Roddy McDowall chilling on the set of PLANET OF THE APES (1968)
Jussi T. Eronen
@jussiteronen.bsky.social
Socio-ecological systems, energy transition, ecology, environment, natural resources, climate, paleo, anthropology.. | Prof. & Vice-Dean at FBES @helsinki.fi | History, Fantasy & sci-fi | Hopeful for better tomorrow. He/Him. Personal account. posts ENG/FIN
Wonderful piece about the problems of measurement, especially “Measures of Success.” (applies also to academia) notesfornobody.ghost.io/thats-not-a-...
that’s not a measurement
By its nature, art defies measuring. But some version of “How does your organization measure success?” appears in every grant application. How do you square that circle?
notesfornobody.ghost.io
We're not going to stop climate change unless we phase out fossil fuels.
Oil giant BP profits more than double due to Iran war - again
The "strong" three-month results come amid "one of the most disrupted periods in the global energy market".
news.sky.com
Collaboration between research and extension in forest resources and environmental conservation offers a clear lesson for universities everywhere: knowledge matters most when it is communicated, trusted and applied: https://ow.ly/AH0K50ZvLoI #Highered #Academicsky
Effective outreach means translating research into action
Collaboration between research and extension in forest resources and environmental conservation offers a clear lesson for universities everywhere: knowledge matters most when it is communicated, trusted and applied
ow.ly
I've never fully appreciated how Star Trek is the only mainstream sci-fi franchise that has a genuinely positive vision for the future of humanity. Where's all the idealistic sci-fi?
Does not look good....
UN Environment Programme@unep.org · 2d agoOppressive heat. Species extinctions. Pollution-choked skies. This will continue and worsen unless humanity takes drastic steps to end a series of mushrooming environmental crises, finds #GEO7. See more: https://unep.org/news-and-stories/story/without-big-changes-what-environment-will-look-2050
This is also very telling of the situation at middle east / Iran..
Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 4d ago450/ "Stunning FT report on how Iran is systematically chasing the Yankees out of West Asia, to the extent US forces in Bahrain and Kuwait are scurrying away from expected precision Islamic Republic decapitation strikes. The Empire is on the run" - @kitklarenberg.bsky.social x.com/KitKlarenber...
Very interesting (with implications at global level for the future) thoughts on the lessons from US-Iran war since February...
Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 3d ago452/ With the US strategic defeat by Iran, what are the long held assumptions that must be revised? "All the foundations of the unipolar world have vanished. " @policytensor sums up what we have learned since February. Hard to disagree with any of them.
Lainsäädännön arviointineuvoston mukaan Orpon hallituksen opintoetuuslain tarkoitus vaikuttaisi olevan opintojen lainapainotteisuuden lisääminen. Lakiesityksessä ei ole arvioitu riittävän kattavasti vaikutuksia, joita uudistuksella saattaa olla. Linkki: valtioneuvosto.fi/-/opiskelijo...
Wow, digital entertainment technology is so good now we can produce eight episodes per season of a TV show when decades ago we could only produce... 20 to 30.
I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.
ABSOLUTE INSANITY IN JAPAN 40C again. Dozens of all time records trashed in pieces.👇 Already nearly 1000 heat records have fallen in over 20 days of record breaking heat every single day and thousands more in the rest of East Asia. and guess what ? It will get worse and worse.
"Kew Gardens has had a weather station since 1871. This July was, based on third party analysis of Met Office data collected at the site, the first calendar month on record where no rainfall was measured at Kew."
London's first month without rain
Plus: There's nowhere to bury the dead • London wants to keep its money • When will it stop being so damn hot • Who is to blame for turning off the air conditioning in the tower block?
londoncentric.media
Kudos to @science.org for this self-analysis of the peer review process. These kind of data are never shared and don't have to be. Wildly refreshing to see it out in the open. Editorial and peer review dynamics at elite general science journals | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Editorial and peer review dynamics at elite general science journals
Analyses of deidentified data reveal complex interactions that quantify success at elite general science journals.
science.org
Future alien archaeologists: "There was a sudden glut of hand-held devices with whirling blades, and then the species died. We think these tiny engines somehow killed off humans."
Damian Carrington@dpcarrington.bsky.social · 3d ago‘Immediately stop all outdoor activities’: South Korea records its highest ever temperature - 42.5C #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
🇧🇬 Mammoth bones found on parched bed of Danube Sinking water levels in the Danube river have unveiled the well-preserved bones of a mammoth in Bulgaria and could lead to further discoveries, according to a local museum director.
Can't stress this too much! Resilience & adaptation should, always complement emission reduction (and not replace, or be the only solution)
Ian Hall@ianhall.bsky.social · 4d agoA reminder, as adaptation climbs the agenda: Resilience measures should complement, not replace, rapid emissions reductions. Climate policy needs both: adapting to the impacts already here and cutting emissions fast enough to limit the impacts still to come. www.chathamhouse.org/2026/07/euro...
Did you know that pinecones, snail shells, fern fronds, and even Romanesco broccoli all follow the same mathematical pattern? It’s called the Fibonacci sequence, and it shows up in nature more often than one might think. What are your favourite examples? 🌿🐌🥦🌲
A spectacularly 70’s apartment on Fifth Avenue - New York City (1977) Designed by Jay Spectre
”Sama työ yhä nopeammin väsyneemmällä henkilöstöllä” – sote ei uudistu näin, tutkijat sanovat
”Sama työ yhä nopeammin väsyneemmällä henkilöstöllä” – sote ei uudistu näin, tutkijat sanovat
suomenkuvalehti.fi
What is going on? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘More than just objects’: Australian booksellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI
Secondhand booksellers believe they may have been caught up in the AI supply chain that sees old books scanned then destroyed
theguardian.com
There's so much talk about societal resilience, crisis preparedness etc by European governments But the same governments immediately enter panic mode after a single incident like this
Paul T. Levin@paultlevin.bsky.social · 5d agoI’m not the only one suggesting that Ceuta might have been a case of migrant weaponization: “It is impossible for nearly 50,000 people to cross the border between Morocco and Spain in a single day without Morocco having a hand in it.” Lorenzo Gabrielli, Pompeu Fabra University.+