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• Post #4468766

  An interesting aspect is that for the first 2 weeks, the young people at efterskole have all their screens taken away. And apparently this is a popular choice among the teenagers themselves https://www.efterskolerne.dk/om-efterskoleforeningen/nyheder/skaerm/unge-oensker-en-pause-fra-skaermen-paa-efterskolen/ https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/117064929859511737 Ruth_Mottram - Dropping one of the teenagers off at efterskole today, every 4th car on the motorway has a bike on the back, presumab...

• Post #4383290

  In desperate search for some good news I turned to theNaked Scientists Podcast and I was not disappointed ... Alzheimer's drug breakthrough, and sugar in space Episode webpage: https://www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/naked-scientists-podcast/alzheimers-drug-breakthrough-and-sugar-space Media file: https://flex.acast.com/downloads.nakeddiscovery.com/downloads/active/Naked_Scientists_Show.26.07.17.mp3

• Post #4317424

  Loving your family in 2026 is discovering your female family members using insecure 3rd party apps to track their menstrual cycles and sitting down to write a private and secure one for them to use instead...

• Post #4228548

  My famous #vegan sour now comes in an alcohol free version and it's awesome. And again I'm left wondering why it's so hard as a society to persuade people to reduce our use of animal products?

• Post #4131767

  Essential thread 👇 https://mastodon.social/@weatherwest/116989729029443214 weatherwest@mastodon.social - In recent weeks, there has been a remarkable surge in large, intense, fast-moving, and unfortunately in many cases destructive/deadly wildfires in multiple Northern Hemisphere regions spanning a wide range of climates & ecologies, but they all share one key commonality. [Thread]

• Post #4006604

  I no longer remember who it was but thanks for the electroverse recommendations for #EV driving in Scotland - may be the easiest app I've ever used to charge rental EV cars (and I've tried a lot!) It's also remarkable how many chargers there are now in Scotland - even at remote Ardnamurchan Point #TheTimesTheyAreAChanging

• Post #3883768

  🚨new publication alert🚨 Some types of El Niño lead to more melt over the Ross Ice Shelf in #Antarctica. In our paper led by PhD student Sanjiban Dutta, we look at the synoptic relationship where Eastern Pacific El Niños channel warm moist air over the Ross Ice Shelf. One to watch with the current #ElNino building.. #ClimateDiary https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025JD045932

• Post #3832727

  Never thought I'd say this, but it's actually too hot to hike in Scotland just now. We are suffering from the heat. Not complaining but genuinely surprised. #ClimateDiary

• Post #3699228

  Judging by number of Danes on this #dfds passenger ferry, it is surely time for a reopening of the Esbjerg ferry to UK to facilitate #FlyingLess? - especially as people seek cooler climates for summer holidays, rather than warm ones

• Post #3642767

  😂 AI Economics for Dummies - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ai-economics-for-dummies

• Post #3599135

  Have just started using Ente for secure, privacy focused photo back up and organisation. So far I am actually pretty impressed. It's lightning fast and very easy to navigate - and I have tens of thousands of photos that it's definitely helping me to organise and search through easily. And share with non-Ente users too. It's miles better than Flickr as a UI experience. This is a test period before I decide if I migrate rest of family too. However, I was under the impression the co...

• Post #3507034

  Fantastisk dybt rapportering om Albanien, Trump, Kushner, EU, demokrati og naturbeskyttelseslove Genstart: Ivankas albanske ferieparadis Episode webpage: https://www.dr.dk/lyd/special-radio/genstart-2642056922000 Media file: https://api.dr.dk/podcasts/v1/assets/urn:dr:podcast:item:11802660153/93c072b83648c4d4315901ba9e28c97ae282db64fb6737aa2bef6b71232b19da.mp3

• Post #3471243

  Wow. This is bizarrely not good. And what terrible style from the US Ambassador (consciously mimicking the political boss apparently.) https://newsletter-cdn.europeancorrespondent.com/go/ke13kj8tcubr40vq9qd84lufzqttn6rj00vksswk877i/2866

• Post #3431488

  And we've done it! The all time Danish heat record of 36.4C broken with 37C, the previous June record (from1947) beaten by a full 1.5C. Also warmest tropical night on record and earliest crossing of 30C (well before midday) also set. The previous all time heat record was set in August 1975* in Holbæk. So, Yay is, I guess? *Not a typo for UK readers, 1976 was record there, 1975 was warmer in Denmark. https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/vejret/37-0-grader-gav-ny-dansk-varmerekord

• Post #3405983

  On flow, familiarity, culture and zombie flow. I think I'd argue the Fediverse does not encourage zombie flow, and is maybe "the right kind of hard" as Derek Thompson puts it here. Fascinating stuff. https://www.derekthompson.org/p/how-zombie-flow-took-over-culture

• Post #3387338

  The Copenhell Metal Festival is on this week, just in time for the heat wave and whoever thought of this is genius. #Copenhagen #Copenhell #Heatwave #Wx

• Post #3372060

  The US special envoy sent to negotiate with Greenland and Denmark, used the occasion of Greenland's National Day to suggest that already next year they will be the 51st state. I cannot express my feelings about this without swearing very very loudly. https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/jeff-landry-maaske-kan-groenland-blive-usa-s-51-stat-allerede-naeste-aar

• Post #3368048

  A question for my #FediScot friends: if you were to shortly be driving around Scotland (specifically western Highlands) in an #EV - what apps and maps would you use to find and load up at public chargers? #AskFedi #Scotland

• Post #3352496

  I have no intention of signing up for W currently, but I might consider it if we can get it to replace LinkedIn. Either way I am planning to stay here.. https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/116770333053823108 aral@mastodon.ar.al - Needless to say, do not sign up for W or give them your ID information no matter how simple they eventually manage to make it. You simply don’t need to. You’re already in a far superior – non-corporate, federated – space. Do not sign up for W. And warn your friends. Th...

• Post #3343264

  And here is an indigenous viewpoint from the Arctic: https://policylabs.frontiersin.org/content/policy-outlook-geoengineering-inuit-homelands https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/116769466126905589 Ruth_Mottram - Flurry of articles, including in the Guardian on the very well funded but seriously misguided efforts to geoengineer the Arctic by growing sea ice, reminds me that it is probably time to report our critical article on the subject.. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/science/articl...

• Post #3340859

  Five good things instead of three today: 1. Passed mid term project review with flying colours, technical officer proclaimed himself "impressed" (phew). 2. Visited super cool facility at DTU and learned a lot about measuring sunlight. Hopefully the start of some interesting new collaborations 3. Took my 2 wonderful teens out for vegan hotpot dinner in Vesterbro to celebrate end of their exams. 4. Lay out in garden listening to the blackbirds and identified 5 separate bee species wit...

• Post #3323872

  On the ghosts, and lessons, of Versailles. Ukraine’s war is now longer than the first world war https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/06/11/ukraines-war-is-now-longer-than-the-first-world-war?giftId=YzE5ZmMzZTUtMjYyMS00NmU5LThiMjQtZGQ5NTQ3MDRiODQx&utm_campaign=gifted_article

• Post #3308533

  Every year I am stupidly late booking family holiday as the experience of booking train tickets was toooo depressing. This year (I'm still late), a reply to my post the other day about travel sickness on swedish trains reminded me of the railfinder.eu site and honestly - it's a revelation. Doesn't cover everywhere yet, but definitely going to be using it a lot more for international rail travel in Europe. https://www.railfinder.eu

• Post #3249932

  This was really excellent overview of what hybrid warfare is, how it is evolving and what we can do about #Russia's hybrid tactics. Mildly Alarmed: Russia’s Hybrid Warfare in Europe Episode webpage: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mildly-alarmed/episodes/Russias-Hybrid-Warfare-in-Europe-e3kcmeu Media file: https://anchor.fm/s/111aff124/podcast/play/121051038/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-5%2F425571617-44100-2-86a394f96ae91.mp3

• Post #3026553

  Narwahls are critically dependent on the marginal ice zone in Northern Greenland. "it provides both feeding opportunities and refuge from predators. Continued loss of seasonal sea ice is therefore expected to alter narwhal movement patterns, potentially increasing fjord residency and reducing inter-fjord movements. Such behavioural shifts could have cascading ecological effects, altering prey dynamics and reducing genetic exchange among regional narwhal groups." My colleagues do *su...

• Post #2600625

  "DB will let you down. It will also, more often than the internet would have you believe, deliver you eight hours of clean uninterrupted thinking time at 250 km/h across a country, drop you within walking distance of your next meeting, and occasionally reroute you down the left bank of the Rhine at golden hour as an apology. The trick is to plan for the first and enjoy the second.' The most useful hints I've ever seen for our summer holiday planning... https://blog.hofstede.it/a-...

• Post #2506316

  Everything you want to know about AMOC changes but were afraid to ask? The Nordic council report on the impact of #AMOC slowdown has some very powerful but immensely illustrative stories. https://pub.norden.org/temanord2026-504/storylines.html

• Post #2388846

  I have been slowly moving away from US controlled tech, the remaining bits are ones I can't control really: banking + payments, DK state ITs love affair with microsoft, apps needed to access state services. And if someone can come up with a way to persuade teenagers this is cool. That would be nice. Of course what the piece misses is the huge commercial reliance on the back end stack. We desperately need #Eurostack. https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/116554305782688437 Ruth_Mottr...

• Post #2322774

  It's Europe Day and perhaps fittingly I'm sitting in a sunny garden enjoying the bird song and re-reading this magisterial work by Neil MacGregor. It's about Germany, but it's also about the heart of Europe. Huge recommend.

• Post #2309125

  My favourite part of this quote about #ice is the reference.. 😁 #Frostodon #icetodon https://fediscience.org/@agrinsted/111787871131891751 agrinsted - "ICE IS a remarkably strong solid. When its normalized strength (σs/μ) is compared with that of other solids at the same fraction of their melting point (T/TM), ice is found to be among the strongest and hardest.  " (ashby and frost, 1982)