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natureandspace.bsky.social
OnlineFirst - "From dams to tanks to jerry cans: Storage as a multi-scalar analytic" by @moritzkasper.bsky.social:

#storage #Nairobi #infrastructure #waterscape

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OnlineFirst - "Legitimacy in the making: Conservatism, additionality and natural capital accreditation in the UK's Woodland Carbon Code" by theostanley.bsky.social and George Cusworth:

#carbonmarkets #legitimacy #Scotland #forests #naturalcapital

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"[T]wo million [Italian] workers demonstrated and walked off the streets on Friday."

"Workers across the world must follow this example [.] and send a message to the entire world: the labor movement will not allow Israel to massacre the Palestinian people."
#Italy #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide
2 Million People Paralyze Italy in a General Strike for Gaza and the Flotilla - Left Voice
Workers across Italy brought the country to a halt with a massive national strike to denounce Israel’s attacks against the Global Sumud Flotilla — defying Meloni’s repression and showing the power of…
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gbbranstetter.bsky.social
I have so much respect for Greta Thunberg because she easily could have coasted on speaking gigs and Davos appearances for the rest of her life
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zapperfan7.bsky.social
Will someone remind me why Greta Thunberg can be arrested but Benjamin Netanyahu can't?
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natureandspace.bsky.social
OnlineFirst - "Land system resilience amidst the ravages of war: Insights from Tigray (Northern Ethiopia)" by Jan Nyssen, Emnet Negash, Hailemariam Meaza, Sofie Annys, Mitiku Haile, Zbelo Tesfamariam, Jean Poesen, Jozef Deckers, Jan Moeyersons, Amanuel Zenebe, Amaury Frankl, and [...]
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natureandspace.bsky.social
OnlineFirst - "Expulsion by suffocation: Soybean plantations, toxicity, and land grabbing in the Brazilian Amazon" by @fabiozuker.bsky.social:

#Amazon #EnvironmentalJustice #Anthropology #SlowViolence #toxicity #Deforestation #Agroecology #PlanetaryHealth

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by Lyla Mehta — Reposted by: Floriane Clément, Anthony Burke

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Indian development at a crossroads. Join us for this in-person and online event on Friday Oct 3 that explores authoritarian top-down models of development in India and how these are challenged from below.
www.ids.ac.uk/events/india...
#India #Development #Authoritarianism
Poster of event on Oct 3 - Indian development at a crossroads
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natureandspace.bsky.social
OnlineFirst - "The wood storks of Lake Somerset: Multispecies landscapes of the Holocene/Anthropocene boundary event" by Zachary Caple:

#planetarytransition #colonialcapitalistinvasions #nicheconstruction #multispeciesethnography #landscapehistory #Florida

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natureandspace.bsky.social
Nature and Space Vol. 8, No. 5 is now out and available online!

Link and ToC below:

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natureandspace.bsky.social
OnlineFirst - "A plastic root of toxic survival" by Umut Kuruuzum:

#plasticpollution #agriculture #toxicity #Syrianrefugees #Türkiye

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sorbonne-universite.fr
📣 Sorbonne University withdraws from the Times Higher Education World University Rankings!

🎓 This withdrawal is not just a symbolic gesture. The decision comes as part of a broader strategy to promote #openscience and reform research assessment.
Sorbonne University decides to withdraw from the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings
As of 2026, Sorbonne University will no longer submit data to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. The decision comes as part of a wider approach to promote open science and ref...
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by Lyla Mehta

lylamehta.bsky.social
Last week #DavidLammy said the UK has ‘not concluded’ Israel is carrying out genocide. Now a UN commission clearly states that #Israel has committed genocide in #Gaza. Is the #UK still going to support Israel in committing & whitewashing genocide? www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says - BBC News
The panel finds that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out against Palestinians during the war.
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eddavey.libdems.org.uk
I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.

As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
Letter from Ed Davey to Keir Starmer condemning Elon Musk for inciting violence and urging unity to defend democracy.
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by Lyla Mehta

lylamehta.bsky.social
Yesterday #Musk called for overthrowing the current govt at far-right London rally & #Starmer finally wakes up. He should have been doing this earlier instead of pandering to the right & their racism, celebrating the flag & nationalism & scapegoating migrants. #UK www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Britain will ‘never surrender flag’ to far-right protesters, Starmer says
PM condemns attacks against police, racist intimidation of minorities and use of flag to instil fear
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voices4justice.bsky.social
Ilan Volkov, an Israeli orchestral conductor, who has been chief conductor and guest conductor of a number of orchestras.

His moving words at the BBC Proms (the full text below). 🧵👇
Another saint in Sodom. 🙏👏
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penelopeanthias.bsky.social
I'm delighted to share this new open access book: Reckoning with Law in Excess: Mobilization, Confrontation, Refusal (Mark Goodale & Olaf Zenker eds.). It was a real pleasure to be part of this project, which shaped my thinking on law and rights. Please share widely www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...
Reckoning with Law in Excess
Cambridge Core - International Relations and International Organisations - Reckoning with Law in Excess
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lylamehta.bsky.social
This sums it up rather well. The Starmer govt would rather lose to the right rather than concede that the Labour left's stances and policies were and are the way forward.
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lylamehta.bsky.social
Nepal managed to oust their corrupt PM through protest (though sadly 20 young people were killed). Why can't Israel manage that?
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lylamehta.bsky.social
It must be dystopian to be in Israel now if are anti-Netanyahu, against the ongoing genocide and starvation of civilians in Gaza, want peace and democracy, and of course, want the remaining hostages to come home.
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Israel just attacked Doha, Qatar while Hamas officials were discussing a ceasefire deal

Via Al Jazeera
BREAKING Loud explosions heard in Qatar's Doha Loud explosions have been heard in Qatar's capital, Doha. The Israeli Broadcasting Authority, citing a senior Israeli official, has reported that the explosions were the result of an attack against senior Hamas officials. We'll bring you more shortly. BREAKING Hamas meeting targeted while discussing Gaza ceasefire deal proposal: Source A senior Hamas source has told Al Jazeera that leaders of the group have been targeted in Doha while was discussing US President Donald Trump's proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza.
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For example, consider: “Only 0.12% of all research funding was spent on the social science of climate mitigation.”

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The misallocation of climate research funding
The window of opportunity for mitigating climate change is narrow. Limiting global warming to 1.5°C will require rapid and deep alteration of attitude…
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The upcoming #UN General Assembly can bring about concrete action to end the #genocide. This is possible with a 2/3rd vote. Nations need to deny #Israel's credentials in UN, declare apartheid & sanctions, accelerate humanitarian efforts & get the UN involved in safety & reconstruction #Gaza #UN
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Huge congratulations to @zackpolanski.bsky.social elected as the next Leader of @greenparty.org.uk 👏👏

Greens are on the up. We have already achieved so much, but there is more to be done offering a true alternative to this dire version of Labour.

Let’s get to it! 💚
Image shows Zack Polanski and Sian Berry smiling together at London Pride.
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Life’s getting a bit more crap here if you are a person from an ethnic minority 🧵
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New interview with Greta Thunberg in Barcelona yesterday by Middle East Eye.

The climate activist and arguably the leading humanitarian voice of our age is about to set sail along with dozens of ships from dozens of nations to bring urgent food and medical aid to millions of people in Gaza
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by S. J. Holmes — Reposted by: Lyla Mehta, S. J. Holmes

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Anyone who doesn't think Britain is following the USA into the depths of hell isn't paying attention. The US flag was one of the first symbols co-opted by the far right in America, and now it's happening in the UK. Farage's Reform Party is British MAGA.

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geogboycott.bsky.social
in advance of the upcoming "special meeting," we've updated our website with three extensive "FAQ" pages concerning the academic boycott of Israel, the grounds for BDS in AAG, and addressing potential concerns. we've learned a lot on, for instance, the history of member-driven change in AAG.
A website tab describing "What is the history of member-driven change within the AAG? What can we learn from these processes?" Our archival research has shown that member-driven political activity was quite common in the AAG’s history. In the 1970s and 1980s, it was fairly common for AAG members to circulate resolutions, and members cast votes on these resolutions by mail-in ballot. These included resolutions on support for the Equal Rights Amendment (1978) and against nuclear war (1986). Interestingly for our campaign, the AAG briefly ratified the position that it would affirmatively boycott any state which had not passed the ERA, a move that council understood as participation in “economic sanctions” (AAG newsletter 1978 issue 10). Even earlier, in 1969 the AAG convention was moved from Chicago to Ann Arbor in protest of the actions that took place during the 1968 Democratic Party convention.
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