Diego Macall
@diegommacall.bsky.social
📘 Books |🔬 Science | ⚖️ Policy
🌐 Website: diegomacall.github.io
🌐 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9436-8740
🌐 ICABR Secretary-General: https://icabr.net/
Σ Ξ Member
Turning data into stories.
👀 my graphics portfolio (GitHub) → https://shorturl.at/f75DB
🌐 Website: diegomacall.github.io
🌐 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9436-8740
🌐 ICABR Secretary-General: https://icabr.net/
Σ Ξ Member
Turning data into stories.
👀 my graphics portfolio (GitHub) → https://shorturl.at/f75DB
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Diego Macall
@diegommacall.bsky.social
· Jan 26
When Russian Radar Mistook a Norwegian Scientific Rocket for a U.S. Missile, the World Narrowly Avoided Nuclear War
The Norwegian rocket incident, which took place on this day in 1995, marked the only known activation of a nuclear briefcase in response to a possible attack
www.smithsonianmag.com
Nuclear weapons are a mistake. They offer the possibility of ending life on the planet. Their proliferation should be stopped, and those in existence should be destroyed as soon as possible.
#destroynuclearweapons
#Non-proliferation
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/w...
#destroynuclearweapons
#Non-proliferation
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/w...
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No one deserves to starve.
No one deserves to starve.
No one deserves to starve.
Most SNAP recipients work. They need SNAP because corporations refuse to pay a living wage.
The rest are disabled, elderly or unpaid caregivers.
People should be fed. Period.
No one deserves to starve.
No one deserves to starve.
Most SNAP recipients work. They need SNAP because corporations refuse to pay a living wage.
The rest are disabled, elderly or unpaid caregivers.
People should be fed. Period.
December 5, 2025 at 6:03 AM
No one deserves to starve.
No one deserves to starve.
No one deserves to starve.
Most SNAP recipients work. They need SNAP because corporations refuse to pay a living wage.
The rest are disabled, elderly or unpaid caregivers.
People should be fed. Period.
No one deserves to starve.
No one deserves to starve.
Most SNAP recipients work. They need SNAP because corporations refuse to pay a living wage.
The rest are disabled, elderly or unpaid caregivers.
People should be fed. Period.
Reposted by Diego Macall
Crops tailor-made using new gene-splicing techniques should face fewer regulations than genetically modified organisms, EU negotiators agreed today.
EU paves way for more designer plants
Europe’s firewall against genetic modification gets a major crack with a new deal on gene-edited crops.
www.politico.eu
December 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Crops tailor-made using new gene-splicing techniques should face fewer regulations than genetically modified organisms, EU negotiators agreed today.
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ICABR 2026 is taking shape.
The map shows where paper submissions are coming from around the world, with follow-up charts highlighting panel proposals and case studies.
Exciting to see the global engagement building for next year’s conference.
#ICABR2026 #Conference #Italy #Bioeconomy
The map shows where paper submissions are coming from around the world, with follow-up charts highlighting panel proposals and case studies.
Exciting to see the global engagement building for next year’s conference.
#ICABR2026 #Conference #Italy #Bioeconomy
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
ICABR 2026 is taking shape.
The map shows where paper submissions are coming from around the world, with follow-up charts highlighting panel proposals and case studies.
Exciting to see the global engagement building for next year’s conference.
#ICABR2026 #Conference #Italy #Bioeconomy
The map shows where paper submissions are coming from around the world, with follow-up charts highlighting panel proposals and case studies.
Exciting to see the global engagement building for next year’s conference.
#ICABR2026 #Conference #Italy #Bioeconomy
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A battery storage facility burned for two days in January, depositing an estimated 25 metric tons of toxic metals across nearby wetlands in Monterey Bay, California. Officials said air quality was safe, but they missed the toxic metal fallout raining down on wetlands. buff.ly/9RgyuCz
When the world’s largest battery power plant caught fire, toxic metals rained down – wetlands captured the fallout
The Moss Landing battery fire became an unintended experiment – showing how burning lithium-ion cells scattered nickel, cobalt and manganese over a protected marsh.
buff.ly
December 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A battery storage facility burned for two days in January, depositing an estimated 25 metric tons of toxic metals across nearby wetlands in Monterey Bay, California. Officials said air quality was safe, but they missed the toxic metal fallout raining down on wetlands. buff.ly/9RgyuCz
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Scientists call for urgent measures to protect underwater forests in a new global Marine Animal Forests Manifesto
A team of scientists led by ICTA-UAB researchers are calling for action to restore, and manage one of the ocean’s least known yet most important ecosystems
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
A team of scientists led by ICTA-UAB researchers are calling for action to restore, and manage one of the ocean’s least known yet most important ecosystems
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
Scientists call for urgent measures to protect underwater forests in a new global Marine Animal Forests Manifesto
Scientists from around the world are calling for urgent action to protect, restore, and sustainably manage one of the ocean’s least known yet...
www.uab.cat
December 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Scientists call for urgent measures to protect underwater forests in a new global Marine Animal Forests Manifesto
A team of scientists led by ICTA-UAB researchers are calling for action to restore, and manage one of the ocean’s least known yet most important ecosystems
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
A team of scientists led by ICTA-UAB researchers are calling for action to restore, and manage one of the ocean’s least known yet most important ecosystems
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
PFAS are linked to cancer, developmental harm, and hormonal disruption. Minnesota’s new PFAS law is a strong step toward reducing exposure and protecting communities and ecosystems.
#PFAS #Minnesota #Law #Environment
www.pca.state.mn.us/air-water-la...
#PFAS #Minnesota #Law #Environment
www.pca.state.mn.us/air-water-la...
Reporting PFAS in products
As part of the PFAS pollution prevention law called Amara’s Law, manufacturers are required to report intentionally-added PFAS in products sold in Minnesota and pay a fee. The Minnesota Pollution Cont...
www.pca.state.mn.us
December 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
PFAS are linked to cancer, developmental harm, and hormonal disruption. Minnesota’s new PFAS law is a strong step toward reducing exposure and protecting communities and ecosystems.
#PFAS #Minnesota #Law #Environment
www.pca.state.mn.us/air-water-la...
#PFAS #Minnesota #Law #Environment
www.pca.state.mn.us/air-water-la...
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A Red Kite over Sinker's Fields, Whixall. There were 2.
November 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
A Red Kite over Sinker's Fields, Whixall. There were 2.
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Good morning 😘 happy Friday ☀️☕️🥐🌬️❄️🌨️☃️💗
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Good morning 😘 happy Friday ☀️☕️🥐🌬️❄️🌨️☃️💗
And so budget cuts to higher education begin.
Essentially, in Canada universities are becoming simply a place to get a degree, and nothing more.
How do you make people love their countries and institutions with his mentality?
#University #Quebec #Budget
www.cbc.ca/sports/footb...
Essentially, in Canada universities are becoming simply a place to get a degree, and nothing more.
How do you make people love their countries and institutions with his mentality?
#University #Quebec #Budget
www.cbc.ca/sports/footb...
'A nightmare': Champion sprinter Bruny Surin shocked by McGill's athletics cuts | CBC Sports
Bruny Surin thought it was a hoax. McGill University's historic track and field program is a fixture in Canada's amateur sports landscape so when word flashed across Surin's phone that the school was ...
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
And so budget cuts to higher education begin.
Essentially, in Canada universities are becoming simply a place to get a degree, and nothing more.
How do you make people love their countries and institutions with his mentality?
#University #Quebec #Budget
www.cbc.ca/sports/footb...
Essentially, in Canada universities are becoming simply a place to get a degree, and nothing more.
How do you make people love their countries and institutions with his mentality?
#University #Quebec #Budget
www.cbc.ca/sports/footb...
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Is Joburg becoming a 15-Minute City?
How working closer to home is reshaping neighbourhoods, cutting commutes and giving Joburgers their time back.
Liesl Bartlett
* Written by Liesl Bartlett
* City Editor, Time Out Johannesburg & Pretoria
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www.timeout.com/johannesburg...
How working closer to home is reshaping neighbourhoods, cutting commutes and giving Joburgers their time back.
Liesl Bartlett
* Written by Liesl Bartlett
* City Editor, Time Out Johannesburg & Pretoria
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www.timeout.com/johannesburg...
Is Joburg becoming a 15-Minute City?
The city’s hottest new trend isn’t a restaurant, it’s reclaiming your time and your neighbourhood.
www.timeout.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Is Joburg becoming a 15-Minute City?
How working closer to home is reshaping neighbourhoods, cutting commutes and giving Joburgers their time back.
Liesl Bartlett
* Written by Liesl Bartlett
* City Editor, Time Out Johannesburg & Pretoria
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www.timeout.com/johannesburg...
How working closer to home is reshaping neighbourhoods, cutting commutes and giving Joburgers their time back.
Liesl Bartlett
* Written by Liesl Bartlett
* City Editor, Time Out Johannesburg & Pretoria
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www.timeout.com/johannesburg...
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As projected here www.nature.com/articles/s41... we are steadily moving toward a situation where are major town or city runs out of water
There are early signs of this everywhere, right now Iran seems to be a hotspot at ~1.5ºC of heating
We are *utterly* unprepared for what comes at 1.6, 1.7 & 2ºC
There are early signs of this everywhere, right now Iran seems to be a hotspot at ~1.5ºC of heating
We are *utterly* unprepared for what comes at 1.6, 1.7 & 2ºC
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
As projected here www.nature.com/articles/s41... we are steadily moving toward a situation where are major town or city runs out of water
There are early signs of this everywhere, right now Iran seems to be a hotspot at ~1.5ºC of heating
We are *utterly* unprepared for what comes at 1.6, 1.7 & 2ºC
There are early signs of this everywhere, right now Iran seems to be a hotspot at ~1.5ºC of heating
We are *utterly* unprepared for what comes at 1.6, 1.7 & 2ºC
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🚀Are you ready to shape the future of environmental and social research? ICTA-UAB is opening six fully funded PhD positions, covering topics from climate justice and urban mobility to human nutrition and sustainability data.
#EnvironmentalResearch #PhDPositions
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
#EnvironmentalResearch #PhDPositions
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
November 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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AI is now central to the macro story: markets are booming on data-center spending. But a warehouse of servers is mostly capital, not workers. Great for stock prices, not so great for broad job growth—unless AI eventually raises productivity in other sectors too.
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
AI is now central to the macro story: markets are booming on data-center spending. But a warehouse of servers is mostly capital, not workers. Great for stock prices, not so great for broad job growth—unless AI eventually raises productivity in other sectors too.
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A new boost for rail connectivity across Spain and Europe.
Our Board has approved €1.7bn in financing to support the construction of the Burgos-Vitoria high-speed line by Adif, enabling high-speed connections between Madrid and the Basque Country ⤵️
go.eib.org/Spain_HighSp...
Our Board has approved €1.7bn in financing to support the construction of the Burgos-Vitoria high-speed line by Adif, enabling high-speed connections between Madrid and the Basque Country ⤵️
go.eib.org/Spain_HighSp...
November 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
A new boost for rail connectivity across Spain and Europe.
Our Board has approved €1.7bn in financing to support the construction of the Burgos-Vitoria high-speed line by Adif, enabling high-speed connections between Madrid and the Basque Country ⤵️
go.eib.org/Spain_HighSp...
Our Board has approved €1.7bn in financing to support the construction of the Burgos-Vitoria high-speed line by Adif, enabling high-speed connections between Madrid and the Basque Country ⤵️
go.eib.org/Spain_HighSp...
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✍️💸Money, Time, Trust, Control – How commercial publishers drain science
This article by our researcher @danbrockington.bsky.social, together with Aileen Fyfe and Stefanie Haustein, tackles this question in the blog of @lseusablog.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
This article by our researcher @danbrockington.bsky.social, together with Aileen Fyfe and Stefanie Haustein, tackles this question in the blog of @lseusablog.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Money, Time, Trust, Control – How commercial publishers drain science - Impact of Social Sciences
Have the interests of commercial publishers now become antithetical to the pursuit of knowledge?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
✍️💸Money, Time, Trust, Control – How commercial publishers drain science
This article by our researcher @danbrockington.bsky.social, together with Aileen Fyfe and Stefanie Haustein, tackles this question in the blog of @lseusablog.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
This article by our researcher @danbrockington.bsky.social, together with Aileen Fyfe and Stefanie Haustein, tackles this question in the blog of @lseusablog.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
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🤔Did you know that ancient and colonial legacies are still shaping the Amazon's forests? 🌳
Human influence across centuries continues to define biodiversity and carbon storage in the world’s largest rainforest, says study involving ICTA-UAB researcher Umberto Lombardo.
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
Human influence across centuries continues to define biodiversity and carbon storage in the world’s largest rainforest, says study involving ICTA-UAB researcher Umberto Lombardo.
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
Ancient and colonial legacies still shaping the Amazon's forests
Human influence across centuries continues to define biodiversity and carbon storage in the world’s largest rainforest, according to a new...
www.uab.cat
November 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🤔Did you know that ancient and colonial legacies are still shaping the Amazon's forests? 🌳
Human influence across centuries continues to define biodiversity and carbon storage in the world’s largest rainforest, says study involving ICTA-UAB researcher Umberto Lombardo.
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
Human influence across centuries continues to define biodiversity and carbon storage in the world’s largest rainforest, says study involving ICTA-UAB researcher Umberto Lombardo.
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
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8 Python Loops Examples to Master For & While Loops
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
8 Python Loops Examples to Master For & While Loops
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The War on Professionalism and Expertise began (for me) when places I worked began insisting on “plain language” but in a way that clearly meant don’t use any scientific words.
Somehow that evolved into…
“Explain it to me like I’m 5.”
No. You’re an adult. Think like one.
📚🧪
Somehow that evolved into…
“Explain it to me like I’m 5.”
No. You’re an adult. Think like one.
📚🧪
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The War on Professionalism and Expertise began (for me) when places I worked began insisting on “plain language” but in a way that clearly meant don’t use any scientific words.
Somehow that evolved into…
“Explain it to me like I’m 5.”
No. You’re an adult. Think like one.
📚🧪
Somehow that evolved into…
“Explain it to me like I’m 5.”
No. You’re an adult. Think like one.
📚🧪
Laws already don't apply to the elite. They live in a very different reality than most humans on this planet.
Now, they will become a different species all together.
Source: The Independent
search.app/eqsNg
Now, they will become a different species all together.
Source: The Independent
search.app/eqsNg
Sam Altman and husband reportedly working to genetically engineer babies
Sam Altman and his husband have reportedly invested in a gene-editing startup which aims to eliminate hereditary diseases
search.app
November 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Laws already don't apply to the elite. They live in a very different reality than most humans on this planet.
Now, they will become a different species all together.
Source: The Independent
search.app/eqsNg
Now, they will become a different species all together.
Source: The Independent
search.app/eqsNg
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Special Issue on social limits to #climatechange #adaptation
The full set of articles—on #ICH, the #Arctic, #SIDS, #temporalities and more—is available here:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
An overview—and my take on #risk management—in the editorial:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1m6Sg6gsyP...
The full set of articles—on #ICH, the #Arctic, #SIDS, #temporalities and more—is available here:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
An overview—and my take on #risk management—in the editorial:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1m6Sg6gsyP...
November 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Special Issue on social limits to #climatechange #adaptation
The full set of articles—on #ICH, the #Arctic, #SIDS, #temporalities and more—is available here:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
An overview—and my take on #risk management—in the editorial:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1m6Sg6gsyP...
The full set of articles—on #ICH, the #Arctic, #SIDS, #temporalities and more—is available here:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
An overview—and my take on #risk management—in the editorial:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1m6Sg6gsyP...
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🧵 Vancouver Public Library & @InternetArchiveCA.bsky.social have been honoured by the City of Vancouver for their innovative digitization project, making rare & historical British Columbia materials accessible online for future generations. 🏆📚🇨🇦
Learn more ⤵️
internetarchivecanada.org/2025/11/12/v...
Learn more ⤵️
internetarchivecanada.org/2025/11/12/v...
November 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🧵 Vancouver Public Library & @InternetArchiveCA.bsky.social have been honoured by the City of Vancouver for their innovative digitization project, making rare & historical British Columbia materials accessible online for future generations. 🏆📚🇨🇦
Learn more ⤵️
internetarchivecanada.org/2025/11/12/v...
Learn more ⤵️
internetarchivecanada.org/2025/11/12/v...
Humans are gonna human i guess, but wow is this depressing for our species, we should be truly embarrassed that this is how we are spending our time on this planet.
#WW3 #NuclearTest #Waste #Shame
youtu.be/ZZ2WS6AI_SM?...
#WW3 #NuclearTest #Waste #Shame
youtu.be/ZZ2WS6AI_SM?...
The Security Brief: Trump and Putin bring back nuclear threat | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Humans are gonna human i guess, but wow is this depressing for our species, we should be truly embarrassed that this is how we are spending our time on this planet.
#WW3 #NuclearTest #Waste #Shame
youtu.be/ZZ2WS6AI_SM?...
#WW3 #NuclearTest #Waste #Shame
youtu.be/ZZ2WS6AI_SM?...
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New research assesses how vulnerable coal plants in the United States are to retirement, highlighting strategies to guide and accelerate their phaseout. @jeremy-wayland.bsky.social
Strategies to accelerate US coal power phase-out using contextual retirement vulnerabilities - Nature Energy
The phase-out of coal will require targeted strategies. New research assesses the retirement vulnerability of coal plants in the USA based on similarity to plants with announced retirements. The findings highlight strategies to guide and accelerate phase-out.
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 10:56 AM
New research assesses how vulnerable coal plants in the United States are to retirement, highlighting strategies to guide and accelerate their phaseout. @jeremy-wayland.bsky.social
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November 7, 2025 at 4:04 AM