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Rupture Press @rupturepress.bsky.social · 3d

Rupture Press is at the Anarchist Bookfair in Lisbon until the end of the day of 5th of October!

Lisbon Anarchist Bookfair (Portugal) | anarchistnews.org
www.anarchistnews.org/index.php/co...

Come get our books! @drxdunlap.bsky.social @degrowth.bsky.social #anarchistbookfair #degrowth #bookfair

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Xander Dunlap @drxdunlap.bsky.social · 5d

@pollenetwork.bsky.social @salderosa.bsky.social @squirrelista.bsky.social #energy

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Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability @bu-igs.bsky.social · 5d

How clean is the #RenewableEnergy #SupplyChain? From Utah to Ohio, and California to the Sunbelt, IGS postdoctoral research fellow Alexander Dunlap tracked the lifecycle of #SolarPanels across the US. Follow Dunlap's journey w/@postcarbon.org @resilience.org:
www.resilience.org/stories/2025...

There is nothing new about renewable energy: Tracing the life of solar panels

Industrial-scale renewable energy does not offer an alternative to the capitalist order and its exploitative relationships to earth.

www.resilience.org

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POLLEN - Political Ecology Network @pollenetwork.bsky.social · 5d

🚀 Introducing Rupture Press: breaking free from academic publishing norms to liberate critical, unruly ideas—open access books & radical critique for our times. #OpenAccess #RadicalPublishing #ChangeThroughWords www.rupturepress.org @drxdunlap.bsky.social

RUPTURE PRESS

www.rupturepress.org

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Xander Dunlap @drxdunlap.bsky.social · 8d

No, and it seems like a disappointing waste of time, but it’s great to @squirrelista.bsky.social & @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social do social work.

@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social plz read studies critically assessing these infrastructures, industries & their dependence/collaboration w/ FF industries.

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Franziska Müller @squirrelista.bsky.social · 10d

When we talk "renewables" we need to consider recycling and degrowth principles, it's as simply as that. We can't afford the same number of e-cars, as they need a broader range of metal-based materials, whose extraction is already related to deforestation.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Metal mining is a global driver of environmental change - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Global metal ore extraction has increased almost fourfold since 1970. This Review explores the drivers, patterns and environmental consequences of the growth of metal ore extraction and discusses interventions to reduce negative impacts across metal supply chains.

www.nature.com

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Xander Dunlap @drxdunlap.bsky.social · 12d

I greatly enjoyed this Contention article!

Check it out if you want to get a taste of the Green Hydrogen craze @pollenetwork.bsky.social @squirrelista.bsky.social

Eric Cezne @eric-cezne.bsky.social · 13d

🔋📚What do major events and fairs tell us about energy transitions? In this recently published #OpenAccess article with Human Geography, I offer some insights by critically reflecting upon the #WorldHydrogenSummit, the world's largest event for H2 energy: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/....

A social science researcher at the World Hydrogen Summit: Critical reflections - Eric Cezne, 2025

journals.sagepub.com

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Freedom Press @freedompress.bsky.social · Sep 7

2010s: Tories want to look tough on migrants, so they vow to put them in military barracks
2020: Napier barracks opens
2021: Conditions at Napier strongly criticised as unsuitable for human beings
Mar 2025: Closure of Napier announces.
Sep 6th: Farage proposes using barracks:
Today ...

News headline: Military sites may be used to house asylum seekers, says defence secretary

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Rupture Press @rupturepress.bsky.social · Aug 27

Rupture Press visits Malmö 27-29 August!

You can find us from Teaterhögskolan, Bergsgatan 31, Malmö!

From 9am until 3pm on the 27th of August (today!)
From 9am until 4pm on the 28th of August
From 9am until 12 (noon) on the 29th of August)

#degrowth #postdevelopment #environmentaljustice

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Xander Dunlap @drxdunlap.bsky.social · Aug 25

Tomorrow!
#Climate #energy @pollenetwork.bsky.social

Xander Dunlap @drxdunlap.bsky.social · Jul 2

Check it out #Copenhagen & #Malmo August 26!

My last presentation on “The Life of Solar Panels” at The Center for Applied Ecological Thinking (CAPE), University of Copenhagen, DK

➡️ cape.ku.dk/eng/calendar...

@pollenetwork.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social #degrowth #energy #solar

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Xander Dunlap @drxdunlap.bsky.social · Aug 25

Total war by Israel 😿

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Aug 25

An Al Jazeera journalist is among 15 Palestinians killed in an Israeli attack on the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. At least three other journalists were killed in the attack.

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The Radical Cat @theradicalcat.bsky.social · Aug 17

Beautiful Daisy! We are so happy to announce her fosters made it official and are welcoming this gentle, loving kitty into their family!! Enjoy this pic of Daisy really feeling herself in her forever home 😭 Good job Daisy ;) RC Adoption #️⃣1️⃣2️⃣8️⃣

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The Hind Rajab Foundation @hindrajabfoundation.be · Aug 12

🚨The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), together with the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), has filed a powerful case at the International Criminal Court (ICC) naming the Israeli military and political figures behind the assassination of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif and his colleagues.

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Xander Dunlap @drxdunlap.bsky.social · Aug 12

Check it out!

My latest book is 50% off below!

Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social · Aug 8

💥LONG LIVE ANARCHY!💥

50% off all books on anarchism until August 21st!

www.plutobooks.com/anarchist-bo...

Across the top, in large, bold red capital letters, it reads: “LONG LIVE ANARCHY!” Beneath is a thick horizontal white line. Below the line, large bold white capital letters read: “50% OFF BOOKS ON ANARCHISM.” In the bottom right corner, there is a small cartoon-style illustration of a red firecracker with a yellow lit fuse.

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Xander Dunlap @drxdunlap.bsky.social · Jul 30

Check out this new podcast I did with @exaltresearch.bsky.social

podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/a...

#climatechange #degrowth #Energy @pollenetwork.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social

Alexander Dunlap - How do we recognize the political occupation facilitating extractivism?

Podcast Episode · EXALT Podcast · 25/07/2025 · 1h 4m

podcasts.apple.com

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Xander Dunlap @drxdunlap.bsky.social · Jul 28

How was the new microphone?

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AGF 🎧 poemproducer @poemproducer.bsky.social · Jul 26

Alexander Dunlap - How do we recognize the political occupation facilitating extractivism?

by @exaltresearch.bsky.social w @drxdunlap.bsky.social

creators.spotify.com/pod/show/exa...

Alexander Dunlap - How do we recognize the political occupation facilitating extractivism? by EXALT Podcast

We are delighted to welcome Alexander Dunlap back to the EXALT podcast for a conversation about his latest work. Xander has been looking at rare earth element mining, lithium mining, and solar panel l...

creators.spotify.com

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Xander Dunlap @drxdunlap.bsky.social · Jul 17

The list goes on. This narrative was insane.

The most frightening part is people applauded, never confronted it & some left.

The anthropologists’ gaze is as colonial/statist as ever (the exceptional prices the rule)

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Xander Dunlap @drxdunlap.bsky.social · Jul 17

I just watch a f*#ked #anthropology keynote (in Portugal):
-Brown Woman topless (“xxx is always happy & smiles).
-Cannibalism myth (mon told her kids this as evidence)
-Over population/hunting (mutters Christianity 2 & British colonialism 1).
-Ignores her own cultures corruption & cash economy
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Xander Dunlap @drxdunlap.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hey... How are you?

How do I get a hold of you?

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Fernando @punkbiology.bsky.social · Jun 14

A gente normalmente costuma ouvir na mídia sobre dois Estados como uma solução para a questão palestina.

Aqui o cientista político israelense Uri Gordon e o sociólogo palestino Mohammed Bamyeh discutem uma solução sem Estado.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sgA...

The No State Solution: A Dialogue with Palestinian Mohammed Bamyeh and Israeli Uri Gordon

YouTube video by Camas Books & Infoshop

www.youtube.com

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Xander Dunlap @drxdunlap.bsky.social · Jul 1

New Publication!🎉

Carlos & I have published our new editorial introduction: Towards a pluriverse of transitions!

Check it out, free access:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

@pollenetwork.bsky.social @exaltresearch.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @r-degrowth.bsky.social #Energy #Climate

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · Jul 6

On July 7, 2025, Ayla King will become the first of the #StopCopCity defendants charged with violating the RICO Act to go to trial. The outcome will shape the prospects for protest of all kinds in the second Trump era.

For a full background on the case and how to support Ayla:

crimethinc.com/Ayla

The Trial of Ayla King

On July 7, 2025, Ayla King will become the first of the Stop Cop City defendants absurdly charged with violating the RICO Act to go to trial.

crimethinc.com

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EADI @eadi.bsky.social · Jul 6

Universalism assumes one-size-fits-all approaches, obviously an undesirable approach to development. Yet, Development Studies badly needs globalizing, that moves eyond Eurocentrism while understanding the power unevenness between the Global North and Global South.
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2207

Global AND International Development against all Inequalities

By Alessandra Mezzadri Development: Contested Categories Since its inception after World War II, Development Studies has been deeply intertwined with the socio-economic transformation of formerly c…

www.developmentresearch.eu

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HerRoyalBOO👻bies @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · Jul 2

Good morning 🫡

A poster with a cat and the words:

THE WRONG AMAZON
IS BURNING
THE WRONG ICE
Is MELTING

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