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Words and Waves

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Words and Waves: a dialogical approach to discourse, community, and marine renewable energy in Orkney. PhD project by Rebecca Ford @NordicUHI

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Joined June 2014
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Robyn Woolston@robynwoolston7 Sep 2018
#THREAD right there... @juliecorbett21 @atarbuck @words_waves @polarworld silo-smashing / echo-chamber-revolt / intrinsically interdisciplinary / Vive la révolution!!
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EMEC@EMEC_Ltd9 Aug 2018
Marine energy: fighting the headwind. An interesting article in Engineering & Technology by Tim Fryer, providing insight on Orkney's leading role in marine energy technology. eandt.theiet.org/content/art…
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OpenHydro another casualty of innovation ‘valley of death’, EMEC says Read more: bit.ly/2LpjwXj @EMEC_Ltd @openhydro #liquidation #innovation #marineenergy #EU
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.@bobbyllew 2nd life happening on #orkney for this rolled, written off 24kwh #leaf battery storage and a possable ev powered boat with the motor/ inverter ! #noLandFillWaste
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Sneak preview of the new REF 2021 assessment criteria, to replace starred levels.
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Dr Max Liboiron@MaxLiboiron25 Jul 2018
I just finished the last research chapter of *Pollution is Colonialism!" Now, just the conclusion and introduction are ahead! Current TOC: 1. An introduction to plastics, relations, obligations 2. Pollution is colonialism 3. Auntie Plastic 4. Anti-colonial science 5. ... #AcWri
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What does #climatechange mean to you? Send us your #postcardsfromtheanthropocene and be part of this year's @OrkSciFest. Visit messagefrom.co.uk for more details. A big Thank You! to @robynwoolston for permission to use her wonderful 'Habitus' image
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Karen Munro@kasmunro18 Jul 2018
Cargo vessel Priscilla has gone aground on the Pentland Skerries this morning. Tug Green Isle appears to be attempting to refloat the casualty but the tow rope keeps snapping, Thurso @RNLI Lifeboat also on scene. 🤞🏻 for no pollution.
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Martin Gray@peediepuss9 Jul 2018
Finally! Some evidence of cross-Atlantic drift, Buoy Barnacles (Dosima fascicularis) on a fragment of North American seaweed. The Gulf Stream lives!
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Dr Max Liboiron@MaxLiboiron9 Jul 2018
When researchers behave badly in communities, sometimes those groups stand up for themselves. There's been some bad researcher behaviour in Flint, and the community is asking for support from the scientific community: flintcomplaints.com/
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"Consider how we can make #knowledge that takes seriously a #politics of #care," advises María Puig de la Bellacasa in our latest #podcast, "without giving ourselves over to the #neoliberal commodification of care." #speculativeethics #environment culturesofenergy.com/133-mar…
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orkney.com@orkneycom6 Jul 2018
Fancy working in #Orkney's innovative #energy sector? @CES_Tweet has an exciting vacancy for a Project Manager based in the islands - apply here communityenergyscotland.org.… #CommunityEnergy #Hydrogen #RenewableEnergy
The launch of Orkney's Surf 'n' Turf project in Kirkwall

ALT The launch of Orkney's Surf 'n' Turf project in Kirkwall

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This week's #podcast guest is María Puig de la Bellacasa! Hear María talk about the #politics of care and speculative #ethics! What is alterbiopolitics? Tune in to find out!! #feministphilosophy #philosophy #biopolitics #environmentalphilosophy #ByePruitt culturesofenergy.com/133-mar…
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Martin Gray@peediepuss3 Jul 2018
Replying to @dunnjons
@dunnjons this whooper of a hybrid Orchid today stands 35cm (14in.)tall. The product of an ill-gotten union between an innocent little Heath Spotted and a swaggering Northern Marsh from the wrong side of the tracks.
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OSFisheries@OSFisheries3 Jul 2018
There be #monsters out there! massive 168mm berried female #lobster out on observer trip today. Good news for the fishery and #Sustainability. Large female lobsters are essential for the future recruitment and health of the #Orkney #Inshore #Fisheries
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Dr Max Liboiron@MaxLiboiron2 Jul 2018
Our special issue on Toxic Politics is live! It looks at activism outside of state policy, evidentiary regimes, and public agency to intimate and compromised acts in a permanently polluted world. #STS #discardstudies #feministSTS journals.sagepub.com/toc/sss…
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Orkney Archaeology@OAS_Orkney1 Jul 2018
Exciting news from Eday #Orkney
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