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JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 12d

So exhausting..

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · Feb 25

Agreed. Incentivising the wrong behaviour is already a risk if people look at, for example, Retraction Watch without also looking at other sources for possible problems in unretracted work (eg PubPeer) or seeing retractions in a proper context of what's known about common research defects.

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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · Jan 9

Species living in the same places tend to have similar heat tolerances, so when certain warming thresholds are passed, catastrophic losses of biodiversity may be likely, writes Dr @josephwilliamson.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social in @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/shared-heat-...

Species reach their heat limits at similar temperatures, leaving ecosystems at risk of sudden climate-driven collapse

Plants and animals that live in the same community share the same heat tolerance – new study.

theconversation.com

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · Feb 11

As with climate disturbance, uncertainty provides a good argument to take more action, not less.

Alexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · Feb 4

Our new paper led by @manusaunders.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... takes stock of the evidence-base for global insect declines 🦋🐝🪳🪰🦗 and how uncertainty is being leveraged by science denialists to undermine efforts to reverse biodiversity loss 🌍🧪.

Figure from a paper - legend: Figure 2. Measuring changes in insect biodiversity can be achieved by focusing on drivers that directly or indirectly impact insect biodiversity metrics and trends (left). Where data on insect populations specifically are unavailable, data from other species and ecological processes can provide inferential support for changes in insect biodiversity (right).

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 28d

"Which climate scientists think that what you are

1) doing, and

2) telling the public, and

3) suggesting the public do,

are adequate?"

is perhaps a useful type of question to governments.

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 1d

Politician:

Voters won't let me do what I think is right/science says on animal welfare/climate/environment/refugees.

Journalist can ask:

Are you not experienced in persuasion?

Are you not paid to be a leader?

Are you giving voters the relevant facts?

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 3d

Which national governments have done best on

a) informing people about the climate/habitat destruction/planetary boundary crises, and

b) suggesting/nudging appropriate action,

which other countries can learn from, in your opinion?

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · Feb 11

Precise or definite-sounding climate predictions intended to alert people, obscuring the uncertainty, may paradoxically reassure people into doing less because they do not understand the real inadequacy of science to predict complex systems.

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · Feb 11

Let's take a little time to consider what Trump and his allies may be doing behind the scenes, in the form for instance of instructions to agencies on surveillance.

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 3d

When someone gives you statistics, consider the words.

Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 3d

Terrific piece from @gelliottmorris.com this morning.

Whenever you ask if something “might” happen or “may” be necessary, it’s very easy for respondents to think of scenarios where the answer is yes, no matter how unlikely.

Why most polls overstate support for political violence

Misperceptions about the popularity of violence increase public support for it — but you can help change that.

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 23h

It would never be sensible to give a peace prize to someone where there is reasonable suspicion that:

a) the relevant behaviour has been significantly due to the desire to get one,

and

b) there is significant risk that afterwards they would feel freer to engage in unjustified violence.

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 11h

The six legal deposit libraries in the UK and Ireland may be of interest - might you be inspired by a seaside town in Wales with a human population around 15,000 - or Dublin, Edinburgh, Cambridge, Oxford, London?

www.library.wales/about-nlw/ab...

www.nls.uk/about-us/who...

About NLW - National Library of Wales

The National Library of Wales is located in Aberystwyth. We are a legal deposit Library, and specialise in collections relating to Wales and the Celtic nations

www.library.wales

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 13h

On #WorldMentalHealthDay, all governments should commit to moving away from coercive mental healthcare practices.

Human Rights Watch has documented coercive mental healthcare practices, including shackling people with mental health conditions, in more than 60 countries across the world.

On Mental Health Day, End Coercion, Embrace Dignity

Hauwa, a 25-year-old woman, was lying on the floor, shackled, and barely alive when Human Rights Watch found her in November 2024 in a state-run institution in Kano, Nigeria. She was deaf and had a me...

www.hrw.org

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · Jan 20

A proposal for

Animal welfare including human health
Climate
Environment
Biodiversity
Economy

Governments provide free nutritional supplements (eg B12, DHA, EPA) and/or mandate fortification of foods

- to improve health and reduce cravings when people reduce/eliminate animal products from diet.

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 23h

It would never be sensible to give a peace prize to someone where there is reasonable suspicion that:

a) the relevant behaviour has been significantly due to the desire to get one,

and

b) there is significant risk that afterwards they would feel freer to engage in unjustified violence.

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 1d

Is there anything of interest in the parallel grooves/cracks?

For scale, roughly what is the distance between them?

Thank you.

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 1d

What has the Israeli government done with the aid for Gazans which it seized from the flotillas?

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 4d

Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”

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Michael de Jong @sprakeloos.bsky.social · 4d

Greta Thunberg after being released #FreedomFlotilla

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting-looking article on how technological developments are used as a "technofix" is used to delay real action to reduce emissions in the aviation sector doi.org/10.1080/2158...

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 1d

Politician:

Voters won't let me do what I think is right/science says on animal welfare/climate/environment/refugees.

Journalist can ask:

Are you not experienced in persuasion?

Are you not paid to be a leader?

Are you giving voters the relevant facts?

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 2d

"It doesn't matter if you don't believe in climate change. Your insurer does."

The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 4d

It doesn't matter if you don't believe in climate change. Your insurer does.

The more extreme climate events and disasters that occur around the world – the higher Australian insurance premiums will be.

It's why we're calling for compensation levy on gas & coal exports > theaus.in/fossilfuelco...

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not suggesting this is a convenient fiction but rather that constitutional principles can be expressed in many legitimate ways & take many legitimate forms. Accountability for abuse of power is a core constitutional function & value, so imposing it via novel mechanisms is constitutional fidelity

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 2d

Starting in safe mode could be a temporary measure.

There may be relevant ideas here:

support.google.com/pixelphone/t...

Unable to make or receive calls after Android 15 update Pixel 8pro - Google Pixel Community

support.google.com

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 2d

Also, "Google Pixel phones, for example, are known to have some of the best support for developers, making the downgrading process easier."

www.androidpolice.com/how-to-roll-...

How to roll back to an older version of Android

You can pick the method that works best for you

www.androidpolice.com

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