@davidallengreen The lesson I take is that if you try to use irony to make a clever point, some people will always misunderstand and think you’re being serious and you’ll still be trying to explain it 1000 years later.

RT @eLife
We’re facing a biospheric emergency with catastrophic consequences for humans and ecosystems. But what can scientists do to help?

Members of the movement Scientist Rebellion (@ScientistRebel1 @FerRacimo) call for life scientists to re-embrace activism.
elifesciences.org/articles/832

"Though many scientists say it’s inevitable that the world will overshoot 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming, the global climate talks unfolding in Egypt are bound to the target" scientificamerican.com/article #moa

@lesanto You don't agree? Or you would not say that that is art then?

@lesanto Sure. What about political campaigns then? They are made to promote an emotional response in another. Do you agree? And would you say that that is art then?

@lesanto Hey Glenn! Interesting. So when you have a fight with your partner, bad words are thrown around and none of you two is really caring to not hurt the other one, does that provoke an emotional response?

This week, the world’s human #population is expected to reach 8B. About 109B people have lived and died. Each grain of sand represents 10M.

Spectacular #data visualization of human life on Earth by Max Roser #science

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