Sabine Pahl
@sabinepahl.bsky.social
Prof of #EnvironmentalPsychology @univienna.ac.at @envpsyvienna.bsky.social https://ech.univie.ac.at #BehaviouralSciences #RiskPerception #SocialCognition #PlasticPollution #Microplastics #PFAS #Nature etc...
My editor asked me to write about what happened to summer:
We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys
theguardian.com
Sexual harassment in UK higher education and the hope for change - from a senior woman in charge. www.thetimes.com/article/4f47...
Gillian Tett: Oxbridge has a problem with ‘handsy’ men
The provost of King’s College, Cambridge, says that she feels profound pain for students who were sexually harassed by professors
thetimes.com
Nothing destroys credibility faster than saying “I asked chatGPT.” Oh you lack both imagination and work ethic? Good to know…
Jen Mercieca@jenmercieca.bsky.social · 5d agoAll y'all: AI search is not "research." Don't get it twisted, this confusion will make you foolish.
Wie wäre es, wenn man an Hitzetagen, die Ampelschaltungen ändert- kürze Wartezeiten für FussgängerInnen und RadfahrerInnen. Natürlich nur dort wo es möglich ist. Die meisten Autos sind klimatisiert und die langen Wartezeiten am Rad sind echt heftig unangenehm. Praterstern z.B. 🥵
If you have an academic in your life, please be gentle with them this weekend because they're probably freaking the fuck out.
Joseph M. Adelman@jmadelman.bsky.social · 5d agoBecause the 1st is a Saturday, “How is it August already?!” will be observed today, Friday, July 31, 2026. Please panic accordingly.
I was not informed by the BBC that they would have a right wing political figure or lobbyist on after me to rebut what I said. The individual in question went on to spout lies about China, etc. to distract attention from the Trump administration's assault on climate action. This is unacceptable.
Michael E. Mann@michaelemann.bsky.social · 6d agoI'll be on BBC News television TODAY ~3:40pm ET (8:40pm London local time) to discuss--what else---the climate change-fueled weather extremes we're seeing around the world this summer. Please join me: www.bbc.com/live
Es kommt nicht überraschend. Seit Jahren ist der Trend da. Die Entwicklungen sind dokumentiert. Die Ursachen sind geklärt und gut beschrieben. Über die Zielsetzung, eine gute und leistbare Versorgung, besteht Konsens. Trotzdem wird das Problem unterschätzt. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Trinkwasserknappheit "könnte sich zuspitzen", warnt Hydrologe in "ZiB 2"
Waldbrandgefahr werde über den ganzen Sommer extrem hoch bleiben, erklärt Günter Blöschl von der TU Wien bei Martin Thür
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Hm, da steht "wegen Hitze und ausbleibenden Regens", das ist ja ein Riesenpech, oder? Wenn das doch bloß jemand erklären könnte, was dahinter steckt! Aber es wird gesagt, die Klimawissenschaften übertreiben, #Klimaschutz brauchen wir nicht 🤔 #DontLookUp www.tagesschau.de/ausland/euro...
Niedrige Flusspegel: Mehrere Länder drosseln Produktion von Atomstrom
Wegen Hitze und ausbleibenden Regens sind die Pegel vieler Flüsse in Europa extrem niedrig. Das wird nicht nur für die Schifffahrt zum Problem, sondern auch für Atomkraftwerke. Denn die benötigen viel...
tagesschau.de
christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times
It was definitely time to upgrade my #Fairphone. No more support for the trusty old FP3 so now I'm on FP6 with #Murena and loving it! Repairable phone, responsible sourcing in supply chain and great phone - what more could you want? Well done @fairphone.com!
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screen...
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As governments row back on green measures, there has never been a more important time to make a lot of noise True, many climate scientists are speaking out and taking action, but many more are still hiding in the undergrowth This is just not good enough www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wildfires are raging – and the world has junked 45 climate pledges. Disaster looms, and little wonder | Bill McGuire
Five years ago, I wrote an open letter asking climate scientists to speak out. Now governments are in retreat, it is surely time to act, says climate professor Bill McGuire
theguardian.com
"Und von den Muslimen hört man natürlich mal wieder gar nichts." itidal.de/berliner-ima...
Berliner Imame: Wir müssen Extremismus gemeinsam bekämpfen - Itidal
Alle großen deutschen muslimischen Organisationen haben sich bereits geäußert. Der Rat Berliner Imame gibt in einer Pressemitteilung, getragen durch Erfahrung
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Omg poster on the train platform in Copenhagen: “ War! AI! Virus! Trump! Have you all seen that the climate crisis is still here? It’s hard to solve the climate crisis if we’re if we’re not talking about it.” 💀
For decades, mangrove forests were considered one of the fastest disappearing ecosystems. But a global study offers one of the most encouraging conservation stories yet — 🌏 mangrove losses have slowed while gains have increased. This #WorldMangroveDay, a glimmer of hope: https://ow.ly/P8GV50ZsZjP
Katy Perry rips The Trump Regime: “My music is for bringing people together, not celebrating warfare.”
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · last wk.The communist Trump WH routinely steals the work of others to use for their warmonger propaganda.
A fatal reaction A cutting-edge gene-editing trial in China went disastrously wrong. A family wants accountability Shameful, but these things do happen. As shown here again, they are found out. www.science.org/cont...
Aber in Österreich kriegt man es nicht ein Klimaschutzgesetz zu verabschieden. Das endlich mal mehr Verbindlichkeit und Zuständigkeit in die Sache bringen würde. @bmluk.gv.at
Nico Beckert@nicobeckert.bsky.social · 2w ago67.000 Menschen in Frankreich evakuiert. Mehr als 20.000 rund um Madrid. Die können alle nicht arbeiten. In Teilen Frankreichs kann die Feuerwehr nur noch Wohnungen schützen, nicht Firmen in Industriegebieten. Aber #Klimaschutz gefährdet Wirtschaft + Wachstum. www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/fra...
Long, and shocking read 'what the Justice Department told his office to do was “antithetical to principles of law enforcement. I could not reconcile what I was being asked to do with my duty to the law and to the Constitution of the United States.”'
Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan@jaketapper.bsky.social · 2w ago6 months ago today, federal agents shot Alex Pretti on the streets of Minneapolis. This is the story of what was going on behind the scenes www.cnn.com/2026/07/22/p...
„Dohm kritisiert, dass sich die Gesellschaft hinsichtlich der globalen Erderwärmung aktuell in einer Schweigespirale befinde. ‚Das wirksamste Mittel gegen Klimaängste ist Klimaschutz - als Gesellschaft stehen wir vor einer kollektiven psychischen Reifungsaufgabe‘“ www.evangelisch.de/inhalte/2571...
A new investigation has revealed cronyism and failure at the heart of Palantir’s £330m contract with the NHS A senior data analyst branded the spy-tech firm’s software “absolutely rubbish” ⬇️ https://goodlaw.social/avm4
‘Absolutely rubbish’: Investigation reveals Palantir’s ‘slow and clunky’ tech | Good Law Project
Sources shed new light on Peter Mandelson’s role in landing £330m contract for software that is slow, subject to frequent crashes and little used
goodlaw.social
Like this from @timharford.ft.com on how inclusive design principles can often help all users, not those just seen as traditionally excluded www.ft.com/content/4d8e...
It's not just forest management. Climate Change is a major factor. Thanks @zekehausfather.com for the illustrative graphic
So wenig Klima wie nie: Das Erste & ZDF erstmals unter 1 % Klima-Anteil — im Sommer zweier Rekord-Hitzewellen. Die Juni-Hitze ordnete Das Erste erst am 7. Tag als Klimafolge ein. Europa machte es ab Tag 1 vor. MedienKlimaBericht Nr. 1: klimavoracht.de/wp-content/u...
