Marc Arenstein
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Marc Arenstein
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· Aug 9
Bugs me how people decide who to discuss things with. The person that wrote the long or analytical or [fill-in] article is likely onto their next thing; the talkbacker likely talks back and not with. And then the most interesting comments are likely never seen or hidden or lagged.
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Benjamin Moser escribe un ensayo muy enojado, muy bueno, sobre crecer como judío liberal en EUA y presenciar lo que ocurre en Gaza. Me conmueve la fuerza de lo que escribe y también el dolor que confiesa.
www.equator.org/articles/we-...
www.equator.org/articles/we-...
We Have Talked Enough About Ourselves • Articles • EQUATOR
How the marriage of American exceptionalism and liberal Zionism led to genocide
www.equator.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Benjamin Moser escribe un ensayo muy enojado, muy bueno, sobre crecer como judío liberal en EUA y presenciar lo que ocurre en Gaza. Me conmueve la fuerza de lo que escribe y también el dolor que confiesa.
www.equator.org/articles/we-...
www.equator.org/articles/we-...
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This one started for me with an almost childish question: Can we take it for granted that people in the past experienced reality the same way we do? It turns out a whole field of study and an important scholar were asking the same...down into this fascinating rabbit hole I went.
A radical new field of history asks if we can ever really understand how our forebears experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow, Gal Beckerman writes.
You Had to Be There
An emerging field of history asks if we can ever really understand how our forebears experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This one started for me with an almost childish question: Can we take it for granted that people in the past experienced reality the same way we do? It turns out a whole field of study and an important scholar were asking the same...down into this fascinating rabbit hole I went.
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Yet again, I’m reminded of the truly terrifying and prophetic tv series, Extrapolations, which begins…with a sad whale.
Tahlequah: Bereaved whale spotted pushing another dead calf
Tahlequah: Bereaved whale spotted pushing another dead calf
A headline-grabbing whale that pushed its calf's dead body for 17 days in 2018 appears to be grieving again.
www.bbc.com
January 3, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Yet again, I’m reminded of the truly terrifying and prophetic tv series, Extrapolations, which begins…with a sad whale.
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It depends where you are. In Romania no one in politics is talking about climate change and emissions so voting has no significance at all.
April 28, 2025 at 5:09 AM
It depends where you are. In Romania no one in politics is talking about climate change and emissions so voting has no significance at all.
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Very glad to have this piece with @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social published - even several months after me leaving Carbon Brief!
This article was more than a year in the making, and very timely now given the ongoing heatwaves.
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This article was more than a year in the making, and very timely now given the ongoing heatwaves.
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NEW ANALYSIS - English neighbourhoods that are home to the most minority-ethnic people are 15 times more likely to face extreme heat than the least diverse areas.
Heatwaves are getting more severe – but the effects of rising temperatures are not being felt equally...
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Heatwaves are getting more severe – but the effects of rising temperatures are not being felt equally...
➡️ buff.ly/boWI6M1
August 13, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Very glad to have this piece with @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social published - even several months after me leaving Carbon Brief!
This article was more than a year in the making, and very timely now given the ongoing heatwaves.
Read more below ⬇️
This article was more than a year in the making, and very timely now given the ongoing heatwaves.
Read more below ⬇️
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D. Rumsfield in Iraq: "We don’t do body counts on other people."
"How can vulnerable nations be compensated for the “loss and damage” caused by climate breakdown if we haven’t the faintest idea how great that loss and damage might be?"
"How can vulnerable nations be compensated for the “loss and damage” caused by climate breakdown if we haven’t the faintest idea how great that loss and damage might be?"
Researching this week's column, I stumbled across something that amazed me:
the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the
world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know
because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the
world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know
because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s a catastrophic black hole in our climate data – and it’s a gift to deniers | George Monbiot
Climate sceptics tell us that more people die of extreme cold than extreme heat. What’s the truth? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
D. Rumsfield in Iraq: "We don’t do body counts on other people."
"How can vulnerable nations be compensated for the “loss and damage” caused by climate breakdown if we haven’t the faintest idea how great that loss and damage might be?"
"How can vulnerable nations be compensated for the “loss and damage” caused by climate breakdown if we haven’t the faintest idea how great that loss and damage might be?"
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Good piece about the gap of reliable data about impacts of climate change on deaths related heat. @frediotto.bsky.social addresses some of these gaps and underreporting in her recent book Climate Injustice.
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Researching this week's column, I stumbled across something that amazed me:
the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the
world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know
because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the
world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know
because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s a catastrophic black hole in our climate data – and it’s a gift to deniers | George Monbiot
Climate sceptics tell us that more people die of extreme cold than extreme heat. What’s the truth? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Good piece about the gap of reliable data about impacts of climate change on deaths related heat. @frediotto.bsky.social addresses some of these gaps and underreporting in her recent book Climate Injustice.
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How the war came home is how I would call Zvi Harel's article, currently in HE archive.vn/1AwqF
archive.vn
October 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
How the war came home is how I would call Zvi Harel's article, currently in HE archive.vn/1AwqF
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Adding one thing: this whole dynamic is neatly replicated around the issue of climate change. Dems take shit constantly: they're acting too fast, too slow, doing the wrong things, focusing on the wrong tech, bad Dems!
GOP gibbons just throw shit & lies & block all policy & that's fine I guess.
GOP gibbons just throw shit & lies & block all policy & that's fine I guess.
September 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Adding one thing: this whole dynamic is neatly replicated around the issue of climate change. Dems take shit constantly: they're acting too fast, too slow, doing the wrong things, focusing on the wrong tech, bad Dems!
GOP gibbons just throw shit & lies & block all policy & that's fine I guess.
GOP gibbons just throw shit & lies & block all policy & that's fine I guess.
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A pre-dog-walk 🧵 on the pandemic.
To me, the lesson of the pandemic is a very familiar one, although as far as I can tell, no one is talking about it or learning it (which is also familiar). It's about the contrast between America's two political parties.
To me, the lesson of the pandemic is a very familiar one, although as far as I can tell, no one is talking about it or learning it (which is also familiar). It's about the contrast between America's two political parties.
September 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A pre-dog-walk 🧵 on the pandemic.
To me, the lesson of the pandemic is a very familiar one, although as far as I can tell, no one is talking about it or learning it (which is also familiar). It's about the contrast between America's two political parties.
To me, the lesson of the pandemic is a very familiar one, although as far as I can tell, no one is talking about it or learning it (which is also familiar). It's about the contrast between America's two political parties.
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Es geht übrigens nicht darum, ob Menschen islamisch sind, sondern wie sie islamisch sind. Im Islam gibt es große Unterschiede, exakt so wie bei Christentum, Judentum, Atheismus etc. Wer fundamentalistisch christlich oder jüdisch ist, ist nicht demokratischer als jemand, der islamisch ist.
August 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Es geht übrigens nicht darum, ob Menschen islamisch sind, sondern wie sie islamisch sind. Im Islam gibt es große Unterschiede, exakt so wie bei Christentum, Judentum, Atheismus etc. Wer fundamentalistisch christlich oder jüdisch ist, ist nicht demokratischer als jemand, der islamisch ist.
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The elephant in the room has never been addressed. Trump voters vote for Trump because he pisses off the other side. Why do they put pissing off the other side as more important than their own needs?
August 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The elephant in the room has never been addressed. Trump voters vote for Trump because he pisses off the other side. Why do they put pissing off the other side as more important than their own needs?
“Raise tariffs 15 times, roll back tariffs 8 times, issue 10 ultimatums, be open to a very productive meeting with Putin or not, stop Netanyahu or not...” Below the image, title: Trump's daily work or not...
August 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
“Raise tariffs 15 times, roll back tariffs 8 times, issue 10 ultimatums, be open to a very productive meeting with Putin or not, stop Netanyahu or not...” Below the image, title: Trump's daily work or not...
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More pluralistic ignorance. It's everywhere when you look. Recent examples include the 89 Percent Project and our own motonormativity work (see my pinned post)
Powerful finding in this concise & punchy report. Over 90% of UK business professionals surveyed believe businesses should align with the principles of Doughnut Economics - but most massively underestimate how many of their peers also do. @jenimiles.bsky.social www.jenimiles.com/research/pos...
July 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
More pluralistic ignorance. It's everywhere when you look. Recent examples include the 89 Percent Project and our own motonormativity work (see my pinned post)
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Regardless of where we live or how we vote, extreme weather puts us all at risk: and we know, without a shadow of a doubt, climate change is making it worse.
To build resilience, we need more data, more expertise, more preparation, more communication to keep people safe—NOT LESS!
More from me:
To build resilience, we need more data, more expertise, more preparation, more communication to keep people safe—NOT LESS!
More from me:
What the Floods in Texas Tell Us About Climate Change
“Regardless of where we live or how we vote, extreme weather puts us all at risk," writes Katharine Hayhoe.
time.com
July 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Regardless of where we live or how we vote, extreme weather puts us all at risk: and we know, without a shadow of a doubt, climate change is making it worse.
To build resilience, we need more data, more expertise, more preparation, more communication to keep people safe—NOT LESS!
More from me:
To build resilience, we need more data, more expertise, more preparation, more communication to keep people safe—NOT LESS!
More from me:
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One of the healthiest things that could happen in American politics is rejecting the labels of the past. They are meaningless and distortionary. Time to identify candidates and office holders and voters by who they are, what they believe, what they’ve done.
July 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
One of the healthiest things that could happen in American politics is rejecting the labels of the past. They are meaningless and distortionary. Time to identify candidates and office holders and voters by who they are, what they believe, what they’ve done.
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What's that? You say the Biden economy was "firing on all cylinders"? Might have been cool to talk more about that before the election!
President Trump inherited an economy that was, by most conventional measures, firing on all cylinders. Just weeks into his term, economic forecasts have deteriorated, reflecting the upheaval from federal layoffs, tariff moves and immigration roundups. nyti.ms/43sbBz5
March 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
What's that? You say the Biden economy was "firing on all cylinders"? Might have been cool to talk more about that before the election!
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I've covered the many different aspects of extreme warming of the Mediterranean.
The forcing increase from the Med SECA (Mediterranean Sulphur Emission Control Area) is new (May 1st 2025), very uncertain and requires detailed assessment
bsky.app/profile/leon...
The forcing increase from the Med SECA (Mediterranean Sulphur Emission Control Area) is new (May 1st 2025), very uncertain and requires detailed assessment
bsky.app/profile/leon...
Most people don't have a clue about what's coming.
The Mediterranean will be faced with extreme warming and climate change THIS decade.
IPCC provides a false sense of security.
Gross negligence!
The Mediterranean will be faced with extreme warming and climate change THIS decade.
IPCC provides a false sense of security.
Gross negligence!
July 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I've covered the many different aspects of extreme warming of the Mediterranean.
The forcing increase from the Med SECA (Mediterranean Sulphur Emission Control Area) is new (May 1st 2025), very uncertain and requires detailed assessment
bsky.app/profile/leon...
The forcing increase from the Med SECA (Mediterranean Sulphur Emission Control Area) is new (May 1st 2025), very uncertain and requires detailed assessment
bsky.app/profile/leon...
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Fascinating paper on something I never thought of: When we remove big old animals from wild populations (like fish) we might be losing important cultural transmission in species that learn from elders - Essentially culling transmission of collective knowledge onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Overfishing Social Fish
Social learning is common among vertebrates, including fish. Learning from others reduces the risk and costs of adaptation. In some longer-lived species, social learning can lead to the formation of ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Fascinating paper on something I never thought of: When we remove big old animals from wild populations (like fish) we might be losing important cultural transmission in species that learn from elders - Essentially culling transmission of collective knowledge onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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And a call for some soul searching in mainstream media:
(Especially since this but the latest in a string of studies consistently showing most people want the climate crisis tackled. See 89percent.org)
(Especially since this but the latest in a string of studies consistently showing most people want the climate crisis tackled. See 89percent.org)
July 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
And a call for some soul searching in mainstream media:
(Especially since this but the latest in a string of studies consistently showing most people want the climate crisis tackled. See 89percent.org)
(Especially since this but the latest in a string of studies consistently showing most people want the climate crisis tackled. See 89percent.org)
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"It’s created such wreckage to have implied that history and humanities are luxury goods, rather than essential services... more to the point, the idea that only science really matters has been enormously destructive."
There is no research infrastructure without a full research infrastructure.
There is no research infrastructure without a full research infrastructure.
"My father, an early and prominent computer scientist, passed away more than two years ago. Since then I’ve been trying to make sense of how rapidly the world that helped make him, and in turn the one he helped shape, is unraveling." 1/ scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/06/26/d...
Did My Father’s World Die with Him? Grieving the Incalculable Costs of “STEM.” - The Scholarly Kitchen
Grieving my father's death feels inextricably tangled with grieving the catastrophe overtaking the whole of our research infrastructure.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
June 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"It’s created such wreckage to have implied that history and humanities are luxury goods, rather than essential services... more to the point, the idea that only science really matters has been enormously destructive."
There is no research infrastructure without a full research infrastructure.
There is no research infrastructure without a full research infrastructure.
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Real democratic freedom, what Berlin called positive liberty, and what I’d call empowered freedom, means having the tools to think clearly, challenge power, and act meaningfully in public life. That requires more than “no censorship.” It requires foundations.
June 27, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Real democratic freedom, what Berlin called positive liberty, and what I’d call empowered freedom, means having the tools to think clearly, challenge power, and act meaningfully in public life. That requires more than “no censorship.” It requires foundations.
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Hello everyone, the College Park National Archives site has now taken down the header announcing restrictions. Because of that and the post below, I've deleted my original post because I do not want to share misinformation. My deep hope is that this was a major messaging fail. Orig. lang. below 👇
I heard from someone who works there that management needs better messaging skills - I mean, that:
the research rooms are still open to researchers, no change in that policy
buses and cars will no longer be able to drive up right to the building, that is the change in policy
the research rooms are still open to researchers, no change in that policy
buses and cars will no longer be able to drive up right to the building, that is the change in policy
June 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Hello everyone, the College Park National Archives site has now taken down the header announcing restrictions. Because of that and the post below, I've deleted my original post because I do not want to share misinformation. My deep hope is that this was a major messaging fail. Orig. lang. below 👇