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Lyla Mehta

@lylamehta.bsky.social

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Professor of environment & development; Water, sanitation, climate, covid; human rights; displacement; feminist; anti-fascist; Editor @Natureandspace; UK, India, Austria, Norway. Twitter migrant; also on @[email protected] & LinkedIn. Views my own; .. more

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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · Jan 11

I resisted signing on another billionaire-led app so it's taken me a while to get here. I had blocked #Musk & carried on Twitter despite unease. But now seeing how he is systematically promoting more far-right leaders is just too much. Looking forward to connecting with old & new friends here.

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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · 1d

OnlineFirst - "Dying to breathe: Caste, law and the urban political ecology of manual scavenging in India" by Ambarish Karamchedu:

#caste #sanitation #India #urbanpoliticalecology #law

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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · 2d

OnlineFirst - "From contested commons to ornamental ecologies: Environmental casteism and the blocked dialectic of urban lakes in Hyderabad" by Pullanna Vidyapogu and Indivar Jonnalagadda:

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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · 3d

OnlineFirst - "From dams to tanks to jerry cans: Storage as a multi-scalar analytic" by @moritzkasper.bsky.social:

#storage #Nairobi #infrastructure #waterscape

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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · 4d

OnlineFirst - "Legitimacy in the making: Conservatism, additionality and natural capital accreditation in the UK's Woodland Carbon Code" by theostanley.bsky.social and George Cusworth:

#carbonmarkets #legitimacy #Scotland #forests #naturalcapital

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 5d

"[T]wo million [Italian] workers demonstrated and walked off the streets on Friday."

"Workers across the world must follow this example [.] and send a message to the entire world: the labor movement will not allow Israel to massacre the Palestinian people."
#Italy #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide

2 Million People Paralyze Italy in a General Strike for Gaza and the Flotilla - Left Voice

Workers across Italy brought the country to a halt with a massive national strike to denounce Israel’s attacks against the Global Sumud Flotilla — defying Meloni’s repression and showing the power of…

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 5d

I have so much respect for Greta Thunberg because she easily could have coasted on speaking gigs and Davos appearances for the rest of her life

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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 7d

Will someone remind me why Greta Thunberg can be arrested but Benjamin Netanyahu can't?

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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · 7d

OnlineFirst - "Land system resilience amidst the ravages of war: Insights from Tigray (Northern Ethiopia)" by Jan Nyssen, Emnet Negash, Hailemariam Meaza, Sofie Annys, Mitiku Haile, Zbelo Tesfamariam, Jean Poesen, Jozef Deckers, Jan Moeyersons, Amanuel Zenebe, Amaury Frankl, and [...]

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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · 8d

OnlineFirst - "Expulsion by suffocation: Soybean plantations, toxicity, and land grabbing in the Brazilian Amazon" by @fabiozuker.bsky.social:

#Amazon #EnvironmentalJustice #Anthropology #SlowViolence #toxicity #Deforestation #Agroecology #PlanetaryHealth

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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 9d

Indian development at a crossroads. Join us for this in-person and online event on Friday Oct 3 that explores authoritarian top-down models of development in India and how these are challenged from below.
www.ids.ac.uk/events/india...
#India #Development #Authoritarianism

Poster of event on Oct 3 - Indian development at a crossroads

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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · 11d

OnlineFirst - "The wood storks of Lake Somerset: Multispecies landscapes of the Holocene/Anthropocene boundary event" by Zachary Caple:

#planetarytransition #colonialcapitalistinvasions #nicheconstruction #multispeciesethnography #landscapehistory #Florida

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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · 14d

Nature and Space Vol. 8, No. 5 is now out and available online!

Link and ToC below:

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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · 17d

OnlineFirst - "A plastic root of toxic survival" by Umut Kuruuzum:

#plasticpollution #agriculture #toxicity #Syrianrefugees #Türkiye

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Sorbonne Université @sorbonne-universite.fr · 24d

📣 Sorbonne University withdraws from the Times Higher Education World University Rankings!

🎓 This withdrawal is not just a symbolic gesture. The decision comes as part of a broader strategy to promote #openscience and reform research assessment.

Sorbonne University decides to withdraw from the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings

As of 2026, Sorbonne University will no longer submit data to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. The decision comes as part of a wider approach to promote open science and ref...

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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 24d

Last week #DavidLammy said the UK has ‘not concluded’ Israel is carrying out genocide. Now a UN commission clearly states that #Israel has committed genocide in #Gaza. Is the #UK still going to support Israel in committing & whitewashing genocide? www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says - BBC News

The panel finds that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out against Palestinians during the war.

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 26d

I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.

As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.

Letter from Ed Davey to Keir Starmer condemning Elon Musk for inciting violence and urging unity to defend democracy.

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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 26d

Yesterday #Musk called for overthrowing the current govt at far-right London rally & #Starmer finally wakes up. He should have been doing this earlier instead of pandering to the right & their racism, celebrating the flag & nationalism & scapegoating migrants. #UK www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Britain will ‘never surrender flag’ to far-right protesters, Starmer says

PM condemns attacks against police, racist intimidation of minorities and use of flag to instil fear

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Voice4Justice @voices4justice.bsky.social · 28d

Ilan Volkov, an Israeli orchestral conductor, who has been chief conductor and guest conductor of a number of orchestras.

His moving words at the BBC Proms (the full text below). 🧵👇
Another saint in Sodom. 🙏👏

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Penelope Anthias @penelopeanthias.bsky.social · 29d

I'm delighted to share this new open access book: Reckoning with Law in Excess: Mobilization, Confrontation, Refusal (Mark Goodale & Olaf Zenker eds.). It was a real pleasure to be part of this project, which shaped my thinking on law and rights. Please share widely www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...

Reckoning with Law in Excess

Cambridge Core - International Relations and International Organisations - Reckoning with Law in Excess

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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 29d

This sums it up rather well. The Starmer govt would rather lose to the right rather than concede that the Labour left's stances and policies were and are the way forward.

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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · Sep 10

Nepal managed to oust their corrupt PM through protest (though sadly 20 young people were killed). Why can't Israel manage that?

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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · Sep 9

It must be dystopian to be in Israel now if are anti-Netanyahu, against the ongoing genocide and starvation of civilians in Gaza, want peace and democracy, and of course, want the remaining hostages to come home.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · Sep 9

Israel just attacked Doha, Qatar while Hamas officials were discussing a ceasefire deal

Via Al Jazeera

BREAKING
Loud explosions heard in Qatar's Doha
Loud explosions have been heard in Qatar's capital, Doha.
The Israeli Broadcasting Authority, citing a senior Israeli official, has reported that the explosions were the result of an attack against senior Hamas officials.
We'll bring you more shortly.

BREAKING
Hamas meeting targeted while discussing
Gaza ceasefire deal proposal: Source
A senior Hamas source has told Al Jazeera that leaders of the group have been targeted in Doha while was discussing US President Donald Trump's proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza.

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Alexander L. Metcalf, PhD @metcalfhdlab.bsky.social · Sep 8

For example, consider: “Only 0.12% of all research funding was spent on the social science of climate mitigation.”

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The misallocation of climate research funding

The window of opportunity for mitigating climate change is narrow. Limiting global warming to 1.5°C will require rapid and deep alteration of attitude…

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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · Sep 7

The upcoming #UN General Assembly can bring about concrete action to end the #genocide. This is possible with a 2/3rd vote. Nations need to deny #Israel's credentials in UN, declare apartheid & sanctions, accelerate humanitarian efforts & get the UN involved in safety & reconstruction #Gaza #UN

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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · Sep 2

Huge congratulations to @zackpolanski.bsky.social elected as the next Leader of @greenparty.org.uk 👏👏

Greens are on the up. We have already achieved so much, but there is more to be done offering a true alternative to this dire version of Labour.

Let’s get to it! 💚

Image shows Zack Polanski and Sian Berry smiling together at London Pride.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Aug 30

Life’s getting a bit more crap here if you are a person from an ethnic minority 🧵

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · Aug 29

New interview with Greta Thunberg in Barcelona yesterday by Middle East Eye.

The climate activist and arguably the leading humanitarian voice of our age is about to set sail along with dozens of ships from dozens of nations to bring urgent food and medical aid to millions of people in Gaza

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