Cristy Clark
@cristyclark.bsky.social
Associate Professor (human rights & environmental law). I’m interested in legal geography, and water, climate & spatial justice. Co-author of The Lawful Forest (2022), author of Legal Geographies of Water (June 2025). Australian living in UK. She/her
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Video shows massive waves rising and crashing along the Catanduanes coastline in the Philippines, as Super Typhoon Fung-wong made landfall, killing at least two people and displacing 1.4 million others.
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Video shows massive waves rising and crashing along the Catanduanes coastline in the Philippines, as Super Typhoon Fung-wong made landfall, killing at least two people and displacing 1.4 million others.
"an English accent implies that you're well-read, that you're well-educated, even if you're not"
"I think the fact that the world holds us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing and taking advantage of at the same time," he said.
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Hello colonial assumptions of white supremacy. 😳
"I think the fact that the world holds us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing and taking advantage of at the same time," he said.
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Hello colonial assumptions of white supremacy. 😳
A London family wants £180k a year tutor for one-year old child to help him become an English gentleman.
Tutor must have gone to "the right kinds of schools", knowledge of horse riding, skiing, the arts and music.
This is the real island of strangers where class wars are inculcated at young age.
Tutor must have gone to "the right kinds of schools", knowledge of horse riding, skiing, the arts and music.
This is the real island of strangers where class wars are inculcated at young age.
Tutor sought for £180k job to teach baby to become a 'gentleman'
The advert seeks
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
"an English accent implies that you're well-read, that you're well-educated, even if you're not"
"I think the fact that the world holds us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing and taking advantage of at the same time," he said.
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Hello colonial assumptions of white supremacy. 😳
"I think the fact that the world holds us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing and taking advantage of at the same time," he said.
—
Hello colonial assumptions of white supremacy. 😳
It seems pretty clear that the two-party system in the UK, USA and Australia primarily serves the class interests of the wealthy.
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
It seems pretty clear that the two-party system in the UK, USA and Australia primarily serves the class interests of the wealthy.
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This article is another sharp reminder that while be continue to focus on the US shitshow, we have our own issues that urgently require attention.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
150 police visits in 20 months: Indigenous mother takes action after her boys subjected to ‘relentless’ checks
Exclusive: A family has launched a court case against NSW police alleging racial discrimination is behind excessive bail checks
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This article is another sharp reminder that while be continue to focus on the US shitshow, we have our own issues that urgently require attention.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Bit late to this - but thrilled my @verfassungsblog.de piece on the history of environmental civil disobedience in Australia was cited in Le Roy v Brisbane City Council - finding the council discriminated against Extinction Rebellion based on political belief
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Le Roy v Brisbane City Council [2025] QCAT 314 (19 August 2025)
Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII), a joint facility of UTS and UNSW Faculties of Law.
www.austlii.edu.au
November 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Bit late to this - but thrilled my @verfassungsblog.de piece on the history of environmental civil disobedience in Australia was cited in Le Roy v Brisbane City Council - finding the council discriminated against Extinction Rebellion based on political belief
www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
My partner just left for Brazil. 😞
On the upside, before leaving, he made me a fancy breakfast, cleaned the whole house and did the laundry. 💕💕💕
On the upside, before leaving, he made me a fancy breakfast, cleaned the whole house and did the laundry. 💕💕💕
November 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
My partner just left for Brazil. 😞
On the upside, before leaving, he made me a fancy breakfast, cleaned the whole house and did the laundry. 💕💕💕
On the upside, before leaving, he made me a fancy breakfast, cleaned the whole house and did the laundry. 💕💕💕
Let’s make it 0% and increase the % of car share, public transport, bikes and walking.
EV and hybrid sales soar in Australia as internal combustion cars fall below 70% market share for first time
EV and hybrid sales soar in Australia as internal combustion cars fall below 70% market share for first time
Data from peak motoring body shows battery-electric vehicles accounted for 9.7% of new cars sold in September quarter, the highest proportion on record
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Electric car sales in Australia continue to reach new record levels, according to figures that reveal the market share for internal combustion engine vehicles fell below 70% for the first time.
The latest quarterly sales data from peak motoring body the Australian Automobile Association (AAA) shows electric vehicles accounted for 9.7% of new cars sold in the three months to September, the highest proportion on record. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Let’s make it 0% and increase the % of car share, public transport, bikes and walking.
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MEDIA RELEASE: The Jewish Council of Australia condemns the antisemitic Nazi stunt held yesterday outside NSW Parliament.
W refuse to be intimidated by these pathetic media stunts.
We stand with all Jewish people impacted by today’s racism and with all those experiencing bigotry and hatred. 1/5
W refuse to be intimidated by these pathetic media stunts.
We stand with all Jewish people impacted by today’s racism and with all those experiencing bigotry and hatred. 1/5
November 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
MEDIA RELEASE: The Jewish Council of Australia condemns the antisemitic Nazi stunt held yesterday outside NSW Parliament.
W refuse to be intimidated by these pathetic media stunts.
We stand with all Jewish people impacted by today’s racism and with all those experiencing bigotry and hatred. 1/5
W refuse to be intimidated by these pathetic media stunts.
We stand with all Jewish people impacted by today’s racism and with all those experiencing bigotry and hatred. 1/5
It’s lucky that deadly flooding isn’t predicted to dramatically increase due to climate change…
BoM move to axe free flood warning tool has ‘potentially deadly consequences’, Queensland councils say
BoM move to axe free flood warning tool has ‘potentially deadly consequences’, Queensland councils say
Bureau of Meteorology says current system will be phased out as it no longer meets ‘cybersecurity, stability and resilience’ standards
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Natural disaster-prone councils in south-east Queensland say the Bureau of Meteorology’s decision to axe its free real-time flood forecasting tool is a “cost shifting” exercise with “potentially deadly consequences”, with New South Wales emergency services also affected.
For nearly 30 years, the BoM has provided local governments, emergency services and water managers around the country with free access to Enviromon – a tool used to inform emergency alert systems which collects, displays and analyses data from rainfall and river level gauges for flood forecasting. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
It’s lucky that deadly flooding isn’t predicted to dramatically increase due to climate change…
This looks delicious
Meera Sodha’s recipe for Massaman tofu and potato curry with rainbow chard | The new vegan
Meera Sodha’s recipe for Massaman tofu and potato curry with rainbow chard | The new vegan
Cut corners, but not flavour, with this updated take on a hearty, vegan-friendly curry
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
This looks delicious
A very simple reform would be for the state to pay child support, and charge liable parents themselves. I’m pretty confident the government would mysteriously improve its capacity to recover the money when it wasn’t single parents going out of pocket.
Australia’s current child support debt is the highest it has been in a decade. As of December 2024, $1.9 billion was owed, with 153,694 non-payers. While interest on unpaid amounts is payable to the government, it’s not passed on to the parents who are owed
It is a criminal offence not to file tax returns on time, but the penalty is paltry. Meanwhile, thousands of Australian fathers are able to avoid child support payments by not filing returns, working cash in hand, hiding money in trusts or moving overseas. satpa.pe/qGOX9ZU
November 8, 2025 at 8:32 AM
A very simple reform would be for the state to pay child support, and charge liable parents themselves. I’m pretty confident the government would mysteriously improve its capacity to recover the money when it wasn’t single parents going out of pocket.
Traffic has already improved.
A Conservative motion to cancel Oxford’s new Congestion Charge has been rejected by a meeting of Oxfordshire County Council. The Conservative and Labour groups voted to withdraw the charge but were outvoted by the LibDem administration and the Greens. (Our live posts are in the thread below!)
The vote on Oxford’s Congestion Charge is taken and goes broadly along party lines.
For removing the charge: 22 (Con, Lab, Ind)
Against removing the charge: 36 (LibDem, Green, Henley)
Abstain: 2 (Will Boucher-Giles, LibDem for Chesterton; Emma Markham, Green for Shrivenham)
For removing the charge: 22 (Con, Lab, Ind)
Against removing the charge: 36 (LibDem, Green, Henley)
Abstain: 2 (Will Boucher-Giles, LibDem for Chesterton; Emma Markham, Green for Shrivenham)
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Traffic has already improved.
It was such a delight to attend the Legal Advisory Opinions Shaping Climate Action and Human Rights conference yesterday. Brilliant hosting by the Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research and Leiden University College The Hague.
November 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It was such a delight to attend the Legal Advisory Opinions Shaping Climate Action and Human Rights conference yesterday. Brilliant hosting by the Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research and Leiden University College The Hague.
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Zohran Mamdani: "I am Muslim. I am a democratic-socialist. And most damning of all, I refuse to apologize for any of this."
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Zohran Mamdani: "I am Muslim. I am a democratic-socialist. And most damning of all, I refuse to apologize for any of this."
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
Excellent news! 🏊🏊♀️🏊♂️
Thanks to our bold policies, we’ve made great progress in cleaning up London’s air. I’m committed to doing the same with our rivers.
Our Clean and Healthy Waterways Plan will set out our priorities to reduce pollution, restore biodiversity and improve access to rivers over the next 10 years.
Our Clean and Healthy Waterways Plan will set out our priorities to reduce pollution, restore biodiversity and improve access to rivers over the next 10 years.
November 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Excellent news! 🏊🏊♀️🏊♂️
Nup to the Cup. Just stop this festival of harm already.
Crikey boils the harm of the Melbourne Cup down in the latest Paint by Numbers.
1,400 dead horses: The grim numbers behind the Melbourne Cup
www.crikey.com.au
November 4, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Nup to the Cup. Just stop this festival of harm already.
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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"People with a disability and Indigenous Australians are overrepresented in the data. About 33% of all suspensions affected those with a disability, and at least 26% of all suspensions affected First Nations people."
Centrelink threatening payment suspensions at rate of five a minute, new analysis suggests
Centrelink threatening payment suspensions at rate of five a minute, new analysis suggests
Exclusive: As jobseekers continue to have payments suspended, advocates call for the regime to be stopped until it’s proven to be lawful
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Centrelink has been issuing payment suspension notices to jobseekers and those on disability support pensions at a rate of more than five a minute, new analysis suggests, amid concerns over the legality of the troubled system.
In total, government data collated by the Antipoverty Centre shows there were 2,683,605 suspension actions between June 2024 and July 2025. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:23 AM
"People with a disability and Indigenous Australians are overrepresented in the data. About 33% of all suspensions affected those with a disability, and at least 26% of all suspensions affected First Nations people."
This made my day, my week even.
November 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This made my day, my week even.
British treat or treaters are very polite. Winning costume was the tiny child in a bright orange hooded jumpsuit, bushy eyebrows & a huge moustache.
a cartoon drawing of a castle with a rainbow in the sky
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a castle with a rainbow in the sky
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October 31, 2025 at 8:37 PM
British treat or treaters are very polite. Winning costume was the tiny child in a bright orange hooded jumpsuit, bushy eyebrows & a huge moustache.
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Good news: UN experts welcome landmark ASEAN Declaration on right to safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
UN experts welcome landmark ASEAN Declaration on right to safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment
GENEVA – A group of UN human rights experts* today welcomed the adoption of the ASEAN Declaration on the Right to a Safe, Clean, Healthy, and Sustainable Environment that took place on 26 October at t...
www.ohchr.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Good news: UN experts welcome landmark ASEAN Declaration on right to safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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wonderful news
Australian-first treaty legislation passes in Victorian parliament
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Australian-first treaty legislation passes in Victorian parliament
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Australian-first treaty legislation passes in Victorian parliament
Historic legislation has passed that will see the creation of an Indigenous council that will be consulted on laws and policies affecting Indigenous communities.
www.abc.net.au
October 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
wonderful news
Australian-first treaty legislation passes in Victorian parliament
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Australian-first treaty legislation passes in Victorian parliament
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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📣 As UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, along with colleagues from other five mandates we welcome landmark ASEAN Declaration on right to safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment.
#ASEAN #healthyenvironment
#ASEAN #healthyenvironment
October 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
📣 As UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, along with colleagues from other five mandates we welcome landmark ASEAN Declaration on right to safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment.
#ASEAN #healthyenvironment
#ASEAN #healthyenvironment