I blame this on the crowd that spouts scholarly stuff like 'many ways of knowing', 'truth is relative' and 'too sciency'. Post truth 'scholars' opened the door to absolute ignorance, lost lives and misery not known since the middle ages. We need to start calling all this stuff by name: #bullshit

'awww shit bro, you got polio?'

Let get this right, lads. 'known vaccine skeptic' is media speak for ignorant anti-science shill, the equivalent of a middle ages snake oil peddler, right?

A nuclear reactor on the moon. It's going to be a big beautiful pie in the sky. The Epstein files, plus all the fascist vibes, must be piling on the pressure. 🤡

@kairyssdal.bsky.social has been setting an example for broadcasters (public and private) and mainstream reporters in his strict "let's the cut the BS" insistence on truth. All other broadcasters and (especially) headline writers: Follow his lead.

funnily enough for the journalist, the only thing artificial intelligence is really close to making obsolete is the need for a person to uncritically regurgitate incorrect nonsense

You could have knocked me over with a feather. Been going on for a while and massively accelerated during COVID, with another gear engaged with rampant AI abuse.

Numbers can tell inconvenient truths. This is why we should all know a bit of algebra, to be able to understand numbers and scaling, and make our own judgement on everyday news. I die a little inside every time I hear 'you teach that, but no math, no numbers. It's too complicated if you use math'.

Where does complexity come from? Is the 2nd law of thermodynamics enough to explain what looks like an arrow of increasing of complexity through time? Mike has some very interesting thoughts about this, and you should listen to him yap about them. 🧪

What is a substantial minority, one wonders.

Math and reality have a liberal bias.

Yes. I know the focus today is on Trumpists undermining trustworthy government data sources, as it should be, but I also think we'll look back on contributing to the "destruction of truth" as perhaps the most important (and insidious) impact of the recent advances in generative AI software.

I am so glad that my demonstration of this for an #ESD course for staff (two years ago) was criticized for having 'too much math' (i.e., a demo of exponential growth). Math has an obvious liberal bias nowadays....I should switch to reading tea leaves.

🚲 "It's the gardaí, the justice system, the DPP.' "There doesn't seem to be a will there anymore for road safety." I am sure a new campaign touting high viz for cyclists and pedestrians and blaming them for 'collisions with cars' is imminent by the RTA. Plus the whole shitload of excuses as usual.

Yep. Good to see this in print.

We have overshot 6 out of 9 planetary boundaries. Doesn't seem urgent thought, does it lads? It didn't seem urgent to my students. Including staff. It's going to be an interesting decade.

We belong in the ocean, #freedivers

The US has lost all credible tether to reality and all attention to what they spout is now based on fear. Is anything linked to them worth considering now? No.

The death of knowledge has a face, lads. 🤡

"The greatest threat to energy security today is in fossil fuels." THIS is why Trump and his big oil masters are gutting science and blocking clean energy. Their product SUCKS and can't compete without a lifeline (that is costing you yours.) www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'Often missing' = AI presented as a fait accompli. Tada....

Is anyone surprised?

The media has been choosing cowardice for at least two decades. Everywhere. It has been instrumental in normalizing evil and ignorance.

#AcademicSky What truly bugs me is that RESEARCH is what so many academics seemingly care about, often neglecting students & teaching. Yet they're not willing to DO the research & writing themselves? What is it that they care about? Prestige? Notches on CV?

#AI against #AI. Everyone loses. #AI rapidly evolved into a crutch for students, but Universities are to blame at least as much. You do not sell a dream to your clients and then create an environment where teaching them how to think is impossible. We are letting entire generations down. #Academicsky

It took them a couple more months.

Most denouncing the #climate crisis have been 'too polite' for decades. I often wonder how committed all these polite warriors really are, or whether they only thrive in the caviar left Zeitgeist. How is it working for us?👀 We are going quietly into the night.

Yep.

Yep.

If you had a little bit more science, you wouldn't need all those thoughts and prayers.

To people on this platform saying that those holding "I support Palestine Action" signs deserve to be arrested, because PA has been designated a terrorist group by the government: Remember that lickspittles and system justifiers have enabled every form of oppression, everywhere.

A new UN data platform is tracking the health of millions of lakes, rivers and wetlands on Earth, revealing pollution hotspots, drought impacts and signs of recovery. Check out the Freshwater Ecosystems Explorer – a bird’s eye view of our planet’s freshwater ecosystems: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

The circumpolar Southern Ocean circulation seems to have tipped and is in transition to a new state. Not good. 🌊🧪

I emailed a letter to my local TD and Minister of State for Nature and Biodiversity, Christopher O'Sullivan on the government's plans to abandon Marine Protected Areas. Please write to your local government TDs asking them not to shaft our marine ecosystems and coastal communities like this!!!

“Interest has been record-breaking:" Ikea launches its own balcony solar kit - One Step Off The Grid onestepoffthegrid.com.au/interest-has...

"Despite stronger support for climate protection among young Europeans, just one in three said it should take priority over economic growth. The figure has slipped from 44% in 2021." 🤷👀

As global temperatures rise, the demand for cooling increases, leading to higher emissions. The world needs sustainable solutions like green spaces and innovative urban design to break this cycle. Learn more about how we can achieve this: coolcoalition.org

The Gaia orchestra of scientists at the #GlobalTippingPoints2025 conference in Exeter.

I read this piece by Elsie McDowell in the @theguardian.com recently. There are some (very good) points that should merit reflection. To this end, I wrote a totally hypothetical story, involving #Academia, #Education and #AI as a thought experiment:

Will farmer orgs now get behind action to save the climate and nature? Or will they continue to betray the core interests of those they're supposed to represent? share.google/FUKJ9y8pmGy7...

British exceptionalism. Its all harder for us! 1. 'We are not build for this heat.' Nobody is built for this heat. 2. 'Urban heat Islands are worse for us coz cities' Works for every city on the planet. 3. The humidity! Keeps us from wicking sweat! It's called physics. Affects the whole universe.

Increased frequency of droughts, fires, more logging and permafrost thaw have 'tipped' boreal and temperate Northern Hemisphere forests into emitting CO2, from storing CO2. 📣More extreme weather acting on carbon storage dynamics makes transient sinks like forests unreliable for C removal. #climate

There are some people with a backbone, it seems.

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ASAP. h/t @theguardian.com

this 👇 means we all gotta do our one lone (political / public) climate thing without ever feeling like we're making a difference — while contining on because it's the right thing to do 💚🌎

Nice GIF, very neat visual.

Guenther: “Yes, this is scary as hell. But we must have courage and turn our fear into action by talking about climate change with others, by calling our elected officials on a regular basis, by demanding our workplaces put their money where their mouth is.” Right, @tcddublin.bsky.social? #ESD

Preparing an Understanding Environmental Change module for 4th Year's Earth Science students. Worked well in the past, but want to introduce a more active climate and sustainability action component this time. Any suggestions welcome. 🧪🌊🌍

The ocean does not generate 50% or the oxygen we need. 50% of photosynthesis happens in the ocean, but that oxygen is also consumed in the ocean. Net zero.