Adelia
@adeliah.bsky.social
Particularly interested in law and society, and environmental social science.
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Shaimaa has a scholarship to do a PhD on Palestinian literature with me at @uoe-llc.bsky.social, but she's stuck in Gaza because the foreign office won't help. Please share. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
I should be at Cambridge, but I’m trapped in Gaza
Home Office red tape strands dozens of Palestinian scholarship winners in war zone
www.telegraph.co.uk
July 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Shaimaa has a scholarship to do a PhD on Palestinian literature with me at @uoe-llc.bsky.social, but she's stuck in Gaza because the foreign office won't help. Please share. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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"The Great Wave" of carbon dioxide (CO₂) #ClimateChange #ScienceArt
Graphic produced by robbieandrew.github.io
Graphic produced by robbieandrew.github.io
May 31, 2025 at 1:48 AM
"The Great Wave" of carbon dioxide (CO₂) #ClimateChange #ScienceArt
Graphic produced by robbieandrew.github.io
Graphic produced by robbieandrew.github.io
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Do we apprehend what we are losing? the beautiful @jessharwoodart.bsky.social illustrations in this piece will make your insides knot...
Seeing Australia’s beloved gumtrees dying makes my insides knot. If they can’t survive, how can we? | Jess Harwood
Even the hardy eucalypts are finding their limits as we experience more frequent bushfires, heatwaves and droughts
www.theguardian.com
April 12, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Do we apprehend what we are losing? the beautiful @jessharwoodart.bsky.social illustrations in this piece will make your insides knot...
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Jordan Peterson is now a global figure in the anti-net-zero movement, connecting fossil fuel executives, politicians, and climate skeptics. @desmog.bsky.social’s investigation reveals how his Alliance for Responsible Citizenship works to undermine climate action
How Jordan Peterson Became a Global Anti-Net Zero Power Broker
This special investigation between Canada’s National Observer and DeSmog was produced in collaboration with the Institute for Sustainability, Education and Action and TRACE Foundation. “No more…
buff.ly
March 31, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Jordan Peterson is now a global figure in the anti-net-zero movement, connecting fossil fuel executives, politicians, and climate skeptics. @desmog.bsky.social’s investigation reveals how his Alliance for Responsible Citizenship works to undermine climate action
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How the #MenstrualCycle shapes #heart and #brain health -
@jellinap.bsky.social together with Julia Sacher @cogneuroend.bsky.social & Arno Villringer describe how these naturally occurring variations might influence #stress, mood, and long-term #womenshealth: tinyurl.com/35pu6447
@jellinap.bsky.social together with Julia Sacher @cogneuroend.bsky.social & Arno Villringer describe how these naturally occurring variations might influence #stress, mood, and long-term #womenshealth: tinyurl.com/35pu6447
How the menstrual cycle shapes heart and brain health
How the menstrual cycle shapes heart and brain health
tinyurl.com
March 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
How the #MenstrualCycle shapes #heart and #brain health -
@jellinap.bsky.social together with Julia Sacher @cogneuroend.bsky.social & Arno Villringer describe how these naturally occurring variations might influence #stress, mood, and long-term #womenshealth: tinyurl.com/35pu6447
@jellinap.bsky.social together with Julia Sacher @cogneuroend.bsky.social & Arno Villringer describe how these naturally occurring variations might influence #stress, mood, and long-term #womenshealth: tinyurl.com/35pu6447
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
“Bringing back reindeer, however, is only one part of this rewilding project. The other components are part of an approach called “deep mapping”, which includes rejuvenating the culture and folklore associated with these animals to rebuild people’s connection to the land around them.”
Ghosts of the landscape: how folklore and songs are key to rewilding Finland’s reindeer
For ecologists restoring the vast bogs of remote Karelia, wild reindeer are not just part of the environment but entwined with the ancient culture of the boreal forests
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2025 at 6:13 AM
“Bringing back reindeer, however, is only one part of this rewilding project. The other components are part of an approach called “deep mapping”, which includes rejuvenating the culture and folklore associated with these animals to rebuild people’s connection to the land around them.”
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“Unlike a workplace, nature cannot simply be seized by its employees & run under democratic self-management ... it is not just another factor of production... it is the condition & limit of our existence.”
Read @cominsitu.bsky.social on socialising nature 👇
break-down.org/post/sociali...
Read @cominsitu.bsky.social on socialising nature 👇
break-down.org/post/sociali...
Socialising Nature
How we can live together without exploiting each other? This is the work of socialising nature.
break-down.org
November 28, 2024 at 9:23 AM
“Unlike a workplace, nature cannot simply be seized by its employees & run under democratic self-management ... it is not just another factor of production... it is the condition & limit of our existence.”
Read @cominsitu.bsky.social on socialising nature 👇
break-down.org/post/sociali...
Read @cominsitu.bsky.social on socialising nature 👇
break-down.org/post/sociali...
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I really believe that "ecomodernist" is a misnomer. This school of thought is not distinguished by their embrace of technology (degrowth research also embraces technology). It is distinguished by their insistence on perpetual growth, ever-increasing aggregate output. That's it.
July 25, 2024 at 12:22 PM
I really believe that "ecomodernist" is a misnomer. This school of thought is not distinguished by their embrace of technology (degrowth research also embraces technology). It is distinguished by their insistence on perpetual growth, ever-increasing aggregate output. That's it.
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On the day of Dr. Fauci's testimony, @nytimes.com decides to run a deeply unethical OpEd with snazzy graphics and snappy headlines about the Lab Leak.
The article itself contains multiple falsehoods and deep mischaracterizations.
Let's take every point in turn 👇🧵
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The article itself contains multiple falsehoods and deep mischaracterizations.
Let's take every point in turn 👇🧵
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Why the Pandemic Probably Started in a Lab, in 5 Key Points
The world must not continue to bear the intolerable risks of research with the potential to cause pandemics.
www.nytimes.com
June 3, 2024 at 11:13 PM
On the day of Dr. Fauci's testimony, @nytimes.com decides to run a deeply unethical OpEd with snazzy graphics and snappy headlines about the Lab Leak.
The article itself contains multiple falsehoods and deep mischaracterizations.
Let's take every point in turn 👇🧵
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The article itself contains multiple falsehoods and deep mischaracterizations.
Let's take every point in turn 👇🧵
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“Thanks to its ability to resist high cooking temperatures and absorb flavours, carnaroli is considered the “king of risotto”, but it is also extremely delicate and vulnerable to changes in the climate.”
Risotto crisis: the fight to save Italy’s beloved dish from extinction
After drought devastated prized arborio and carnaroli harvests in the Po valley, new rice varieties offer a glimmer of hope. But none are yet suitable for use in the traditional recipe
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2024 at 10:38 PM
“Thanks to its ability to resist high cooking temperatures and absorb flavours, carnaroli is considered the “king of risotto”, but it is also extremely delicate and vulnerable to changes in the climate.”
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I used to think it was no big deal that my postdoc research on climate at Princeton was funded by BP, but now I see it as BP's effort to burnish its reputation and influence research.
On balance, taking fossil fuel funding is a net negative and this kind of research should be government funded.
On balance, taking fossil fuel funding is a net negative and this kind of research should be government funded.
He Wants Oil Money Off Campus. She’s Funded by Exxon. They’re Friends.
The two friends, both climate researchers, recently spent hours confronting the choices that will shape their careers, and the world. Their ideas are very different.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2024 at 3:49 AM
I used to think it was no big deal that my postdoc research on climate at Princeton was funded by BP, but now I see it as BP's effort to burnish its reputation and influence research.
On balance, taking fossil fuel funding is a net negative and this kind of research should be government funded.
On balance, taking fossil fuel funding is a net negative and this kind of research should be government funded.
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Warum es volkswirtschaftlich kompletter Unsinn ist entwässerte Moore landwirtschaftlich 🚜 zu nutzen & warum der Moor-Klimaschutz dem Braunkohleausstieg 🏭 eigentlich in nix nachsteht und daher ähnlich angegangen werden müsste.
👉 Super Interview mit dem Agrarökonom @haraldgrethe.bsky.social
👉 Super Interview mit dem Agrarökonom @haraldgrethe.bsky.social
Agrarökonom Harald Grethe - "Wir brauchen eine Moorschutzstrategie"
Die Trockenlegung der Moore sei eine kulturhistorische Leistung gewesen, so Agraröknomom Harald Grethe, aber wegen der hohen Treibhausgasemissionen klimaschädlich. Nun müsse es einen Transformation...
www.deutschlandfunk.de
December 9, 2023 at 7:11 AM
Warum es volkswirtschaftlich kompletter Unsinn ist entwässerte Moore landwirtschaftlich 🚜 zu nutzen & warum der Moor-Klimaschutz dem Braunkohleausstieg 🏭 eigentlich in nix nachsteht und daher ähnlich angegangen werden müsste.
👉 Super Interview mit dem Agrarökonom @haraldgrethe.bsky.social
👉 Super Interview mit dem Agrarökonom @haraldgrethe.bsky.social
“A comprehensive review of research into the heat-mitigating effects of green spaces during heatwaves has found that botanical gardens are the most effective.”
Botanical gardens ‘most effective’ green space at cooling streets in heatwaves
Researchers hope the findings will inform policymakers planning cities for a warming world
www.theguardian.com
March 1, 2024 at 8:13 AM
“A comprehensive review of research into the heat-mitigating effects of green spaces during heatwaves has found that botanical gardens are the most effective.”
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Environmental impacts of a plant-based diet are broadly similar whether they are supported by a large amount of plant-based meat and dairy alternatives, or by a large amount of whole foods. The whole foods diets, however, are cheaper. Both diets are much lower impact than meat-based diets.
Sustainability benefits of transitioning from current diets to plant-based alternatives or whole-food diets in Sweden - Nature Communications
The authors found that replacing animal source foods with plant-based alternatives would lead to substantial reductions in environmental impacts, while meeting most nutrition recommendations and being...
www.nature.com
February 28, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Environmental impacts of a plant-based diet are broadly similar whether they are supported by a large amount of plant-based meat and dairy alternatives, or by a large amount of whole foods. The whole foods diets, however, are cheaper. Both diets are much lower impact than meat-based diets.
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This whole thing is worth a read, but one of the things that stuck with me the most is that one of the members of this faculty panel had spoken so derisively of students. Why should students believe they'd "listen" in good faith? lithub.com/internal-ema...
Internal Emails Reveal Columbia’s “Task Force on Antisemitism” is Causing Ruptures in Its Faculty.
Over the past four months, senior administrators at New York City’s Columbia University have found themselves at odds with a significant contingent of their faculty and student body over prot…
lithub.com
February 27, 2024 at 3:26 AM
This whole thing is worth a read, but one of the things that stuck with me the most is that one of the members of this faculty panel had spoken so derisively of students. Why should students believe they'd "listen" in good faith? lithub.com/internal-ema...
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An excerpt of my new book, Saving Ourselves: from Climate Shocks to Climate Action, was just published at TIME.
For anyone interested in the book, you can preorder here: lnkd.in/gtwJvrX9
time.com/6565499/apoc...
For anyone interested in the book, you can preorder here: lnkd.in/gtwJvrX9
time.com/6565499/apoc...
The Case for Climate Apocalyptic Optimism
If we embrace the reality that things will get worse before they get better, we will be equipped to fight climate change.
time.com
January 24, 2024 at 2:00 PM
An excerpt of my new book, Saving Ourselves: from Climate Shocks to Climate Action, was just published at TIME.
For anyone interested in the book, you can preorder here: lnkd.in/gtwJvrX9
time.com/6565499/apoc...
For anyone interested in the book, you can preorder here: lnkd.in/gtwJvrX9
time.com/6565499/apoc...
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Always great to see anthropology in public-facing pieces. By Chip Colwell: "But of all the explanations for why people give gifts, the one I find most convincing was offered in 1925 by a French anthropologist named Marcel Mauss." theconversation.com/whats-the-po... 🏺
What's the point of giving gifts? An anthropologist explains this ancient part of being human
Presents are about giving, receiving and reciprocating, and how this cycle strengthens relationships.
theconversation.com
December 12, 2023 at 4:49 PM
Always great to see anthropology in public-facing pieces. By Chip Colwell: "But of all the explanations for why people give gifts, the one I find most convincing was offered in 1925 by a French anthropologist named Marcel Mauss." theconversation.com/whats-the-po... 🏺
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This is a war crime.
"Famine experts say the proportion of Gaza residents at risk of famine is greater than anywhere since a UN-affiliated body began measuring extreme hunger 20 years ago. Scholars say it has been generations since the world has seen food deprivation on such a scale in war."
"Famine experts say the proportion of Gaza residents at risk of famine is greater than anywhere since a UN-affiliated body began measuring extreme hunger 20 years ago. Scholars say it has been generations since the world has seen food deprivation on such a scale in war."
U.N. Warns Gaza Is Heading for Famine as Specter of Wider War Looms
Officials of the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen threatened to respond to American-led airstrikes over the past two days.
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2024 at 4:49 PM
This is a war crime.
"Famine experts say the proportion of Gaza residents at risk of famine is greater than anywhere since a UN-affiliated body began measuring extreme hunger 20 years ago. Scholars say it has been generations since the world has seen food deprivation on such a scale in war."
"Famine experts say the proportion of Gaza residents at risk of famine is greater than anywhere since a UN-affiliated body began measuring extreme hunger 20 years ago. Scholars say it has been generations since the world has seen food deprivation on such a scale in war."
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Norway, we are not impressed with this abuse of fiords www.theguardian.com/world/2024/j...
Norway to allow mining waste to be dumped in fjords
Environmental campaigners say move will threaten marine life and put biodiversity at risk
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Norway, we are not impressed with this abuse of fiords www.theguardian.com/world/2024/j...
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Evidence of human rights abuses on the territory of the Sámi people and accusations of green colonialism must prompt EU politicians to amend the Critical Raw Materials Act with clear provisions on Indigenous rights, write Rasmus Kløcker Larsen and Kaisa Raitio www.euractiv.com/section/ener...
EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act fails to protect Sámi rights – here’s how to strengthen it
Evidence of human rights abuses on the territory of the indigenous Sámi people, and accusations of green colonialism, must prompt EU politicians to amend the law by adding clear provisions on indigen...
www.euractiv.com
November 14, 2023 at 8:23 AM
Evidence of human rights abuses on the territory of the Sámi people and accusations of green colonialism must prompt EU politicians to amend the Critical Raw Materials Act with clear provisions on Indigenous rights, write Rasmus Kløcker Larsen and Kaisa Raitio www.euractiv.com/section/ener...