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Lyla Mehta
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Professor of environment & development; Water, sanitation, climate, covid; human rights; displacement; feminist; anti-fascist; Editor @Natureandspace; UK, India, Austria, Norway. Twitter migrant; also on @Lylamehta@mas.to & LinkedIn. Views my own; .. more

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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · Jan 11
I resisted signing on another billionaire-led app so it's taken me a while to get here. I had blocked #Musk & carried on Twitter despite unease. But now seeing how he is systematically promoting more far-right leaders is just too much. Looking forward to connecting with old & new friends here.

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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · 8h
OnlineFirst - "Tracing (un)common senses in irrigation communities: Hegemonies and counter-hegemonies across Spain's Tagus-Segura interbasin transfer complex" by @nickbourguignon.bsky.social:

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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · 1d
OnlineFirst - "Understanding lived experiences of climate change adaptation processes: Diversification subjectivities among Maasai pastoralists in southern Kenya" by @edwimarty.bsky.social and Winfred Lipina Koinet:

journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 5d
NEW REPORT: More than half of the companies that donated to Trump's ballroom are facing federal enforcement actions.

Donating millions to kiss up to Trump is nothing compared to the billions these companies have at stake in federal contracts and enforcement decisions.

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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 5d
'We have toppled a political dynasty.' Despite the $22 Million spent by billionaires + vilification from #Trump et al, socialist democrat #Mamdani, committed to social justice, won. Great that hope & love won over fear & hate. Well done NYC! #ZohranMamdani #NewYork #USA
youtu.be/9MfBp8xUR3Q?...
Zohran Mamdani delivers victory speech
YouTube video by ABC News
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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 8d
Despite the massive benefits of public research & development investments in the UK (£1 generates £8, see thread), the current Labour govt has done precious little to support HE & research. There've been no major research calls. In the past all govts continued support for R & D. So much self-harm.
hetanshah.bsky.social Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 11d
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
www.gov.uk

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Teklehaymanot G. Weldemichel @tekgw.bsky.social · 8d
In a new publication via @theconversation.com, Birhan &I argue,

“When famine goes unrecorded, the suffering of entire populations is erased from the world’s moral and political map. It also weakens the mechanisms designed to prevent such atrocities elsewhere.”

theconversation.com/starvation-a...
Starvation as a weapon of war: how Ethiopia created a famine in Tigray
Famine was weaponised as part of a broader campaign of destruction in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
theconversation.com

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 9d
Rob Jetten, likely new Prime Minister of the Netherlands and his Argentinian fiancé.

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Zecharias Zelalem @zekuzelalem.bsky.social · 9d
Genocide resumes, reads this weekend's cover of @thecontinent.org, as El Fasher falls to the Rapid Support Forces after a year long siege.

Gruesome images of their killing spree that is estimated to have killed thousands, make the rounds. What Sudanese activists warned would happen is playing out.
Cover of this weekend's The Continent newspaper "Genocide resumes in Darfur as Sudan tears apart" Screenshot of article by Khalid Elwalid in Khartoum "Sudan's split in two is now complete." Satellite imagery depicting destruction and possible dead included

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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 10d
Amazing day at the #Triennale di #Milano at the event “The Space of Inequality” where I spoke at the session on socio-environmental & climate inequalities. An impressive exhibition on #Inequalities with exhibits on cities, borders, citizenship microbes etc. A great way to spend #WorldUrbanDay
Poster for Event on Inequalities at Triennale di Milano

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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · 10d
OnlineFirst - "Colonial pyrotechniques in Palestine: Arboricide and fiery dispossessions" by Marijn Nieuwenhuis and @mikkojorge.bsky.social:

@geogdurham.bsky.social #Pyropolitics #Pyrotechniques #Palestine #Arboricide

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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EADI @eadi.bsky.social · 10d
"Environmental destruction, rising inequalities, fears of massive unemployment from accelerated automation, and growing dissatisfaction with work centred lives (...) invite to rethink the meaning, purpose, volume, content, and distribution of work"

✍️ From our blog
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=1364
Rethinking work for sustainability and justice
By Erik Gomez-Baggethun Work time reduction is one of the central policy proposals brought forward by ecological economists and degrowth scholars to reduce environmental pressure and unemployment a…
www.developmentresearch.eu

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 11d
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
www.gov.uk

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akmuehlebach.bsky.social @akmuehlebach.bsky.social · 13d
justwaterfutures.org @icruxen.bsky.social @rachel-woods.bsky.social @lylamehta.bsky.social 💦
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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · 14d
OnlineFirst - "Spacetimes catalyzing Puerto Rican Karst education, science, and conservation: Microanalyses in a building in transformation" by @marialeperez-geo.bsky.social:

journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 16d
"[I]mmense sanitation disaster."

"[A] war whose weapons are the denial of clean water, the lack of hygiene, the absence of toilets, dignity, and safety."

"[S]ilent kind of violence — one that kills us every day."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide
A Torturous Sanitation Disaster Is Unfolding in Gaza’s Displacement Camps
Every morning we wake to disease, dust, and the unbearable stench of open sewage.
truthout.org

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Stephen Bourke @anburcach.bsky.social · 16d
Much talk in the media of the number of spoiled votes. Little talk of Catherine Connolly pulling in the largest personal mandate in the history of the Republic (and with some constituencies yet to report).

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 17d
Sir Keir Starmer has been specifically named in a UN report for complicity in Israel's genocide.

The report states that the UK government played "a key role in military collaboration with Israel... a collective crime... with detailed knowledge and cooperation in the destruction of Gaza." 🧵

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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · 17d
Nature and Space Vol. 8, No. 6 is now out and available online!

Link and ToC below:

journals.sagepub.com/toc/enea/8/6...

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Helmut Haberl a.k.a. Doc Dooley @hehaberl.bsky.social · 18d
Die vielgeschmähte COVID-Impfung reduziert das Risiko von schweren Erkrankungen und Todesfällen nach Covid-Infektionen. Und: sie erhöht die Effektivität von Immuntherapien gegen Krebs.

Vertrauen in die Wissenschaft wird durch längeres & gesünderes Leben belohnt

www.science.org/content/arti...
A surprise bonus from COVID-19 vaccines: bolstering cancer treatment
Patients who got shots of mRNA before starting a type of cancer immunotherapy lived much longer
www.science.org

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 19d
Living on Earth in 2050 will be excruciating.

Any politicians supporting policies increasing how long we live without supporting policies that fight climate change is basically saving you from the pan and throws you into the fire.

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Tobias Denskus @aidnography.de · 20d
The UN system is in crisis so appointing another white male European politician from a former top-notch colonial power to a top job at UNDP is really sending out a strong message about reform, localization & decolonization!

www.politico.eu/article/form...
Former Belgian PM Alexander De Croo snags big UN job
The U.N. General Assembly is expected to confirm the appointment in the coming days.
www.politico.eu

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Heather Randell @heatherrandell.bsky.social · 21d
“In Ireland, data centers consume more than 20 percent of the country’s electricity. In Chile, precious aquifers are in danger of depletion. In South Africa, where blackouts have long been routine, data centers are further taxing the national grid.”

Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy
www.nytimes.com

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 23d
“I have hope, faith, that America will defeat and overcome this fascist menace, this authoritarian mania, this MAGA cult, & save our freedoms.”

Watch @mehdirhasan.bsky.social's remarks at the ‘No Kings’ rally in DC where he called out Trump for destroying democracy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylbr...
‘We Are The Majority’: Watch Mehdi’s Rousing Speech at the No Kings Protest in DC
YouTube video by Zeteo
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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 24d
This is going to end badly for the govt. There are so many other pressing challenges, yet they are determined to stop protest against Israel & simplistically equate this with anti-semitism. Also why go after people who are against a genocide, especially retired white grannies & grandpas?

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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 29d
This will end badly. The #NobelPeace Committee often gets it very wrong. Remember Henry Kissinger in 1973, Obama in 2009 & Abiy Ahmed in 2019? How can the Nobel peace committee award this prize to an opposition leader who sides with Trump and Netanyahu, and has invited them to invade #Venezuela?

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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · Oct 10
OnlineFirst - "Toward autonomous abolition ecologies: Lessons from Stop Cop City at the end of liberal democracy" by Kayla Edgett:

@universityofga.bsky.social

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Oct 10
Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize
Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize
Leader of country’s opposition receives award after intense public and private campaign by Donald Trump
www.theguardian.com

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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · Oct 9
OnlineFirst - "Dying to breathe: Caste, law and the urban political ecology of manual scavenging in India" by Ambarish Karamchedu:

#caste #sanitation #India #urbanpoliticalecology #law

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · Oct 8
OnlineFirst - "From contested commons to ornamental ecologies: Environmental casteism and the blocked dialectic of urban lakes in Hyderabad" by Pullanna Vidyapogu and Indivar Jonnalagadda:

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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · Oct 7
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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