David Farrier

David Farrier

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Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot

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George Monbiot

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When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Should we intervene in evolution? The ethics of ‘editing’ nature | Aeon Essays

David Farrier

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Many species won't survive without our help, but what should that help look like? I wrote about this for @aeon.co
aeon.co/essays/shoul...

Countless species are dying from human-induced environmental change. Should we use genetic technology to alter and save them?

aeon.co

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David Farrier

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Nature's Genius is published in Italian!!

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David Farrier

@david-farrier.bsky.social

Oh no! Hope you're out of pain soon.

Scale of ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march shows free speech ‘alive and well’ in UK, says minister – UK politics live

David Farrier

@david-farrier.bsky.social

Can't think of a government in my adult life that has failed to meet the moment like this one.

Declan Gaffney @greyskiesthinking.bsky.social · 24d

THIS is the line? www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Peter Kyle said he was not ‘disturbed’ by huge Tommy Robinson-organised far-right protest but condemns violence against the police

Scale of ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march shows free speech ‘alive and well’ in UK, says minister – UK politics live

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Declan Gaffney

@greyskiesthinking.bsky.social

THIS is the line? www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Peter Kyle said he was not ‘disturbed’ by huge Tommy Robinson-organised far-right protest but condemns violence against the police

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Jeremy Noel-Tod

@jntod.bsky.social

I think about this poem by Ian Duhig — about Jo Cox, the Labour MP assassinated by a man shouting ‘Britain first’ — every day at the moment. No other contemporary poet has looked so clearly at the political reality of the far right as a minority who must always be appeased

Rue

Rue Jo Cox, Députée Britannique, a street sign in Burgundy reads, Assassinée pour ses convictions.

No British road is named after her, I found on returning home, for fear it could have proved controversial.

I remembered in Shakespeare rue even for ruth, called 'herb of grace' because it was used in exorcisms,

by the angel to clean Adam's eyes, and Gulliver back home for his nose against the smell of his countrymen.

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David Farrier

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Does this apply to Oxbridge colleges? 🤔

David Farrier

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This has absolutely thrilled me!

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Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds

David Farrier

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I had an amazing time @wainwrightprize.bsky.social yesterday! So many inspiring writers and extraordinary books. Congratulations to @guyshrubsole.bsky.social, a hugely deserving winner for conservation writing, and fellow @canongate.co.uk writer @chloedalton.bsky.social for book of the year!

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Caroline Lucas

@carolinelucas.bsky.social

This should be headline news - the implications are horrifying …

Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout

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David Farrier

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Concerned too that the loss of habitat and biodiversity is addressed with a bit of shrug

Trams from Granton to Edinburgh BioQuarter and Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Beyond - City of Edinburgh Council - Citizen Space

David Farrier

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North Edinburgh people: if you haven't seen it already, the report on a new tram route is here: consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/tram-nor...
Worryingly, it shows a clear preference for Roseburn over Orchard Brae. If you value the Roseburn path, please respond to the consultation!

Find and participate in consultations run by City of Edinburgh Council

consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk

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David Farrier

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Maybe when the recording of soft play runs out

UK to evacuate nine Gaza students with university scholarships

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Steve Brusatte

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Latest from the Edinburgh Book Festival: Catching up with fellow Edinburgh prof @david-farrier.bsky.social & Alex Riley, both brilliant nature writers, both with new books that celebrate the resiliency and adaptability of nature.

Check out: Nature's Genius & Super Natural! @edbookfest.bsky.social

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hannah

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The UK government will evacuate nine of the 40+ students in Gaza with scholarship at UK universities. My PhD student Shaimaa isn't included. We must now make sure they help the other students - email your MP today. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Move follows months of pressure from MPs, academics and campaigners, with dozens of other students still stranded

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David Farrier

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Can't wait to speak with Alex Riley and @calflyn.bsky.social tomorrow @edbookfest.bsky.social about all that makes life extraordinary. Come along!

The image shows the Edinburgh book festival page for david farrier and alex riley's event, Unstoppable, on Thursday 21 August

David Farrier

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I think he also writes at the top of Scottish mountains in winter.

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Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism

@jksteinberger.bsky.social

Global warming is a deliberate policy of death for the poor, sick and vulnerable. A global necropolitics.

jksteinberger.medium.com/climate-necr...

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David Farrier

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It was such a thrill to be on stage @edbookfest.bsky.social last night with the next Future Library author, Amitav Ghosh(@amitav.bsky.social)! No other writer is so alert to the living forest and the way forgotten lives endure in the archive. And as gracious in person as you could hope for.

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Edinburgh University had ‘outsized’ role in creating racist scientific theories, inquiry finds

David Farrier

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Exciting news!!!!!!
Thanks @wainwrightprize.bsky.social!

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hannah

@hannahkateboast.bsky.social

I'm a member of the Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression Working Group, and haven't heard anything about this group. Seems like this group is muddying the waters somewhat with an official university body.

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Fraser MacDonald

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Every strand of this Edinburgh University report could be its own front page.

Yes, some of it will be familiar to historians, but this kind of frank public recognition is all too rare.

Incredible work by many different scholars.

Investigation finds one of Britain’s oldest and most prestigious universities benefited from transatlantic slavery and was haven for white supremacist theories

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David Farrier

@david-farrier.bsky.social

Off topic, but I visited the Garden Futures exhibit at V&A Dundee yesterday--think you'd like it. Among the surprising things I learned: Patrick Geddes designed the layout of Tel Aviv's green spaces.

Reform-led Durham county council scraps climate emergency declaration

David Farrier

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Durham council is run by fantasists, idiots, and grifters.

Durham is thought to be first UK local authority to rescind its statement, in a move condemned as a ‘very dark day’

Ed Miliband would let a turbine farm destroy Brontë country. We need net zero, but at what cost? | Simon Jenkins

David Farrier

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Who's going to tell him what 3 degrees of warming will do to Bronte Country
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Of course the climate crisis must be confronted, but history, tranquility and beauty must also count for something, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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