Alan Long
@alanalong.bsky.social
Ecological writer and historian. Balancing humanity with nature for a prosperous future.
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Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
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February 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
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Join a free online screening of PURPOSE tomorrow at 18:30 CET as part of #ReclaimTheEconomyWeek!
Earth4All's Till Kellerhoff will join director Martin Oetting after the film for a Q&A.
Book your free ticket ⏩ vist.ly/4pffd
Earth4All's Till Kellerhoff will join director Martin Oetting after the film for a Q&A.
Book your free ticket ⏩ vist.ly/4pffd
January 28, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Join a free online screening of PURPOSE tomorrow at 18:30 CET as part of #ReclaimTheEconomyWeek!
Earth4All's Till Kellerhoff will join director Martin Oetting after the film for a Q&A.
Book your free ticket ⏩ vist.ly/4pffd
Earth4All's Till Kellerhoff will join director Martin Oetting after the film for a Q&A.
Book your free ticket ⏩ vist.ly/4pffd
We don't need education reform. We need an education revolution to overcome the tyranny of common sense.
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Education reform isn’t enough. We need a revolution.
YouTube video by Sir Ken Robinson
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December 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We don't need education reform. We need an education revolution to overcome the tyranny of common sense.
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Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 10, 2025 ~ Joining the party.
"We have now seen three of the five worst harvests on record this decade... This is what farming with climate change looks like, as extreme weather wrecks harvests..."
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"We have now seen three of the five worst harvests on record this decade... This is what farming with climate change looks like, as extreme weather wrecks harvests..."
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
England sees second worst harvest on record, analysis shows
Provisional Government data suggests a much worse harvest than experts had so far predicted.
www.independent.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 10, 2025 ~ Joining the party.
"We have now seen three of the five worst harvests on record this decade... This is what farming with climate change looks like, as extreme weather wrecks harvests..."
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
"We have now seen three of the five worst harvests on record this decade... This is what farming with climate change looks like, as extreme weather wrecks harvests..."
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
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Knowing about the environmental cost of using energy does not drive people to use less, according to a new study.
Why some people turn off the lights, and others don’t
Knowing about the environmental cost of using energy does not drive people to use less, according to a new study.
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October 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Knowing about the environmental cost of using energy does not drive people to use less, according to a new study.
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Air temperatures, soil temperatures and reanalyses all agree on how the UK’s climate has warmed & varied over the past decades.
Don’t listen to the usual critics who try to claim otherwise…
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Don’t listen to the usual critics who try to claim otherwise…
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/monitoring...
Monitoring changes in UK temperature
Multiple sources of data agree on long-term observed trends
climatelabbook.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Air temperatures, soil temperatures and reanalyses all agree on how the UK’s climate has warmed & varied over the past decades.
Don’t listen to the usual critics who try to claim otherwise…
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/monitoring...
Don’t listen to the usual critics who try to claim otherwise…
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/monitoring...
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In a new review, scientists warn of the impact of plastic chemicals on children’s long-term health into adolescence and adulthood. Learn more 👉🏼https://nyulangone.org/news/scientists-call-urgent-action-reduce-childrens-plastic-exposure #ChildrensEnvironmentalHealthDay #PlasticPollutes
October 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
In a new review, scientists warn of the impact of plastic chemicals on children’s long-term health into adolescence and adulthood. Learn more 👉🏼https://nyulangone.org/news/scientists-call-urgent-action-reduce-childrens-plastic-exposure #ChildrensEnvironmentalHealthDay #PlasticPollutes
Think about it.
“I like the way Reform combines nationalism and socialism”
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
June 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Think about it.
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To the cartoonist who drew this, well done.
May 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
To the cartoonist who drew this, well done.
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this makes me very happy
May 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
this makes me very happy
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about strikes in Yemen to a second unclassified Signal group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said. nyti.ms/4jBQ1wV
April 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about strikes in Yemen to a second unclassified Signal group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said. nyti.ms/4jBQ1wV
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Decades before President Trump canceled $400 million in funding for Columbia University, he tried to sell property to the school — for $400 million.
Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million. Note That Number.
A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it.
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March 21, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Decades before President Trump canceled $400 million in funding for Columbia University, he tried to sell property to the school — for $400 million.
Another scandal. Profit before people.
A gobsmacking story. Water companies let toxic waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. The sewage sludge is then spread, untested, on farmland, potentially poisoning vast areas, entire ecosystems and the people (you and me) eating the food.
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What’s in the millions of tonnes of sludge sprayed on to farmland? The answer won’t make you happy | George Monbiot
Thanks to breathtaking negligence, the liquid fertiliser used to help grow our food bubbles with a lethal cocktail of toxins, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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March 22, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Another scandal. Profit before people.
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I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
March 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
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Donald Trump has reportedly spent $18 million worth of taxpayer money to play golf since his inauguration.
This is happening as he slashes the federal workforce, guts funding for vital programs, and tees up major cuts to Medicaid to pay for more tax cuts for the rich.
Hello?
This is happening as he slashes the federal workforce, guts funding for vital programs, and tees up major cuts to Medicaid to pay for more tax cuts for the rich.
Hello?
March 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Donald Trump has reportedly spent $18 million worth of taxpayer money to play golf since his inauguration.
This is happening as he slashes the federal workforce, guts funding for vital programs, and tees up major cuts to Medicaid to pay for more tax cuts for the rich.
Hello?
This is happening as he slashes the federal workforce, guts funding for vital programs, and tees up major cuts to Medicaid to pay for more tax cuts for the rich.
Hello?
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
March 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
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March 14 is a striking date in scientific history: it marks the birth of Albert Einstein in 1879 and the death of Stephen Hawking in 2018. Their legacies remind us of the power of the human mind, and that science is the gateway to understanding the universe. #HumanistHeritage
March 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
March 14 is a striking date in scientific history: it marks the birth of Albert Einstein in 1879 and the death of Stephen Hawking in 2018. Their legacies remind us of the power of the human mind, and that science is the gateway to understanding the universe. #HumanistHeritage
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It’s borderline criminal.
March 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It’s borderline criminal.
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CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
March 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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Nothing will ever trickle down.
March 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Nothing will ever trickle down.
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This #InternationalWomensDay, we celebrate the remarkable women who shaped humanist history – women who challenged convention, fought for equality, and championed reason, compassion, and social progress. heritage.humanists.uk/article/hero...
Humanist Heritage: Heroines of Freethought
Borrowing the title of an 1876 work by feminist freethinker Sara Underwood, this article celebrates the many brave women who have populated and propelled the humanist movement.
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March 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
This #InternationalWomensDay, we celebrate the remarkable women who shaped humanist history – women who challenged convention, fought for equality, and championed reason, compassion, and social progress. heritage.humanists.uk/article/hero...
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To celebrate #InternationalWomensDay we made this gorgeous, thought-provoking and soulful documentary on Suster Bertken - the late medieval Dutch poet, composer and anchorite. Tune in to BBC Radio 3 tomorrow 7.15pm www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, Suster Bertken
Janina Ramirez uncovers a 500-year-old story about a woman who ran away from this world.
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March 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
To celebrate #InternationalWomensDay we made this gorgeous, thought-provoking and soulful documentary on Suster Bertken - the late medieval Dutch poet, composer and anchorite. Tune in to BBC Radio 3 tomorrow 7.15pm www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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a look at the s&p following the election of recent us presidents:
March 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
a look at the s&p following the election of recent us presidents:
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This guy, @albertburneko.bsky.social, is a genius. Please read his brilliant article on Elon Musk's deranged and morally repugnant Mars colonisation schtick. defector.com/neither-elon...
Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars | Defector
Mars does not have a magnetosphere. Any discussion of humans ever settling the red planet can stop right there, but of course it never does. Do you have a low-cost plan for, uh, creating a gigantic ac...
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March 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
This guy, @albertburneko.bsky.social, is a genius. Please read his brilliant article on Elon Musk's deranged and morally repugnant Mars colonisation schtick. defector.com/neither-elon...