Dr Maria Bastos
@minesbastos.bsky.social
Feminist and Queer politics; foreign policy. Environmental security. Occasionally South Asia. Ageing woke person. 🌈🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
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From Palestine to Venezuela: We call for unity in the struggle for self-determination and for collective solidarity against the genocidal US-Israel axis.
Read our full statement: loom.ly/0PcQonE
Read our full statement: loom.ly/0PcQonE
From Palestine to Venezuela
We call for unity in the struggle for self-determination and for collective solidarity against the genocidal US-Israel axis.
loom.ly
January 3, 2026 at 7:55 PM
From Palestine to Venezuela: We call for unity in the struggle for self-determination and for collective solidarity against the genocidal US-Israel axis.
Read our full statement: loom.ly/0PcQonE
Read our full statement: loom.ly/0PcQonE
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hey remember climate change? didn't it have something to do with... oil? I'm sure it can wait.
January 3, 2026 at 6:41 PM
hey remember climate change? didn't it have something to do with... oil? I'm sure it can wait.
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Three million people live in Caracas, five million in the metro area. It's one of the densest cities in South America. Remember this in the morning when they try to spin this as anything other than a cold-blooded attack on a major civilian center.
January 3, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Three million people live in Caracas, five million in the metro area. It's one of the densest cities in South America. Remember this in the morning when they try to spin this as anything other than a cold-blooded attack on a major civilian center.
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A defining moment for Europe. If it endorses/fails to condemn this flagrant breach of international law, it will have surrendered its core justification for opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
JUST IN: Trump says the U.S. has captured Maduro and his wife and flown them out of the country.
January 3, 2026 at 10:17 AM
A defining moment for Europe. If it endorses/fails to condemn this flagrant breach of international law, it will have surrendered its core justification for opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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The UK has 160 black professors (25% are women) out of a total of 22,885.
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) offers funding opportunities, 81% of awards go to white applicants, 1% to black.
The statistics are likely to discourage black scholars from pursuing academic/science careers.
Need action.
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) offers funding opportunities, 81% of awards go to white applicants, 1% to black.
The statistics are likely to discourage black scholars from pursuing academic/science careers.
Need action.
December 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The UK has 160 black professors (25% are women) out of a total of 22,885.
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) offers funding opportunities, 81% of awards go to white applicants, 1% to black.
The statistics are likely to discourage black scholars from pursuing academic/science careers.
Need action.
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) offers funding opportunities, 81% of awards go to white applicants, 1% to black.
The statistics are likely to discourage black scholars from pursuing academic/science careers.
Need action.
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Group of soldiers announce the removal of President Patrice Talon and all state institutions.
Benin soldiers claim to have overthrown President Talon in apparent coup
Group of soldiers announce the removal of President Patrice Talon and all state institutions.
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Group of soldiers announce the removal of President Patrice Talon and all state institutions.
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Disaster unfolding in Thailand with background global heating at ~1.5°C.
“Crisis has hit about 2 million people and left an entire southern city under water.”
www.scmp.com/week-as...
#ClimateCrisis
“Crisis has hit about 2 million people and left an entire southern city under water.”
www.scmp.com/week-as...
#ClimateCrisis
‘Desert island’: trapped Thais plead for rescue as floodwaters rise
The navy will deploy an aircraft carrier and deliver meals to help those in the flood-hit south, amid public outcry over chaotic relief efforts.
www.scmp.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Disaster unfolding in Thailand with background global heating at ~1.5°C.
“Crisis has hit about 2 million people and left an entire southern city under water.”
www.scmp.com/week-as...
#ClimateCrisis
“Crisis has hit about 2 million people and left an entire southern city under water.”
www.scmp.com/week-as...
#ClimateCrisis
So much for the years attempting to ‘decolonise the curriculum’ . With more and more people ‘sold’ to one of the biggest epistemological flops of all time, I wonder if this‘decolonise’ wasn’t but another white saviour mid-life crisis. This long read is a must.
What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’ | Deepak Varuvel Dennison
The long read: As GenAI becomes the primary way to find information, local and traditional wisdom is being lost. And we are only beginning to realise what we’re missing
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
So much for the years attempting to ‘decolonise the curriculum’ . With more and more people ‘sold’ to one of the biggest epistemological flops of all time, I wonder if this‘decolonise’ wasn’t but another white saviour mid-life crisis. This long read is a must.
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Climate action is now mostly national implementation rather than international negotiations. The upcoming climate negotiations at least got China to put forward a new pledge (NDC); now let's see them implement. Can Brazil crowd in $ for forest conservation? We shall see.
Here is my piece for what to expect from COP30 climate negotiations in Brazil for @global-affairs.bsky.social. We should have modest expectations given the headwinds and where we are in the process of decarbonization. The real action is in national implementation.
globalaffairs.org/commentary/a...
globalaffairs.org/commentary/a...
Can COP30 Deliver amid US Retreat from Climate Action?
With global emissions still rising and political will waning, what can come out of this year’s international climate negotiations?
globalaffairs.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Climate action is now mostly national implementation rather than international negotiations. The upcoming climate negotiations at least got China to put forward a new pledge (NDC); now let's see them implement. Can Brazil crowd in $ for forest conservation? We shall see.
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The Vietnamese Bach Ma Mountain Peak station recorded one-day rainfall of 1,739 mm - close to the global one-day record and perhaps a new record for the northern hemisphere. It is part of a deluge Viet Nam has seen in October, shattering 35 precip records. e.vnexpress.net/news/news/en...
Vietnam sees 35 rainfall records broken in October - VnExpress International
Vietnam's northern and central regions saw a total of 35 rain records broken in October alone as two storms, Matmo and Fengshen, caused unprecedented downpours.
e.vnexpress.net
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Vietnamese Bach Ma Mountain Peak station recorded one-day rainfall of 1,739 mm - close to the global one-day record and perhaps a new record for the northern hemisphere. It is part of a deluge Viet Nam has seen in October, shattering 35 precip records. e.vnexpress.net/news/news/en...
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🌊 The Arctic is melting fast. A cargo ship just sailed from China to the UK via the Arctic for the first time, taking half the usual time.
Of course, what looks like a shortcut is really a warning: climate change is redrawing our planet’s map.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Of course, what looks like a shortcut is really a warning: climate change is redrawing our planet’s map.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Climate change clears northern route for first container ...
The melting ice sheet has opened up a north-east passage – which brings fresh political and environmental dangers along with it
observer.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
🌊 The Arctic is melting fast. A cargo ship just sailed from China to the UK via the Arctic for the first time, taking half the usual time.
Of course, what looks like a shortcut is really a warning: climate change is redrawing our planet’s map.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Of course, what looks like a shortcut is really a warning: climate change is redrawing our planet’s map.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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I’d say this is a must read by @rahmstorf.bsky.social - and ends with a warning that this is not purely “an academic discussion without major consequences.” Completely agree.
High resolution images from satellite and from eddy-resolving ocean circulation models point to an ongoing decline of the Atlantic overturning circulation, a key ocean current for our climate. Read more about it in my new blog article. 🌊
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
RealClimate: High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC)
The #AMOC is the reason for Europe’s mild climate. Evidence that it is slowing has been piling up over the years – it now is likely at its weakest in at least a millennium, and it may even be approach...
www.realclimate.org
October 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I’d say this is a must read by @rahmstorf.bsky.social - and ends with a warning that this is not purely “an academic discussion without major consequences.” Completely agree.
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It's weird - but now in Oslo, there's so many EVs that you notice the noise and the smell from individual ICE cars, and you realise how much we've been normalising it for ever. You can smell them half a street away.
And inside parking lots are just *quiet*.
And inside parking lots are just *quiet*.
It's absolutely astonishing: In just about 13 years, Norway has skyrocketed from virtually no sales of zero-emission battery electric vehicles to nearly 100% of all new passenger car purchases.
September 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
It's weird - but now in Oslo, there's so many EVs that you notice the noise and the smell from individual ICE cars, and you realise how much we've been normalising it for ever. You can smell them half a street away.
And inside parking lots are just *quiet*.
And inside parking lots are just *quiet*.
Sickening how the #BBC is giving live coverage to that Kirk guy death! Don’t be surprised if in a couple of years UK will become a fully fledged fascist government.
September 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Sickening how the #BBC is giving live coverage to that Kirk guy death! Don’t be surprised if in a couple of years UK will become a fully fledged fascist government.
#Pakistan could then start to formally acknowledge the 1971 genocide during the war of independence. Likely not to happen, of course.
Pakistan intensifies outreach to Bangladesh, seeking new partnerships as regional power dynamics shift.
Why Pakistan is rushing to mend fences with Bangladesh
Pakistan intensifies outreach to Bangladesh, seeking new partnerships as regional power dynamics shift.
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September 2, 2025 at 6:06 AM
#Pakistan could then start to formally acknowledge the 1971 genocide during the war of independence. Likely not to happen, of course.
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Following the double attack on a hospital killing the sick, medics, rescuers and journalists amongst others and as people starve in Gaza, when will governments move beyond hollow condemnation?
Israel’s attack on hospital in Gaza may constitute a war crime on many fronts
Double-tap strike suggests killing of civilians, rescue workers and journalists deliberate and not a mistake
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Following the double attack on a hospital killing the sick, medics, rescuers and journalists amongst others and as people starve in Gaza, when will governments move beyond hollow condemnation?
All correct.
There's a word for the EU's inaction over Gaza: racism | Shada Islam
Europe frames the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza as a humanitarian crisis rather than a deliberate political choice. There will be a moral reckoning, says Shada Islam, a commentator on EU affairs
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:13 AM
All correct.