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Peter Howson @peterjhowson.bsky.social · 11h

Interested in space and environmental justice? Fancy a meet-up in Barcelona this summer? 🚀🛰️👩‍🚀
#NewSpace #SpaceX #PoliticalEcology @pollenetwork.bsky.social

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P005: "NewSpace" in old bottles? exploring the political ecologies of private sector space industries

A standard collection of short paper presentations

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Peter Howson @peterjhowson.bsky.social · 12d

No knuckle dragging flag shaggers 🇩🇰 in our den!
#Newcastle #CityOfSanctuary #UTK

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 22d

In no way should it take a UN body to issue a report for people to accept this, *but* this does clearly does help get the normies activated and aware (particularly when published on an outlet like the ABC). Send it around!

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Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, major UN report finds

Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide in Gaza, according to the "most authoritative assessment" to date.

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Peter Howson @peterjhowson.bsky.social · 29d

While you're here, some more FREE award winning scholarship for you! 🏆https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19427786231193985

Poor miners and empty e-wallets: Latin American experiences with cryptocurrencies in crisis - Antulio Rosales, Eva van Roekel, Peter Howson, Coco Kanters, 2024

This article examines how cryptocurrencies are increasingly entangled with crises in Latin American political discourse and everyday economic life. In an effort...

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Peter Howson @peterjhowson.bsky.social · 29d

For the poor in Venezuela, crypto is a makeshift opportunity for survival. For the rich, it's a tool for making quick profits and side-stepping sanctions.

Thoughts on crypto adoption in Venezuela from @antuliorosales.bsky.social & myself for Inter-American Dialogue

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Crypto adoption in Venezuela

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Peter Howson @peterjhowson.bsky.social · Sep 7

I wrote some other ideas here. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #BlueBelt #30by30

Degrowth and the Blue Belt: Rethinking marine conservation in the British Overseas Territories

The UK Government has developed a ‘Blue Belt’, a network of large Marine Protected Areas involving seven British Overseas Territories. The Blue Belt i…

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Peter Howson @peterjhowson.bsky.social · Sep 7

Public strongly backs latest pithy neoliberal buzzwords 👏🏻 share.google/9fpJ393PMEgd...

Public strongly backs aim of 30% of land and sea set aside for nature, poll finds

Survey of eight countries finds 82% of people support 30x30 biodiversity target, as progress stalls on protected areas

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Peter Howson @peterjhowson.bsky.social · Aug 20

ESA uses a 'geographical return principle'. The more money UK Gov sends to ESA, the more contracts UK companies win (1:1 ratio). Scrapping UKSA could allow increased spending on space.

Peter Howson @peterjhowson.bsky.social · Aug 20

Describing UKSA as 'independent' is a stretch. Nearly all the UKSA budget goes straight to Euro Space Agency. I made a diagram to explain... www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc....

UK independent space agency scrapped to cut costs - BBC News

Britain's space agency is set to be scrapped - a scientist fears the UK space sector could fall behind as a result

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Dr. Ricardo J. Valencia @ricardovalp.bsky.social · Aug 7

As I mentioned at the @uniondemcomm.bsky.social conference, Bukele was disturbingly sadistic and relentless in promoting his gulag—live-streaming human rights abuses for the world to see. Fascist!

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Olivier Jutel 🇵🇸 @ojutel.bsky.social · Jul 30

Doing a thread on my publications which I draw on for this episode on "The Problem of Disinfo".
1) "Platform Imperialism and Disinfo in NZ" with my pal @islates.bsky.social on how Disinfo research shaped NZ politics and media journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Platform imperialism and disinformation in Aotearoa-New Zealand - Olivier Jutel, Leon A. Salter, 2025

This article looks at how the emergence of the disinformation field in Aotearoa-New Zealand is indicative of the territorial power of American platforms in poli...

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Hilary J. Allen @profhilaryallen.bsky.social · Jul 29

When I published Driverless Finance in 2022, I got some pushback for suggesting that crypto was trying to merge with traditional finance, not disrupt it.

I take no pleasure in having been proven right.

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The coming crypto crisis

Bipartisan backing of stablecoins will hurt America’s economy and its politics

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Northumbria University @northumbriauni.bsky.social · Jul 24

As the UK sets out ambitions to become a leading provider of small satellite commercial launches by 2030, Dr @peterjhowson.bsky.social is carrying out important research to understand more about the impact spaceports have on people, wildlife and the environment.

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Supporting the ethical development of UK spaceports

Dr. Pete Howson from Northumbria University is researching the impact of UK spaceports on local communities and environments, advocating for ethical...

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Dan Brockington @danbrockington.bsky.social · Jun 27

POLLEN 2026 is happening in Barcelona 🌅

The call for panels is open and closes on July 31st.

See here for more information: tinyurl.com/5b8c5w7j

Spread the word.

POLLEN 2026: Open for Panels - POLLEN

When will POLLEN 2026 be launched? IT ALREADY HAS - get ready to come to Barcelona and join us! Panel Submissions are Currently Open (until July 31st) The announcement is here. Or take a look at this ...

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Chris Lang @reddmonitor.bsky.social · Jul 3

Why are fossil fuel lobbyists still allowed into UN climate meetings?

After more than 30 years of talks there is still no conflict of interest policy at the UNFCCC.

This really is not a big ask - Kick Big Polluters Out of COP30!

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Kick Big Polluters out of COP30!

Big Polluters are strangling climate action.

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Molly White @molly.wiki · Jul 1

Newsletter: Trump’s crypto empire attracts more foreign millions, the FHFA pushes crypto on mortgage lenders, and Mamdani’s mayoral primary win makes billionaires sweat.

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Issue 87 – SO ORDERED

Trump’s crypto empire attracts more foreign millions, the FHFA pushes crypto on mortgage lenders, and Mamdani’s mayoral primary win makes billionaires sweat

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 1

Welcome to Britain 2025: where a musician's words cause more outrage than the murder and horror in Gaza | Owen Jones

The issue of what happened at Glastonbury is obscuring the outrage about real bombs and actual death, and I think that is deliberate, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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Peter Howson @peterjhowson.bsky.social · Jul 1

This looks great. Deadline for abstracts extended till end of July... #NewSpace #SpaceX #PoliticalEcology
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Conference: Democratisation of Space

Linköping Space Studies Institute (LSSI) is organizing its first international conference, Democratisation of Space: The decline of the public and rise of the private?

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Peter Howson @peterjhowson.bsky.social · Jul 1

This is a useful take on the whole thing. youtu.be/IOk4kP8bxXM?...

What REALLY Happened at Glastonbury

YouTube video by Double Down News

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Peter Howson @peterjhowson.bsky.social · Jun 30

Sorry. Fixed now.

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Peter Howson @peterjhowson.bsky.social · Jun 30

For context, childminder Lucy Connolly tweeted "Set fire to all the f***ing hotels full of the [refugee] b*stards." While Vylan said, "Free Palestine".