Reposted by Adalbert JahnzStanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026SO YOU'VE WRITTEN A BIG REPORT and you want us to care about it. Please, if you are targetting journalists etc, do these few very simple things. - include a date - make it easy to navigate (no fancy animation stuff) - single column! - charts should link to data - contact info of relevant authors 914738 147
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzJeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 22/06/2026The 2 red peaks at right…. That’s last month and now this month in Paris. Last month was an appetizer. This #heatwave is rewriting the history books. Via Guido Cioni for the amazing visual! 16429 64
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time. 236119465846 11.9K
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzDamien Meadows @damienmeadows.bsky.social · 13/12/2025There’s 25% reductions for Interrail and Eurail tickets bought by 17th December, for use during almost all of 2026. Combined with advice from @seatsixtyone.bsky.social, it’s a great way to travel sustainably next year: www.interrail.eu/en/interrail... 02312 23
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzEuropean Commission @ec.europa.eu · 26/10/2025🧙♀️ Single Market Masters The EU Single Market is one of Europe’s greatest achievements, empowering citizens and businesses alike. It grants us four legendary superpowers. ⚡👇 615032 150
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzBluesky @bsky.app · 07/07/2025📢 1.104 is rolling out with new ways to personalize your notifications! • Activity Notifications: Get push alerts from your favorite accounts • Repost Notifications: See when someone likes or reposts something you’ve reposted • New Notification Settings: Fine-tune which notifications you receive 770128323511 12.8K
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzOwen Winter @owenwntr.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Party family vote shares in Europe after Portugal's election: Right-wing 23.9% (+0.1) Conservative 23.6% (+0.1) Social democrat 21.7% (-0.1) Liberal 11.3% (=) Socialist 7.6% (-0.1) Green 4.7% (=) 34514 45
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzEuropean Commission @ec.europa.eu · 18/05/2025Tonight, Europe showed love to JJ and Austria! Congratulations on winning #Eurovision2025! 1422515 225
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzDave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 17/05/2025Tonight's #Eurovision2025 final will have the highest proportion of non-English songs ever seen since language freedom was introduced in 1999 - 65%! The figure rose even higher after this week's semi-finals. 9 of the 11 songs eliminated were in English.davekeating.substack.comEurovision turns its back on EnglishFor the first time, more than half of countries have voluntarily chosen to sing in a language other than English at Eurovision - up from a fifth just five years ago. Why is this happening now? 45114 51
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzMike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 12/05/2025OK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*. What the HELL? 1/ 736225107752 22.5K
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzUN Environment Programme @unep.org · 07/05/2025Welcome to the Birds Gala, where nature's most stylish creatures shine. From golden pheasants to Gouldian finches, birds are vibrant examples of biodiversity. Amidst biodiversity loss, we must act urgently #ForNature to protect birds & the ecosystems vital for life on Earth. 121035 210
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzProf. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 26/04/2025And it hardly even seems newsworthy, but the global mean surface temperature two days ago, on April 24th, hit a new record daily high according to ERA5 data. The Climate 8-ball doesn't know who is in charge and is refusing to make predictions. 14349126 349
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzThomas REGNIER @thomasregnier.ec.europa.eu · 23/04/2025Today, we fined Apple €500 million & Meta €200 million for breaching the Digital Markets Act. Apple restricts developers from steering consumers to offers outside the App store. Meta doesn't let users choose a service that uses less personal data. These are the first DMA fines. europa.eu/!9RDQmk 1017887 178
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzDIE ZEIT @zeit.de · 22/04/2025Nahrungsergänzungsmittel, russische Propakanda, Fake-News: Facebook ist voll mit dubioser Werbung. Das Problem wäre wohl lösbar – wenn der Konzern wollte.zeit.deDesinformation: Wie Facebook mit Fake-Werbung viel Geld verdientNahrungsergänzungsmittel, russische Propakanda, Fake-News: Facebook ist voll mit dubioser Werbung. Das Problem wäre wohl lösbar – wenn der Konzern wollte. 13414 34
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzIrishStar.com @irishstar.com · 20/04/2025Away from work she's a mom to baby boy Niko and has a loving husband. irishstar.comKaroline Leavitt says husband 'always has her back' as she takes break from work 3072 30
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 18/04/2025‘In a twist that befuddled researchers for a year, almost no human beings visit the sites, which are hard to browse or search. Instead, their content is aimed at crawlers, the software programs that scour the web & bring back content for search engines & LLMs’ www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...washingtonpost.comRussia seeds chatbots with lies. Any bad actor could game AI the same way.In their race to push out new versions with more capability, AI companies leave users vulnerable to “LLM grooming” efforts that promote bogus information. 214788 147
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzAnnie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Copernicus has an amazing 'toolbox' that shows air pollution in Europe and allows you to instantly model reductions from different sources. On today's map of anthropogenic PM10 pollution I've just 'removed' agriculture's contribution... and most pollution is gone! shorturl.at/8vkqi 32311 23
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzJessica McKenzie @jessimckenzi.bsky.social · 14/04/2025so i'm in the climate skeptics subreddit for some reason (i'm a masochist) and have been horrified to find that they've latched onto a "paper" "written" by Grok 3 as "evidence" that humans are not causing global warming www.reddit.com/r/climateske... 2521248 212
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzEuropean Investment Bank @eib.org · 14/04/2025🎉 Happy birthday to Henrik Stiesdal, wind energy pioneer & co-inventor of the modern wind turbine. In 1979, he sold a 3-blade design to Vestas — a blueprint that shaped global wind technology. May the wind always be at your back! 💨 1238 23
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzJanelle Shane @janelleshane.com · 13/04/20251. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but 2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but 3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So 4. Now the LLM code points to malware. 11978723579 7.9K
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzSimon Proud @simonsat.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Flower parade in the Netherlands today... @esa.int with a great show, Ariane 6 rocket 🚀 310820 108
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzUN Environment Programme @unep.org · 12/04/2025Nearly $7 trillion USD is invested annually in activities harming nature, while investments in Nature-based Solutions total only around $200 billion. It’s time to flip these numbers. Check UNEP’s State of Finance for Nature for more data: financefornature.unep.org 17402156 402
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzTimes Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work #AcademicSky #EduSkytimeshighereducation.comX’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for researchData indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover 7932295 932
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzJacob Mason @masontransport.bsky.social · 11/04/2025In response to Conner Dougherty's NYT article, it's helpful to revisit a piece I wrote. In the USA, the poorer you are, the greater percentage of your income you spend on transportation. In the EU, it's the opposite. Why? USA has car-dependent sprawl, EU has good transit. itdp.org/2024/01/24/h... 510442 104
Adalbert Jahnz @ad4europe.eurosky.social · 11/04/2025If you like both the EU and typography, you’ll be interested to know the Commission’s sprawling website is this week starting to move our typography to Inter by @rsms.me. It’s all still work in progress but I already love the look. Check it out ➡️ commission.europa.eu/priorities-2...commission.europa.euDemocracy and our valuesLearn how the Commission is protecting democracy by fighting disinformation, strengthening the rule of law and how it engages with citizens. 1192 19
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzNicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 09/04/2025For veterans of the Eurozone crisis, this is quite incredible - today Greece has a lower borrowing cost than both the UK and the US for their 10 year bonds. I had to check, all of the previous so called 'PIIGS' (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain) have lower borrowing costs than the US today. 221120465 1.1K
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzProf. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 07/04/2025Here are the daily color stripes, from January 1, 1940 and updated through April 5, 2025. 511439 114
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzNicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Important story that might be buried under another day of Trump induced market turmoil - there is mounting evidence that Russian actors had at least knowledge of some of the terror attacks that heavily influenced Germany‘s election campaign before they happened: 14332197 332
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Just had this blog comment on a post about the delays in prosecuting Trump, and I am convinced it is generated by AI. I have thousands of comments over the years, and this is just so neat and formulaic. It links back to a legal blog site, which in turn seems generated by AI. What a prospect. 1116319 163
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzMarta Kos @martakos.ec.europa.eu · 05/04/2025Independent media are lifelines for democracy & open societies. At @europarl.europa.eu this week, I reaffirmed my commitment to stand up for free media like Radio Free Europe. Failing to protect them, we hand a victory to autocrats. In 🇪🇺, where freedom prevails, we can never allow this to happen. 317330 173
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzSophie Stroisch @sophiestroisch.bsky.social · 01/04/2025#30daychartchallenge here we go! #Day1 - Fraction I was already 2 years into my PhD focused on EU border regions when I found out that nearly 30% of the population lives in border regions. I think that is quite a number, making it worth studying those often neglected regions 📊 📚 0283 28
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 30/03/2025In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy. Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling. 713639 136
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzCurd Knüpfer @curdknupfer.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Interested in the international dimensions of political misinformation? Fantastically important special issue by @eddahumprecht.bsky.social, @sebavalenz.bsky.social, @esserfrank.bsky.social, & Edson Tandoc is now out in the International Journal of Press/Politics! #IJPP #PolComm #Commsky #PoliSky 0114 11
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzHannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 24/03/2025Extreme heat is driving coal consumption to power cooling. 68033 80
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzRobert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Meanwhile on Twitter, a bunch of big-name accounts all just happened to organically start posting about a “war on soda.” 🤷🏻 1519442 194
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzMelissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 22/03/2025“Cities have turned any physical and cognitive characteristics that diverge from the profile of the typical productive actor into features of vulnerability. Being four years old is not, in principle, a shortcoming, but the city turns that into a vulnerability because they may get run over by cars…” 19530 95
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzExtreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 22/03/2025MONSTER HEAT WAVE IN NORTH AFRICA 45C 2 days ago at Ayoun el Atrous,MAURITANIA which tied its March record Crazy day in ALGERIA >40C from South to North RECORDS 42.5 Bordji Mokhtar 41.9 In Salah 40.8 Hassi Messaoud 40.4 Rhourd Nouss 40.2 Ouargla 38.9 Krechba TUNISIA also >37C! 37336 73
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzClaire E. Aubin @ceaubin.com · 10/03/2025Eight weeks ago, I jokingly imagined a podcast where scholars could (expertly) hate on historical figures. Almost 100,000 people thought it was a good idea. I am so incredibly excited to announce that the first episodes of my brand new show This Guy Sucked will be released March 20th! 811218219 1.2K
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzPaul Macdonald @paulmac.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Extreme Climate & Weather Events - March 2025 🧵 bsky.app/profile/clim... 36928 69
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzBon Pote @bonpote.com · 22/03/2025Travail important de Météo-France qui explique ce que signifie réellement +4°C. Par exemple, cela veut potentiellement dire des étés avec 50°C à Paris. Et perso, j'en ai pas du tout envie. 15354137 354
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzClimate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 22/03/2025"If we have the power to turn another planet into Earth, then we have the power to turn Earth back into Earth." - Neil deGrasse-Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com 7446103 446
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzClaes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Apropos of nothing; ❤️ @bsky.app 📈 but it's incredibly US centric still, see Top 500 list: vqv.app A few European starter packs: European Union Politics: go.bsky.app/Bg7sPSp European Think tanks: go.bsky.app/8Ra8RjU EU/UK tech policy: go.bsky.app/TJ2xTce Digital democracy: bsky.app/starter-pack...vqv.appTop 500 Bluesky UsersExplore the top 500 most followed users on Bluesky 75739 57
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzWaleed Shahid @waleedshahid.bsky.social · 21/03/2025The top 25 political and news accounts on X in the past 30 days. 2522542672 2.5K
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzSpektrum der Wissenschaft @spektrum.de · 21/03/2025Die Dürre ist zurück in Deutschland. Nördlich des Mains hat es im März 2025 bislang noch gar nicht geregnet, an zwanzig Wetterstationen im Norden wurde kein einziger Tropfen registriert. Nun drohen Brände, besonders im Nordosten.spektrum.deUngewöhnliche Dürre: Ein Ende der Trockenheit ist nicht in SichtVielerorts in Deutschland ist im gesamten März 2025 kein einziger Tropfen Regen gefallen 18642 86
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzViktoria Cologna @colognaviktoria.bsky.social · 20/11/2024🚨 New preprint 🚨 Are climate scientists less trusted than scientists in general? 🤔🌍 Yes, we find evidence of a significant trust gap between climate scientists and scientists in general. 👇🧵 osf.io/preprints/os... 9287116 287
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 22/03/2025"The first year of a scheme in Wales where the speed limit on urban roads was lowered to 20mph resulted in about 100 fewer people killed or seriously injured." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...theguardian.comWales’s 20mph speed limit has cut road deaths. Why is there still even a debate?Research suggests the scheme may be more popular than thought, with consultations dominated by a loud minority 511344 113
Reposted by Adalbert JahnzPaul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 22/03/2025🇪🇺 EU to double funding to attract US #scientists fleeing #Trump “Just as some of the greatest minds of the 20th century left Europe for the USA, fleeing Hitler, there may now be a reverse tide of researchers leaving Trump’s US and settling in the EU.” english.elpais.com/internationa...english.elpais.comEU to double funding to attract US scientists fleeing TrumpThe European Commission acknowledges its interest in the ‘opportunity’ generated by the cuts and obstacles promoted by the Republican administration 14623 46