NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...

To mark the February 11, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, some of the numerous skilled, committed and inspiring women working as scientists at the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy @univie.ac.at present themselves in a multifaceted photo collage.

Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem. Thank you. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot

It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde

This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde

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Ich saß monatelang im Gerichtssaal mit den Vergewaltigern von Madame Pelicot. Es waren durchschnittliche, unauffällige, weiße Franzosen. Auch jede Statistik zeigt: Die größte Gefahr für Frauen liegt im näheren Umfeld, in der Familie. Nicht irgendwo in der Stadt. So ein Quark.

Johannes Hillje@jhillje.bsky.social · 10mo ago

“Ich habe gar nichts zurückzunehmen” - sagt #Merz heute zu seiner “wir haben im Stadtbild noch dieses Problem”-Äußerung in Bezug auf Migration.

One of the most challenging aspects of the climate crisis is that it becomes harder to solve as it proceeds, both in terms of mitigation and adaptation. It isn't something that can be put off until tomorrow without serious penalty.

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The wet tropical rainforests of Queensland are now a carbon source because CO₂ emitted from trees dying and decaying outstripped the CO₂ taken up by trees growing. 😕

Great timing reading this while in Japan, where every lunch time at work consists of 90% plastic and 10% nutrients (still tastes great tho)

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Microplastics are released from plastic when exposed to heat, including leaching from tea bags into hot tea and plastic containers releasing nanoplastics when microwaved. While health effects are still unclear, minimizing heating plastic is a simple way to reduce exposure.

Sehr cooler Wikipedia-Artikel mit einer guten Liste und Zusammenfassung von Merkmalen, an denen man "AI"-Texte erkennen kann. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

happy international rock day to them 🪨💕

📢 Der Österreichische Klimabericht ist da! 200 Wissenschaftler*innen haben in 3 Jahren das aktuelle Wissen zur Klimakrise in Österreich zusammengetragen: 🔍 Wie stark ist Österreich betroffen? ✅ Welche Maßnahmen helfen? Heute auf Ö1 um 19:05 Uhr. #AAR2 #APCC oe1.orf.at/programm/202...

Wege aus der Hitze: Der österreichische Klimabericht | DI | 17 06 2025 | 19:05

Das Austrian Panel on Climate Change hat den Stand des Wissens zum Klimawandel in Österreich zusammengetragen und im zweiten österreichischen Sachstandsbericht veröffentlicht.

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Unser nächster #Talk4Future mit Richard Bärnthaler (@rbaernthaler.bsky.social): 🌍 "Wie europäische Industriepolitik an planetaren Grenzen & sozialem Wohlergehen ausgerichtet werden kann" 👨‍👨‍👧 🗓️ 27.5. (Di) 🕖 19 Uhr 💻 Online über Zoom ❓ Fragen stellen dürft ihr auch :) 🔗 Link ⬇️

Come postdoc in Oslo! 3 years. You design the project! Get in touch with me or others at our museum! Deadline 23 june www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... share and repost !

Postdoctoral Fellow: Self-Developed Project (280531) | University of Oslo

Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow: Self-Developed Project (280531), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, June 23, 2025

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Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie Quadruplets

Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️@napaaqtuk.bsky.social · last yr.

Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie Two flew over the cuckoo's nest

www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb... sweet sweet foram PhD/post-doc project on monitoring benthic forams in terrestrial salt ponds in Germany 👀

Ausschreibung

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quite a nice turnout on this lovely day on the streets of Vienna in support of Science and scientists in the US. we see you! #standupforscience @standupforscience.bsky.social @s4fat.bsky.social

Isopod Culture

Der Countdown läuft - nur noch 3️⃣ Tage bis zum March for #Science in #Wien am Freitag! Bitte jetzt gerne noch einmal im Freundeskreis, am Arbeitsplatz etc. streuen 🗣️📧📢. Wir möchten ein deutliches Zeichen für eine freie #Wissenschaft setzen! at.scientists4future.org/2025/02/24/7...

Merz in der New York Times 🫠

Posted with alt text bc I fricking love this. No I couldn't find a pronunciation

SassyMetisChick@sassymetischick.bsky.social · last yr.

The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.

This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument. (Scroll down.)

Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)

Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights a...

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I know it's by far not the worst, but srsly

Manchmal bringe ich in Diskussionen mit FDP-Freunden diesen Unterschied an und jedes Mal wenn ich mit „100 Milliarden Verlust durch Steuerhinterziehung pro Jahr“ daherkomme muss ich es nochmal googlen weil ich mir sicher bin, dass ich mich vertan haben

Today is the 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞! 🚀 The University of Vienna also sends a signal on 11 February: On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the University shines a spotlight on female academics working at its natural sciences faculties. 🧪 👩‍🔬 ⤵

Women in Science

Women in Science

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I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky

Alessandro Rigolon@alerigolon.bsky.social · last yr.

Just received an email saying that it's not advisable to include the following words in future applications for research funding to the US DOT. Here we are.

🚨 Job Alert 🚨 New 3 year postdoc position available working with myself and @rahmstorf.bsky.social on past AMOC 🌊 variability at PIK. For more information: potsdam.pi-asp.de/bewerber-web...

The most iconic figure in the environmental sciences is the Keeling Curve, the CO₂ record from Mauna Loa, Hawaii. @noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!

This is how fascism operates. In the 1930s the Nazi regime enforced strict control over academic institutions, censoring research and silencing dissenting voices. Many left Germany: Einstein, Born, Hahn, Meitner, Schrödinger, Szilard etc. etc. Today, US scientists are looking at moving abroad.

Tja.

Demos gegen Rechts* Vom demokratieteam.org