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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 7d

Breaking News!
Code Yikes!

September averaged 1.47°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline, snapping a three-month "cool" streak.

Will this heat continue? The Climate 8-ball is consulting the I Ching.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 6d

From her lifetime of pioneering work with chimpanzees to her
tireless advocacy for the environment...

Jane Goodall was a one-of-a-kind treasure to the world!

I was lucky enough to be able to thank her personally when our paths crossed not long ago.

Thanks again, Ms. Goodall. You will be missed. ♥️

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 7d

My favourite Jane Goodall quotes....so many, so to the point, so wise. How different the world would be if enough people listened to her.

"People think hope is wishful thinking, and actually hope is about action." Quote from the Wiser Than Me podcast with Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

"Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our true potential." Graphic by the Jane Goodall Institute of South Africa.

"You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." Graphic by Ariana Huffington on Instagram.

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 7d

Sad news - a truly pioneering life.

RIP Jane Goodall
#WomeninScience #WomensHistory
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

Jane Goodall, conservationist and chimpanzee champion, dies at 91

Through her groundbreaking work with chimps in Africa, Goodall helped people understand that animals are sentient and intelligent.

www.nationalgeographic.com

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 8d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · Aug 24

My statement on Ai from the mini-comic as syllabus i made for new class I'm teaching that starts tomorrow! It robs you of your decisions & struggles - and the joy of being surprised. We won’t to be robbed of our learning - this is essential. This & the full mini at post:
bsky.app/profile/nsou...

a snippet of a mini-comic, at top - straight line stretches from point A to B. Immediately below, same dot at A, then becomes a curving, meandering line that winds through the page and ends at a point with rays and a question mark emanating from it. Text reads: "Nothing can do this for you - for that robs you of experience and conflates answers with learning. Rather, it's all the decisions you make along the way, the mistakes, struggles, and surprises! These pathways you create - this is learning.

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Alex Weatherall @aweatherall.bsky.social · 10d

I dislike them too, however... Cognitive load. If you don't know the names of the elements well - and for some studentS they're learning the order AND the names at same time - you've got two things to remember.
The mnemonic helps by giving you the order in a phrase you can store more easily.

Alex Weatherall @aweatherall.bsky.social · 10d

You should post the two copies.

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Alex Weatherall @aweatherall.bsky.social · 11d

Was this data driven?

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 11d

Very good to hear him say this. I cannot understand why these comments always seem to come two weeks after the fact, but it's much better than nothing.

Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 11d

NEW - Keir Starmer says that Reform UK's policy to abolish indefinite leave to remain is " a racist policy. I do think it is immoral.”

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Alex Weatherall @aweatherall.bsky.social · 11d

Unnecessary comment. She said the correct word. Peter transcribed it incorrectly.

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Alex Weatherall @aweatherall.bsky.social · 11d

Laura said "immoral", it was transcribed as "amoral".

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Alex Weatherall @aweatherall.bsky.social · 11d

She said "immoral" not "amoral". Be careful to make the distinction.

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Alex Weatherall @aweatherall.bsky.social · 11d

Use "immoral" when you mean without morals. "Amoral" means neither moral nor immoral - it's a state of ambivalence or fence sitting.
It's a good trap to set and politicians should listen out for it and come down on the side they believe.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 11d

“You mentioned your grave concern about the Reform policy to deport people who already live here. Do you think that’s an amoral policy?” @bbclaurak.bsky.social

“Yes I do” - Keir Starmer 👏

“They are our neighbors..they are apart of who we are. It will rip this country apart”

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Alex Weatherall @aweatherall.bsky.social · 11d

Can recommend the audiobook Douglas Adams: The Ends Of The Earth by Arvind Ethan David.

A wondrous and prescient view of the state of the world as seen by the author of the wholly remarkable HHGTTG.

It is an amalgamation of interviews, recordings and redramatisations of key scenes from his books.

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Alex Weatherall @aweatherall.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks for the recommendation @timharford.ft.com that was a great listen.

Alex Weatherall @aweatherall.bsky.social · 11d

Around $30m was the total Douglas Adams tried to raise back in the last century to help resolve the situation for these animals. Bill Gates eventually gave a mediocre 10k.
The money involved providing humans with resources so they wouldn't destroy gorilla habitats.

Jon.B @jonbright.bsky.social · 12d

As gorilla numbers continue to increase in their last remaining islands of habitat,the new concern is what happens if they run out of room?The Virunga mountains,which range over Rwanda,Uganda and the DRC,is one of two remaining homes for this endangered gorilla.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Mountain gorillas are back from the brink. But what happens if they run out of room?

Humans have helped save the great apes from extinction, but are now the biggest threat to their survival as they compete for land in east Africa’s Virunga mountains

www.theguardian.com

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Alex Weatherall @aweatherall.bsky.social · 11d

Can recommend the audiobook Douglas Adams: The Ends Of The Earth by Arvind Ethan David.

A wondrous and prescient view of the state of the world as seen by the author of the wholly remarkable HHGTTG.

It is an amalgamation of interviews, recordings and redramatisations of key scenes from his books.

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Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 11d

Two draft English curricula dated March 2024 exist. One, approved by the Curriculum Coherence Group, contained no Shakespeare and stipulated the inclusion of Māori and Pacifica authors. The other, the version out for consultation, included Shakespeare and Māori and Pacifica authors had been removed.

Recapturing the Senior English Curriculum

2024 had been a good year for Stanford. The speed bump that was the outcry over the senior English curriculum and the lack of consultation had been smoothly managed by her, and she was on a roll wi…

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Alex Weatherall @aweatherall.bsky.social · 11d

What is the procedure for changes to the document. You would expect all changes to be reviewed and documented and signed off by someone.
Mistakes and errata being changed are one thing but changes of intent are something else.
If only there was a documented process for the curriculum production.

Alex Weatherall @aweatherall.bsky.social · 11d

So, who altered it and when and did the other version get signed off later?

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Alex Weatherall @aweatherall.bsky.social · 11d

A small observation: whatever the merits and motivations of the BritCard or otherwise, the success of this petition will embolden Reform, who have said they don't support ID cards and further weaken the Labour government.
Be careful what you wish for, is all I'm saying.

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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 12d

Science Teachers & Communicators! “Why Don’t Things Fall Up?“ has been noted by many as being *exemplary* in its explanations of science, and is being recommended by teacher trainers around the country to new teachers. Don’t take my word for it, read the reviews! Only 99p on Kindle til Wednesday

Why Don't Things Fall Up?: Seven fundamental science questions explored and explained

Why Don't Things Fall Up?: Seven fundamental science questions explored and explained eBook : Shaha, Alom: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

www.amazon.co.uk

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Alex Weatherall @aweatherall.bsky.social · 12d

For some unknown reason. We're in a coalition atm and the guy who's got the foreign affairs brief is the leader of the smallest party in coalition. He's just announced it at UN.
Reasons seemed... weak.

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Alex Weatherall @aweatherall.bsky.social · 12d

I don't get it... What a shameful decision.

prince is sitting on a couch in a black and white photo with his eyes closed and a chain around his neck .

ALT: prince is sitting on a couch in a black and white photo with his eyes closed and a chain around his neck .

media.tenor.com

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