Kal Winston
@zakkal.bsky.social
educator, interdisciplinary enthusiast
Reposted by Kal Winston
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine that has been shown to suppress abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, offering hope to MILLIONS of patients with age-related vision loss. The vaccine triggered strong antibody responses that REDUCED retinal damage by UP TO 85%.
November 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine that has been shown to suppress abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, offering hope to MILLIONS of patients with age-related vision loss. The vaccine triggered strong antibody responses that REDUCED retinal damage by UP TO 85%.
Reposted by Kal Winston
Current treatments require repeated injections directly into the eye, but this vaccine can be delivered intramuscularly, making it less invasive and easier to administer.
The study has been published in Vaccine. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🧪🧵⬇️
The study has been published in Vaccine. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🧪🧵⬇️
November 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Current treatments require repeated injections directly into the eye, but this vaccine can be delivered intramuscularly, making it less invasive and easier to administer.
The study has been published in Vaccine. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🧪🧵⬇️
The study has been published in Vaccine. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🧪🧵⬇️
Reposted by Kal Winston
Wealth taxes are back on the agenda. Data from two centuries proves: without taxation of wealth capitalism will always concentrate wealth at the top.
How capitalism drives inequality: and how to stop it
Wealth taxes are on Rachel Reeves’ agenda. Thomas Piketty has shown why it matters, and how we could stop the growth of inequality
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Wealth taxes are back on the agenda. Data from two centuries proves: without taxation of wealth capitalism will always concentrate wealth at the top.
Reposted by Kal Winston
Research aims and objectives aren’t the same thing but are related It helps to understand the differences and connections patthomson.net/2025/11/01/r...
research aims vs. objectives – what’s the difference?
You’re finally sitting down to write your research proposal and you’ve hit that section where you need to outline your aims and objectives. You stare at the page. Aren’t these bas…
patthomson.net
November 2, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Research aims and objectives aren’t the same thing but are related It helps to understand the differences and connections patthomson.net/2025/11/01/r...
Reposted by Kal Winston
In this commentary, I argue that student-based teaching evaluations are problematic bc
✳️ systematic biases (e.g., racism, sexism)
✳️ poor construct validity
✳️ undermine standards and learning
We should evaluate teaching as seriously as we do research. Or don't do teaching evaluations.
✳️ systematic biases (e.g., racism, sexism)
✳️ poor construct validity
✳️ undermine standards and learning
We should evaluate teaching as seriously as we do research. Or don't do teaching evaluations.
It is time to abandon student evaluations of teaching
Comment by Gordon Hodson (@gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social)
Web: go.nature.com/4jfAzXo
PDF: rdcu.be/ef9y5
Comment by Gordon Hodson (@gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social)
Web: go.nature.com/4jfAzXo
PDF: rdcu.be/ef9y5
April 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
In this commentary, I argue that student-based teaching evaluations are problematic bc
✳️ systematic biases (e.g., racism, sexism)
✳️ poor construct validity
✳️ undermine standards and learning
We should evaluate teaching as seriously as we do research. Or don't do teaching evaluations.
✳️ systematic biases (e.g., racism, sexism)
✳️ poor construct validity
✳️ undermine standards and learning
We should evaluate teaching as seriously as we do research. Or don't do teaching evaluations.
Reposted by Kal Winston
Wild, diverse nature should be accessible to *all*, not just the wealthy.
share.google/rj726Rwny8ng...
share.google/rj726Rwny8ng...
The luxury effect: why you’ll find more wildlife in wealthy areas – and what it means for your health
The discovery that affluent neighbourhoods have more diversity of nature has implications for human wellbeing – and sheds light on the structural injustices in cities
share.google
October 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Wild, diverse nature should be accessible to *all*, not just the wealthy.
share.google/rj726Rwny8ng...
share.google/rj726Rwny8ng...
How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health
In Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:19 AM
How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Kal Winston
The age of warnings is over.
The climate and nature crisis is already here, threatening our food, health and national security.
On 27 Nov, top UK experts deliver the official briefing our leaders urgently need. Make sure your MP attends❗️
#TimeToStepUp
www.nebriefing.org
The climate and nature crisis is already here, threatening our food, health and national security.
On 27 Nov, top UK experts deliver the official briefing our leaders urgently need. Make sure your MP attends❗️
#TimeToStepUp
www.nebriefing.org
September 9, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The age of warnings is over.
The climate and nature crisis is already here, threatening our food, health and national security.
On 27 Nov, top UK experts deliver the official briefing our leaders urgently need. Make sure your MP attends❗️
#TimeToStepUp
www.nebriefing.org
The climate and nature crisis is already here, threatening our food, health and national security.
On 27 Nov, top UK experts deliver the official briefing our leaders urgently need. Make sure your MP attends❗️
#TimeToStepUp
www.nebriefing.org
Reposted by Kal Winston
(8/9)
Our interpretation of these long-run findings is that the rise of inclusive, social-democratic institutions has been central to achieving both greater equality and higher prosperity.
More findings coming in the #GlobalJusticeProject, June 2026.
inequalitylab.world/en/global-ju...
Our interpretation of these long-run findings is that the rise of inclusive, social-democratic institutions has been central to achieving both greater equality and higher prosperity.
More findings coming in the #GlobalJusticeProject, June 2026.
inequalitylab.world/en/global-ju...
Global Justice Project - World Inequality Lab
The Global Justice Project (GJP) aims to provide a platform to stimulate research, policymaking, and citizen engagement to shape a fairer, more democratic and sustainable 21st century.
inequalitylab.world
October 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
(8/9)
Our interpretation of these long-run findings is that the rise of inclusive, social-democratic institutions has been central to achieving both greater equality and higher prosperity.
More findings coming in the #GlobalJusticeProject, June 2026.
inequalitylab.world/en/global-ju...
Our interpretation of these long-run findings is that the rise of inclusive, social-democratic institutions has been central to achieving both greater equality and higher prosperity.
More findings coming in the #GlobalJusticeProject, June 2026.
inequalitylab.world/en/global-ju...
"it scarcely matters how green you think you are. Studies of ‘green’ and ‘non-green’ consumers show that the main driver of a person’s environmental impact is not their attitude. It is not their mode of consumption, or the particular choices they make. It’s their money." from The Invisible Doctrine
October 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"it scarcely matters how green you think you are. Studies of ‘green’ and ‘non-green’ consumers show that the main driver of a person’s environmental impact is not their attitude. It is not their mode of consumption, or the particular choices they make. It’s their money." from The Invisible Doctrine
‘Next great leap’: grassroots movement to wild East Anglia goes national www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Next great leap’: grassroots movement to wild East Anglia goes national
Set up by three ‘eco-anxious’ farmers, WildEast has created UK-wide version of pledge to encourage people to restore nature
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
‘Next great leap’: grassroots movement to wild East Anglia goes national www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We need a maximum on private property and land ownership, to free up more space and homes for people who need them. @zackpolanski.bsky.social : www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A waiting list of thousands, and just five new homes for social rent: this city shows the depth of Britain’s housing crisis | John Harris
Liverpool was once praised for its tolerance, but housing shortages are driving fearful, unsettling behaviours – and people are blaming outsiders, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
We need a maximum on private property and land ownership, to free up more space and homes for people who need them. @zackpolanski.bsky.social : www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Kal Winston
Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot
The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Kal Winston
Nobody needs Windows 11. I work on an 8-year-old laptop running MX Linux and it's amazing. We can't go down this ridiculous global e-waste path every couple of years
"The End of Windows 10 Support Is an E-Waste Disaster in the Making" www.404media.co/the-end-of-w...
"The End of Windows 10 Support Is an E-Waste Disaster in the Making" www.404media.co/the-end-of-w...
The End of Windows 10 Support Is an E-Waste Disaster in the Making
In an example of egregious planned obsolescence, as many as 400 million computers will soon hit the waste stream.
www.404media.co
October 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Nobody needs Windows 11. I work on an 8-year-old laptop running MX Linux and it's amazing. We can't go down this ridiculous global e-waste path every couple of years
"The End of Windows 10 Support Is an E-Waste Disaster in the Making" www.404media.co/the-end-of-w...
"The End of Windows 10 Support Is an E-Waste Disaster in the Making" www.404media.co/the-end-of-w...
The Guardian view on Labour targeting nature: the problem isn’t snails, but a broken housing model | Editorial www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on Labour targeting nature: the problem isn’t snails, but a broken housing model | Editorial
Editorial: Rachel Reeves’s drive to speed up development is beginning to treat wildlife and the environment as expendable. Voters want homes built, but not at any cost
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The Guardian view on Labour targeting nature: the problem isn’t snails, but a broken housing model | Editorial www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We all need forests to be allowed to mature
Not all forests are equal when it comes to fighting climate change.
New research shows that young secondary forests (20–40 years old) can remove up to 8x more carbon per hectare than newly planted ones.
Read more: 👉 https://bit.ly/4emhIIU
#Trees4Resilience
New research shows that young secondary forests (20–40 years old) can remove up to 8x more carbon per hectare than newly planted ones.
Read more: 👉 https://bit.ly/4emhIIU
#Trees4Resilience
Protect young secondary forests for optimum carbon removal - CIFOR-ICRAF Knowledge: Publication
Avoiding severe global warming requires large-scale removals of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Forest regeneration offers cost-effective carbon removals, but annual rates vary substantially by location a...
bit.ly
October 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
We all need forests to be allowed to mature
Reposted by Kal Winston
Not all forests are equal when it comes to fighting climate change.
New research shows that young secondary forests (20–40 years old) can remove up to 8x more carbon per hectare than newly planted ones.
Read more: 👉 https://bit.ly/4emhIIU
#Trees4Resilience
New research shows that young secondary forests (20–40 years old) can remove up to 8x more carbon per hectare than newly planted ones.
Read more: 👉 https://bit.ly/4emhIIU
#Trees4Resilience
Protect young secondary forests for optimum carbon removal - CIFOR-ICRAF Knowledge: Publication
Avoiding severe global warming requires large-scale removals of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Forest regeneration offers cost-effective carbon removals, but annual rates vary substantially by location a...
bit.ly
October 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Not all forests are equal when it comes to fighting climate change.
New research shows that young secondary forests (20–40 years old) can remove up to 8x more carbon per hectare than newly planted ones.
Read more: 👉 https://bit.ly/4emhIIU
#Trees4Resilience
New research shows that young secondary forests (20–40 years old) can remove up to 8x more carbon per hectare than newly planted ones.
Read more: 👉 https://bit.ly/4emhIIU
#Trees4Resilience
Reposted by Kal Winston
Selective empathy is moral blindness. It’s when compassion depends on who suffers, outrage on who’s harmed, and silence on who speaks. True empathy isn’t agreement, it’s feeling another’s pain even when it challenges your comfort or loyalty.
October 8, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Selective empathy is moral blindness. It’s when compassion depends on who suffers, outrage on who’s harmed, and silence on who speaks. True empathy isn’t agreement, it’s feeling another’s pain even when it challenges your comfort or loyalty.
Reposted by Kal Winston
NEW PAPER: Implementation of mandatory calorie labelling in England was associated with a small (9kcal) overall reduction in mean energy content of items on the menus of large chain restaurants.
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/3/2/...
In an analysis of more than 30,000 menu items we found:
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/3/2/...
In an analysis of more than 30,000 menu items we found:
Changes in energy content of menu items at out-of-home food outlets in England after calorie labelling policy implementation: a pre–post analysis (2021–2022)
Introduction Eating from out-of-home food outlets (OHFO) is common and linked to poor dietary quality, weight gain and obesity. In response, England implemented mandatory calorie labelling regulations...
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
NEW PAPER: Implementation of mandatory calorie labelling in England was associated with a small (9kcal) overall reduction in mean energy content of items on the menus of large chain restaurants.
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/3/2/...
In an analysis of more than 30,000 menu items we found:
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/3/2/...
In an analysis of more than 30,000 menu items we found:
Reposted by Kal Winston
Here's the relevant chart from the above report. It's rare to see such a clear, consistent slope in any social trend. That segregation is decreasing is perhaps the best evidence, least controversial social fact of modern Britain
October 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Here's the relevant chart from the above report. It's rare to see such a clear, consistent slope in any social trend. That segregation is decreasing is perhaps the best evidence, least controversial social fact of modern Britain
Reposted by Kal Winston
On enshitification www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?
Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
On enshitification www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Reposted by Kal Winston
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
An attempt to explain why AI use might well lead to idiocracy: arxiv.org/abs/2506.11015. Curious to know what others think of this paper.
September 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
An attempt to explain why AI use might well lead to idiocracy: arxiv.org/abs/2506.11015. Curious to know what others think of this paper.
We need big trees in big forests: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Big trees in Amazon more climate-resistant than previously believed
Forest is ‘remarkably resilient to climate change’, but remains under threat from fires and deforestation
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:32 AM
We need big trees in big forests: www.theguardian.com/environment/...