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Shawn Dove
@shawndove
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Author | Blogger | Scientist - I believe we can heal the world by learning to understand it, and each other, better.
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Kiel, Germany
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http://www.shawndove.com
Created
December 21, 2017
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shawndove
life
2018-01-29 01:25
I am still here
Hi. Since it's been a week since my last blog post, and I'm way behind on reading my feed, I'm just pinging the world to let all my followers know that I'm still here. I haven't abandoned Steemit or given
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shawndove
steemit
2018-01-23 00:33
Steemit vs Akasha Smackdown: First thoughts on the Akasha beta
So I received my invitation to the Akasha beta a few days ago, and wandered over to peer under the hood. Well not really, because I'm not a programmer or even a blockchain expert. But I at least kicked
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shawndove
life
2018-01-17 01:19
You don't need a purpose to live a fulfilling life
Religion. Spirituality. Philosophy. Buddhism. Meditation retreats. World travel. Fortune-tellers. Career changes. Mid-life crises. Quarter-life crises. What do all of these things have in common? They
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shawndove
photography
2018-01-17 00:01
B&W Photo Contest - Animals Entry
Mother & child have an intimate conversation. This is my entry for the black & white photo contest - animals theme. I took this at the zoo in Munich with a Fujifilm Finepix AX300 (cheapo digital
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shawndove
fiction
2018-01-16 14:59
Hidden Forever: A Short Story
Lungs aflame, heart ramming like a jackhammer. She crashed through the underbrush, sweat slick against her neoprene suit. A shot pealed somewhere behind her, ripping through the still air of the morning.
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shawndove
photography
2018-01-14 01:26
Jungle Nightlife of the Cameron Highlands (Malaysia): A Photo Tour
I'm no expert with a camera, but I bought an old used DSLR a couple of years ago and I like to play around with it once in a while. I've written here and here about my two month internship in Terengganu,
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shawndove
travel
2018-01-11 14:57
Doing science in a developing country: my 2 month internship in Malaysia
In North America and western Europe we are a bit snobbish about science. Everything has to be done with rigour and precision or it's not real science. We can afford to think that way because we have enough
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shawndove
travel
2018-01-10 01:43
Enormous spider eats a live caterpillar: night time in the Malaysian jungle
I'm too tired to write something tonight, so I give you... brutal nature at it's most fascinating: a spider the size of my entire hand eats a live caterpillar while it thrashes around. I took this video
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shawndove
travel
2018-01-09 02:22
Two months in the Islamic heart of Malaysia
During my master studies I spent two months doing an internship at a university in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. The city of Kuala Terengganu is in the northeastearn part of the Malaysian mainland, the most
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shawndove
life
2018-01-07 23:11
Empathy workshop, part 4: Putting your empathy into action
Last time we worked on understanding people you disagree with or dislike. Now it's time to start putting your empathy into action! PUTTING YOUR EMPATHY INTO ACTION If you are not yet confident about your
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shawndove
life
2018-01-07 00:59
Empathy workshop, part 3: Getting better at understanding people you dislike or disagree with
In the first part of this series, I talked about why the world needs more empathy. In the second part, I explained ways to increase or recharge your empathy. Now it's time to put your empathy into action.
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shawndove
life
2018-01-05 23:18
Empathy workshop, part 2: How to increase your empathy
In the first part of this empathy series, I talked about how the world is broken and empathy is the key to healing. Now lets look at ways which we can increase our powers of empathy to better understand
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shawndove
life
2018-01-05 01:16
Empathy workshop, part 1: Why the world needs more empathy
THE WORLD IS HURTING Many countries, including the U.S. and Britain, which are looked up to as world leaders, are deeply divided over politics. Brexit, followed by the election of Donald Trump, shocked
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shawndove
fiction
2018-01-03 00:15
The old man on the bench
Every morning old Jeremiah Stuart took his coffee mug and his cardboard sign down to the park bench. He placed the sign on the bench next to him and sipped his coffee, waiting. The sign read: SIT HERE
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shawndove
life
2018-01-02 01:49
Intolerance is fear of the unknown.
"Gay people should all be taken out and shot,” I said. I was 16 and knew everything. Today one of my closest friends is gay, and I cringe to think of what I said 20 years ago. But those words actually
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shawndove
introduceyourself
2017-12-21 12:53
Hi, I'm Shawn Dove - Author, Blogger , and Scientist
Hi, I'm new to Steemit, so I'd like to briefly introduce myself. My name is Shawn Dove. I'm a marine biologist from Canada, currently living in Germany with my lovely wife and daughter. I’m a scientist,
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