berobie.bsky.social @berobie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Volume 2 is the documents case. I can’t wait to read it! 000
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Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialMU-Peter Shimon 🀄 @mu-peter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Science requires more than just intelligence; It requires a specific set of cognitive tools. 🧪 Carl Sagan’s Baloney Detection Kit: Master the art of Skepticism in the age of AI rationalitylab.com/carl-sagans-... How Carl Sagan Beat Pseudoscience (The Sagan Method) www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUgd...youtube.comHow Carl Sagan Beat Pseudoscience (The Sagan Method)YouTube video by Genetically Modified Skeptic 063
berobie.bsky.social @berobie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Help me understand- why would the administration drop MPG requirements (so we’d use more gas) at a time when gas is at an all time high?? 000
berobie.bsky.social @berobie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026As the planet heats up, we lose a big factor in carbon sequestration, as droughts reduce how much carbon trees can absorb 000
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialJo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Struggling with mild to moderate depression? UCSF scientists say ditching ultra processed foods could help- but is it a realistic ask? See what they found with MNB medicalnewsbulletin.com/how-does-jun... 🧪 #foodstudies medsky, 🩺,⚕️ #mentalhealthsci 🥪📃 #depression #depressionsupprt #depressionhelpmedicalnewsbulletin.comDoes junk food make depression worse? | Medical News BulletinCould ditching junk food help you improve your mental health? UCSF psychiatrists are investigating. Learn more with MNB. 275
berobie.bsky.social @berobie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026What this means - warming sea temperatures can drop the numbers of large and medium sized fish by as much as 50% over several decades. Small fish may increase due to drop in predator fish 000
berobie.bsky.social @berobie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Happy Dolly Parton day!static.klipy.comDolly Parton: Working 9 To 5Alt: Dolly Parton: Working 9 To 5 000
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialSpringer Nature @springernature.com · 25/09/2026A battery made with a substance similar to edible rice paper can power ingestible medical devices, and breaks down into materials that can be absorbed by the body. One day it might be used to provide electricity for ingestible personalized devices in people: spklr.io/63328ETCJk 🧪spklr.ioEdible batteries inspired by rice paper power medical devices in the bodyThe tiny power sources, tested in pigs, dissolve inside the digestive tract after several months. 0104
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialProf William Ripple @williamripple.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We invite everyone to endorse the Declaration of a Planetary Emergency, part of the upcoming World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Third Notice. Please add your name and share widely. Every endorsement helps show public concern about the future of our planet. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 28347
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialAmerican Physiological Society @apsphysiology.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We all know how important protein is for our diets, but it can be pricey 💸 Luckily, there are cost-effective ways to get what you need. APS member Luc van Loon helps explain in this piece from The Washington Post: ow.ly/6PKf50ZOT3F #ArticlesInPress #HealthyEating #ProteinPower 🧪 📷: iStock 031
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialCommunications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 24/09/2026Why do people choose environmentally harmful options even when they care about sustainability? Four studies suggest that moral disengagement helps people justify self-interested choices, shaping both decisions and emotions afterward. 🧪 @natureportfolio.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s44...nature.comMoral disengagement facilitates self-interested choices in environmental tradeoffs - Communications SustainabilityPreexisting moral disengagement facilitates self-interested choices in financially costly environmental tradeoffs, according to four experimental and correlational studies. 253
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.social◉●○•° @cosmoecology.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Octopus farming is extremely unethical and stupid. These creatures among the smartest species in the entire planet, with complex emotional lives. To subject these being to a lifetime of confinement and suffering in barren tanks before a slow and agonising death needs to stop. Please sign this 👇🏼action.eko.orgGovernor Hochul: Ban Octopus Farming NowOctopuses are among the most extraordinary animals on Earth. They solve puzzles, use tools and even recognise individual people. But octopus farming would subject these intelligent animals to a lifeti 9126611116
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere. 720160466062
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 21/09/2026📩 Want to know when you’ll get your mail ballot? Use our interactive chart to search for your state and find the date when mail ballots are sent to voters: demdock.com/46naKQP 913484
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialAbilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Stop calling it a climate problem. Call it what it is: organized greed. The planet isn’t dying. It’s being killed for profit. The killers have names. And boardrooms. #ClimateJustice #StopEcocide 17979293270
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialAnthony (Tony) J. Martin @ichnologist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Apt article for my #ENVSCOMM26 students to read, on what we can learn from climate communicators, especially deemphasizing political debates about climate-change effects & shared responsibility in solutions. 🧪 285
berobie.bsky.social @berobie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026For all who celebratestatic.klipy.comBlessed Yom Kippur Greeting CardALT: Blessed Yom Kippur Greeting Card 000
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialIsThatDonHeath? @donjheath.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Happy Batman Day 9702119
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026If you managed to stomach the sky-high price of a ticket to a game today, you probably noticed the price-gouging didn’t stop at the stadium entrance. Concessions prices can be double or even triple what they cost just across the street. But there’s a way to crack down. 1302077725
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialConnect with Jacob Soboroff @connectwithjacob.bsky.social · 20/09/2026In the spirit of being banned from the White House, here are 10 things Donald Trump ~probably~ doesn't want us talking about ... 🫢 Are we missing anything?! @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social 1820776
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/09/2026If you buy beauty products and skin care online, stay vigilant. Writer Rose Maura Lorre bought products from third-party sellers on Amazon, Walmart, eBay, and more, and sent them to a lab to find out how similar they were to the original formula. nyti.ms/46xbJxJnyti.msI Hired a Lab to Counterfeit-Test a Dozen Suspicious Beauty Products I Bought Online. Every Single One Had a Problem.Our reporter spent six months digging into the confusing cesspool of counterfeit beauty products sold online. 36478
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialExamineYourZipper 🌊🇺🇸🦅🇨🇦🍁🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @cidbarret85.bsky.social · 20/09/2026They all knew ahead of time who he is... 6271636810333
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The law is that “Although the WH is not required to open its doors to the news media, once it establishes press facilities for credentialed journalists, it cannot deny access based on the content of a journalist’s coverage.” That's exactly what Trump is doing. joycevance.substack.com/p/its-a-nice...joycevance.substack.comIt’s a Nice First Amendment You’ve Got There…Mea culpa for the long post on a Saturday night, but read on and see if you don’t agree that it’s essential. 622465895
berobie.bsky.social @berobie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Shadows of Harold Edgerton here mitmuseum.mit.edu/collections/...mitmuseum.mit.edu 000
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Taxing the rich is absolutely essential to saving our economy and our democracy. Don't believe me? Look at this chart.youtube.comThe Hidden Danger of America's Wealth GapTaxing the rich is absolutely essential to saving our economy and our democracy.Don't believe me? Look at this chart. 25678862902
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialsuzette sommer @suzette.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Notice the helpers..futura-sciences.comA 14-Year-Old In Virginia Dug A Pond For A School Project In 2017. Nine Years Later, Every Animal In It Arrived On Its Own - Futura-SciencesNobody released a single animal. The toads came within weeks, which tells you what had been missing from the yard all along. 318539
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialDave @daveb23.bsky.social · 20/09/2026So, when can we stop destroying the natural world so a tiny percentage can live in indescribable luxury? When can we scale back fossil fuel use and shift to de-growth? If we don't start taking care of the natural world we'll follow on the way to extinction. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comSea dragon populations decimated in ‘mind-blowing’ mass mortality event caused by South Australian algal bloomThousands of sea dragons, pipefishes and seahorses have washed up along state’s coastline according to analysis of citizen scientist records 23608294
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialAdam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 19/09/2026"Fuck it. Just announce it. We own the Government and news media plus the NFL just started so no one's paying attention. Now let's hit the links." 14337481545
berobie.bsky.social @berobie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Real scientists explain the reflecting pool issues 010
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialMona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Jim Acosta to Ali Velshi on MSNOW last night: "The major networks and newspapers need to tell Trump they will pull their teams out of the WH if this ban happens. There should be no pool coverage, starting at the UN this week. No WH Correspondents Dinner. Cancel that. Band together and hang tough." 991342308
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialCarolirene @carolirene75.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This is a good one. 433154724334
berobie.bsky.social @berobie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026As a long time EV driver, I concur. So great when your maintenance is wiper fluid refill and tire rotation (and that’s it) 385
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialJoseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Here’s the list of BEVs you can buy in the U.S. right now for relief from soaring gas prices. And you’ll also get lower maintenance costs, better air quality, & less environmental & climate impacts. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 www.caranddriver.com/features/g32...caranddriver.comA Guide to Every EV for Sale in the U.S. for 2026, from SUVs to Sports Cars and TrucksUse this quick guide to find the EV with the right efficiency, range, and price for you, from the practical to the exotic. 55326
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialPrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Death of women from ectopic pregnancy has increased in Texas due to abortion bans. They are choosing to delay the report until December. Not a good look, Texas. news.rice.edu/news/2026/te... 15228156
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026From Sly Comics: What if ordinary citizens worked like Congress? They could just walk away from unfinished jobs, leave a terrible mess, and collect full pay. 11241671377
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialChris Simms @chrisnsimms.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Ooh, here's another story I've written for @newscientist.com (yep, my fingers are on fire from all the typing). This one is about how tiny bursts of exercise once an hour could boost your cognition, adding to evidence for how important it is to take occasional breaks from work. #health 🧪 1148
Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialPatrick McCann @pjmccann3.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I just gave. If you have the means and consider science and evidence based medicine to be important, please consider doing the same… #ScienceSky #TechSky #EngieeringSky #MedSky #MathSky #GreenSky #PhysicsSky #AstronomySky #ChemistrySky #BiologySky #VirologySky #VaccineSky #VirusSky 🧪🦠 1143
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Reposted by @berobie.bsky.socialMichael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The NSF would do well to heed a quote attributed to the physicist JJ Thompson by his son, to the effect that if Government laboratories had been operating in the Stone Age then we’d have wonderful stone axes but no-one would have discovered metals. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgNSF memo implementing Trump’s ‘golden age’ of science unsettles researchersNew document emphasizes support for White House priorities over curiosity-driven ideas 2134
berobie.bsky.social @berobie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026So sad! How do we truly help improve the health of our society if society doesn’t believe the experts? 000
