Marci Baranski
@ecomarci.bsky.social
🛰️Methane, agriculture, science policy @ UNEP's IMEO
📖Author of The Globalization of Wheat: A Critical History of the Green Revolution 🌾
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📖Author of The Globalization of Wheat: A Critical History of the Green Revolution 🌾
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Marci Baranski
@ecomarci.bsky.social
· Oct 19
I wrote The Globalization of Wheat: A Critical History of the Green Revolution. It's about how narratives shape science and international development, science policy, and how good intentions can still lead to injustices.
upittpress.org/books/978082...
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We ate at a British restaurant and it their favourite place so far, so that tracks.
As much as I appreciate my in-laws, we are hosting them in the US and it's a bit frustrating how limited their eating habits are 😅
December 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
We ate at a British restaurant and it their favourite place so far, so that tracks.
Also learned they are major card sharks!!! ♠️ 🦈
Taught them all Euchre and even though I used to play a lot, I did the worst 😭
Taught them all Euchre and even though I used to play a lot, I did the worst 😭
As much as I appreciate my in-laws, we are hosting them in the US and it's a bit frustrating how limited their eating habits are 😅
December 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Also learned they are major card sharks!!! ♠️ 🦈
Taught them all Euchre and even though I used to play a lot, I did the worst 😭
Taught them all Euchre and even though I used to play a lot, I did the worst 😭
As much as I appreciate my in-laws, we are hosting them in the US and it's a bit frustrating how limited their eating habits are 😅
December 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
As much as I appreciate my in-laws, we are hosting them in the US and it's a bit frustrating how limited their eating habits are 😅
I was planning a nice relaxing week of cooking fancy things for our family and the in-laws, but did not plan on being sick and taking care of a sick baby as well 😫
December 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I was planning a nice relaxing week of cooking fancy things for our family and the in-laws, but did not plan on being sick and taking care of a sick baby as well 😫
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I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
Lay article attached:
Lay article attached:
One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires
Every few years, the tires on your car wear thin and need to be replaced. But where does that lost tire material go? The answer, unfortunately, is often waterways, where the tiny microplastic particle...
www.pbs.org
December 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
Lay article attached:
Lay article attached:
I made some scrambled eggs for breakfast with leftover ricotta and chives, yum! Also added a cornstarch-water mix to the eggs before cooking and it really helps them to not dry out!
December 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I made some scrambled eggs for breakfast with leftover ricotta and chives, yum! Also added a cornstarch-water mix to the eggs before cooking and it really helps them to not dry out!
Reposted by Marci Baranski
This is incredibly important. If you read one thing this week: marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.
I'm calm. I'm calm. I promise.
marcusolang.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:47 AM
This is incredibly important. If you read one thing this week: marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
Reposted by Marci Baranski
«Have we ever considered the potato as a gift, an aesthetic, a mood?»
A potato is for life, not just for Christmas | Emma Beddington
Yes, we love our roasties – but have we really explored the spud’s potential as a gift, an aesthetic, a mood, asks Guardian columnist Emma Beddington
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
«Have we ever considered the potato as a gift, an aesthetic, a mood?»
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#FrogFriday 🐸:
J. Martin Pollock
“I AM AT THE ZOO BRING ME A FLY.” 1923
Lithograph in colours, backed on linen, 40 x 25 in. (102 x 64 cm)
London Underground / London Zoo
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5...
J. Martin Pollock
“I AM AT THE ZOO BRING ME A FLY.” 1923
Lithograph in colours, backed on linen, 40 x 25 in. (102 x 64 cm)
London Underground / London Zoo
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5...
December 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
#FrogFriday 🐸:
J. Martin Pollock
“I AM AT THE ZOO BRING ME A FLY.” 1923
Lithograph in colours, backed on linen, 40 x 25 in. (102 x 64 cm)
London Underground / London Zoo
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5...
J. Martin Pollock
“I AM AT THE ZOO BRING ME A FLY.” 1923
Lithograph in colours, backed on linen, 40 x 25 in. (102 x 64 cm)
London Underground / London Zoo
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5...
Oof, I'm on day 8 of some kind of minor stomach bug. Unless I've got that on top of whatever my husband got yesterday 🤢
December 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Oof, I'm on day 8 of some kind of minor stomach bug. Unless I've got that on top of whatever my husband got yesterday 🤢
I used to work part-time as a music librarian and got very good at copy machines. Scanning, resizing, collating, etc.
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
Archival research feels like it’s full of these, but then there’s always one throwback archive with a microfiche machine or a paper catalogue (or, indeed: NARA)
Archival research feels like it’s full of these, but then there’s always one throwback archive with a microfiche machine or a paper catalogue (or, indeed: NARA)
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
Summer of '95 I had a job assembling single-use film cameras, which I did enough that I can still perform the actions. I don't think they even sell them anymore, but even if they do I'm certainly never going to be making them again!
Summer of '95 I had a job assembling single-use film cameras, which I did enough that I can still perform the actions. I don't think they even sell them anymore, but even if they do I'm certainly never going to be making them again!
December 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I used to work part-time as a music librarian and got very good at copy machines. Scanning, resizing, collating, etc.
I had a sick day yesterday (yay daycare bugs) and may have watched the entire season 2 of The Rehearsal. Oh my god.
December 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I had a sick day yesterday (yay daycare bugs) and may have watched the entire season 2 of The Rehearsal. Oh my god.
Reposted by Marci Baranski
He’s making a list
Checking it twice
Hoping emission factors are nice
Santa Claus is developing his scope 1-3 GHG inventory
Checking it twice
Hoping emission factors are nice
Santa Claus is developing his scope 1-3 GHG inventory
December 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
He’s making a list
Checking it twice
Hoping emission factors are nice
Santa Claus is developing his scope 1-3 GHG inventory
Checking it twice
Hoping emission factors are nice
Santa Claus is developing his scope 1-3 GHG inventory
Reposted by Marci Baranski
Good morning, kids.
Have some alpenglow with your coffee. ☕️
Have some alpenglow with your coffee. ☕️
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Good morning, kids.
Have some alpenglow with your coffee. ☕️
Have some alpenglow with your coffee. ☕️
Last day working in downtown DC, for now anyway. Offering my house as co-working space for my friends. Free coffee + emotional support cats.
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Last day working in downtown DC, for now anyway. Offering my house as co-working space for my friends. Free coffee + emotional support cats.
Draft Thanksgiving menu for party of 3, one vegetarian and two Germans (and one German-American baby). No turkey but tried to keep the rest more traditional.
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Draft Thanksgiving menu for party of 3, one vegetarian and two Germans (and one German-American baby). No turkey but tried to keep the rest more traditional.
Baby tasted peanut butter for the first time today and I've never seen her more excited 😂
November 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Baby tasted peanut butter for the first time today and I've never seen her more excited 😂
Reposted by Marci Baranski
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Full report here! www.unep.org/resources/re...
November 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Full report here! www.unep.org/resources/re...
Starting NOW!!! UNEP: Launch of the Global Methane Status Report. unfccc-events.azureedge.net/COP30_109514...
UNFCCC
unfccc-events.azureedge.net
November 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Starting NOW!!! UNEP: Launch of the Global Methane Status Report. unfccc-events.azureedge.net/COP30_109514...
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“COP30 in Belém may well be remembered as the moment that the world accepted the leading role of China in addressing humanity’s most important challenge.”
“China is helping enable the energy transition, while the U.S. tries to force countries to buy U.S. oil and gas. Global trends favor China.”
“China is helping enable the energy transition, while the U.S. tries to force countries to buy U.S. oil and gas. Global trends favor China.”
As U.S. and E.U. Retreat on Climate, China Takes the Leadership Role
As U.N. talks get underway, China is emerging as a key leader in international climate efforts. It is empowering the global energy transition, and along with India and Brazil, is becoming the driving ...
e360.yale.edu
November 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“COP30 in Belém may well be remembered as the moment that the world accepted the leading role of China in addressing humanity’s most important challenge.”
“China is helping enable the energy transition, while the U.S. tries to force countries to buy U.S. oil and gas. Global trends favor China.”
“China is helping enable the energy transition, while the U.S. tries to force countries to buy U.S. oil and gas. Global trends favor China.”
Reposted by Marci Baranski
If you love chickens (and eggs) you can thank a Thai person for it, 'cos they're the geniuses who first appear to have domesticated the birds nearly 4,000 years ago.
[shout out to Thailand -- i knew i liked you.]
[shout out to Thailand -- i knew i liked you.]
November 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
If you love chickens (and eggs) you can thank a Thai person for it, 'cos they're the geniuses who first appear to have domesticated the birds nearly 4,000 years ago.
[shout out to Thailand -- i knew i liked you.]
[shout out to Thailand -- i knew i liked you.]
Leftover carrot purée also got added to breakfast tacos. No food waste in this house 😅
Baby is eating purées now and she didn't like Asian pear. Thankfully frozen Asian pear purée is a nice dessert for mama 🤣
November 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Leftover carrot purée also got added to breakfast tacos. No food waste in this house 😅
Baby is eating purées now and she didn't like Asian pear. Thankfully frozen Asian pear purée is a nice dessert for mama 🤣
November 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Baby is eating purées now and she didn't like Asian pear. Thankfully frozen Asian pear purée is a nice dessert for mama 🤣
Reposted by Marci Baranski
This is such a common dynamic and it absolutely does immense harm to women’s careers. We do not need to tolerate this shit anymore.
If women are underrepresented in STEM, it's at least partly because men like this offer mentoring, then embarrass themselves by assuming their mentees must be into them, then decide the best solution is to cut ties, which sends the signal to other faculty that the mentee must not be good enough.
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 12:46 AM
This is such a common dynamic and it absolutely does immense harm to women’s careers. We do not need to tolerate this shit anymore.