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 🌾
📖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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This is such a sad story. In Saudi Arabia, where an unmarried mother can be jailed for an “illegal pregnancy,” migrant workers who give birth cannot leave the country with their kids if they do not have identification documents, which are often impossible to obtain.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
Born to Unwed Mothers, These Children Are Trapped in Saudi Arabia
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This is such a sad story. In Saudi Arabia, where an unmarried mother can be jailed for an “illegal pregnancy,” migrant workers who give birth cannot leave the country with their kids if they do not have identification documents, which are often impossible to obtain.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
Question for historians - what are some archives/libraries in DC related to international politics that are not government-run? Someone I know is here for research next week but many of the places he planned to go are closed.
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Question for historians - what are some archives/libraries in DC related to international politics that are not government-run? Someone I know is here for research next week but many of the places he planned to go are closed.
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If the world were a just place either changing sheets and duvet cover wouldn't be such an odious job or sleeping in clean sheets wouldn't be such an exquisite feeling. Alas the cycle continues as the cruel wheel of time turns.
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
If the world were a just place either changing sheets and duvet cover wouldn't be such an odious job or sleeping in clean sheets wouldn't be such an exquisite feeling. Alas the cycle continues as the cruel wheel of time turns.
So maybe that 2pm latte was a mistake 🫥
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 AM
So maybe that 2pm latte was a mistake 🫥
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Omfg yo holy shit look at this shot. Taken 34 minutes ago. I got some decent video I'll edit once I get to a hotel after catching the milky way...so..3 hours? 🪶
November 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Omfg yo holy shit look at this shot. Taken 34 minutes ago. I got some decent video I'll edit once I get to a hotel after catching the milky way...so..3 hours? 🪶
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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lmao this is incredible, strong contender for one of the least useful charts ever made
you could do this with anything, draw a straight trend line plus one exponentially up and one exponentially down
average baseball fastball pitch speed in 2050:
0mph, 105mph, or 1000000mph
you could do this with anything, draw a straight trend line plus one exponentially up and one exponentially down
average baseball fastball pitch speed in 2050:
0mph, 105mph, or 1000000mph
AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
November 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
lmao this is incredible, strong contender for one of the least useful charts ever made
you could do this with anything, draw a straight trend line plus one exponentially up and one exponentially down
average baseball fastball pitch speed in 2050:
0mph, 105mph, or 1000000mph
you could do this with anything, draw a straight trend line plus one exponentially up and one exponentially down
average baseball fastball pitch speed in 2050:
0mph, 105mph, or 1000000mph
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UNEP's latest annual “emissions gap” report is out - countries' climate plans "barely move the needle" on future warming
@carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/unep-new-cou...
@carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/unep-new-cou...
UNEP: New country climate plans ‘barely move needle’ on expected warming - Carbon Brief
The latest round of country climate plans ‘barely move the needle’ on future warming, the head of the United Nations Environment Programme has warned
www.carbonbrief.org
November 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
UNEP's latest annual “emissions gap” report is out - countries' climate plans "barely move the needle" on future warming
@carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/unep-new-cou...
@carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/unep-new-cou...
I like to say that super pollutants are the short game and CO2 is the long game!
There has been a lot of recent interest in mitigating "super pollutants", short-lived climate pollutants like methane and refrigerants. We should cut emissions, but using them as carbon offsets risks breaking the math of net zero: www.theclimatebrink....
November 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I like to say that super pollutants are the short game and CO2 is the long game!
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There has been a lot of recent interest in mitigating "super pollutants", short-lived climate pollutants like methane and refrigerants. We should cut emissions, but using them as carbon offsets risks breaking the math of net zero: www.theclimatebrink....
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
There has been a lot of recent interest in mitigating "super pollutants", short-lived climate pollutants like methane and refrigerants. We should cut emissions, but using them as carbon offsets risks breaking the math of net zero: www.theclimatebrink....
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Senior agrifood systems folks, this is a great job opportunity at CIMMYT! Sieg Snapp's work has been highly influential to my academic work and it would be great to see a similarly outstanding person in this role after she retires! apply.workable.com/cimmyt-1/j/5...
Sustainable Agri-Food System (SAS) Director - CIMMYT
CIMMYT is a cutting edge, non-profit, international organization dedicated to solving tomorrow's problems today. It is entrusted with fostering improved quantity, quality, and dependability of product...
apply.workable.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Senior agrifood systems folks, this is a great job opportunity at CIMMYT! Sieg Snapp's work has been highly influential to my academic work and it would be great to see a similarly outstanding person in this role after she retires! apply.workable.com/cimmyt-1/j/5...
Senior agrifood systems folks, this is a great job opportunity at CIMMYT! Sieg Snapp's work has been highly influential to my academic work and it would be great to see a similarly outstanding person in this role after she retires! apply.workable.com/cimmyt-1/j/5...
Sustainable Agri-Food System (SAS) Director - CIMMYT
CIMMYT is a cutting edge, non-profit, international organization dedicated to solving tomorrow's problems today. It is entrusted with fostering improved quantity, quality, and dependability of product...
apply.workable.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Senior agrifood systems folks, this is a great job opportunity at CIMMYT! Sieg Snapp's work has been highly influential to my academic work and it would be great to see a similarly outstanding person in this role after she retires! apply.workable.com/cimmyt-1/j/5...
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So many climate solutions, so few emissions reductions. A new book explains why.
In "The Long Heat," Wim Carton and Andreas Malm argue that capitalism has turned the climate crisis into a business opportunity.
grist.org/culture/clim...
#BookSky #Books #Climate #Tech #Capitalism
In "The Long Heat," Wim Carton and Andreas Malm argue that capitalism has turned the climate crisis into a business opportunity.
grist.org/culture/clim...
#BookSky #Books #Climate #Tech #Capitalism
So many climate solutions, so few emissions reductions. A new book explains why.
In "The Long Heat," Wim Carton and Andreas Malm argue that capitalism has turned the climate crisis into a business opportunity.
grist.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
So many climate solutions, so few emissions reductions. A new book explains why.
In "The Long Heat," Wim Carton and Andreas Malm argue that capitalism has turned the climate crisis into a business opportunity.
grist.org/culture/clim...
#BookSky #Books #Climate #Tech #Capitalism
In "The Long Heat," Wim Carton and Andreas Malm argue that capitalism has turned the climate crisis into a business opportunity.
grist.org/culture/clim...
#BookSky #Books #Climate #Tech #Capitalism
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So proud of my colleagues for launching this important report: UNEP's Eye on Methane 2025.
NYTimes interview: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/c...
Report pdf here: buff.ly/0g4FHzD
NYTimes interview: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/c...
Report pdf here: buff.ly/0g4FHzD
October 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
So proud of my colleagues for launching this important report: UNEP's Eye on Methane 2025.
NYTimes interview: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/c...
Report pdf here: buff.ly/0g4FHzD
NYTimes interview: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/c...
Report pdf here: buff.ly/0g4FHzD
Impromptu galette from whatever was left in the fridge + frozen pie crust. Doesn't look like much but inside is roasted potato and carrot, caramelized onions that I made on the weekend, goat cheese, egg, and mustard.
October 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Impromptu galette from whatever was left in the fridge + frozen pie crust. Doesn't look like much but inside is roasted potato and carrot, caramelized onions that I made on the weekend, goat cheese, egg, and mustard.
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this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
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📚📚📚 New Book Review 📚📚📚
Joost Jongerden reviews // “Welcome to Soylandia: Transnational farmers in the Brazilian Cerrado” // By Andrew Ofstehage, @cornellupress.bsky.social, 2025
Find it here in AE 52.4 Early View:
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Joost Jongerden reviews // “Welcome to Soylandia: Transnational farmers in the Brazilian Cerrado” // By Andrew Ofstehage, @cornellupress.bsky.social, 2025
Find it here in AE 52.4 Early View:
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
October 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
📚📚📚 New Book Review 📚📚📚
Joost Jongerden reviews // “Welcome to Soylandia: Transnational farmers in the Brazilian Cerrado” // By Andrew Ofstehage, @cornellupress.bsky.social, 2025
Find it here in AE 52.4 Early View:
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Joost Jongerden reviews // “Welcome to Soylandia: Transnational farmers in the Brazilian Cerrado” // By Andrew Ofstehage, @cornellupress.bsky.social, 2025
Find it here in AE 52.4 Early View:
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
So proud of my colleagues for launching this important report: UNEP's Eye on Methane 2025.
NYTimes interview: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/c...
Report pdf here: buff.ly/0g4FHzD
NYTimes interview: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/c...
Report pdf here: buff.ly/0g4FHzD
October 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
So proud of my colleagues for launching this important report: UNEP's Eye on Methane 2025.
NYTimes interview: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/c...
Report pdf here: buff.ly/0g4FHzD
NYTimes interview: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/c...
Report pdf here: buff.ly/0g4FHzD
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My cats and baby are starting to become more aware/interested in each other. But the cats are still wary. Maybe I should have fed them on opposite sides of the door then gradually brought them closer together with the door open 😙
October 21, 2025 at 11:07 AM
My cats and baby are starting to become more aware/interested in each other. But the cats are still wary. Maybe I should have fed them on opposite sides of the door then gradually brought them closer together with the door open 😙
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Study after study, data proves again and again that bike infrastructure saves lives.
Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
usa.streetsblog.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Study after study, data proves again and again that bike infrastructure saves lives.
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hello twitter users who are just joining us! we're happy to have you on bluesky. you're just in time for "wet wet wednesdays" where we all share the sauces, gravies, and marinades we're working on
October 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
hello twitter users who are just joining us! we're happy to have you on bluesky. you're just in time for "wet wet wednesdays" where we all share the sauces, gravies, and marinades we're working on
@unep.org is seeking a Chief Scientist and Director of the Office of Science. This is a senior position based in Nairobi. Please share with your network! careers.un.org/jobSearchDes...
UN Careers
United Nations
careers.un.org
October 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
@unep.org is seeking a Chief Scientist and Director of the Office of Science. This is a senior position based in Nairobi. Please share with your network! careers.un.org/jobSearchDes...
Something I noticed being back in the US after 4 years in Bangkok is you need an app or login for *everything*. My heated mug, phone company, and thermostat need an app. I needed a password to check-in at the salon (I didn't remember it, that was fun).
October 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Something I noticed being back in the US after 4 years in Bangkok is you need an app or login for *everything*. My heated mug, phone company, and thermostat need an app. I needed a password to check-in at the salon (I didn't remember it, that was fun).