Peter GutscheJul 20, 2025

A post about #water & #rivers: From the history of the #Danube to the #Wutach in the #BlackForest – one of the last wild rivers in Germany. With reflections by Alexander von Humboldt, one of the first ecologists, and a #readingtip: the new book by #RobertMacfarlane. Bonus track: a #photo exhibition.

https://www.silberspur.de/blogs/read/113

#River #WildRiver #Nature #Sustainability #Ecology #Time #AlexanderVonHumboldt #LivingRivers #Danube #NatureWriting #ClimateChange #NaturePhotography #Photography

Silberspur: Blog

Photographs and blog posts by Peter Gutsche

ScivilFeb 11, 2025
#ReadingTip The journal 'Nature Sustainability' has published a new paper: 'Citizen Involvement in the UN's Global Biodiversity Framework'. Check it out here: https://www.framework-biodiversity.eu/post/citizen-involvement-in-the-un-s-global-biodiversity-framework
#citizenscience
Citizen Involvement in the UN's Global Biodiversity Framework

Project-supported paper is published on the possibilities of citizen science...Today, the journal Nature Sustainability published a new paper co-authored by Finn Danielson from project partner NORDECO as part of his work for FRAMEwork. The paper explores the potential impact of Citizen Science initiatives on efforts to meet the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). The GBF aims to reverse nature's decline by requiring governments to report progress on 23 targets and four goals, a

Framework Project
KWI EssenFeb 15, 2024
#ReadingTip: Alexandra Irimia|@AlexandraIrim and Jonathan Foster have started a newsletter to collect research on bureaucracy in modern art and culture. Their first issue is a recap of "Bureaucriticism" in 2023:
https://bureaucritics.substack.com/p/best-of-bureaucriticism-2023
Dear Bureaucritics,

We’re happy to add to your files the first issue of our newsletter, freshly stamped and signed from our desks in Cologne and Stockholm! The world was clearly missing an aggregator for research on bureaucracy and culture. So we have decided to create one, seasoned with thoughts and recommendations on representations of bureaucracy in contemporary art and culture. It will include the latest and most relevant we can gather in terms of

Bureaucritics
KWI EssenSep 5, 2023

#READINGTIP: Two articles from KWI int. fellow were published in the current issue of the journal Ethnography: “Transnational Giving and Evolving Religious, Ethnic and Political Formations in the Global South” (w/Catherin Larouce & Leilah Vevaina) → https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14661381221134434

And “No one is self-made: Evolving iterations of giving and shaping of transnational Kamma caste subjectivities” → https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/14661381221134442

Open Search FoundationAug 18, 2023

#OpenSearchcommunity, great #ReadingTip – #OpenAccess

❇ The State of Google Critique and Intervention ❇

The special issue of the journal ‚Big Data & Society‘ provides articles and commentaries by renowned researchers such as Astrid Mager, Dirk Lewandowski, Ov Cristian Norocel, Richard Rogers, Renée Ridgway, Rosie Graham, Jutta Haider, Malte Rödl, Bernhard Rieder.

➡️ https://journals.sagepub.com/page/bds/collections/stateofgooglecritiqueandIntervention

Nils BergerApr 23, 2023

“Because if you don’t trust the founders that you work with (…), why would you ever invest in them?”

As the easy money dries up, investors start looking more closely into what kind of startups they are investing in. That’s actually a very healthy development.

#Sundayread #Readingtip #SiliconValley #MakingFutureReality

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/15/business/silicon-valley-fraud.html?algo=editorial_importance_fy_email_news&block=4&campaign_id=142&emc=edit_fory_20230415&fellback=false&imp_id=693418973&instance_id=90321&nl=for-you&nlid=137884534&pool=pool%2Fa2fc9efa-4a9f-46ae-8506-967a38fc2099&rank=2&regi_id=137884534&req_id=233304198&segment_id=130565&surface=for-you-email-news&user_id=e47b31f0c7041a02e8bcd9d94df0d265&variant=0_edimp_fye_news_dedupe

The End of Faking It in Silicon Valley

Recent charges, convictions and sentences all indicate that the start-up world’s habit of playing fast and loose with the truth actually has consequences.

The New York Times
Nils BergerFeb 7, 2023

For those of you who want to take a break from generative #AI and read about the good old #metaverse again (😉), here's a roundup of #AR trends for 2023 by @tomemrich. #readingtip

#smartglasses #AR #makingfuturereality

Dr Rhys JonesNov 11, 2022
Hello everyone
Total newbie to #mastodon ! My first post is not a Mastodon, but a herd of elephants I encountered recently on the Masai Mara plains. I’ve worked with the Loita Masai for some decades and as a scientist in the UK, Asia & Africa. I also have interests in #wildlife #environment #science #biology #ecology #plants #herpetology #reptiles #tortoises #rhinos #conservation #readingtip #books #comiccon #scifi #marvel #history & generally trying to make this world a kinder, happier place.