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Rose Abramoff

@ultracricket.bsky.social

Earth scientist and activist. She/they. Opinions expressed are my own - Facts expressed are science. climateemergencyfund.org

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Rose Abramoff@ultracricket.bsky.social · 3d ago

FYI: Cognition Conferences is widely considered a scam and I am *not* on their "committee". They made this profile without my knowledge or consent. I tried to get them to take this down but did not receive a reply: cognitionconferences.com/environmenta...

Committee | 2nd International Conference on Environmental Science & Sustainable Earth 2025 | Milan, Italy

Cognition Conferences cordially invites you to join us at the upcoming Environmental Science Conference set to take place in the enchanting city of Hilton Ga...

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf@rahmstorf.bsky.social · 6d ago

#GlobalHeating greatly increases #wildfire risk. That‘s been established scientifically for a long time (see IPCC reports) but has now been shown again for the current fires 🔥 in France and Spain in a new World Weather Attribution study. www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...

Climate change increases likelihood of compounding drivers of severe wildfire conditions in France and Spain – World Weather Attribution

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Commissioner Marion Greene@hennepin3.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Show trials are most certainly on the list of “classic ways to try to scare people from exercising their rights.” Please consider throwing some money in the kitty to defend these good people. Legal Defense Fund for MN Anti-ICE Organizers chuffed.org/project/1865...

Legal Defense Fund for MN Anti-ICE Organizers

On the morning of June 16th 2026 fifteen anti-ICE organizers were indicted on federal conspiracy charges in Minnesota, 12 of whom were arrested in aggressive raids across the Twin Cities. This fundrai...

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Rose Abramoff@ultracricket.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Another great paper led by @sophievf.bsky.social with @katie-rocci.bsky.social @stevekwatchokengdo.bsky.social and many others

Otto (@from.bsky.social)

Less than meets the eye

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JGR: Biogeosciences@jgrbiogeo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

✨Editor's Pick✨ A new study finds that popular soil biogeochemistry models inadequately represent regionally-important processes and lack transferability, resulting in poor predictions of soil organic carbon stocks in sub-Saharan Africa. 🔗Learn more: eos.org/editor-highl...

Rose Abramoff@ultracricket.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Any scientists planning to attend the 3/28 No Kings March to DC and willing to be interviewed by a reporter at the march about Trump’s cuts to science? Please DM or reply www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS March to DC · No Kings

No Kings March Across Memorial Bridge to DC March 28, 2026 at 10 am ET Join Third Act DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia) and friends as we march across the Memorial Bridge to Washington., DC, past the Linc...

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Parke Wilde@parkewilde.bsky.social · 5mo ago

... @kimcobb.bsky.social and @ultracricket.bsky.social will speak. My kids and I will host online board games. My wife and I will match the first $5000 contributions. To reduce transactions fees, U.S. contributors can use the Stay Grounded page on Chuffed: chuffed.org/donate/us-fu... . (2/2)

US Fundraiser for Stay Grounded

Transportation emissions continue to grow rapidly worldwide, and aviation stands out as the most damaging and economically unjust transportation subsector.

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Rose Abramoff@ultracricket.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A fun, dark read, and helpful to those like myself who want to learn more about human dimensions research methods.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right. Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement. This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.

The political effects of X's feed algorithm https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10098-2 Received: 16 December 2024 Accepted: 4 January 2026 Published online: 18 February 2026 Open access • Check for updates Germain Gauthier,5, Roland Hodler?5, Philine Widmer35 & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya3,4,5 m Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects'. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elon Musk's platform X shedding light on this puzzle. We assigned active US-based users randomly to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed for 7 weeks, measuring political attitudes and online behaviour. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed increased engagement and shifted political opinion towards more conservative positions, particularly regarding policy priorities, perceptions of criminal investigations into Donald Trump and views on the war in Ukraine. In contrast, switching from the algorithmic to the chronological feed had no comparable effects. Neither switching the algorithm on nor switching it off significantly affected affective polarization or self-reported partisanship. To investigate the mechanism, we analysed users' feed content and behaviour. We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm, helping explain the asymmetry in effects. These results suggest that initial exposure to X's algorithm has persistent effects on users' current political attitudes and account-following behaviour, even in the absence of a detectable effect on partisanship.
Scientist Rebellion Turtle Island (US/Canada)@srti.bsky.social · 6mo ago

SRTI Actions in 2025 – Part 1 Actions matter! Scientist Rebellion Turtle Island rose to many of the challenges of 2025, showing up to challenge the climate backsliding, the attacks on science, and the rise of authoritarianism over the year. Here's a rundown of over forty ways SRTI Rebels turned…

SRTI Actions in 2025 – Part 1

Actions matter! Scientist Rebellion Turtle Island rose to many of the challenges of 2025, showing up to challenge the climate backsliding, the attacks on science, and the rise of authoritarianism over the year. Here's a rundown of over forty ways SRTI Rebels turned outrage into action in the first half of 2025 (Part 2 coming soon). Petition Biden - Declare Climate Emergency…

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ManzoniLab@manzonilab.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Soil microbes grow, respire, die. Because their biomass eventually becomes necromass, and necromass can be stabilized in soil, growth rate emerges as a powerful predictor of soil carbon: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Microbial growth rate is a stronger predictor of soil organic carbon than carbon use efficiency - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Microbial carbon use efficiency is a strong predictor of soil organic carbon stocks. Here the authors reveal that the microbial growth rate is a more reliable and informative predictor, and that model...

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Pine Tree Activism@pinetreeactivism.org · 7mo ago

RESOURCES Prepare: bsky.app/profile/pine... How to Report ICE: bsky.app/profile/pine... Whistle Code Cards: bsky.app/profile/pine... Whistle Warrior Resources (sources, printables): www.pilsenartscommunityhouse.org Know Your Rights: www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/know-your-ri... #ORGANIZE #RESIST

Know Your Rights with ICE - Immigrant Defense Project

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Pine Tree Activism@pinetreeactivism.org · 7mo ago

How To Prepare Your Business for Interactions with Immigration Agents: -Before ICE arrives -Prepare the Worksite -If ICE agents arrive -DONTs & DOs to remember. Details in the graphic below, courtesy Maine State Chamber of Commerce (with full ALT text added for copying). #ICE #Maine #MEpolitics

Graphic for: How to prepare your business for interactions with immigration agents Before ICE arrives: 1. Develop a written and evolving action plan, designate an employee to interact with gov't agents and provide them with a related script and contact list of company representatives. 2.Fron desk employees should greet agets but not answer any questions: simply state tat the appropriate employee is on the way and immediately call lawyers and other designated outside contacts. 3. Train emplyees on elements of the action pla, offer hypothetical scenarios and provide opportuities to ask questions. 4. Update the action plan as needed based on lessons learned in training and in practice. Prepare the worksite: 1. Focus on compliance and safety. Make sure all requird employee documentation is up to date. 2. Identify a specific public area were the designated employee will take the agents. It should be the shortest pathway where the agents will see the smallest number of additional staff. 3. Mark public and private areas with signs and install curtains or other barriers to obstruct sigh lies into private areas. 4. Consider how the cmpany may represent affested employees or owners and the potential conflicts that may arise from those actions. If ICE agents arrive: X DO NOT: - "Buzz" them in; if te entire building is non-public, go to the door. - Talk to them alone, argue with them or physically resist, mpede, or ru from agents. - Glare at the agents, roll your eyes, make snide remarks or touch their dgs. - Consent t a search or agree t be interviewed - ask for a lawyer. DO: - Stay calm, refer to the script and request their identification. Note their ID ad badge numbers. - Check their documents. If it's a warrant, check for a signature and that the address is correct. - Keep your hands in view. - Present any requested documentation, such as driver's licese r wrk authorization. - Take notes or record if possible, or create a record of the encounter after the fact. >>Call law…
John L Field@johnlfield.bsky.social · 11mo ago

New in @globalchangebio.bsky.social- "Which Plant Traits Increase Soil C Sequestration? Empirical Evidence From a Long-Term Poplar Genetic Diversity Trial". We sampled soils & roots from 24 black cottonwood genotypes in a 13-y.o. Center for Bioenergy Innovation common garden. doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Which Plant Traits Increase Soil Carbon Sequestration? Empirical Evidence From a Long‐Term Poplar Genetic Diversity Trial

This study measured soil carbon concentrations and stocks in a 13-year-old poplar common garden study, exploring the degree to which soil carbon storage is affected by biological diversity or attribu...

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Sophie von Fromm@sophievf.bsky.social · last yr.

It was indeed a very fun and productive workshop with participants from Africa, Europe, Asia and North America! 🙏🏼 Thanks to our sponsors @theneukominstitute.bsky.social @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social and the Departments for Biology and Geography @dartmouthcollege.bsky.social

Katie Rocci, PhD@katie-rocci.bsky.social · last yr.

A very fun workshop last week in NH about representing (sub)tropical soils in process-based soil carbon models using data from sub-Saharan Africa. Led by @sophievf.bsky.social with @ultracricket.bsky.social ! Don't we make calibrating models look fun?! Photos from Sophie

Dani Rodrik@drodrik.bsky.social · last yr.

More than 80 Harvard faculty members have signed on to a pledge to donate 10% of their paycheck to support staff and students, as long as the University resists Trump's unlawful demands. I am so proud of my colleagues. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Senior Faculty Pledging to Donate a Portion of Salary in Defense of University Community

Senior Faculty Pledging to Donate a Portion of Salary in Defense of University Community We are heartened by the University’s rejection of the Trump administration’s unlawful demands. We also recogn...

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