Mervi Rissanen
@mervir.bsky.social
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Interests nature, biodiversity, climate, environment, animal and human rights, books etc. She/her
Interests nature, biodiversity, climate, environment, animal and human rights, books etc. She/her
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Mervi Rissanen
@mervir.bsky.social
· Oct 19
The Earth’s changing – so why aren’t we?
A 10-part series exploring the social, economic and political barriers to meaningful global climate action.
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"So I believe that humankind has colonised the future and particularly in the rich countries of the world, we treat the future like a distant colonial outpost where we can freely dump ecological degradation and technological risk as if there was nobody there."
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Jälleen on saksittu yksi vähempivaraisille suunnattu ennaltaehkäisevä palvelu pois valikoimista. Kiitti Kaisa.
Liike on lääke.. ja tuodaan toivo kotiin.. mutta ei köyhille. Vai miten se meni @kokoomus.bsky.social? 😒
Ja seuraavaksi Kaisa Juuso suuttuu kun on niin paljon huonokuntoisia työläisiä. ☝️😬
Liike on lääke.. ja tuodaan toivo kotiin.. mutta ei köyhille. Vai miten se meni @kokoomus.bsky.social? 😒
Ja seuraavaksi Kaisa Juuso suuttuu kun on niin paljon huonokuntoisia työläisiä. ☝️😬
PHT vaatii oikaisua sosiaali- ja terveysministeriön avustuspäätökseen - PHT ry
Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö on päättänyt sosiaali- ja terveysalan järjestöjen valtionavustuksista vuodelle 2026. Päätöksessä STEA ilmoittaa lopettavansa PHT ry:n hyvinvointikurssien avustamisen ja ...
pht.fi
February 6, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Jälleen on saksittu yksi vähempivaraisille suunnattu ennaltaehkäisevä palvelu pois valikoimista. Kiitti Kaisa.
Liike on lääke.. ja tuodaan toivo kotiin.. mutta ei köyhille. Vai miten se meni @kokoomus.bsky.social? 😒
Ja seuraavaksi Kaisa Juuso suuttuu kun on niin paljon huonokuntoisia työläisiä. ☝️😬
Liike on lääke.. ja tuodaan toivo kotiin.. mutta ei köyhille. Vai miten se meni @kokoomus.bsky.social? 😒
Ja seuraavaksi Kaisa Juuso suuttuu kun on niin paljon huonokuntoisia työläisiä. ☝️😬
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Kannatti ensin uutisoida ja sit tehdä pieni juttu siitä ettei se pitänytkään paikkansa. Sehän on kai ihan tutkittukin ettei nää korjaukset juuri muuta ihmisten käsitystä.
Hienosti hoidettiin äärioikeistolainen mustamaalauskampanjia kotiin 👍
Hienosti hoidettiin äärioikeistolainen mustamaalauskampanjia kotiin 👍
Oikaisu STT:n juttuun SDP:n eduskuntaryhmän puheenjohtajan Tytti Tuppuraisen johtamistavasta
Uutiset nopeasti ja luotettavasti.
yle.fi
February 6, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Kannatti ensin uutisoida ja sit tehdä pieni juttu siitä ettei se pitänytkään paikkansa. Sehän on kai ihan tutkittukin ettei nää korjaukset juuri muuta ihmisten käsitystä.
Hienosti hoidettiin äärioikeistolainen mustamaalauskampanjia kotiin 👍
Hienosti hoidettiin äärioikeistolainen mustamaalauskampanjia kotiin 👍
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Maria is one of hundreds of children, who — like Liam Ramos — have been held at a Texas detention facility where parents say children languish as they’re served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care.
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Children trapped in Texas immigration facility recount nightmares, inedible food, no school
A photo of Liam Conejo Ramos, a scared 5-year-old, drew attention to a detention center in Dilley, Texas. Advocates say his experience reflects what hundreds of children have endured out of public vie...
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Maria is one of hundreds of children, who — like Liam Ramos — have been held at a Texas detention facility where parents say children languish as they’re served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care.
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
"Another finding was that GDP can mask the full cost of climate damage by failing to account for deaths and ill health, social disruption and degraded ecosystems. GDP can actually increase after disasters owing to spending on recovery, the researchers added."
Wake up fossil fuel users!
"Tipping points (collapse of Atlantic currents or Greenland ice sheet) would have global consequences. Some are at, or very close to, their tipping points. Extreme weather disasters could WIPE OUT NATIONAL ECONOMIES, researchers, said."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Tipping points (collapse of Atlantic currents or Greenland ice sheet) would have global consequences. Some are at, or very close to, their tipping points. Extreme weather disasters could WIPE OUT NATIONAL ECONOMIES, researchers, said."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:42 AM
"Another finding was that GDP can mask the full cost of climate damage by failing to account for deaths and ill health, social disruption and degraded ecosystems. GDP can actually increase after disasters owing to spending on recovery, the researchers added."
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Tämä!!! Tämä tuhat kertaa!
Lukusuositus! @thomaspiketty.bsky.social analysoi aivan loistavasti Euroopan sosiaalidemokratian vahvuutta ja hyvinvointivaltioiden historiallisia saavutuksia. Tutkimus osoittaa rakenteidemme poikkeuksellisen kestävyyden. Tämän vaaliminen on elinehto demokratialle ja ilmastokriisin kohtaamiselle.
Thomas Piketty: 'European countries have achieved unprecedented levels of prosperity and social well-being'
COLUMN. To win the cultural and intellectual battle, Europe must staunchly defend its model, writes the economist in his column, dismantling the narrative of a 'declining' continent.
www.lemonde.fr
February 6, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Tämä!!! Tämä tuhat kertaa!
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Aki Kangasharju vihjaisee Ylen uutisissa, että suomalaiset voisivat olla töissään tuottavampia, "eikä oltaisi vain tekevinämme töitä".
Moinen syyllistäminen ja ihmisten aliarviointi on hätkähdyttävää. Suututtaa.
#teeköyhätöitä
#otsasihiessä
#laiskat
Moinen syyllistäminen ja ihmisten aliarviointi on hätkähdyttävää. Suututtaa.
#teeköyhätöitä
#otsasihiessä
#laiskat
February 6, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Aki Kangasharju vihjaisee Ylen uutisissa, että suomalaiset voisivat olla töissään tuottavampia, "eikä oltaisi vain tekevinämme töitä".
Moinen syyllistäminen ja ihmisten aliarviointi on hätkähdyttävää. Suututtaa.
#teeköyhätöitä
#otsasihiessä
#laiskat
Moinen syyllistäminen ja ihmisten aliarviointi on hätkähdyttävää. Suututtaa.
#teeköyhätöitä
#otsasihiessä
#laiskat
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A growing number of U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) doctors, nurses, and officers are resigning rather than accepting deployments to the Trump administration’s expanded immigration detention operations at Guantánamo Bay. This story was published in partnership with @kffhealthnews.org.
Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Assignments to Guantánamo
Doctors, nurses, and other officers are increasingly being deployed to ICE detention centers. Some have resigned in protest, while others offer a rare look into bleak conditions.
wrd.cm
February 6, 2026 at 10:35 PM
A growing number of U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) doctors, nurses, and officers are resigning rather than accepting deployments to the Trump administration’s expanded immigration detention operations at Guantánamo Bay. This story was published in partnership with @kffhealthnews.org.
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"Emme voi jättää lapsille velkaa" on aina ollut oikeiston kusipäiden valhe. Todellisuudessa oikeisto kahlitsee köyhiä nuoria lähtökohtiinsa. Koulutus oli ennen väylä, jolla vaikeista lähtökohdista on noustu. Nyt siitä tehdään tahallaan vaikea niille, joilla ei ole turvaverkkoja.
February 6, 2026 at 11:21 PM
"Emme voi jättää lapsille velkaa" on aina ollut oikeiston kusipäiden valhe. Todellisuudessa oikeisto kahlitsee köyhiä nuoria lähtökohtiinsa. Koulutus oli ennen väylä, jolla vaikeista lähtökohdista on noustu. Nyt siitä tehdään tahallaan vaikea niille, joilla ei ole turvaverkkoja.
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I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
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Päivi Räsänen valehteli medialle väittäessään olevansa "ihan omana itsenään" Jenkeissä. Eduskunnan hallintojohtaja vastasi tietopyyntööni oheisella tekstillä, jonka mukaan Räsänen on ilmoittanut olevansa poissa "eduskuntatyöhön liittyvän tehtävän perusteella".
February 6, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Päivi Räsänen valehteli medialle väittäessään olevansa "ihan omana itsenään" Jenkeissä. Eduskunnan hallintojohtaja vastasi tietopyyntööni oheisella tekstillä, jonka mukaan Räsänen on ilmoittanut olevansa poissa "eduskuntatyöhön liittyvän tehtävän perusteella".
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Good Q @SarahKSilvermam
February 7, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Good Q @SarahKSilvermam
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Donald Trump Jr, who has exactly zero experience or competence in manufacturing or defense, has received more than $600,000,000 in contracts from Pete Hegseth's "Department of War."
February 6, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Donald Trump Jr, who has exactly zero experience or competence in manufacturing or defense, has received more than $600,000,000 in contracts from Pete Hegseth's "Department of War."
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I sincerely hate this time line.
Kristi Noem has now fixated on a 5 year child.
They're trying to expedite the deportation of Liam Conejo Ramos.
Because the first time they kidnapped and traumatized him wasn't enough.
They have to do it again.
#SheShed
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Kristi Noem has now fixated on a 5 year child.
They're trying to expedite the deportation of Liam Conejo Ramos.
Because the first time they kidnapped and traumatized him wasn't enough.
They have to do it again.
#SheShed
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DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
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February 6, 2026 at 7:34 PM
I sincerely hate this time line.
Kristi Noem has now fixated on a 5 year child.
They're trying to expedite the deportation of Liam Conejo Ramos.
Because the first time they kidnapped and traumatized him wasn't enough.
They have to do it again.
#SheShed
share.google/m38KzENmDh6w...
Kristi Noem has now fixated on a 5 year child.
They're trying to expedite the deportation of Liam Conejo Ramos.
Because the first time they kidnapped and traumatized him wasn't enough.
They have to do it again.
#SheShed
share.google/m38KzENmDh6w...
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By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
February 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
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Israeli forces abducted a 10-year-old Palestinian child after raiding his family home in Azzun, occupied West Bank.
February 7, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Israeli forces abducted a 10-year-old Palestinian child after raiding his family home in Azzun, occupied West Bank.
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Friday night news dump: Trump just opened a marine national monument to commercial fishing.
Environmentalists worry that fishing in the area could damage sensitive ecosystems and habitats for endangered whales and other species. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
Environmentalists worry that fishing in the area could damage sensitive ecosystems and habitats for endangered whales and other species. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
Trump Opens Marine National Monument in Atlantic to Commercial Fishing
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Friday night news dump: Trump just opened a marine national monument to commercial fishing.
Environmentalists worry that fishing in the area could damage sensitive ecosystems and habitats for endangered whales and other species. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
Environmentalists worry that fishing in the area could damage sensitive ecosystems and habitats for endangered whales and other species. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
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“When inequality is too vast to last, it doesn’t. The skyrocketing valuations of Big Tech & the staggering concentration of wealth accruing to its titans only presage a revolt against the depredations of disparity.”
—Nathan Gardels
#inequality #wealthgap
—Nathan Gardels
#inequality #wealthgap
Extreme Inequality Presages The Revolt Against It | NOEMA
Even the Davos elites are reading the tea leaves.
www.noemamag.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:26 PM
“When inequality is too vast to last, it doesn’t. The skyrocketing valuations of Big Tech & the staggering concentration of wealth accruing to its titans only presage a revolt against the depredations of disparity.”
—Nathan Gardels
#inequality #wealthgap
—Nathan Gardels
#inequality #wealthgap
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You may recall that in January of 2025, artist Ann Telnaes announced that she had quit The Washington Post after editors killed a cartoon that depicted owner Jeff Bezos, among others, genuflecting to Trump.
This cartoon feels even more relevant this week.
This cartoon feels even more relevant this week.
February 7, 2026 at 12:01 AM
You may recall that in January of 2025, artist Ann Telnaes announced that she had quit The Washington Post after editors killed a cartoon that depicted owner Jeff Bezos, among others, genuflecting to Trump.
This cartoon feels even more relevant this week.
This cartoon feels even more relevant this week.
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“We think of our ability to imagine other worlds or imagine futures, as one of these features of human mental life that are presumed to be unique to our species,” Krupenye said. But apes “might share some of the foundational cognitive machinery that will enable at least some degree of imagination.”
February 7, 2026 at 5:36 AM
“We think of our ability to imagine other worlds or imagine futures, as one of these features of human mental life that are presumed to be unique to our species,” Krupenye said. But apes “might share some of the foundational cognitive machinery that will enable at least some degree of imagination.”
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For those of us who have been watching a livestreamed genocide in Gaza—and years of apartheid and occupation across all of Palestine—what’s happening in Minneapolis is not unfamiliar
February 6, 2026 at 3:34 PM
For those of us who have been watching a livestreamed genocide in Gaza—and years of apartheid and occupation across all of Palestine—what’s happening in Minneapolis is not unfamiliar
Sari Multala: "Me tarvitsemme koko yhteiskunnan mukaan siihen työhön, että luontokato voidaan pysäyttää."
Kiva, jos saatais vielä itse ministerikin mukaan.
Kiva, jos saatais vielä itse ministerikin mukaan.
Pilattujen luontokohteiden #ennallistaminen on tärkeää, mutta vielä tärkeämpää on estää pilaantuminen ennalta. Siinä avainasemassa on ajan ja tilanteen tasolla oleva #ympäristösääntely. Päävastuu on lainsäätäjän eikä sitä voida ulkoistaa yrityksille. #monimuotoisuus
www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/yr...
www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/yr...
Yritykset perustivat verkoston luontokadon hillitsemiseksi – "Kuolleella planeetalla on vaikea tehdä bisnestä"
Mukana olevat yritykset vaativat hallitukselta tiukempaa sääntelyä luonnon monimuotoisuuden turvaamiseksi.
www.mtvuutiset.fi
February 6, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Sari Multala: "Me tarvitsemme koko yhteiskunnan mukaan siihen työhön, että luontokato voidaan pysäyttää."
Kiva, jos saatais vielä itse ministerikin mukaan.
Kiva, jos saatais vielä itse ministerikin mukaan.
Blackhearted monsters
TRIGGER WARNING, because here is a US Marshal from Trump‘s Gestapo Force in Memphis kicking a puppy today in the Whitehaven neighborhood and breaking its rib. They were serving a warrant and I guess BIG MAN got scared of the schnauzer.
(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
February 6, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Blackhearted monsters
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Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
February 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."