If you also don't bite the "we are special, so we have a right to have higher death rates" narrative, you might appreciate this article
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-11-03/why-us-traffic-safety-fell-so-far-behind-other-countries
My latest just out today in @sciencemagazine: "The costs of “costless” climate mitigation," joint with Matt Kotchen & James Rising.
IPCC, McKinsey, energy-systems models & climate-economic ones have quite a bit of disagreement around what it costs to cut emissions.
The biggest disagreement: how much of it is free, and what does "free" mean.
Or more to the point, what does it take to get the free stuff actually done. (Hint: It takes policy.)
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adj2453
#climate #economics
Mastodon, we wrote this because we love you and care about you. People have been saying a lot of things, and we need to get the facts right.
https://wedistribute.org/2023/11/debunking-the-top-10-myths-about-mastodon/
‘Let us be a lesson’, say Kazakhs wary of return to nuclear testing https://www.euractiv.com/section/central-asia/news/let-us-be-a-lesson-say-kazakhs-wary-of-return-to-nuclear-testing/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Today's reminder to live your life in such a way that millions of people cannot rightfully cheer your death.
“Since the Hamas murders of October 7, heavily armed Israeli settlers have carried out hundreds of attacks—“beating people; breaking anything breakable; stealing; torching cars and homes; destroying food, water tanks, and solar panels; and shooting in the air—and sometimes not in the air”—against Palestinians in the South Hebron Hills and the Jordan Valley, often with the tacit or explicit support of the Israeli army and police.”
“Boreal #forests’ northward advance has been spotty and slower than expected. Meanwhile, their southern retreat has been faster than scientists predicted.
As scholars who study northern ecosystems, forests and wetlands, we see concerning evidence that as the world warms, its largest forest wilderness appears to be shrinking.”
#climate #environment #climatechange (via @TheConversationUS)
My #1 #Mastodon feature request is a limit on number of posts a day/week per person
What you get is a non-orientable puzzle. Just like the Klein bottle has no inside or outside, the puzzle has no top or bottom. Pieces from the left flip over and connect to the right. We put an image from the Hubble space telescope on it and dubbed it the "Infinite Galaxy Puzzle". It is a double sided puzzle that makes a continuous image from the top to the bottom and every time you assemble it, you see a different part of the Milky Way galaxy.
Are you a science journalist recently laid off? We have a number of openings available (including work for freelancers). #sciencejournalism #sciencejobs
https://americaninstituteofphysics.applicantstack.com/x/detail/a2bctxvdwxf2
Well-funded groups connected to the conservative Club for Growth have been spending millions this year to attack Donald Trump — while simultaneously running ads touting their endorsed GOP candidates' ties to Trump.
https://t.co/6zjXh3DXhP
Green groups slam Biden admin's oil and gas auctions during UN climate summit COP28 https://t.co/sovWJbBuCE
EV chargers, heat pumps may be curtailed in Germany as of 2024 https://www.euractiv.com/section/electricity/news/ev-chargers-heat-pumps-may-be-curtailed-in-germany-as-of-2024/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
An extraordinary reflection on the societal challenges of social networks (and not simply usability affordances).
This is the blog post that writes it up all together, the post is part of thread which keeps getting insightful comments also from others.
Our annual State of the Onion starts in less than 24 hours, be sure to join our livestream on Nov 29th, 1700 UTC
🧅 Watch as an onion service on Tor Browser: http://xgsobitduxv7gcc5qlveigwiku7qcjn5exf4ayusw4mwq7kfrapmrjyd.onion/
📺 Or on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdFL0kXu440
Можно ли победить путинскую пропаганду контрпропагандой? А «троллей» — с помощью «эльфов»? Мы сомневаемся. Ведь пропаганда больше не похожа ни на классические образцы XX века, ни на эхокамеры 2010-х
Российское государство не прекращает искать новые методы воздействия на общественное мнение и повестку дня. Давно в ходу цензура, массированная пропаганда в традиционных СМИ, создание «фабрик троллей», обрабатывающих пользователей социальных медиа, идеологизация образования.
Редактор рубрики «Идеи» Максим Трудолюбов очень сомневается в том, что можно найти метод контрпропаганды, который эффективно противостоял бы стремлению государства установить контроль над мировоззрением граждан.
Пока усилия тех, кто проверяет факты и выводит пропагандистов на чистую воду, в чем-то напоминают успокоительные лекарственные средства: дополнительно убеждают тех, кто и так не верит российской власти, в том, что они правы в своем неверии.
Studying how people interact, in the past (#CulturalAnalytics) and today (#EdTech #Crowdsourcing). Researcher at @IslabUnimi, University of Milan. Bulgarian activist for legal reform with @pravosadiezv. I use dedicated accounts for different languages.
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