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Patrick Hamilton @patbhamilton.bsky.social · 9h

Thinking that there should be a new academic journal,

"How I should have done my study, given what I know now."

Perhaps it already exists. It would be a good read.

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Patrick Hamilton @patbhamilton.bsky.social · 2d

Just came across this climate change video. "Earth, the operators manual"

The bits I watched are superb- engaging & clear.

youtu.be/2RyvpsIx47E?...

Earth: The Operators' Manual, 2011 version, program 1

YouTube video by Earth: The Operators' Manual

youtu.be

Patrick Hamilton @patbhamilton.bsky.social · 2d

Its very real.

She really didn't like Musk, Trump Netanyahu & suggested they should all be put on one of Musks rockets.

Talked about the rise of the far right now is the worst time she has lived in since Hitler.

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Patrick Hamilton @patbhamilton.bsky.social · 3d

It is really worth watching this moving interview with Jane Goodall on Netflix.

Among many other things, a call for everyone not to give up in the fight to protect biodiversity and act on climate change.

www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...

In an Exclusive Interview, Dr. Jane Goodall Leaves Behind Her Last Words

“In the place where I am now, I look back over my life. What message do I want to leave?”

www.netflix.com

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Patrick Hamilton @patbhamilton.bsky.social · 5d

A question where everyone has an opinion & few intermediate views.

I'd be interested to see if there are real studies on this.

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 7d

“If we continue, however, with the policies that we have out there, we are clearly on a pathway now of 2.7 degrees or 3 degrees where adaptation is simply not doable anymore. This is just what it is. We cannot protect Amsterdam from sea level rise of 3m. This is just not doable,” Thallinger said.

Why insurers worry the world could soon become uninsurable

Günther Thallinger, a board member at Allianz, one of the world's biggest insurers, says the climate crisis could make adaptation economically unviable.

www.cnbc.com

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Patrick Hamilton @patbhamilton.bsky.social · 12d

This is how these diagrams are usually presented.

Looks good (arguably better), but much less clear; I never really understood what was going on.

I prefer the new simplified linear version.

Patrick Hamilton @patbhamilton.bsky.social · 12d

How people are changing the life-support systems of our planet.

Mostly bad.

www.planetaryhealthcheck.org#reports-sect...

Human influence on our planet's life support systems, e.g. climate and water.

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Patrick Hamilton @patbhamilton.bsky.social · 14d

Yesterday, I was debating whether to take this gene out of my genetics computer workshop.

I guess I'll keep it in.

Patrick Hamilton @patbhamilton.bsky.social · 14d

Gene therapy developed for Huntington's disease. The first effective treatment for this disease.

This is an important step forward.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Patrick Hamilton @patbhamilton.bsky.social · 24d

I don't really agree with this.

In 10 years' time, Twitter will probably still exist, so the end result of climate experts/communicators leaving may be that even fewer people will know about how climate change may impact our planet.

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24d

It's yelling into the void but something tell me it just needs to kept being said: if you are still posting, RTing, or lurking on X, you are helping keep users there and you are helping this guy pull in advertising revenue.

You are a volunteer worker for a slobbering, drug-addled white supremacist

Elon Musk calls for dissolution of parliament at far-right rally in London

US-based tech boss was addressing the ‘unite the kingdom’ protest organised by Tommy Robinson via video link

www.theguardian.com

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Patrick Hamilton @patbhamilton.bsky.social · Mar 1

Where the food you have eaten today originally came from.

All domesticated within the last 10,000 years.

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 23d

Influential left-leaning science communicators I know have joined truth social just to get the word out about how vaccines save lives

Patrick Hamilton @patbhamilton.bsky.social · 24d

I don't really agree with this.

In 10 years' time, Twitter will probably still exist, so the end result of climate experts/communicators leaving may be that even fewer people will know about how climate change may impact our planet.

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24d

It's yelling into the void but something tell me it just needs to kept being said: if you are still posting, RTing, or lurking on X, you are helping keep users there and you are helping this guy pull in advertising revenue.

You are a volunteer worker for a slobbering, drug-addled white supremacist

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Patrick Hamilton @patbhamilton.bsky.social · 24d

I don't really agree with this.

In 10 years' time, Twitter will probably still exist, so the end result of climate experts/communicators leaving may be that even fewer people will know about how climate change may impact our planet.

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24d

It's yelling into the void but something tell me it just needs to kept being said: if you are still posting, RTing, or lurking on X, you are helping keep users there and you are helping this guy pull in advertising revenue.

You are a volunteer worker for a slobbering, drug-addled white supremacist

Elon Musk calls for dissolution of parliament at far-right rally in London

US-based tech boss was addressing the ‘unite the kingdom’ protest organised by Tommy Robinson via video link

www.theguardian.com

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Patrick Hamilton @patbhamilton.bsky.social · 25d

But then the info people need is simply not there.

It would seem near impossible to figure out what global warming has in store for a kid born this year in the 🇬🇧, & who lives till 90 (2115) & say we hit about 3C warming in 2100.

Even just for what a bad heatwave might look like.

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Patrick Hamilton @patbhamilton.bsky.social · 25d

Now, in the 🇬🇧, ~25% think that "the threat of global warming is not as real as many scientists have said."

Steady increase in the last 5 years - from around 15%.

62% say the threat is 'every bit as real.

yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

Graph showing change in attitudes to global warming from 2019 to 2025.

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Patrick Hamilton @patbhamilton.bsky.social · 29d

Climate Change - The Facts is available on @BBC iPlayer.

Presented by the legend David Attenborough.

It looks like a great place to start for anyone new to this topic.
#climate #ClimateEmergency

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Climate Change - The Facts

After one of the hottest years on record, Sir David Attenborough looks at the science of climate change and potential solutions to this global threat.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Patrick Hamilton @patbhamilton.bsky.social · 29d

Climate Change - The Facts is available on @BBC iPlayer.

Presented by the legend David Attenborough.

It looks like a great place to start for anyone new to this topic.
#climate #ClimateEmergency

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Climate Change - The Facts

After one of the hottest years on record, Sir David Attenborough looks at the science of climate change and potential solutions to this global threat.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Patrick Hamilton @patbhamilton.bsky.social · Sep 5

2 for 1!

I found this one of the most striking results from your questions. A similar question was used in 2025 study; 55% in the UK thought that cutting emissions by 1/2 would stop warming.

The other interesting one in yours was the 63% that thought the planet had already warmed by 3 degrees C

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Patrick Hamilton @patbhamilton.bsky.social · Sep 4

A propper study:

Hayhoe et al. found that 62% of elementary school teachers sampled thought that if the world reduced the rate of carbon emissions by 30%, the earth would cool.

journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...

journals.ametsoc.org

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Patrick Hamilton @patbhamilton.bsky.social · Sep 2

This turns out to be quite a good starter question for a discussion about climate change.

Patrick Hamilton @patbhamilton.bsky.social · Aug 31

Not many votes, but opinion so far is definitely divided.

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Patrick Hamilton @patbhamilton.bsky.social · Aug 31

Last week, a BBC radio news report on an extreme weather event (can't remember which) ended with a throw-away comment like this,

"we can expect more extreme weather like this until greenhouse gas emissions are reduced."

Does anyone see a problem with this?

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Patrick Hamilton @patbhamilton.bsky.social · Aug 31

Not many votes, but opinion so far is definitely divided.

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Patrick Hamilton @patbhamilton.bsky.social · Aug 31

It was my thought. It may seem like a small mishap, but it could result or reinforce this misconception in the public

Earlier in the week, I had been discussing with someone about if we should expect medical students to have firm knowledge of the fundamentals of climate change science like this.

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Brian E @brianel.bsky.social · Aug 31

I suppose you could point to, that greenhousegas should be completely eliminated, until then, things will become worse, more extreme. With net-zero, thing will be "like this" until negative emissions.

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