Claira Turvey
@clairaturvey.bsky.social
Sustainable development & social anthropology. Exploring multisolving, multispecies & more-than-human relations, decolonisation, cognitive justice and reparations 🌿
🌱 A lesson from nature everyday: https://naturalthinkinglab.substack.com
🕸️ Edinburgh
🌱 A lesson from nature everyday: https://naturalthinkinglab.substack.com
🕸️ Edinburgh
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Claira Turvey
@clairaturvey.bsky.social
· Nov 17
As the world bends, it's good to remember that it can bend towards truth, beauty, and peace.
We can't always direct the winds but we can grow towards the light.
Lessons from nature every day ~ naturalthinkinglab.substack.com
#naturequotes #climateactionnow #naturelovers
We can't always direct the winds but we can grow towards the light.
Lessons from nature every day ~ naturalthinkinglab.substack.com
#naturequotes #climateactionnow #naturelovers
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The pit is open.
You may have heard of the "DoorDash girl"—a driver who alleged a customer exposed himself and filmed it. Afterwards, many Black content creators saw AI-generated versions of themselves defending the customer on TikTok, though they'd said nothing about it: www.wired.com/story/the-vi...
The Viral ‘DoorDash Girl’ Saga Unearthed a Nightmare for Black Creators
A delivery driver posted a TikTok alleging she had been sexually assaulted by a customer. The deepfakes that followed reveal a growing digital blackface problem.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The pit is open.
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AI … is a crisis… History shows us that the right to literacy came at a heavy cost for many Americans, ranging from ostracism to death. Those in power recognized that oppression is best maintained by keeping the masses illiterate, and those oppressed recognized that literacy is liberation.“
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 AM
AI … is a crisis… History shows us that the right to literacy came at a heavy cost for many Americans, ranging from ostracism to death. Those in power recognized that oppression is best maintained by keeping the masses illiterate, and those oppressed recognized that literacy is liberation.“
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Quietly terrifying. www.wsj.com/economy/aida...
An MIT Student Awed Top Economists With His AI Study—Then It All Fell Apart
Aidan Toner-Rodgers shot to academic fame in a field hungry for new insights and revelatory research. But a computer scientist thought something seemed off.
www.wsj.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Quietly terrifying. www.wsj.com/economy/aida...
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Science will often take you to unexpected and delightful places. In this study, researchers hypothesized that riders in a crowded subway car would be more likely to offer their seat to a pregnant person if there were someone in the subway car dressed as Batman 🧪🦇
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Science will often take you to unexpected and delightful places. In this study, researchers hypothesized that riders in a crowded subway car would be more likely to offer their seat to a pregnant person if there were someone in the subway car dressed as Batman 🧪🦇
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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everyone who spent the 90s laboriously and lovingly making mixtapes just dissolved into ancient dust
November 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
everyone who spent the 90s laboriously and lovingly making mixtapes just dissolved into ancient dust
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We're an undeniable border violation. We exist and we show that the border between male and female is both permeable and not simply a hierarchy. So we have to be dealt with the way border problems are - extreme violence or a complex series of exceptions.
I think you cannot understand anything until you realise the scale of cis society's obsession with transfeminity and the lengths it goes to not only to quarantine and punish it, but construct social rituals to navigate its presence in everyday cis life.
November 19, 2025 at 7:18 AM
We're an undeniable border violation. We exist and we show that the border between male and female is both permeable and not simply a hierarchy. So we have to be dealt with the way border problems are - extreme violence or a complex series of exceptions.
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Interesting...
Interesting unpacking of deepfakes:
- darkfakes
- glowfakes
- foefakes
- fanfakes
“A blanket approach to “fighting deepfakes” risks treating satirical content the same as malicious attacks”
@morganwack.bsky.social & co in @techpolicypress.bsky.social
www.techpolicy.press/scrutinizing...
- darkfakes
- glowfakes
- foefakes
- fanfakes
“A blanket approach to “fighting deepfakes” risks treating satirical content the same as malicious attacks”
@morganwack.bsky.social & co in @techpolicypress.bsky.social
www.techpolicy.press/scrutinizing...
November 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Interesting...
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Until we recognise that resilience requires inefficiency – that robust systems must have slack – we’re just optimising our way towards collapse. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
After I burned out, physics helped me understand what had happened to me – and to move on | Zahaan Bharmal
I thought hard work equalled success. I had to realise that’s not always how it works, in science or in life, says Google employee Zahaan Bharmal
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Until we recognise that resilience requires inefficiency – that robust systems must have slack – we’re just optimising our way towards collapse. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“At the summit, Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, said the slave trade was abhorrent but countries should be “looking forward” and addressing current challenges such as climate change.”
Some philosophers — Nuti and Táíwò among them — might have a thing or two to say about that ‘but.’
Some philosophers — Nuti and Táíwò among them — might have a thing or two to say about that ‘but.’
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
A delegation from the body leading the Caribbean’s slavery reparations movement will be in the UK next week for a “historic” first official visit to advocate for former British colonies.
The Caricom Reparations Commission (CRC) will be meeting with UK parliamentarians, Caribbean diplomats, academics and civil society groups from 17 to 20 November. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
“At the summit, Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, said the slave trade was abhorrent but countries should be “looking forward” and addressing current challenges such as climate change.”
Some philosophers — Nuti and Táíwò among them — might have a thing or two to say about that ‘but.’
Some philosophers — Nuti and Táíwò among them — might have a thing or two to say about that ‘but.’
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🧵2) @gwenburnyeat.bsky.social is a lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh. In this blog she introduces her work researching people seeking to create and nurture relationships across complex political divides:
relationshipsproject.org/bridgebuilding-in-colombia-and-britain/
relationshipsproject.org/bridgebuilding-in-colombia-and-britain/
Bridgebuilding in Colombia and Britain | Relationships Project
relationshipsproject.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🧵2) @gwenburnyeat.bsky.social is a lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh. In this blog she introduces her work researching people seeking to create and nurture relationships across complex political divides:
relationshipsproject.org/bridgebuilding-in-colombia-and-britain/
relationshipsproject.org/bridgebuilding-in-colombia-and-britain/
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November 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Terrible news. Had brilliant interactions with folks in IAD ☹️
Seems like a waste of potential & retrogressive move.
Seems like a waste of potential & retrogressive move.
University of Edinburgh cutting its Institute for Academic Development which offers crucuial training and support for students, lecturers and researchers. I woked at the UNSW learning centre and know what a huge difference these services make. #AcademicSky
thetab.com/2025/10/31/e...
thetab.com/2025/10/31/e...
Excl: Edinburgh University begins compulsory layoffs with department set to be axed
Seven staff in the Instute for Academic Development are set to lose their jobs when the department closes
thetab.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Terrible news. Had brilliant interactions with folks in IAD ☹️
Seems like a waste of potential & retrogressive move.
Seems like a waste of potential & retrogressive move.
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the ocean’s invisible flood-tide lifted him higher and higher towards his destined heaven
October 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
the ocean’s invisible flood-tide lifted him higher and higher towards his destined heaven
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Three excellent books on what the #ClimateEmergency means for higher education & how universities should respond 📚 🧵
1️⃣ Universities on Fire: Higher Education in the Climate Crisis by @edufuturist.bsky.social
www.universitiesonfire.com
1️⃣ Universities on Fire: Higher Education in the Climate Crisis by @edufuturist.bsky.social
www.universitiesonfire.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Three excellent books on what the #ClimateEmergency means for higher education & how universities should respond 📚 🧵
1️⃣ Universities on Fire: Higher Education in the Climate Crisis by @edufuturist.bsky.social
www.universitiesonfire.com
1️⃣ Universities on Fire: Higher Education in the Climate Crisis by @edufuturist.bsky.social
www.universitiesonfire.com
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For those wishing to stay up-to-date with developments around university climate action, I've assembled this starter pack of thinkers and doers who have inspired me on this topic...
go.bsky.app/R51quRA
go.bsky.app/R51quRA
October 16, 2025 at 4:11 AM
For those wishing to stay up-to-date with developments around university climate action, I've assembled this starter pack of thinkers and doers who have inspired me on this topic...
go.bsky.app/R51quRA
go.bsky.app/R51quRA
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“The question of who gets to live as long as they should isn’t moral but systemic.
We often say that death is the great unifier as it’s the one thing that we all have in common. But sometimes, I look around and wonder if even the after-life is segregated.”
We often say that death is the great unifier as it’s the one thing that we all have in common. But sometimes, I look around and wonder if even the after-life is segregated.”
Diane Keaton, Miss Major, D'Angelo...
Who gets to live a "long" life in America?
open.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
“The question of who gets to live as long as they should isn’t moral but systemic.
We often say that death is the great unifier as it’s the one thing that we all have in common. But sometimes, I look around and wonder if even the after-life is segregated.”
We often say that death is the great unifier as it’s the one thing that we all have in common. But sometimes, I look around and wonder if even the after-life is segregated.”
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It's finally here! 100+ scholars, global scope, practical insights. “Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment” shows how organized interests stall policy—and how governance can respond.
Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...
Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...
October 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It's finally here! 100+ scholars, global scope, practical insights. “Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment” shows how organized interests stall policy—and how governance can respond.
Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...
Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...
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Really worth reading the full essay.
Graeber argues that capitalism didn’t replace slavery -- it rebranded it. A key mistake of the mode-of-production model was reducing “production” to making things instead of also producing people and social relations that constitute social reproduction.
Graeber argues that capitalism didn’t replace slavery -- it rebranded it. A key mistake of the mode-of-production model was reducing “production” to making things instead of also producing people and social relations that constitute social reproduction.
Modern capitalism has more in common with Feudalism and the oldstyle slave-system than most people realize.
From: davidgraeber.org/articles/tur...
From: davidgraeber.org/articles/tur...
October 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Really worth reading the full essay.
Graeber argues that capitalism didn’t replace slavery -- it rebranded it. A key mistake of the mode-of-production model was reducing “production” to making things instead of also producing people and social relations that constitute social reproduction.
Graeber argues that capitalism didn’t replace slavery -- it rebranded it. A key mistake of the mode-of-production model was reducing “production” to making things instead of also producing people and social relations that constitute social reproduction.
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In the next post, Ketan says a trillion barrels of oil is 430 GtCO2. Every ton of CO2 emitted causes 0.00026 excess deaths between now and 2100.
Conclusion: unlocking an extra trillion barrels of oil kills 112 million people.
(Source: www.nature.com/articles/s41...)
Conclusion: unlocking an extra trillion barrels of oil kills 112 million people.
(Source: www.nature.com/articles/s41...)
It's tough to explain exactly how nutty this new report from fossil fuel industry consultant Wood Mackenzie is, but I'm going to try in a short thread.
As you can guess: 1 trillion barrels of oil is...............................A LOT
archive.ph/grTVe
As you can guess: 1 trillion barrels of oil is...............................A LOT
archive.ph/grTVe
October 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
In the next post, Ketan says a trillion barrels of oil is 430 GtCO2. Every ton of CO2 emitted causes 0.00026 excess deaths between now and 2100.
Conclusion: unlocking an extra trillion barrels of oil kills 112 million people.
(Source: www.nature.com/articles/s41...)
Conclusion: unlocking an extra trillion barrels of oil kills 112 million people.
(Source: www.nature.com/articles/s41...)
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Web of Epeira strix, an Orb-weaving Spider, Galloway, 1915.
October 15, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Web of Epeira strix, an Orb-weaving Spider, Galloway, 1915.
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If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
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The Humanities of Nature @mfnberlin.bsky.social continue their online lecture series on "Heritage & Justice: Unpacking legal Narratives in Natural History". Start is this Wednesday at 1pm, full program and zoom link www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/de/forschung...
October 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The Humanities of Nature @mfnberlin.bsky.social continue their online lecture series on "Heritage & Justice: Unpacking legal Narratives in Natural History". Start is this Wednesday at 1pm, full program and zoom link www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/de/forschung...
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On the Pedagogy of #Freedom:
I live by this and try to adapt the requirements of university education to this outlook on what it truly means to learn and to educate. I think it is possible to do so even in times of increasing market competition, decreasing funding & time constraints
#highereducation
I live by this and try to adapt the requirements of university education to this outlook on what it truly means to learn and to educate. I think it is possible to do so even in times of increasing market competition, decreasing funding & time constraints
#highereducation
October 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
On the Pedagogy of #Freedom:
I live by this and try to adapt the requirements of university education to this outlook on what it truly means to learn and to educate. I think it is possible to do so even in times of increasing market competition, decreasing funding & time constraints
#highereducation
I live by this and try to adapt the requirements of university education to this outlook on what it truly means to learn and to educate. I think it is possible to do so even in times of increasing market competition, decreasing funding & time constraints
#highereducation