Today's view of Etna lava flows. Image taken by Sentinel-2.

It's not asylum seekers who jack up rents, undermine the NHS, hold down wages and keep people insecure. It's capital. The role of the far right is to shift the blame for decades of economic attacks by the rich and powerful onto powerless people who have only just arrived here.

This is just getting ridiculous. Nothing that has happened (or is reported below the headline to have happened) this weekend remotely justifies talk of an explosion or mass protests. The media are confecting a crisis, and, in some sections of it, hoping to provoke one. 1/3

Intelligent and gentle, Miss Waldron’s Red Colobus ❤️🐒🐵 is critically endangered in #Ghana 🇬🇭🇨🇮 #Ivory Coast in #Africa mainly due to #palmoil 🌴🪔 #cocoa 🍫 #deforestation. Don't let them vanish! #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/15/m...

This is maybe the worst part about being an educator in the AI era. AI companies are *stealing your time* by making you work around it/find it/adjudicate it. Time that, 4 years ago, you would have used to improve your materials, or stay up-to-date on some area of research.

Now with correct link: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

“It is less that AI is the cause of degradation in reading and thinking, and more that the creation of a culture that views knowledge primarily in an instrumental manner has made it easier to misuse AI.” My ‪@theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

The depressing, awful reality of where we are as a society. People are made to feel guilty for literally saving human lives.

New paper. I wish this wasn't the case, but most progress on reducing US greenhouse gas emissions is likely spurious. Why? EPA underestimates methane emissions from oil and gas. Relevant today as Repubs vote to gut IRA's methane monitoring/mitigation program. 🧵 authors.elsevier.com/a/1lL4K_6se4...

Really Labour get a grip you are alienating your own members and supporters

This really does encapsulate the stupidity of the UK's migration debate. In order to reduce net migration we restrict visas to foreign students. Student numbers fall. Universities cut courses and go bankrupt. Fewer university places for British students. Stupidity. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Come for the mastodon, stay for the women in science history! A must read for all palaeo histsci fans, and a great aperitivo for the weekend's Palaeontology in Public launch. cc @chrismanias.bsky.social

Volodymyr Zelensky is not an obstacle to peace with Russia. He is the leader of a nation defending an entire continent from Russian brutality and imperialism. That is why Putin, and apparently Trump, want to remove him.

It’s quite clear by now that the answer to “why is the Trump administration doing x terrible thing?” is that they are *trying* to dismantle America and destabilize the entire world.

Nothing to see here

The fall in international student numbers is putting fragile university finances under further pressure. The Observer reports a new study from @britishfuture.bsky.social showing most of public would not want to see a drop in students to cut immigration numbers www.theguardian.com/education/20...

The government needs to support UK academia due to our huge economic, social & intellectual potential. The problems in the sector are inherited, but our institutions are in crisis. There was no plan before the election and there seems to be no plan now. I am a lifelong Labour voter, but hurry up!

This with absolute bells on!!!! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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That was definitely memorable. And a road would absolutely ruin the view.

"Fieldwork-based research and education in ecology are under multiple threats and are progressively declining." This issue is linked to the erosion of natural history training in general.

I hate the direction lab equipment design has gone in recent years. I don't want touchscreens, I don't want wifi integration, I don't want centrifuges demanding to know what time zone they're in. I just want reliable instruments - with physical buttons - that do the one task they were made for.

Oh gosh, those dangles are what becomes Hallstatt-type. That’s very cool indeed. Another thing pointing south.

15 years old, but still completely relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we could be creating today would be a LOT better and easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Heed it now. #ClimateCrisis

Should billionaires and corporations be banned from buying political parties in the UK? Like if yes. RP if it's HELL YES.

🏺 British Academy & heritage orgs push for archaeology in UK schools! Prof Collins: "It bridges STEM & humanities while teaching crucial skills." Heritage sector's £15.3B impact shows growing career opportunities. Proposal includes new modules & assessment frameworks 🔍📚 #Education #Heritage #UKNews

Lest we never forget.

I'm a big fan of such summary articles - this time on Neanderthals. Great #scicomm @lemoustier.bsky.social @mattpope.bsky.social

in France, companies are not allowed to donate to parties or candidates, while individuals are allowed to give a maximum of €7,500 per year in Finland, no single donor can give more than €30,000 per year, according to Transparency International www.ft.com/content/e668...

Great day looking at some Roman figurines behind the scenes at a museum. Some cool research posts to follow in the new year...

And ready to bake! Replicating Gravettian iconography in cookie dough. 🦣🏺

Yes, there is no real "scientific debate" about this. The polar science community is fairly united in its view that proposed geoengineering schemes are unrealistic, potentially dangerous, ungovernable and geopolitical divisive fantasies. Let's just focus on the real solution: reducing emissions.

i am super biased here because i am an academic and would like to continue to be one *but* i do feel there comes a point where you have to ask yourself what the point of ‘the economy’ is if it doesn’t support education or healthcare or the arts or housing or food or water and utilities

Showing #France 's #ClimateStripes Huge thanks to @edhawkins.org for this nifty app (with a BlueSky share button!) showyourstripes.info/l/europe/fra...

Did you know that there are normally 40-50 volcanoes in an eruptive phase? And at any one time there's typically around 20 volcanoes actually erupting? Like, right now? The amazing Global Volcanism Programme keeps tabs on them in this list. Check it out for #VolcanoMonday! 🌋🧪⚒️🪨

Coming up this week - hope to see you there! #CQRLQL #Quaternary

Good Afternoon Blue Sky! 🦋🍂 The Etobicoke Creek, just south of Mississauga, on the trail where we stopped for a water break and to take in the vista. #Nature #UrbanWilderness #BikeSky #Photography #BlueScrolling

Hello BSky. Am fairly new here. Things I am likely to post on are science, fieldwork & horses. Some images to get going; 1st is fieldwork on Etna, the 2nd is the Geological Golden Spike for the start of the Quaternary & 3rd and most important is @palaeopoppy.bsky.social & our lovely boy Ricky!

Calling all researchers in tephra studies and volcanology! Join us at #PAGES25 for an engaging session on advancing tephra/volcanology research. Share your work and contribute to discussions either on site or remotely. Abstract deadline: 1st December. www.pages2025.org.cn/Data/List/Ab...