Alejandro Dussaillant J. 🇵🇸 🇺🇦
@adj69.bsky.social
Chilean-Italian fortunate husband & father; interdisciplinary engineer hydrologist awed by nature & humanity; studying river, soil and catchment processes via innovative monitoring, analysis & modelling; working with natural processes; opinions my own
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A new study has found microplastics in greater quantities in a rural woodland than a nearby city.
It estimated up to 500 airborne particles were deposited on a sq metre of ground every day in Wytham Woods nr Oxford – almost twice as many as in the city centre.
www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪
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It estimated up to 500 airborne particles were deposited on a sq metre of ground every day in Wytham Woods nr Oxford – almost twice as many as in the city centre.
www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪
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January 14, 2026 at 5:18 PM
A new study has found microplastics in greater quantities in a rural woodland than a nearby city.
It estimated up to 500 airborne particles were deposited on a sq metre of ground every day in Wytham Woods nr Oxford – almost twice as many as in the city centre.
www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪
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It estimated up to 500 airborne particles were deposited on a sq metre of ground every day in Wytham Woods nr Oxford – almost twice as many as in the city centre.
www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪
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Interesting to see the Guardian's @dpcarrington.bsky.social weighing in on this. My take, as someone covering microplastics heavily for the past year (and currently sitting at a 200+ person conference with many of the scientists in question):
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body
Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Interesting to see the Guardian's @dpcarrington.bsky.social weighing in on this. My take, as someone covering microplastics heavily for the past year (and currently sitting at a 200+ person conference with many of the scientists in question):
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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If only someone could have predicted creepy assholes would behave like creepy assholes with the creepy asshole glasses
Filmed covertly, posted publicly: ‘Pickup’ trend grows in B.C.
Filmed covertly, posted publicly: ‘Pickup’ trend grows in B.C.
Imagine having a passing conversation with a stranger who flirts with you, and you decline, only to have a first-hand video of the encounter posted online without your knowledge, consent, or awareness that you’d been recorded in the first place.
bit.ly
January 14, 2026 at 4:37 AM
If only someone could have predicted creepy assholes would behave like creepy assholes with the creepy asshole glasses
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Biofuels are absurdly inefficient compared to electric vehicles.
A great piece in @ourworldindata.org
ourworldindata.org/biofuel-land...
A great piece in @ourworldindata.org
ourworldindata.org/biofuel-land...
Putting solar panels on land used for biofuels would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks to go electric
The world dedicates a Poland-sized area of land to liquid biofuels. Is there a more efficient way to generate energy?
ourworldindata.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Biofuels are absurdly inefficient compared to electric vehicles.
A great piece in @ourworldindata.org
ourworldindata.org/biofuel-land...
A great piece in @ourworldindata.org
ourworldindata.org/biofuel-land...
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It may surprise you that lamb is more greenhouse gas-intensive than pork (sheep are ruminants who belch methane and also require relatively high land per unit of meat vs pork) and that grass-fed animals often have higher emissions due to lower growth rates and thus higher emissions per unit of meat.
Is There Such a Thing As 'Better' Meat? It’s Complicated
New research finds meat production methods which are better for animals aren't always better for the planet, and vice-versa. How can we balance the trade-offs?
www.wri.org
January 10, 2026 at 9:54 PM
It may surprise you that lamb is more greenhouse gas-intensive than pork (sheep are ruminants who belch methane and also require relatively high land per unit of meat vs pork) and that grass-fed animals often have higher emissions due to lower growth rates and thus higher emissions per unit of meat.
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If you ask an LLM to take some notes you have & produce a narrative
you are abdicating your role as a scientist
Our greatest skill is to assess evidence & to put it together to create new understanding and ideas
you are abdicating your role as a scientist
Our greatest skill is to assess evidence & to put it together to create new understanding and ideas
January 11, 2026 at 9:05 AM
If you ask an LLM to take some notes you have & produce a narrative
you are abdicating your role as a scientist
Our greatest skill is to assess evidence & to put it together to create new understanding and ideas
you are abdicating your role as a scientist
Our greatest skill is to assess evidence & to put it together to create new understanding and ideas
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A recent Israeli decision to bar Doctors Without Borders and other aid groups means international staff and aid can no longer enter Gaza or the West Bank. Local staff must rely on dwindling supplies and no international expertise. n.pr/49f75Xo
Inside a Gaza medical clinic at risk of shutting down after an Israeli ban
A recent Israeli decision to bar Doctors Without Borders and other aid groups means international staff and aid can no longer enter Gaza or the West Bank. Local staff must rely on dwindling supplies and no international expertise.
n.pr
January 11, 2026 at 10:14 AM
A recent Israeli decision to bar Doctors Without Borders and other aid groups means international staff and aid can no longer enter Gaza or the West Bank. Local staff must rely on dwindling supplies and no international expertise. n.pr/49f75Xo
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Our blog post linked above was from last February, well before the Grok CSAM scandal, it being already crystal clear that Musk was an unfit person to be a fellow of the Royal Society. Two Fellows resigned then, it will be interesting to see if more follow.
Scientists letter and signatories:
Scientists letter and signatories:
An open letter to the President of the Royal Society – time to stand up for your values | Reciprocal Space
occamstypewriter.org
January 11, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Our blog post linked above was from last February, well before the Grok CSAM scandal, it being already crystal clear that Musk was an unfit person to be a fellow of the Royal Society. Two Fellows resigned then, it will be interesting to see if more follow.
Scientists letter and signatories:
Scientists letter and signatories:
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I appreciate this from @us.theconversation.com by Jonathan Paul.
However, I think it’s making a mistake I commonly hear geologists make with regards to current events.
I have a hunch that this mistake is one of the reasons geology programs are struggling 🧵🛠️🪨🧪
theconversation.com/greenland-is...
However, I think it’s making a mistake I commonly hear geologists make with regards to current events.
I have a hunch that this mistake is one of the reasons geology programs are struggling 🧵🛠️🪨🧪
theconversation.com/greenland-is...
Greenland is rich in natural resources – a geologist explains why
Greenland’s rare earth element deposits may be among the world’s largest by volume.
theconversation.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I appreciate this from @us.theconversation.com by Jonathan Paul.
However, I think it’s making a mistake I commonly hear geologists make with regards to current events.
I have a hunch that this mistake is one of the reasons geology programs are struggling 🧵🛠️🪨🧪
theconversation.com/greenland-is...
However, I think it’s making a mistake I commonly hear geologists make with regards to current events.
I have a hunch that this mistake is one of the reasons geology programs are struggling 🧵🛠️🪨🧪
theconversation.com/greenland-is...
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This is also what Yvette Cooper, when she was UK Home Secretary, said about #PalestineAction. If you knew the secret stuff I know, you'd agree with me that they're terrorists. It's the cheapest and basest way for a politician to malign someone, and a clear sign of a flailing, undemocratic state.
"You haven't seen video of the entire morning ... there's more information" -- Kristi Noem suggests there are secret videos showing that actually Renee Good had it coming
January 11, 2026 at 3:04 PM
This is also what Yvette Cooper, when she was UK Home Secretary, said about #PalestineAction. If you knew the secret stuff I know, you'd agree with me that they're terrorists. It's the cheapest and basest way for a politician to malign someone, and a clear sign of a flailing, undemocratic state.
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No, @nytimes.com (www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/m...), experts do NOT agree emissions reductions aren't adequate to prevent 2C warming.
You're using a false premise (see climateactiontracker.org/press/releas...) to justify potentially dangerous interventions (which take pressure off decarbonization)
You're using a false premise (see climateactiontracker.org/press/releas...) to justify potentially dangerous interventions (which take pressure off decarbonization)
January 11, 2026 at 3:34 AM
No, @nytimes.com (www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/m...), experts do NOT agree emissions reductions aren't adequate to prevent 2C warming.
You're using a false premise (see climateactiontracker.org/press/releas...) to justify potentially dangerous interventions (which take pressure off decarbonization)
You're using a false premise (see climateactiontracker.org/press/releas...) to justify potentially dangerous interventions (which take pressure off decarbonization)
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Shut down X. Shut down Grok.
Periodic reminder that Elon Musk is polluting a poor, mostly black, Memphis community to power Grok with unpermitted gas generators.
The residents get asthma - the world gets child porn and Hitler worship. Oh brave new world .::
Periodic reminder that Elon Musk is polluting a poor, mostly black, Memphis community to power Grok with unpermitted gas generators.
The residents get asthma - the world gets child porn and Hitler worship. Oh brave new world .::
January 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Shut down X. Shut down Grok.
Periodic reminder that Elon Musk is polluting a poor, mostly black, Memphis community to power Grok with unpermitted gas generators.
The residents get asthma - the world gets child porn and Hitler worship. Oh brave new world .::
Periodic reminder that Elon Musk is polluting a poor, mostly black, Memphis community to power Grok with unpermitted gas generators.
The residents get asthma - the world gets child porn and Hitler worship. Oh brave new world .::
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In Dublin, on Fenian Street, there's a factory that makes child sex abuse material.
You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system.
It’s a feature.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system.
It’s a feature.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
The Gist: The Abuse Factory
X, the child abuse imagery app, revealed our state has no red lines. This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
January 10, 2026 at 5:29 PM
In Dublin, on Fenian Street, there's a factory that makes child sex abuse material.
You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system.
It’s a feature.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system.
It’s a feature.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
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Best way for us all to combat Trump?
1) Boycott all US goods
2) The UK rejoining the EU - which is increasingly likely, so join the national campaign 👇👇
1) Boycott all US goods
2) The UK rejoining the EU - which is increasingly likely, so join the national campaign 👇👇
European Movement
Join the movement for a European future
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Best way for us all to combat Trump?
1) Boycott all US goods
2) The UK rejoining the EU - which is increasingly likely, so join the national campaign 👇👇
1) Boycott all US goods
2) The UK rejoining the EU - which is increasingly likely, so join the national campaign 👇👇
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"How Trump Incited an Insurrection: A Jan. 6 Timeline"
Five years later, as the president attempts to rewrite what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, Zeteo has a detailed hour-by-hour guide to what Trump said and did that fateful and violent day.
Five years later, as the president attempts to rewrite what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, Zeteo has a detailed hour-by-hour guide to what Trump said and did that fateful and violent day.
How Trump Incited an Insurrection: A Jan. 6 Timeline
Five years later, as the president attempts to rewrite what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, Zeteo has a detailed hour-by-hour guide to what Trump said and did that fateful and violent day.
zeteo.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:07 PM
"How Trump Incited an Insurrection: A Jan. 6 Timeline"
Five years later, as the president attempts to rewrite what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, Zeteo has a detailed hour-by-hour guide to what Trump said and did that fateful and violent day.
Five years later, as the president attempts to rewrite what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, Zeteo has a detailed hour-by-hour guide to what Trump said and did that fateful and violent day.
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At least 33 January 6 defendants who were pardoned by President Trump have since been charged, arrested or convicted of new crimes, according to Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee who released two new reports Tuesday on the fifth anniversary of the insurrection.
January 6, 2026 at 8:03 PM
At least 33 January 6 defendants who were pardoned by President Trump have since been charged, arrested or convicted of new crimes, according to Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee who released two new reports Tuesday on the fifth anniversary of the insurrection.
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Paul Singer, whose firm owns the US subsidiary of Venezuela's state-owned oil company, spent millions in 2024 to re-elect Trump.
Now, after Trump's invasion of Venezuela on behalf of Big Oil, he's set to cash in on his investment.
A government of, by, and for the billionaires.
Now, after Trump's invasion of Venezuela on behalf of Big Oil, he's set to cash in on his investment.
A government of, by, and for the billionaires.
Venezuela raid enriches MAGA billionaire
The ouster of Maduro is a financial windfall for a prominent Trump-supporting billionaire, investor Paul Singer.
popular.info
January 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Paul Singer, whose firm owns the US subsidiary of Venezuela's state-owned oil company, spent millions in 2024 to re-elect Trump.
Now, after Trump's invasion of Venezuela on behalf of Big Oil, he's set to cash in on his investment.
A government of, by, and for the billionaires.
Now, after Trump's invasion of Venezuela on behalf of Big Oil, he's set to cash in on his investment.
A government of, by, and for the billionaires.
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Another post from a Venezuelan friend:
January 4, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Another post from a Venezuelan friend:
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1937 all over again. A madman in control, and the annexations begin. The powers that be say okay okay, no biggie. Once. Twice. Three times. Then suddenly Poland is gone, Belgium is blitzed, and France is eating wurst instead of brie.
Up next: Panama, Greenland, and then Canada gets to be Poland 2.0
Up next: Panama, Greenland, and then Canada gets to be Poland 2.0
January 5, 2026 at 1:38 AM
1937 all over again. A madman in control, and the annexations begin. The powers that be say okay okay, no biggie. Once. Twice. Three times. Then suddenly Poland is gone, Belgium is blitzed, and France is eating wurst instead of brie.
Up next: Panama, Greenland, and then Canada gets to be Poland 2.0
Up next: Panama, Greenland, and then Canada gets to be Poland 2.0
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The weak response from Can, EU and UN to Trump's flagrant crimes in Venezuela is striking.
It exposes that much of the world has been cowed.
Most notable exception: the Latin American left.
That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3
It exposes that much of the world has been cowed.
Most notable exception: the Latin American left.
That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3
January 4, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The weak response from Can, EU and UN to Trump's flagrant crimes in Venezuela is striking.
It exposes that much of the world has been cowed.
Most notable exception: the Latin American left.
That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3
It exposes that much of the world has been cowed.
Most notable exception: the Latin American left.
That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3
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Those of you who believe in mortal sin ought to recognize this for what it is.
“‘If a fire occurs in the cabin ... don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off," one flight attendant was told.
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,’” said another.
Our #3 most-read story of 2025:
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,’” said another.
Our #3 most-read story of 2025:
Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”
Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and t...
www.propublica.org
January 5, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Those of you who believe in mortal sin ought to recognize this for what it is.
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Cartoon by Nick Anderson
January 4, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Cartoon by Nick Anderson
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Good morning to the understanding of hope expressed by Václav Havel in 1985 or 1986 (via Rebecca Solnit). havelcenter.org/2015/05/04/d...
![". . . [T]he kind of hope I often think about (especially in situations that are particularly hopeless, such as prison) I understand above all as a state of mind, not a state of the world. Either we have hope within us, or we don’t. . . . Hope is not prognostication. It is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart. It transcends the world that is immediately experienced, and is anchored somewhere beyond its horizons. . . . I feel that its deepest roots are in the transcendental, just as the roots of human responsibility are, though of course I can’t – unlike Christians, for instance — say anything about the transcendental. . . .
“Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. The more unpromising the situation in which we demonstrate hope, the deeper that hope is. Hope is not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out. In short, I think that the deepest and most important form of hope, the only one that can keep us above water and urge us to good works, and the only true source of the breathtaking dimension of the human spirit and its efforts, is something we get, as it were, from ‘elsewhere.’ It is also this hope, above all, that gives us the strength to live and continually to try new things, even in conditions that seem as hopeless as ours do, here and now.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5pghxhhzn2fcihyploqv4ijt/bafkreihrelmpb2zjox6ictgt6r24jyaeants5t4rc2m3hyqgmfgieqrvnq@jpeg)
January 3, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Good morning to the understanding of hope expressed by Václav Havel in 1985 or 1986 (via Rebecca Solnit). havelcenter.org/2015/05/04/d...
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The media doesn’t talk enough about the fact that ”Let’s Make America Great Again” was Reagan’s 1980 campaign slogan
Nothing this man does is original, at all, including illegal/imperial invasions in Latin America
Nothing this man does is original, at all, including illegal/imperial invasions in Latin America
January 3, 2026 at 1:38 PM
The media doesn’t talk enough about the fact that ”Let’s Make America Great Again” was Reagan’s 1980 campaign slogan
Nothing this man does is original, at all, including illegal/imperial invasions in Latin America
Nothing this man does is original, at all, including illegal/imperial invasions in Latin America