Sabine Pahl
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Prof of #EnvironmentalPsychology @univienna.ac.at @envpsyvienna.bsky.social https://ech.univie.ac.at #BehaviouralSciences #RiskPerception #SocialCognition #PlasticPollution #Microplastics #PFAS #Nature etc...
#Wien ist Spitzenreiter im EU-Nachtzug-Ranking. 15 Enddestinationen können mit dem #Nachtzug erreicht werden. 10 EU-Hauptstädte sind nicht mit einem Nachtzug erreichbar. Der Aufholbedarf bei internationalen Bahnverbindungen ist in der EU groß, sehr groß. Europa braucht mehr #Bahn! #Verkehrswende
“I don’t believe in climate change.” Dude, this is physics, not Santa Claus.
Destroyed crops, riverbed cyclists and a ‘Rock of Starvation’: how drought has devastated the Danube
Destroyed crops, riverbed cyclists and a ‘Rock of Starvation’: how drought has devastated the Danube
The Guardian travelled 100 miles along the EU’s longest river, where some residents are struggling to secure drinking water
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“We never talked about men or clothes. It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution – real girl's talk.” - Nina Simone, singer, musician and civil rights activist #WomensArt
This is a very moving story, of a family and little girl being incredible brave and standing up for education, for human rights. I find the scenes described here unimaginable, and it was only 1960 (and after the law changed!) It's the human behaviour that matters. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Br...
Ruby Bridges - Wikipedia
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Meta Resistance@metaresistance.bsky.social · last wk.On November 14, 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges walked into an all-white school in New Orleans, escorted by federal marshals past screaming crowds, because her parents believed education was worth the risk. That little girl is still alive. She's 71. Teach your kids her name.
How can we talk about this extreme weather now that it’s a battleground in the culture wars? | Andy Beckett
How can we talk about this extreme weather now that it’s a battleground in the culture wars? | Andy Beckett
Weather forecasts once gave Britons something safe to chat about. Not any more, and that’s a problem for the experts – indeed, for all of us, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
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Do your interests lie at the intersection of climate change, nature and human wellbeing? We invite researchers, policymakers, practitioners and independent experts to submit proposals for discussion papers on our new programme ‘Humanity, Climate & Nature’. Find out more: https://bit.ly/4hH2qlA
Ich durfte gestern in der #ZIB2 ein paar Einschätzungen zur aktuell teilweise angespannten, aber stabilen Energiesituation in Europa und den Auswirkungen auf Österreich abgeben. Die wichtigsten Elemente für mehr Resilienz sind meiner Ansicht nach Diversifizierung, Flexibilisierung und Reserven. 🧵
Österreichische Energieagentur@energieagentur.bsky.social · last wk.📺 In der ZIB 2 gestern: ein Bericht über Niedrigwasser und die Folgen für das Stromsystem. @chrigru.bsky.social plädiert dafür, u.a. Windkraft und Speicher rascher auszubauen und das System noch breiter aufzustellen. ▶️ on.orf.at/video/14334955/16138122/niedrigwasser-beeintraechtigt-stromproduktion
Movie ads on the screen in your car, of course 🤣😖 "Modern vehicles collect reams of data on drivers, people in the car, and sometimes even those outside it. Often, that data isn’t just used by the automakers themselves, but sold to third parties"
Paris Marx@parismarx.com · 2w agoIn the 2010s, we were told new tech would revolutionize transportation. As BMW faces backlash for sticking a Spider-Man ad on its center console, we can see what it really amounted to: cars that collect vast quantities of data on us and which automakers are desperate to use to push ads on us too.
Automakers are literally advertising the fantasy of driving a multi-ton vanity tank through a public building. But sure, tell me again how ebikes are the real danger to society.
David C B@tzed250.bsky.social · 2w agoFrom the new WIRED magazine:
We have 2 vacancies with deadlines in mid-August! PhD on farmers' motivations to contribute to sustainable transitions: werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/phd... Teacher/researcher for a temporary position on projects related to electric vehicle (EV) adoption: werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/tea...
PhD position Understanding farmers’ motivations to contribute to sustainability transitions - Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
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I wrote a post about the emergence of AI-native students who do their research using GenAI tools. I think that there are some real risks to job prospects and the likely changes in their fields.
Remember to treat your body like a data center. Consume as much literature and water as possible.
"Just as noxious pollution produced by the factory can harm the common public right to reasonably clean air, the harmful effects of Meta's platforms on children do not stay contained by its platforms and, instead, migrate to the internet as a whole and, perhaps most concerning, to the real world ...
Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich.bsky.social · 2w agoHow a meta-phor framed a judgement. Judge in New Mexico compares dangers posed by Meta to children to 'air pollution' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
An der Haltestelle in Hietzing war ich auch am Dienstag; da hat's aber schon 42 Grad C gezeigt (ich weiß, ich weiß, ist keine offizielle Messung und nur zur Illustration im Bericht!) Danke für die klaren Worte @danielhuppmann.bsky.social
Reinhard Uhrig@reinharduhrig.bsky.social · 3w ago„Die Klimamodelle sagen diese Art von Wetterereignissen seit Jahrzehnten vorher.“ Aus Sicht der Klimawissenschaft überrasche lediglich, dass diese Extreme viel schneller eintreten, als noch vor 10 Jahren prognostiziert worden sei, so @danielhuppmann.bsky.social orf.at/stories/3438...
Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
My editor asked me to write about what happened to summer:
We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys
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Sexual harassment in UK higher education and the hope for change - from a senior woman in charge. www.thetimes.com/article/4f47...
Gillian Tett: Oxbridge has a problem with ‘handsy’ men
The provost of King’s College, Cambridge, says that she feels profound pain for students who were sexually harassed by professors
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Nothing destroys credibility faster than saying “I asked chatGPT.” Oh you lack both imagination and work ethic? Good to know…
Jen Mercieca@jenmercieca.bsky.social · 3w agoAll y'all: AI search is not "research." Don't get it twisted, this confusion will make you foolish.
Wie wäre es, wenn man an Hitzetagen, die Ampelschaltungen ändert- kürze Wartezeiten für FussgängerInnen und RadfahrerInnen. Natürlich nur dort wo es möglich ist. Die meisten Autos sind klimatisiert und die langen Wartezeiten am Rad sind echt heftig unangenehm. Praterstern z.B. 🥵
If you have an academic in your life, please be gentle with them this weekend because they're probably freaking the fuck out.
Joseph M. Adelman@jmadelman.bsky.social · 3w agoBecause the 1st is a Saturday, “How is it August already?!” will be observed today, Friday, July 31, 2026. Please panic accordingly.
I was not informed by the BBC that they would have a right wing political figure or lobbyist on after me to rebut what I said. The individual in question went on to spout lies about China, etc. to distract attention from the Trump administration's assault on climate action. This is unacceptable.
Michael E. Mann@michaelemann.bsky.social · 4w agoI'll be on BBC News television TODAY ~3:40pm ET (8:40pm London local time) to discuss--what else---the climate change-fueled weather extremes we're seeing around the world this summer. Please join me: www.bbc.com/live
