You can get to a high-warming world without high emissions
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That's the part of this week's "RCP 8.5 is implausible" discussion that's getting missed.
A short thread on why the relief is premature 🧵
📰 Ancient pigeons were already living alongside humans 3,400 years ago, pushing back evidence for domestication almost 1000 years!
🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @archaeologynews.bsky.social
archaeologymag.com/2026/05/pige...
In a global milestone, Peru’s Satipo and Nauta-Loreto regions have recognized native stingless bees as rights-bearing entities. Backed by a 2025 national law, the framework allows legal action to shield critical pollinators from deforestation and pesticides.
Liz Kimbrough reports for #Mongabay.
2 open rank faculty positions in #HPS at University of Sydney in Australia: "particularly interested in candidates working in the areas of early modern science, or science or medicine in Asia, or #Indigenous knowledge systems." #HPS #PhilJobs
The planned gas-fired capacity **JUST FOR DATA CENTRE ON-SITE USE** in the US is the same as *all* planned gas capacity in India, Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, Japan, Korea and China *combined*.
Whichever of the purple dots you look at turns more purple.
I've seen a lot of info for specialized audiences (e.g. scientists, non-profits) on how to comment on the proposed OMB rule change for grants, but less for the general public. So I made this one-pager that can be shared more widely.
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
for students in mainland China who are interested in neuroscience & philosophy, what platform do they use to get updates? if a Chinese prof is to have a blog w/ regular posts, which platform would be the best for reaching the students?
little red book? something else?
Over the last month I saw that human editors are now stripped of control. I could no longer stop the system from auto-inviting "reviewers" with zero relevant expertise. Even worse - the AI began actively revoking the invitations I manually sent out to actual, qualified experts.