Here we go again. Facebook banned my account for a second time in two months.

FFS @bsky.app @support.bsky.team. We don't want an algorithm. We don't want dislikes. We want better moderation that lets Link back in. techcrunch.com/2025/10/31/b...

Information ministry warns public not to share fake news that could jeopardise peace

🧵 Yesterday I shared my views on how disordered discourse has captured the US state and the risk of that happening elsewhere, but I don’t want to leave you hanging without proposing a solution.

Without this, democracy doesn't die in the darkness, it dies in the light of a billion small screens.

Hilarious little video by Instagram reel creator spaghettysean about how to take good photos of an earthworm so someone can tell which of more than 6000 species it might be. #inaturalist #inverts 📷🪱 www.instagram.com/p/DQUSJjMDOmN/

oh noes

Most people don’t follow weather news about faraway places but this is a cataclysmic event about to happen. We’re talking millions of people affected and displaced. Think biblical floods, think biggest storm in years. @hotosm.org are we already planning an urgent #HOTOSM project? Better start now.

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social reported about this in 2011. Dark actors were already plotting to manipulate public sentiment via targeted online messaging. This is not mere "bots". This is something more sophisticated, sinister—and effective. "How could people still be voting this way?" This is how.

It’ll take decades to clean up and rebuild with all the ordnance lying around.

He’s designing the ballroom with AI isn’t he www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Hey #BrusselsAirlines, let’s have a deal. You give me back my suitcase you’re keeping since Tuesday morning and me, an experienced professional entomologist, I’m confirming or denying the presence of #bedbugs and #fleas on your flight. Deal? www.aviation24.be/airlines/luf...

In late August, Sam O’Hara began filming National Guard troops in D.C. while playing “The Imperial March” from his phone or a handheld speaker and posted the videos to his TikTok account. He was detained Sept. 11.

Je n'en peux plus de voir de l'IA générative partout 😐 Regardez-moi ces "dessins". Il est devenu impossible d'effectuer une recherche web sans tomber sur ce genre de truc approximatif, bancal, qui déforme le réel et détruit les métiers de l'illustration. #IA

Who knows about airline passengers rights? #SNBrusselsAirlines didn’t load my bag on the plane from Zurich to Brussels on Monday night and I’ve been waiting since then. Unreachable by chatbot, mail or call. Tracking not updated since Tuesday 7am. Bag probably in BRU but no news. Can’t work without.

"Nearly 100 additional wild bee species in Europe have been classified as threatened in a new assessment for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species..." Is anyone familiar with what species? I can't find a full summary list online. Thanks in advance 🐝🌿

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Hey @developers.google.com could you fix your insane report ? It's about 25°C this morning in Siem Reap, Cambodia. This kind of false weather report is killing the tourism industry. Thanks. Bye.

Gaza. You’re thinking of Gaza.

Video: a Japanese scientist was attacked by flies while giving the acceptance speech for his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research paper that proved painting Zebra-like stripes on cows led to a decrease in biting fly attacks.

Our open-source pipeline for detecting war crimes from space is live. Built by our Sudan team at CIR with BigData Republic, it uses NASA FIRMS & Sentinel-2 data to flag burn events near civilian sites, turning satellite imagery into evidence. Full details: bigdatarepublic.nl/articles/det...

We all knew she was mortal like the rest of us, but we all secretly hoped this day would never come. She was a legend, an inspiration, for millions of conservationists.

"Why do queen bumblebees emerge from hibernation during weekends?" I love this framing about bias in hobbyist-collected data.

Israeli forces continue to push into Gaza City, but in recent days important historical and cultural sites have also been further damaged by IDF operations across Gaza. Many of these sites held unexplored archaeological data that could now be lost 🧵

Just deleted my dormant account.

Petite frayeur en mettant mon MacOS à jour avec Tahoe 26.0. Au redémarrage, la Touch Bar ne s'allume plus. Nada. Heureusement, après avoir éteint et redémarré, elle s'est rallumée. Soulagement.

This is the next chapter of a book no one wants to read. Like. Ever.

4/4 Please do listen to @davegoulson.bsky.social clip about being kind to wasps.... Despite the large size & proximity of this nest site, they haven't caused any issues at all & my boisterous / careless grandkids have visited & left safe & sound. youtu.be/bhAgza_E3ww

Satellite imagery revealed features with a playing card shape in the Jordanian desert. This is the classic shape taken by #Roman forts, so may indicate a previously unknown Roman military campaign into what is today Saudi Arabia #RomanFortThursday 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Plus que 1500 signatures en Wallonie, et cette pétition visant à - reconnaître l’État palestinien - reconnaître l'existence d'un génocide en Palestine - imposer des sanctions contre Israël devra être examinée par la Chambre des Représentants belge 👀👀 dekamer.mijnopinie.belgium.be/initiatives/...

"L’été se termine, l’automne arrive : ce sont justement les deux saisons durant lesquelles les frelons asiatiques sont les plus actifs et dangereux." Alors, plus visibles oui. Plus actifs, pas vraiment. Plus nombreux, certainement. Mais PAS plus dangereux. Il faut arrêter avec cette entomo-psychose.

Why I don’t trust AI. Me : how many mammal species in Indonesi? AI : including Komodo dragons ?

Asian Hornets 15 - 0 Human Supporters

Mass murder is what comes to mind. Crimes against Humanity. Genocide.

Compte Facebook suspendu pour raison inconnue. Utilisation de VPN ? Je n'ai eu quasi aucune activité récemment, à part une publication récente pour débunker un article sur les frelons asiatiques. Mystère. Si je disparais de Facebook, je ne recréerai pas de nouveau compte, j'abandonnerai ce réseau.

The largest aid flotilla in history has been attacked twice in two days whilst in port in Tunisia. Open source analysis suggests an incendiary munition is to blame, contradicting official statements. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/09...

Entre les abeilles domestiques qui viennent boire du Coca et les frelons (asiatiques) à pattes jaunes qui viennent grignoter de la fricadelle, ça devient compliqué de manger des frites en extérieur à Bruxelles 😅🤭

Reports of an attack, allegedly by a drone, on a vessel in the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), while anchored outside the port of Sidi Bou Said in Tunisia. The below video shows the moment of the incident. Keep it in mind when you read the next post. www.instagram.com/reel/DOXaR_M...

📣AI propaganda factories🏭 are now operational. My study shows how small, open-weight models can run as fully automatic generators in influence campaigns. mechanising personas, engagement, cadence. Possible for State, non-state, and micro-actors, including and bedroom ones.

"The findings confirm that, while Twitter was once the platform of choice for a majority of science communicators, those same people have since abandoned it in droves. And of the alternatives available, Bluesky seems to be their new platform of choice." arstechnica.com/science/2025...

La Friche Josaphat est l'endroit où il y a le plus d'espèces d'abeilles sauvages de toute la région. Plus de 125 espèces ont été recensées soit un tiers des espèces encore présentes dans toute la Belgique. Ce projet aura un impact catastrophique sur la biodiversité des abeilles sauvages à Bruxelles.

So it begins. After France, tiger mosquitoes are now settling in Belgium for good, surviving the winter courtesy of climate change. These mosquitoes are a major vector of dangerous and deadly diseases for humans all over the tropics. Unlike our native mosquitoes, they usually bite during daytime.

A troll recently added a new cemetery on Google Maps along the Cambodia-Thailand border. This place never existed, it's just provocation to upset others. This type of #MapVandalism isn't welcome on Google Maps nor @openstreetmap.bsky.social - keep an eye out for vandalism and report any propaganda.

Who wants a job like mine? If so you may be in luck! 🥳 Virginia Tech is hiring an Insect Identification Laboratory Manager: careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us... Follow the link for info and to apply.

Seems like a problem that most every smart liberal and left wing writer, researcher, analyst, and NGO worker I know is unemployed, grossly underpaid, or in a super unstable job, while a bunch of 20 year old Nazis with the talent and expertise of ass hair are getting paid $300K to post on Twitter.

Unusual. A Learjet C-21A from the US Air Force flying over Brussels, from Cardiff to unknown destination.

Challenge accepted, Challenge COMPLETED !

I'm so sick of insect and spider smugglers. They're plundering natural ressources in other countries and playing Russian roulette with native ecosystems.

Excited to be talking about the importance and wonder of insects at Earthed Summit, London, 18th Sept. Lots of great speakers plus other events, pls share.