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Mary Menton @marymenton.bsky.social · 3d

New study found an increase in AMPA receptors may be linked to #BrainFog in long COVID
Fujimoto et al 2025: Systemic increase of AMPA receptors associated with cognitive impairment of #LongCOVID academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...

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Mary Menton @marymenton.bsky.social · 19d

ICYMI Applications are due next week (26th Sept).
Understanding the intersection between #ClimateAction and #ClimateJustice
#PoliticalEcology #HumanGeography #PhD

Mary Menton @marymenton.bsky.social · Aug 28

Come do a PhD with me at Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, Scotland).
Fully funded scholarship, open to international candidates, to look at "understanding the intersection between climate action and climate (in)justice"
#ClimateJustice #HumanGeography #GeoSky www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Understanding the Intersection between Climate Action and Climate (In)Justice at Heriot-Watt University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Understanding the Intersection between Climate Action and Climate (In)Justice at Heriot-Watt University, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

Mary Menton @marymenton.bsky.social · 28d

If there was an academic version of The Onion...

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Mary Menton @marymenton.bsky.social · Aug 28

Come do a PhD with me at Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, Scotland).
Fully funded scholarship, open to international candidates, to look at "understanding the intersection between climate action and climate (in)justice"
#ClimateJustice #HumanGeography #GeoSky www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Understanding the Intersection between Climate Action and Climate (In)Justice at Heriot-Watt University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Understanding the Intersection between Climate Action and Climate (In)Justice at Heriot-Watt University, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Mary Menton @marymenton.bsky.social · Aug 28

Come do a PhD with me at Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, Scotland).
Fully funded scholarship, open to international candidates, to look at "understanding the intersection between climate action and climate (in)justice"
#ClimateJustice #HumanGeography #GeoSky www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Understanding the Intersection between Climate Action and Climate (In)Justice at Heriot-Watt University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Understanding the Intersection between Climate Action and Climate (In)Justice at Heriot-Watt University, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Mary Menton @marymenton.bsky.social · Aug 27

New paper by Reddington et al shows that #tropical #deforestation is associated with localised warming and #heat -related #mortality
Open access in #NatureClimateChange:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Mary Menton @marymenton.bsky.social · Aug 18

#ToRead from Nature:
#Decolonize scientific institutions
8 steps to stop marginalisation in academia and enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them

Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science.

www.nature.com

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Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · Aug 7

New article🚨 Demilitarizing Conservation
A labour of love w L Lunstrum @ashavin.bsky.social A Dutta @esthermarijnen.bsky.social T Mushonga F Matose

For a more robustly care-full conservation
Demilitarization based on ethics/politics of care/nonviolence @pollenetwork.bsky.social

shorturl.at/Wsl9m

Demilitarizing Conservation

Many national parks and other protected areas (PAs) are experiencing an intensification of military actors, logics, and partnerships across the globe. This amounts to one of the most consequential ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Mary Menton @marymenton.bsky.social · Aug 7

#DecodeME genome study. "We found no evidence that the eight #ME/CFS genetic signals share common causal genetic variants w depression or anxiety. Our findings suggest that both immunological & neurological processes are involved in the genetic risk of ME/CFS." www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publicati...

www.research.ed.ac.uk

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Mary Menton @marymenton.bsky.social · Jul 28

If you need an example of an AI hallucination.😱

$AI response: "Factors to consider: Side of the fracture: A fracture on the left ankle may allow for an earlier return to driving an automatic car, as left foot is typically used for braking and acceleration in an automatic transmission"$

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · Jul 24

The International Court of Justice ruled that States have an obligation to protect the environment from carbon emissions. If states breach these obligations, they may be required to cease the wrongful conduct, offer guarantees of non-repetition, and make full reparation. www.ciel.org/news/icj-cli...

The Era of Climate Impunity is Over— By Order of the World’s Highest Court - Center for International Environmental Law

The World Court’s climate ruling draws a red line for justice—ending fossil fuel impunity and mandating urgent, binding action from all States.

www.ciel.org

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Mary Menton @marymenton.bsky.social · Jul 4

The Interamerican Court of Human Rights has just recognised the #RightsofNature
www.garn.org/inter-americ...

Inter-American Court of Human Rights officially recognizes the Rights of Nature - Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN)

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights recognizes the Rights of Nature in its latest Advisory Opinion.

www.garn.org

Mary Menton @marymenton.bsky.social · Jul 4

British Academy Postdoc Fellowships - If you are interested in applying to join me at Heriot-Watt get in touch. Happy to support a candidate (assuming our interests intersect of course).
Our internal deadline for outlines is 1st Aug www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/post...

Postdoctoral Fellowships

The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships is a three year award made to an annual cohort of outstanding early career researchers in the humanities or social sciences.

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Dan Brockington @danbrockington.bsky.social · Jun 27

POLLEN 2026 is happening in Barcelona 🌅

The call for panels is open and closes on July 31st.

See here for more information: tinyurl.com/5b8c5w7j

Spread the word.

POLLEN 2026: Open for Panels - POLLEN

When will POLLEN 2026 be launched? IT ALREADY HAS - get ready to come to Barcelona and join us! Panel Submissions are Currently Open (until July 31st) The announcement is here. Or take a look at this ...

tinyurl.com

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Kristoffer Ekberg @krekberg.bsky.social · Jun 23

Job for social movements scholars, it would be great with someone interested in environmental/climate protests!

Assistant Professor in sociology of law with focus on law, rights and social movements

Vacancy announcement introduction: What we offer the successful candidate Those who want to become a research leader of tomorrow, through pioneering projects and research ideas, have the opportunity t

lu.varbi.com

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Mary Menton @marymenton.bsky.social · Jun 20

"We need storytellers who can translate devastation into empathy & urgency. We need narratives that cut through the noise & saturated social timelines – that can really highlight why the crisis deserves attention." www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025...
by @uiqtidar.bsky.social

A world in need of poets

Beyond devastating numbers on need and impact, it is important to highlight the humanity of those in crises.

www.thenewhumanitarian.org

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Jun 19

Great @mollytaft.com piece in @wired.com here, feat @sashamtl.bsky.social - the reason estimates of AI energy use are so different is simply because the companies that know are choosing to not release any information about it!!!

In my opinion that's because the data is damning AF!!

How Much Energy Does AI Use? The People Who Know Aren’t Saying

A growing body of research attempts to put a number on energy use and AI—even as the companies behind the most popular models keep their carbon emissions a secret.

www.wired.com

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Mary Menton @marymenton.bsky.social · Jun 19

Besides the environmental and ethical implications, AI erodes critical thinking and the impact is cumulative time.com/7295195/ai-c...

ChatGPT's Impact On Our Brains According to an MIT Study

The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.

time.com

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Mary Menton @marymenton.bsky.social · May 8

#ToRead #NewPaper: Schongart et al "We find that two-thirds (one-fifth) of warming is attributable to the wealthiest 10% (1%), meaning that individual contributions are 6.5 (20) times the average per capita contribution." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

High-income groups disproportionately contribute to climate extremes worldwide - Nature Climate Change

While climate injustice is widely recognized, a quantification of how emissions inequality translates into unequal accountability is still lacking. Here researchers examine how affluent groups disprop...

www.nature.com

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · May 6

And for those who follow such things, here is the deep dive on that study published in Nature linking individual fossil fuel companies with specific climate harms that I reported earlier this week.

You'll find all the detail I couldn't pack into a ~600 word news report over at Drilled.

“Numbers in the Trillions”: Fossil Fuel Producers on Hook for Climate Harms

New research suggests a way to link oil, gas and coal companies to specific climate harms.

drilled.media

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Mary Menton @marymenton.bsky.social · May 3

Podcast de @elhilopodcast.bsky.social '

@felipemilanez.bsky.social y su viaje a la #amazonía para la entrevista con el Cacique Bira, del pueblo #indígena #Yawanawá, que Dom Phillips no pudo realizar porque fue asesinado antes de llegar.
open.spotify.com/episode/3qJ6...

Un cacique, un periodista y una forma de salvar la Amazonía [Repetición]

El hilo · Episode

open.spotify.com

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Anil van der Zee @anilvanderzee.bsky.social · May 1

1) OMG we did it‼️‼️

In this film for #MEawarenessmonth, five medical doctors open up about living with #PAIS/#IACC conditions like ME, #longCOVID, and chronic #Lyme. It’s a format that I believe has never been shown before.

They speak candidly about their experiences

youtu.be/J0ywwLIfH_w?...

Doctors as Patients (with subtitles)

YouTube video by Anil about ME

youtu.be

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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · May 1

'So yes, Bealtaine is about butter and blossoms — but also about barricades. About collective bargaining. About housing that doesn’t break us. About reproductive autonomy. About climate justice. About rights—rights not as theory, but as breath. As bone.'

www.thejournal.ie/readme/bealt...

Bealtaine in Ireland: May Day rituals for a world on fire

Dr Fiona Murphy catalogues the different Irish pagan traditions around Bealtaine, the Celtic festival.

www.thejournal.ie

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Esther Marijnen @esthermarijnen.bsky.social · May 1

Thank you Rosaleen! It is now finally Open Access ; academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...

‘We are soldiers now’: green militarism and (foreign-assisted) military training in conservation

In-depth fieldwork focusing on the training of rangers in Uganda's Murchison Falls National Park reveals the extent to which militarized conservation has b

academic.oup.com

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