Great turnup at our first "Lunch & Learn" organised by @univie.ac.at's ech.univie.ac.at. Stefan Dullinger introduces research groups & points out that #Rewilding #Restoration is associated with #SocialCohesion - a great example of #Interdisciplinarity! #Biodiversity, #Ecology #Environment

Barriers to scaling climate intervention, like CO₂ removal or solar radiation modification, include social acceptance and economic considerations, and getting rid of social science from NSF will hinder us from figuring out what might work in the future.

Is there a pianist in the house? Audience member steps up to perform in La La Land in Sydney

Real analysis (UK focus) 👇

I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

Here's your new home buddy: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...

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(Now with working audio!) The Pope wrote 42,000 words about AI, dedicating his first encyclical to exploring what the technology means for humanity. Here's what stood out to tech editor Eric Sullivan about the document:

Today, University of Aberdeen Court will decide on the future of the institution: staff workload, staff-student ratios, restructuring, etc. Staff unions have grave concerns about the impacts of these changes. Good governance is vital! Here’s the letter I wrote to Court:

Übrigens: In Österreich fehlen bis zu 2/3 der sonst üblichen Mengen an Niederschlägen. Niemals zuvor in der Messgeschichte Österreichs (seit 1858) war ein Frühling trockener. Und der Sommer kommt erst noch, was einmal mehr zeigt: Klimaschutz ist niemals Randthema. Es ist DIE Grundlage für alles.

Strong views on AI "Boiling lakes to rephrase the Internet would be a bad idea during a climate crisis even if it produced something remotely useful, trustworthy, or with a modicum of quality control."

Too hot. 🔥 “On Tuesday, highs of 35C were expected for large swathes of southern England and Wales, which could reach near 36C.” #climatebreakdown is here. Until we stop using fossil fuels things will get worse. Now is the time to join a #climateaction group. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Today will be the hottest day in May in the UK in our temperature records, with highs of 35 degrees Celsius expected📈 The current May record is 32.8 °C. Records are usually only broken by tenths of a degree - making this heatwave unprecedented for the time of year 🌡️

Half of UK adults say they spend less than three hours a week outside in nature - Most people have joyful memories of playing outside as children, and now wildlife charities are urging people to ‘rewild their inner child’ Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Remember when this used to be something that only happened in other countries - under authoritarian regimes - and we took pride in being better than that?

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Remember, don’t buy a cow, or a car, and expect your city to give you someplace to park it. #UrbanTruth

Editorial: Support for curiosity-driven science is at an inflection point. Will we learn from history? cen.acs.org/policy/resea... #chemsky 🧪

ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris. With Search now being sacrificed on the altar of AI dominance, the time has come for users to get serious about moving off Google services. It’s not only destroying its products; it’s trying to further degrade the web itself.

Eva v Goliath: the 20-year-old climate activist taking on Trump and the fossil fuel industry

This 👇 Festival of Brexit Davids 🙏 @mrjohncrace.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Me today 👇

#MorningVibe This video and message will never get old. Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon and Pensylvania have important elections today. Are you ready? No excuses! VOTE!

Americans feel AI is being shoved down their throats bc there are no guardrails to protect its usage in the US. Citizens in other countries who feel protected are feeling more positive. FREE article. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/o...

Immigration make Britain brilliant

And the other way round - just in general tell people if they impress you, it's important.

You're entitled to your own opinion. You're NOT entitled to your own facts. #BelieveTheScience What he said 💯 👇 👇 👇

A decades-long effort to remove dangerous plastic debris from marine and terrestrial habitats succeeded in lowering endangered Hawaiian monk seal entanglement rates, a 2024 study found, confirming that such efforts are well worth the cost and effort. #EndangeredSpeciesDay https://scim.ag/4d8jw7X

Very excited to be attending my 10th #SETACEurope conference next week! It's going to be a busy time, with lots of exciting exposure modelling-related stuff going on 👇 #SETACMaastricht @ukceh.bsky.social

Analysis of "masculinism" - what a sad & narrow vision for men and women alike "Woman-bashing plays well on social media and sells lots of ads for crypto, sports betting, and supplements. You can make good money telling men that they’re the truly oppressed sex." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

still not quite over the fact that i watched 15 year olds get sued for millions of dollars for downloading twelve songs and now we all have to accept AI slop because every tech company in the known universe decided that IP laws don't exist now that they're inconvenient for them

This looks like a really interesting study. www.nber.org/papers/w35132

Design legend Margaret Calvert is 90 today. Look at that cake! If you've ever admired a road, rail or metro sign in Britain it's likely she had something to do with it. One of Britain's design heroes - happy birthday to her. Photo by: @oshgallerylondon (IG) Cake by: mybaker.co

No one needs this crap. Invest in public transportation and good jobs. That’s the futures we need. Not this dystopia!

Thousands of University of Nottingham staff told they are at risk of redundancy

This raises so many questions that the techbros cannot answer. Questions of moral judgement, ethics, responsibility, values, empathy, societal benefit. In fact exactly those questions a STEM education cannot provide. Hm. Big problem with where (higher) education is going!

So BBC, why on earth this headline?? Why not sth more sensible from the article? e.g. "she accused Reform of peddling "hatred and division" and said the party's rhetoric had put ethnic minorities at risk." Why follow their playbook, why their view first? 1/2 www.bbc.com/news/article...

How dare you exploit academic labor; that’s our job!

Gosh, that's NEWS! Between 25th July - 31st August you can ride unlimited buses and trams in London at weekends and pay just once - the "Hopper Hour" will extend to be all day. 25h/26th July, and 1st/2nd, 8th/9th, 15th/16th, 22nd/23rd and 29th/30th Aug - six weekends. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

AI produces MORE editorial labor, not less. “[To weed out slop] the journal doubled its deputy editors from 6 to 11 & nearly doubled its sr editors from roughly 30 to 60. All of this is volunteer labor, unpaid academics donating time to maintain scientific quality.“ www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...

I appreciate @anamariecox.com helping to spread this. The more clicks stories like this get, the more I'll be allowed time to do them. Here's another story about a Colombian mother and all the challenging situations faced by people left behind after deportations. share.google/IrhmqQrEjD6V...

Durch die #Erderhitzung steigt (no na) die Hitze in unseren Städten - und das hat massive Auswirkungen auf unsere Gesundheit. 🌡️🥵 Daher organisiert #HealthForFuture gemeinsam mit @goeg.at & @ccca.ac.at den zweiten österreichischen 🇦🇹 Hitzeaktionstag! #Hitzeaktionstag2026 #HAT26 👉 hitzeaktionstag.at

Hungary’s parliament sings “Ode to Joy” — the anthem of Europe — after Péter Magyar is sworn in as prime minister. Hungary is once again a proud member of the European Union.

Climate protest by the Artists for Future yesterday in Vienna. „Where is your tipping point?“ „ACT NOW“

Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/taken

www.science.org/content/arti... Humpback push-back. Germans are still good at cruelty. Afterwards, nobody feels responsible or seem to have been involved even.