Continuing research in Violence Studies after a long break. Expanding research in Space Ethics. Critical research into degrowth and related studies. Sometimes write about science fiction and ethics. I post poetry and memos. Posts auto-delete after a week. See verified links & pinned post.
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Johns Hopkins alum
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https://www.tilley.earth/
Memos: https://www.tilley.blog/
Poetry: https://www.tilley.directory/
I curate https://www.degrowth.global/
| Interdisciplinary Violence Stiudies | https://www.towardspostviolencesocieties.com/ |
| Science Fiction and Ethics | https://www.scifi.global/ |
| First Contact and Space Ethics | https://www.firstcontact.earth/ |
| this and that, here and there | https://www.richard.tilley.network/ |
If you are in the USA, Ben Goldfarb's Crossings is now out in paperback! My take? This is a wide-ranging and eye-opening account of the impacts of roads and how ecologists are trying to mitigate them
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #RoadEcology #Ecology #Scicomm
Allegedly, The Orville has been renewed for season four according to several sources
More carrot, less stick
https://www.ips-journal.eu/topics/economy-and-ecology/more-carrot-less-stick-7766/
"Visionary thinking is now required — a long-term semiconductor strategy that builds on Europe’s ‘green’ strengths and creates a clear framework for more sustainable production can lower the costs of the green transition and position Europe as a pioneer in the fields of both technology and climate protection"
New Meteor Shower in the Constellation Cassiopeia
https://www.seti.org/new-meteor-shower-constellation-cassiopeia
In the early morning of September 4, there was a brief meteor shower outburst visible over California and Arizona with a radiant in the constellation Cassiopeia. It was recorded by low-light video cameras in the CAMS networks led by Peter Jenniskens (SETI Institute) and Nick Moskovitz (Lowell Observatory). The outburst revealed a weak annual shower that had not been mapped before, with a possible earlier outburst in 2014.
Prodigy/Voyager Star Kate Mulgrew's Special Message for Star Trek Fans
https://bleedingcool.com/tv/prodigy-voyager-star-kate-mulgrews-special-message-for-star-trek-fans/
Kate Mulgrew has built such an impressive career on screen for nearly 50 years, but the one franchise that arguably remains closest to her heart is Star Trek. Spending over 200 episodes across the live-action series Voyager and the more recent animated series Prodigy, and a cameo in a feature film Nemesis (2002), the actress […]
Re-read this last night and thought I would share it just in case anyone would care to read it. My feeling is that we have always kept track of major schools of thought, and some have been more dominant and influential.
"If ecosocialism could be married to ontology, then we would have a new school. Wide. Diverse. Magnified. Elaborate. Accessible, yet critical, [and ] human."
Memo: Ecology, Ontology and the New School
https://www.tilley.blog/memo-ecology-ontology-and-the-new-school/
We've just published a map of the boundaries of the International Dark Sky Places certified by DarkSky International (formerly IDA). Check it out: https://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.1.4.2024.005
You are interested in #climate research and like to solve complex problems? -
Consider applying for the PhD program of the International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling.
Only a few days left to apply 👇
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