Inspired Yoda’s look, the tarsier did. 🌌 This #StarWarsDay, let's remember that even the galaxy’s most iconic figures have roots in Earth’s biodiversity. IPBES science shows nature’s health is the force binding all life together. To ignore the evidence, unwise it is. 🌍✨ #MayThe4thBeWithYou

Interesting language around this - branding it as psychosis, ergo mental illness, and blaming victims for relying too much on AI tools seems rather askew. Not least when we are bombarded from many directions by the zeitgeist that we should trust and use AI more. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Microsoft boss troubled by rise in reports of 'AI psychosis'

Mustafa Suleyman said there was still

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It was a privilege to be a part of this @ipbes.net event. It emphasised the importance of respect for the validity of #indigenous and #local #knowledge, and #participation of local and indigenous people in framing and development of #scenarios for #biodiversity

SEGS James Hutton@huttonsegs.bsky.social · last yr.

Our colleague @samposkitt.bsky.social contributes to explore how indigenous knowledge could be better incorporated into future scenarios for the Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: www.hutton.ac.uk/blog/hutton-...

"Alternatives to capitalism are right there waiting for us. But we cannot have them if we won’t imagine them. And imagining them is much easier than you, er, imagine."

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · last yr.

The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/george...

Happy #WorldWildlifeDay! 🌍 This year’s theme is - #Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Planet. Celebrate by connecting with #nature. If you’re in #Aberdeen, then why not visit our #Craigiebuckler campus to explore interpretation boards & spot local wildlife! 🐦🌳 #WWD2025

"Without this kind of change [redistribution of wealth and power], there’s a risk climate action will perpetuate the same structural imbalances that first enabled environmental exploitation." theconversation.com/how-global-i...

How global inequalities hinder climate action

Climate breakdown and inequality are deeply interwoven, with each crisis exacerbates the other; according to a new report.

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Enjoyed reading this independent evaluation of the PICSA project I used to work on, in Malawi. Comparative, quant analysis indicates increased usage of climate information and higher yields among trained lead farmers 🙂 doi.org/10.1111/dpr.... research.reading.ac.uk/picsa/

Supporting farmers dealing with climate change: The impact of Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) on smallholder lead farmers in Malawi

Motivation The climate crisis threatens the livelihoods and welfare of farmers in the global south. Increasing variability of weather makes it ever more important to get forecasts to farmers and hel...

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Delighted to see this has made it across to Bluesky. I still have a commemorative t-shirt from when this unit brought a tiny museum in Reading to international fame 😀🐏

The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL)@themerl.bsky.social · 2y ago

look at this absolute unit