Reposted by JordanRené Engel @reneengel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Die Kampagne gegen Rot Rot Grün ist in vollem Gange. Vergesst alles, was Axel Springer & Co. gegen die Ampel und Robert Habeck aufgefahren haben, die nächsten Wochen werden das in den Schatten stellen. 561290452
Reposted by JordanKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 13/09/2026Amazing read here about the data centres being granted a windfall of dodgy carbon offsets because they're......burning fossil fuels www.ftm.eu/articles/ai-... 14823
Reposted by Jordanruggsea @ruggsea.eurosky.social · 05/09/2026I believe to have found new evidence of Openai agents writing to public wiki/pastebin websites that has not been covered by yesterday's release. Some of it appears to be after July 2nd, therefore suggesting that the coordination had not stopped with the end of DSE incident, even up to August 316141
Reposted by JordanBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 20/08/2026“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.washingtonpost.comParis said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes. 532352696
Reposted by JordanPIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 30/07/2026NEW study shows global crop models have underestimated how rice responds to extreme heat. After correcting models in line with data from 214 observed experiments, the authors found that the reduction in rice yields from 1°C of global warming roughly doubled. www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late... 0127
Reposted by JordanFrau Büüsker @uedio.bsky.social · 30/07/20262026 ist ein tödliches Hitzejahr. Die Gesamtzahl der hitzebedingten Sterbefälle wird vom RKI im neuen Wochenbericht mit 9800 angegeben. Damit ist dieses Jahr bereits tödlicher als das Gesamtjahr 2018 2674298
Reposted by JordanAnnie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 02/07/2026"The number of animals farmed worldwide has increased by ½ in the last 2 decades. The rising demand for meat comes at a time when agricultural land is becoming less fertile. ~90% of water withdrawn from natural systems for irrigation is used to grow animal feed." Trends going ↑ instead of ↓ =😳theguardian.comGlobal boom in livestock farming since 2006 is piling pressure on nature, report findsWildlife at risk as demand for cropland and water grows to feed 50% rise in farmed animals, campaign alliance says 12019
Reposted by JordanProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 02/07/2026This is absolutely terrifying The Nino 3.4 forecast temperature anomaly mean is now at 4C, when even the biggest historical super ninos have seen less than 3C I really have no idea what this is going to bring over the next 12 months, but it will be very, very, grim 871549803
Reposted by Jordanruggsea @ruggsea.eurosky.social · 01/07/2026Here's my new blogpost on the dataset I have created alongside @ksolovev.com: we decided to solve the issue of data availability for research on news articles by processing, cleaning, tagging and indexing the whole news subset of the Common Crawl, resulting in cs2.uni-graz.at/blog/infini-... 12011
Reposted by JordanProf Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Should extreme weather change minds? Or should our views be shaped by decades of scientific evidence rather than individual events? The science is clear: climate change isn't one heatwave. It's the long-term warming that's making heatwaves more likely and more intense. yougov.com/en-gb/articl...yougov.comUK climate change attitudes unchanged by heatwaveEven though seven in ten say it is likely that the soaring temperatures were caused by climate change 3226
Reposted by JordanProf Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Europe's worst heatwave so far, in terms of heat stress measures and temperatures - brought to you by fossil fuels. New @wwattribution.bsky.social study showing how such deadly heat became possible in only a few decades. www.worldweatherattribution.org/fossil-fuel-... 231189666
Reposted by JordanJason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 24/06/2026This is an important new paper. When we allocate responsibility for emissions, it's normally in terms of consumption. We tally up direct household emissions (eg, from household energy use) plus the emissions embodied in all the stuff that a household consumes. 26530
Reposted by JordanMel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars. 8153392302
Reposted by JordanStefan Krauter @solarpapst.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Mensch auf #Fahrrad ist mit Abstand die effektivste Transportart im gesamten Tier- und Insektenreich sowie allen technischen Individualtransportarten. Dies sollte im Rahmen von #Klimaschutz und Verkehrswende gebührend berücksichtigt werden, @bmv-bund.bsky.social. @ingwarpero.bsky.social 77329
Reposted by JordanMichael Okun @michael-okun.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇 5435871430
Reposted by JordanRichard Dixon @catinsight.bsky.social · 08/06/2026OK so is it safe to say that "something is happening" ?! 671295451
Reposted by JordanCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/06/20261. How common is LLM use in scientific publishing, and how does it vary across field, publisher, journal prestige, author demographics etc.? @kylesiler.bsky.social has new paper in PNAS that addresses this question on a massive scale: 7.3 million papers from Elsevier, PLOS, MDPI, and Frontiers.pnas.orgThe diffusion of large language models in published academic articles | PNASLarge language models (LLMs) are rapidly changing academic research, raising questions of who is adopting these tools and under what conditions. Th... 9463245
Reposted by JordanThe Picture of Doriane Gros @grosdoriane.bsky.social · 01/06/2026You used to be able to google the time of the sunset, and Google would give you the exact time right on top every single time. Thankfully, with artificial intelligence, you can now ask Google what time the sun will set and it will conveniently tell you "I don't know." 373166203812
Reposted by JordanMetJam @metjam.co.uk · 27/05/2026Oxford, the longest running continuous weather station in UK history, with temperature observations stretching back to 1815, has preliminarily broken its maximum temperature record for May yesterday by OVER 3ºC with a temperature of 33.7ºC. Unprecedented in its 211-year history. 9727761307
Reposted by JordanCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 28/05/2026In light of the ongoing situation with Ebola in the DRC, I'm sorry to have to remind you that evolutionary biology makes it abundantly clear that ignoring a catastrophic disease outbreak because it's there, not here, is a terrible, terrible idea.thelancet.comEvolutionary consequences of delaying intervention for monkeypoxSince May, 2022, clusters of monkeypox infections have caused global concern. At present, this concern has been tempered by the fact that, even when uncontrolled, the number of infections is growing s... 8704252
Reposted by JordanLaserbrille 💚 @laserbrille.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Europa bricht alle Hitzerekorde für Mai - und die Regierung Merz handelt 💪 - Fliegen wird billiger - Benzin & Diesel werden subventioniert - Deutschlandticket wird teurer - Das Verbrenner-Aus soll gekippt werden - Das "Heizungsgesetz" wird abgeschwächt 932152795
Reposted by JordanLaurieWired @lauriewired.bsky.social · 22/05/2026How many technologies are stuck in a local optima? Big loudspeakers basically peaked in the 1970s. Obviously we’ve gotten somewhat better, but it’s a lot closer to: “a couple % more accurate” than “the average person immediately notices the +50-year technological progress” 8612
Reposted by JordanHugo @nonviolence.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Germany: More flying, less trains and bus travel. 31811
Reposted by JordanDave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 22/05/2026A NEW TWIST in Africa's soaring solar story: It's now manufacturing its own panels. The factories use imported Chinese cells, which are 40% of the value of panels, keeping much of the value domestically. 9 GW of cells+wafers in Mar/Apr alone🧵 534489877
Reposted by JordanLeRaffl @leraffl.bsky.social · 21/05/2026🇺🇾 Uruguay - April 26 - BEV Trajectory 44.3% BEV 4.5% PHEV 51.2% ICE (of which 5.8%p were HEV) Trailing 12 months are: 34.4% BEV 2.6% PHEV 63.0% ICE (of which 9.1%p were HEV) Graphs are available in the Gallery: leraffl.github.io/LeRaffl-Gall... 3469
Reposted by JordanPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 20/05/2026ProPublica used leaked tax returns to calculate that through complex tax avoidance schemes, Jeff Bezos pays a tax rate of 0.98% www.propublica.org/article/the-... So if we doubled the taxes he pays, that would mean he'd still be paying less than 2%.propublica.orgThe Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income TaxProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev... 33662152747
Reposted by JordanJason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 18/05/2026I'm happy to share this new paper led by Morena Hanbury Lemos, which explores the drain of resources from Latin America through ecologically unequal exchange. Available open access in Ecological Economics: sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 17225
Reposted by JordanMichael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 12/05/2026About that New York Times op-ed: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 9389123
Reposted by JordanDr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 11/05/2026For folks who say that recent patterns of warming “prove” the climate models are broken, and other forces are “accelerating” the warming. Nope. Warming is as expected and within the range of estimates. Thanks to @michaelemann.bsky.social and team for this. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgPNASProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans... 411630
Reposted by JordanDr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 04/05/2026🧪 FIRST STUDY to compare direct air capture of CO2 vs renewables: “An amount of money spent deploying wind or solar delivers more combined climate and public health benefit than if it is spent on DAC.” Releasing CO2 into air and then trying to suck it up is dumb. techxplore.com/news/2026-05...techxplore.comRenewable energy is more cost effective than direct air capture at reducing carbon, study findsThe case for investing in direct air capture weakens substantially once it is directly compared against solar and wind, according to an analysis published in Communications Sustainability. The paper i... 27437182
Reposted by JordanWegener Center for Climate and Global Change @wegenercenter.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Budgetsanierung ohne Klimapolitik verschiebt Kosten nicht nur in die Zukunft, sondern erhöht sie erheblich: Eine unmittelbare Ausgabenkürzung übersetzt sich dann in öffentliche Mehrausgaben & wirtschaftliche Nachteile, und der WAIT-Effekt belastet die öffentlichen Budgets vierfach. Mehr hier 👇wegcenter.uni-graz.atStudie der Uni Graz: Budgetsanierung ohne Klimapolitik ist mehrfach kontraproduktivWährend die Bundesregierung über Einsparungen im Doppelbudget verhandelt, gerät ein zentraler Hebel unter Druck: Investitionen für Klimaschutz und -anpassung. Eine Kurzstudie im Auftrag des WWF macht ... 12010
Reposted by JordanPM2.5 Kills ~9 Million People Each Year Worldwide @tkovach.bsky.social · 28/04/2026"There are 780 gigawatts of announced data center projects in the U.S., which is more than the country’s current total peak load of 759 GW." Oh. www.latitudemedia.com/news/how-muc... 24420
Reposted by JordanDaniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Pollution levels in Paris after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport. 263218484651
Reposted by JordanGiulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Very interesting new study finding that *even in large European cities*, in most places it is easier to access opportunities by car than by public transport arxiv.org/pdf/2604.01019 The exceptions are Paris, Zurich and the innermost parts of Milan and Barcelona 69742
Reposted by JordanOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 27/04/2026Women I spoke to recently doing innovative theoretical work have been discouraged by colleagues with power to apply for grants and ERC just announced recently they won't be allowing junior people the same chances as before. Killing academia through their own decisions. erc.europa.eu/news-events/...erc.europa.euERC President explains stricter application measures amid rising demand for fundingThe text of an open letter sent by ERC President Maria Leptin to ERC panel members, grantees and other stakeholders on 16 April 2026. 35317
Reposted by JordanPIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 22/04/2026New @lancetcountdown.bsky.social Europe Report shows climate heat-related deaths are rising in nearly every region. Meanwhile fossil fuel subsidies reached €444bill in 2023, 3.3x higher than in 2016, as energy prices soared following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late... 17338
Reposted by JordanFiona Tribe @fionatribe.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Yes, Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky coined the term “dark matter” which is impressive, but he also coined the term “spherical bastard” to describe people who are bastards no matter which way you look at them, and I think that should be celebrated more. 151160584419
Reposted by JordanDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 22/04/2026"What Europe needs is not yet another scramble for new sources of fossil fuel imports, but a fundamental shift away from the demand that makes these shocks so damaging in the first place." 17838
Reposted by JordanProf. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 22/04/2026In addition, there are now several studies showing that you also have to interrupt driving, and make it less easy. Because with the best will in the world, why would somebody who habitually gets in their car for every trip even notice a free bus, let alone make the effort to learn to use it? 1528777
Reposted by JordanAnne Rabe @annerabe.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Hier, liebe Männer, ein Beispiel für jemanden, der nicht in das ,but not all men‘-Gejammer einsteigt und dem trotzdem nicht der Penis abfällt: Dirk Peglow (Vorsitzender Bund Deutscher Kriminalbeamter) empfiehlt Frauen, besser keine Beziehung mit einem Mann einzugehen, um sich vor Gewalt zu schützen. 691982540
Reposted by Jordantimsearchinger.bsky.social @timsearchinger.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Many govts hope capturing carbon from power plants burning wood will cause "negative emissions." New Nature Sust. paper today finds this likely increases emissions for decades, generates no negative emissions within 150 years, and increase electricity costs ~3.5-fold. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comDecades of increased emissions from forest-fuelled BECCS - Nature SustainabilityGovernments are considering subsidies for bioenergy with carbon capture and storage fuelled by wood from existing forests. However, a transparent model estimates that this will probably increase emiss... 414370
Reposted by JordanManlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 15/04/2026A theoretical result showing that subliminal learning arises in neural networks under broad conditions. As artificial intelligence systems are increasingly trained on the outputs of one another, they may inherit properties not visible in the data www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comLanguage models transmit behavioural traits through hidden signals in data - NatureDuring model distillation, large language models can subtly transmit traits unrelated to the training data. 0144
Reposted by JordanOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 13/04/2026“And while I absolutely do not want to go back to that old hardware, I do wish we had carried more of [...] the instinct to batch work, to cache the right things, [...] to be suspicious of convenience when convenience sends a bill to the user.” www.tomshardware.com/software/win...tomshardware.comVeteran Microsoft engineer says original Task Manager was only 80KB so it could run smoothly on 90s computers — original utility used a smart technique to determine whether it was the only running ins...The same Dave Plummer was the genius behind Windows’ ZIP file support. 37616
Reposted by JordanAnnie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 13/04/2026"The data shows that men care less about climate change than women… ‘Petro-masculinity' refers to how fossil-fuel consumption is wrapped up in being manly, and similarly, how you gotta eat meat to be a man... We need to articulate what a nontoxic, earth-loving, care-giving masculinity looks like." 3174
Reposted by JordanUnearthed @unearthednews.bsky.social · 10/04/2026NEW: A major supplier of ‘green’ airline fuel to the UK has sourced beef fat linked to illegal Amazon deforestation Our new investigation 🐄 🌳 ✈️: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2026/04/10/u...unearthed.greenpeace.orgUK ‘green’ jet fuel imports linked to illegal Amazon deforestationA major supplier of ‘green’ airline fuel to the UK has sourced beef fat linked to illegal Amazon deforestation. 89966
Reposted by JordanCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 01/04/2026Much as I love my employer, a flagship state institution and one of the best universities in the world, they lack the lean nimbleness to implement programs like this. 31265
Reposted by JordanZeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 31/03/2026This is one of the most fascinating and under-appreciated figures of the recent IPCC AR6 report (Figure 6.16). It shows the effects of a single year of emissions after 10 and 100 years, and really illustrates the difference between stock and flow pollutants: www.ipcc.ch/report/a... 412755
