My newest #Prelights article highlights a #preprint by B. R. Baisla et al. (2025) and their search for morphological #prezygotic #barriers to reduce #hybridization among the species complex of #Nasonia, #parasitoid wasps. Male genital morphology apparently does not prevent hybridization, pre-mating #barriers are still unknown.
©#StefanFWirth 2026

Reference

Prelights article by Stefan F. Wirth:
https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/morphological-variations-in-external-genitalia-do-not-explain-the-interspecific-reproductive-isolation-in-nasonia-species-complex-hymenoptera-pteromalidae/

Pics
1) public domain, M.E.Clark, 2006,
2) ©S.F.Wirth, AI illustration

Breaking #Diplomatic #Barriers: #Israel has become the first @un member state to formally #RecognizeSomaliland—reshaping #HornOfAfrica #Geopolitics, #RedSeaSecurity, & global diplomacy. What this #Historic move means for #Somaliland, #Israelis, & the region

https://saxafimedia.com/diplomatic-barriers-israel-recognition-somaliland/

SEPA Flood Warning Churchill Barriers

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/01/22/sepa-flood-warning-churchill-barriers-5/

love must vanquish fear.
fear's the stuff walls are made of.
love's not a prison.

#haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #SmallPoems #love #fear #intimacy #barriers #closeness

"At any given moment, you are standing on the edge of massive opportunity!" - Futurist Jim Carroll

I just finished writing a massive series about exponential trends and opportunities in 2026 and beyond.

As I was writing it, I couldn't help but think that the series had opportunity written all over it!

And then I began thinking that many folks won't see those opportunities because they are too focused on the barriers that get in the way.

After that, I began thinking that it's also true that some people won't be able to achieve those opportunities because some unwanted barriers get in the way.

And that led me to the idea that for some, life is a series of opportunities interrupted by momentary setbacks!

And then I realized that many of my daily posts lately have become far too long, and so I need to shorten the message!

So I'll leave today's post at that! 

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Futurist Jim Carroll thinks it's better to focus on the opportunities in front of you rather than the barriers that get in the way.

**#Opportunity** **#Barriers** **#Setbacks** **#Exponential** **#Mindset** **#Perspective** **#Momentum** **#Focus** **#Potential** **#Optimism**

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2026/01/decoding-tomorrow-daily-inspiration-at-any-given-moment-you-are-standing-on-the-edge-of-massive-opportunity/

Has anyone experienced #barriers to education that they would be willing to talk about?

I'm doing some coursework around barriers to adult education specifically but would welcome any stories people have the energy to share with me.

Barriers being anything that made furthering your education challenging or impossible. Big or small.

I'm also wondering if anyone has used #art in a #socialjustice context. For their own healing, to speak out, or raise awareness?

#disability #neurodiversity

Animal friendly infrastructure - Road ecology

"Some 40 million miles of roadways encircle the earth, yet we tend to regard them only as infrastructure for human convenience. While roads are so ubiquitous they’re practically invisible to us, wild animals experience them as entirely alien forces of death and disruption. , the harms of highways extend far beyond roadkill. "
Ben Goldfarb, Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet >>
https://www.bengoldfarb.com/crossings

Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping The Future of Our Planet with Ben Goldfarb >>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVkw0fOslck
#biodiversity #wildlife #habitat #roads #highways #NegativeExternalities #Infrastructure #cars #vehicles #crashes #liability #tyres #RoadEcology #RoadKill #signage #fencing #weeds #pollution #LoggingImpacts #mobility #animals #MigratorySpecies #access #barriers #FreewayWalls #crossings #ExtinctionCrisis

Cloudflare Tells U.S. Govt That Foreign Site Blocking Efforts Are Trade Barriers

https://torrentfreak.com/cloudflare-tells-u-s-govt-that-foreign-site-blocking-efforts-are-digital-trade-barriers/

#HackerNews #Cloudflare #U.S. #Government #Trade #Barriers #Internet #Freedom #Digital #Rights

The head of Germany's largest statutory health insurer, the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK), Jens Baas, has launched a scathing critique of the increasingly unequal... https://news.osna.fm/?p=18874 | #news #access #barriers #creates #distribution

Overcoming #barriers to building #rural #affordablehousing in #NewYork

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/politics/2025/10/07/overcoming-barriers-to-building-n-y--rural-affordable-housing

Can school-leaving certificate act as #institutional #barriers?

The answer: Yes! “[…] the overall results suggest that school-leaving certificates and selection processes based on them can act as institutional barriers, slowing down young people's career development even if they possess comparatively #high #cognitive abilities.”

In this study, DSS #researcher Paula Protsch and her colleagues examined who has access to cognitively more #demanding training occupations.

👉 https://uni.koeln/9QLL2

We’re happy to share that we successfully wrapped up the IDAHO project at #OAT25 with a presentation of the final findings from our mixed-method study!

We found that researchers with weak institutional ties do experience affiliation-specific #barriers. To address this, we derive five recommendations for academic publishers to mitigate these obstacles and make #OA publishing more diverse and equitable.

For more details, take a look at the slides: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17152714

#OpenAccess_culture

@andrewstroehlein they quite reasonably see Russia heading in their direction, with a reasonably anticipated killing of far more civilians than those who walk into a minefield.

Building a physical barrier capable of channeling an invading army into swept zones or simply denying them passage is a project more suitable as a plot element in Game of Thrones than an actual project on Earth.

But Winter is coming, their way.

#barriers #channels #civilians #defence #Wall #GoT

"From the 2030s, three novel structures that will protect Singapore from rising sea levels will start to take shape on the nation’s southern coast.

Called coastal barriers, these arm-like gates can open and close depending on weather conditions."

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/environment/coastal-barriers-to-debut-in-spore-how-do-they-shield-shores-from-extreme-sea-levels

#Singapore #Coasts #Barriers #Environment #ClimateChange

Keisha Castle-Hughes tells Waitangi Tribunal of barriers for Māori tamariki born abroad

“I had always believed they were entitled to be recognised as tangata whenua here … we are tangata…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #abroad #barriers #born #castlehughes #for #keisha #mori #NewZealand #NZ #of #originally #published #tamariki #Television #tells #tribunal #waitangi
https://www.newsbeep.com/127407/

🚄 The IDAHO team is heading to Konstanz for Open-Access-Tage 2025 #OAT25! @zeynepaydin @KaliuzhnaN @hauschke. We are excited to present the project’s major accomplishments - recommendations for publishers to mitigate #barriers to #OA publishing for researchers with weak institutional ties.

Our talk is part of Session 4: Dimensions of Inequality, which will take place on Thursday, September 18, from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m.

See you there!

https://projects.tib.eu/idaho/en/news/detail/idaho-at-open-access-days-2025-in-konstanz/

#OpenAccess #equity #OpenScience

New Post: Secondary School Open Evenings: Spotting the Hidden School Accessibility Barriers https://www.timdixon.net/blog/2025/09/secondary-school-open-evenings-spotting-the-hidden-school-accessibility-barriers #barriers #blog #life #parents #presentations #reflection #school