Malcolm Fairbrother
@mfair.bsky.social
Prof. of environmental and political sociology. Sweden-based (Uppsala Uni + Institute for Futures Studies), formerly Canada, U.S., Mexico, UK. Decoupling, public opinion, learning from successes, modeling emissions. And political trust. www.fairbrother.org
Can you elaborate? What do you mean by ”averaging risk”?
January 22, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Can you elaborate? What do you mean by ”averaging risk”?
Wow. I had a paper rejected on Dec 25th a few years ago, and that was bad enough.
(So bad it kind of made me laugh actually.)
(So bad it kind of made me laugh actually.)
January 21, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Wow. I had a paper rejected on Dec 25th a few years ago, and that was bad enough.
(So bad it kind of made me laugh actually.)
(So bad it kind of made me laugh actually.)
I wish the world had already acted more on your advice.
January 21, 2026 at 11:49 AM
I wish the world had already acted more on your advice.
Social media post quickly piling onto criticism of a mistake: 139 likes
Social media post sympathetically contextualizing the mistake given challenging circumstances: 4 likes
Guess that’s the age we live in.
I would prefer a different balance, really.
Social media post sympathetically contextualizing the mistake given challenging circumstances: 4 likes
Guess that’s the age we live in.
I would prefer a different balance, really.
December 1, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Social media post quickly piling onto criticism of a mistake: 139 likes
Social media post sympathetically contextualizing the mistake given challenging circumstances: 4 likes
Guess that’s the age we live in.
I would prefer a different balance, really.
Social media post sympathetically contextualizing the mistake given challenging circumstances: 4 likes
Guess that’s the age we live in.
I would prefer a different balance, really.
Saying that, journal editors perform an important function, and it costs them a lot of time. Everyone knows how hard it is to find reviewers.
So I can understand they are desperate to save time.
I'm sure these editors are embarrassed. And their failure to catch this is partly due to the system.
So I can understand they are desperate to save time.
I'm sure these editors are embarrassed. And their failure to catch this is partly due to the system.
November 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Saying that, journal editors perform an important function, and it costs them a lot of time. Everyone knows how hard it is to find reviewers.
So I can understand they are desperate to save time.
I'm sure these editors are embarrassed. And their failure to catch this is partly due to the system.
So I can understand they are desperate to save time.
I'm sure these editors are embarrassed. And their failure to catch this is partly due to the system.
It’s the editors of this journal who should be really embarrassed. Do they actually read the papers they publish?
They’ve brought their own journal into disrepute.
They’ve brought their own journal into disrepute.
November 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
It’s the editors of this journal who should be really embarrassed. Do they actually read the papers they publish?
They’ve brought their own journal into disrepute.
They’ve brought their own journal into disrepute.
VHS is a good analogy.
What a hypocrite Carney is.
What a hypocrite Carney is.
Actual footage of Canadian policymakers as they grapple with the challenge of global climate change.
Here in Europe, where I live, there's a serious effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In Canada, they're rushing to build new pipelines. What an embarrassment.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Here in Europe, where I live, there's a serious effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In Canada, they're rushing to build new pipelines. What an embarrassment.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
VHS is a good analogy.
What a hypocrite Carney is.
What a hypocrite Carney is.
What an abomination.
Good on Steven Guilbeault for resigning. He made a sincere effort to change Canadian government from within, but petromania was just too strong.
Good on Steven Guilbeault for resigning. He made a sincere effort to change Canadian government from within, but petromania was just too strong.
Actual footage of Canadian policymakers as they grapple with the challenge of global climate change.
Here in Europe, where I live, there's a serious effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In Canada, they're rushing to build new pipelines. What an embarrassment.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Here in Europe, where I live, there's a serious effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In Canada, they're rushing to build new pipelines. What an embarrassment.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
What an abomination.
Good on Steven Guilbeault for resigning. He made a sincere effort to change Canadian government from within, but petromania was just too strong.
Good on Steven Guilbeault for resigning. He made a sincere effort to change Canadian government from within, but petromania was just too strong.
Not sure about quoting the Telegraph on anything energy-related. They seem strongly fossil-committed.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Not sure about quoting the Telegraph on anything energy-related. They seem strongly fossil-committed.
Yep. Captures one reason I left.
November 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Yep. Captures one reason I left.