Arbma Cip
@arbmacip.bsky.social
Environment, water, climate change, microbio, food and energy
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In Sicily we have a devastated eastern coastline and an entire town sliding into oblivion. Minimum €2bn damage to fix. Salvini refuses to use any of the €13.5bn set aside for the Messina Strait bridge. Tomorrow he is coming to view the devastation. Will be interesting to see the reception he gets.
January 29, 2026 at 10:06 PM
In Sicily we have a devastated eastern coastline and an entire town sliding into oblivion. Minimum €2bn damage to fix. Salvini refuses to use any of the €13.5bn set aside for the Messina Strait bridge. Tomorrow he is coming to view the devastation. Will be interesting to see the reception he gets.
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Important piece by @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social, because if we want to electrify our homes, vehicles, and factories, we have to build a clean energy system that makes that possible and manages extreme weather. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/o...
Opinion | It’s Very Cold. Just Wait for the Grid to Fail.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Important piece by @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social, because if we want to electrify our homes, vehicles, and factories, we have to build a clean energy system that makes that possible and manages extreme weather. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/o...
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Weakening safety regulations for nuclear power is a great short term move for the nuclear industry but likely will also end the future of nuclear.
If you think new nuclear is hard to move forward now (due mostly to its impossible economics) wait until there is another disaster.
If you think new nuclear is hard to move forward now (due mostly to its impossible economics) wait until there is another disaster.
EXCLSUVIE: The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules and shared them with the companies they're meant to regulate, without making the new rules publicly available.
We've obtained a copy of the new rules and here's what we found.
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
We've obtained a copy of the new rules and here's what we found.
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules
The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Weakening safety regulations for nuclear power is a great short term move for the nuclear industry but likely will also end the future of nuclear.
If you think new nuclear is hard to move forward now (due mostly to its impossible economics) wait until there is another disaster.
If you think new nuclear is hard to move forward now (due mostly to its impossible economics) wait until there is another disaster.
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🇮🇹 Over 1,000 people evacuated after huge landslide in Sicily
More than 1,000 people were evacuated in Sicily after a four-kilometre section of cliff crumbled during a storm, leaving houses perched perilously on the edge
#AFPVertical
More than 1,000 people were evacuated in Sicily after a four-kilometre section of cliff crumbled during a storm, leaving houses perched perilously on the edge
#AFPVertical
January 28, 2026 at 10:41 AM
🇮🇹 Over 1,000 people evacuated after huge landslide in Sicily
More than 1,000 people were evacuated in Sicily after a four-kilometre section of cliff crumbled during a storm, leaving houses perched perilously on the edge
#AFPVertical
More than 1,000 people were evacuated in Sicily after a four-kilometre section of cliff crumbled during a storm, leaving houses perched perilously on the edge
#AFPVertical
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Am a French historian looking for good articles/books that discuss the origins of the social bonds that we are seeing in action in #Minneapolis. Doesn't have to be abt #Minnesota. Social structures that generate strong communities.
Historians? Sociologists? Political scientists?
#Skystorians
Historians? Sociologists? Political scientists?
#Skystorians
January 27, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Am a French historian looking for good articles/books that discuss the origins of the social bonds that we are seeing in action in #Minneapolis. Doesn't have to be abt #Minnesota. Social structures that generate strong communities.
Historians? Sociologists? Political scientists?
#Skystorians
Historians? Sociologists? Political scientists?
#Skystorians
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A white guy threw a homemade bomb into a crowd protesting colonialism in Australia and the media have broadly reframed it in more gentle terms, eg this describing it as a "device" that was 'designed to explode'.
Device allegedly thrown into Invasion Day crowd designed to 'explode on impact', say police
A 31-year-old man is charged with making explosives in suspicious circumstances after a device was allegedly thrown into a crowd of hundreds of people attending an Invasion Day rally in central Perth ...
www.abc.net.au
January 28, 2026 at 7:10 AM
A white guy threw a homemade bomb into a crowd protesting colonialism in Australia and the media have broadly reframed it in more gentle terms, eg this describing it as a "device" that was 'designed to explode'.
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As the world quickly approaches 1.5C, researchers have a call in Nature to rethink the utility of temperature targets – and to potentially replace them with more actionable and precise targets around clean energy:
As we breach 1.5 °C, we must replace temperature limits with clean-energy targets
Nature - Actionable goals are needed to guide the world towards what needs to happen most quickly: shifting economies to clean energy sources.
www.nature.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:14 PM
As the world quickly approaches 1.5C, researchers have a call in Nature to rethink the utility of temperature targets – and to potentially replace them with more actionable and precise targets around clean energy:
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As in the US, bad decisions by politicians are keeping coal power plants running in Australia, causing avoidable human deaths from air pollution today and locking in more from climate change. We need to learn how to regulate coal phase-out. Industry lobbying against gas phase-out will be 10x worse.
NEW @crikey.com.au PIECE
ABOUT WHY EXTENDING COAL IS BAD
VIDEO youtu.be/dPaeR7ARgOs
ARTICLE www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/22/c...
ABOUT WHY EXTENDING COAL IS BAD
VIDEO youtu.be/dPaeR7ARgOs
ARTICLE www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/22/c...
Why the extension of Eraring represents so much going wrong in Australia
YouTube video by Ketan Joshi
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 11:26 AM
As in the US, bad decisions by politicians are keeping coal power plants running in Australia, causing avoidable human deaths from air pollution today and locking in more from climate change. We need to learn how to regulate coal phase-out. Industry lobbying against gas phase-out will be 10x worse.
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Parts of England + Ireland are reaching the point of water stress - perilously close to not having enough water resources to meet demand, yet water firms have to be pushed, year after year, to take steps to address this. Explore water stress where you live on our map:
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January 28, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Parts of England + Ireland are reaching the point of water stress - perilously close to not having enough water resources to meet demand, yet water firms have to be pushed, year after year, to take steps to address this. Explore water stress where you live on our map:
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A horrifying confirmation of climate impacts, made even more horrifying by the fact that 2C of warming now appears inevitable.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Number of people living in extreme heat to double by 2050 if 2C rise occurs, study finds
Scientists expect 41% of the projected global population to face the extremes, with ‘no part of the world’ immune
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:32 AM
A horrifying confirmation of climate impacts, made even more horrifying by the fact that 2C of warming now appears inevitable.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The new report **Preparing Students for Civic Life** comes at a pivotal moment: colleges and universities have the opportunity and the responsibility to teach students how democracy works and to equip them with the skills to be good citizens.
🧪 #academicsky
www.amacad.org/ourcommonpur...
🧪 #academicsky
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Preparing Students for Civic Life: A Guide for Higher Education Leaders
A report from a working group at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences that offers eight strategies for moving higher education institutions toward a campus-wide commitment to democracy.
www.amacad.org
January 27, 2026 at 9:27 PM
The new report **Preparing Students for Civic Life** comes at a pivotal moment: colleges and universities have the opportunity and the responsibility to teach students how democracy works and to equip them with the skills to be good citizens.
🧪 #academicsky
www.amacad.org/ourcommonpur...
🧪 #academicsky
www.amacad.org/ourcommonpur...
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The EU‘s fight over the ‚combustion engine ban‘ was a waste of the public‘s attention. Performative politics. By 2035, collectors with special licenses may still want one, if they can pay for the fuel and find some last gas station. History doesn‘t proceed in a linear fashion.
January 27, 2026 at 9:09 PM
The EU‘s fight over the ‚combustion engine ban‘ was a waste of the public‘s attention. Performative politics. By 2035, collectors with special licenses may still want one, if they can pay for the fuel and find some last gas station. History doesn‘t proceed in a linear fashion.
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The ratio on this is appreciated.
Opinion | To Avoid More Tragic Deaths, ICE Needs Higher Education and Training Standards
Higher ed can play an important role in making federal immigration enforcement safer. https://bit.ly/4bRR5fx
#EDUSKy #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Higher ed can play an important role in making federal immigration enforcement safer. https://bit.ly/4bRR5fx
#EDUSKy #HigherEd #AcademicSky
January 27, 2026 at 9:27 PM
The ratio on this is appreciated.
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EXCLUSIVE: ICE has failed to provide reports on at least eight immigrants who have died in the agency’s custody since October, defying rules set forth by Congress. @justinglawe.bsky.social reports exclusively for @zeteo.com
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SCOOP: ICE Has Failed to Disclose Info About 8 Immigrants’ Deaths, Defying Congress
Trump has ICE detaining more people than ever. The agency keeps failing to report information about immigrants’ deaths in its custody.
zeteo.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:46 PM
EXCLUSIVE: ICE has failed to provide reports on at least eight immigrants who have died in the agency’s custody since October, defying rules set forth by Congress. @justinglawe.bsky.social reports exclusively for @zeteo.com
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New paper argues that we should not harm economic growth with climate policies because this growth helps with both adaptation and mitigation.
osf.io/preprints/so...
It leaves me agreeing and exasperated at the same time because...
the best climate policies ALSO HELP economic growth. Let me explain
osf.io/preprints/so...
It leaves me agreeing and exasperated at the same time because...
the best climate policies ALSO HELP economic growth. Let me explain
January 27, 2026 at 1:24 PM
New paper argues that we should not harm economic growth with climate policies because this growth helps with both adaptation and mitigation.
osf.io/preprints/so...
It leaves me agreeing and exasperated at the same time because...
the best climate policies ALSO HELP economic growth. Let me explain
osf.io/preprints/so...
It leaves me agreeing and exasperated at the same time because...
the best climate policies ALSO HELP economic growth. Let me explain
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
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First time seeing one of these (bike lane plow/sander). Looks like a Lego set design. (seen in NYC this morning)
https://www.cyclingeu.com/822619/first-time-seeing-one-of-these-bike-lane-plow-sander-looks-like-a-lego-set-design-seen-in-nyc-this-morning/
First time seeing one of these (bike lane …
https://www.cyclingeu.com/822619/first-time-seeing-one-of-these-bike-lane-plow-sander-looks-like-a-lego-set-design-seen-in-nyc-this-morning/
First time seeing one of these (bike lane …
First time seeing one of these (bike lane plow/sander). Looks like a Lego set design. (seen in NYC this morning) - Cycling Europe
First time seeing one of these (bike lane plow/sander). Looks like a Lego set design. (seen in NYC this morning)
www.cyclingeu.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:33 PM
First time seeing one of these (bike lane plow/sander). Looks like a Lego set design. (seen in NYC this morning)
https://www.cyclingeu.com/822619/first-time-seeing-one-of-these-bike-lane-plow-sander-looks-like-a-lego-set-design-seen-in-nyc-this-morning/
First time seeing one of these (bike lane …
https://www.cyclingeu.com/822619/first-time-seeing-one-of-these-bike-lane-plow-sander-looks-like-a-lego-set-design-seen-in-nyc-this-morning/
First time seeing one of these (bike lane …
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Ugh. Is the Administration illegally undermining climate work in America…?
www.edf.org/media/newly-...
www.edf.org/media/newly-...
Newly Disclosed Records Show Trump Administration’s Unlawful Actions Related to Secretly Formed “Climate Working Group”
The records are part of more than 68,000 pages of records obtained by EDF and the Union of Concerned Scientists as as the result of a lawsuit.
www.edf.org
January 25, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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I just created a series of seven deep-dive videos about AI, which I've posted to youtube and now here. 😊
Targeted to laypeople, they explore how LLMs work, what they can do, and what impacts they have on learning, well-being, disinformation, the workplace, the economy, and the environment.
Targeted to laypeople, they explore how LLMs work, what they can do, and what impacts they have on learning, well-being, disinformation, the workplace, the economy, and the environment.
Part 1: How do LLMs work?
YouTube video by Andrew Perfors
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:45 AM
I just created a series of seven deep-dive videos about AI, which I've posted to youtube and now here. 😊
Targeted to laypeople, they explore how LLMs work, what they can do, and what impacts they have on learning, well-being, disinformation, the workplace, the economy, and the environment.
Targeted to laypeople, they explore how LLMs work, what they can do, and what impacts they have on learning, well-being, disinformation, the workplace, the economy, and the environment.
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An insane, perfect encapsulation of it all:
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
January 25, 2026 at 3:28 AM
An insane, perfect encapsulation of it all:
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
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I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
January 25, 2026 at 4:55 AM
I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
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It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.
Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
January 25, 2026 at 5:45 PM
It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.
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Thousands of scientists inflate their CVs with self-published studies that cost millions of dollars of public money
1 in 8 'special issues' is filled with articles written by the editor, particularly at the publisher MDPI
@manuelansede.bsky.social
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
1 in 8 'special issues' is filled with articles written by the editor, particularly at the publisher MDPI
@manuelansede.bsky.social
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
Thousands of scientists inflate their CVs with self-published studies that cost millions of dollars of public money
An analysis of 100,000 special issues of academic journals reveals that one in eight is filled with articles written by the editor, particularly at the publisher MDPI
english.elpais.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Thousands of scientists inflate their CVs with self-published studies that cost millions of dollars of public money
1 in 8 'special issues' is filled with articles written by the editor, particularly at the publisher MDPI
@manuelansede.bsky.social
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
1 in 8 'special issues' is filled with articles written by the editor, particularly at the publisher MDPI
@manuelansede.bsky.social
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
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Really excited to see this paper out!! Led by @vtcoop.bsky.social we show that if you use cold and warm paleoclimates together, you can reduce uncertainty in Earth's climate sensitivity by quantifying the pattern effect and more precisely constrain future climate change www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Paleoclimate pattern effects help constrain climate sensitivity and 21st-century warming | PNAS
Paleoclimates provide examples of past climate change that inform estimates of modern
warming from greenhouse-gas emissions, known as Earth’s clima...
www.pnas.org
January 23, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Really excited to see this paper out!! Led by @vtcoop.bsky.social we show that if you use cold and warm paleoclimates together, you can reduce uncertainty in Earth's climate sensitivity by quantifying the pattern effect and more precisely constrain future climate change www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Five-year-old American citizen Liam Ramos is currently being held in an ICE detention facility in San Antonio, Texas. He was detained after ICE used him as bate to draw out his father, then kidnapped the boy.
www.startribune.com/detainment-o...
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Detainment of 5-year-old boy draws international attention and support for his family
A Columbia Heights preschooler was detained this week with his father outside their home. They remain in a Texas detention facility.
www.startribune.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Five-year-old American citizen Liam Ramos is currently being held in an ICE detention facility in San Antonio, Texas. He was detained after ICE used him as bate to draw out his father, then kidnapped the boy.
www.startribune.com/detainment-o...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.startribune.com/detainment-o...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...