Tabloids could do a lot of good, if they choose to: Loire Valley without Loire
Dr Emma Garnett
@emmagarnett.bsky.social
Researcher in behaviour change towards more plant-based and sustainable diets at @oxprimarycare.bsky.social Climate Action. Biodiversity Conservation. Health and wellbeing. My (more) political account: @greenpartyemma.bsky.social
Bloody hell. Researchers invented a disease, published two fake papers to see if LLM’s would ingest them and kick them up as fact — and then it broke containment and all the major AI’s bought in. Information pollution. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real
Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?
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We should reconsider the term „energy crisis“ when speaking about the effects of the Iran war. This is very specifically a crisis of fossil fuels and their single point of failure. Fossil fuels are no longer synonymous with „energy“. We have other, better options.
Abstract submissions for LEAP conference are now open! Interested in how we get a more sustainable, mostly plants, food system? Come and join us. Deadline Sunday 8th March. Conference: Wednesday 22nd April# www.futureoffood.ox.ac.uk/article/leap... @oxfutureoffood.bsky.social
LEAP conference: Call for papers
LEAP conference: Call for papers
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Are you - or do you know - an undergraduate at @ox.ac.uk who is a) interested in sustainable food and behaviour change and b) from an under-represented background within academia? Apply for the Uniq+ programme! Deadline 18th Feb. www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g... Here's the project I've put forward:
I was on the BBC World Service News Hour today (aired on a lot of @npr.org stations in the US) to talk about this sighting of an Amur tigress with ***five cubs*** in northeast China. Link to interview here, my bit starts ~30:52: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w... www.chinadailyasia.com/hk/article/6... 🌍
First-ever footage of wild Amur tigress taking care of five cubs caught on camera
A camera trap in the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park has recorded the country's first-ever footage of a wild Amur tigress nurturing five cubs, providing powerful evidence of progress i...
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"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
Inequality is damaging the cohesion needed to fight climate change.
The politics of the hyper-polluting private transport used by the world’s super-rich is hotting up
Inequality is damaging the cohesion needed to fight climate change.
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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵 Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Exactly this. I am particularly unimpressed by @ox.ac.uk getting ChatGPT accounts for all students (&staff I believe) with the "reassurance" that our work won't be used to train the algorithms. Plagiarism for me but not for thee. Digital neocolonialism much? www.ox.ac.uk/students/new...
ChatGPT Edu available to all students | University of Oxford
OpenAI’s flagship GPT-5 model will be provided across the University and Oxford Colleges through ChatGPT Edu, a version of ChatGPT built for universities that includes enterprise-level security and
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Daniel José Older@djolder.bsky.social · 8mo agogenAI is STOLEN WORK. Using genAI in *any* capacity is trafficking in stolen work, supporting the plunder. Period. These facts aren't even denied by the AI companies, they just find ways to make that plunder seem benevolent. Using their product enables that lie. Stop enabling the theft of our work.
Even the the damn twitter card for this Nature Scientific Reports is clearly AI Slop.
Bridging the gap: explainable ai for autism diagnosis and parental support with TabPFNMix and SHAP - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Bridging the gap: explainable ai for autism diagnosis and parental support with TabPFNMix and SHAP
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Erik Angner@erikangner.com · 8mo ago"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
The government shifting the sugary drinks threshold from 5g/100ml to only 4.5g/100 ml when Pepsi and Fanta are already at 4.5g is ridiculous. We need to get industry influence out of our policy making. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... h/t @petescarbs.bsky.social
Sugar tax: What you need to know
Milkshakes and lattes to be included in UK sugar tax scheme for the first time.
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Pete Scarborough@petescarbs.bsky.social · 8mo agoWes Streeting
Turkeys are flavorless and dry, and they want to live. This Thanksgiving, @mbolotnikova.bsky.social encourages you to challenge the status quo and embrace plant-based alternatives, have conversations about ethical food choices, and create more sustainable and compassionate traditions.
8 million turkeys will be thrown in the trash this Thanksgiving
We don’t have to accept all that death and waste for a dry, flavorless bird no one likes.
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Update: it was absolutely delicious. Throughly recommend.
Dr Emma Garnett@emmagarnett.bsky.social · 10mo agoWhat excellent timing! I came across this new vegan steak in Aldi today. I look forward to eating it!
How have I only just come across this song?! The lyrics, melody, build up, video are all perfect. 🎶 All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid Nymph then virgin, nurse then a servant 24/7 baby machine So he can live out his picket fence dreams 🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvU4...
Paris Paloma - labour [Official Video]
YouTube video by Paris Paloma
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Calling all scientists/anyone with a science PhD! Please sign this open letter urging MPs to attend the National Emergency Briefing on the nature and climate crises. www.nebriefing.org docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Scientists Open Letter - NEB
Form for scientists to agree to co-sign the open letter calling on MPs to attend the National Emergency Briefing on 27th November 2025. The letter is intended for publication in a major newspaper. We...
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They are also intentionally conflating machine-learning and generative AI slop to confuse and try to make GenAI seem necessary. Google Maps traffic stuff is machine learning, not GenAI, for example. Auto-correct is too. Don't let them make you lose the thread. GenAI slop is slop.
doom boy@doomboy.bsky.social · 9mo agothe nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever
Looks like the science community has found a home. academic.oup.com/icb/article-...
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
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What excellent timing! I came across this new vegan steak in Aldi today. I look forward to eating it!
Dr Emma Garnett@emmagarnett.bsky.social · 10mo agoThank you to @skynewsrss.bsky.social for the interview invite. Though I'd say you can already get a guilt free steak - it's just made out of plants instead of cow 😉 E.g: www.tesco.com/groceries/en... www.ocado.com/products/jui... thecheekychickpea.com/vegan-steak/
“Yes, let's make things more efficient if we can [..]. But it must not be used as a smoke screen for not shifting to more plant-based diets”, Dr @emmagarnett.bsky.social said. “The most effective way to reduce methane from cows is to farm fewer cows." 💯 news.sky.com/story/the-gr...
Cow burps have a big impact on global warming - but scientists think they've found a solution
Agriculture accounts for 10% of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions, with the country's nine million cows and calves a significant contributor.
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My new paper on how to increase sustainable food consumption is continuing to gather positive media attention 🙌 Link to paper: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sus... #sustainablefood #sustainability #vegan #greennudge
Will cows burping a bit less methane help fight climate change? My answer: not really. The most effective way to reduce methane from cows is to farm fewer cows. Cows aren't able to fight climate change. We are: by going (mostly) plant-based. @skynewsrss.bsky.social www.youtube.com/shorts/HU8Nt...
The 'cool cows' fighting climate change
YouTube video by Sky News
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"if you produce many tonnes of chicken manure and then sell it on to be used as fertiliser, some would argue – as others have argued against big oil – that you have a responsibility to reduce the effects that come later on.”." theconversation.com/the-pollutio...
The pollution court case that could reach far beyond the banks of the River Wye
The legal action is being taken on behalf of thousands of claimants.
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Calling all scientists/anyone with a science PhD! Please sign this open letter urging MPs to attend the National Emergency Briefing on the nature and climate crises. www.nebriefing.org docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Scientists Open Letter - NEB
Form for scientists to agree to co-sign the open letter calling on MPs to attend the National Emergency Briefing on 27th November 2025. The letter is intended for publication in a major newspaper. We...
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I really enjoyed presenting to the Civil Service Climate& Environment Network with @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social today on food systems transformations to plant-rich diets (with small/no amounts of meat and dairy). The feedback was lovely too!
This looks like an excellent conference! Urban Transitions 10-12 November 2026 | Sitges, Spain Submit abstracts by 8 May 2026 Integrating housing, urban and transport planning, environment, climate action, circular economy and health for healthier urban living www.elsevier.com/events/confe...
Urban Transitions | About | Elsevier
Urban Transitions | About
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