Berk Öktem
@brkoktemecon.bsky.social
Environmental and development economist (he/him) - Assistant prof. at Paris-Saclay - Working on land use, deforestation, and biodiversity 🌈🌱
🌐 https://berkoktem.github.io
🌐 https://berkoktem.github.io
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A high-resolution digital map allows people to plan their routes along the ancient roads of the Roman Empire
go.nature.com/4nHZmoM
go.nature.com/4nHZmoM
‘Google Maps’ for Roman roads reveals vast extent of ancient network
Nature - A high-resolution digital map nearly doubles the known length of the ancient road network.
go.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A high-resolution digital map allows people to plan their routes along the ancient roads of the Roman Empire
go.nature.com/4nHZmoM
go.nature.com/4nHZmoM
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⚡️ More and more fields and forests around Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, are covered with fiber optic wires from drones.
November 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
⚡️ More and more fields and forests around Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, are covered with fiber optic wires from drones.
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En 2026, les californiens vont peut-être adopter une taxe de 5% sur la fortune des milliardaires. Par référendum, car leur gouverneur (démocrate...) s'oppose à taxer la fortune.
Cette proposition évite toutes les critiques formulées à l'encontre de la taxe Zucman. ⬇️
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oag.ca.gov/system/files...
Cette proposition évite toutes les critiques formulées à l'encontre de la taxe Zucman. ⬇️
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oag.ca.gov/system/files...
oag.ca.gov
November 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
En 2026, les californiens vont peut-être adopter une taxe de 5% sur la fortune des milliardaires. Par référendum, car leur gouverneur (démocrate...) s'oppose à taxer la fortune.
Cette proposition évite toutes les critiques formulées à l'encontre de la taxe Zucman. ⬇️
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oag.ca.gov/system/files...
Cette proposition évite toutes les critiques formulées à l'encontre de la taxe Zucman. ⬇️
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oag.ca.gov/system/files...
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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Ironic that Syrians were dubbed a "flexible workforce" for years, when that meant informal employment. Now that they're returning to Syria, it is a "labor shortage."
Syrians weren't/aren't the problem. It is the business model!
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Syrians weren't/aren't the problem. It is the business model!
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Turkey’s fabled textile industry is coming apart at the seams
Inflation, China and an exodus of Syrian workers are among its problems
www.economist.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Ironic that Syrians were dubbed a "flexible workforce" for years, when that meant informal employment. Now that they're returning to Syria, it is a "labor shortage."
Syrians weren't/aren't the problem. It is the business model!
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Syrians weren't/aren't the problem. It is the business model!
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
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Dropping a beta version of this page while everyone is up and processing baseball!
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
Economics Literature Search
Full-text search across 15,000+ papers from top economics journals and NBER working papers. Track how empirical methods have evolved over time.
paulgp.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Dropping a beta version of this page while everyone is up and processing baseball!
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
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ANES Data Release! electionstudies.org/data-center/...
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
2016-2020-2024-panel-merged-study - ANES | American National Election Studies
electionstudies.org
November 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
ANES Data Release! electionstudies.org/data-center/...
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
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Now here is something scary... 👻
And some more spooky climate trends for today: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
#HappyHalloween! 🎃
And some more spooky climate trends for today: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
#HappyHalloween! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Now here is something scary... 👻
And some more spooky climate trends for today: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
#HappyHalloween! 🎃
And some more spooky climate trends for today: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
#HappyHalloween! 🎃
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Le RN vient de faire voter une résolution d’un racisme totalement décomplexé.
J’ai la nausée et j’ai honte du message que notre pays envoie à tous•tes nos compatriotes d’origine algérienne.
L’obsession de la droite et de l’extrême droite pour l’Algérie a un parfum de revanche colonial.
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J’ai la nausée et j’ai honte du message que notre pays envoie à tous•tes nos compatriotes d’origine algérienne.
L’obsession de la droite et de l’extrême droite pour l’Algérie a un parfum de revanche colonial.
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🇫🇷🇩🇿 Le RN a fait adopter, à 185 voix contre 184, la dénonciation de l’accord de 1968 entre la #France et l’#Algérie.
La chasse aux algériens continue en France. Honte aux députés macronistes qui par leur absence ont offert cette victoire.
La chasse aux algériens continue en France. Honte aux députés macronistes qui par leur absence ont offert cette victoire.
Sabrina SEBAIHI | Dénonciation des accords de 1968, un crachat à la figure de la République
YouTube video by Sabrina Sebaihi
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Le RN vient de faire voter une résolution d’un racisme totalement décomplexé.
J’ai la nausée et j’ai honte du message que notre pays envoie à tous•tes nos compatriotes d’origine algérienne.
L’obsession de la droite et de l’extrême droite pour l’Algérie a un parfum de revanche colonial.
(1/2)
J’ai la nausée et j’ai honte du message que notre pays envoie à tous•tes nos compatriotes d’origine algérienne.
L’obsession de la droite et de l’extrême droite pour l’Algérie a un parfum de revanche colonial.
(1/2)
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#Communiqué 🗞️ Une étude démontre que 60% des plateformes de glaces flottantes situées autour de la calotte glaciaire antarctique pourraient disparaître sur le long terme. Ces plateformes freinent aujourd’hui l’augmentation du niveau des mers. ❄️
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...
October 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
#Communiqué 🗞️ Une étude démontre que 60% des plateformes de glaces flottantes situées autour de la calotte glaciaire antarctique pourraient disparaître sur le long terme. Ces plateformes freinent aujourd’hui l’augmentation du niveau des mers. ❄️
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...
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Le contre-budget du RN est clair : ce parti veut accélérer l'effondrement climatique et rendre le pays inhabitable.
Leurs propositions sont aussi délirantes pour l'environnement que l'économie, puisqu'elles anéantiront la filière française du renouvelable.
Bonjour les charlots.
Leurs propositions sont aussi délirantes pour l'environnement que l'économie, puisqu'elles anéantiront la filière française du renouvelable.
Bonjour les charlots.
Dans le contre-budget du RN, des coupes sans précédent dans la politique environnementale de la France
L’écologie serait, avec les immigrés, la première victime des propositions budgétaires formulées par l’extrême droite, jeudi 23 octobre.
www.lemonde.fr
October 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Le contre-budget du RN est clair : ce parti veut accélérer l'effondrement climatique et rendre le pays inhabitable.
Leurs propositions sont aussi délirantes pour l'environnement que l'économie, puisqu'elles anéantiront la filière française du renouvelable.
Bonjour les charlots.
Leurs propositions sont aussi délirantes pour l'environnement que l'économie, puisqu'elles anéantiront la filière française du renouvelable.
Bonjour les charlots.
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#CNRSNews 📰 Megafires in North America impact air quality in Europe as the smoke they release, carried by the atmospheric circulation system, takes only a few days to cross the Atlantic. The various pollutants it contains have been spotted as far away as Germany. 🔥
North American fires contaminate Europe
news.cnrs.fr
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
#CNRSNews 📰 Megafires in North America impact air quality in Europe as the smoke they release, carried by the atmospheric circulation system, takes only a few days to cross the Atlantic. The various pollutants it contains have been spotted as far away as Germany. 🔥
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Le cirque autour de l'incarcération de Nicolas Sarkozy prouve une chose : pour toute une partie de la caste politico-médiatique, la justice ne doit pas être la même pour tout le monde.
Impitoyable avec les faibles, obséquieuse avec les forts.
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Impitoyable avec les faibles, obséquieuse avec les forts.
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October 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Le cirque autour de l'incarcération de Nicolas Sarkozy prouve une chose : pour toute une partie de la caste politico-médiatique, la justice ne doit pas être la même pour tout le monde.
Impitoyable avec les faibles, obséquieuse avec les forts.
(1/2)
Impitoyable avec les faibles, obséquieuse avec les forts.
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ICYMI, here is the press release for my study with @drjuliawester.bsky.social - we surveyed over 800 scientists who use social media. They overwhelmingly agree that Twitter is no longer useful or pleasant, and that for all professional online scientist goals, Bluesky is superior.
🧪 #SciComm 🌍
🧪 #SciComm 🌍
“Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky:” Our new survey shows that scientists no longer find Twitter professionally useful or pleasant
My colleague Dr. Julia Wester and I have a new paper out in the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology reporting on the results of a survey distributed to over 800 scientists, science educator…
www.southernfriedscience.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
ICYMI, here is the press release for my study with @drjuliawester.bsky.social - we surveyed over 800 scientists who use social media. They overwhelmingly agree that Twitter is no longer useful or pleasant, and that for all professional online scientist goals, Bluesky is superior.
🧪 #SciComm 🌍
🧪 #SciComm 🌍
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🚲🥗🚗 Small choices matter, but big change happens when systems support them.
WRI Climate ranked 19 climate-friendly behaviors to show which ones cut the most emissions and why policies & businesses must make them accessible.
See the list 👉 bit.ly/4q0pWvC
WRI Climate ranked 19 climate-friendly behaviors to show which ones cut the most emissions and why policies & businesses must make them accessible.
See the list 👉 bit.ly/4q0pWvC
October 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🚲🥗🚗 Small choices matter, but big change happens when systems support them.
WRI Climate ranked 19 climate-friendly behaviors to show which ones cut the most emissions and why policies & businesses must make them accessible.
See the list 👉 bit.ly/4q0pWvC
WRI Climate ranked 19 climate-friendly behaviors to show which ones cut the most emissions and why policies & businesses must make them accessible.
See the list 👉 bit.ly/4q0pWvC
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Nobel 2025 : Mokyr, Aghion et Howitt ont expliqué comment l'innovation tirait la croissance
(Académie royale des Sciences)
annotationsbis.blogspot.com/2025/10/Moky...
Nobel 2025 : Mokyr, Aghion et Howitt ont expliqué comment l'innovation tirait la croissance
(Académie royale des Sciences)
annotationsbis.blogspot.com/2025/10/Moky...
October 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Nobel 2025 : Mokyr, Aghion et Howitt ont expliqué comment l'innovation tirait la croissance
(Académie royale des Sciences)
annotationsbis.blogspot.com/2025/10/Moky...
Nobel 2025 : Mokyr, Aghion et Howitt ont expliqué comment l'innovation tirait la croissance
(Académie royale des Sciences)
annotationsbis.blogspot.com/2025/10/Moky...
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💪 Plant vs animal protein in training
In a 12-week trial, men who took plant or animal protein with resistance training gained similar muscle mass and strength. Both sources were equally effective.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/15502783.2025.2568047
#SciComm #Nutrition #Exercise 🧪
In a 12-week trial, men who took plant or animal protein with resistance training gained similar muscle mass and strength. Both sources were equally effective.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/15502783.2025.2568047
#SciComm #Nutrition #Exercise 🧪
Similar effects between animal-based and plant-based protein blend as complementary dietary protein on muscle adaptations to resistance training: findings from a randomized clinical trial
Recent evidence suggests that both animal and plant proteins support strength and hypertrophy gains when paired with resistance training and adequate protein intake. The purpose of this study was t...
doi.org
October 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
💪 Plant vs animal protein in training
In a 12-week trial, men who took plant or animal protein with resistance training gained similar muscle mass and strength. Both sources were equally effective.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/15502783.2025.2568047
#SciComm #Nutrition #Exercise 🧪
In a 12-week trial, men who took plant or animal protein with resistance training gained similar muscle mass and strength. Both sources were equally effective.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/15502783.2025.2568047
#SciComm #Nutrition #Exercise 🧪
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"Here we present the results of a multi-taxon global freshwater fauna assessment for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species covering 23,496 decapod crustaceans, fishes and odonates, finding that one-quarter are threatened with extinction."
#Biodiversity
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Biodiversity
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
One-quarter of freshwater fauna threatened with extinction - Nature
A global multi-taxon extinction risk assessment of freshwater fauna for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species finds one-quarter of species to be at high risk of extinction.
www.nature.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:38 AM
"Here we present the results of a multi-taxon global freshwater fauna assessment for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species covering 23,496 decapod crustaceans, fishes and odonates, finding that one-quarter are threatened with extinction."
#Biodiversity
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Biodiversity
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Mosquitoes are the messengers that bring the news of climate change to your door via their infectious diseases.
Mosquito-borne viruses surge in a warming Europe
Chikungunya cases break records in France; West Nile virus appears near Rome
www.science.org
September 15, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Mosquitoes are the messengers that bring the news of climate change to your door via their infectious diseases.
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Radio France contre-attaque enfin.
www.nouvelobs.com/politique/20...
www.nouvelobs.com/politique/20...
La presse Bolloré, « des médias militants, d’obsessions » : Radio France réplique sur l’affaire Legrand-Cohen
Le directeur éditorial de Radio France répond à la campagne menée par les médias du groupe Bolloré autour de la vidéo volée des deux journalistes discutant avec des membres du PS.
www.nouvelobs.com
September 14, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Radio France contre-attaque enfin.
www.nouvelobs.com/politique/20...
www.nouvelobs.com/politique/20...
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FFS @DaleVince @g__j
More oil and gas = more emissions = more global heating
We are already locked in to a return to a Pliocene climate, emerging as soon as the 2030s
We cannot afford this sort of insanity
@MrMatthewTodd @ChrisGPackham @CMP_voice
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
More oil and gas = more emissions = more global heating
We are already locked in to a return to a Pliocene climate, emerging as soon as the 2030s
We cannot afford this sort of insanity
@MrMatthewTodd @ChrisGPackham @CMP_voice
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Green energy entrepreneurs urge UK to allow new North Sea oil and gas projects
Dale Vince joins Octopus Energy’s Greg Jackson in calling on government to ‘optimise’ the remaining fossil fuels
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
FFS @DaleVince @g__j
More oil and gas = more emissions = more global heating
We are already locked in to a return to a Pliocene climate, emerging as soon as the 2030s
We cannot afford this sort of insanity
@MrMatthewTodd @ChrisGPackham @CMP_voice
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
More oil and gas = more emissions = more global heating
We are already locked in to a return to a Pliocene climate, emerging as soon as the 2030s
We cannot afford this sort of insanity
@MrMatthewTodd @ChrisGPackham @CMP_voice
www.theguardian.com/business/202...