Like countless others, I’m currently considering leaving Facebook and Instagram.

First of all, it seems unsustainable to spend time on platforms that not only profit every time I use them, but have also become weapons in a political battle with the American president at the center.

Yesterday I attended an international protest against the shipping company Mærsk, which is based here in Copenhagen. Protesters from across Europe barricaded the headquarter, protesting Mærsk’s involvement in shipping goods for the Israeli army.

Feels appropriate for the times.

Spending too much time pondering what to do and what makes sense at the moment.

Dagmar having her food digitized for a photography project. The price you pay for having two photographer parents.

An activist filming over a fence.

From my still-ongoing series about the development on The Common and the protests it sparked.

More here: www.emilryge.com/the...

Another picture from Amager Fælled from a few years back. Where this 'standoff' took place there's now construction going on. Or actually, the company building the houses just went bankrupt, so right now it's wonderfully quiet.

Going through old work and finding pictures I haven't seen in a long time.

This is from many years ago on a frosty morning on Amager Fælled.

Med i nyhedsbrevet er også @asgerladefoged.bsky.social og @mathiassvold.bsky.social s serie om ‘beskyttet’ dansk natur, som i virkeligheden er fyldt med alt muligt andet end natur.

Læs nyhedsbrevet her: open.substack.com/pub/danskdok...

Opløftende med så flot fremmøde til @dengroenneung.bsky.social demo i silende regn i dag.

Kuren mod afmagt er flere fællesskaber. Og som den amerikanske miljøforkæmper Bill McKibben siger, når folk spørger, hvad de kan gøre i klimakampen:

“Just join something”