Robert Gieseke (Openclimatedata)

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On 12 August, in two weeks' time, the Moon will pass in front of the evening Sun. This will be the first total solar eclipse visible from mainland Europe since 1999. How much of the Sun will be covered, when, and where should you look? Find out for your location: datajournal.org/eclipse-2026/

Total solar eclipse, 12 August 2026 — what will you see?

The first total solar eclipse over mainland Europe since 1999. Simulate it for your location right now.

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Lesen hier Lokaljournalist*innen mit, die sich für Klima-Themen interessieren? 📣 Bewerbt euch jetzt für die @correctiv.org Dialogwerkstatt! 💪 Mehr Power für lokale Klima-Themen: Wir unterstützen 25 Journalistinnen über mehrere Monate. Mehr Infos im 🧵 correctiv.org/themen/klima...

Klima vor Ort: Die CORRECTIV Dialogwerkstatt

CORRECTIV bringt 25 Lokaljournalistinnen und -journalisten zusammen, die neue Formate und Strategien für konstruktive Klimaberichterstattung entwickeln und in ihren Redaktionen testen.

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I was there too - travelling by train, but not that this matters in the bigger scheme of things. This type of conferencing is unsustainable given fuel prices, climate catastrophes and infrastructure breakdowns. And its just one part of the academic business model breaking down.

Benjamin Braun@benbraun.eurosky.social · 2w ago

I was just there, on a day trip after the SASE conference in Bordeaux. Where thousands of academics had gathered (in unbearably hot university buildings). Many (most?) had travelled there by plane. Still thinking that if we keep doing conferences at all, we need much stricter air travel rules.

Reasons to archive your data #15846: you move to a different university and can no longer access the institutional email address to which all "reasonable requests for data" are being referred.

Remarkable how over a decade ago @michaelnielsen.bsky.social pointed the way towards solving long standing issues plaguing science to this day (issues that are all the more relevant in the age of AI mediated science)

These are just a few ideas to stimulate your thinking about how online tools and collective intelligence can be used to change science. Of course, far more is possible. Imagine completely open source approaches to doing research. Imagine a connected online web of scientific knowledge that integrates and connects data, computer code, chains of scientific reasoning, descriptions of open problems, and beyond. That web of scientific knowledge could incorporate video, virtual worlds, and augmented reality, as well as more conventional media, such as papers. And it would be tightly integrated with a scientific social web that directs scientists’ attention where it is most valuable, releasing enormous collaborative potential.Reinventing discovery: the new era of networked science
Ronen Tamari@ronentk.me · 2w ago

This is why @atproto.science is so relevant rn This compilation of essays indicates that scientists are most frustrated by insufficient “community tools and resources... Essential infrastructure for sharing, maintaining and building on existing work and data is also badly underdeveloped." >

Warum dann keine „VersaTiles GmbH"? Ein Privatunternehmen müsste Teile des offenen Codes schließen oder kann insolvent gehen oder aufgekauft werden. Digitale Infrastruktur lässt sich nur durch eine unabhängige, gemeinwohlorientierte und demokratische Trägerschaft sichern.

Interaktive Karten werden oft bei kommerziellen Anbietern außerhalb der EU eingekauft. Das bringt Abhängigkeit, Rechtsunsicherheit und kann mehrere 10'000 € im Monat kosten. Unser Gegenvorschlag: Lasst uns digitale Infrastruktur gemeinsam über ein Konsortium betreiben. 🧵 versatiles.org/consortium/de

VersaTiles-Konsortium – Digitale Souveränität bei Karten

Karten sind Infrastruktur. Wir suchen zehn Organisationen, die ihre Karteninfrastruktur mit uns gemeinsam betreiben – Europas erstes nutzergetragenes, offenes Kartenkonsortium. Für echte digitale Souv...

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Es ist da! Es geht um Aufstieg, Niedergang und Nachleben der fossilen Moderne; um moderne Geschichte als Naturgeschichte; um die materielle Vermittlung des Sozialen durch Kapital und Kohlenstoff; um Kritik an sozialen Verhältnissen, die buchstäblich Natur geworden sind. shorturl.at/FJnFc

Fossile Moderne. Buch von Andreas Folkers (Suhrkamp Verlag)

Was immer der »Motor« moderner Gesellschaften sein mag, fossile Brennstoffe sind... | Buch von Andreas Folkers versandkostenfrei & direkt vom Verlag kaufen

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To the extent that it’s true, Nordhaus knew that just as well as them. But he considered that economics had nothing to say about extinction and existential risk. And he was an economist, so he did what economists often do, which is work under assumptions where their model can function.

Brad Johnson@climatebrad.hillheat.com · 3w ago

In conclusion, by the 1980s climate scientists knew that the cost of burning fossil fuels was approaching infinity, as it posed an existential threat to human civilization. But economists simply said "no it doesn't" and governments went with the liars who told them what they wanted to hear.

Ich hatte gerade die Gelegeheit, Friedrich Merz in der Bundespressekonferenz zu seinem bisherigen Schweigen zu den Hitzetoten und zu den Forderungen aus seiner Partei nach einem Verschieben des deutschen Klimaziels zu fragen. Ein paar kurze Anmerkungen zu seinen Antworten im Thread (1/5)

I do think Germany deserves its reputation as a renewable energy champion, mainly because if it wasn't for Germany building heavily subsidised solar in 2004, we probably wouldn't have the cheap solar panels that have enabled so many other solar market booms.