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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 1d

Hagley Road's current design is an announcement that if you don't own a car in Birmimgham, you deserve neither safety nor dignity as you move around your city.

But some changes are planned that acknowledge that car owners aren't the only ones who might use this corridor.

Have your say here:

Hagley Road

Have your say around improving transport on Hagley Road.

hagleyroad.commonplace.is

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 3d

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

― George Orwell, 1984

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Mike Johnson: "Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about healthcare. Republicans are the party working around the clock everyday to fix healthcare. This is not talking points for us: we've done it."

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 6d

The Primary Energy Fallacy is the idea that all primary energy from fossil fuels must be replaced with equivalent amount of clean energy.

BUT: Not necessary because >2/3 of all primary energy is lost as waste heat.

Electrification+renewables are far more efficient.

medium.com/@jan.rosenow...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 6d

Keeping people in poverty is an expensive luxury.
My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It hurt when I crashed my bike into a pothole – and it taught me the true price of austerity | George Monbiot

Fixing that hole could have cost under £100; the cost of not doing so is limitless. My prang highlights the neoliberal folly of false economies, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Cycling UK Official @cyclinguk.bsky.social · 7d

📣 “Bikes stolen from train stations left for more than 2 hours will not be investigated,” says British Transport Police.

🗣️ Cycling UK’s Sophie Gordon: “Bike theft isn’t petty — it can be devastating.”

👉 Read more: road.cc/content/news...

"Effectively decriminalising bike thefts": Bikes stolen from train stations that were left for more than two hours will not be investigated, says British Transport Police

CCTV footage will not be looked at outside a two-hour timeframe — as British Cycling accuses policy of "letting cyclists down across the country and providing further barriers to people riding a bike"

road.cc

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Boyce Thompson Institute @btiscience.bsky.social · 7d

Shape the future of #PlantScience! BTI, affiliated with Cornell, seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor to drive discovery in plant biology. Review of applications begins November. Apply: recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...

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Department of Plant Sciences Cambridge @camplantsci.bsky.social · 8d

Russell R. Geiger Professorship of Crop Science

Dept. of Plant Sciences | Permanent | Closes on Monday 17 November 2025

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/russell...

#plantsciences #plantscijobs #academicjobs

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Alice Gauthey @a-gthy.bsky.social · 9d

New PhD position in tree ecophysiology at BiFoR-FACE (Uni of Birmingham) 🌳 Looking at tree carbon and water dynamics under elevated CO2 and warming 🌡️
Start Jan 2026. See more info here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/376950

Doctoral Research Fellow - FutureForests - School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences - 106218 - Grade 7

Position Details School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK Fixed salary of £49,747 additional allowances may be applicable depe...

euraxess.ec.europa.eu

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 10d

🇨🇳 Every second, China bolts down ~100 solar panels. H1 2025: 67% of global solar already. And before decade’s end, China’s solar capacity ALONE will eclipse the whole US grid. The first true electrostate is here—rising at hyperscale, rewriting energy history in real time. ⚡☀️ #Solar #EV #Energy #BESS

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Sean Gies @seangies.bsky.social · Dec 14

“Here, we painted some stick figures of bicycles on the road so drivers can practice running them over.”

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Sally Aitken 🇨🇦 @sallyaitken.bsky.social · 14d

We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 14d

If you want the Forest Service to be anything other than just a logging company get in those public comments, people

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 14d

The dismantling of the US Forest Service is imminent [via @highcountrynews.org]

The dismantling of the US Forest Service is imminent

The public has less than a week remaining to comment on the administration's plans.

www.motherjones.com

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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 15d

If you're wondering whether electric cars will replicate the inequalities automobility represents, check this out.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17d

WATCH THIS: The most amazing thing about this remarkable 2002 car commercial is that it didn’t seem to realize at the time, or perhaps didn’t care, how effectively it made the point that cars and car infrastructure are a HUGE waste of space in cities. Award-winning 2002 ad for Saturn car company.

Saturn Ion commercial

YouTube video by Eliyahu Biton

youtube.com

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 15d

Critics slam renewables for land use but ignore fossil fuels' huge impact.

Germany's Hambach lignite mine: 85 sq km pit, 300m deep, snapped from ISS.

My first ever energy research protect professionally was on the externalities of lignite. In short: they are very significant!

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Katharina @economista.bsky.social · 15d

Warum macht der Postillon wieder mal besseren Informationsjournalismus als viele andere?

Der Postillon 📯 @der-postillon.com · 15d

Verwirrter alter Mann stürmt UN-Podium und pöbelt eine Stunde lang herum www.der-postillon.com/2025/09/un-t...

Verwirrter alter Mann stürmt UN-Podium und pöbelt eine Stunde lang herum

New York (dpo) - Schwere Sicherheitspanne bei der Generalversammlung der Vereinten Nationen in New York: Einem offenbar verwirrten alten Mann gelang e

www.der-postillon.com

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 16d

Critics of renewables often point to land use as a reason not to invest in wind & solar. Land use IS a real issue for all energy assets incl renewables (unless on-site).

But what critics conveniently forget is the huge land impact of fossil fuels. Aerial view of fracking sites in Wickett, Texas. 👇

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Shivaji Shiva @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social · 18d

"Why do we have to kill kids?"

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2 Wheeled Wolf @2-wheeled-wolf.bsky.social · 18d

Seems appropriate.

Roadkill Bill Cartoon by Avidor.
Top half is the sacrificing of children to appease the Gods.
Bottom half is the sacrificing of children to appease the motor vehicle Gods.

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 19d

Excellent new video from PBS Terra about the long term climate change impact on the probability of death across the USA:

Did Scientists Just Figure Out Why People Die A DECADE Earlier in the Southeast US?

YouTube video by PBS Terra

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Derek Johnson @derekjesq.bsky.social · 19d

“Fascism” isn’t a slur for politics we don’t like. It’s a precise word with precise meaning. And in the face of what’s happening right now in America, it’s the most honest one we have.

I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 20d

“The big perspective change from ancient DNA study is that people living today are almost never the descendants of the people in the same place thousands of years before”

news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette

Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.

news.harvard.edu

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Laura Sell @laurasell.bsky.social · 20d

"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history."
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream

The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.

www.insidehighered.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 21d

These are precedented times and the precedent is a loud ass warning

www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...

Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime (Published 1939)

www.nytimes.com

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Megan McDonald @mcdonaldmeganc.bsky.social · 21d

There are no words to describe how excited and honored I am to take on the role. Already had such amazing support from the plant pathology community in Switz and cannot wait to grow the team further and see how far we can get in tackling our fungal foes. Look out for jobs starting in May 2026!

Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften (D-USYS), ETH Zürich @usyseth.bsky.social · 21d

We warmly welcome Dr. Megan McDonald as Associate Professor of Plant Disease Dynamics. Her research on fungal diseases in crops will strengthen our expertise and collaborations across plant sciences. 🌱

ETH Zurich @ethz.ch · 21d

At its meeting of 17 and 18 September 2025 and upon application of Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, the ETH Board appointed eight professors. The Board also awarded the title of "Professor of Practice" once.

More info:

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Global Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social · 21d

We mourn the passing of our Editor-in-Chief Steve Long.

His vision to establish one of the first journals dedicated to Global Change over 30 years ago was truly ahead of its time. Through GCB, researchers have demonstrated that biology and ecosystems are not simply victims of global change..

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nikogeldner.bsky.social @nikogeldner.bsky.social · 22d

Call for a tenure-track position at our Department of Plant Molecular Biology in Lausanne! We are searching for promising early-career researchers in the broad field of plant-organismal interactions. Deadline: November 30, 2025 - Please re-post!

career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

Career Opportunities: DBMV: Tenure Track Assistant Professor towards Associate Professor in the field of Plant-organism (22484)

career5.successfactors.eu

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