Emanuela Paoletti
@manupaoletti.bsky.social
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Interested in climate change, refugee protection, North Africa, and the Middle East. Formerly at the LSE, Oxford University, and the Potsdam Istitute for Climate Impact Research.
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"Silicon Valley knows that war is good for business. And many of its powerful people want us to stop worrying about frivolities like ethics or ecology". Must read piece by Laleh Khalili on the @lrb.co.uk available here: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Laleh Khalili · Collective Property, Private Control: Defence Tech
The United States was born in war and has waged a war of some sort in every year of its existence. Silicon Valley knows...
www.lrb.co.uk
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pik-potsdam.bsky.social
Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone," says PIK director Johan Rockström presenting the key findings of the Planetary Health Check 2025 today. #PlanetaryBoundaries
➡️ www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
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"As the planet races past targets that terrified so many into action not so long ago, [...] I would not abandon that secondary aspiration, that [...] we still owe one another something: a better, more just, more equitable future for all." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...
It Isn’t Just the U.S. The Whole World Has Soured on Climate Politics.
www.nytimes.com
manupaoletti.bsky.social
"This needed to happen. We could not have stayed on the road we were on. [...]. And now that we see the consequences, maybe we have a fighting chance, against this darkness." @rbreich.bsky.social Robert Reich at @levernews.com. Full interview available here: www.levernews.com/robert-reich...
Robert Reich Saw This Coming
After decades advising presidents, the former Secretary of Labor is sounding the alarm.
www.levernews.com
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uninvhrc.bsky.social
#Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in #Gaza, theUN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory & Israel said in a new report, urging all States to fulfil their legal obligations to end it.

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climatenews.bsky.social
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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"I want people who believe in decency, kindness, and fairness to fight with the same passion that assholes fight. And I just don't see it." Insightful conversation between Dan Stein and @volts.wtf David Roberts: www.volts.wtf/p/climate-ph...
Climate philanthropy in a time of Trump
I get frustrated at liberals' refusal to fight, and take it out on Giving Green's Dan Stein of all people.
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lrb.co.uk
‘In a world of rising authoritarianism and ethnonationalism, where the rule of law has all but crumbled, the brutal, pitiless state run by Netanyahu looks more like a pioneer than an outlier.’

Adam Shatz on the world since 7 October: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Shatz · The World since 7 October
The war with Iran is far more than an attempt to prevent nuclear weapons from getting in the hands of mullahs (if it...
www.lrb.co.uk
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nytimes.com
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

If Benjamin Netanyahu “decided tonight that every Palestinian child in Gaza should have breakfast tomorrow, it could undoubtedly be done,” Alex de Waal writes. “Seasoned humanitarian-aid professionals can still bring Gaza back from the brink.”
Opinion | Netanyahu Is Choosing to Starve Gaza
To end starvation — and stave off social collapse — in Gaza, Israel must allow humanitarian-aid professionals to do their jobs.
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manupaoletti.bsky.social
Francesca Albanese this evening in Rome, speaking truth to power: "this situation of profound grief can also be the opportunity to build the future we want."
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Francesca Albanese: "Non è mai troppo tardi se ci sono delle vite da salvare."