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Sabine Pahl

@sabinepahl.bsky.social
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Prof of #EnvironmentalPsychology @univienna.ac.at @envpsyvienna.bsky.social ech.univie.ac.at #BehaviouralSciences #RiskPerception #SocialCognition #PlasticPollution #Microplastics #PFAS #Nature etc...

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Science Magazine @science.org · 05/10/2026
Following backlash from scientists, CRANE says it has suspended all grant decisions for this funding call and committed to sending rejected proposals for human review. scim.ag/46Qiqv3
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U.K. funder uses ‘AI triage’ to reject grant proposals—leaving researchers dismayed
The AI-based assessment, which wasn’t explicitly described in the funding call, has raised privacy and fairness concerns
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Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.forbes.com/sites/joshma...
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Knobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of Many
Auto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back.
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Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Are you going to think beyond yourself and help not only those in need but the environment, or will you sit back and wait for someone else to change the world for you?” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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More than 1,200 Colorado students have earned a climate ‘seal’: ‘We’re the ones growing up in this world’
A statewide initiative pairs climate-focused coursework with community service – and is spreading to other states
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Infopoint #Klimawandel #Artensterben @infopointa.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
klimavoracht.de/ard-lehnt-we...
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ARD lehnt unseren Werbespot ab: Wir prüfen nächste Schritte - KLIMA° vor acht
Die ARD lehnt den Klima-Werbespot von KLIMA° vor acht und Sponsoren ab, obwohl Werberichtlinien eingehalten wurden. Unser Medienanwalt widerspricht der Begründung deutlich.
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Kristof Smeyers @kristofsmeyers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tenure track position for a social/cultural anthropologist here in Leuven, apply before 1 December: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
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ECIU @eciu.net · 02/10/2026
Grain harvest down more than 16M tonnes after hottest summer on record in Western Europe Worst hit: 1️⃣ 🇫🇷 France lost 5.8m tonnes 2️⃣ 🇭🇺 Hungary - 3.1m tonnes/€723m 3️⃣ 🇬🇧 UK - 3m tonnes/€527m 4️⃣ 🇩🇪 Germany - 2.5m tonnes/€398m 5️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spain - 1.2m tonnes/€220m
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European News @eunews.social · 02/10/2026
'A powerful buffer': How solar saved the EU €37.4 billion since the war on Iran began Europe's solar boom is cushioning households from the crippling costs of gas, as the war on Iran continues to highlight the dangers of fossil fuel reliance.
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'A powerful buffer': How solar saved the EU €37.4 billion since the war on Iran began
Europe's solar boom is cushioning households from the crippling costs of gas, as the war on Iran continues to highlight the dangers of fossil fuel reliance.
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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Thanks for reminding me of this.
A short history of traffic engineering show walk, cycle, transit and car routes over time with cycling and walking getting worse.
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American Bird Conservancy @abcbirds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Change the angle, change the color! 🔵🟢⚫ The Blue-capped Hummingbird's shimmering plumage comes from the microscopic structure of its feathers. Layers of light-absorbing cells reflect specific wavelengths of light, known as “structural color." More: abcbirds.info/4Avupf7
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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
64 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry. Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy. #otd #history 🗃️
Rachel Carson photo credit: Science History Images / Alamy
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The size of *one* of the AI data centre buildings proposed for Great Torrington in north Devon, versus Exeter cathedral 🤯 From this useful piece profiling the local campaigns against it: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
A diagram comparing the size of one of the AI data centre buildings proposed for Great Torrington in north Devon, with Exeter cathedral. Source: Guardian piece linked to in post.
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Philo of Alexan @philoof.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The folk protest music scene is back
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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 22/09/2026
- Social systems, including human behaviors and decision-making, critically shape both the distribution of climate impacts and the possibilities for climate responses. Understanding the interactions between the climate systems and social systems is critical to inform future decisions.
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Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He's already looking quite serious
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
From Jack Hopkins: –45 days out from the midterms. Let me be blunt with you…because it’s Saturday night and neither of us has the patience for a warm-up act. This morning a CNN reporter named Betsy Klein walked up to the White House gate, scanned her badge, and had her
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Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
😢 "Regarding what [they] might have done with their time had they not been on their phones, she says: Go outside, touch some grass. Go hang out with your friends, hang out with your family, make the most of life, not just sit in your room on your phone” www.irishtimes.com/technology/2...
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‘Children are constantly doom scrolling’: Teenagers on the EU’s social media age limits
Social media companies will face fast-track enforcement with investigations of rule breaches undertaken in 90 days
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Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
😆😱 www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
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Controversial AI ‘Actor’ Tilly Norwood Abruptly Switches Languages In Interview
Tilly Norwood, a controversial AI “actor,” abruptly switched languages during an interview with Piers Morgan, though the company behind the AI creation denied she malfunctioned.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/09/2026
‘A maelstrom of his own making’: how Ed Sheeran’s tour turned into a full-blown culture war
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‘A maelstrom of his own making’: how Ed Sheeran’s tour turned into a full-blown culture war
Moment of reckoning for ‘Mr Nice Guy’ of music, who embraced Macklemore’s political cred only for pro-Palestine rapper to be dropped under pressure from billionaire
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A few weekends ago I went to Miami and attended 9 open houses in extremely high-risk flood areas to see what agents are telling prospective buyers about them. Here is my journey
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The open houses at the edge of disaster
What are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out.
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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Glaciologist @matthias-huss.bsky.social shows that the centre of the Great Aletsch glacier in Switzerland (the biggest in the Alps) lost 6 meters(!) of thickness just this summer. "No words...", he adds on LinkedIn.
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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Wow
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I am putting this NY Climate Week event together to scrutinise claims by which „green data centres“ are possible. We have a strong group of speakers from Ember, Systemiq, and GRESB, plus Ireland‘s former Climate and Environment Minister Eamon Ryan. RSVP: assets1-gbr.mkt.dynamics.com/986a295c-565...
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Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"In recent months, the success of AI in solving major mathematical problems has made headlines even outside mathematical circles. But solving problems is only a tool and proxy for achieving the primary goal of conceptual understanding and insight." mathandai.org
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Declaration — Math and AI
Read the declaration and add your name.
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Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Loving Bluesky, this is what I'm here for 😂
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
If you would like to add your voice to tens of thousands of people thanking RNLI volunteers for their work, 38 Degrees have organised this open letter to express public support (at a time when a hateful fringe have been intimidating & abusing RNLI volunteers) act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...
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An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...
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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A blue plaque has been unveiled at the National History Museum in Tring, Hertfordshire for palaeontologist, Dorothea Bate. Self taught, she published more than 80 scientific papers, despite spending most of her career without a permanent paid position. 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Carmarthen fossil hunter Dorothea Bate recognised with blue plaque
Dorothea Bate discovered the dwarf elephant and the myotragus, an extinct goat-like antelope.
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Stefan Kappacher @kappachers.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Gut so. Ganz wichtig. Und unglaublich dass Orbán es einfach darauf angelegt hatte dass sie ausgeschlossen werden. orf.at/stories/3441...
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Alle Hochschulen Ungarns kehren in Erasmus-Programm zurück
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Parents For Future #EndFossilFuels 🪧🛢️❌ @parentsforfuture.de · 04/09/2026
Menschenkette am trockenen Rheinufer. #Klimaschutz jetzt! (Teilt das gerne. Sonst bekommt's KAUM Öffentlichkeit, - von eingeladenen Medien sind wohl genau KEINE gekommen. 😔)
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Ruprecht Polenz @polenz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Von wegen „Wir sind das Volk“
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Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"How to save science" forum 1/2 "science is the precondition of democratic government in modern societies. Unlike other public goods like public infrastructure or even art, science claims to provide fundamental truths that ...
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Murena @murena-com.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The Fair Tech Summit: Mobifree & /e/OS are bringing together tech voices that stand for change. 🎤 Key notes from tech leaders & hackers who care about our planet, our people and our privacy – in Luxembourg, the heart of Europe. 👉 Register for free: fairtechsummit.org
Fair Tech Summit on Oct 6 in Luxembourg
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“.. His warning is a striking shift from three years ago, when he wrote that the coming ‘bumpy’ AI job disruption would lead to a “manageable” transition .. .. Now, he says it will wreak economic catastrophe, with ‘far fewer’ jobs than exist today ..” @semafor.com www.semafor.com/article/08/2...
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.
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Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This is a sad and shocking report www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Most people arrested during Henry Nowak protests had been reported for domestic abuse
Exclusive: Hampshire police data reveals 22 of 37 detained had been accused or convicted of intimate partner violence
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VCÖ - Mobilität mit Zukunft @vcoe.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
#Wien ist Spitzenreiter im EU-Nachtzug-Ranking. 15 Enddestinationen können mit dem #Nachtzug erreicht werden. 10 EU-Hauptstädte sind nicht mit einem Nachtzug erreichbar. Der Aufholbedarf bei internationalen Bahnverbindungen ist in der EU groß, sehr groß. Europa braucht mehr #Bahn! #Verkehrswende
Grafik des VCÖ mit Titel „Wien ist die Nachtzug Hauptstadt der EU“ zeigt die 11 EU-Hauptstädte mit den meisten Nachtzugverbindungen . Nach Wien folgen Ex aequo Bukarest und Budapest, dahinter Prag und Paris, Rom, Warschau , Berlin, Sofia, Zagreb
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 16/08/2026
“I don’t believe in climate change.” Dude, this is physics, not Santa Claus.
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 16/08/2026
Destroyed crops, riverbed cyclists and a ‘Rock of Starvation’: how drought has devastated the Danube
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Destroyed crops, riverbed cyclists and a ‘Rock of Starvation’: how drought has devastated the Danube
The Guardian travelled 100 miles along the EU’s longest river, where some residents are struggling to secure drinking water
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
“We never talked about men or clothes. It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution – real girl's talk.” - Nina Simone, singer, musician and civil rights activist #WomensArt
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Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This is a very moving story, of a family and little girl being incredible brave and standing up for education, for human rights. I find the scenes described here unimaginable, and it was only 1960 (and after the law changed!) It's the human behaviour that matters. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Br...
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Ruby Bridges - Wikipedia
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/08/2026
How can we talk about this extreme weather now that it’s a battleground in the culture wars? | Andy Beckett
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How can we talk about this extreme weather now that it’s a battleground in the culture wars? | Andy Beckett
Weather forecasts once gave Britons something safe to chat about. Not any more, and that’s a problem for the experts – indeed, for all of us, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Do your interests lie at the intersection of climate change, nature and human wellbeing? We invite researchers, policymakers, practitioners and independent experts to submit proposals for discussion papers on our new programme ‘Humanity, Climate & Nature’. Find out more: bit.ly/4hH2qlA
A colour block social media card promoting a call for discussion papers on humanity, climate & nature
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Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Great piece, and, again it seems it's not a case of either-or!
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Christoph Dolna-Gruber @chrigru.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Ich durfte gestern in der #ZIB2 ein paar Einschätzungen zur aktuell teilweise angespannten, aber stabilen Energiesituation in Europa und den Auswirkungen auf Österreich abgeben. Die wichtigsten Elemente für mehr Resilienz sind meiner Ansicht nach Diversifizierung, Flexibilisierung und Reserven. 🧵
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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This is going down as well as you might expect www.ft.com/content/93dc...
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Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Movie ads on the screen in your car, of course 🤣😖 "Modern vehicles collect reams of data on drivers, people in the car, and sometimes even those outside it. Often, that data isn’t just used by the automakers themselves, but sold to third parties"
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Automakers are literally advertising the fantasy of driving a multi-ton vanity tank through a public building. But sure, tell me again how ebikes are the real danger to society.
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Environmental Psychology Groningen @epgroningen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
We have 2 vacancies with deadlines in mid-August! PhD on farmers' motivations to contribute to sustainable transitions: werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/phd... Teacher/researcher for a temporary position on projects related to electric vehicle (EV) adoption: werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/tea...
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PhD position Understanding farmers’ motivations to contribute to sustainability transitions - Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
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Eytan Adar @eytan.adar.prof · 11/08/2026
I wrote a post about the emergence of AI-native students who do their research using GenAI tools. I think that there are some real risks to job prospects and the likely changes in their fields.
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Douglas A. Boneparth @dougboneparth.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Remember to treat your body like a data center. Consume as much literature and water as possible.
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Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Wot? I mean, wot? Maybe we need to send help. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborn...
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Airborne leaflet propaganda - Wikipedia
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