Sabine Pahl

@sabinepahl.bsky.social

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Prof of #EnvironmentalPsychology @univienna.ac.at
@envpsyvienna.bsky.social
https://ech.univie.ac.at

#BehaviouralSciences #RiskPerception #SocialCognition #PlasticPollution #Microplastics #PFAS #Nature etc...

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Environmental science 43%

Psychology 17%

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badly-drawn sleigh 🛷 @soapachu.bsky.social · 2d

He isn't "losing" this money. This is called "paying tax like a responsible citizen and not hiding your money offshore" and we need to start recognising and applauding it.

Manchester Evening News headline 'Anthony Joshua to lose £32m prize money after Jake Paul victory' and then goes on to clarify that this just means he'll pay tax like a responsible UK citizen.

Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 7d

This might make you cry

But also trigger some faith in humanity

Let's talk more about people like #MelissaHortman

“It does not matter how Melissa died,” Williams says in a whisper. “All that really matters is how she lived.”

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life

Melissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story

www.rollingstone.com

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 7d

Open today's door for a fiery, festive friend... and a wiggle to boot! 😃

#RSPBAdvent25

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 7d

Familiar story: Cost estimate for the first 6 new nuclear reactors in France up by 40% in three years. And that's 13 years before the first one would be completed (not accounting for delays).
Btw, that €73 billion is in Euros of 2020; better known as €85 billion now.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...

France's EDF raises cost estimate for six reactors to 72.8 billion euros

France's state-owned utility EDF will cap the cost of building six new nuclear reactors at 72.8 billion euros ($85.29 billion), it said on Thursday, as it pledged to significantly improve both the cos...

www.reuters.com

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Science Magazine @science.org · 7d

Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.

Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx

Qianjiadong Reservoir in southern Hunan, China, produces a double harvest: solar energy and yellow carp. The solar farm produces up to 80 megawatts of power while the fish forage beneath the panels. With a massive scale-up of solar and wind at home and cheap exports of the technology, China is driving a worldwide surge of renewable energy—Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.

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Christian Fuchs @christian-fuchs.bsky.social · 8d

Rufe einen AfD-Landtagsabgeordneten in Sachsen-Anhalt an, mit dem ich noch nie zu tun hatte.

Er so: "Mit Ihnen rede ich nicht, sie Linksjournalist. DIE ZEIT gehört doch der SPD!"

Nein. Mit keinem einzigen Cent ist eine Partei an der @zeit.de beteiligt. Und diese Menschen wollen 2026 regieren.

an older woman says oh no sweetheart in front of a blue background

ALT: an older woman says oh no sweetheart in front of a blue background

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Ingwar Perowanowitsch @ingwarpero.bsky.social · 9d

Wie Paris in 10 Jahren seine Luft um 40% verbesserte und so vorzeitige Todesfälle durch Smog halbieren konnte, ist so eine krasse Erfolgsgeschichte. 2019 litten 400.000 Menschen an schlechter Luft. 2023 nur noch 5.000 und nächstes Jahr sollen es Null sein. Für eine 🇪🇺 Großstadt ist das beispiellos❤️

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 9d

Minister orders probe into foreign interference in politics

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#ReformRussianBribes

Minister orders probe into foreign financial interference in UK politics

Communities secretary says the country must learn lessons from the Nathan Gill bribery case.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 9d

Commuting by bicycle in Belgium pays off as employees earn compensation for every km they ride. 1 in 6 employees commute by bike and get a bicycle allowance of €0.28/km. People cycling to work in 2024 earned an average of around €460 net per year (some as high as €810), up 20% over the past year.

Belgian commutes pay off: Employees earn up to €810 for cycling to work

One in five people in Flanders commuted by bike and received compensation last year, but this figure is significantly lower in Brussels and Wallonia.

www.brusselstimes.com

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Jim Douglas 🇨🇦 @jimsdouglas.bsky.social · 10d

This drove me insane. A parent tried to responsibly trust his kids to ride the public bus to school unsupervised, and some busybody phoned the government to complain about him. He eventually won in court, but I can’t imagine the happening when I was a kid (gen x).

vancouversun.com/news/local-n...

Vancouver 'free-range' father who taught kids to ride bus wins court challenge

Adrian Crook was visited by social workers after the ministry got a call saying he was allowing his five children, ages five to 11, to ride the bus alone from his d…

vancouversun.com

Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 12d

#ECR #AcademicChatter

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Oct 16

I'm getting asked to serve on some graduate student thesis committees. After some great experiences, and some less-than-great experiences, I thought there would be value in writing up a detailed "here's what I expect from you, here's what you can expect from me" document.

🧪🦑🌍

I can serve on your graduate thesis committee. Here’s what you can expect of me, and what I expect in return.

By outlining my role and expectations as a committee member, my goal is to help make sure that we have a productive professional relationship, and that we avoid any conflict stemming from not being…

www.southernfriedscience.com

Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 12d

This 👇

John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · Nov 10

Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:

One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.

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casssunstein.bsky.social @casssunstein.bsky.social · 12d

The Effects of Nudges.
casssunstein.substack.com/p/the-effect...

The Effects of Nudges

Warning! Meta-Analyses Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

casssunstein.substack.com

Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 13d

My (non-social media) husband says the bored couples parody made him cry with laughter on the train - bettered only by Trump's insulting World Cup draw. DS is a comedy genius. Go Swindon!

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Hedwig Richter @hedwigrichter.bsky.social · 13d

Autos werden auf so vielen Ebenen subventioniert. Auch deshalb sind Mieten so hoch. Etwa der Zwang, Stellplätze bereitzustellen. Super Artikel von Caterina Lobenstein in der ZEIT

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 13d

How one guy killed a whole industry and put the US in a more fragile energy state: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The man who broke offshore wind

How David Stevenson, a guy with a hybrid car and a solar rooftop, helped take down a burgeoning US energy sector.

www.motherjones.com

Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 14d

www.npr.org/2025/12/08/n...

How China, not the U.S., became the main climate solution story in 2025

The U.S. has become a "side character" in the global story of renewable energy, experts say. China dominates the sector, with positive implications for the climate and their economy.

www.npr.org

Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 14d

They're talking about extending travel bans on a country basis, "If they don’t have a stable government there" 🤔

www.cnbc.com/2025/12/10/u...

U.S. to mandate checks of some tourists' social media history from past 5 years

Tourists from countries including Britain, Japan, France, and Australia will now be expected to provide their social media history to visit to the U.S.

www.cnbc.com

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 15d

"The takedowns and restrictions began in October and targeted the Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp accounts of more than 50 organisations worldwide ... in what appears to be a growing push by Meta to limit reproductive health and queer content across its platforms."

Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content

More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings

www.theguardian.com

Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 17d

Large language models "don’t actually understand what they’re doing: they have no #empathy, insight, conscience or capacity for moral reason. In humans, we would call that the mindset of a sociopath." by @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social in @theguardian.com

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17d

Would you entrust a child’s life to a chatbot? That’s what happens every day that we fail to regulate AI | Gaby Hinsliff

As deaths in the US are blamed on ChatGPT and UK teenagers turn to it for mental health advice, isn’t it obvious that market forces must not set the rules?, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

www.theguardian.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17d

Would you entrust a child’s life to a chatbot? That’s what happens every day that we fail to regulate AI | Gaby Hinsliff

As deaths in the US are blamed on ChatGPT and UK teenagers turn to it for mental health advice, isn’t it obvious that market forces must not set the rules?, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

www.theguardian.com

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 18d

Doom scrolling here from the UK is a bit problematic, given the site is 90% American. Everyone is called Tom Johnson or Kirsti Nutti and they’ve done something inexplicable but obviously very bad. Again!

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Marcus Wadsak @marcuswadsak.bsky.social · 20d

Warm ist im Dezember längst zum "neuen Normal" geworden. Um einen kalten Dezember in Österreich zu finden, müssen wir bis ins Jahr 2010 zurückgehen:

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Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social · 20d

Facts: The universal hepatitis B birth dose has prevented more than 500,000 childhood infections, reduced infant hepatitis B cases by 95%, and prevented an estimated 90,100 childhood deaths (NFID).

RJK is the opposite of "Do No Harm"

CDC panel makes most sweeping revision to child vaccine schedule under RFK Jr.

The panel voted to eliminate a long-standing recommendation for every newborn to receive a hepatitis B shot, saying it’s unnecessary when the mother tests negative.

www.washingtonpost.com

Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 21d

Another one from @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social that oh so cruelly hits the mark. sigh.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Datacentres – why are they so thirsty? Let’s ask a shark! | First Dog on the Moon

Do we even want or need all these datacentres? That is apparently none of your business

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Alea Ruf @alearuf.bsky.social · 22d

📱 Social Media & Gesundheit 🩺 passt das zusammen?

Wir, die Gesundheitspsychologie der @univie.ac.at, starten im Rahmen des Replicability Projects Health Behavior des @cos.io eine spannende Online-Studie dazu, wie Studierende in Deutschland & Österreich Social Media für Gesundheitsinfos nutzen. ⤵️

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Environmental Psychology Vienna @envpsyvienna.bsky.social · 22d

🛜 Project Spotlight: GOLIAT

🏛️ Uni Vienna Team: Nina Vaupotič, Valeria Vitale, & Mathew White

⌛ Duration: 2022–2027

🌐 For more information visit: projectgoliat.eu

GOLIAT

#ProjectGOLIAT is a ﬁve-year project aimed at providing responses to some of the questions raised by the new wireless technologies, with a special focus in 5G.

projectgoliat.eu

Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 22d

I don't know the specifics here, but this kind of behaviour by powerful, established, typically male professors is totally unacceptable. Institutions must show clear leadership to support #ECRs and foster a positive culture against #harassment and #misconduct.

www.personneltoday.com/hr/resignati...