#Ecosystems

What can we learn from social/computational science about policies to govern coordinated actors in a world of overlapping platforms and media? Yesterday, I summarized a few points on how to
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Excited to share a new review paper w/Anne de Vernal & @biggreenplanet (bosses of paleoceanography and glaciochemistry) that asks: When in the Holocene was Greenland warmer than today, and WHAT
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A reminder, 400 years after the Mayflower, that the Wampanoag people are still here, still practicing our culture, and still facing adversityWe didn’t just disappear or go extinct. And so
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BREAKING: June 2020 saw the highest number of #fires in the Brazilian #Amazon since 2007, indicating that this burning season will be even worse than last year - a direct
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A physical Mickey Mantle baseball trading card sold for $5.2 million yesterday. What does this mean in the context of non-fungible tokens and NFT portfolio allocation? A quick thread
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I was asked the other day by a councillor: ‘how important is the community & public sector in shaping high streets?’ My answer: Fundamental. A local community is like the
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A sprawling, hours-long discussion has been taking place on 4chan's /pol/ board. where Q and MAGA folk are convinced Trump's concession video was a deepfake manufactured by Trump's shadowy enemies.They're
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Journalists, read READ read The Oxygen of Amplification. Especially now.https://datasociety.net/library/oxygen-of-amplification/via @arielbogle "The Oxygen of Amplification: Better Practices for Reporting on Extremists, Antagonists, an
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THREAD: MASSCreative board members Barbara Wallace Grossman & Jonathan C. Rappaport issueda call to action for #racialequity in arts education in this @wgbhnews oped. #BOSArts#BlackLivesMatter #mapoli http://wgbh.org/news/commentar&nbs
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Travelling through #India you can't miss such boulder heaps...Think of Hampi's ruins (below) or Sravanabelagola (Karnataka), or Mt Abu (Rajasthan)?#DidYouKnow, such isolated hill/ridge features that jut out from the surrounding
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1/ The Problem w/ Moralizing Energy Consumption & BitcoinThere are many who consider the energy spent on Bitcoin Proof-of-Work (PoW) hashing for the purpose of security an unethical activity on
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Today's thread is on SEC limitations in raising a fund. This may sound like a BOOOOOOORRRRING topic but it has incredible ramifications for any emerging fund manager and to some
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ICYMI: Last week, @MorningConsult published the fruits of several month's labor, a deep dive into carbon removal and public opinion that concluded (in extremely broad strokes) no one has any
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Looking to break into Ethereum?Four flourishing ecosystems to get involved today 1) DeFi Future of finance meets freedom to contribute and put capital to work.Earn passive income and compound
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1/ in today’s #rewildingscience paper we look at Lansanta et al’s 2015 review. Which brings together arguments for and against control or naturalisation of abandoned farmland #rewilding #agriculture #farmland 2/
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NEW(-ish) PAPER: Understanding recruitment limitations in a critically endangered species: The story of the iconic Cape cedar (Widdringtonia wallichii)Open Access: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01062 The Clanwilliam cedar has been in
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