Carlos Rocha 🇪🇺🇵🇹🇨🇮🇺🇦
@onebreathdoc.bsky.social
Marine biogeochemist, academic, freediver. Professor in Environmental Change at Trinity College Dublin www.onebreathbiogeochemistry.com Opinions my own.
I blame this on the crowd that spouts scholarly stuff like 'many ways of knowing', 'truth is relative' and 'too sciency'. Post truth 'scholars' opened the door to absolute ignorance, lost lives and misery not known since the middle ages. We need to start calling all this stuff by name: #bullshit
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 12mo agoRFK Jr. is targeting mRNA technology, a major scientific advancement that allowed for the rapid development of coronavirus vaccines. wapo.st/4lhtvKe
Let get this right, lads. 'known vaccine skeptic' is media speak for ignorant anti-science shill, the equivalent of a middle ages snake oil peddler, right?
Forbes@forbes.com · 12mo agoThe health secretary, who is a known vaccine skeptic, claimed that mRNA vaccines “fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections like COVID and flu.”
A nuclear reactor on the moon. It's going to be a big beautiful pie in the sky. The Epstein files, plus all the fascist vibes, must be piling on the pressure. 🤡
NASA Acting Chief Duffy Issues Directive to Speed Up Moon Reactor Plans
NASA’s acting administrator Sean Duffy plans to accelerate the construction of a nuclear reactor that could be used on the moon and alter the way NASA will partner with industry to replace the aging I...
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@kairyssdal.bsky.social has been setting an example for broadcasters (public and private) and mainstream reporters in his strict "let's the cut the BS" insistence on truth. All other broadcasters and (especially) headline writers: Follow his lead.
Kai Ryssdal@kairyssdal.bsky.social · last yr.Hello. The president's continued insistence that the BLS numbers are rigged, political, or otherwise manipulated is a lie. Please stop saying 'baseless claim.' Thank you.
funnily enough for the journalist, the only thing artificial intelligence is really close to making obsolete is the need for a person to uncritically regurgitate incorrect nonsense
The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · last yr.Dublin’s planned MetroLink will be obsolete because of artificial intelligence, says Dermot Desmond
You could have knocked me over with a feather. Been going on for a while and massively accelerated during COVID, with another gear engaged with rampant AI abuse.
Times Higher Education (THE)@timeshighered.bsky.social · last yr.Academics have warned that the scientific community needs to take “urgent action” to maintain the academic integrity of research papers, after finding that “sophisticated global networks” are working to undermine the system. @julietterowsell.bsky.social reports #academicsky #edusky
Numbers can tell inconvenient truths. This is why we should all know a bit of algebra, to be able to understand numbers and scaling, and make our own judgement on everyday news. I die a little inside every time I hear 'you teach that, but no math, no numbers. It's too complicated if you use math'.
Donald Trump escalates his war on numbers
Another shocking assault on a non-partisan institution
economist.com
Where does complexity come from? Is the 2nd law of thermodynamics enough to explain what looks like an arrow of increasing of complexity through time? Mike has some very interesting thoughts about this, and you should listen to him yap about them. 🧪
Michael Wong@miquai.bsky.social · last yr.Bob Hazen and I yap about science, information, and complexity. Thanks to @quantamagazine.bsky.social for the spotlight!
What is a substantial minority, one wonders.
IrishCycle.com@irishcycle.com · last yr.Commissioner Harris said: “...Some within Roads Policing obviously are carrying out their duties with diligence and commitment, but a substantial minority, it’s very clear from the report, seem to have little interest in roads policing.” irishcycle.com/2025/08/03/s...
Yes. I know the focus today is on Trumpists undermining trustworthy government data sources, as it should be, but I also think we'll look back on contributing to the "destruction of truth" as perhaps the most important (and insidious) impact of the recent advances in generative AI software.
John Smillie@johnsmillie42.bsky.social · last yr.www.vox.com/2018/9/19/17... The destruction of truth (and thus trust) is essential to fascist movements. They hired hacks to sling mud at climate science, and now Trump is going after the labor stats (and on and on). Reliable data is a public good. P.s. Please no "are you surprised?" comments.
I am so glad that my demonstration of this for an #ESD course for staff (two years ago) was criticized for having 'too much math' (i.e., a demo of exponential growth). Math has an obvious liberal bias nowadays....I should switch to reading tea leaves.
Ward Valley@wardvalley.bsky.social · last yr.🚲 "It's the gardaí, the justice system, the DPP.' "There doesn't seem to be a will there anymore for road safety." I am sure a new campaign touting high viz for cyclists and pedestrians and blaming them for 'collisions with cars' is imminent by the RTA. Plus the whole shitload of excuses as usual.
'Devastated' - Road safety advocate's shock over report
A leading road safety advocate has expressed his shock and disappointment at the findings of a report on attitudes within An Garda Síochána to roads policing.
rte.ie
We have overshot 6 out of 9 planetary boundaries. Doesn't seem urgent thought, does it lads? It didn't seem urgent to my students. Including staff. It's going to be an interesting decade.
UN Environment Programme@unep.org · last yr.Human activities put pressure on the environment, causing degradation that needs comprehensive solutions. Ahead of #GEO7 report launch at #UNEA7 in December, the lead author emphasizes importance of our shared responsibility to take care of the planet: sustainablebusinessmagazine.net/circularecon...
We belong in the ocean, #freedivers
Record-breaking divers are pushing human limits and reshaping scientists' view of our species
Humans have a long history of diving to forage from the seabed and today elite freedivers are reaching greater depths than ever. Some researchers argue humans belong in the sea.
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The US has lost all credible tether to reality and all attention to what they spout is now based on fear. Is anything linked to them worth considering now? No.
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Reuters@reuters.com · last yr.US designates group allegedly tied to Venezuela's Maduro for supporting gangs reut.rs/4nY5QRE
"The greatest threat to energy security today is in fossil fuels." THIS is why Trump and his big oil masters are gutting science and blocking clean energy. Their product SUCKS and can't compete without a lifeline (that is costing you yours.) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
'Often missing' = AI presented as a fait accompli. Tada....
Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · last yr.Report: Faculty Often Missing From University Decisions on AI A new survey from the @aaup.org shows that a breakdown of shared governance around implementing AI has implications for the future of teaching, learning and job security. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3H0mcZp
The media has been choosing cowardice for at least two decades. Everywhere. It has been instrumental in normalizing evil and ignorance.
John Pavlovitz@johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · last yr.What CBS' disgraceful termination of Stephen Colbert illustrates is how quickly a Republic can fall when the media chooses cowardice instead of courage.
#AcademicSky What truly bugs me is that RESEARCH is what so many academics seemingly care about, often neglecting students & teaching. Yet they're not willing to DO the research & writing themselves? What is it that they care about? Prestige? Notches on CV?
David Green, PhD@ecologistgreen.bsky.social · last yr.📈 LLMs are quietly changing scientific writing. New research finds that 13.5% of biomedical abstracts in 2024 were likely processed with LLMs -- marked by spikes in the use of words like delves, crucial, & significant. How should #SciencePublishing respond to this? 🧪 🔗: doi.org/10.1126/scia...
#AI against #AI. Everyone loses. #AI rapidly evolved into a crutch for students, but Universities are to blame at least as much. You do not sell a dream to your clients and then create an environment where teaching them how to think is impossible. We are letting entire generations down. #Academicsky
‘I’ve £90k in student debt – for what?’ Graduates share their job-hunting woes amid the AI fallout
AI isn’t just taking away entry-levels jobs, it’s helping thousands apply for the same job with almost the same CV
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It took them a couple more months.
Carlos Rocha 🇪🇺🇵🇹🇨🇮🇺🇦@onebreathdoc.bsky.social · 2y agoTrump signed an executive order instructing the US military to build detention camps for migrants today, January 21, 2025. As a reminder to the historically challenged, Hitler was appointed german chancellor on January 30, 1933. March 22 saw the opening of the Dachau concentration camp. #dystopia
Most denouncing the #climate crisis have been 'too polite' for decades. I often wonder how committed all these polite warriors really are, or whether they only thrive in the caviar left Zeitgeist. How is it working for us?👀 We are going quietly into the night.
Democrats and climate groups ‘too polite’ in fight against ‘malevolent’ fossil fuel giants, says key senator
Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island gives 300th climate speech on the US Senate floor
theguardian.com
If you had a little bit more science, you wouldn't need all those thoughts and prayers.
