US Center Director and Senior Scientist, Stockholm Environment Institute | Interim Chair, STAP/GEF | CLA IPBES Transformative Change Assessment | LA IPCC AR6 WGII | Masters T&F All-American | Hopelessly realistic optimist www.edwardrcarr.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/edwardrcarr.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/edwardrcarr.com/post/3murjcsxtbs2bIf you need to put social media discourse in perspective, this is great! [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2026 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:k6xqbjuvtygvb5dk5chkpsyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3murjcsxtbs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/edwardrcarr.com/post/3mtnag4zmjc2fOne of my mantras to students and mentees: you have to be good enough to be in the room/conversation. Lots of people are that good. But if you are in the room/conversation, at least you have a shot. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 02:34 +0000at://did:plc:k6xqbjuvtygvb5dk5chkpsyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtnag4zmjc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/edwardrcarr.com/post/3msysn4pi6c2pI would have replied, but replies seem to be locked. So now I quote post with an answer: We’re all still here. We are not facing global food system collapse. We’re just choosing to no longer engage with a shouty, anonymous, doomer account because there’s work to do and we’re doing it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2026 23:34 +0000at://did:plc:k6xqbjuvtygvb5dk5chkpsyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msysn4pi6c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/edwardrcarr.com/post/3msl7zs3lzk2yFinal “AI in research” thought for the AM: I was on a team call recently and actually had to write in the chat “We should not be citing articles we have not read.” Forget worrying about hallucinated bibliographies. That can only happen if people aren’t reading. Worry about basic research practice08 Aug 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:k6xqbjuvtygvb5dk5chkpsyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msl7zs3lzk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/edwardrcarr.com/post/3msl7pmfsxc2yThe more AI in academia/research discourse I see, the more I think that original thinkers who work hard (a group in much shorter supply than anyone wants to admit) are going to become even more rare and insanely valuable. What y’all call inefficiency is what I call the foundations of creativity.08 Aug 2026 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:k6xqbjuvtygvb5dk5chkpsyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msl7pmfsxc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/edwardrcarr.com/post/3msl5weif7k2yI’ve tried to use AI for drafting simple content (no chance I will use it for my meaningful writing) and it has never added value…in fact it usually wastes my time as I have to rewrite most of the text. But then, I can discern crap from good writing… https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/opinion/artificial-intelligence-ai-writing.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share08 Aug 2026 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:k6xqbjuvtygvb5dk5chkpsyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msl5weif7k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/edwardrcarr.com/post/3msfxnqmguc2zWhatever you might think about democratic socialism, calling a $15 million effort to discredit it a “war” fails to capture how tiny this amount of money is in relation to any given cycle of campaign spending. It’s basically a rounding error with a press release https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/us/politics/democratic-party-socialists-moderates.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share06 Aug 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:k6xqbjuvtygvb5dk5chkpsyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfxnqmguc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/edwardrcarr.com/post/3ms4yvgl3os2iThis is an important point. While some hard limits (cannot be overcome by any means) to adaptation might be identified through biophysical research, identifying most hard limits and all soft limits (we hit because we choose not to do things that are needed) requires actually trying to adapt. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Aug 2026 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:k6xqbjuvtygvb5dk5chkpsyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms4yvgl3os2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/edwardrcarr.com/post/3mqfrznevos2nHaaland looks like the lead character of the Pixar movie “The Nice Soccer Giant”11 Jul 2026 23:12 +0000at://did:plc:k6xqbjuvtygvb5dk5chkpsyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqfrznevos2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/edwardrcarr.com/post/3mpzlz7xitc22I disagree with this a bit: youth sports went to hell when parents were sold on the idea that professionalizing their children would make them viable college athletes. In admissions, kids/parents drive this far more than colleges. (Informed by my experience as a college athlete/dean/dad/coach) [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jul 2026 02:53 +0000at://did:plc:k6xqbjuvtygvb5dk5chkpsyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpzlz7xitc22https://bsky.app/profile/edwardrcarr.com/post/3mpxxudrvtc2qWhile I agree that the conversion of Balogun’s red card suspension into a probationary period is shaky at best, I grow weary of the use of “unprecedented” to describe it. FIFA did the same thing for Ronaldo to let him play the opener in the group stages. Where was the UEFA/global outrage then?06 Jul 2026 11:20 +0000at://did:plc:k6xqbjuvtygvb5dk5chkpsyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpxxudrvtc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/edwardrcarr.com/post/3mpwmq4xuh22oA lot of the “Trump got Balogun a pardon” reporting seems rather credulous. I’d believe Trump made a call. But organizing a team of lawyers? To do what, exactly? I’d love a lot more sourcing…05 Jul 2026 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:k6xqbjuvtygvb5dk5chkpsyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpwmq4xuh22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/edwardrcarr.com/post/3mpwkqpmppk2iHoly mother of God05 Jul 2026 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:k6xqbjuvtygvb5dk5chkpsyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpwkqpmppk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/edwardrcarr.com/post/3mpwklhux5s2iBrazil doing all it can to lose this game.05 Jul 2026 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:k6xqbjuvtygvb5dk5chkpsyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpwklhux5s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/edwardrcarr.com/post/3mpwkb3wbes2iI blame Neymar.05 Jul 2026 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:k6xqbjuvtygvb5dk5chkpsyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpwkb3wbes2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/edwardrcarr.com/post/3mpw2v5p7722iFolks, this is just FIFA being FIFA. Staggering incompetence at many levels, but hard to see US-led corruption here. Balogun is a beneficiary of birthright citizenship and everything Trump et al hate. If this was Pulisic, on the other hand…05 Jul 2026 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:k6xqbjuvtygvb5dk5chkpsyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpw2v5p7722ihttps://bsky.app/profile/edwardrcarr.com/post/3mpw2d4t4k22iEr, the Athletic is reporting that Falogun will be available tomorrow! https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7423410/2026/07/05/usmnt-folarin-balogun-red-card-available/05 Jul 2026 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:k6xqbjuvtygvb5dk5chkpsyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpw2d4t4k22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/edwardrcarr.com/post/3mppirasugc2tTreaty of Tordesillas jokes giving me Intro to Human Geography nostalgia from my University of South Carolina days… [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jul 2026 02:28 +0000at://did:plc:k6xqbjuvtygvb5dk5chkpsyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mppirasugc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/edwardrcarr.com/post/3moq5h53xjs24Out of office20 Jun 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:k6xqbjuvtygvb5dk5chkpsyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3moq5h53xjs24https://bsky.app/profile/edwardrcarr.com/post/3modrsctrvs2fI've long felt we should withdraw a player from each side every five minutes until someone scores. Nothing like a little 5v5 on a full pitch to open things up! [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jun 2026 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:k6xqbjuvtygvb5dk5chkpsyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3modrsctrvs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/edwardrcarr.com/post/3mnnpmwgmtc2aAre you into connections between poetry, the arts, and the limits of the science of the body? Want to help do something to love migraine research forward? Check out my wife’s work and support migraine research! [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jun 2026 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:k6xqbjuvtygvb5dk5chkpsyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnnpmwgmtc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/edwardrcarr.com/post/3mncsc4qk3k2cThis is shocking, deeply saddening news. I knew Raúl mostly online, but the one time we overlapped at an Association of American Geographers meeting he ran up to me and gave me a hug. Just a lovely guy dedicated to helping people do good work… [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jun 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:k6xqbjuvtygvb5dk5chkpsyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mncsc4qk3k2c