GamesFeedRSS · @GamesFeedRSS
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GrrlScientist Ⓥ :verified: · @GrrlScientist
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GrrlScientist Ⓥ :verified: · @GrrlScientist
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'Anything short of a complete ban on all whale hunting is immoral'

Everyday Philosophy: Iceland’s whaling ban is flawed

Is hunting whales for their meat any worse than killing pigs for theirs?

theneweuropean.co.uk/everyday-

#whales #whaling #Iceland #Norway #japan #animalcruelty #animalabuse #animalrights

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Declan · @DeclanTroy
77 followers · 181 posts · Server mstdn.social

Since it is I guess I should post a shorebird image so here's an Eurasian Oystercatcher from my stop in earlier this summer.

#Iceland #WorldShorebirdsDay

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YannC 🇮🇸 · @yanncphoto
835 followers · 513 posts · Server piaille.fr

Strokkur, Islande 🇮🇸

20 août 2020

Après avoir passé près de 1h30 sur le site et -évidemment- shooté plus de 200 photos, j’avais décidé de quitter la zone géothermique pour continuer mon périple islandais pendant que les touristes commençaient à affluer.

Alors que je m’éloignais, l’appareil photo toujours à la main, j’a entendu le grondement sourd et eu juste le temps de me retourner et cadrer pour immortaliser la plus haute projection de ma journée.

#geysir #Iceland #photography #FujiXT2

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Declan · @DeclanTroy
76 followers · 180 posts · Server mstdn.social

Common Eider (female) fly-by during a stop in

#Iceland

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Declan · @DeclanTroy
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It looks like this Common Redshank has met a biologist in its past (note the band). Perhaps that's why it was yelling at me.

#Iceland

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Die_Primel · @Die_Primel
464 followers · 14045 posts · Server det.social

Retrööt @JBCOYS99:
"Huge news if it’s true. It’s unlikely but could we see another by the end of the year 👀
"

mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2023/09

#eruption #Iceland #Reykjanes #Fagradalsfjall #litlihrutur #volcano

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CharLight · @CharLight
101 followers · 369 posts · Server mstdn.social

Congratulations to and the rest in the top 10. I was not expecting to be in there 😂 🍸 :sp_pride: But again, well done and I am happy for you all.

msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-s

#Ireland #newzealand #Iceland

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Declan · @DeclanTroy
76 followers · 176 posts · Server mstdn.social

Hello World. A fledgling White Wagtail exploring the big new world.

#Iceland

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TEMPORARY ban on murdering whales was put in place due to concerns — 40% of hunted whales did not die instantly, with AVERAGE time to death of 11.5 minutes

LET THE MURDER RESUME

independent.co.uk/news/world/e

#animalcruelty #animalabuse #whaling #whales #liars #Iceland #animalwelfare

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Kate :verigold: · @DolphinSeeker
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Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 · @rysiek
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This is a disgrace:
theguardian.com/environment/20

> allows whaling to resume in ‘massive step backwards’

> Activists say that whales will still suffer agonising deaths despite new regulations and monitoring

> “With the need for whale protection so critical, this is a devastating rejection of a once-in-a-generation opportunity to end the slaughter at sea. There is a new shameful entry in the conservation history books – Iceland had a chance to do the right thing and it chose not to.”

#Iceland

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Declan · @DeclanTroy
76 followers · 176 posts · Server mstdn.social

Mother of Thyme (Thymus praecox) added a splash of color at several stops in

#Iceland

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Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 · @rysiek
13000 followers · 22670 posts · Server mstdn.social

In the interest of honesty and completeness I would like to add to this list of valid complaints, in fact.

"Reykjavík" means "Smoky Bay", and yet the weather this summer was mostly sunny and clear — really undermining the ambiance, destroying mood, and generally degrading the expected experience.

Also, summer sunsets in are simply too long. One ends up taking dozens of photos of a single sunset, and then spends hours trying to select one or two to keep.

Would not recommend.

🧵/end

#Iceland

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Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 · @rysiek
13000 followers · 22670 posts · Server mstdn.social

Oh my… @morquessewen alerted me to this amazing piece of travel writing:
insider.com/iceland-travel-tou

As a person living in , I feel compelled to respond.

> On a recent trip, I found sites like Rainbow Street and Seljalandsfoss packed with tourists.

This indeed is a problem, turns out tourists like touristy sites. 🤔

> The summertime midnight sun was beautiful, but it also made it difficult for me to sleep.

And then in the winter the dark nights help with sleep, but no midnight sun! 😢

🧵

#Iceland

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Dr. Fred Calef III · @mapperwocky
1108 followers · 1172 posts · Server mapstodon.space

This summer I went places…I saw things.

#Iceland

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Pulin Kothari, MD · @pinkoos
39 followers · 496 posts · Server med-mastodon.com

I was listening to the great Criminal podcast on the drive into the hospital this morning, specifically the latest episode:

thisiscriminal.com/episode-233

They interviewed a forensic pathologist who, it turns out, is Iceland's only forensic pathologist for a population of 380,000 people

#Pathology #pathologist #forensicpathology #Iceland

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🦣丁斯特Dingster · @leftsidestory
63 followers · 3373 posts · Server mstdn.social
Erin Conroy · @chargrille
3221 followers · 8523 posts · Server progressives.social

The smoke from our North American is reaching .

What about all the animals across the Northern Hemisphere that can't breathe properly right now? What about their respiratory systems, their internal organs, their babies who are suffering and dying?

What is this all going to look like when it's over? Who will inform us about it? What reporters should we read? Let's make a list!

#wildfires #Iceland

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