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Kevin Blanchard (he/him)
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Working to contribute to a truly inclusive disaster risk reduction
system = my raison d'etre.

Plus politics (UK, EU & USA), travel & my own (amateur) photography

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Kevin Blanchard (he/him) @drrdynamics.bsky.social · Nov 7
Find my latest publications here. Offering my own research and resources on #DRR, resilience, and inclusive approaches to tackling today's most pressing challenges.

(Hopefully) Useful reading for #DRR and #resilience professionals! 📖➡️ drrdynamics.com/publications

#NoNaturalDisasters
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drrdynamics.com
drrdynamics.bsky.social
It is bad enough that peer review is not treated as work worthy of payment. Now @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social has emailed to say that even the small token they offered is being withdrawn. 😒

Needless to say, peer reviewing has somehow become even stingier.

#AcademicSky #EduSky
February 10, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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esqueer.net
We won't let this go. The UK cracked down on access to gender affirming care and trans youth suicides then the government covered it up. This also came amidst a massive push for anti trans policies more broadly among British political parties.

www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-yout...
Trans Youth Suicides Skyrocketed In UK After Care Drawdown; Government Covers It Up
A Freedom of Information request to the National Child Mortality Database reveals that 22 trans children under 18 died by suicide in England in 2021-22 alone.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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globalcmrpt.bsky.social
Operational Outage, Ignition and Wildfire Risk Modeling at PG&E Webinar, Feb 6 https://ow.ly/pb7j50Y7lcf
February 2, 2026 at 7:45 PM
drrdynamics.bsky.social
Hospitals in the UK currently have long waiting times. Don’t be a dick to the staff about it. It’s really not their fault

#ProtectTheNHS
February 2, 2026 at 1:04 PM
drrdynamics.bsky.social
7 years ago today we saw a masterclass in how not to demonstrate gender equality.

#Gender #InclusiveDRR
Screenshot of a news article headline reading “UAE’s gender equality awards won entirely by men”, with a yellow banner above stating “This article is more than 7 years old”. A subheading explains that Emirati authorities were ridiculed on social media after the Gender Balance Index awards were announced. Below the headline is a grid of four official photographs. In each image, two adult men wearing traditional white Emirati dress stand indoors in a formal setting, holding or exchanging award plaques. No women are visible in any of the photographs. The setting appears ceremonial, with national symbols and framed artwork visible in the background.
January 28, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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stonefeathers.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 12:55 AM
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qasimrashid.com
You know Alex Pretti & Renee Good—the 2 white people ICE killed.

ICE has also killed Keith Porter, a Black man, Parady La, a Cambodian man, & 5 Latinos—Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, and Geraldo Lunas Campos.

9 TOTAL.

ABOLISH ICE.
January 26, 2026 at 2:32 AM
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donjorizzy.bsky.social
Don't forget the dozens who've died in DHS detention...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
2025 was ICE’s deadliest year in two decades. Here are the 32 people who died in custody
The deaths came as the Trump administration ramped up immigration enforcement, detaining a record number of people
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:01 AM
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separkinson.bsky.social
As a Philly native & political violence researcher: Philly has a unique historical experience of state violence. Read up on the MOVE bombing. Read up on Frank Rizzo. All jokes/facts a/b Santa & battery throwing aside, that history, along w/ the sports fandom, will feed huge mobilization against ICE.
len.bsky.social Len @len.bsky.social · 20d
imgaine getting sent packing with your ass in your own two hands by some of the nicest people in the world and then showing up in a city that is famous for booing santa claus
From the Independent: "ICE is rumored to be heading for Philadelphia. Everyone is saying the same thing' Reaction from ben doyle (@thewheatgerm): "this is the equivalent of hitler sending you to stalingrad"
January 26, 2026 at 6:55 AM
drrdynamics.bsky.social
Glorious London sunset this evening
A dramatic sunset with bright golden light glowing beneath thick grey and blue clouds, silhouetted trees in the foreground against the sky.
January 23, 2026 at 9:16 PM
drrdynamics.bsky.social
There were some really interesting points in @mark-carney.bsky.social speech at #Davos2026 that felt relevant to #InclusiveDRR and international development more broadly.

So I wrote a short piece on it, that can be found here - bit.ly/45n2oIG

Maybe a smaller multilateralism is the way forward?
Screenshot of a LinkedIn post by Kevin Blanchard. The post begins with the text: “Disaster risk reduction (DRR) depends on cooperation across borders, yet the global systems that support that cooperation are under …” followed by a “see more” truncation. Below the post text is a list of linked news articles. The first is from The Guardian, with a headline about Jim Chalmers discussing the Canadian prime minister’s denunciation of Donald Trump, and includes a small portrait image of a suited man. The second link is from New Statesman, titled “Mark Carney’s lessons for Keir Starmer,” with a thumbnail image showing two people in front of Canadian flags. The third link is from The Guardian, titled “‘Nostalgia is not a strategy’: Mark Carney is emerging as the unflinching realist ready to tackle Trump,” with a close-up image of Mark Carney against a blurred background. The post shows that it was shared 24 minutes ago.
January 22, 2026 at 9:26 AM
drrdynamics.bsky.social
How are we going to explain January 2026 to our grandchildren?

"The US President was throwing a tantrum about not winning a certificate and a medal, so he invaded a country"

#Trump
shashj.bsky.social Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · 27d
Not the sort of letter committed to paper by a well man. "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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astrokatie.com
I have met toddlers more capable of emotional regulation
January 19, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
drrdynamics.bsky.social
Fuck this world 💔

#Gaza
Screenshot of a news article with the headline: “Newborn baby becomes eighth to die of hypothermia in Gaza this winter.” A subheading states that despite the ceasefire, more than 100 children have died in the territory since October. The article is by Lorenzo Tondo, dated Saturday 17 January 2026. The opening paragraphs report that a 27 day old baby died from severe cold in Gaza, bringing the number of children who have died from hypothermia this winter to eight, according to the Palestinian health ministry. It adds that medical sources said the newborn died due to freezing temperatures and could not be saved after being brought to Nasser hospital in Khan Younis.
January 18, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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lgbtqiaindrr.bsky.social
This Sunday's #disasters & #LGBTQIA+ reading suggestion;

Toward equitable coastal community resilience: Incorporating principles of equity and justice in coastal hazard adaptation (2023) by Natasha Fox, Jenna H. Tilt, Peter Ruggiero, Katie Stanton and John Bolte.

Link bit.ly/3YKRCs4

#InclusiveDRR
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January 18, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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freefran.bsky.social
'Both Labour and Tories "broke Britain"'

- Robert Jenrick

No, No, No!!!!!!

Your new leader's Brexit broke Britain.
January 15, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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number10cat.bsky.social
67% of Reform MPs have previously been elected as representatives of the Conservative Party. They broke the country last time; do you trust them to fix it?
January 15, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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lgbtqiaindrr.bsky.social
This Sunday's #disasters & #LGBTQIA+ reading suggestion is;

The Text Before All Things (2025) by Leah R. Kimber

Link - bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/monochap-oa/...

#InclusiveDRR
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January 11, 2026 at 10:39 AM
drrdynamics.bsky.social
Dear 77.3million citizens of the USA who voted Republican at the 2024 election - is this what you voted for?

#Trump
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January 9, 2026 at 9:22 AM
drrdynamics.bsky.social
Anyone know?
Screenshot of a LinkedIn post above a meme. The post text discusses frustration with recruitment processes that require uploading a CV and then re-entering the same information, ending with hashtags related to job search and consultancy. Below the post is a meme showing a man in an office cubicle holding a clipboard. Large white text at the top reads “upload your resume” and text at the bottom reads “now painstakingly fill out this form containing all of the exact same information”.
January 8, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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disabilitystor1.bsky.social
Do Americans ever ever have a moment when they realize that they themselves have been one of the most destabilizing forces in geopolitics? That the violence and harm they’ve caused has destroyed generations? Or no?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jan 5
Tom Emmer: "Donald Trump is the president of peace and what he's doing is stabilizing the region"
January 5, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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nonaturaldisasters.bsky.social
Super excited to announce a new Kyrgyz translation for our #NoNaturalDisasters factsheet:

bit.ly/NND_Kyrgyz
Screenshot of a webpage titled “Press information” with a list of languages shown as blue links on the left, including Arabic, Bahasa (Indonesian), Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Kyrgyz, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili and Urdu. The word “Kyrgyz” is highlighted with a red box. On the right is a large red speech bubble containing the text “Disasters are not natural” in black and white capital letters. Below the speech bubble is the hashtag “#NoNaturalDisasters”.
January 4, 2026 at 9:05 AM
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gabriellehecht.bsky.social
"What about cruises?"

Whole-ass article about vacations being disrupted. Because that's what matters to the NYT & its readers. They probably put a reporter on this the minute they saw the news that they chose to not share.

archive.is/202601040349...
What about cruises? There are at least 170 cruise ship ports in the Caribbean, according to Cruise Mapper, a site that monitors live locations of cruise ships all over the world. Passengers already on ships should be unaffected. Cruise ship itineraries were operating normally in the Caribbean, according to a statement from Justin Paige, the director of communications for the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association, an industry group. The cruise lines were in contact with “global security experts and government authorities,” he said, to monitor whether any itinerary adjustments would be needed. For people concerned about reaching their cruises if their flights have been canceled, Mr. Paige recommended contacting airlines and travel advisers ahead of time. He also said he encouraged people to get travel insurance for unexpected situations like this.
January 4, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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pwnedlib.bsky.social
The casualties already coming in. Grandmothers in their apartments….
January 3, 2026 at 7:21 PM