Pete Scarborough
@petescarbs.bsky.social
Professor of Population Health | University of Oxford | Sustainable Healthy Diets & Transformers
Talking Heads: 77 -> More Songs About Buildings And Food
November 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Talking Heads: 77 -> More Songs About Buildings And Food
It has indeed! Great to hear from you and nice to see you're still working in maths!
November 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
It has indeed! Great to hear from you and nice to see you're still working in maths!
We had an assignment where we had to prove a number was irrational. After handing it in I found that all the other students had used a different method so I assumed I had messed up. Got the marked paper back from πeter with just a tick at the bottom and "Ingenious!" Best moment of my academic life.
November 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
We had an assignment where we had to prove a number was irrational. After handing it in I found that all the other students had used a different method so I assumed I had messed up. Got the marked paper back from πeter with just a tick at the bottom and "Ingenious!" Best moment of my academic life.
He had this brilliant way of saying 3. He pronounced it "thray" and there would always be the tiniest of pauses before he said it as he knew all the students were waiting for it. It became like a little parlour trick.
November 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
He had this brilliant way of saying 3. He pronounced it "thray" and there would always be the tiniest of pauses before he said it as he knew all the students were waiting for it. It became like a little parlour trick.
He was a fantastic mathematician. Proved that Alhazen's billiard problem could not be solved with straight edge and compass, which was one of few problems left over from antiquity.
November 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
He was a fantastic mathematician. Proved that Alhazen's billiard problem could not be solved with straight edge and compass, which was one of few problems left over from antiquity.
Reposted by Pete Scarborough
Reminder that 1) we need to cut fossil fuel emissions immediately and sharply and 2) even if fossil emissions were eliminated immediately, food system emissions could still prevent the world from keeping warming below 1.5-2C. So big changes to food production and consumption are also necessary.
Global food system emissions could preclude achieving the 1.5° and 2°C climate change targets
Concerted efforts to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from food production are necessary to limit increases in global temperature.
www.science.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Reminder that 1) we need to cut fossil fuel emissions immediately and sharply and 2) even if fossil emissions were eliminated immediately, food system emissions could still prevent the world from keeping warming below 1.5-2C. So big changes to food production and consumption are also necessary.