Carlos Rocha 🇪🇺🇵🇹🇨🇮🇺🇦
@onebreathdoc.bsky.social
Marine biogeochemist, academic, freediver. Professor in Environmental Change at Trinity College Dublin
www.onebreathbiogeochemistry.com
Opinions my own.
www.onebreathbiogeochemistry.com
Opinions my own.
I blame this on the crowd that spouts scholarly stuff like 'many ways of knowing', 'truth is relative' and 'too sciency'. Post truth 'scholars' opened the door to absolute ignorance, lost lives and misery not known since the middle ages. We need to start calling all this stuff by name: #bullshit
RFK Jr. is targeting mRNA technology, a major scientific advancement that allowed for the rapid development of coronavirus vaccines. wapo.st/4lhtvKe
August 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I blame this on the crowd that spouts scholarly stuff like 'many ways of knowing', 'truth is relative' and 'too sciency'. Post truth 'scholars' opened the door to absolute ignorance, lost lives and misery not known since the middle ages. We need to start calling all this stuff by name: #bullshit
'awww shit bro, you got polio?'
August 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
'awww shit bro, you got polio?'
Let get this right, lads.
'known vaccine skeptic' is media speak for ignorant anti-science shill, the equivalent of a middle ages snake oil peddler, right?
'known vaccine skeptic' is media speak for ignorant anti-science shill, the equivalent of a middle ages snake oil peddler, right?
The health secretary, who is a known vaccine skeptic, claimed that mRNA vaccines “fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections like COVID and flu.”
RFK Jr. Cancels $500 Million In Federal Funding For mRNA Vaccine Research
The health secretary, who is a known vaccine skeptic, claimed that mRNA vaccines “fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections like COVID and flu.”
www.forbes.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Let get this right, lads.
'known vaccine skeptic' is media speak for ignorant anti-science shill, the equivalent of a middle ages snake oil peddler, right?
'known vaccine skeptic' is media speak for ignorant anti-science shill, the equivalent of a middle ages snake oil peddler, right?
A nuclear reactor on the moon.
It's going to be a big beautiful pie in the sky. The Epstein files, plus all the fascist vibes, must be piling on the pressure.
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It's going to be a big beautiful pie in the sky. The Epstein files, plus all the fascist vibes, must be piling on the pressure.
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NASA Acting Chief Duffy Issues Directive to Speed Up Moon Reactor Plans
NASA’s acting administrator Sean Duffy plans to accelerate the construction of a nuclear reactor that could be used on the moon and alter the way NASA will partner with industry to replace the aging I...
www.bloomberg.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A nuclear reactor on the moon.
It's going to be a big beautiful pie in the sky. The Epstein files, plus all the fascist vibes, must be piling on the pressure.
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It's going to be a big beautiful pie in the sky. The Epstein files, plus all the fascist vibes, must be piling on the pressure.
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@kairyssdal.bsky.social has been setting an example for broadcasters (public and private) and mainstream reporters in his strict "let's the cut the BS" insistence on truth.
All other broadcasters and (especially) headline writers: Follow his lead.
All other broadcasters and (especially) headline writers: Follow his lead.
Hello. The president's continued insistence that the BLS numbers are rigged, political, or otherwise manipulated is a lie. Please stop saying 'baseless claim.' Thank you.
August 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
@kairyssdal.bsky.social has been setting an example for broadcasters (public and private) and mainstream reporters in his strict "let's the cut the BS" insistence on truth.
All other broadcasters and (especially) headline writers: Follow his lead.
All other broadcasters and (especially) headline writers: Follow his lead.
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funnily enough for the journalist, the only thing artificial intelligence is really close to making obsolete is the need for a person to uncritically regurgitate incorrect nonsense
Dublin’s planned MetroLink will be obsolete because of artificial intelligence, says Dermot Desmond
Dublin’s planned MetroLink will be obsolete because of artificial intelligence, says Dermot Desmond
Businessman says Government should abandon project as AI will lead to rise in self-driving cars
www.irishtimes.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
funnily enough for the journalist, the only thing artificial intelligence is really close to making obsolete is the need for a person to uncritically regurgitate incorrect nonsense
You could have knocked me over with a feather. Been going on for a while and massively accelerated during COVID, with another gear engaged with rampant AI abuse.
Academics have warned that the scientific community needs to take “urgent action” to maintain the academic integrity of research papers, after finding that “sophisticated global networks” are working to undermine the system. @julietterowsell.bsky.social reports
#academicsky #edusky
#academicsky #edusky
‘Sophisticated global networks’ undermining science, finds study
Systems in place to deal with fraud struggling to keep up, increasing risk of research becoming ‘completely poisoned’
www.timeshighereducation.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
You could have knocked me over with a feather. Been going on for a while and massively accelerated during COVID, with another gear engaged with rampant AI abuse.
Numbers can tell inconvenient truths. This is why we should all know a bit of algebra, to be able to understand numbers and scaling, and make our own judgement on everyday news. I die a little inside every time I hear 'you teach that, but no math, no numbers. It's too complicated if you use math'.
Donald Trump escalates his war on numbers
Another shocking assault on a non-partisan institution
www.economist.com
August 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Numbers can tell inconvenient truths. This is why we should all know a bit of algebra, to be able to understand numbers and scaling, and make our own judgement on everyday news. I die a little inside every time I hear 'you teach that, but no math, no numbers. It's too complicated if you use math'.
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Where does complexity come from?
Is the 2nd law of thermodynamics enough to explain what looks like an arrow of increasing of complexity through time?
Mike has some very interesting thoughts about this, and you should listen to him yap about them. 🧪
Is the 2nd law of thermodynamics enough to explain what looks like an arrow of increasing of complexity through time?
Mike has some very interesting thoughts about this, and you should listen to him yap about them. 🧪
Bob Hazen and I yap about science, information, and complexity.
Thanks to @quantamagazine.bsky.social for the spotlight!
Thanks to @quantamagazine.bsky.social for the spotlight!
Is Information a Fundamental Force of the Universe?
YouTube video by Quanta Magazine
www.youtube.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Where does complexity come from?
Is the 2nd law of thermodynamics enough to explain what looks like an arrow of increasing of complexity through time?
Mike has some very interesting thoughts about this, and you should listen to him yap about them. 🧪
Is the 2nd law of thermodynamics enough to explain what looks like an arrow of increasing of complexity through time?
Mike has some very interesting thoughts about this, and you should listen to him yap about them. 🧪
What is a substantial minority, one wonders.
Commissioner Harris said: “...Some within Roads Policing obviously are carrying out their duties with diligence and commitment, but a substantial minority, it’s very clear from the report, seem to have little interest in roads policing.”
irishcycle.com/2025/08/03/s...
irishcycle.com/2025/08/03/s...
“Shocking but sadly, not surprising”: Report claims some Roads Policing officers have “little interest” in doing their jobs
A cycling campaign has said that it agrees with the chairperson of the Policing and Community Safety Authority that a report outlining how Garda officers are disinterested in doing their job is …
irishcycle.com
August 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
What is a substantial minority, one wonders.
Math and reality have a liberal bias.
Trump fires BLS commissioner, raising concerns about economic data quality reut.rs/46ypwp3
Trump fires BLS commissioner, raising concerns about economic data quality
U.S. President Donald Trump fired the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday after data showed weaker-than-expected employment growth in July and massive downward revisions to the prior two months' job counts.
reut.rs
August 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Math and reality have a liberal bias.
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Yes. I know the focus today is on Trumpists undermining trustworthy government data sources, as it should be, but I also think we'll look back on contributing to the "destruction of truth" as perhaps the most important (and insidious) impact of the recent advances in generative AI software.
www.vox.com/2018/9/19/17...
The destruction of truth (and thus trust) is essential to fascist movements.
They hired hacks to sling mud at climate science, and now Trump is going after the labor stats (and on and on).
Reliable data is a public good.
P.s. Please no "are you surprised?" comments.
The destruction of truth (and thus trust) is essential to fascist movements.
They hired hacks to sling mud at climate science, and now Trump is going after the labor stats (and on and on).
Reliable data is a public good.
P.s. Please no "are you surprised?" comments.
August 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Yes. I know the focus today is on Trumpists undermining trustworthy government data sources, as it should be, but I also think we'll look back on contributing to the "destruction of truth" as perhaps the most important (and insidious) impact of the recent advances in generative AI software.
I am so glad that my demonstration of this for an #ESD course for staff (two years ago) was criticized for having 'too much math' (i.e., a demo of exponential growth). Math has an obvious liberal bias nowadays....I should switch to reading tea leaves.
August 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I am so glad that my demonstration of this for an #ESD course for staff (two years ago) was criticized for having 'too much math' (i.e., a demo of exponential growth). Math has an obvious liberal bias nowadays....I should switch to reading tea leaves.
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"It's the gardaí, the justice system, the DPP.'
"There doesn't seem to be a will there anymore for road safety."
I am sure a new campaign touting high viz for cyclists and pedestrians and blaming them for 'collisions with cars' is imminent by the RTA. Plus the whole shitload of excuses as usual.
"It's the gardaí, the justice system, the DPP.'
"There doesn't seem to be a will there anymore for road safety."
I am sure a new campaign touting high viz for cyclists and pedestrians and blaming them for 'collisions with cars' is imminent by the RTA. Plus the whole shitload of excuses as usual.
'Devastated' - Road safety advocate's shock over report
A leading road safety advocate has expressed his shock and disappointment at the findings of a report on attitudes within An Garda Síochána to roads policing.
www.rte.ie
August 1, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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"It's the gardaí, the justice system, the DPP.'
"There doesn't seem to be a will there anymore for road safety."
I am sure a new campaign touting high viz for cyclists and pedestrians and blaming them for 'collisions with cars' is imminent by the RTA. Plus the whole shitload of excuses as usual.
"It's the gardaí, the justice system, the DPP.'
"There doesn't seem to be a will there anymore for road safety."
I am sure a new campaign touting high viz for cyclists and pedestrians and blaming them for 'collisions with cars' is imminent by the RTA. Plus the whole shitload of excuses as usual.
Yep. Good to see this in print.
We should come to terms with the fact that forest, shrubland, grassland, and wetland ecosystems cannot offset fossil fuel CO₂ emissions.
But we should still protect and restore them for biodiversity and other ecosystem benefits.
But we should still protect and restore them for biodiversity and other ecosystem benefits.
Limited carbon sequestration potential from global ecosystem restoration - Nature Geoscience
The maximum carbon sequestration potential from global terrestrial ecosystem restoration efforts until 2100 is 96.9 Gt, which is equivalent to 3.7–12.0% of anthropogenic emissions until then, accordin...
www.nature.com
August 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Yep. Good to see this in print.
We have overshot 6 out of 9 planetary boundaries. Doesn't seem urgent thought, does it lads?
It didn't seem urgent to my students. Including staff.
It's going to be an interesting decade.
It didn't seem urgent to my students. Including staff.
It's going to be an interesting decade.
Human activities put pressure on the environment, causing degradation that needs comprehensive solutions.
Ahead of #GEO7 report launch at #UNEA7 in December, the lead author emphasizes importance of our shared responsibility to take care of the planet: sustainablebusinessmagazine.net/circularecon...
Ahead of #GEO7 report launch at #UNEA7 in December, the lead author emphasizes importance of our shared responsibility to take care of the planet: sustainablebusinessmagazine.net/circularecon...
July 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
We have overshot 6 out of 9 planetary boundaries. Doesn't seem urgent thought, does it lads?
It didn't seem urgent to my students. Including staff.
It's going to be an interesting decade.
It didn't seem urgent to my students. Including staff.
It's going to be an interesting decade.
We belong in the ocean, #freedivers
Record-breaking divers are pushing human limits and reshaping scientists' view of our species
Humans have a long history of diving to forage from the seabed and today elite freedivers are reaching greater depths than ever. Some researchers argue humans belong in the sea.
www.bbc.com
July 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
We belong in the ocean, #freedivers
The US has lost all credible tether to reality and all attention to what they spout is now based on fear. Is anything linked to them worth considering now? No.
July 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The US has lost all credible tether to reality and all attention to what they spout is now based on fear. Is anything linked to them worth considering now? No.
The death of knowledge has a face, lads. 🤡
Kennedy to oust care task force, WSJ reports; HHS says no decision yet reut.rs/4566rbi
Kennedy to oust care task force, WSJ reports; HHS says no decision yet
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to remove all the members of an advisory panel that determines what cancer screenings and other preventive health measures insurers must cover, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
reut.rs
July 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The death of knowledge has a face, lads. 🤡
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"The greatest threat to energy security today is in fossil fuels."
THIS is why Trump and his big oil masters are gutting science and blocking clean energy. Their product SUCKS and can't compete without a lifeline (that is costing you yours.) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
THIS is why Trump and his big oil masters are gutting science and blocking clean energy. Their product SUCKS and can't compete without a lifeline (that is costing you yours.) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
July 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
"The greatest threat to energy security today is in fossil fuels."
THIS is why Trump and his big oil masters are gutting science and blocking clean energy. Their product SUCKS and can't compete without a lifeline (that is costing you yours.) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
THIS is why Trump and his big oil masters are gutting science and blocking clean energy. Their product SUCKS and can't compete without a lifeline (that is costing you yours.) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
'Often missing' = AI presented as a fait accompli. Tada....
Report: Faculty Often Missing From University Decisions on AI
A new survey from the @aaup.org shows that a breakdown of shared governance around implementing AI has implications for the future of teaching, learning and job security. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3H0mcZp
A new survey from the @aaup.org shows that a breakdown of shared governance around implementing AI has implications for the future of teaching, learning and job security. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3H0mcZp
July 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
'Often missing' = AI presented as a fait accompli. Tada....
Is anyone surprised?
"Once a symbol of journalistic excellence and cultural leadership, CBS now appears determined to dismantle its own legacy in pursuit of short-term political favor and corporate consolidation."
Colbert and Capitulation
The end of "The Late Show" isn’t ultimately about budgets, it’s a sign of the ideological shift at CBS that will take place under David Ellison's Skydance Media.
www.status.news
July 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Is anyone surprised?
The media has been choosing cowardice for at least two decades. Everywhere. It has been instrumental in normalizing evil and ignorance.
What CBS' disgraceful termination of Stephen Colbert illustrates is how quickly a Republic can fall when the media chooses cowardice instead of courage.
July 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The media has been choosing cowardice for at least two decades. Everywhere. It has been instrumental in normalizing evil and ignorance.
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#AcademicSky
What truly bugs me is that RESEARCH is what so many academics seemingly care about, often neglecting students & teaching.
Yet they're not willing to DO the research & writing themselves?
What is it that they care about? Prestige? Notches on CV?
What truly bugs me is that RESEARCH is what so many academics seemingly care about, often neglecting students & teaching.
Yet they're not willing to DO the research & writing themselves?
What is it that they care about? Prestige? Notches on CV?
📈 LLMs are quietly changing scientific writing.
New research finds that 13.5% of biomedical abstracts in 2024 were likely processed with LLMs -- marked by spikes in the use of words like delves, crucial, & significant.
How should #SciencePublishing respond to this?
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🔗: doi.org/10.1126/scia...
New research finds that 13.5% of biomedical abstracts in 2024 were likely processed with LLMs -- marked by spikes in the use of words like delves, crucial, & significant.
How should #SciencePublishing respond to this?
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🔗: doi.org/10.1126/scia...
July 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
#AcademicSky
What truly bugs me is that RESEARCH is what so many academics seemingly care about, often neglecting students & teaching.
Yet they're not willing to DO the research & writing themselves?
What is it that they care about? Prestige? Notches on CV?
What truly bugs me is that RESEARCH is what so many academics seemingly care about, often neglecting students & teaching.
Yet they're not willing to DO the research & writing themselves?
What is it that they care about? Prestige? Notches on CV?
#AI against #AI. Everyone loses. #AI rapidly evolved into a crutch for students, but Universities are to blame at least as much. You do not sell a dream to your clients and then create an environment where teaching them how to think is impossible. We are letting entire generations down. #Academicsky
‘I’ve £90k in student debt – for what?’ Graduates share their job-hunting woes amid the AI fallout
AI isn’t just taking away entry-levels jobs, it’s helping thousands apply for the same job with almost the same CV
www.theguardian.com
July 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
#AI against #AI. Everyone loses. #AI rapidly evolved into a crutch for students, but Universities are to blame at least as much. You do not sell a dream to your clients and then create an environment where teaching them how to think is impossible. We are letting entire generations down. #Academicsky