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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · Jan 20

A proposal for

Animal welfare including human health
Climate
Environment
Biodiversity
Economy

Governments provide free nutritional supplements (eg B12, DHA, EPA) and/or mandate fortification of foods

- to improve health and reduce cravings when people reduce/eliminate animal products from diet.

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 2d

Which national governments have done best on

a) informing people about the climate/habitat destruction/planetary boundary crises, and

b) suggesting/nudging appropriate action,

which other countries can learn from, in your opinion?

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 1h

It would never be sensible to give a peace prize to someone where there is reasonable suspicion that:

a) the relevant behaviour has been significantly due to the desire to get one,

and

b) there is significant risk that afterwards they would feel freer to engage in unjustified violence.

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 18h

Is there anything of interest in the parallel grooves/cracks?

For scale, roughly what is the distance between them?

Thank you.

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 19h

What has the Israeli government done with the aid for Gazans which it seized from the flotillas?

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 3d

Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”

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Michael de Jong @sprakeloos.bsky.social · 3d

Greta Thunberg after being released #FreedomFlotilla

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting-looking article on how technological developments are used as a "technofix" is used to delay real action to reduce emissions in the aviation sector doi.org/10.1080/2158...

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 23h

Politician:

Voters won't let me do what I think is right/science says on animal welfare/climate/environment/refugees.

Journalist can ask:

Are you not experienced in persuasion?

Are you not paid to be a leader?

Are you giving voters the relevant facts?

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 1d

"It doesn't matter if you don't believe in climate change. Your insurer does."

The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 3d

It doesn't matter if you don't believe in climate change. Your insurer does.

The more extreme climate events and disasters that occur around the world – the higher Australian insurance premiums will be.

It's why we're calling for compensation levy on gas & coal exports > theaus.in/fossilfuelco...

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not suggesting this is a convenient fiction but rather that constitutional principles can be expressed in many legitimate ways & take many legitimate forms. Accountability for abuse of power is a core constitutional function & value, so imposing it via novel mechanisms is constitutional fidelity

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 1d

Starting in safe mode could be a temporary measure.

There may be relevant ideas here:

support.google.com/pixelphone/t...

Unable to make or receive calls after Android 15 update Pixel 8pro - Google Pixel Community

support.google.com

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 1d

Also, "Google Pixel phones, for example, are known to have some of the best support for developers, making the downgrading process easier."

www.androidpolice.com/how-to-roll-...

How to roll back to an older version of Android

You can pick the method that works best for you

www.androidpolice.com

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 1d

Can you borrow a phone, or buy a cheap (perhaps secondhand) one, to put the sim card in?

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 2d

Which national governments have done best on

a) informing people about the climate/habitat destruction/planetary boundary crises, and

b) suggesting/nudging appropriate action,

which other countries can learn from, in your opinion?

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 2d

When someone gives you statistics, consider the words.

Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 2d

Terrific piece from @gelliottmorris.com this morning.

Whenever you ask if something “might” happen or “may” be necessary, it’s very easy for respondents to think of scenarios where the answer is yes, no matter how unlikely.

Why most polls overstate support for political violence

Misperceptions about the popularity of violence increase public support for it — but you can help change that.

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 27d

"Which climate scientists think that what you are

1) doing, and

2) telling the public, and

3) suggesting the public do,

are adequate?"

is perhaps a useful type of question to governments.

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 4d

Or at least, please put "AI" in quotation marks.

Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 7d

If you refer to "artificial intelligence" or "AI", please explain in what way or ways you mean it is intelligent.

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 7d

This summary of the EAT-Lancet report reads as if humans are the only sentient beings.

What is the scientific basis for such a moral framework?

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems

The global context has shifted dramatically since publication of the first EAT–Lancet Commission in 2019, with increased geopolitical instability, soaring food prices, and the COVID-19 pandemic exacer...

www.thelancet.com

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 6d

I suggest the word "killstock" instead of "livestock" where the intention is killing.

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 7d

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 7d

And governments encouraging cultural shifts towards attitudes and actions which increase fulfilment with less material/services consumption - including appreciation of nature, and creativity?

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 7d

This summary of the EAT-Lancet report reads as if humans are the only sentient beings.

What is the scientific basis for such a moral framework?

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems

The global context has shifted dramatically since publication of the first EAT–Lancet Commission in 2019, with increased geopolitical instability, soaring food prices, and the COVID-19 pandemic exacer...

www.thelancet.com

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 7d

And governments encouraging cultural shifts towards attitudes and actions which increase fulfilment with less material/services consumption - including appreciation of nature, and creativity?

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Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social · 7d

"Just because the research was published doesn’t mean its scientific pursuit is over. Science is a method, and an ongoing process, not a finished product."

Dr Manu Saunders @manusaunders.bsky.social · Mar 25

Beyond the clickbaity headline...a good science story on the complexities of ecology and why scientific debates over HOW we measure insect decline are important, with some comments from me 🌏🧪 #scicomm www.sciencefocus.com/comment/inse...

A massive insect study may have made a huge mistake

The debate surrounding biodiversity loss highlights the fact that science is always a work in progress

www.sciencefocus.com

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