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kim_harding ✅ @kim-harding.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Publics and UK parliamentarians underestimate the urgency of peaking global greenhouse gas emissions
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02655-w

#climatechange #climatecrisis #climatecrisisisnow #DontLookUp

The cartoon shows a scientist at a lectern talking on six different years:
1990 "So, this climate change thing could be a problem ..."
1995 "Climate change: Definitely a problem"
2001 "Yep, we should really be getting on with sorting this out pretty soon ..."
2007 "Look, sorry to sound like a broken record here ..."
2013 "We really have checked, and we're not making this up"
2019 "is this thing on?" Scientist tapping the microphone

The six years depicted were all years in which IPCC reports were published

Cartoon in two panels
The upper panel, labelled “5th extinction” shows a group of fearful dinosaurs looking up at an approaching meteor.

In the lower panel, labelled “6th extinction”, the dinosaurs are replaced by modern animals also looking up fearfully, but this time the meteor is replaced by a fat, wealthy man, smoking a large cigar and clutching a bundle of money.

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12d

HAHAHA I love that they quoted me on this "It's like billionaires dropping their garbage on our heads"

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatoon-space-debris-satelitte-reentry-1.7643516

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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 16d

Some new free #qgis Basics tutorials by @lunageospatial https://lunageo.com/tutorials/?_post_tag=qgis-basics

lunageo.com

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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 22d

Wondering if people have any #recommendations on online courses on #presentation skills for #Science, not just giving the presentations but preparing them, making professional looking #powerpoints. Seems standards in this are very high these days!

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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 23d

@GottaLaff He should write a Little Gold Book to record all his valuable thoughts and advice

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23d

Reflect Orbital thinks that having "only" full moon brightness skyglow caused by their satellites anytime they are shining down near you is no big deal! This level of light pollution is "only" as bad as near the Six Flags amusement park in suburban Los Angeles! Why are astronomers even […]

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Ron Dyck @dyckron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 24d

Don't often see Newfoundland in Ars pieces. Dumbfuckery achievement unlocked.

Education report calling for ethical AI use contains over 15 fake sources
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/education-report-calling-for-ethical-ai-use-contains-over-15-fake-sources/

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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 24d

@Pixelfed Is there a way to search within your posts in #pixelfed, by hashtag, keyword, location, or anything?
In Mastodon you can search from:me to limit to only search your own posts* but it seems to not work in Pixelfed

Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 29d

Will #ai eat #geospatial ?

"AI has the potential to absorb geospatial into something you don’t even recognize. Location data could just become an invisible feed into massive models — with the value and decision-making power moving to whoever controls those models rather than the people who […]

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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 29d

Under the U.S. #Cloud Act, companies like #microsoft are legally required to comply with U.S. government demands for data without needing permission or even notifying Canadian authorities...Testimony from Microsoft France’s legal representative has confirmed that the CLOUD Act effectively […]

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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 29d

#horses #alberta

Edmonton Rally to End Live Horse Exports
Outside the Westin Edmonton Liberal Party Retreat
Sept 11 2025 12 pm.

Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 29d

#canada needs a People’s Power Grid – not more pipelines.
https://act.350.org/sign/ppg?akid=488420.6144470.bGkn-F&rd=1&t=7&r=CA&c=NA

Build a People’s Power Grid

We're calling on the Carney government to deliver a People’s Power Grid, an East-West Grid that provides affordable, reliable, renewable electricity to people from coast to coast to coast.

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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · Sep 4

@christof It would be tough for me to be a reviewer. It takes me longer than that just to read a paper.

Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · Sep 4

My co-authored paper demonstrates a simple open source method for monitoring harmful #algal_blooms in a #lake over space and time, using #chlorophylla as a proxy. You just need a few chl-a samples from your lake to calibrate an #aquatic chlorophyll index […]

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