Pleonexia. Learn this word. It’s all around us.

I am really not one of these people who watches shorts/reels whatever but holy moly this soup is good. www.facebook.com/reel/3986346...

A few months ago, I was invited to review a book proposal for a major UK publisher. In the list of possible competing titles, I found out that somehow (in my sleep?) I had also written a book on transformative adaptation, which until that point I had had no awareness of…

God jul från biståndsministern! Inget beslut jag fattar med stor glädje, säger Dousa. Nä vi fattar. Man måste prioritera. Och just denna jul prioriterar vi mindre till världens fattigaste för att ha råd med skattesänkningar till de rikaste www.etc.se/inrikes/rege...

What a year! 25 papers published 13 keynote talks 4 research grants Oh wait I forgot…this isn’t LinkedIn. (and none of those numbers are true)

“The report concludes that the cumulative result of sexual harassment in academic sciences, engineering, and medicine is significant damage to research integrity and a costly loss of talent in these fields.” www.nationalacademies.org/projects/PGA...

Best story of the day. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I feel like this is calling to me

I made a climate change education starter pack. More to add, so please reach out if you’d like to be on this list: go.bsky.app/Pgq6Tzu

Good starter packs circulating here on science and environment

Guess which horrible song is now stuck in my head? And maybe yours too. Sorry 😫

This time of year I teach a series of intro lectures on development geography. Today was a class on stereotypes of development and white saviourism. Among other things, we watched the music video from Band Aid from 1984. The Charity & xmas no 1 song 'Do they know it's Christmas (Feed the world)?' 🧵

This is a real question. Why are not all scientific journals double blind?

Just upping this call for papers at our hybrid @devcomms.bsky.social panel next year on Epistemic ruptures in climate governance: Reimagining justice, knowledge and authority. We have received excellent papers so far but are always interested in more! Deadline: 30.12 nomadit.co.uk/conference/d...

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I’ve seen two kids post that the Brown University shooting is the second school shooting they’ve survived. This should enrage and radicalize everyone. Kids shouldn’t have to survive one shooting, let alone two. No more thoughts and prayers. It’s time to address the guns.

Very shocked and sad for my alma mater Brown University and all the students who have to experience this. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Quite fascinating.

I often think about the @unccd.bsky.social COP6 in Havana in 2003. The leaders who joined Fidel Castro on the stage at one point included Robert Mugabe and Hugo Chávez. It was definitely one of the wildest experiences of my life enb.iisd.org/desert/cop6/...

Glad Lucia!

On the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, you’re going to hear a lot about the progress we’ve made — people saying we “are” heading to 2.5 degrees heating instead of four. I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation. 🧵

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Alltså wow P1 🔥. Mycket intressanta inslag idag om Nils Hanssons forskning om Nobelprisets parisiska tendenser (bias) och sen om meritokrati i samhället (Alexander Andersson). Tack för att ni tar upp viktiga frågor och visar att alla inte får samma möjligheter + vikten av mångfald och inklusion.

I am fascinated by the reference to the Monroe Doctrine in the recent policy paper on Europe and the colonial nature of their tone. It is not surprising but just fascinating and scary. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I hope no one thought that politics stayed out of these reports (including IPCC). If so, you would be wrong. www.bbc.com/news/article...

What FIFA award did you win this year?

Isn’t it funny, even with a winter hat on, your brain can still be damaged if you fall off your bicycle! Yeah, better wear a helmet. 🚴‍♀️

"Att planeten mår sämre beror främst på ökad konsumtion och jakten på ekonomisk tillväxt." Budskapet från våra politiker: vi måste öka den ekonomiska tillväxten! 😏🤦‍♀️

Adaptation starter pack go.bsky.app/3G5Eono

Really excited about this PhD project on Unprecedented Extreme Events with Dave Macleod at Cardiff, @lizstephens.bsky.social and me @bristoluni.bsky.social @cabot-institute.bsky.social Interested in a climate science PhD with interdisciplinary work and real world impact? tinyurl.com/yjxkrb3h

If climate change hasn't scared you yet...the longer it goes, the fewer sharp minds we will have to solve it [Although I object to the picture of a young African girl...as they tend to be the ones who already face the strongest systemic barriers to education even without climate change].

This is really sad. But wait, didn't Tr*mp already solve this? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Great visualization about how warming in the Arctic (like we're having right now) is leading to colder winters with more snowfall 👇

This book is out and open access here: academic.oup.com/book/61469?l...

”Just nu är högernationalismen på frammarsch över stora delar av världen. Men lika lite nu som då är det motståndarnas fel. Om något så går kraften i rörelsen, precis som på 90-talet, att spåra till en kombination av djupt rotade föreställningar om den vita rasens överhöghet >

There is clear evidence of deep systemic biases in who gets research funding, with white cis men coming out on top.

Because of AI and paper farms, Taylor and Francis (and presumably other publishers) are adding extended author checks to manuscripts submitted. This includes extra scrutiny to missing CoI, author & ethics statements, author emails and names, etc. And wow are they finding many questionable papers!

Isn’t it Peace on Earth we are striving for? I guess not. www.bbc.com/news/article...

It’s Friday. May I be blunt? F*ck this. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I think this research is very cool. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I’m gonna keep sharing these ovarian cancer symptoms whenever I see them. I will add - from personal experience - diarrhoea and fatigue. Get it checked! Remember, there’s no routine screening for ovarian cancer.

After Day 1 of INQUIMUS, what are my take-aways? So far, mainly that there are a tremendous amount of people who really want to see a just world where everyone has a chance at a decent life.

Very much looking forward to the INQUIMUS 2025 workshop this week @iiasa.ac.at. I am giving a State-of-the-Art (Keynote) talk entitled ‘The Maladaptation of Adaptation Research, Policy and Practice’ on Wednesday afternoon. More here iiasa.ac.at/events/dec-2...

Glad to know there are so many of you who agree that such behaviour is antisocial. 🙃

PhD defended! My thesis asks why, in 2025, we still explain housing crises, border regimes and climate breakdown through “overpopulation” – even when the evidence points to extraction, speculation and colonial histories instead.

You know what, no, it’s not ok to air-blow your nose as a cyclist on a busy commuter cycle lane. Second time in the last 3 weeks that the cyclist in front of me has emptied both his nostrils while cycling without checking how close the cyclists behind him are. 😫

Calling for papers to our @adaptationhive.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social 2026 panel on Epistemic ruptures in climate governance: 'Reimagining justice, knowledge and authority'. The call for papers closes on 30 December. The conference is Hybrid and we are looking forward to exciting proposals!

Haha this is how you know Germany is still in the dark ages with tech...we have been going strong with handwritten and oral exams and they have nothing to do with AI.

Although the precariousness for non-profs is a major issue the the volume of teaching for profs is also really wild. 9 hours of teaching every week, every semester, which you cannot pass on to anyone else. Research time is about 10-20% if you are lucky (and have headspace left for anything). 🤯

Stellar reporting by @carbonbrief.org on what really happened with that 'roadmap' away from fossil fuels at COP30: www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-lea...