park youtu.be/w3nh5SDk7JA?...

A movie you've seen more than 7 times in a GIF (and this one is exponential...)

Brazil’s official data show deforestation in the Amazon fell 11% in the 12 months to July 2025, with independent monitoring by Imazon confirming a similar trend—evidence that policies under President Lula da Silva are reversing the sharp rise seen during Jair Bolsonaro’s administration.

someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives

Happy All Souls day from Paul Celan (trans. by Michael Hamburger)

"If spying is mostly writing, a good deal of the remainder is waiting." -- David McCloskey @spybrary.bsky.social

By combining 8 different nanobodies isolated from alpacas and llamas following immunization with snake venom - this research team has produced an antivenom that not only protects against 17 different snake venoms but also protects from tissue local damage, a major problem associated with bites.

"Journey to the Heart of Manu", 1st in a 2 part series on TV Peru about Matsigenka indigenous communities of Manu National Park and the life-saving water and sanitation projects implemented there by Rainforest Flow Part 2 airs Sunday at 8 PM, Peru time on TVPerú youtu.be/dVnMsVNrLj8?...

Always have to work in a little ethnobotany into the TV Peru special on the Matsigenka people of Manu National Park! The segment begins at 23:00 www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHh0...

Last night, TV Peru debuted the first in a two part series on the Matsigenka people of Manu. Part 2 which airs next Sunday will focus on the life-saving water & sanitation systems developed by Rainforest Flow for these remote communities. The segment begins at 23:00 www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHh0...

To select stories for the anthology of classic Japanese sci-fi I'm editing for MIT Press, I started reading this 1971 collection of pre-WWII short stories Today I read the 1925 short story The Man Traveling With the Brocade Portrait (押絵と旅する男) by Edogawa Ranpo #japanese #classic #scifi #anthology

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

With the Rainforest Flow team at FLARE 2025 conference in Lima presenting 20 years of sustainable, life-saving water & sanitation technologies in Indigenous communities of the Peruvian Amazon Photos: Neil Giardino rainforestflow.org

Because of course

Cut off your nose to spite your economy, your scientific output and your health.

been thinking about this a lot and want to (again) plug Astoria Food Pantry which will need extra funding to help our neighbors if/when SNAP benefits are cut off. we've already been running out of food faster than usual this month—any donation amount will help! givebutter.com/afp2025

Alright, team Bluesky: US foodbanks are about to have staggering demand when SNAP ends Nov 1st. We need to help them prepare. I'll match donations: DM or reply with a receipt showing your own donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll donate to match, up to a total of $500. 💪🥗🍲🥚🥧🥪🥣🥛 #NoHunger

Hey, it turns out if you have binoculars and can find the constellation Boötes you can see the Comet Lemmon right now! We spotted it in Cambridge, so you don't even have to be somewhere particularly dark!

I'm recruiting PhD students for the Barker Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study plant evolutionary genomics - polyploidy, hybridization & machine learning for genome evolution. Work with Selaginella, Xanthisma, Brassica & more. Funding available via CAMBIUM Fellowships. Reach out if interested! 🧬🌵🤖

Deforestation linked to projects like the BR-319 highway could warm the Amazon by up to 0.7°C regionally, and over 2.5°C locally, by the end of the century. While rainfall may initially rise, it later declines as forest loss expands, worsening dry seasons. www.scirp.org/journal/pape...

"Materials carry history. How we handle them—whether in the studio or the lab—is a form of care." -- an interview with my talented daughter, Thais Shepard -- artist and aspiring conservator -- with photographer and art consultant John Lee Matney. www.lindamatneygallery.com/news/2025/10...

Today, the U.S. faces one billion+ dollar climate/weather disaster on average every 2w. That's a massive increase from one every 4m in the 1980s. This is 'global weirding' and people are taking notice! The government told NOAA to stop tracking these events: but @climatecentral.org is on the job.

University College London seeks candidates for a FUNDED Ph.D. in #geoarcheology and #archeobotany examining the antiquity of slash and burn agriculture in the northwest Amazon of Brazil Deadline 17 December! www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/how...

University College of London seeking applicants for a field intensive post-doc in environmental #archeology in the Brazilian northwest Amazon region. Deadline November 10! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

"How does #ayahuasca know?" Profound interview with cultural psychologist and #psychedelic anthropologist Rebekah Senanayake by renowned ethnobotanist @markplotkin.bsky.social on her research and mind-opening experiences in the Amazon plantsofthegods.libsyn.com/plants-of-th...

A great opportunity to Join Harvard Forest as a Senior Scientist to lead eddy flux work with your very own towers in a place that is deeply connected to ecosystem ecology! @fluxnet.bsky.social @fluxnetecn.bsky.social @agubiogeosciences.bsky.social @cznews.bsky.social @uslter.bsky.social

"How does #ayahuasca know?" Profound interview with cultural psychologist and #psychedelic anthropologist Rebekah Senanayake by renowned ethnobotanist @markplotkin.bsky.social on her research and mind-opening experiences in the Amazon plantsofthegods.libsyn.com/plants-of-th...

Just finished this book. Excellent story beautifully written.

PhD applications are now open @treesdla.bsky.social for 2026 intake. Have a look at a project on effects of forest diversity on floral reward production for pollinators that we advertise with @philstevenson.bsky.social. Do apply/get in touch if you are interested! www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/eff...

Nice little article on Irish poet Seamus Heaney. It’s because a new complete book of his poetry has come out. I really recommend it - it includes previously unseen works: ereader.irishnews.com/2025/10/21/t...

Find out the details of John le Carré: Tradecraft exhibition. Chris speaks with historian Dr. Jessica Douthwaite about John le Carré’s life, craft, and legacy in the new Bodleian Library exhibition. Youtube version has exclusive footage. 🎧 Audio: pod.fo/e/33f804 🎥 YouTube: youtu.be/7bfYwun2aGo

Any John le Carré fans out there? You don't want to miss our latest episode, which not only goes into his writing process, we also take a peek at the new exhibition at the Bodleian Library in Oxford called "Tradecraft".

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