Matthew F. Child (@mattyfairfax) 's Twitter Profile
Matthew F. Child

@mattyfairfax

Conservation scientist and general enthusiast of irony. Working at the South African National Biodiversity Institute.

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Pablo Manzano 🦋 & 🦣 (@pablopastos) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Graphs like this on raise serious concerns about the work of Hannah Ritchie Our World in Data. Mixing ecosystem categories with land uses can only be understood as a deliberate attempt to confuse the reader, hiding the role of grazing livestock in maintaining...grazing ecosystems!

Graphs like this on raise serious concerns about the work of <a href="/_HannahRitchie/">Hannah Ritchie</a> <a href="/OurWorldInData/">Our World in Data</a>. Mixing ecosystem categories with land uses can only be understood as a deliberate attempt to confuse the reader, hiding the role of grazing livestock in maintaining...grazing ecosystems!
Al Gore (@algore) 's Twitter Profile Photo

COP28 is now on the verge of complete failure. The world desperately needs to phase out fossil fuels as quickly as possible, but this obsequious draft reads as if OPEC dictated it word for word. It is even worse than many had feared. It is “Of the Petrostates, By the Petrostates

George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot) 's Twitter Profile Photo

You would think this was a wild and improbable conspiracy theory. But every fact in this column is checked and verified. How the Atlas Network’s dark-money junktanks steer policy around the world. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

John Raymond Hanger  (@johnrhanger) 's Twitter Profile Photo

US energy related CO2 emissions are nearly back to 1973 levels (~3% above 1973). For years, many right-wingers and fossil fuel interests said cutting carbon emissions means shrinking the economy. Nope! US economy grew 60% since 2000 as CO2 emissions fall to nearly 1973 levels.

US energy related CO2 emissions are nearly back to 1973 levels (~3% above 1973).  For years, many right-wingers and fossil fuel interests said cutting carbon emissions means shrinking the economy. Nope! 

US economy grew 60% since 2000 as CO2 emissions fall to nearly 1973 levels.
Tom Morello (@tmorello) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It’s possible to mourn the Oct. 7 murdered Israelis, hope for safe return of hostages & condemn antisemitism AND ALSO oppose the slaughter of Palestinians, demand a free Palestine & human rights 4 all, condemn US/UK complicity in war crimes & cheer S. Africa & Yemen’s heroism

Nick Hedley (@nickhedley) 's Twitter Profile Photo

After nearly 50 years of commercial use and more than $83 billion in investment, there are only about 40 large-scale facilities using carbon capture tech. Combined, they capture 0.1% of global emissions. The tech has been too costly to scale. - Bloomberg

Andrea Junker (@strandjunker) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Wealth of Elon Musk 2012: $2,000,000,000 2024: $204,500,000,000 Wealth of Jeff Bezos 2012: $18,400,000,000 2024: $196,000,000,000 Wealth of Mark Zuckerberg 2012: $17,500,000,000 2024: $170,400,000,000 Federal Minimum Wage 2012: $7.25 2024: $7.25 Three words: tax the rich.

Magda Wierzycka (@magda_wierzycka) 's Twitter Profile Photo

ANC+DA= -higher equity markets=higher savings -no raid on savings -stronger Rand=lower inflation -foreign funding of infrastructure (ports, roads, electricity)=higher GDP growth=job creation -no threat to Constitution -WC governance model=functional municipalities -keep past

Russ McSpadden (@peccarynotpig) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Mexico just elected a PhD-holding engineer and climate scientist as their first female president. Meanwhile in the U.S. the options are the oldest whitest guys ever served up and include a rapist, a liar, a criminal and a stooge.

Neil Renic (@nc_renic) 's Twitter Profile Photo

GPT-5 confirmed to confidently try to complete 11 tasks simultaneously then email you 6 months later explaining it’s had a mental breakdown

GPT-5 confirmed to confidently try to complete 11 tasks simultaneously then email you 6 months later explaining it’s had a mental breakdown
isabelle 🪐 (@isabelleboemeke) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So, yeah, turns out the fear people have about nuclear waste comes from cartoons or straight up misinformation. In reality, spent fuel should be the gold standard for waste management. It’s the only industry that knows exactly where every ounce of waste is, and it stays safely

So, yeah, turns out the fear people have about nuclear waste comes from cartoons or straight up misinformation.

In reality, spent fuel should be the gold standard for waste management.

It’s the only industry that knows exactly where every ounce of waste is, and it stays safely