Diego Macall
@diegommacall.bsky.social
📘 Books |🔬 Science | ⚖️ Policy
🌐 Website: diegomacall.github.io
🌐 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9436-8740
🌐 ICABR Secretary-General: https://icabr.net/
Σ Ξ Member
Turning data into stories.
👀 my graphics portfolio (GitHub) → https://shorturl.at/f75DB
🌐 Website: diegomacall.github.io
🌐 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9436-8740
🌐 ICABR Secretary-General: https://icabr.net/
Σ Ξ Member
Turning data into stories.
👀 my graphics portfolio (GitHub) → https://shorturl.at/f75DB
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Diego Macall
@diegommacall.bsky.social
· Jan 26
When Russian Radar Mistook a Norwegian Scientific Rocket for a U.S. Missile, the World Narrowly Avoided Nuclear War
The Norwegian rocket incident, which took place on this day in 1995, marked the only known activation of a nuclear briefcase in response to a possible attack
www.smithsonianmag.com
Nuclear weapons are a mistake. They offer the possibility of ending life on the planet. Their proliferation should be stopped, and those in existence should be destroyed as soon as possible.
#destroynuclearweapons
#Non-proliferation
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/w...
#destroynuclearweapons
#Non-proliferation
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/w...
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Is Joburg becoming a 15-Minute City?
How working closer to home is reshaping neighbourhoods, cutting commutes and giving Joburgers their time back.
Liesl Bartlett
* Written by Liesl Bartlett
* City Editor, Time Out Johannesburg & Pretoria
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www.timeout.com/johannesburg...
How working closer to home is reshaping neighbourhoods, cutting commutes and giving Joburgers their time back.
Liesl Bartlett
* Written by Liesl Bartlett
* City Editor, Time Out Johannesburg & Pretoria
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www.timeout.com/johannesburg...
Is Joburg becoming a 15-Minute City?
The city’s hottest new trend isn’t a restaurant, it’s reclaiming your time and your neighbourhood.
www.timeout.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Is Joburg becoming a 15-Minute City?
How working closer to home is reshaping neighbourhoods, cutting commutes and giving Joburgers their time back.
Liesl Bartlett
* Written by Liesl Bartlett
* City Editor, Time Out Johannesburg & Pretoria
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www.timeout.com/johannesburg...
How working closer to home is reshaping neighbourhoods, cutting commutes and giving Joburgers their time back.
Liesl Bartlett
* Written by Liesl Bartlett
* City Editor, Time Out Johannesburg & Pretoria
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www.timeout.com/johannesburg...
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As projected here www.nature.com/articles/s41... we are steadily moving toward a situation where are major town or city runs out of water
There are early signs of this everywhere, right now Iran seems to be a hotspot at ~1.5ºC of heating
We are *utterly* unprepared for what comes at 1.6, 1.7 & 2ºC
There are early signs of this everywhere, right now Iran seems to be a hotspot at ~1.5ºC of heating
We are *utterly* unprepared for what comes at 1.6, 1.7 & 2ºC
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
As projected here www.nature.com/articles/s41... we are steadily moving toward a situation where are major town or city runs out of water
There are early signs of this everywhere, right now Iran seems to be a hotspot at ~1.5ºC of heating
We are *utterly* unprepared for what comes at 1.6, 1.7 & 2ºC
There are early signs of this everywhere, right now Iran seems to be a hotspot at ~1.5ºC of heating
We are *utterly* unprepared for what comes at 1.6, 1.7 & 2ºC
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🚀Are you ready to shape the future of environmental and social research? ICTA-UAB is opening six fully funded PhD positions, covering topics from climate justice and urban mobility to human nutrition and sustainability data.
#EnvironmentalResearch #PhDPositions
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
#EnvironmentalResearch #PhDPositions
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
November 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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AI is now central to the macro story: markets are booming on data-center spending. But a warehouse of servers is mostly capital, not workers. Great for stock prices, not so great for broad job growth—unless AI eventually raises productivity in other sectors too.
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
AI is now central to the macro story: markets are booming on data-center spending. But a warehouse of servers is mostly capital, not workers. Great for stock prices, not so great for broad job growth—unless AI eventually raises productivity in other sectors too.
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A new boost for rail connectivity across Spain and Europe.
Our Board has approved €1.7bn in financing to support the construction of the Burgos-Vitoria high-speed line by Adif, enabling high-speed connections between Madrid and the Basque Country ⤵️
go.eib.org/Spain_HighSp...
Our Board has approved €1.7bn in financing to support the construction of the Burgos-Vitoria high-speed line by Adif, enabling high-speed connections between Madrid and the Basque Country ⤵️
go.eib.org/Spain_HighSp...
November 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
A new boost for rail connectivity across Spain and Europe.
Our Board has approved €1.7bn in financing to support the construction of the Burgos-Vitoria high-speed line by Adif, enabling high-speed connections between Madrid and the Basque Country ⤵️
go.eib.org/Spain_HighSp...
Our Board has approved €1.7bn in financing to support the construction of the Burgos-Vitoria high-speed line by Adif, enabling high-speed connections between Madrid and the Basque Country ⤵️
go.eib.org/Spain_HighSp...
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✍️💸Money, Time, Trust, Control – How commercial publishers drain science
This article by our researcher @danbrockington.bsky.social, together with Aileen Fyfe and Stefanie Haustein, tackles this question in the blog of @lseusablog.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
This article by our researcher @danbrockington.bsky.social, together with Aileen Fyfe and Stefanie Haustein, tackles this question in the blog of @lseusablog.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Money, Time, Trust, Control – How commercial publishers drain science - Impact of Social Sciences
Have the interests of commercial publishers now become antithetical to the pursuit of knowledge?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
✍️💸Money, Time, Trust, Control – How commercial publishers drain science
This article by our researcher @danbrockington.bsky.social, together with Aileen Fyfe and Stefanie Haustein, tackles this question in the blog of @lseusablog.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
This article by our researcher @danbrockington.bsky.social, together with Aileen Fyfe and Stefanie Haustein, tackles this question in the blog of @lseusablog.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
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🤔Did you know that ancient and colonial legacies are still shaping the Amazon's forests? 🌳
Human influence across centuries continues to define biodiversity and carbon storage in the world’s largest rainforest, says study involving ICTA-UAB researcher Umberto Lombardo.
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
Human influence across centuries continues to define biodiversity and carbon storage in the world’s largest rainforest, says study involving ICTA-UAB researcher Umberto Lombardo.
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
Ancient and colonial legacies still shaping the Amazon's forests
Human influence across centuries continues to define biodiversity and carbon storage in the world’s largest rainforest, according to a new...
www.uab.cat
November 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🤔Did you know that ancient and colonial legacies are still shaping the Amazon's forests? 🌳
Human influence across centuries continues to define biodiversity and carbon storage in the world’s largest rainforest, says study involving ICTA-UAB researcher Umberto Lombardo.
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
Human influence across centuries continues to define biodiversity and carbon storage in the world’s largest rainforest, says study involving ICTA-UAB researcher Umberto Lombardo.
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
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8 Python Loops Examples to Master For & While Loops
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
8 Python Loops Examples to Master For & While Loops
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The War on Professionalism and Expertise began (for me) when places I worked began insisting on “plain language” but in a way that clearly meant don’t use any scientific words.
Somehow that evolved into…
“Explain it to me like I’m 5.”
No. You’re an adult. Think like one.
📚🧪
Somehow that evolved into…
“Explain it to me like I’m 5.”
No. You’re an adult. Think like one.
📚🧪
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The War on Professionalism and Expertise began (for me) when places I worked began insisting on “plain language” but in a way that clearly meant don’t use any scientific words.
Somehow that evolved into…
“Explain it to me like I’m 5.”
No. You’re an adult. Think like one.
📚🧪
Somehow that evolved into…
“Explain it to me like I’m 5.”
No. You’re an adult. Think like one.
📚🧪
Laws already don't apply to the elite. They live in a very different reality than most humans on this planet.
Now, they will become a different species all together.
Source: The Independent
search.app/eqsNg
Now, they will become a different species all together.
Source: The Independent
search.app/eqsNg
Sam Altman and husband reportedly working to genetically engineer babies
Sam Altman and his husband have reportedly invested in a gene-editing startup which aims to eliminate hereditary diseases
search.app
November 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Laws already don't apply to the elite. They live in a very different reality than most humans on this planet.
Now, they will become a different species all together.
Source: The Independent
search.app/eqsNg
Now, they will become a different species all together.
Source: The Independent
search.app/eqsNg
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Special Issue on social limits to #climatechange #adaptation
The full set of articles—on #ICH, the #Arctic, #SIDS, #temporalities and more—is available here:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
An overview—and my take on #risk management—in the editorial:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1m6Sg6gsyP...
The full set of articles—on #ICH, the #Arctic, #SIDS, #temporalities and more—is available here:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
An overview—and my take on #risk management—in the editorial:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1m6Sg6gsyP...
November 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Special Issue on social limits to #climatechange #adaptation
The full set of articles—on #ICH, the #Arctic, #SIDS, #temporalities and more—is available here:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
An overview—and my take on #risk management—in the editorial:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1m6Sg6gsyP...
The full set of articles—on #ICH, the #Arctic, #SIDS, #temporalities and more—is available here:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
An overview—and my take on #risk management—in the editorial:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1m6Sg6gsyP...
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🧵 Vancouver Public Library & @InternetArchiveCA.bsky.social have been honoured by the City of Vancouver for their innovative digitization project, making rare & historical British Columbia materials accessible online for future generations. 🏆📚🇨🇦
Learn more ⤵️
internetarchivecanada.org/2025/11/12/v...
Learn more ⤵️
internetarchivecanada.org/2025/11/12/v...
November 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🧵 Vancouver Public Library & @InternetArchiveCA.bsky.social have been honoured by the City of Vancouver for their innovative digitization project, making rare & historical British Columbia materials accessible online for future generations. 🏆📚🇨🇦
Learn more ⤵️
internetarchivecanada.org/2025/11/12/v...
Learn more ⤵️
internetarchivecanada.org/2025/11/12/v...
Humans are gonna human i guess, but wow is this depressing for our species, we should be truly embarrassed that this is how we are spending our time on this planet.
#WW3 #NuclearTest #Waste #Shame
youtu.be/ZZ2WS6AI_SM?...
#WW3 #NuclearTest #Waste #Shame
youtu.be/ZZ2WS6AI_SM?...
The Security Brief: Trump and Putin bring back nuclear threat | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Humans are gonna human i guess, but wow is this depressing for our species, we should be truly embarrassed that this is how we are spending our time on this planet.
#WW3 #NuclearTest #Waste #Shame
youtu.be/ZZ2WS6AI_SM?...
#WW3 #NuclearTest #Waste #Shame
youtu.be/ZZ2WS6AI_SM?...
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New research assesses how vulnerable coal plants in the United States are to retirement, highlighting strategies to guide and accelerate their phaseout. @jeremy-wayland.bsky.social
Strategies to accelerate US coal power phase-out using contextual retirement vulnerabilities - Nature Energy
The phase-out of coal will require targeted strategies. New research assesses the retirement vulnerability of coal plants in the USA based on similarity to plants with announced retirements. The findings highlight strategies to guide and accelerate phase-out.
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 10:56 AM
New research assesses how vulnerable coal plants in the United States are to retirement, highlighting strategies to guide and accelerate their phaseout. @jeremy-wayland.bsky.social
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November 7, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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All very expectable but damn, bad optics from the continent that once thought of itself as a green leader.
In a couple of words: in preview of COP30 the EU offers delayism and reliance on international carbon credits.
www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
In a couple of words: in preview of COP30 the EU offers delayism and reliance on international carbon credits.
www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
EU countries agree weakened 2040 climate goal and target for COP30
The deal avoids the EU going empty handed to the COP30 climate summit starting on Nov. 10.
www.politico.eu
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
All very expectable but damn, bad optics from the continent that once thought of itself as a green leader.
In a couple of words: in preview of COP30 the EU offers delayism and reliance on international carbon credits.
www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
In a couple of words: in preview of COP30 the EU offers delayism and reliance on international carbon credits.
www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
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You should be able to remove your profile and data (completely close your account) from any website you wish to unsubscribe from. This should be made mandatory within the EU to protect consumer data. @ec.europa.eu @volteuropa.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
You should be able to remove your profile and data (completely close your account) from any website you wish to unsubscribe from. This should be made mandatory within the EU to protect consumer data. @ec.europa.eu @volteuropa.org
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Most ppl - in Europe but also watch America last night - absolutely want lower life costs and feel urgency for the affordability crisis, but dont want to compromise a future of technological (competitive!) progress. It is not easy but elites gotta find creative and inspiring ways to do both things.
Reeves is considering slowing down electrification to have immediate 💸results, but electrification done right (eg w/ more renewables, reform of electricity market prices) is the midterm solution to high energy bills. There must be more sensible ways to help ppl in short run w/o killing midterm goals
Reeves considers cut to green levies in effort to reduce cost of energy bills
Exclusive: Chancellor hopes to save up to £170 from average bill but industry insiders say move would be ‘disastrous’
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Most ppl - in Europe but also watch America last night - absolutely want lower life costs and feel urgency for the affordability crisis, but dont want to compromise a future of technological (competitive!) progress. It is not easy but elites gotta find creative and inspiring ways to do both things.
Reposted by Diego Macall
Too much out there repeating vague notions that nature protection & restoration will combat climate change
It really depends on what is protected & restored, & what the comparison is
We need to massively reduce emissions, not wave the magic wand of ‘nature’ as the solution
It really depends on what is protected & restored, & what the comparison is
We need to massively reduce emissions, not wave the magic wand of ‘nature’ as the solution
November 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Too much out there repeating vague notions that nature protection & restoration will combat climate change
It really depends on what is protected & restored, & what the comparison is
We need to massively reduce emissions, not wave the magic wand of ‘nature’ as the solution
It really depends on what is protected & restored, & what the comparison is
We need to massively reduce emissions, not wave the magic wand of ‘nature’ as the solution
Reposted by Diego Macall
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
Authorities claim they want society to be more informed.
A Congresswoman, and a Harvard scientist asked for data about 3I/ATLAS, but NASA's Authorities only answered questions about it from Kim Kardashian.
#Science #NASA #Aliens #Joke
youtu.be/AwE72RRjFDU?...
A Congresswoman, and a Harvard scientist asked for data about 3I/ATLAS, but NASA's Authorities only answered questions about it from Kim Kardashian.
#Science #NASA #Aliens #Joke
youtu.be/AwE72RRjFDU?...
If NASA boss has time for Kim Kardashian, he can address 3I/ATLAS pics: Avi Loeb | NewsNation Prime
YouTube video by NewsNation
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Authorities claim they want society to be more informed.
A Congresswoman, and a Harvard scientist asked for data about 3I/ATLAS, but NASA's Authorities only answered questions about it from Kim Kardashian.
#Science #NASA #Aliens #Joke
youtu.be/AwE72RRjFDU?...
A Congresswoman, and a Harvard scientist asked for data about 3I/ATLAS, but NASA's Authorities only answered questions about it from Kim Kardashian.
#Science #NASA #Aliens #Joke
youtu.be/AwE72RRjFDU?...
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Early morning hike! Drenched but well worth it!
November 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Early morning hike! Drenched but well worth it!
Societies are what they do, not what they say.
This is true on many levels by the way...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is true on many levels by the way...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most
Others languishing near bottom of 61-country study include Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan and Spain
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Societies are what they do, not what they say.
This is true on many levels by the way...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is true on many levels by the way...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
If you know, you know.
November 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If you know, you know.