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Anthony Burke
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Australian political theorist & international relations professor. Climate, justice, biodiversity, ecodemocracy. He/him. New book: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262552554/the-ecology-politic About: https://www.anthonydburke.net .. more

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Anthony Burke is an Australian political theorist and international relations scholar. He is Professor of Environmental Politics and International Relations at the University of New South Wales. He is co-principal at the Planet Politics Institute. .. more

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 6d
A cat knocks down a Christmas tree, spray painting “fuck the system” on the lounge room wall behind him, then setting the whole fucking thing on fire until lucifer himself asks for AC

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 22h
We’ll deny everything - climate change, genocide, human rights - until there is no reality anymore. We’ll die for your fantasy.
Greta Thunberg arrested in London over ‘Palestine Action prisoners’ placard
Two other people held on suspicion of criminal damage after protest at insurance company’s offices
www.theguardian.com

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Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · 1d
Alexander Pope decried the cruelty of cooking lobsters alive in 1713. 313 years later the practice will finally be banned. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Boiling lobsters alive to be banned in UK animal cruelty crackdown
Move is part of a long-awaited Labour strategy including outlawing hen cages and ending puppy farming
www.theguardian.com

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 3d
Our “ ally”
bgrueskin.bsky.social Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 4d
Did you know that the US hasn’t had an ambassador in Moscow in 6 months?

Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?

But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.

Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
Today, those structures are virtually absent. America has had no ambassador in Moscow since June. There is no assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs. Witkoff has declined multiple offers from the CIA for a briefing on Russia. The State Department assigned a small group of staffers to support Witkoff, but members of that team, and others across the administration, have struggled to get summaries of Witkoff's foreign meetings. Longtime allies in

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 3d
Militarism is a key element of the sovereign ban of nature. Imagine if this referred to people? But its cool with nonhuman beings.
US military to stop shooting live animals to train medics for the battlefield
Defense department will still allow stabbing and burning, and ‘weapon wounding’ on animals to test weapons
www.theguardian.com

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 3d
Interesting

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Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 3d
New Jersey too:
www.eenews.net/articles/cli...

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 4d
Did you know that the US hasn’t had an ambassador in Moscow in 6 months?

Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?

But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.

Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
Today, those structures are virtually absent. America has had no ambassador in Moscow since June. There is no assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs. Witkoff has declined multiple offers from the CIA for a briefing on Russia. The State Department assigned a small group of staffers to support Witkoff, but members of that team, and others across the administration, have struggled to get summaries of Witkoff's foreign meetings. Longtime allies in

Reposted by Tom Stoppard, Pauline Stafford, Anthony Burke

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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 4d
I am not sorry. This is simply true. Academics should be able to write fluently and express themselves clearly and academics should do their own work. It’s literally our job. It’s what we trained until 22nd grade to do. This is a simple observation that should require no explanation or defense.
nkalamb.bsky.social Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 4d
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.

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David Tomkins 🦋 @davidctomkins.bsky.social · 4d
This week, Professor James Hansen and colleagues published projections that the global temperature record could reach +1.7°C by 2027.
And if that number lands in your gut the way it landed in mine, good. It should.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/two-yea...
Two Years to 1.7°C: the “Prediction Game” We Can’t Afford to Lose
Australia’s sweltering through another early-summer heatwave, and I’m trying to decide whether to write about the weather outside my window - or the bigger climate system we’re reengineering on this p...
www.lyrebirddreaming.com

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 4d
www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/12/medi...
Media Release: Unity, safety and prevention — not fulfilling divisive pro-Israel wishlist — must guide the Government’s response to Bondi attack
In the wake of the horrific antisemitic attack in Bondi, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today made a series of announcements […]
www.jewishcouncil.com.au

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 4d
A important statement about the Bondi massacre.

www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/12/medi...
Media Release: Unity, safety and prevention — not fulfilling divisive pro-Israel wishlist — must guide the Government’s response to Bondi attack
In the wake of the horrific antisemitic attack in Bondi, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today made a series of announcements […]
www.jewishcouncil.com.au

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Wyatt Myskow @wyattmyskow.bsky.social · 4d
The Colorado River Basin is quite literally 50 feet from collapse. But a deal to save it isn’t any closer to happening.

Our take on the deadlocked negotiations over the future of the river the West depends on:

insideclimatenews.org/news/1912202...
A River That Millions Rely on for Water Is on the Brink. A Deal to Save It Isn't. - Inside Climate News
LAS VEGAS—The Colorado River Basin is, quite literally, 50 feet away from collapse, and an agreement to save it is nowhere in sight.  Water titans clashed at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas this week, whe...
insideclimatenews.org

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Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 4d
🗣️🎙️ I wrote more stories this year than anybody wants to read, but here are 7 that I found interesting 🧵⤵️

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 6d
Thankyou. Which year?

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 6d
😂

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 6d
I love hearing celebrity scientists berate and condescend to Greta Thunberg because she calls COPs “blah blah blah”. (I can point to forty peer reviewed papers that show she is right.) So yeah, scientists shouldn’t talk politics when the effect is delay.

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 6d
Fuck I wish we could abolish Christmas, the one day where abusers get to enjoy their own trip and haunt you for life. Let the man have his birthday in peace, lost to the mists of time.
An image of Christ developed by scientists showing his brown skin and Semitic features. A massive fuck you to MAGA.

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 6d
We’d love to give a talk next year.

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 6d
Well done.

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 6d
Congratulations!

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 6d
This will be very bad for Europe, unless we all mask up.
New flu strain putting severe pressure on healthcare across Europe, says WHO
At least 27 of 38 countries in WHO’s European region are reporting high or very high influenza activity, body says
www.theguardian.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 6d
Every article about the dismantling of NCAR says the same thing, but read every one because it's so insane.
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center
www.nytimes.com

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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 7d
A fundamental lack of democracy in the formation of trade policy in Britain lets oil companies sue governments across the world if they take action on climate change, according to a new report.

Crucial work from investigative journalist @adamramsay.bsky.social
Trade secrecy fuels climate crisis
Westminster system leaves British trade policy 'hopelessly captured' by climate polluters.
theecologist.org

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 7d
The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price.

Here we are again.

We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.

www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Trump orders oil tankers blockade in Venezuela, labels Maduro regime a "terrorist" group
The escalation exerts unprecedented pressure on the Maduro regime, threatening to bankrupt Venezuela's already struggling economy.
www.axios.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7d
AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social: It is the responsibility of Congress to declare and authorize the use of military force. Congress has not authorized a military use of force. There has not been a case made, and I think the absence of one really speaks volumes.

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Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA) @leizarchaeology.bsky.social · 12d
Out now & #openaccess:
Grimm, Oliver (Ed.): Beast and Human: Case Studies for Northern Europe from Prehistoric to Early Modern Times, Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2025 (LEIZA Publications, Volume 8).
doi.org/10.11588/pro...

#LEIZArchaeology #Archaeology #HumanAnimalStudies

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Ecological Society of America @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social · 13d
📰New from our journals!📰

Moths sipping moose tears, deep-sea squid in disguise, coral reef recovery breakthroughs, and more! Explore six fascinating studies in our latest media tip sheet:
https://ow.ly/qUrA50XHajr

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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 15d
This book on the MAGA New Right by Laura K. Field is excellent, not least because the author has a training in Straussian political theory and knows how to read texts with care.
Furious Minds
“[An] excellent new book.”—Michelle Goldberg, New York TimesThe story of the radical conservative intellectual movement shaping Donald Trump’s agenda—and how it threatens American freedoms, values, an...
press.princeton.edu

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 18d
The pandemic was a successful trial - how many millions incessantly dead?