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The call for abstracts for POLLEN 2026 is open 🌟 Leigh-Rutt, Assa Doron & I have a panel on *Political Ecologies of Animal Agriculture* - details are here along with instructions for submitting abstracts. If this is in your zone, consider submitting an abstract!
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P025: Political ecologies of animal agriculture: methods, storytelling, and convergences

We expect 3-5 presentations of apprx 12 mins each plus time for discussion.

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Sango Mahanty @sangomahanty.bsky.social · 1d

I'm also helping with this exciting session on *Pedagogies of Hope*
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P124: Pedagogies of hope: Ideas and practices for teaching and learning in a time of crisis

An interactive, round table format, for the sharing insights, experiences and practices. 5 short talks (5 minutes each) invited to frame discussion.

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Sango Mahanty @sangomahanty.bsky.social · 27d

Rally against racism #naarm

Sango Mahanty @sangomahanty.bsky.social · 28d

Tail end of a long year since the ANU churn started - there’s a long way to go yet but this week is significant as a moment of people standing up to ‘information hygiene’, faux participation and the corporate University www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

ANU vice-chancellor resigns after months of controversy

Genevieve Bell has bowed to intense pressure and resigned from her position as Australian National University vice-chancellor.

www.abc.net.au

Sango Mahanty @sangomahanty.bsky.social · Sep 6

This quote says it all - and raises questions beyond the Australian berry industry: ‘Policing pesticides is complicated and patchwork’

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

A banned pesticide is showing up in blueberries. No-one can find the source

A scientist investigating why pesticides were appearing in marine life discovers a banned chemical on NSW berries. The underwhelming response from the government has exposed regulatory blind spots in ...

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Sango Mahanty @sangomahanty.bsky.social · Aug 26

This cause is close to my heart - please sign - the petition is open to ANU staff, students, alumni and supporters : www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/pe...

Petition to ANU Council

In support of our petition, we observe that:  • ANU Council has the entire control and management of the University and is required to act in all matters concerning the ANU in the way it thinks w...

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Sango Mahanty @sangomahanty.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thanks for all you did Francis, it’s a broken system and needs urgent change - instead the spotlight is placed on every ANU employee who questions or advocates for change

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · Jul 21

The people of Gaza face starvation under the joint U.S.-Israeli food distribution system run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

Our Reporter Got Into Gaza. He Witnessed a Famine of Israel’s Making.

The people of Gaza face starvation under the joint U.S.-Israeli food distribution system run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

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Sango Mahanty @sangomahanty.bsky.social · Jul 8

Shocked to learn from other members at our @nteuact.bsky.social union meeting today about apparent errors in org charts and position roles in ANU’s current change proposals to cut and redefine positions - are positions being cut and changed without knowing who does what and where?

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NTEU ACT @nteuact.bsky.social · Jul 3

"We are in a terrible situation where the Australian National University needs to be protected from its own leadership... The vice-chancellor apparently knows the cost of staff, but not the value of staff."

@nteunion.bsky.social's @lachlanclohesy.bsky.social on latest #ANU job cuts.

ANU tells staff of new round of job cuts, with more to come

A thousand staff have left under vice-chancellor Bell, union says.

www.canberratimes.com.au

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Our ANU @ouranu.bsky.social · Jul 2

Staff in CASS have been called into meetings and told their jobs are “at risk.” When they ask questions or request further information, they’ve been told to wait and ask those questions at a town hall tomorrow.

Now staff are being told in-person “tickets” for the town hall are “sold out”. 🫠

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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · Jul 1

Really tough week in the ANU college of arts & social sciences. Committed, respected & highly impactful staff have been told their jobs are no longer & about 30 ppl are facing forced redundancy. It’s come as a complete shock to identified individuals. No consultation, no warning.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Jun 26

The world is drowning in plastic. Experts say we need to stop making so much.

But the plastics industry is peddling a "solution" that works like magic.

Don't be fooled.

(Published June 2024)

The Delusion of “Advanced” Plastic Recycling

The plastics industry has heralded a type of chemical recycling it claims could replace new shopping bags and candy wrappers with old ones — but not much is being recycled at all, and this method…

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Sango Mahanty @sangomahanty.bsky.social · May 31

What are the dates Esteve? It didn’t say on the announcement 🙂

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · May 28

Global average temperature is expected to rise to almost 2C above preindustrial in the next five years, according to the WMO, with falls in crop yields and more than a third of the world’s population being exposed to extreme heat.

People, I'm sorry but we have to deal with this. Later is too late.

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FINANCIAL TIMES
Probability of above average near-surface temperature*
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Average
More likely →> 1
May to Sep period 2025-29
Nov to Mar period 2025-26 to 2029-30
Predicted temperature patterns over the years 2025-29 show a high probability of temperatures above the 1991-2020 average almost everywhere, with enhanced warming over land.

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Our ANU @ouranu.bsky.social · May 26

Open letter: The ANU executive is planning a new round of unnecessary and damaging cuts and forced redundancies. We are asking staff to sign this open letter calling on the executive to cancel planned CMPs and to be transparent about ANU’s finances.

ANU colleagues please sign and share widely.

Open letter: Staff call on the ANU executive to stop these unnecessary cuts

Fact sheet on 'Renew ANU so far': https://shorturl.at/iYVjc Open Letter PDF for print with QR codes to sign: https://shorturl.at/5KYs3 __________________________________________________ Letter to AN...

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Esteve Corbera @estevecorbera.bsky.social · May 19

Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) Conference in Barcelona, June 2026. Help us disseminate the event and submit your articles, please! @icta-uab.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social

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POLLEN Conference 2026 - POLLEN

To learn more about our rational and purposes, then please look at this page , or download this document. If would like to participate then the first step is to propose a panel, or some other contribu...

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Sango Mahanty @sangomahanty.bsky.social · Feb 2

Congrats!

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Sango Mahanty @sangomahanty.bsky.social · Jan 9

Back into editorial mode and remembering the most used phrase in journal resubmissions ‘we thank the referees for their detailed/helpful/thoughtful comments…’

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Rob Townsend @rbtownsend.bsky.social · Dec 4

“The work that our colleagues in the humanities and social sciences do is incredibly important. We can do all the work in developing clean technologies we want, but if we don’t understand the barriers to people purchasing that tech? It becomes useless." bit.ly/3ZDS6kU

Govt cuts humanities and social science funding - Expert Reaction

Humanities and social science funding has been cut from the Marsden Fund, the main fund for 'blue-skies' research in Aotearoa New Zealand. The areas that have been cut include research in subjects lik...

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Sango Mahanty @sangomahanty.bsky.social · Dec 3

Morning light touches the trees on Djiringanj/Yuin country

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Paul Reimer @etherealhothouse.bsky.social · Nov 24

Earth has tilted 31.5 inches since the '90s due to the pumping of groundwater. This has also contributed to sea-level rise.

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Drift of Earth's Pole Confirms Groundwater Depletion as a Significant Contributor to Global Sea Level Rise 1993–2010

Earth's pole has drifted toward 64.16°E at a speed of 4.36 cm/yr during 1993–2010 due to groundwater depletion and resulting sea level rise Including groundwater depletion effects, the estimated ...

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Sango Mahanty @sangomahanty.bsky.social · Nov 21

Working from home…

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NTEU ACT @nteuact.bsky.social · Nov 21

88% of staff have rejected #ANU's attempt to take away the next pay rise.

"This vote is a clear vote of no confidence in their management style." - #NTEU ANU Branch President Millan Pintos-Lopez

Overwhelming majority of ANU staff vote 'no' to giving up next pay rise

Vice-chancellor says ANU will look a other ways to cut costs.

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Sango Mahanty @sangomahanty.bsky.social · Nov 20

Thank you to all those people putting out starter packs - so helpful 🙏🏽

Sango Mahanty @sangomahanty.bsky.social · Nov 15

Welcome Katrin! I’m spending more time here too while I phase out from the swamp

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Sango Mahanty @sangomahanty.bsky.social · Nov 15

A message for ANU colleagues who have found their way here - please consider voting no next week. Many of us want to help maintain jobs, but this vote to give away a hard-won wage rise will hit casuals and ECRs hard - and there are no management guarantees that jobs will actually be saved