Alex Ross

Alex Ross

@wergend.bsky.social

Survivalist 😉 Firefighter 15 yrs, Science geek, Geology, forager, sustainability, bushcraft, rewilding, silly old romantic.

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Abilu Tangwa.
@abilutangwa.bsky.social

BREAKING: Lula wins Brazil’s runoff, securing a fourth term. This is more than politics,it’s a lifeline for the Amazon. Under Lula, Amazon deforestation has fallen to its lowest level since satellite records began in 1988 (down 71% from the 2022 peak). The world’s largest rainforest stays

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Adam Schwarz
@adamjschwarz.bsky.social

Meanwhile, pro-democracy, pro-Europe protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia, are tonight nearing their 700th consecutive day of protest against the pro-Russian government. They haven't missed a single day in the last 23 months.

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Meta Resistance
@metaresistance.bsky.social

Serbia’s student-led movement ends Vucic’s 12-year dominance Serbia’s student-led movement has dealt a major blow to President Aleksandar Vucic’s political dominance, winning a parliamentary election after nearly two years of protests demanding accountability and an end to corruption.

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Ed Hagen
@edhagen.net

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Ed Hagen@edhagen.net

Ecological and social conditions where women's hunting is common and substantial, with overall returns close to or greater than men's. 🧪 Noss and Hewlett (2001). The Contexts of Female Hunting in Central Africa https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1525/aa.2001.103.4.1024

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Zack Labe
@zacklabe.com

Sunday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 10th lowest on record (JAXA data) • about 90,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 1,220,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 2,080,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 2,300,000 km² below the 1980s mean More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes
@dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social

I am recruiting PhD students this year, so if anyone knows anyone interested in projects related to hunter-gatherer subsistence transition, (in)equality, sharing and material culture, please tell them to be in touch. I have some funds for field oriented projects. Contact details on my dept page.

Baylor Anthropology@bayloranthro.bsky.social

Baylor Anthropology is recruiting graduate students for fall 2027 entry. We have generous stipends, extraordinary lab facilities, a beautiful campus and a lot of exciting research opportunities. Over the next two weeks we will be sharing details of our world class faculty and their specialisms.

Alex Ross
@wergend.bsky.social

We have a critical, national security issue, and politicians are taking about welfare cuts, "fiscal rules," and small boats.

Eric Klinenberg@ericklinenberg.bsky.social

New report from scientists at Imperial College on excess deaths from the scorching European heat waves of 2026: "We estimate 50,391 heat-related excess deaths across the 854 cities during the summer, with around two thirds of these attributable to anthropogenic climate change."

lshtm.ac.ukMore than 50,000 heat-related deaths estimated in European urban areas duringMore than 50,000 heat-related deaths are estimated to have occurred in urban areas across Europe during summer 2026, with around two-thirds attributed to human-induced climate change, according to new
Alex Ross
@wergend.bsky.social

I've not watched TV, let alone Sky News, since staying at my folks house 17 years ago. Bad enough what I see on New stalls and clips on other media. Political lies, manipulative persuasion techniques, going unchallenged or merely, "balanced," with crazy ideas like, Facts, and educated opinion.

Saul Staniforth@saulstaniforth.bsky.social

Jonathan Portes in July: "Theres a lot of nonsense talked, including on Sky, about the spiralling welfare bill.. as a proportion of our national income.. its lower than it was 15yrs ago & its pretty much back to what it was under Thatcher.. this idea its out of control is just wrong"

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Peter Geoghegan
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social

🔴 REVEALED: Palantir led closed-door review of how MoD buys software The review was presented to defence minister Luke Pollard by Palantir UK boss Louis Mosley in Feb and has mostly been implemented None of this was made public New investigation🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-p...

democracyforsale.substack.comRevealed: Palantir led secret review of how the MoD spends billionsThe Ministry of Defence asked the controversial US tech firm how to fix its procurement rules. Its answer? Fewer obstacles for companies like Palantir

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KetAnthropic JoshAI
@ketanjoshi.co

About one third of claimed carbon capture just dumped secretly into the atmosphere by chevron

Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈@ssteingraber1.bsky.social

Climate disaster keeps disastering: Satellite monitoring has detected massive plumes of methane pouring from Chevron's Gorgon LNG plant in Western Australia. (This is the one connected to the world’s biggest carbon capture and storage project WHIICH IS ALSO FAILING) www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

abc.net.auUN sends warning as satellite detects greenhouse gas plumes over Gorgon plantSatellite monitoring has detected huge plumes of methane above one of Australia's largest gas complexes, triggering a United Nations alert and enquiries by state authorities.

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Lynn O'K
@lynnok.bsky.social

I work in horticulture and in the EU at least- Organic growing has gone from being ridiculed as hippy nonsense to having a target of 25%of all farm land. But perhaps more importantly, some organic methods are now mainstream, like improving Soil Organic Matter, IPM, green matures, etc. Very positive.

Michael Druker 🇨🇦@mdruker.app

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍
@irishrainforest.bsky.social

South Terrace, Cork city centre: polypody, heart's tongue and maidenhair spleenwort ferns spring from a damp old brick wall. If your eyes are open to it, we're surrounded by the relics of our lost natural rainforest heritage.

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TOMB Marcinko
@tommarcinko.bsky.social

And this is the second time he’s done it, that we know of. How did he get a pass the first time? Billionaire “get out of jail free” card?

Sarah Warden@sarahwarden.bsky.social

So the decision to throttle starlink for Ukraine WAS made by Elon Musk. The dumpster fire of unelected billionaires making US foreign policy is here and we're just drinking coffee watching it burn. We need NASA back, fuck space force and the fascist horse it rode in on.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski
@explaintrade.com

Hey everyone, gather around! Elon Musk, the trillionaire defense contractor currently spending >$400m on political campaigns to prop up the party of a deeply unpopular president who launched the Iran War has some thoughts about Ukraine, elites, and money in politics.

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Kirstie
@kirstiewithanie.bsky.social

Here is the post for your reasonable, and factual Sunday 🙏🏻 There is a huge difference between free speech and hate speech. Be on the right side of it all #nooffence

Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social

Lord Sumption's opening speech at the Free Speech debate. He was given seven minutes but took only three.

Alex Ross
@wergend.bsky.social

I have a hunch that producers of any product, that didn't negotiate a way to directly record how well that product delivered into the marketplace, will feel like they shot themselves in the foot, given the demand for that by kind of training archive

Alex Ross
@wergend.bsky.social

Even knowing how sick the British press is, the lynching of Jason Arday still seemed particularly fanatical. Meanwhile the dark miasma in a skinsuit Gove, purported to be Murdochs favourite, was embroiled in something which got, ZERO, press scrutiny.

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Alex Ross
@wergend.bsky.social

@richardjmurphy.bsky.social on what is fundamentally wrong with Kemi Badenochs reiteration of Tory ideology. Simplicity is appealing. Basics mistaken for truths all the time. Time is a luxury, the brain is often lazy, but also, rich people like voting with their wallet substack.com/@richardjmur...

substack.comWhat’s wrong with The Right Way?Kemi Badenoch has issued a restatement of what she calls Conservative principles. The only problem is that they read like a teenage Tory’s fantasy.

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS
@dankaszeta.bsky.social

Folic acid’s role in health is a British discovery by a largely unsung medical hero, Dr Lucy Wills

James Ball@jamesrball.com

If you don't know what folic acid does when added to flour, do look it up, and marvel at the fact Restore has decided to campaign against it.

Alex Ross
@wergend.bsky.social

Times editors take note. If you aren't the change we need to see, who will? www.instagram.com/reel/DeCOITg...

instagram.comZeteo UK on Instagram: "Misan Harriman speaks to Sangita Myska about the death of Dr Jason Arday, the youngest Black professor ever appointed at Cambridge, arguing that the press coverage he faced amo...1,455 likes, 19 comments - zeteouk on October 3, 2026: "Misan Harriman speaks to Sangita Myska about the death of Dr Jason Arday, the youngest Black professor ever appointed at Cambridge, arguing that...

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David Ho
@davidho.bsky.social

I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.

nytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
Alex Ross
@wergend.bsky.social

That's... quite a graph 😟

Prof. Eliot Jacobson@climatecasino.net

Breaking News! y-Axis Alert! With yesterday's preliminary Niño 3.4 sea-surface temperature spiking to a new record at 29.975°C, the y-axis was raised to 30.5°C. Meanwhile, the Niño 3.4 anomaly now sits at 3.33°C above the 1991-2020 baseline. Until tomorrow ...

Alex Ross
@wergend.bsky.social

Google "News" I've never bothered looking into, especially after it promoted GB News, as News. AI generated "News" however, a new shitification, claims the Greens object to a new tower, because the shadow might block PV for nearby houseboats? Who reads this crap?