Paula 🌹
@paularose.bsky.social
artist | always curious | pro-transit & accessibility | resiliency | nature lover
Derwent Valley lutruwita (Tasmania)
Derwent Valley lutruwita (Tasmania)
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A big feature of hating the poor, is people wildly overestimating how much help is available to the poor, and the quality of that help.
They imagine welfare is an easy to get, comfortably livable income, or imagine we eat well off charity, when irl rich donors commonly use charity to offload waste
They imagine welfare is an easy to get, comfortably livable income, or imagine we eat well off charity, when irl rich donors commonly use charity to offload waste
This is my local women's shed every week they get donations to make hampers for people doing it tough. Aldi thought this was acceptable
December 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A big feature of hating the poor, is people wildly overestimating how much help is available to the poor, and the quality of that help.
They imagine welfare is an easy to get, comfortably livable income, or imagine we eat well off charity, when irl rich donors commonly use charity to offload waste
They imagine welfare is an easy to get, comfortably livable income, or imagine we eat well off charity, when irl rich donors commonly use charity to offload waste
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This is my local women's shed every week they get donations to make hampers for people doing it tough. Aldi thought this was acceptable
December 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This is my local women's shed every week they get donations to make hampers for people doing it tough. Aldi thought this was acceptable
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Batteries are going to get a lot cheaper
Gas won't
California invests big in battery storage leaving rolling blackouts behind
California now has around 14GW / 50GWh of utility storage and another 3GW of domestic and commercial storage
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Gas won't
California invests big in battery storage leaving rolling blackouts behind
California now has around 14GW / 50GWh of utility storage and another 3GW of domestic and commercial storage
www.latimes.com/environment/...
December 7, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Batteries are going to get a lot cheaper
Gas won't
California invests big in battery storage leaving rolling blackouts behind
California now has around 14GW / 50GWh of utility storage and another 3GW of domestic and commercial storage
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Gas won't
California invests big in battery storage leaving rolling blackouts behind
California now has around 14GW / 50GWh of utility storage and another 3GW of domestic and commercial storage
www.latimes.com/environment/...
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My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.”
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
December 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.”
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
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How Journalists Created Sympathy for a Rapist. This superb piece by @sherelemoody.bsky.social is essential reading. Australia has a sexist & misogynistic custom: defending & excusing horrific acts by men against women & children. #DV #VAW #journalism australianfemicidewatch.org/2025/12/06/h...
HOW JOURNALISTS CREATED SYMPATHY FOR A RAPIST - The RED HEART Campaign
When a man murders a woman, journalists ctrl f on their electronic thesaurus to dredge up every negative word available to slut shame, victim blame, erase,
australianfemicidewatch.org
December 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
How Journalists Created Sympathy for a Rapist. This superb piece by @sherelemoody.bsky.social is essential reading. Australia has a sexist & misogynistic custom: defending & excusing horrific acts by men against women & children. #DV #VAW #journalism australianfemicidewatch.org/2025/12/06/h...
How the UK’s dependency on cars slows down the economy
Clogged up Britain
theconversation.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
At a Loss for Words
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
At a Loss for Words
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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When global temperatures shot up by ~6°C about 56 million years ago, plants were unable to thrive
The reduced ability of vegetation & soils to capture & store carbon may have kept temperatures elevated for >100,000 years
Today Earth is warming ~10 times faster than it did 56 million years ago
The reduced ability of vegetation & soils to capture & store carbon may have kept temperatures elevated for >100,000 years
Today Earth is warming ~10 times faster than it did 56 million years ago
56 million years ago, the Earth suddenly heated up – and many plants stopped working properly
It could be a sign of what’s to come.
theconversation.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
When global temperatures shot up by ~6°C about 56 million years ago, plants were unable to thrive
The reduced ability of vegetation & soils to capture & store carbon may have kept temperatures elevated for >100,000 years
Today Earth is warming ~10 times faster than it did 56 million years ago
The reduced ability of vegetation & soils to capture & store carbon may have kept temperatures elevated for >100,000 years
Today Earth is warming ~10 times faster than it did 56 million years ago
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is a thing of joy - why we need multiple disciplines within our universities, with a nod to the value of music too. Specialist institutions won’t produce these sorts of random encounters.
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:51 AM
This is a thing of joy - why we need multiple disciplines within our universities, with a nod to the value of music too. Specialist institutions won’t produce these sorts of random encounters.
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Climate change must be recognized as a scientific reality rather than a political debate. Any solution requires it to be addressed as a human issue that transcends our political affiliations.
elestoque.org/2025/12/02/o...
elestoque.org/2025/12/02/o...
Climate change should not be political
Fossil fuel corporations have spent billions manufacturing political divide for profit at our planet’s expense
elestoque.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Climate change must be recognized as a scientific reality rather than a political debate. Any solution requires it to be addressed as a human issue that transcends our political affiliations.
elestoque.org/2025/12/02/o...
elestoque.org/2025/12/02/o...
60,000 African penguins starve to death after sardine numbers collapse – study
Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
60,000 African penguins starve to death after sardine numbers collapse – study
Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:26 AM
60,000 African penguins starve to death after sardine numbers collapse – study
Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“Despite perennial claims from team owners that building new stadiums or revamping existing ones will result in a fiscal and jobs boom for a city or region, research consistently shows that the hundreds of millions of public dollars that are often outlaid are not typically a sound investment.”
Sports stadiums and taxpayer financing: A primer and research roundup
journalistsresource.org/economics/sp...
journalistsresource.org/economics/sp...
Sports stadiums and taxpayer financing: A primer and research roundup
Research conducted over decades indicates sports stadium public investments almost never lead to massive economic gains for host cities.
journalistsresource.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:12 AM
“Despite perennial claims from team owners that building new stadiums or revamping existing ones will result in a fiscal and jobs boom for a city or region, research consistently shows that the hundreds of millions of public dollars that are often outlaid are not typically a sound investment.”
Sports stadiums and taxpayer financing: A primer and research roundup
journalistsresource.org/economics/sp...
journalistsresource.org/economics/sp...
Sports stadiums and taxpayer financing: A primer and research roundup
Research conducted over decades indicates sports stadium public investments almost never lead to massive economic gains for host cities.
journalistsresource.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Sports stadiums and taxpayer financing: A primer and research roundup
journalistsresource.org/economics/sp...
journalistsresource.org/economics/sp...
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For two years officials and media in Germany dismissed Gaza’s death toll as propaganda. Now the Max Planck Institute released estimates that point to the same patterns seen in past genocides. Latest on my Substack
hannohauenstein.substack.com/p/gaza-genoc...
hannohauenstein.substack.com/p/gaza-genoc...
Germany’s Top Research Institute Confirms What Critics Said All Along About Gaza
For two years officials in Germany dismissed Gaza’s death toll as propaganda. Now the Max Planck Institute released estimates that make such denial impossible – and echo the patterns of past genocides
hannohauenstein.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
For two years officials and media in Germany dismissed Gaza’s death toll as propaganda. Now the Max Planck Institute released estimates that point to the same patterns seen in past genocides. Latest on my Substack
hannohauenstein.substack.com/p/gaza-genoc...
hannohauenstein.substack.com/p/gaza-genoc...
Abhorrent': Kids to face adult courts in Victoria under tough new youth crime laws
Aboriginal and legal advocates say the new youth crime laws will not address the root causes of violent youth crime.
www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article...
Aboriginal and legal advocates say the new youth crime laws will not address the root causes of violent youth crime.
www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article...
'Abhorrent': Kids to face adult courts in Victoria under tough new youth crime laws
Aboriginal and legal advocates say the new youth crime laws will not address the root causes of violent youth crime.
www.sbs.com.au
December 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Abhorrent': Kids to face adult courts in Victoria under tough new youth crime laws
Aboriginal and legal advocates say the new youth crime laws will not address the root causes of violent youth crime.
www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article...
Aboriginal and legal advocates say the new youth crime laws will not address the root causes of violent youth crime.
www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article...
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"Temperatures are rising at twice the global average, with intense heatwaves that are pushing society to the limits.
Human health, ecosystems & economies can’t cope with extended spells of more than 50 °C – it is simply too hot to handle" - @wmo-global.bsky.social
#MENA
wmo.int/news/media-c...
Human health, ecosystems & economies can’t cope with extended spells of more than 50 °C – it is simply too hot to handle" - @wmo-global.bsky.social
#MENA
wmo.int/news/media-c...
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
"Temperatures are rising at twice the global average, with intense heatwaves that are pushing society to the limits.
Human health, ecosystems & economies can’t cope with extended spells of more than 50 °C – it is simply too hot to handle" - @wmo-global.bsky.social
#MENA
wmo.int/news/media-c...
Human health, ecosystems & economies can’t cope with extended spells of more than 50 °C – it is simply too hot to handle" - @wmo-global.bsky.social
#MENA
wmo.int/news/media-c...
The greatest trick neoliberalism ever pulled was convincing people government intervention shouldn’t exist. And yet, governments know we will accept it without question when it comes to taking from the most vulnerable.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
When ‘common sense’ cuts are code for a cruel con job
The greatest trick neoliberalism ever pulled was convincing people government intervention shouldn’t exist. And yet, governments know we will accept it without question when it comes to taking from th...
thepoint.com.au
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The greatest trick neoliberalism ever pulled was convincing people government intervention shouldn’t exist. And yet, governments know we will accept it without question when it comes to taking from the most vulnerable.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Why We Should Stop Talking About 'Bus Stigma'
Obsessing over trying to serve different economic classes on mass transit misses the point.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Obsessing over trying to serve different economic classes on mass transit misses the point.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Why We Should Stop Talking About 'Bus Stigma'
Obsessing over trying to serve different economic classes on mass transit misses the point.
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Why We Should Stop Talking About 'Bus Stigma'
Obsessing over trying to serve different economic classes on mass transit misses the point.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Obsessing over trying to serve different economic classes on mass transit misses the point.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Our infrastructure isn’t ready for what’s coming.
The Bay took over the highway during this morning's #KingTides in Marin.
December 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Our infrastructure isn’t ready for what’s coming.
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Temperatures in Arab region are rising at twice the global rate, says @wmo-global.bsky.social
- "Extreme weather causes massive social and economic disruption"
But Arab group were key blockers of a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels at #COP30
#climatecrisis
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wmo.int/publication-...
- "Extreme weather causes massive social and economic disruption"
But Arab group were key blockers of a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels at #COP30
#climatecrisis
1/2
wmo.int/publication-...
State of the Climate in the Arab Region 2024
wmo.int
December 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Temperatures in Arab region are rising at twice the global rate, says @wmo-global.bsky.social
- "Extreme weather causes massive social and economic disruption"
But Arab group were key blockers of a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels at #COP30
#climatecrisis
1/2
wmo.int/publication-...
- "Extreme weather causes massive social and economic disruption"
But Arab group were key blockers of a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels at #COP30
#climatecrisis
1/2
wmo.int/publication-...
Zillow deletes climate risk data from listings after complaints it harms sales
grist.org/housing/zill...
grist.org/housing/zill...
Zillow deletes climate risk data from listings after complaints it harms sales
The site removed the feature after real estate agents and some homeowners alleged that the scores appear arbitrary and hurt sales.
grist.org
December 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Zillow deletes climate risk data from listings after complaints it harms sales
grist.org/housing/zill...
grist.org/housing/zill...