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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🧵 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...
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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
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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
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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.
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Yesterday's Word Count = 547
I don't want to get ahead of my reread so....
...have some Harrison instead.
I don't want to get ahead of my reread so....
...have some Harrison instead.
November 1, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Yesterday's Word Count = 547
I don't want to get ahead of my reread so....
...have some Harrison instead.
I don't want to get ahead of my reread so....
...have some Harrison instead.
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Quarterly reminder:
“We basically have 3 choices: mitigation, adaptation & suffering. We’re going to do some of each. The question is what the mix is going to be. The more mitigation we do, the less adaptation will be required and the less suffering there will be.”—Dr. John Holdren, 2007
“We basically have 3 choices: mitigation, adaptation & suffering. We’re going to do some of each. The question is what the mix is going to be. The more mitigation we do, the less adaptation will be required and the less suffering there will be.”—Dr. John Holdren, 2007
October 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Quarterly reminder:
“We basically have 3 choices: mitigation, adaptation & suffering. We’re going to do some of each. The question is what the mix is going to be. The more mitigation we do, the less adaptation will be required and the less suffering there will be.”—Dr. John Holdren, 2007
“We basically have 3 choices: mitigation, adaptation & suffering. We’re going to do some of each. The question is what the mix is going to be. The more mitigation we do, the less adaptation will be required and the less suffering there will be.”—Dr. John Holdren, 2007
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October sunset in the Champlain Valley in Vermont
📸 Ken Rachlis
📸 Ken Rachlis
October 29, 2025 at 10:08 AM
October sunset in the Champlain Valley in Vermont
📸 Ken Rachlis
📸 Ken Rachlis
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Looking for an overview of different #RStats packages for visualising spatial data? 📊 Here's a previous blog post of mine: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/r-packa...
This blog post is almost three years old now, but all of the code still works!
#DataViz #RSpatial #30DayMapChallenge
This blog post is almost three years old now, but all of the code still works!
#DataViz #RSpatial #30DayMapChallenge
R packages for visualising spatial data – Nicola Rennie
Throughout the #30DayChartChallenge I made most of my maps with R. This blog post details the R packages I find myself using most often when visualising spatial data.
nrennie.rbind.io
October 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Looking for an overview of different #RStats packages for visualising spatial data? 📊 Here's a previous blog post of mine: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/r-packa...
This blog post is almost three years old now, but all of the code still works!
#DataViz #RSpatial #30DayMapChallenge
This blog post is almost three years old now, but all of the code still works!
#DataViz #RSpatial #30DayMapChallenge
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My monthly plea for help.
A new batch of #cancer bills will reach my mailbox this week. I'll need about $1,200 to stay current.
I owe $21,586 currently... the price of staying alive, I guess.
Please SHARE for me. As we approach the holidays, I'm still looking for a miracle. ✨
🩷🔗 bit.ly/4qvB5F9
A new batch of #cancer bills will reach my mailbox this week. I'll need about $1,200 to stay current.
I owe $21,586 currently... the price of staying alive, I guess.
Please SHARE for me. As we approach the holidays, I'm still looking for a miracle. ✨
🩷🔗 bit.ly/4qvB5F9
October 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
My monthly plea for help.
A new batch of #cancer bills will reach my mailbox this week. I'll need about $1,200 to stay current.
I owe $21,586 currently... the price of staying alive, I guess.
Please SHARE for me. As we approach the holidays, I'm still looking for a miracle. ✨
🩷🔗 bit.ly/4qvB5F9
A new batch of #cancer bills will reach my mailbox this week. I'll need about $1,200 to stay current.
I owe $21,586 currently... the price of staying alive, I guess.
Please SHARE for me. As we approach the holidays, I'm still looking for a miracle. ✨
🩷🔗 bit.ly/4qvB5F9
October 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Nonprofits turning to flexible labor to cut costs may be hurting themselves.
A study of over 7,800 arts organizations found it doesn't improve long-term financial health and can reduce attendance significantly
A study of over 7,800 arts organizations found it doesn't improve long-term financial health and can reduce attendance significantly
Relying heavily on contractors can cut attendance by 27% for museums, theaters and other arts nonprofits – new research
Relying on flexible labor arrangements does not provide lasting financial benefits for nonprofits, making them more of a Band-Aid than a cure.
buff.ly
October 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Nonprofits turning to flexible labor to cut costs may be hurting themselves.
A study of over 7,800 arts organizations found it doesn't improve long-term financial health and can reduce attendance significantly
A study of over 7,800 arts organizations found it doesn't improve long-term financial health and can reduce attendance significantly
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The Berlin 2035 World Exhibition is a project involving the entire city of Berlin. It is a joint project, created by everyone and designed with everyone's input.
I am delighted to have been appointed to its international strategic council, Concept Team
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expo2035-berlin.com/konzeptteam/
I am delighted to have been appointed to its international strategic council, Concept Team
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expo2035-berlin.com/konzeptteam/
Konzeptteam - EXPO 2035 Berlin
expo2035-berlin.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:58 AM
The Berlin 2035 World Exhibition is a project involving the entire city of Berlin. It is a joint project, created by everyone and designed with everyone's input.
I am delighted to have been appointed to its international strategic council, Concept Team
-
expo2035-berlin.com/konzeptteam/
I am delighted to have been appointed to its international strategic council, Concept Team
-
expo2035-berlin.com/konzeptteam/
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🚨 Seminar Alert!
Join us for “Public support for degrowth and the prospects for its adoption” with Dr. Dario Krpan.
🗓️ Tuesday Oct 28
📍ICTA-UAB & 💻 Online
Discover new insights into public attitudes toward #Degrowth and pathways to a post-growth future 🌱
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
Join us for “Public support for degrowth and the prospects for its adoption” with Dr. Dario Krpan.
🗓️ Tuesday Oct 28
📍ICTA-UAB & 💻 Online
Discover new insights into public attitudes toward #Degrowth and pathways to a post-growth future 🌱
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
October 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🚨 Seminar Alert!
Join us for “Public support for degrowth and the prospects for its adoption” with Dr. Dario Krpan.
🗓️ Tuesday Oct 28
📍ICTA-UAB & 💻 Online
Discover new insights into public attitudes toward #Degrowth and pathways to a post-growth future 🌱
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
Join us for “Public support for degrowth and the prospects for its adoption” with Dr. Dario Krpan.
🗓️ Tuesday Oct 28
📍ICTA-UAB & 💻 Online
Discover new insights into public attitudes toward #Degrowth and pathways to a post-growth future 🌱
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
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One of the biggest and most publicized disputes in stellar astronomy in recent decades centers on the distance to this star cluster, the Pleiades (the 7 Sisters).
Image credit: my tiny telescope (~4 hours)
#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾🔬
Image credit: my tiny telescope (~4 hours)
#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾🔬
October 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
One of the biggest and most publicized disputes in stellar astronomy in recent decades centers on the distance to this star cluster, the Pleiades (the 7 Sisters).
Image credit: my tiny telescope (~4 hours)
#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾🔬
Image credit: my tiny telescope (~4 hours)
#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾🔬