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Marc Jones

@marcehjones.bsky.social

Curator, fossil reptiles and amphibians, at Natural History Museum London UK. Honorary positions at UCL and University of Adelaide. #tuatara 🦎 #Cymraeg He/Him Orcid: 0000-0002-0146-9623

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Natalia (娜塔莉)@wrycritic.bsky.social · last wk.

Palaeoartists and animators‼️ Job oppurtunitiy to animate Mary Anning and her palaeontological discoveries (pterosaurs and marine reptiles) for display at the Lyme Regis Museum, the birthplace of Mary Anning. Details below 👇

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Natalia (娜塔莉)@wrycritic.bsky.social · last wk.

Cool immigrants:Jan Pieńkowski, growing up during Nazi invasion of Poland, taught Polish cut-out techniques by an insurgent in a bomb shelter. Migrated in 1946 to UK, not speaking English. Became renowned author and Illustrator of children's books.

Cut outs of a multi level house Cut out of highstreet
Marc Jones@marcehjones.bsky.social · 2w ago

Climate scientists posting about the evidence for anthropogenic climate change do not tend to delete their old posts. By contrast, the anthropogenic climate change deniers frequently do. That should tell you something.

Marc Jones@marcehjones.bsky.social · 2w ago

Climate scientists posting about the evidence for anthropogenic climate change do not tend to delete their old posts. By contrast, the anthropogenic climate change deniers frequently do. That should tell you something.

Anil Dash@anildash.com · 2w ago

Just wanted to share that this old Twitter thread I’d written many years ago (which got me no end of hate from lots of “blue wave” accounts who *insisted* it was really vital they constantly RT the shitty things the fascists we’re saying) was completely validated by Lula’s strategy.

A reminder that may not be obvious: amplification on social networks has monetary value. Twitter's algorithm counts it as engagement even if you shared a tweet to criticize it or mock it, and uses that signal to amplify the tweet further. Only RT what you would pay to promote.Media organizations: If your ethics policy prohibits donations of value to a particular candidate, campaign, or official, you should probably follow the same practices in regard to donating algorithmic amplification. In practice, this means you should use captioned screenshots.Do not reply to, retweet, or quote a tweet from a fascist unless you would give them your money. Apparently some people would rather make that gift than change their behavior online, and I don't know what to do about that.An example for the folks who think I'm saying you shouldn't criticize someone. (I'm not.) When a tweet by an awful public figure gets lots of quote RTs, Twitter will email millions of users saying, "Did you see this tweet?" and it won't include your criticism. That ok with you?
batman or halo@milesklee.bsky.social · 3w ago

not only is Digger good but for his first movie post-M:I phase Tom Cruise took a role that in some ways feels like a direct critique of him and tore right into it. sorry but that’s goated

nicola@gleanniucha.bsky.social · 3w ago

Where was God that fateful day At the place called Aberfan When the world stood still and the mountain Moved through the folly of mortal man - Roger Cook, 1966

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Marc Jones@marcehjones.bsky.social · last mo.

"150 years ago it took a single barrel of oil to make 100 barrels. Now, it takes 20. It will double in the next 18 years. By 2050, the oil industry uses half what it makes." marcusgibson.substack.com/p/oil-cannib... #MarcusGibson #FossilFuelsArentCheapOrFree ⌛

OIL CANNIBALISM: OIL IS A PYRAMID SCHEME

...AND IT ENDS BADLY

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Marcus Gibson@marcusgibson.bsky.social · last mo.

I started a Substack after discovering this: marcusgibson.substack.com/p/oil-cannib...

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot

Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Marc Jones@marcehjones.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Happy Birthday #SyukuroManabe who is 95 today! He was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics for contributions to the physical modeling of Earth's climate, quantifying its variability, & predictions of climate change. #StratosphericCooling #GlobalWarming bsky.app/profile/marc...

Marc Jones@marcehjones.bsky.social · last yr.

"The earliest climate models made specific forecasts about global warming decades before those forecasts could be proved or disproved. And when the observations came in, the models were right." theconversation.com/5-forecasts-... #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimatePredictions