Another Call for Papers for #BISA2026 (3rd-5th June, Brighton), this time for a panel I'm organising with @tom-cb.bsky.social. Deadline 24th Oct.

Gender and resistance in environmental politics: This panel will explore how gender relates to resistance against env harm AND resistance to transition.

History won’t be kind to us. We’ve forfeited our humanity. Two years on and the tweet below remains valid. ‘Shame’ is a meagre consolation.

Yes it is possible, just follow Zoomer tik tok instructions 😅

i love to write "aforementioned" like, yep, i mentioned that afore

You can - I don’t have it

I've never heard a better political speech than that just delivered by @zackpolanski.bsky.social at #gpconf 👏

Truthfulness, decency & kindness in politics, imagine that!

#GreenParty

Trying again, as the original article has now vanished.
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I don't know who wrote this anonymous memo: archive.ph/5imGV But its themes and language overlap strongly with some of the things the "Labour" peer Maurice Glasman said in this discussion: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...

“Global debt hit a record high of $337.7 trillion at the end of the second quarter, driven by easing global financial conditions, a softer U.S. dollar and a more accommodative stance from major central banks"

(Reuters)

#GoodLuckWithThat
#collapse

"Even if the diagnosis is dire, the window of cure is still open. Failure is not inevitable; failure is a choice. A choice that must and can be avoided.”" ~Johan Rockström, The Potsdam Institute.

Hounded out of the United States for his pro-Palestine activism, Momodou Taal insists that the struggle is global, drawing strength from Malcolm X, faith, and solidarity across borders. africasacountry.com/2025/09/from...

In Denmark, if you’re pregnant and the government thinks you will be a bad parent because you were abused as a child, they can give you a test asking “what’s glass made of?” and “what’s the big staircase in Rome called?”If you fail they take your baby after birth. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

#polqc 👉 Mettre tous les problèmes du #Québec sur le dos de l’immigration comme le font le #PQ et la #CAQ, ça donne ça : un sentiment se rejet même chez ceux et celles qui se sont le plus intégrés comme notre Kim Thuy nationale.

À regarder : youtu.be/fxX3knt24sE

"Colonial structures and systems continue to devise tactics to remove Indigenous Peoples from their lands. In this case, it is a divide-and-conquer narrative – one that Indigenous Peoples have seen played out again and again."
Politics of Recognition, by Melanie Dene and Jessica Christmas

I've been involved with the book project "Young and female: international perspectives on the future of farming" since before the pandemic. I'm pleased to say it's out, and it's open access:

practicalactionpublishing.com/book/3054/yo...

These extractivist projects across Australia and Canada backed by “leftist” governments show that we cannot vote our way out of settler colonial politics…maddening

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...

Shot, chaser

Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men

Also “results, not objectives” is such boomer RBM lingo, for a guy who was going to “shake things up in Ottawa” 🙄

Academic freedom includes extramural speech. And you dont have a university if the president can decide on alleged violations unilaterally - there needs to be a faculty led process.

Does American academia ever recover from this? Probably not

Lesson 18 from #OnTyranny by @timothysnyder.bsky.social

"Be calm when the unthinkable arrives."

Just got asked to review a paper based on “AI-assisted thematic analysis” of policy documents for a journal focused on sustainability 🙄

Can y’all get it together, for the love of the planet?