Raúl Zepeda Gil 🌈🌹🇲🇽
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Teaching Fellow, War Studies KCL | Criminal violence, political economy, education, climate change, policy ideas | All opinions personal | Spanglish |
‘Christian pastors declared Pikachu to be a demon’: how Pokémon went from moral panic to unifying global hit
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‘Christian pastors declared Pikachu to be a demon’: how Pokémon went from moral panic to unifying global hit
Nintendo’s monster-collecting franchise was pilloried as a ‘pestilential Ponzi scheme’ in the 90s. But as its celebrates its 30th birthday, it now stands as a powerful example of video games’ ability ...
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February 9, 2026 at 1:15 PM
‘Christian pastors declared Pikachu to be a demon’: how Pokémon went from moral panic to unifying global hit
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I finally visited the British Museum Reading room, which used to the the British Library reading room until 1997. And, of course, I had to have a pic beside the information plate of Karl Marx, who researched and wrote The Capital here.
February 7, 2026 at 12:48 PM
I finally visited the British Museum Reading room, which used to the the British Library reading room until 1997. And, of course, I had to have a pic beside the information plate of Karl Marx, who researched and wrote The Capital here.
Fossil fuel firms may have to pay for climate damage under proposed UN tax
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Fossil fuel firms may have to pay for climate damage under proposed UN tax
Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation could also force ultra-rich to pay global wealth tax
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February 5, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Fossil fuel firms may have to pay for climate damage under proposed UN tax
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Tuve que reconstruir estos datos de varios lados, pero por fin tengo una gráfica de los precios de la gasolina en México y Estados Unidos (de 2006 a 2019).
February 1, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Tuve que reconstruir estos datos de varios lados, pero por fin tengo una gráfica de los precios de la gasolina en México y Estados Unidos (de 2006 a 2019).
Paper accepted! Finally a piece of good news.
January 30, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Paper accepted! Finally a piece of good news.
January 26, 2026 at 10:38 AM
I love that this cinema celebrates its history as the place where Kubrick’s filmed the Ludovico Technique that appeared in A Clockwork Orange.
It’s the West Norwood Cinema and Library.
It’s the West Norwood Cinema and Library.
January 24, 2026 at 7:34 PM
I love that this cinema celebrates its history as the place where Kubrick’s filmed the Ludovico Technique that appeared in A Clockwork Orange.
It’s the West Norwood Cinema and Library.
It’s the West Norwood Cinema and Library.
What I have learned after so many years is that making hot takes after a big event happens is a bad idea.
Let’s see how things evolve in Venezuelan ground.
Let’s see how things evolve in Venezuelan ground.
January 3, 2026 at 9:10 PM
What I have learned after so many years is that making hot takes after a big event happens is a bad idea.
Let’s see how things evolve in Venezuelan ground.
Let’s see how things evolve in Venezuelan ground.
Arctic endured year of record heat as climate scientists warn of ‘winter being redefined’
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Arctic endured year of record heat as climate scientists warn of ‘winter being redefined’
Region known as ‘world’s refrigerator’ is heating up as much as four times as quickly as global average, Noaa experts say
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December 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Arctic endured year of record heat as climate scientists warn of ‘winter being redefined’
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60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study
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60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study
Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds
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December 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study
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Caribbean reefs have lost 48% of hard coral since 1980, study finds
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Caribbean reefs have lost 48% of hard coral since 1980, study finds
‘Destructive’ marine heatwaves driving loss of microalgae that feed coral, says Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
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December 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Caribbean reefs have lost 48% of hard coral since 1980, study finds
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NEW – Interview: How ‘mid-level bureaucrats’ are helping to shape Chinese climate policy | @weilagong.bsky.social
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Interview: How ‘mid-level bureaucrats’ are helping to shape Chinese climate policy - Carbon Brief
how four cities – Shenzhen, Zhenjiang, Xiamen and Nanchang – approached developing low-carbon policies over the course of almost a decade
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December 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
NEW – Interview: How ‘mid-level bureaucrats’ are helping to shape Chinese climate policy | @weilagong.bsky.social
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NEW – COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém
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November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
NEW – COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém
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‘The 0.001%’: a quick visual breakdown of the world’s wealthiest people
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‘The 0.001%’: a quick visual breakdown of the world’s wealthiest people
About 56,000 people control three times as much wealth as half of humanity. Here’s one way to illustrate that
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December 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
‘The 0.001%’: a quick visual breakdown of the world’s wealthiest people
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Season 9 is here! And it's LITTLE RICHARD, who contained multitudes: a pioneering rock and roll musician, a conservative preacher from the deep South, and a young Black queer man thrown out of his home who became a drag performer under the name Princess LaVonne.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Season 9 is here! And it's LITTLE RICHARD, who contained multitudes: a pioneering rock and roll musician, a conservative preacher from the deep South, and a young Black queer man thrown out of his home who became a drag performer under the name Princess LaVonne.
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NEW – UNEP: New country climate plans ‘barely move needle’ on expected warming | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @unep.org
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November 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
NEW – UNEP: New country climate plans ‘barely move needle’ on expected warming | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @unep.org
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NEW – COP30: Could Brazil’s ‘Tropical Forest Forever’ fund help tackle climate change? | @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @yaninequiroz.bsky.social
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COP30: Could Brazil’s ‘Tropical Forest Forever’ fund help tackle climate change? - Carbon Brief
Billed as the “Amazon COP”, the UN climate talks will see the debut of Brazil’s...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
NEW – COP30: Could Brazil’s ‘Tropical Forest Forever’ fund help tackle climate change? | @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @yaninequiroz.bsky.social
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NEW – COP30: What does the ‘Baku to Belém roadmap’ mean for climate finance? | @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social w/ comment from @jalokaje.bsky.social Sarah Colenbrander @rebeccathissen.bsky.social Rebecca Newsom
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November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
NEW – COP30: What does the ‘Baku to Belém roadmap’ mean for climate finance? | @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social w/ comment from @jalokaje.bsky.social Sarah Colenbrander @rebeccathissen.bsky.social Rebecca Newsom
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In 1874, Monet exhibited with Pissarro, Sisley, Manet, Cézanne, Degas, and other artists rejected by the Paris Salon. Visitors were shocked and outraged.
Impression, Sunrise caused the biggest stir—some said they couldn’t even tell what was painted.
Impression, Sunrise caused the biggest stir—some said they couldn’t even tell what was painted.
October 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
In 1874, Monet exhibited with Pissarro, Sisley, Manet, Cézanne, Degas, and other artists rejected by the Paris Salon. Visitors were shocked and outraged.
Impression, Sunrise caused the biggest stir—some said they couldn’t even tell what was painted.
Impression, Sunrise caused the biggest stir—some said they couldn’t even tell what was painted.
We are facing a challenging time for climate action and multilateralism. But hopefully, as in the past, the dialogue will restore trust amongst all nations. We need an IMO and UN System strong.
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IMO net-zero shipping talks to resume in 2026
IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee votes to adjourn discussions on the Net-Zero Framework for one year.
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October 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
We are facing a challenging time for climate action and multilateralism. But hopefully, as in the past, the dialogue will restore trust amongst all nations. We need an IMO and UN System strong.
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I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine in a bag
I'm useless but not for long
The future is coming on
I got sunshine in a bag
I'm useless but not for long
The future is coming on
October 13, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine in a bag
I'm useless but not for long
The future is coming on
I got sunshine in a bag
I'm useless but not for long
The future is coming on
Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’
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Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns
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October 13, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’
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