Katherine T. Tyson
@katherinettyson.bsky.social
Day job policymaking on climate change/adaptation gap. Research public goods provision (IR, IPE, Law)
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Oxford | UBC | Columbia | Waseda
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Oxford | UBC | Columbia | Waseda
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I’m a bit late but it’s still January, so new year new profile picture!
I have a habit of updating across platforms to help keep in touch with people. This year is different.
As Silicon Valley loses its mind it felt more like an “in memoriam” than anything else.
It’s not just TikTok that’s dying.
I have a habit of updating across platforms to help keep in touch with people. This year is different.
As Silicon Valley loses its mind it felt more like an “in memoriam” than anything else.
It’s not just TikTok that’s dying.
Time for pumpkins to be composted and jolly decorations to go up
November 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Time for pumpkins to be composted and jolly decorations to go up
Reposted by Katherine T. Tyson
The UK is within spitting distance of having more murders portrayed annually on TV shows and movies set in the country than occur in real life
It's so incredible how low homicide rates are in Europe. The UK, with a population of 70 million people, had fewer than 600 murders in 2023.
www.connexionfrance.com/news/double-...
www.connexionfrance.com/news/double-...
October 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The UK is within spitting distance of having more murders portrayed annually on TV shows and movies set in the country than occur in real life
Happy Autumn Equinox Bluesky!
September 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Happy Autumn Equinox Bluesky!
3D depiction of rainfall distribution across Great Britain.
England is a very dry place: London gets as much rain as Jerusalem.
With climate change, the south will need to prepare for even more acute water shortages.
England is a very dry place: London gets as much rain as Jerusalem.
With climate change, the south will need to prepare for even more acute water shortages.
September 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
3D depiction of rainfall distribution across Great Britain.
England is a very dry place: London gets as much rain as Jerusalem.
With climate change, the south will need to prepare for even more acute water shortages.
England is a very dry place: London gets as much rain as Jerusalem.
With climate change, the south will need to prepare for even more acute water shortages.
Canada could do something really smart on Monday by launching round two of their application for H1-B visa holders and their families.
www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
September 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Canada could do something really smart on Monday by launching round two of their application for H1-B visa holders and their families.
www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
The H1-B visa application fee increasing from $1000 to $100,000 a year could be a win for Canada
- Start ups could move to afford talent
- Companies could expand satellite offices to keep talent
- More medical professionals to meet backlogs
Now US research institutes really need satellite campuses
- Start ups could move to afford talent
- Companies could expand satellite offices to keep talent
- More medical professionals to meet backlogs
Now US research institutes really need satellite campuses
Trump signs proclamation imposing annual $100,000 fee on H-1B visas
Move deals potentially major blow to US tech industry, which relies heavily on workers from India and China
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The H1-B visa application fee increasing from $1000 to $100,000 a year could be a win for Canada
- Start ups could move to afford talent
- Companies could expand satellite offices to keep talent
- More medical professionals to meet backlogs
Now US research institutes really need satellite campuses
- Start ups could move to afford talent
- Companies could expand satellite offices to keep talent
- More medical professionals to meet backlogs
Now US research institutes really need satellite campuses
I don’t even like Jimmy Kimmel, but solidarity from across the pond.
September 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I don’t even like Jimmy Kimmel, but solidarity from across the pond.
😮💨
Europe stands with Estonia in the face of Russia’s latest violation of our airspace.
We will respond to every provocation with determination while investing in a stronger Eastern flank.
We will respond to every provocation with determination while investing in a stronger Eastern flank.
September 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
😮💨
If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.
September 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.
Reposted by Katherine T. Tyson
We're halfway between the IPCC 6th and 7th Assessment Reports, and an international team of 61 scientists updated some of the key metrics used in the reports. As I wrote for @climateconnections.bsky.social, the findings were pretty bleak, but there are some glimmers of hope 🧵 (1/6)
🔥 The world’s top climate scientists have found that global warming is accelerating. Oceans are rising faster than ever, and the 1.5°C target is slipping away, but there’s still a narrow path forward. #ClimateAction
Climate change is accelerating, scientists find in ‘grim’ report » Yale Climate Connections
They warn that humanity is just three years from overshooting the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target, with seas rising faster than ever. But the report also contains a little bit of good news.
yaleclimateconnections.org
September 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
We're halfway between the IPCC 6th and 7th Assessment Reports, and an international team of 61 scientists updated some of the key metrics used in the reports. As I wrote for @climateconnections.bsky.social, the findings were pretty bleak, but there are some glimmers of hope 🧵 (1/6)
Reposted by Katherine T. Tyson
Finally some good news for the WTO: the fish subsidies pact will enter into force next week! The bad news: it'll lapse unless the second part of the pact is not agreed in 4 years. But hey you can't have everything. More from Borderlex WTO guru @chrishorseman.bsky.social borderlex.net/2025/09/11/w...
WTO fisheries subsidies agreement to enter into force - Borderlex
The World Trade Organization's agreement on fisheries subsidies is set to enter into force next week, when the number of countries ratifying the deal moves above the required two-thirds of the organis...
borderlex.net
September 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Finally some good news for the WTO: the fish subsidies pact will enter into force next week! The bad news: it'll lapse unless the second part of the pact is not agreed in 4 years. But hey you can't have everything. More from Borderlex WTO guru @chrishorseman.bsky.social borderlex.net/2025/09/11/w...
I’m so ready for crisp walks under yellowing leaves 🍂
September 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I’m so ready for crisp walks under yellowing leaves 🍂
This is psychological torture.
The digital afterlife industry may near $80 billion in a decade, fueled by AI "deadbots." Tech firms see profit. But experts warn of troubling consequences.
AI 'deadbots' are persuasive — and researchers say they're primed for monetization
The digital afterlife industry may near $80 billion in a decade, fueled by AI "deadbots." Tech firms see profit. But experts warn of troubling consequences.
n.pr
August 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is psychological torture.
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I’m very excited to share that my paper “Cleavage theory meets civil society: A framework and research agenda” with @eborbath.bsky.social & Swen Hutter has now been published online in @wepsocial.bsky.social (w/ open access funding thanks to @wzb.bsky.social!)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
August 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I’m very excited to share that my paper “Cleavage theory meets civil society: A framework and research agenda” with @eborbath.bsky.social & Swen Hutter has now been published online in @wepsocial.bsky.social (w/ open access funding thanks to @wzb.bsky.social!)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Scare Snoop Dogg
Post a gay
Post a gay
August 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Scare Snoop Dogg
Post a gay
Post a gay
When you play stupid games
For the coming year, China has booked ZERO shipments of US soybeans. (Per Bloomberg and Farm Policy News, links below.)
Who could have predicted that bad tariff policy would wreck the US soybean market?
Especially when this same admin blew up commodity markets with tariffs in 2018? A mystery!
Who could have predicted that bad tariff policy would wreck the US soybean market?
Especially when this same admin blew up commodity markets with tariffs in 2018? A mystery!
August 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
When you play stupid games
In my family, I’m simultaneously the most tech savvy and resident Luddite.
age 15: Computers are amazing! I'm going to do amazing things with computers!
age 45: explaining to the fourth person this week why Chat GPT is not a replacement for google or the library or friends
age 45: explaining to the fourth person this week why Chat GPT is not a replacement for google or the library or friends
August 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
In my family, I’m simultaneously the most tech savvy and resident Luddite.
Large Language Models (LLMs) have no capacity for thought. You're talking to a sophisticated word association machine, that's been constructed to play on your emotions.
Log off.
Log off.
“You'll notice small, genuine touches like ‘Good question’ or ‘Great start,’ not flattery. Internal tests show no rise in sycophancy compared to the previous GPT-5 personality.”
August 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Large Language Models (LLMs) have no capacity for thought. You're talking to a sophisticated word association machine, that's been constructed to play on your emotions.
Log off.
Log off.
If anyone thought AI would take women’s health seriously: we fed it sexist data and now it’s sexist too
AI tools used by English councils downplay women’s health issues, study finds
Exclusive: LSE research finds risk of gender bias in care decisions made based on AI summaries of case notes
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
If anyone thought AI would take women’s health seriously: we fed it sexist data and now it’s sexist too
America, can we have one not insane week.
August 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
America, can we have one not insane week.
We risk our rights when the few who care fall into despair.
Don’t let the bastards get you down.
Don’t let the bastards get you down.
August 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
We risk our rights when the few who care fall into despair.
Don’t let the bastards get you down.
Don’t let the bastards get you down.
Reposted by Katherine T. Tyson
I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING!!!
“Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news.” www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...
“Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news.” www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...
Health secretary RFK Jr. shuts door on U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research
Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news that RFK Jr. has shut the door in U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research.
www.statnews.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.
I hate the current puritanical movement so much
Steam and itch.io have removed thousands of video games in recent weeks deemed to be "adult content" in order to comply with strict rules from payment processors like Mastercard.
These policies censor artists engaged in lawful speech. Mastercard shouldn't be the gatekeepers of our digital freedom.
These policies censor artists engaged in lawful speech. Mastercard shouldn't be the gatekeepers of our digital freedom.
Why did thousands of adult titles just disappear from the biggest PC gaming marketplaces?
Digital distribution platforms Steam and itch.io have tightened their rules about adult content – under pressure from payment processors. Why has this happened and where will it lead?
www.theguardian.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I hate the current puritanical movement so much
Greenhouse gas effect cannot be willed away. Climate impacts will still happen. This is just pure negligence.
The US Environmental Protection Agency will "revoke the scientific determination that underpins the government’s legal authority to combat climate change."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...
The US Environmental Protection Agency will "revoke the scientific determination that underpins the government’s legal authority to combat climate change."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...
In Game-Changing Climate Rollback, E.P.A. Aims to Kill a Bedrock Scientific Finding
www.nytimes.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Greenhouse gas effect cannot be willed away. Climate impacts will still happen. This is just pure negligence.
The US Environmental Protection Agency will "revoke the scientific determination that underpins the government’s legal authority to combat climate change."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...
The US Environmental Protection Agency will "revoke the scientific determination that underpins the government’s legal authority to combat climate change."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...
Sunday thought
July 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Sunday thought