Julia Sampaio

this art is gorgeous! happy new year ☀️

A digital illustration of a man in traditional korean wear holding a glowing pegasus. A ring of fire surrounds the two of them

Year of the Fire Horse

Opinion | Banning Abortion a Hallmark of Authoritarian Regimes Seda Saluk writes about how U.S. policy on abortion rights has started to mirror patterns seen in authoritarian regimes around the world.

The U.S. is mirroring a pattern that has happened in authoritarian regimes around the world. When a government erects barriers to reproductive care, it doesn’t just cause death and suffering for women and their families. Such policies are often a first step in the gradual decline of democracies.

Annual global surface air temperature anomalies (°C) relative to the 1850–1900 pre-industrial reference from 1967 to 2025. The value for 2025 is based on data for January to November. Data source: ERA5. Credit: C3S/ECMWF.

Monthly global surface air temperature anomalies (°C) relative to the 1850–1900 pre-industrial reference period from January 1940 to November 2025, plotted as time series for each year. The year 2025 as well as the two warmest calendar years are shown in colour: 2025 in dark red, 2024 in orange, and 2023 in yellow. All other years are shown with thin grey lines. Data source: ERA5. Credit: C3S /ECMWF.

The latest #climate update from Copernicus shows that 2025 is on course to be:

- joint 2nd warmest year, tied with 2023 and behind 2024 (warmest year)

- November 2025 was the 3rd warmest November globally

For more: climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-2...

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These overlapping risks create urban #death-worlds, where #survival is structurally undermined.

This isn’t inevitable, it’s political. Targeted housing + healthcare reform could dismantle these death zones before they deepen as #climatechange intensifies.

Nexus of vulnerabilities and rise of urban necropolitics: susceptibility to heat stress and difficulties accessing healthcare, a study of the living conditions of immigrants in Paris. This study investigates the nexus of climate vulnerability and urban necropolitics among immigrant populations in Paris, where systemic inequities amplify health risks due to a combination of extre...

Key findings on our new study on #climate, #health & #migration in #Paris:
🌡️ #Immigrant districts = heat islands + pollution
🏚️ Poor housing + low income = difficulty adapting to extreme weather.
🚫 90%+ #undocumented immigrants lack #healthcare access
👉 doi.org/10.1080/1756...

Nexus of vulnerabilities and rise of urban necropolitics: susceptibility to heat stress and difficulties accessing healthcare, a study of the living conditions of immigrants in Paris. This study investigates the nexus of climate vulnerability and urban necropolitics among immigrant populations in Paris, where systemic inequities amplify health risks due to a combination of extre...

🌍🔥 New Publication Alert!

In this article, we discuss how #extremeheat, #pollution, #poorhousing, and #barrierstohealthcare intersect to create #death-worlds for #marginalized #immigrant communities in #Paris, and why inclusive climate policy is urgent.

🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1756...

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My article #Gendered #vulnerabilities and sexual #violence: Intersecting inequalities during the 2024 floods in #PortoAlegre, #Brazil was just published. This one was difficult to write, as it is such a sensitive theme, but I hope it can raise awareness.
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lV677t2zZ...

New #article out, but this was not an easy one to write, as the #floods took place in my hometown and reading/writing about #gbv is never an easy task. I hope to at least be able to bring a bit of awareness to the issue of gender vulnerabilities during disasters.
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lV677t2zZ...

New #article out, but this was a painful one to write.
“Elusive #closure” is how we describe the unresolved #grief of #immigrants who can’t attend loved ones’ funerals.
This is for anyone who, like me, has ever had to mourn from afar.
rdcu.be/emKuj

I grew up in a #car-centric city, and I hate cars. I lost family members to crashes. Their toxins make me allergic, they worsen #climate change, they create traffic jams, etc. I've been dreaming of cities with #tramways, #bikepaths, and #trees for most of my life. This picture is literally my dream.

Two polar stereographic maps side-by-side showing Antarctic sea ice concentration and its anomalies relative to 1981-2010 for February 2025. Red shading is shown for less ice, and blue shading is shown for more ice. More areas are below average than above. Antarctica is masked out in grey shading.

We are at the end of the melt season in the #Antarctic (austral summer), which leaves most of the remaining sea ice across the Weddell Sea region. Here's a look at last month...

+ February ice comparison on my LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
+ Data available at nsidc.org/data/g02202/...

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

As an #academic from the #globalsouth, I try to use #decolonial and non-white authors to bring a #non-western perspective to my #research. #Reviewers VERY often ask me to cut/reduce the parts with those authors. This has NEVER happened with the Western authors I use. We need to do better.

Because of #chatgpt, I now see myself choosing simpler, more direct language, as AI usually does the opposite. There are also some words that nowadays cringe me, like "foster" "advocates" and "delve", as chat gpt overuses them. Has #AI also changed the way you write?
#academicwriting #writing

The rise of #chatGPT made me start appreciating finding misspelled words and/or "incorrect" grammar in #student's #essays, it is usually a good tell the work was written by a human, and not by #AI

I recently moved from Berlin to Luxembourg and the air feels lighter. Turns out it is not just a feeling, there are fewer pollutants here. This type of exposure is linked to 800.000 premature deaths/year in the continent (WEF). We cannot choose the air we breathe, we are being poisoned
#decarbonize

Beyond science, the implications for democracy are equally concerning. Censorship not only threatens scientific progress but also has far-reaching negative impacts on people's lives, both within and beyond the scientific community.

Erasing data won’t make societal issues disappear—the world will continue to warm up—but it will make it significantly harder to study these challenges and develop solutions. This could hinder our ability to anticipate the consequences of current crises, among many other serious repercussions. +

I keep seeing scientists from various fields posting about data being deleted or removed by the U.S. government, and this is deeply alarming. +

Meta is blocking links to decentralized instagram competitor Pixelfed

Pixelfed said it is "seeing unprecedented levels of traffic."

🔗 www.404media.co/meta-is-bloc...

After meta's new policies and alignment with the far-right, I'm distancing myself from their social media. Just joined #pixelfed and it feels refreshing. Join me there and let's build safe spaces and rebuild our communities ☀️💖

Climate change is here and pretending it is not can lead to horrifying consequences. We must invest in risk disaster assessment, response and recovery. Otherwise, when those disasters happen, we are left vulnerable in ways that could have been prevented.

Call for Abstracts poster, 2025 ISEE-Degrowth Conference, Oslo, Norway.

📣 Call for Abstracts!

ISEE-Degrowth Conference
Oslo, Norway
June 24-27, 2025

Special Session: Multi-Sited Ethnographies of Degrowth

Deadline Jan. 10, 2025

Apply here: www.conftool.pro/isee-degrowt...

I am thrilled to be part of the team facilitating this event @humboldtuni.bsky.social! We've gathered specialists from academia and industry to give Ph.D. candidates a broad view of the opportunities ahead."
#phd #carreercounseling

On the left, my image. On the right, the Al image that was clearly trained on, and designed to plagiarize, my image.

All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.

Just Mobility transitions: Addressing Class and Disability Inclusion in Low Carbon Urban Transportation isee-degrowth2025.no/calls-and-re...