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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics. It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT. It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse. Transgender care saves lives.

Every time

This is very good. Clear, calm, factual, and devastating for proponents of bans on puberty blockers for trans youth. theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...

NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected. And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.* Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:

Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS

Found the sequoias in the New Forest, along with this bizarre but beautiful fungus!

I became a member of the Green Party a few days ago because they're the ONLY party talking about how wealth inequality is what's ruining the UK, instead of scapegoating immigrants. Tax wealth, not work.

Everyone goes on about Friday the 13th. Well I'm here for Monday the 13th. The scariest number paired with the scariest day. Get spooked!

One of the earliest articles on the impacts of anthropogenic light on animal behaviour from Science in 1887. I wish I could write my articles with such whimsy.

NEW: GLOBAL RENEWABLES OVERTAKES COAL How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵

Not nearly enough is made of the incredibly impressive feat Indian Railways has made to electrify almost 100% of its 135,000km of track, while also growing renewable sourcing. Huge: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/ind...

one of the most important technological revolutions in modern history and you're likely not hearing anything about it because it's making the oligarchs who control our information environment poorer instead of richer

On one hand, reducing car use reduces urban pollution. But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable

Constantly amazed at how hard it is to find a decent podcast app* *that doesn't also bombard me with unskippable ads

My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area. (15 in Manhattan btw)

The first paper from my PhD is finally out in PLOS! We examined how the circadian rhythms and activity levels of two different species of amphipods responded to varying levels of light pollution. Check it out here: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

There are many real inequities that keep kids, especially girls, out of sports, and yet strangely we never hear the Save Women's Sports crowd talking about those. They're not running youth clinics, or gathering equipment donations, or doing anything to address really obvious barriers. Weird, huh?

Today's beach finds!

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

Ended #ITRS25 with two fish watching me eat so I'd say it was quite a success.

Presented some of the work we've been doing @plymuni.bsky.social for the @aquaplan.bsky.social project at #ITRS25!

First official day of #ITRS25. Heard some great talks on light pollution and eco-engineering, including some from my colleagues at @aquaplan.bsky.social!

Found my first dogwhelk eggs today! And perhaps the egg-layer herself?

1. The US Transgender Survey has finally been released, and the results are stunning. - <1% of people are less satisfied after HRT. - The most common reason for detransition, pausing transition, or stopping transition is transphobia. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

My greatest mental struggle when riding British rail is wanting to arrive at my destination on time but also wanting my journey to be delayed so I can reclaim some of the exorbitant fare I paid.

NEW from me: China's CO2 emissions fell ~1.6% in the first quarter and have now been flat or down for more than a year. This is the first time on record that emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand.

If you've ever been curious how scientific publishing became the profit driven mess it is today, you can blame this guy!

For my birthday this year I would appreciate it so much if people would donate to The Good Law Project's fundraiser to challenge the recent decision by the UK Supreme Court not to not include trans women in the 'definition of women' in the Equality Act. - goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...

Source: ember-energy.org/latest-updat...

This has been studied extensively: Regret rates for gender affirming care, including for children, are extremely low. A core tactic of conspiracy theorists is to ignore existing bodies of research and demand further study until they get the result they want.

Global solar power is doubling every three years! Wow! "Solar power surged by a record 474 TWh in 2024, the largest annual growth ever recorded in absolute terms and the fastest increase in six years (+29%)." See p.13 of Ember's new study. #energysky #greensky ember-energy.org/app/uploads/...

If you're in Southampton, be sure to check out the Hidden in Stone exhibit at Gods House Tower. You can meet this handsome devil and it's free! godshousetower.org.uk/eventer/exhi...

Many second-hand electric cars are cheaper up-front than their petrol equivalents [at least in the UK] I look at the data in my latest Substack: www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/used-elect...

Finding excuses to migrate my favourite posts/photos from the other site so here's a throwback to this impromptu beach-side dissection from March 2022. Students from our @unisouthampton.bsky.social field course found this female cuttlefish in the rock pools of Bolonia Beach in Spain!

We have a rich fossil heritage on the south coast, marine reptiles, dinosaurs, the first humans on these islands... And everything in between. Come and find out about it at our new exhibition, running from April 4th to June 1st. godshousetower.org.uk/eventer/exhi... @unisouthampton.bsky.social

I know I officially became an adult when I started using coasters.

Hey @taskmaster.tv, can you please do a very special Muppets episode? I will take this in whatever form you can give it to me.

The scale of what's happening with Chinese solar abroad is undercovered. Great piece by @davidfickling.bsky.social Take Pakistan: it imported 16.6 GW (!) of Chinese panels in 2024. At 15% capacity factor, that's 21 TWh for the year on a grid that totaled 150 TWh! www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

I really appreciate Ed Zitron being one of the only people in media to point out that when it comes to GenAI the emperor has no clothes.

Today is my birthday and if you want to give me a gift, please repost my art 😊 #sciart

Global sales of combustion engine cars have passed the peak. Sales peaked in 2017 or 2018 (depending on the source...). From our Daily Data Insights: ourworldindata.org/data-insight...

An improvement in freshwater biodiversity in England's rivers in the 1990s and early 2000s was linked to reduced zinc and copper pollution as coal use and heavy industry declined, say researchers. Read more about a new UKCEH-led study: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/biodiv... #rivers #WaterQuality 🧪 1/

Great set of talks for the final session of #CoastalFutures25! Love to see all the hard work from dedicated people.

Water industry strategies to manufacture doubt and deflect blame for sewage pollution in England www.nature.com/articles/s44...

“Renewables fulfilled 💯 of [California]’s electricity demand for up to 10 hours on 98/116 days, a record...no blackouts…thanks in part to backup 🔋 power…at their peak the renewables provided up to 162% of the grid’s needs — extra electricity [to] export… or use to fill 🪫.” grist.org/energy/calif...

How did the EU's electricity mix change in the last year? ☀️ Big growth in solar ☢️ 🌊 Rebound in nuclear & hydro 💨 Not so much growth in wind 🏭 Large drop in fossil fuels (both coal and gas) 🔌 Demand up From @ember-energy.org's new European Electricity Review: ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

Stumbled upon a surprise skeleton at work today!