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   Dr. Anna Latour (anna@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 06-Mar-2025 04:27:16 JST Dr. Anna Latour

   I'm in a friend group where people regularly share articles and TikToks etc claiming all kinds of findings.

   I am that person who then tries to find the sources of the original information, then reads academic papers to gauge if the "headlines" that are shared can actually backed up by proper science.

   In this process, I often find myself uttering the words "I hate to be this person again, but... *in mice*. They did *one* small study with *mice* and found an effect *in mice*."

   I love this.

   https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/04/genetically-modified-woolly-mice-mammoth

   #Science #InMice #Mice #Mammoth #WoollyMammoth

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   Joseph Nuthalapati :fbx: (njoseph@social.masto.host)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Nov-2024 09:32:30 JST Joseph Nuthalapati :fbx:

   "The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future" is a short book (more like an essay) of climate fiction written by two historians of science.

   In an interview, one of the authors described it as "hopeful". I don't know what to say about that, but it mostly believable and somewhat optimistic.

   It was written in 2014, you know, those optimistic times when the effects of climate change weren't felt strongly by the common person yet.

   #books #ClimateCrisis

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   Scientist Rebellion (scientistrebellion@social.rebellion.global)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Sep-2024 00:44:39 JST Scientist Rebellion

   Amazon, Tesla, and Meta are the new ExxonMobile.

   In the 90s and early 2000s, ExxonMobile and other Fossil Fuel companies spent billions to undermine science.

   In the 2020s, tech companies are spending billions to undermine democracy.

   All in the name of profits for an elite few.

   We must support political efforts to stop billionaires from destroying our democracy. Our planet depends on it.

   https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/23/amazon-tesla-meta-climate-change-democracy?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

   #CapitalismKills
   #ClimateChange
   #Degrowth