Malcolm McGeachy
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Malcolm McGeachy
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Work in Social Media. All opinions are my own and not those of my employer.
Spare time spent playing FPS, watching good TV and playing guitar badly.
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Twenty years ago in Somalia, conflict, drought and government collapse threatened to plunge 200,000 people into famine. Out of it came the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a linchpin in today’s system for monitoring and alleviating hunger reut.rs/3ODhXTJ
A vast global system exists to prevent famine. It's failing.
The IPC is meant to sound alarms that direct food aid to crisis spots. But the watchdog struggles to operate in areas of conflict – the main driver of hunger.
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December 4, 2024 at 11:27 AM
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🚨I'm seeing some climate accounts posting overpopulation stuff, so I've removed the paywall from my article on the subject: Overpopulation Is A Racist Trope.
'Overpopulation' Is A Racist Trope. It's Time We Laid It To Rest
A new movie satirises the myth that climate change is a consequence of too many people. In the real world, our overpopulation obsession must be euthanised.
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December 2, 2024 at 9:17 AM
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It's impossible to foster a creative and successful media company if AI content mush is valued over the skills of talented writers, editors, and artists. This is why we're fighting for a fair contract. RT to show your support! ✊
January 2, 2024 at 6:53 PM
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We often focus on global surface temperatures as a key metric for climate change.

But as we note in the Climate Trends chapter of the new US 5th National Climate Assessment, we see incontrovertible evidence for climate change across the oceans, land, cryosphere, and atmosphere:
November 14, 2023 at 9:30 PM