Sam Geall
@samgeall.bsky.social
social anthropologist; ceo environmental non-profit China Dialogue Trust. post about climate, ecology, justice & more. dad in southeast london. enjoy weird jazz/experimental/improv music
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Anti-communist panic has become a feature of the ‘no’ campaign over the Voice referendum. This ABC investigation shows that some circles are reviving an old Australian League of Rights book claiming that Aboriginal Land Rights were a secret communist plot.
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09...
How white supremacists used an obscure 40-year-old documentary to split the Voice vote
An obscure 1980s documentary about the Indigenous land rights movement has become a clarion call for those opposing the Voice to Parliament. An ABC Investigations analysis has traced how a debunked c...
www.abc.net.au
September 22, 2023 at 11:50 PM
Anti-communist panic has become a feature of the ‘no’ campaign over the Voice referendum. This ABC investigation shows that some circles are reviving an old Australian League of Rights book claiming that Aboriginal Land Rights were a secret communist plot.
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09...
welcome!
Hello, another fugitive from Twitter here, looking for a platform that enables rich and nuanced conversations, an exchange of information and ideas, and has not been swarmed by corporate-funded trollfarms. I hope to meet you soon.
July 26, 2023 at 5:46 AM
welcome!
On the one hand, China is not smoothly top down and technocratic -- vertical and horizontal fragmentation abounds. But on the other, this is interesting. Add to the (quite large) file marked: FT being more open to straightforwardly discussing leftwing economic arguments than most would expect
July 18, 2023 at 12:19 PM
On the one hand, China is not smoothly top down and technocratic -- vertical and horizontal fragmentation abounds. But on the other, this is interesting. Add to the (quite large) file marked: FT being more open to straightforwardly discussing leftwing economic arguments than most would expect
Not a romantic exclave tail that wags the geopolitics. Couldn’t be clearer really
July 17, 2023 at 5:21 PM
Not a romantic exclave tail that wags the geopolitics. Couldn’t be clearer really
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"We can’t save it all, so what do we try and protect?"
🌊🌡️ As we enter El Niño, periods of surging temperatures at sea are predicted to grow more frequent and intense. What do they do to marine life, and can we adapt?
🔎 Tap on the link to learn more:
https://loom.ly/VEWSDvQ
🌊🌡️ As we enter El Niño, periods of surging temperatures at sea are predicted to grow more frequent and intense. What do they do to marine life, and can we adapt?
🔎 Tap on the link to learn more:
https://loom.ly/VEWSDvQ
How ‘marine heatwaves’ affect the ocean – and what can be done?
As we enter El Niño, ocean heatwaves are predicted to get worse and happen more often. What do they do to marine life, and can we adapt?
loom.ly
July 13, 2023 at 4:21 PM
"We can’t save it all, so what do we try and protect?"
🌊🌡️ As we enter El Niño, periods of surging temperatures at sea are predicted to grow more frequent and intense. What do they do to marine life, and can we adapt?
🔎 Tap on the link to learn more:
https://loom.ly/VEWSDvQ
🌊🌡️ As we enter El Niño, periods of surging temperatures at sea are predicted to grow more frequent and intense. What do they do to marine life, and can we adapt?
🔎 Tap on the link to learn more:
https://loom.ly/VEWSDvQ
Have Overcast users (@samuelwade.bsky.social ?) found that some podcast feeds no longer update? Any reason why? And what’s the best alternative app?
July 8, 2023 at 8:11 AM
Have Overcast users (@samuelwade.bsky.social ?) found that some podcast feeds no longer update? Any reason why? And what’s the best alternative app?
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One of the many ways climate change is a wicked problem is that in response to crisis, many governments are happy to turn inward. The idea that anyone should be reducing an aid ('aid') budget now is ridiculous. The idea that development needs should compete with each other, more so.
Outrageous, particularly if the UK ever wants to claim the moral high ground at the UN https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/04/revealed-uk-plans-to-drop-flagship-climate-pledge-rishi-sunak?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
July 6, 2023 at 8:16 AM
One of the many ways climate change is a wicked problem is that in response to crisis, many governments are happy to turn inward. The idea that anyone should be reducing an aid ('aid') budget now is ridiculous. The idea that development needs should compete with each other, more so.
Outrageous, particularly if the UK ever wants to claim the moral high ground at the UN https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/04/revealed-uk-plans-to-drop-flagship-climate-pledge-rishi-sunak?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
July 5, 2023 at 7:28 AM
Outrageous, particularly if the UK ever wants to claim the moral high ground at the UN https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/04/revealed-uk-plans-to-drop-flagship-climate-pledge-rishi-sunak?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Monday 3 July 2023, was the hottest day EVER recorded globally.
The average global temperature reached 17.01C, surpassing the August 2016 record of 16.92C.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/04/monday-was-hottest-day-for-global-average-temperature-on-record-as-climate-crisis-bites
The average global temperature reached 17.01C, surpassing the August 2016 record of 16.92C.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/04/monday-was-hottest-day-for-global-average-temperature-on-record-as-climate-crisis-bites
Monday was hottest day for global average temperature on record, as climate crisis bites
Heatwaves sizzled around the world from the US south and the north of Africa to China and Antarctica
www.theguardian.com
July 4, 2023 at 6:42 PM
Monday 3 July 2023, was the hottest day EVER recorded globally.
The average global temperature reached 17.01C, surpassing the August 2016 record of 16.92C.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/04/monday-was-hottest-day-for-global-average-temperature-on-record-as-climate-crisis-bites
The average global temperature reached 17.01C, surpassing the August 2016 record of 16.92C.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/04/monday-was-hottest-day-for-global-average-temperature-on-record-as-climate-crisis-bites
Globally, less than 1% of foreign aid to address climate change goes directly to Indigenous peoples and local communities, or projects to support their land tenure and forest management. https://chinadialogue.net/en/climate/new-direct-climate-fund-for-indonesias-indigenous-communities/
July 3, 2023 at 7:31 PM
Globally, less than 1% of foreign aid to address climate change goes directly to Indigenous peoples and local communities, or projects to support their land tenure and forest management. https://chinadialogue.net/en/climate/new-direct-climate-fund-for-indonesias-indigenous-communities/
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Sam is here now too. Follow him!
Hello, it’s me. Follow me for climate, environment, political ecology, global affairs. And hopefully other curiosities, weird obsessions, friendly conversation. I gave up engaging on Twitter during the first lockdown and didn’t look back really, but hope this might be a more collegiate environment
July 2, 2023 at 9:48 AM
Sam is here now too. Follow him!
Hello, it’s me. Follow me for climate, environment, political ecology, global affairs. And hopefully other curiosities, weird obsessions, friendly conversation. I gave up engaging on Twitter during the first lockdown and didn’t look back really, but hope this might be a more collegiate environment
July 2, 2023 at 7:10 AM
Hello, it’s me. Follow me for climate, environment, political ecology, global affairs. And hopefully other curiosities, weird obsessions, friendly conversation. I gave up engaging on Twitter during the first lockdown and didn’t look back really, but hope this might be a more collegiate environment