RT @PGDynes
Food webs are more robust to cooling rather than heating. It’s the thermal intolerance that causes the extinction of plants and the rate of change is also vital. Both factors are not currently looking good for the wider ecology. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-35068-1
RT @GreenpeaceCA
#SundayReads ☕🗞️ A deep dive into the #PlasticPollution crisis – and what's needed to #TurnOffThePlasticTap 🚱
“It’s…a social and environmental crisis that goes all the way back to our overall economic system.” – @sckinger
https://act.gp/3JtmxSO @scottrston @CDN_Dimension
RT @PlasticsWar
Quote of the week.
#plasticswar #waronplastics #maketheworldabetterplace #climatechange #sustainability #plasticpollution
RT @swimfish106
Illegal migration bill is ‘cruelty without purpose’, says Archbishop of York https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/12/migration-bill-is-cruelty-without-purpose-says-archbishop-of-york?CMP=share_btn_tw
RT @skdh
I used to think that today's so-called "artificial intelligences" are actually pretty dumb. But I've recently changed my mind. In this video I want to explain why I think that they do understand some of what they do, if not very much.
RT @bmj_latest
“The day after the ban we found the door to the hospital was blocked for women students by Taliban forces."
Female doctors are disappearing after Taliban bans, leaving "huge gaps" in healthcare provision, find @WanderingSal and @GeetanjaliKris1
https://www.bmj.com/content/380/bmj.p519 #IWD2023
RT @alfonslopeztena
Ending political violence means rebuking the conspiracy theorist who uses truth-seeking rethoric to obscure what’s real; the billionaire who says his privately owned social platform is a democratic town square; the authoritarian who claims to love freedom
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/04/us-extremism-portland-george-floyd-protests-january-6/673088/
RT @alfonslopeztena
A Trump-appointed judge in Texas may take mifepristone off the market nationally, which would disadvantage anyone who can become pregnant, neuter the F.D.A., curtail drug development, and undermine the authority of federal agencies
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-latest-attack-on-the-abortion-pill-is-forty-years-in-the-making
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