Fiona Beckman
@fionabeckman.bsky.social
Camera-wielder, obsessive walker, ocean enthusiast. Manxie living in Plymouth. Ocean Science Communicator for @pogo-ocean.bsky.social & @obon-ocean.bsky.social (views all my own) #photography #marinescience #ocean #Plymouth #IsleOfMan #Dartmoor #CoastPath
Hard disagree 🤬. Give me a human over AI anytime - with bonus points if they can diverge from the script… www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘Customers prefer AI chatbots,’ says British Gas owner as 1,300 call centre jobs axed
CEO Chris O’Shea defends Centrica’s plans as it reports rise in retail profits following focus on bigger margins
theguardian.com
Love this initiative by my colleagues at @samsocean.bsky.social Director, Nick Owens, says he knew the decision was coming alive when, listening to conversations at executive meetings and during coffee breaks, he began to hear the question: “What would the ocean think about this?” 🌊
David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 3w agoGiving nature a say: why Scottish marine scientists appointed the ocean to their board www.theguardian.com/global-devel... 🧪🦑🌎
So many red & black moths flying around Ford Park Cemetery this week. They appear to be 6-spot #burnet moths - but I know that these #ragwort plants will be covered with striped Cinnabar moth caterpillars in the coming weeks. It’s weird - I *never* see the (similar) #cinnabar adults flying about 🤷♀️
Plymouth’s newly refurbed Armada Way looking colourful in the evening 🥰 #plymouth
Widespread declines in #plankton across the North East Atlantic ⚠️ A new study has used more than six decades of data to show that plankton abundance is declining across vast swathes of the #NorthEastAtlantic. 🔗 pml.ac.uk/news/decline...
Decline in plankton across North East Atlantic sends stark warning for ocean health
A new study, involving scientists from PML, found there were no habitats assessed as being of ‘Good Environmental Status’ in a region stretching from Portugal to Norway.
pml.ac.uk
Not a tennis fan myself, but I do love to see #Plymouth city centre set up for watching #wimbledon on a summer’s day 🥰🎾
These assholes back down when we push back. We should push back more often. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/c...
Trump Administration Backs Off Plan to End Ocean Monitoring
nytimes.com
Depressing read about the environmental impact of pet flea treatments 😢. We only treat our cat with spot-on when humans get a flea bite, but I’ll now be looking at just using an isoxazoline pill instead - no matter how hard he fights me 😂 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Vets advise ban on over the counter flea treatment for pets
Pet owners have historically been advised they should treat cats and dogs as a preventative measure every month.
bbc.co.uk
All my walking routes seem to involve at least a few #bluebells at the moment 🥰. Love this time of year. Happy May Day ☺️
Are you a scientist at a POGO Member institution with an idea for a POGO working group or training initiative? 🌊 ➡️ Speak to your POGO Scientific PoC about how to apply for this year's Microgrants. 📆 Expression of Intent deadline: 30 April 2026 ➡️ Find out more: pogo-ocean.org/call-for-pro...
The 2026 POGO-SCOR Fellowship Programme is now open for applications! 🚀 This fellowship provides funding for early-career scientists, technicians & postgraduate students from developing countries to spend 1–3 months at a leading oceanographic institute abroad 🌎 More at: mailchi.mp/pogo-ocean/p...
Meet Abasiofon Essien Timothy, POGO's newest shipboard trainee! As the 2026 Ocean Decade NF-POGO-SeaNetwork-GEOMAR Fellow, Ofon will join the WASCAL Floating University aboard the #RVPolarstern from Cabo Verde to Germany. Congratulations, Ofon! @unoceandecade.bsky.social @geomarkiel.bsky.social
Been watching the #bigwheel construction on #PlymouthHoe as I walked to-and-from work this week. At lunchtime today, it looked rather like a giant #PacMan 😁 #Plymouth
🌲 Are you an environmental scientist? 🔍 We have new articles ready for expert review! "Climate change may produce “fast-food” phytoplankton" authentisci.com/article/c21c... "Synthetic chemicals are widespread in marine ecosystems, study finds" authentisci.com/article/5d7c...
In contrast with yesterday’s glorious sunshine, today’s morning mist thickened and persisted all day - the red and white stripes of #smeatonstower were barely visible! #plymouth #plymouthhoe
What's even the point of driving if you have to obey the speed limit?
Good morning #Plymouth ☺️ There may be a risk of #aprilshowers today, but these glorious sunshine views of Plymouth Hoe and the Sound as I walked to work have set my happy mood for the week ahead. I don’t think even heavy rain could dampen my spirits 🌧️🥰🌊
To reduce disease, we all need to make some urgent but simple changes to how we feed our garden birds. See our website for the latest guidance: brnw.ch/21x1t4w
South Cornish coast yesterday, and north Cornwall coast today. Both stunning, as ever, but we were particularly lucky with amazing weather for early April 🥰 #southwestcoastpath #RameHead #StIves
Unfortunately, our gutters are insanely high & pretty inaccessible for us (big old Victorian terrace on a steep hill 😬) - but others in and near #Plymouth might want to join this #citizenscience project ⬇️ 📢 Call for citizen scientists to collect space dust www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Call for citizen scientists to collect space dust
Resident are urged to join a cosmic quest for micrometeorites from space landing in their gutters.
bbc.co.uk
📆 SAVE THE DATE for the IQOE Passive Acoustics workshop - bringing together the ocean acoustics & bioacoustics communities: 22-24 Sept 2026 at @vliz.be in Oostende, Belgium.🌊👂 Find out more at www.iqoe.org/workshops/ch... @iqoe.bsky.social @scor-int.bsky.social @pogo-ocean.bsky.social
@iqoe.bsky.social · 5mo agoOpen Workshop on Charting the Future of Ocean Passive Acoustics: From observations to science and management. Expression of interest form is available at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F....
After the stress & fear of trying to leave a potential war zone (“combat operation” my ass) will UK people reflect in time on the horrors which make people flee towards asylum? 😒
Good morning Glasgow!! So pleased the sun decided to drop by for the final day of #OSM26 so we could see the Clyde looking so pretty and reflective 🥰🌊
Are you at #OSM26 in Glasgow this week? OBON will be hosting two sessions on THURSDAY 26th: - oral session 08:30 - 10:00 (Carron, SEC) - poster session 16:00 - 18:00 (main poster hall - boards 1208-1236) Drop by to find out more about this UN Ocean Decade programme and our associated activities!
![Comic. [Person and person with white hat facing two boxes stacked with $80 price tag and sale tag on each box.] PERSON 1: They want $80 for this? I could make one myself for $10 in parts, an hour of work, a trip to the hardware store, another $30 in parts, another few hours of work, two more trips to the store for $20 more in parts, another hour of work to redo the first hour of work because I messed up, and $80 to buy this when the one I made breaks.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifdsd32pjwefxji33c5eferlek4o6kkadoosqisb5uatqjmrq4q4q)
