Rage Against the Miocene
@organiccarbon.bsky.social
Rich Pancost, Earth Scientist at the University of Bristol. Interested in past climates and earth system processes, from peatlands to the deep sea. First gen/ working class. Privileged white cis male. Anti-racist, pro LGBTQ+, decolonial. He/Him
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Intro time! I am an organic geochemist who explores all aspects of organic carbon in the environment to study past, current, and future changes in the Earth system. I am an advocate of interdisciplinary approaches, especially when applied to achieving social and environmental justice.
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"AP US Government and Politics teachers received an email indicating that four new documents would be added to its list of 'required foundational documents' in order to 'strengthen alignment with college-level courses,' [including] 'core principles from the writings of Adam Smith.'"
Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, and Smith: The College Board Adds a New Founding Father
On the politics of canonization in academia.
www.liberalcurrents.com
September 23, 2026 at 1:45 PM
"AP US Government and Politics teachers received an email indicating that four new documents would be added to its list of 'required foundational documents' in order to 'strengthen alignment with college-level courses,' [including] 'core principles from the writings of Adam Smith.'"
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"Here, we suggest that both academic institutions and academics as individuals largely exist in a state of ‘double reality,’ in which we are able to intellectually recognize the existence of the crisis without feeling a compulsion to act on it."
Frontiers | “No research on a dead planet”: preserving the socio-ecological conditions for academia
Emergency declarations, most academics continue to operate according to 'businessas-usual'. However, such passivity increases the risk of climate impacts so ...
www.frontiersin.org
September 23, 2026 at 9:39 PM
"Here, we suggest that both academic institutions and academics as individuals largely exist in a state of ‘double reality,’ in which we are able to intellectually recognize the existence of the crisis without feeling a compulsion to act on it."
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Reform UK in Sunderland have pulled support for Show Racism the Red Card, calling them ‘a politically-charged organisation with an agenda’. That agenda is driving racism out of football.
Sunderland stands against racism, even if our Reform council doesn't.
www.sunderlandecho.com/news/people/...
Sunderland stands against racism, even if our Reform council doesn't.
www.sunderlandecho.com/news/people/...
Charity hits out at Reform decision to withdraw support for Show Racism the Red Card
Charity and city MPs call on Reform led Sunderland City Council to reverse decision
www.sunderlandecho.com
September 22, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Reform UK in Sunderland have pulled support for Show Racism the Red Card, calling them ‘a politically-charged organisation with an agenda’. That agenda is driving racism out of football.
Sunderland stands against racism, even if our Reform council doesn't.
www.sunderlandecho.com/news/people/...
Sunderland stands against racism, even if our Reform council doesn't.
www.sunderlandecho.com/news/people/...
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What happens when you disrupt plants? You disrupt ecosystems!
Tune in as #TarPits Assistant Curator Dr. Regan Dunn chats with Dr. Matt Candeias on the podcast “In Defense of Plants” about how climate and plants interact during important periods in Earth's history. go.nhm.org/in-defense-o...
Tune in as #TarPits Assistant Curator Dr. Regan Dunn chats with Dr. Matt Candeias on the podcast “In Defense of Plants” about how climate and plants interact during important periods in Earth's history. go.nhm.org/in-defense-o...
Ep. 595 - Disrupt Plants, Disrupt Life: A Climate Change Story — In Defense of Plants
In Defense of Plants' Matt Candeias talks with paleobotanist Dr. Regan Dunn of the La Brea Tar Pits about how climate change disrupts plant communities and what that means for species extinctions.
go.nhm.org
September 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
What happens when you disrupt plants? You disrupt ecosystems!
Tune in as #TarPits Assistant Curator Dr. Regan Dunn chats with Dr. Matt Candeias on the podcast “In Defense of Plants” about how climate and plants interact during important periods in Earth's history. go.nhm.org/in-defense-o...
Tune in as #TarPits Assistant Curator Dr. Regan Dunn chats with Dr. Matt Candeias on the podcast “In Defense of Plants” about how climate and plants interact during important periods in Earth's history. go.nhm.org/in-defense-o...
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Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?
September 23, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?
One could argue that funding for climate mitigation and adaptation is defense funding. Building a strong nation is about more than tanks.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2026 at 8:17 PM
One could argue that funding for climate mitigation and adaptation is defense funding. Building a strong nation is about more than tanks.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How many of the fae have made this tree their abode.
September 23, 2026 at 6:35 PM
How many of the fae have made this tree their abode.
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Paper alert! V pleased to announce my latest paper "The relative role of direct orbital forcing versus CO2 & ice feedbacks on Quaternary climate", in Nature Communications - doi.org/10.1038/s414..., with @natalieslord.bsky.social, @climatesamwell.bsky.social, @thefosterlab.bsky.social + many others!
May 13, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Paper alert! V pleased to announce my latest paper "The relative role of direct orbital forcing versus CO2 & ice feedbacks on Quaternary climate", in Nature Communications - doi.org/10.1038/s414..., with @natalieslord.bsky.social, @climatesamwell.bsky.social, @thefosterlab.bsky.social + many others!
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This year has been brutal, and like most people you probably want to do more about climate change. But what, and how?
Great news – I’ve written just the book for you!
It’s called What One Person Can Do and it’s a clear and simple how-to guide, a roadmap to help you make influential changes...
Great news – I’ve written just the book for you!
It’s called What One Person Can Do and it’s a clear and simple how-to guide, a roadmap to help you make influential changes...
September 23, 2026 at 3:45 PM
This year has been brutal, and like most people you probably want to do more about climate change. But what, and how?
Great news – I’ve written just the book for you!
It’s called What One Person Can Do and it’s a clear and simple how-to guide, a roadmap to help you make influential changes...
Great news – I’ve written just the book for you!
It’s called What One Person Can Do and it’s a clear and simple how-to guide, a roadmap to help you make influential changes...
Yes. We all know that everything is political. Not really the point when organisations and leaders are backing away from EDI promises and refuse to make a stand on issues of basic humanity, because said organisations are meant to be politically neutral.
Once more for those not paying attention:
Being anti-racist is not political.
Supporting LGBT+ people is not political.
Rainbow lanyards are not political.
Opposing genocide is not political.
Supporting EDI is not political.
Be better, smarter, braver and stronger.
Being anti-racist is not political.
Supporting LGBT+ people is not political.
Rainbow lanyards are not political.
Opposing genocide is not political.
Supporting EDI is not political.
Be better, smarter, braver and stronger.
September 23, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Yes. We all know that everything is political. Not really the point when organisations and leaders are backing away from EDI promises and refuse to make a stand on issues of basic humanity, because said organisations are meant to be politically neutral.
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You cannot logic a person out of racism.
September 23, 2026 at 11:54 AM
You cannot logic a person out of racism.
How many of the fae have made this tree their abode.
September 23, 2026 at 6:35 PM
How many of the fae have made this tree their abode.
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Pompeii is a UNESCO world heritage site not because it was remarkable in its prime, but because it survived to our era untouched: one moment, preserved for all time. But future generations won't know what OUR world was like unless we do the same.
This is why we MUST bury Toronto with a volcano
This is why we MUST bury Toronto with a volcano
September 23, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Pompeii is a UNESCO world heritage site not because it was remarkable in its prime, but because it survived to our era untouched: one moment, preserved for all time. But future generations won't know what OUR world was like unless we do the same.
This is why we MUST bury Toronto with a volcano
This is why we MUST bury Toronto with a volcano
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If only there was some way of knowing why Nigel Farage is so against a new national centre to tackle disinformation and deepfakes from hostile states such as Russia
September 23, 2026 at 4:39 PM
If only there was some way of knowing why Nigel Farage is so against a new national centre to tackle disinformation and deepfakes from hostile states such as Russia
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Thinking today of the time, not long ago, when I watched police arrest my friends for holding a sign indicating their opposition to genocide.
September 23, 2026 at 6:53 AM
Thinking today of the time, not long ago, when I watched police arrest my friends for holding a sign indicating their opposition to genocide.
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Ebba Lund (b. #OTD in 1923) was an extraordinary Danish chemical engineer, microbiologist & virologist who lived two distinct lives.
Before becoming a towering figure in European #science, she was a fearless #WWII resistance fighter who personally saved hundreds of lives. 🧵
#WomenInSTEM
Before becoming a towering figure in European #science, she was a fearless #WWII resistance fighter who personally saved hundreds of lives. 🧵
#WomenInSTEM
September 22, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Ebba Lund (b. #OTD in 1923) was an extraordinary Danish chemical engineer, microbiologist & virologist who lived two distinct lives.
Before becoming a towering figure in European #science, she was a fearless #WWII resistance fighter who personally saved hundreds of lives. 🧵
#WomenInSTEM
Before becoming a towering figure in European #science, she was a fearless #WWII resistance fighter who personally saved hundreds of lives. 🧵
#WomenInSTEM
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the BBC all but ignored this and pushed out a small story at 4am that absolutely soft soaps the blackshirts and frames their concerns as essentially legitimate without ever once mentioning the violence they committed
September 23, 2026 at 6:06 AM
the BBC all but ignored this and pushed out a small story at 4am that absolutely soft soaps the blackshirts and frames their concerns as essentially legitimate without ever once mentioning the violence they committed
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NNNS and @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social are hosting a joint conference on 10th October 2026 with the title "Recording for Nature Recovery". It is taking place at Diss Corn Hall and tickets are on general sale now at £20 (£15 for NNNS or SNS members). To book a place see sns.org.uk/sns-meetings...
September 9, 2026 at 8:54 PM
NNNS and @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social are hosting a joint conference on 10th October 2026 with the title "Recording for Nature Recovery". It is taking place at Diss Corn Hall and tickets are on general sale now at £20 (£15 for NNNS or SNS members). To book a place see sns.org.uk/sns-meetings...
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Our description of fire amoeba, 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘦𝘣𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴, is now online at Cell! Thanks @oliverio.bsky.social and amazing team for questioning the limits of eukaryotes! 🔥
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes
The amoeba Incendiamoeba cascadensis demonstrates that eukaryotic life can withstand
temperatures beyond what was thought possible and sheds light on molecular strategies
for survival in extreme heat.
www.cell.com
September 22, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Our description of fire amoeba, 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘦𝘣𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴, is now online at Cell! Thanks @oliverio.bsky.social and amazing team for questioning the limits of eukaryotes! 🔥
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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When I was a tween I planted one mint plant in a raised bed along with other herbs. By the next year mint was the only survivor.
Thirty years later the my parents still have mint growing all over the yard downwind of that original plant.
Thirty years later the my parents still have mint growing all over the yard downwind of that original plant.
Brand new baby gardener: 🥰planting mint in this corner of the garden! I hope it makes it!🤞🏼
Every seasoned gardener: 😲
The garden bed: 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱
Every seasoned gardener: 😲
The garden bed: 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱
September 23, 2026 at 3:21 AM
When I was a tween I planted one mint plant in a raised bed along with other herbs. By the next year mint was the only survivor.
Thirty years later the my parents still have mint growing all over the yard downwind of that original plant.
Thirty years later the my parents still have mint growing all over the yard downwind of that original plant.
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An obsession of Irish and British palaeoecologists is how extensive were these wet ecosystems - these peatlands, wet woodlands, mires and temperate rainforests? How much carbon did they once store? How many floods did they ameliorate? A close eye sees remnants of these forgotten realms.
September 18, 2026 at 9:31 PM
An obsession of Irish and British palaeoecologists is how extensive were these wet ecosystems - these peatlands, wet woodlands, mires and temperate rainforests? How much carbon did they once store? How many floods did they ameliorate? A close eye sees remnants of these forgotten realms.
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There are so many crimes in this thread you have to wonder what the police and Home Secretary think they are doing at this point.
Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics.
A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.
A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.
September 22, 2026 at 6:56 PM
There are so many crimes in this thread you have to wonder what the police and Home Secretary think they are doing at this point.
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Short thread:
18 months ago, as part of their assault on higher ed, Trump/DOGE/Vought terminated my friend Kelton Minor's NIH Director's award that would have allowed him to take a faculty position there.
Without the funds, Columbia ultimately rescinded the position.
Kelton moved to Denmark.
18 months ago, as part of their assault on higher ed, Trump/DOGE/Vought terminated my friend Kelton Minor's NIH Director's award that would have allowed him to take a faculty position there.
Without the funds, Columbia ultimately rescinded the position.
Kelton moved to Denmark.
There are days in life that shake you.
I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University
& academic career... 1/🧵
I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University
& academic career... 1/🧵
September 16, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Short thread:
18 months ago, as part of their assault on higher ed, Trump/DOGE/Vought terminated my friend Kelton Minor's NIH Director's award that would have allowed him to take a faculty position there.
Without the funds, Columbia ultimately rescinded the position.
Kelton moved to Denmark.
18 months ago, as part of their assault on higher ed, Trump/DOGE/Vought terminated my friend Kelton Minor's NIH Director's award that would have allowed him to take a faculty position there.
Without the funds, Columbia ultimately rescinded the position.
Kelton moved to Denmark.
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Today kicks of #FatBearWeek - and you can vote for your favorite bear. The chubby bears are fun but, at its heart, Fat Bear Week is a celebration of rivers. Because it’s a river that delivers the food behind the fat. @fatbearweek.bsky.social
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Mud Culture: Fat Bears Mean Healthy Rivers
Fat Bear Week is Really a Celebration of Rivers of Food
jeffopperman.substack.com
September 22, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Today kicks of #FatBearWeek - and you can vote for your favorite bear. The chubby bears are fun but, at its heart, Fat Bear Week is a celebration of rivers. Because it’s a river that delivers the food behind the fat. @fatbearweek.bsky.social
jeffopperman.substack.com/p/mud-cultur...
jeffopperman.substack.com/p/mud-cultur...