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Leslie Mabon
@ljmabon.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental Systems, Faculty of STEM, Open University, UK. Sustainability science for resilient and just coastal places. Scotland - Japan - Taiwan. Future Earth Coasts Fellow. Big Raith Rovers fan.

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Leslie Mabon @ljmabon.bsky.social · Jun 25
New paper on relationships and responsibility in Fukushima coastal fisheries, and treated water releases from the Daiichi nuclear plant. We share interviews from before and during releases with fishers, managers, sellers +more working on the Fukushima coast.

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ABSTRACT Treated water releases into the Pacific from the Fukushima Dai'ichi nuclear plant in Japan have drawn opposition from fishing communities, who accused proponents of acting irresponsibly in commencing releases before gaining local support. The controversy reflects questions in social licence to operate and social impact assessment about how proponents' responsibilities to host communities encompass knowledge production and fit with broader visions for a locality. Research into geographies of responsibility—how society takes care and enacts responsibility across space and place—helps think through what it means to take responsibility for host communities. Focusing on the Fukushima Dai'ichi treated water releases, we therefore aim to explore how relational responsibility becomes manifest in a complex and emotive environmental situation. Through interviews with people working in coastal Fukushima fisheries, we find that alongside economic motivations, a desire to ‘defend’ the Fukushima coast for future generations drives cooperatives to continue fishing and demonstrate safety and quality of Fukushima seafood. Those working in fisheries understand marine radioactivity cannot neatly be managed across scales, and that providing more and better scientific data is unlikely to bring others on-side if proponents are not seen as taking responsibility for the Fukushima coast. We argue that in a complex and emotive environmental situation like Fukushima Dai'ichi, multiple actors may hold responsibilities to place and people, and that intermediary organisations are important in enabling relational responsibility. However, proponents must be cognisant of power and resourcing differentials, and ensure those assuming responsibility for place receive financial and technical support.

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Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 2d
And feat. on football, ideology, and politics: @liberopodcast.bsky.social w/ @jackpittbrooke.bsky.social, @brewin.bsky.social & @rorysmith.bsky.social; @migueldelaney.bsky.social for @the-independent.com; @footpolpodcast.bsky.social w/ @guyburton.net & @ljmabon.bsky.social...

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Leslie Mabon @ljmabon.bsky.social · 4d
I remember when stuff like this used to end the careers of people at all points along the political spectrum.

Sadly, the news cycle will move on, and within a week he'll be back grabbing airtime, pint and cigarette in hand, as if nothing ever happened.
pippacrerar.bsky.social Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · 5d
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”

Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school

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Leslie Mabon @ljmabon.bsky.social · 5d
Very geographically-specific safety information on KNB Toyama this week - stay away from farm ditches when drunk. Good advice.
A screenshot of a Tiktok-style video showing an actor playing a drunk salaryman in the Japanese countryside walking home, in danger of falling into a farm ditch.

Reposted by Leigh Sparks, Margot C. Finn, Leslie Mabon , and 3 more

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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · 5d
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”

Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school

@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social

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Leslie Mabon @ljmabon.bsky.social · 8d
I will have retired by the time the West Highland Line is decarbonised. Class.

www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
Passengers on scenic ScotRail lines stuck with old diesel trains as greener power shelved
Rural routes will be given hand-me-down ScotRail trains from other lines instead
www.scotsman.com

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Leslie Mabon @ljmabon.bsky.social · 9d
Another great @ouscotland.bsky.social Mock COP, this time in Dumfries! Really enjoyed talking to high school pupils from all over Dumfries and Galloway about what happens at international climate change negotiations, and very impressed with how engaged and knowledgeable the students were!
A man in a grey shirt standing at the front of a room with a microphone.

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Leslie Mabon @ljmabon.bsky.social · 12d
Brilliant to see our @openuniversity.bsky.social Environmental Management: Pathways to Sustainability module reach fruition. The result of several years of research, writing, filming - and lots and lots of Teams meetings! Books are just one small - but very tangible - part of the OU experience #T330
Three Open University textbooks sitting on a table in a pile. The top book has an image of an onshore windfarm on the cover.

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Leslie Mabon @ljmabon.bsky.social · 15d
My wife Naoko Mabon is working in partnership with a number of artists and arts practitioners to develop a new curatorial initiative by and for Zambia. Please consider supporting and sharing if you can:

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Fundraiser by Naoko Mabon | Support new peer-led curatorial initiative for contemporary arts in Zambia
Naoko Mabon Needs Your Help | Collective Cares is a new peer-led curatorial initiative for contemporary arts in Zambia, created by freelancers. Zambia’s artistic landscape is rich in expr...
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Leslie Mabon @ljmabon.bsky.social · 19d
Terrific day at @ouscotland.bsky.social @howdec.bsky.social Mock COP in Inverness today. Talked to a group of students from all over the Highlands about what will happen at #COP30 - as well as the merits and drawbacks of the COP process, and what they can do as citizens. Feeling very energised!
A group of people in a room, listening to a panel discussion on climate justice.

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Leslie Mabon @ljmabon.bsky.social · 22d
Through our @openuniversity.bsky.social partnership with the BBC, I've been working with The One Show on the future of fisheries in the UK. Wonderful to see Hans Unkles' fully-electrified boat, which fishes out of Tayvallich just down the road from me, featured:

connect.open.ac.uk/the-one-show/
A colour painting of a fishing boat, with a blue background, white Open University logo, and text reading 'The Future of Fishing'

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Leslie Mabon @ljmabon.bsky.social · 25d
An excellent paper by Anna Lena Bercht on navigating scepticism towards qualitative research in quantitative- or positivist-oriented fields. Good advice on how to advocate for one's methodological approach. Could have done with citing this earlier this week 😅

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Leslie Mabon @ljmabon.bsky.social · 29d
Yes! This is also why I get so irate in online meetings when a session runs over and the chair says something like "let's just take a very quick three-minute comfort break". Some people - for a whole variety of reasons - need longer.
uoydigacc.bsky.social UoY Digital Accessibility Unit @uoydigacc.bsky.social · Oct 29
Keeping to time is an accessibility issue! People need breaks between sessions in conferences for all sorts of accessibility reasons - whether for cognitive load, to take medication, needing bathroom breaks, check blood sugar or anything else! Making an effort to keep to time is inclusive.
seismatters.bsky.social Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · Oct 29
Nobody makes enemies by finishing their talk early…

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · Oct 30
How can urban nature support fair and effective climate action?

British Academy-funded research by @ljmabon.bsky.social worked with communities in Glasgow’s Pollok and Govan, to explore who has access to land, who shapes decisions, and who benefits from greener spaces.

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Image promoting Leslie Mabon's research into communities tackling climate risks

Reposted by Leslie Mabon, Katrina Navickas

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UoY Digital Accessibility Unit @uoydigacc.bsky.social · Oct 29
Keeping to time is an accessibility issue! People need breaks between sessions in conferences for all sorts of accessibility reasons - whether for cognitive load, to take medication, needing bathroom breaks, check blood sugar or anything else! Making an effort to keep to time is inclusive.
seismatters.bsky.social Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · Oct 29
Nobody makes enemies by finishing their talk early…