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Dr Emma Garnett @emmagarnett.bsky.social · 2h

^ thanks @hannahforde.bsky.social for the heads up!

Dr Emma Garnett @emmagarnett.bsky.social · 2h

This looks like an excellent conference!

Urban Transitions
10-12 November 2026 | Sitges, Spain

Submit abstracts by 8 May 2026

Integrating housing, urban and transport planning, environment, climate action, circular economy and health for healthier urban living

www.elsevier.com/events/confe...

Urban Transitions | About | Elsevier

Urban Transitions | About

www.elsevier.com

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Dr Emma Garnett @emmagarnett.bsky.social · 2h

Really useful graphics, thanks.

Could you add alt text to future posts for accessibility? Thanks!

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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 9h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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Dr Emma Garnett @emmagarnett.bsky.social · 1d

This was a brilliant talk from Dr Kevin Hall on weight changes, calories and how that all interacts with Ultra-processed foods.
Highly recommend watching it.
I even bought his book (despite my usual rule about not buying hardbacks).
www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/the-c...

'The calculus of calories: food environments and body weight…

Increased prevalence of obesity isn't due to a lack of willpower - body weight is biologically regulated in ways that make it difficult to lose weight and…

www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk

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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 5d

piss off the racists, make the English kofte kebab from 1660

Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 5d

Would anyone like to take a guess at the word before “kebob”? Which predates OED - ms is 1660

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 7d

BREAKING: Jane Goodall has died.

She was my college graduation speaker and an idol of mine.

What a hero. I’m heartbroken to learn of her passing.

Her groundbreaking work with chimpanzees changed science forever, and her tireless advocacy inspired millions to protect our natural world. RIP 🥺

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 9d

WHEEWWWWWWWWWW:
"When we use generative AI, we consent to the appropriation of our intellectual property by data scrapers . . . We agree that we would rather deplete our natural resources than make our own art or think our own thoughts."

www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...

Large Language Muddle | The Editors

The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...

www.nplusonemag.com

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 12d

Is it too obvious to point out how gendered this is: that the right sees themselves as a collective husband or father, trying to enforce his right to the attention, care, and comfort provided by his wife and mother—that is, American liberals?

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𝙃𝘼𝘾𝙆𝙀𝙍𝙈𝘼𝙉ᴴᴹ @hackermanhm.bsky.social · 16d

Credit to @zachweinersmith.bsky.social

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 18d

What counts as essential travel? How does this differ across people? What level of mobility can be sustained within planetary boundaries?

These researchers get closer to answering those questions than most. Wish this kind of thinking was more central to climate & transport policy making in the UK.

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 18d

This is an absolutely brilliant paper that I can only recommend to all those interested in transport poverty/equity but also in sustainable transport/climate, and on how to reconcile the two.

I can only hope that it will have the impact it deserve
doi.org/10.1016/j.er...

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 20d

Big night in Cambridge for decarbonisation.

3 heat pumps together weighing 20t were lifted by a giant crane onto the roof of the Murray Easton Building at @caiuscollege.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk.

Hope Oxford forgives me for promoting the other place but I'm also affiliated with @cisl.cam.ac.uk...

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Dr Emma Garnett @emmagarnett.bsky.social · 21d

That reminds me of this (which I had not re-read in too long).

hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/10/god-...

The God of Cake

My mom baked the most fantastic cake for my grandfather's 73rd birthday party. The cake was slathered in impossibly thick frosting and topp...

hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com

Dr Emma Garnett @emmagarnett.bsky.social · 21d

His Dark Materials trilogy are some of my favourite books, but I had very mixed feelings about The Secret Commonwealth.
Nonetheless, can't wait to read this!

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 22d

Blackwells’ bookshop will open early on Thursday 23 October for the publication of The Rose Field, the conclusion of Oxford author Philip Pullman’s Book of Dust trilogy. He will be speaking about it at an event at the Sheldonian that Saturday. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/philip-pul...

Philip Pullman THE BOOK OF DUST 3: THE ROSE FIELD with Hannah MacInnes

Thirty years after The Northern Lights was published, The Rose Field completes the Book of Dust and His Dark Materials

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Dr Emma Garnett @emmagarnett.bsky.social · 23d

@petescarbs.bsky.social and @elisabecker.bsky.social - another great example of using monopoly boards in presentations!

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 23d

How do we fix this mess?

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 24d

There are hundreds of reasons to decry the impact of social media on journalism, but something that's really been irking me lately is what I call (in my head) influencer solutionism -- the idea that there is no benefit to documenting or revealing a problem unless you also have the solution ready...🧵

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 28d

- you clean up that banksy?
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked

Adrian+Shane @adrianandshane.bsky.social · 29d

They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.

Side-by-side images of Banksy’s mural on the Royal Courts of Justice in London. On the left, the artwork appears faded and scrubbed, leaving only a ghostly outline of a judge raising a gavel over a protester holding a placard. On the right, the mural is fully visible in sharp black and white stencil, showing a judge in a traditional white wig and robes striking down at a protester who defends himself with a bloodied sign.

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Esther Curtin @estherlcurtin.bsky.social · Sep 8

I had such a great time at my first #EHPS conference presenting my final PhD study, a pilot RCT of a health and wellbeing app to promote sustainable diets 📱🌱

Looking forward to keeping in touch with the brilliant people I met - I'll be back! 🌍💡

@ehps.bsky.social
@ehps2025.bsky.social
#EHPS2025

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · Sep 8

You see, I get frustrated by those who imply Palestinians can't be trusted to relay their experiences reliably online. Because I knew the information in this article before I read it, having been told about it by people in Gaza.

mondoweiss.net/2025/09/how-...

How Israel is ‘managing’ the famine in Gaza by using local merchants

Israel is “managing” the famine in Gaza by targeting aid shipments while allowing some goods to reach local markets only if merchants pay the military an exorbitant fee. The system accomplishes two go...

mondoweiss.net

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Dr Emma Garnett @emmagarnett.bsky.social · Sep 6

A really thorough post publication peer review!

Sophie E. Hill @sophieehill.bsky.social · Sep 5

"Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds"

Or does it? Let's take a look at this "study"...

www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...

Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds

Researchers say low- and no-calorie sweeteners appear to affect thinking and memory in middle age

www.theguardian.com

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Lilly ⭐️ @mothcub.bsky.social · Sep 4

Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere

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Jessica Schiller @jessica-schiller.bsky.social · Aug 4

"A license to eat meat" together with Matthew B. Ruby and @sproesser.bsky.social is now published!

We explored how animal-related labels influence meat selection, and which psychological processes might explain those effects.

You can read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...

Redirecting

doi.org

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Dr Emma Garnett @emmagarnett.bsky.social · Aug 30

There is so much sky here.

Photo of a beach and blue sky with puffy white clouds on Schiermonnikoog - one of the East Friesen islands. There are also So Many Bikes. More posts to follow about this (probably)

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Dr Emma Garnett @emmagarnett.bsky.social · Aug 27

So much so. Any human therapist who did this would surely be sued to oblivion. May the same happen to the AI execs pushing this technology onto all of us.

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Dr Emma Garnett @emmagarnett.bsky.social · Aug 27

- We need better evidence on modal shift to ebikes, but it looks promising

- Ebikes can be really beneficial for those with chronic conditions - they can choose the level of assist&take part in sociable rides. But the bikes are heavy so they're harder to manoeuvre when you're off them/change a tire

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Psychological and behavioural impact (ebikes for those with chronic conditions)
Increased engagement with physical activity
Improved mood.and well being
Sense of independence

Potential physical impacts (chronic conditions, ebike use)
Improved cardiorespiratory fitness
Enhanced physical fitness
Improved metabolic function
Minimal cycling exertion
Reduced perspiration

Barriers
Undesirable ebike specifications (heavy)
Current health status of individuals
Riding conditions and infrastructure, parking and security
Intra and inter personal factors