Michaela Girvan
@mkgirvan.bsky.social
Aka "Mikki The Side-quest Merchant." || UNFCCC Representative || Co-Founder of The Ocean Rights Coalition || Legal Anthropologist || LLM Candidate - Global Environmental Law & Governance / Marintime Specialism
1/ Caught up with an old friend the other day—someone who knew me when I was all sharp edges and shadow.
I told her something I never thought I'd say out loud:
I told her something I never thought I'd say out loud:
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
1/ Caught up with an old friend the other day—someone who knew me when I was all sharp edges and shadow.
I told her something I never thought I'd say out loud:
I told her something I never thought I'd say out loud:
If your peace depends on everything going right, it is not peace. That's control.
Learn to be steady in uncertainty.
That's real growth.
Learn to be steady in uncertainty.
That's real growth.
August 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
If your peace depends on everything going right, it is not peace. That's control.
Learn to be steady in uncertainty.
That's real growth.
Learn to be steady in uncertainty.
That's real growth.
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A Florida weatherman telling his viewers he can no longer be confident in his forecasts due to cuts to atmospheric science is the kind of resistance content I’m here for.
Kudos, Sir.🌦️
Kudos, Sir.🌦️
June 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A Florida weatherman telling his viewers he can no longer be confident in his forecasts due to cuts to atmospheric science is the kind of resistance content I’m here for.
Kudos, Sir.🌦️
Kudos, Sir.🌦️
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Judi Dench-backed rebels seized a nature site 250 miles north of the capital today.
Why are they reporting it like it's a paramilitary coup?
May 31, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Judi Dench-backed rebels seized a nature site 250 miles north of the capital today.
Working on finishing a paper for my LL.M.
Entertained a side-thought and now accidentally have detailed 10-page-answer for whale-climate financing as "Climate Mitigators." With "Mock Scenarios."
& everyone laughs at the wanabe-tax-barrister turned environmentalist.
My papers still not finished 😅
Entertained a side-thought and now accidentally have detailed 10-page-answer for whale-climate financing as "Climate Mitigators." With "Mock Scenarios."
& everyone laughs at the wanabe-tax-barrister turned environmentalist.
My papers still not finished 😅
May 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Working on finishing a paper for my LL.M.
Entertained a side-thought and now accidentally have detailed 10-page-answer for whale-climate financing as "Climate Mitigators." With "Mock Scenarios."
& everyone laughs at the wanabe-tax-barrister turned environmentalist.
My papers still not finished 😅
Entertained a side-thought and now accidentally have detailed 10-page-answer for whale-climate financing as "Climate Mitigators." With "Mock Scenarios."
& everyone laughs at the wanabe-tax-barrister turned environmentalist.
My papers still not finished 😅
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Free online conference on creating nature towns and cities. 5 June. Supported by @heritagefunduk.bsky.social, @nationaltrust.org.uk and @naturalengland.bsky.social naturetownsandcities.org.uk/event/creati...
Creating Nature Towns and Cities conference - Nature Towns & Cities
Join us for our Creating Nature Towns and Cities conference. This will take place online, on Thursday 5 June. Book your place now.
naturetownsandcities.org.uk
May 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Free online conference on creating nature towns and cities. 5 June. Supported by @heritagefunduk.bsky.social, @nationaltrust.org.uk and @naturalengland.bsky.social naturetownsandcities.org.uk/event/creati...
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I would caution people to stop relying on the Constitution as written to have any meaning other than what the people Trump put on the Supreme Court says it means.
"He can't do that" is not a useful response to the things he's going to do. The correct response is "Will the Court uphold that?"
"He can't do that" is not a useful response to the things he's going to do. The correct response is "Will the Court uphold that?"
Trump cannot abrogate birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment by way of executive order. That’s not how constitutional rights work.
January 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I would caution people to stop relying on the Constitution as written to have any meaning other than what the people Trump put on the Supreme Court says it means.
"He can't do that" is not a useful response to the things he's going to do. The correct response is "Will the Court uphold that?"
"He can't do that" is not a useful response to the things he's going to do. The correct response is "Will the Court uphold that?"
Reposted by Michaela Girvan
⚠️25.3 million tons of plastic enter oceans each year. Without a 32% reduction in littering by 2035, microplastic pollution will skyrocket!🚀⚠️
scitechdaily.com/11-years-to-...
scitechdaily.com/11-years-to-...
11 Years To Act: Scientists Unveil Countdown To Save Oceans From Plastic Pollution
Researchers have determined that reducing plastic littering by 32% by the year 2035 is necessary to prevent further water pollution. A report published in the Marine Pollution Bulletin by researchers ...
scitechdaily.com
December 13, 2024 at 5:05 PM
⚠️25.3 million tons of plastic enter oceans each year. Without a 32% reduction in littering by 2035, microplastic pollution will skyrocket!🚀⚠️
scitechdaily.com/11-years-to-...
scitechdaily.com/11-years-to-...
Art for The Ocean is an awesome initiative aimed at raising public awareness on ocean conservation and issues our ocean faces. 🌊💙
December 4, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Art for The Ocean is an awesome initiative aimed at raising public awareness on ocean conservation and issues our ocean faces. 🌊💙
Get to know your mutuals: in no particular order, post 10 things you like:
Autumn 🍂
Nature 🌊
Rugby 🏉
Acrylic Painting 🎨
Rock climbing 🧗♀️
Photography 📸
Culture 📜
Iron Maiden 🎸
Mythology 🔱
Writing ✍️
Autumn 🍂
Nature 🌊
Rugby 🏉
Acrylic Painting 🎨
Rock climbing 🧗♀️
Photography 📸
Culture 📜
Iron Maiden 🎸
Mythology 🔱
Writing ✍️
November 25, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Get to know your mutuals: in no particular order, post 10 things you like:
Autumn 🍂
Nature 🌊
Rugby 🏉
Acrylic Painting 🎨
Rock climbing 🧗♀️
Photography 📸
Culture 📜
Iron Maiden 🎸
Mythology 🔱
Writing ✍️
Autumn 🍂
Nature 🌊
Rugby 🏉
Acrylic Painting 🎨
Rock climbing 🧗♀️
Photography 📸
Culture 📜
Iron Maiden 🎸
Mythology 🔱
Writing ✍️
Reposted by Michaela Girvan
Ocean advocate from 🇪🇺 and <30 years old?
@ec.europa.eu sponsors some tickets to #UNOC3 👇. Maybe something for your networks @oceansteinmann.bsky.social & @oceanthyrza.bsky.social?
maritime-forum.ec.europa.eu/call-young-o...
@ec.europa.eu sponsors some tickets to #UNOC3 👇. Maybe something for your networks @oceansteinmann.bsky.social & @oceanthyrza.bsky.social?
maritime-forum.ec.europa.eu/call-young-o...
Call for Young Ocean Advocates: Bringing Blue Citizenship to the UN Ocean Conference 2025
Join the Youth4Ocean Forum’s call for Young Ocean Advocates! Become an EU Young Ocean Advocate and champion Blue Citizenship at the 2025 UN Ocean Conference in Nice. This is your chance to help shape ...
maritime-forum.ec.europa.eu
November 24, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Ocean advocate from 🇪🇺 and <30 years old?
@ec.europa.eu sponsors some tickets to #UNOC3 👇. Maybe something for your networks @oceansteinmann.bsky.social & @oceanthyrza.bsky.social?
maritime-forum.ec.europa.eu/call-young-o...
@ec.europa.eu sponsors some tickets to #UNOC3 👇. Maybe something for your networks @oceansteinmann.bsky.social & @oceanthyrza.bsky.social?
maritime-forum.ec.europa.eu/call-young-o...
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Roz Savage, newly elected MP for South Cotswolds, writes "To the readers of West England Bylines, your support is crucial. As stewards of our landscapes, you play a central role in combating climate change and biodiversity loss."
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
Support the Climate and Nature Bill
One of our new MPs calls for a new perspective and serious action on the threats to our natural environment. She speaks from experience
westenglandbylines.co.uk
November 23, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Roz Savage, newly elected MP for South Cotswolds, writes "To the readers of West England Bylines, your support is crucial. As stewards of our landscapes, you play a central role in combating climate change and biodiversity loss."
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
Art for The Ocean is an awesome initiative aimed at raising public awareness on ocean conservation and issues our ocean faces. 🌊💙
November 22, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Art for The Ocean is an awesome initiative aimed at raising public awareness on ocean conservation and issues our ocean faces. 🌊💙
1 thing that COP29 is doing: Spurring on my recent line of new climate law research.
Resulted from asking, what I believed to be a simple question, to which no one had an answer.
Resulted from asking, what I believed to be a simple question, to which no one had an answer.
November 21, 2024 at 3:55 AM
1 thing that COP29 is doing: Spurring on my recent line of new climate law research.
Resulted from asking, what I believed to be a simple question, to which no one had an answer.
Resulted from asking, what I believed to be a simple question, to which no one had an answer.
Reposted by Michaela Girvan
Reposted by Michaela Girvan
All the evidence shows importance of greater access to nature, so cuts to England’s national parks are short-sighted & self-defeating. Instead Govt should reform them, give them a strong nature recovery focus & recognise their contribution to health & wellbeing www.theguardian.com/environment/...
England’s national parks facing financial peril due to budget cuts, say CEOs
Leaders warn cost savings will lead to mass redundancies and that spaces could become ‘paper parks’
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:20 AM
All the evidence shows importance of greater access to nature, so cuts to England’s national parks are short-sighted & self-defeating. Instead Govt should reform them, give them a strong nature recovery focus & recognise their contribution to health & wellbeing www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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This is a great tool…
Enter your Bluesky handle below to find people followed by lots of the people you follow (but not you) bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
Enter your Bluesky handle below to find people followed by lots of the people you follow (but not you) bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
Bluesky Network Analyzer
Find accounts that you don't follow (yet) but are followed by lots of accounts that you do follow.
bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
November 17, 2024 at 2:40 AM
This is a great tool…
Enter your Bluesky handle below to find people followed by lots of the people you follow (but not you) bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
Enter your Bluesky handle below to find people followed by lots of the people you follow (but not you) bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
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A short 🧵 on the imperialist geopolitics of climate and ecological breakdown while #COP29 goes on:
The ruling class of the West and Global North knows that food and resource scarcities and unlivable conditions leading to mass migrations and geopolitical turmoil are inevitable and imminent.
1/
The ruling class of the West and Global North knows that food and resource scarcities and unlivable conditions leading to mass migrations and geopolitical turmoil are inevitable and imminent.
1/
November 19, 2024 at 9:29 AM
A short 🧵 on the imperialist geopolitics of climate and ecological breakdown while #COP29 goes on:
The ruling class of the West and Global North knows that food and resource scarcities and unlivable conditions leading to mass migrations and geopolitical turmoil are inevitable and imminent.
1/
The ruling class of the West and Global North knows that food and resource scarcities and unlivable conditions leading to mass migrations and geopolitical turmoil are inevitable and imminent.
1/
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November 18, 2024 at 5:22 AM
Reposted by Michaela Girvan
Much of the destruction of the Amazon rainforest has happened to produce beef to export to the US.
These ecocidal and genocidal imperialists should be allowed nowhere near the places they have helped destroy.
pbs.twimg.com/media/GcsHKA...
These ecocidal and genocidal imperialists should be allowed nowhere near the places they have helped destroy.
pbs.twimg.com/media/GcsHKA...
November 18, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Much of the destruction of the Amazon rainforest has happened to produce beef to export to the US.
These ecocidal and genocidal imperialists should be allowed nowhere near the places they have helped destroy.
pbs.twimg.com/media/GcsHKA...
These ecocidal and genocidal imperialists should be allowed nowhere near the places they have helped destroy.
pbs.twimg.com/media/GcsHKA...
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I see that a collection of MPs have taken it upon themselves to “launch” a private prosecution, in relation to a case which is still awaiting a CPS charging decision.
What might be the problems with this? 🧵
What might be the problems with this? 🧵
November 18, 2024 at 5:50 PM
I see that a collection of MPs have taken it upon themselves to “launch” a private prosecution, in relation to a case which is still awaiting a CPS charging decision.
What might be the problems with this? 🧵
What might be the problems with this? 🧵
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Taika Waititi was right, NZ is racist AF.
Dunedin Hospital rally, NZ Media "35,000 march"
#HikoiMoTeTiriti NZ Media "oh looks like 17-19,000 marching"
Dunedin Hospital rally, NZ Media "35,000 march"
#HikoiMoTeTiriti NZ Media "oh looks like 17-19,000 marching"
November 19, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Taika Waititi was right, NZ is racist AF.
Dunedin Hospital rally, NZ Media "35,000 march"
#HikoiMoTeTiriti NZ Media "oh looks like 17-19,000 marching"
Dunedin Hospital rally, NZ Media "35,000 march"
#HikoiMoTeTiriti NZ Media "oh looks like 17-19,000 marching"
Reposted by Michaela Girvan
I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky
It’s not just an Alf pics repository.
www.theverge.com
November 17, 2024 at 8:55 AM
I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Reposted by Michaela Girvan
Delighted to join Dominic as new Co-Presidents of European Movement. With election of Trump, it’s more urgent than ever that UK government puts its values before narrow short term economic interests, & rebuilds relationship with EU @euromove.bsky.social
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/new-european...
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/new-european...
Caroline Lucas and Dominic Grieve join forces as new European Movement Co-Presidents
Caroline Lucas and Rt Hon Dominic Grieve KC have been unveiled as the new Co-Presidents of European Movement UK, the country’s fastest-growing pro-European organisation
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
November 18, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Delighted to join Dominic as new Co-Presidents of European Movement. With election of Trump, it’s more urgent than ever that UK government puts its values before narrow short term economic interests, & rebuilds relationship with EU @euromove.bsky.social
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/new-european...
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/new-european...