Sabine Pahl

@sabinepahl.bsky.social

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Prof of #EnvironmentalPsychology @univienna.ac.at
@envpsyvienna.bsky.social
https://ech.univie.ac.at

#BehaviouralSciences #RiskPerception #SocialCognition #PlasticPollution #Microplastics #PFAS #Nature etc...

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Environmental science 43%

Psychology 17%

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Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 5h

Oh my, have you come across @stephencollins.bsky.social? lllustrator and cartoonist. AI peas and so much more. Just the ray of light needed this Monday morning. (Oh yes I got up early to work. Now I think I need to download Stressifyly).

Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 5h

Yes. Amazing #AI

Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · Nov 13

Every ad now

[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]

JANET:
Ugh...

LIZ:
What's up?

JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!

LIZ:
Have you tried...

AI peas?

JANET:
AI peas?

LIZ:
They're peas with AI!

[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].

LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas

JANET:
What

LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]

Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?

[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]

LIZ:

Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine

[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]

LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!

JANET:
What

LIZ:
Shut up

LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow

From opening the bag of peas

to boiling the peas

to eating the peas

To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.

JANET:
Is it really necessary to-

LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET

[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:

AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.

[Ends]

Reposted by Sabine Pahl

Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 15h

All those conferences I have participated in with top officials with very concerned faces going on and on about soft power and countering Chinese influence, Russian disinformation, it is all terrible, etc…

Guys.
Fund. The. BBC.

Reposted by Sabine Pahl, Michael H. Whitworth

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

NC5: “TVA leaders said data center growth now equals power for 6 MILLION homes… AI demand projected to double by 2030… TVA reverses coal plan closure…”

As Trump, Beaman move to privatize TVA— and @SenatorHagerty has his eyes on running TVA.

www.newschannel5.com/news/state/t...

Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 1d

Here you go, the height of fact-based investigative journalism

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Brussels sprouts are everywhere.

Once harvested, the flavor starts to intensify during storage, so it’s best to use them as soon as possible. Here’s how:

The best ways to cook Brussels sprouts

Steaming, braising, roasting and more ways to make the most of the diminutive green vegetable.

www.washingtonpost.com

Reposted by Sabine Pahl

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Brussels sprouts are everywhere.

Once harvested, the flavor starts to intensify during storage, so it’s best to use them as soon as possible. Here’s how:

The best ways to cook Brussels sprouts

Steaming, braising, roasting and more ways to make the most of the diminutive green vegetable.

www.washingtonpost.com

Reposted by Amir Attaran, Sabine Pahl, James Connelly

WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 2d

The other day Manchester United’s co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said the UK had been "colonised by immigrants"….today there’s this billboard outside of Old Trafford 🔥….way to go Manchester 💪!

Reposted by Valerie M. Delmotte, Arthur Geßler, Julie L. Lockwood , and 1 more Valerie M. Delmotte, Arthur Geßler, Julie L. Lockwood, Sabine Pahl

AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 3d

The science is clear. The stakes are real.

AGU condemns the repeal of the EPA Endangerment Finding — a decision that rejects the overwhelming evidence and undermines climate accountability.

We will continue to defend science and advocate for evidence-based policy.

buff.ly/wX1BQ2t

Reposted by Jocalyn Clark, Sabine Pahl, James Cameron

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4d

Correction: A previous version of this post misidentified the South Caucasus as belonging to Russia. The region, made up of territory in Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan, is not part of Russia. We deleted the previous post.

Reposted by Will Jennings, Sabine Pahl

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 4d

Manchester Utd owner is giving media interviews claiming UK "colonised" by immigrants

He thinks population rose 12 million snce 2020!

11 million people born abroad; this was 9.5 million in 2020, so that is up 1.5 million (not 12 million) but rose 7 million in 30 years from 4m before 1997

Reposted by Sabine Pahl

Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 5d

Youths were more proud to be American under Obama than Trump apparently. (Now ask people who remember Fascism and WWII. I suspect similar results.)

Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Steve Peers, Sabine Pahl

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 7d

Andre Ventura of Chega (change) running on anti-immigratiom slogans like "this isn't Bangladesh" and "Portugal is ours" has lost the Portugal presidential election in a landslide.

He was second on 23% to 31% in the first round but losing about 30-70 in the run-off to socialist António José Seguro

Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 8d

@seatsixtyone.bsky.social for international 🚄 connections

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Nana Siebert @nanasiebert.bsky.social · 8d

Auf Social Media kursieren immer mehr fotorealistische KI-Bilder, die angeblich aus dem Holocaust stammen. Historiker warnen vor einer Verzerrung der Erinnerung. Von @davidrennert.bsky.social

KI-Bilder zum Holocaust fluten Social Media – mit gefährlichen Folgen

Auf Social Media kursieren immer mehr fotorealistische KI-Bilder, die angeblich aus dem Holocaust stammen. Historiker warnen vor einer Verzerrung der Erinnerung

www.derstandard.at

Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 9d

Same discussions here!

Reposted by Sabine Pahl

Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 9d

“It is our duty to become the welcoming & tolerant society that our own relatives would have hoped to find on the other side of our borders…Not many governments agree w/regularizing migrants today. But more people do than we often assume” -Spain’s prime minister making the rare pro-immigration case:

Opinion | I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants.

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Sabine Pahl

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 9d

Not to take away from a really important story, but what is important about it is tells is what the US new national security strategy means in practice:

US government to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities in Europe

State department grants to spread ‘American values’ are part of Washington’s 250th anniversary celebrations

www.ft.com

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jennifer uncoolidge @histoftech.bsky.social · 10d

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology

She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

www.nature.com

Reposted by Sabine Pahl

Environmental Psychology Vienna @envpsyvienna.bsky.social · 10d

At ANSES in Paris, Ellise Suffill presented her #ZeroPM work on integrating social data into the Essential Use Concept, followed by a roundtable on whether the consumer is always right and how to enable sustainable design. ♻️
#Chemicals #Pollution #Sustainability

Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 10d

WTF

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 10d

Two-year-olds raised in vegan or vegetarian households don't necessarily have restricted growth, according to a study of 1.2 million children

Vegan toddlers can grow at the same rate as omnivores

Two-year-olds raised in vegan or vegetarian households don't necessarily have restricted growth, according to a study of 1.2 million children

www.newscientist.com

Reposted by Rebecca Solnit, Du Toit, Jonathan M. Gilligan , and 2 more Rebecca Solnit, Du Toit, Jonathan M. Gilligan, Sabine Pahl, Alan Richardson

Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 10d

Perhaps it was coincidental timing, but nothing underscores the collapse of the Washington Post like firing most of the Pulitzer prize winning #climate reporters the very same day as their opinion pages publishes a BS screed by climate misinformer Bjorn Lomborg.

Reposted by Sabine Pahl

Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 11d

Well, I would criticise Lord Mandelson, but two and a half years ago, a UK government official emailed me to tell me that I can't criticize government officials on social media, for a period going back five years. So. I have to wait a bit.

(You think I'm kidding. The UK government told me that)

Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 12d

Thank goodness there are also clips of singing dogs on bluesky. Not sure I could cope otherwise.

Reposted by Sabine Pahl, Daniel Huppmann

Adrian Hiss @ahiss.bsky.social · 13d

Entwicklungen der Heizungen in Haushalten in 🇦🇹

⚡Wärmpepumpe überholen Ölheizungen!
⚗️Gasheizungen sinken auf niedrigsten Wert seit Umfragebeginn, aber immernoch über 840000
⏺️Fernwärme jetzt bei 1.3 Mio (viel davon (noch) fossil)

Heute gab es 2 Heizungs 🧵, Amtsgebäude & 2025-Verkauf,
sind verlinkt

Reposted by Sabine Pahl

Environmental Psychology Vienna @envpsyvienna.bsky.social · 14d

Jolanda Lindenbauer joined the group last year as a research assistant, where she supports a project on the risk perception of #microplastics. She is also writing her master’s thesis with the group, looking at how #eco-anxiety and different #pro-environmental behaviours are related to each other. 🏡

Reposted by Sabine Pahl

Leonie Fian @leoniefian.bsky.social · 14d

Now out in Public Understanding of Science. Huge thanks to my co-authors @ninavaupotic.bsky.social, Isabel Richter, Bart Koelmans & @sabinepahl.bsky.social.

Read more here: doi.org/10.1177/0963...

Communicating scientific uncertainties: Effects of message and audience characteristics in the context of microplastic health risks - Leonie Fian, Nina Vaupotič, Isabel Richter, Albert A. Koelmans, Sa...

Communicating uncertainties is central to science communication, yet evidence on its effects is inconclusive. In an online experiment with a quasi-representativ...

doi.org

Reposted by Sabine Pahl, Philipp Sarasin

Sabine Fischer @sabfis3.bsky.social · 15d

Der #Ukraine stehen bitterkalte Tage bevor, bis zu -25.

Das ist eine humanitäre Katastrophe - selbst wenn #Putin ausnahmsweise Wort halten und Angriffe auf die ukrainische Energieinfrastruktur wirklich aussetzen würde.

Bitte spendet für die Menschen in der #Ukraine! Es gibt viele Möglichkeiten 👇

Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 16d

and did they analyse metrics other than research output too?

Reposted by Sabine Pahl, Michael Larkin

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16d

Ulez bomber: the retired electrician who turned bomb-making extremist

Shy 63-year-old’s decision to blow up London traffic camera linked to online conspiracy theories and Islamophobia To his neighbours, Kevin Rees did not seem like an extremist. The shy 63-year-old lived on a tree-lined street in suburban Sidcup, in Bexley, south-east London. He appeared to be enjoying retirement after a career mending dishwashers and other domestic appliances. “He’s a quiet character – I’ve lived opposite him for 10 years and never really spoken to him,” says Sam, who declined to give her full name. Behind the lace curtains, Rees was much more abrasive, at least online. Under the user name the “Exterminator” he ranted about London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, and the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) which in 2023 was expanded to the capital’s outer borough, including Bexley. Continue reading...

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