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I’m still trying to take it all in!  The election of Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV was an extraordinary and delightful surprise.  I was one of the many commentators who said that the choice of an American as Pope was an impossibility (or at least extreme improbability).  I took my cue from the late Cardinal George who said that there would never be an American Pope until our country went into political decline. But the Cardinal electors obviously felt otherwise. I am very intrigued by the new Pope’s choice of regnal name.  Leo XIII has long been one of my papal heroes.  He not only inaugurated the modern social teaching tradition of the Church, but he also gave rise to the revival of Thomistic thought as a means of creative engagement with the contemporary world.  There is actually much in Leo’s teaching that would appeal to both liberals and conservatives today, and this might signal how this new Leo will function as a bridge.   And he’s a Chicagoan!  Ad multos annos, Pope Leo.

Nobody tell him

Working at the interface of science and policy at ETH Zurich — so please add me! :)

Professor / Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of History of Technology and Professor / Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Philosophy of Science

@ethzurich.bsky.social is hiring two professors: one in history of technology, and one in philosophy of science. Spread the word. ETH is an amazing place, especially for scholars looking to engage in interdisciplinary collaborations with STEM researchers.

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Here is a starter pack of scientists based in Switzerland🇨🇭active in climate/environmental research (in nat. & soc. sciences) @retoknutti.bsky.social @robertfinger.bsky.social @jksteinberger.bsky.social @rarohde.bsky.social @florianaltermatt.bsky.social @kariningold.bsky.social
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I could download the pdf, yes. I can send you an e-mail.

Agree! I‘d also find it great to celebrate a lawyer for using scientific evidence to argue a case. But it seems she is celebrated solely for winning and hence, leading to more ambitious climate policy.

Postdoctoral Position in the Sustainability Economics Group

We are advertising a PostDoc position in the Sustainability Economics Group at ETH Zurich (1-6 yrs, >$100K salary), offering excellent conditions to pursue innovative research projects & prepare for a professorship. Please spread the word to interested candidates: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

The climate-crusading lawyer who sued Switzerland over global warming — and won Cordelia Bähr is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2024.

This is bad IMO: Designating a lawyer who won a climate lawsuit one of the people who shaped *science* in 2024 implies that climate science and climate policy are essentially two activities that pursue the same goal with different methods. @natureportfolio.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Ein Interview, das zum Nachdenken anregt: "Der Holocaust-Forscher Omer Bartov sah bis vor wenigen Monaten keine Anzeichen für einen Völkermord in Gaza. Hier erklärt der Israeli, warum sich seine Meinung geändert hat." www.tagesspiegel.de/internationa...

Dreimal Nein – das Vertrauen in Bundesbern sinkt Die Stimmberechtigten haben am Sonntag drei von vier Behördenvorlagen abgelehnt. Darin zeigen sich zwei globale Tendenzen: abnehmendes Vertrauen in die Politik und zunehmende Pattsituationen.

In dieser Analyse der @nzz.ch zu den gestrigen Abstimmungen fehlt der entscheidende Punkt: Einseitige bürgerliche Vorlagen scheitern. Vorlagen, bei denen Kompromisse mit links gesucht werden, werden angenommen.
www.nzz.ch/schweiz/nein...

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Sehr schön, auf so was habe ich gewartet. Kann ich da auch drauf?

Ich hab ein Starter Pack der Schweizer Medienbubble gebastelt. Wer fehlt? go.bsky.app/MDjPvq2

Mein Beitrag in der heutigen NZZ.

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Bogner, Alexander: Die Epistemisierung des Politischen (Universal-Bibliothek) Ob Impfdebatte, Corona- oder Klimakrise – viele politische Streitfragen werden heute als Wissenskonflikte verhandelt. Man beschäftigt sich immer weniger mit normativen Aspekten und individuellen Handl...

People who disagree with certain climate policies will be more inclined to be skeptical of climate science, too, if climate science is seen as a tool for climate policy. (See for example this booklet by Austrian sociologist Alexander Bogner: www.reclam.de/detail/978-3...)

But this is not a problem for science or science policy. By blurring these lines, Nature implies that science pursues the same goals as policy with different measures. When this is the view we take, we potentially contribute to science skepticism:

With this, the article totally blurs the line between climate policy and climate research. That's analytically wrong and politically unhelpful. Yes, Trump will take measures against US climate mitigation, and this will have consequences for international climate ambitions, too.

The piece starts by stating that the Trump presidency will have potential impacts on scientists and science policy. When discussing climate, the focus is on the Inflation Reduction Act, fossil fuel extraction, automobiles, and regulation for power plants. But these are *not* scientific issues.

This flow chart is also canonical

(sincere apologies but I do not think I can alt-text this)

Great to see that you‘re on Bluesky, Liam! Honestly, your tweets were one of the few things that still made Twitter enjoyable.
I feel like the flow chart to decide which side people want to join would be an important addition to this pinned tweet.

I really think at its heart philosophy is one giant battle, taking place over many eras and nations, between people who are basically pleasant bureaucrats and people who are sexy murder poets, and it’s both super important and super boring that the pleasant bureaucrats must win.

Thank you!

Projektleiter:in für evidenzbasierte energiepolitische Kommunikation

#JobAlert Bei uns im Science-Policy Interface an der
@ethzurich.bsky.social ist eine Stelle im Bereich der evidenzbasierten energiepolitischen Kommunikation frei.
Details hier:
jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

Herzlichen Glückwunsch!

Die @spschweiz hat mit tiefer Trauer Kenntnis vom Tod von Vizekanzler André Simonazzi genommen. Sie spricht seiner Familie ihr aufrichtiges Mitgefühl. André Simonazzi hat seine Arbeit im Dienst der Öffentlichkeit mit grossem Engagement geführt.

Ferguson wähnt sich in einem «Totalitarismus light» und behauptet in der ZEIT, dass Harvard keine Vorlesungen zur neueren deutschen Geschichte mehr anbieten würde.

Ich dachte so: Ok, wow, crazy.

Dann mal gegoogelt.

a few moments later...

Wieso kommen die eigentlich damit immer wieder durch?

Wenn (ETH-)Forschende sich an der Schnittstelle zur Politik einbringen, wird dies an der @ethzurich.bsky.social geschätzt und unterstützt. Dabei gibt es dank neu erlassener Leitlinien Best Practices, an denen sie sich orientieren können. Mehr dazu in diesem Interview mit mir:
ethz.ch/staffnet/de/...

Das erlebe ich auch so. Ich staune immer wieder, wie pünktlich Busse und Trams hier sind (gerade auch im Vergleich mit anderen Schweizer Städten). In der Hinsicht fühle ich mich in Zürich echt verwöhnt.