Prof. Simon Blockley

Lots of kids speak 2 languages at home - including presumably his own when they were young.

Also... stirring up hatred of kids. What a delightful party.

When Apollo outgrew our Kaluku Nursery and moved up to Rhino Base, it marked a pivotal step on his path back to the wild. This secure sanctuary gives him the space to build independence while still benefiting from expert care and close monitoring. www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.o...

It costs TWO HUNDRED POUNDS to get a morning train from Manchester to London???!!!

BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.

Britain is one of the world's richest countries. So why do a third of its children live in poverty? | CNN Child poverty has reached a record high in the United Kingdom as the country's cost of living soars and its social security safety net falters following years of government austerity.

Child poverty has reached a record high in the United Kingdom as the country’s cost of living soars and its social security safety net falters following years of government austerity.

PhD project on the evolution of animal memory now available in my research group, through the TREES DLA: www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/evo.... Come and join us if you're interested in the evolution of animal minds and you want to do some cool experimental evolution!

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Wow I now feel old

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Today's view of Etna lava flows.

Image taken by Sentinel-2.

It's not asylum seekers who jack up rents, undermine the NHS, hold down wages and keep people insecure.
It's capital.
The role of the far right is to shift the blame for decades of economic attacks by the rich and powerful onto powerless people who have only just arrived here.

This is just getting ridiculous. Nothing that has happened (or is reported below the headline to have happened) this weekend remotely justifies talk of an explosion or mass protests. The media are confecting a crisis, and, in some sections of it, hoping to provoke one. 1/3

Intelligent and gentle, Miss Waldron’s Red Colobus ❤️🐒🐵 is critically endangered in #Ghana 🇬🇭🇨🇮 #Ivory Coast in #Africa mainly due to #palmoil 🌴🪔 #cocoa 🍫 #deforestation. Don't let them vanish! #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/15/m...

This is maybe the worst part about being an educator in the AI era.

AI companies are *stealing your time* by making you work around it/find it/adjudicate it. Time that, 4 years ago, you would have used to improve your materials, or stay up-to-date on some area of research.

Now with correct link: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

AI thrives where education has been devalued | The Observer A culture that views knowledge as a means to an end invites the misuse of new technology

“It is less that AI is the cause of degradation in reading and thinking, and more that the creation of a culture that views knowledge primarily in an instrumental manner has made it easier to misuse AI.” My ‪@theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

The depressing, awful reality of where we are as a society.

People are made to feel guilty for literally saving human lives.

Two graphs from the paper. The left graph shows US net greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 to 2022. The official EPA estimates decline fairly steadily from 6.6 gigatonnes per year in 2005 to 5.5 in 2022 (17% below 2005 levels), largely reflecting natural gas displacing coal for electricity generation. The adjusted estimates, which reflect independent measurements of methane emissions from oil and gas infrastructure, end at 6.3 gigatonnes per year in 2022 (only 5% below 2005 levels). The right graph shows 2022 emissions increasing linearly with the assumed global warming potential of methane. Climate scientists are divided on whether to use the 100-year GWP, 20-year GWP, or something in between. With methane warming impacts assessed via the 20-year GWP, the central 2022 emissions estimate is 7.9 gigatonnes per year - 20% *above* the EPA's official 2005 estimate. Caption: Figure 1: Left: United States net greenhouse gas emissions over time. Right: Scaling of 2022 net emissions with methane’s GWP. After adjustment to reflect recent measurements of methane emissions from natural gas infrastructure, United States net emissions remain nearly as high as their 2005 level.

New paper. I wish this wasn't the case, but most progress on reducing US greenhouse gas emissions is likely spurious. Why? EPA underestimates methane emissions from oil and gas. Relevant today as Repubs vote to gut IRA's methane monitoring/mitigation program. 🧵

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Really Labour get a grip you are alienating your own members and supporters

Israeli strikes over past 24 hours killed at least 38 people in Gaza, Palestinian officials say Civil defence agency says some people are still under rubble after attacks on Deir al-Balah and Jabaliya

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The Guardian view on billionaire Britain: tax wealth fairly or face democratic unravelling | Editorial Editorial: Without bold reform which makes the rich pull their weight, rising inequality risks eroding public trust and fracturing social stability

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Chris Packham calls sea bass labelling in UK supermarkets a ‘dereliction of duty’ The TV naturalist’s comments come after a Guardian investigation into the complex supply chain behind the fish on sale on Britain’s high streets

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The hidden cost of your supermarket sea bass Revealed: an investigation shows how consumers buying fish in the UK are playing a role in food insecurity and unemployment in Senegal

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Four in 10 universities face financial challenges A drop in international student numbers has driven the worsening financial position, a report says.

This really does encapsulate the stupidity of the UK's migration debate.

In order to reduce net migration we restrict visas to foreign students. Student numbers fall. Universities cut courses and go bankrupt. Fewer university places for British students.

Stupidity.
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The Guardian view on Labour and immigration debate: time to change the frame | Editorial Editorial: The way to win an argument with Reform is to bring economic reality and positive stories of migrant contribution back into the picture

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Come for the mastodon, stay for the women in science history!

A must read for all palaeo histsci fans, and a great aperitivo for the weekend's Palaeontology in Public launch.

cc @chrismanias.bsky.social

Volodymyr Zelensky is not an obstacle to peace with Russia.

He is the leader of a nation defending an entire continent from Russian brutality and imperialism.

That is why Putin, and apparently Trump, want to remove him.

Britain’s biggest unions call for much closer UK-EU ties amid ‘volatile’ global economy Exclusive: union umbrella body calls for new cooperation agreement ahead of Keir Starmer’s reset talks with Brussels

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It’s quite clear by now that the answer to “why is the Trump administration doing x terrible thing?” is that they are *trying* to dismantle America and destabilize the entire world.