Tyler Langendorfer
@tlangendorfer.bsky.social
Literary translator
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The US is sanctioning judges among whose assignments is the legal reckoning with genocide.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
www.irishtimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:51 AM
The US is sanctioning judges among whose assignments is the legal reckoning with genocide.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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“She found that people ingest an average of 39,000 to 52,000 microplastic particles per year from food and drinking water, and those who use bottled water on a daily basis ingest nearly 90,000 more microplastic particles into their bodies.”
www.wired.com/story/people...
www.wired.com/story/people...
People Who Drink Bottled Water on a Daily Basis Ingest 90,000 More Microplastic Particles Each Year
Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who…
www.wired.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:15 AM
“She found that people ingest an average of 39,000 to 52,000 microplastic particles per year from food and drinking water, and those who use bottled water on a daily basis ingest nearly 90,000 more microplastic particles into their bodies.”
www.wired.com/story/people...
www.wired.com/story/people...
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As part of our Writing the Self, Writing Berlin series, @divyaghelani.bsky.social spoke with Siddhartha Lokanandi, founder of Hopscotch Reading Room, a Berlin-based English-language bookshop since 2017 and a haven for the intellectual – and political – bibliophile.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
As part of our Writing the Self, Writing Berlin series, @divyaghelani.bsky.social spoke with Siddhartha Lokanandi, founder of Hopscotch Reading Room, a Berlin-based English-language bookshop since 2017 and a haven for the intellectual – and political – bibliophile.
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Head to a protest today. I can almost promise you will feel less hopeless. That's exactly what they don't want. There are more of us than there are of them.
October 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Head to a protest today. I can almost promise you will feel less hopeless. That's exactly what they don't want. There are more of us than there are of them.
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We're launching our first ever fundraiser!
We have many amazing projects planned, and your support, no matter the amount, would ensure we can fully realize our vision of providing Kurdish literature with the platform it deserves.
Visit our fundraiser page: secure.givelively.org/donate/henar...
We have many amazing projects planned, and your support, no matter the amount, would ensure we can fully realize our vision of providing Kurdish literature with the platform it deserves.
Visit our fundraiser page: secure.givelively.org/donate/henar...
secure.givelively.org
October 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
We're launching our first ever fundraiser!
We have many amazing projects planned, and your support, no matter the amount, would ensure we can fully realize our vision of providing Kurdish literature with the platform it deserves.
Visit our fundraiser page: secure.givelively.org/donate/henar...
We have many amazing projects planned, and your support, no matter the amount, would ensure we can fully realize our vision of providing Kurdish literature with the platform it deserves.
Visit our fundraiser page: secure.givelively.org/donate/henar...
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Join this epic group read and don't forget about my visual guide!
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September 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Join this epic group read and don't forget about my visual guide!
theuntranslated.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/a...
theuntranslated.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/a...
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Good to see Ingeborg Bachmann in The Nation:
The Ghosts of Ingeborg Bachmann
Haunted by a dark past, the poet and novelist tried to explore the limits of language itself.
www.thenation.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Good to see Ingeborg Bachmann in The Nation:
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Pangolins are one of the most trafficked animals in the world — and in decline.
The USFWS proposed to protect #pangolins under the ESA, a move that would firmly and finally close any U.S. market in these gravely imperiled animals.
Tell the Service to finalize their protections ➡️ biodiv.us/4mJRjaM
The USFWS proposed to protect #pangolins under the ESA, a move that would firmly and finally close any U.S. market in these gravely imperiled animals.
Tell the Service to finalize their protections ➡️ biodiv.us/4mJRjaM
August 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Pangolins are one of the most trafficked animals in the world — and in decline.
The USFWS proposed to protect #pangolins under the ESA, a move that would firmly and finally close any U.S. market in these gravely imperiled animals.
Tell the Service to finalize their protections ➡️ biodiv.us/4mJRjaM
The USFWS proposed to protect #pangolins under the ESA, a move that would firmly and finally close any U.S. market in these gravely imperiled animals.
Tell the Service to finalize their protections ➡️ biodiv.us/4mJRjaM
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When I get depressed about the magnitude of the climate crisis I visit the Cal ISO website to take a peek at what we were told in no uncertain terms by Very Important People was impossible just a decade ago.
www.caiso.com/todays-outlo...
www.caiso.com/todays-outlo...
July 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
When I get depressed about the magnitude of the climate crisis I visit the Cal ISO website to take a peek at what we were told in no uncertain terms by Very Important People was impossible just a decade ago.
www.caiso.com/todays-outlo...
www.caiso.com/todays-outlo...
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At least eight gray whales have been killed by probable ship strikes so far in 2025 — and that's just in the Bay Area. It doesn't have to be like this.
We're launching a new lawsuit to help protect them from ship strikes in California. Learn more: biodiv.us/46uGlBf
We're launching a new lawsuit to help protect them from ship strikes in California. Learn more: biodiv.us/46uGlBf
July 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
At least eight gray whales have been killed by probable ship strikes so far in 2025 — and that's just in the Bay Area. It doesn't have to be like this.
We're launching a new lawsuit to help protect them from ship strikes in California. Learn more: biodiv.us/46uGlBf
We're launching a new lawsuit to help protect them from ship strikes in California. Learn more: biodiv.us/46uGlBf
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Ukrainian society sounded a code red for the country's democracy on July 22, as the final votes were tallied on a bill in Ukraine's parliament that strips independence from anti-corruption bodies.
‘Point of no return’ — Ukraine’s democracy under threat as new bill guts anti-corruption efforts
"Dark times ahead." "Peak of corruption." "Point of no return."
Ukrainian society sounded a code red for the country's democracy on July 22, as the final votes were tallied on a bill in Ukraine's par...
kyivindependent.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Ukrainian society sounded a code red for the country's democracy on July 22, as the final votes were tallied on a bill in Ukraine's parliament that strips independence from anti-corruption bodies.
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Win-win for the fossil fuel industry. AI drives both higher supply and higher demand (through vast energy needs of new hyper-scale data centres).
But Altman says it will 'fix the climate', somehow, so don't worry about it.
But Altman says it will 'fix the climate', somehow, so don't worry about it.
NEW: A former Microsoft AI engineer says the company's "AI for sustainability" claims are BS, a distraction from their hyper-polluting AI contracts with oil companies.
“From what I saw," he said, "I believe that finding and extracting more oil is one of the biggest use cases of AI today."
“From what I saw," he said, "I believe that finding and extracting more oil is one of the biggest use cases of AI today."
He helped Microsoft build AI to help the climate. Then Microsoft sold it to Big Oil.
A former Microsoft project manager reveals how the tech giant is using AI to help Big Oil drill—and how he and his partner are now pushing for change.
heated.world
July 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Win-win for the fossil fuel industry. AI drives both higher supply and higher demand (through vast energy needs of new hyper-scale data centres).
But Altman says it will 'fix the climate', somehow, so don't worry about it.
But Altman says it will 'fix the climate', somehow, so don't worry about it.
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North Atlantic right whales are among the world's most endangered whale species. Only around 370 individuals remain.
Yet President Trump is considering slashing federal rules that protect North Atlantic right whales from the leading causes of their decline.
You can help: biodiv.us/3IvA7an
Yet President Trump is considering slashing federal rules that protect North Atlantic right whales from the leading causes of their decline.
You can help: biodiv.us/3IvA7an
July 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
North Atlantic right whales are among the world's most endangered whale species. Only around 370 individuals remain.
Yet President Trump is considering slashing federal rules that protect North Atlantic right whales from the leading causes of their decline.
You can help: biodiv.us/3IvA7an
Yet President Trump is considering slashing federal rules that protect North Atlantic right whales from the leading causes of their decline.
You can help: biodiv.us/3IvA7an
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At school, we were repeatedly instructed to "sit still", and this became embedded in our lives as a cardinal virtue. We now know that sitting still is highly damaging to our health. Perhaps it's time we told children to do the opposite.
www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healt...
www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healt...
The dangers of sitting: why sitting is the new smoking
The less sitting or lying down you do during the day, the better your chances for living a healthy life.
www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au
July 14, 2025 at 5:47 AM
At school, we were repeatedly instructed to "sit still", and this became embedded in our lives as a cardinal virtue. We now know that sitting still is highly damaging to our health. Perhaps it's time we told children to do the opposite.
www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healt...
www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healt...
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This is going to be a great evening on Oceans and Rivers, at The Royal Geographic Society on June 17th. Do please join us.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/5x15-green...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/5x15-green...
5x15 & Greenbank present The Earth Convention Live: Oceans and Rivers
The Earth Convention Live series continues with a superb line-up on Oceans and Rivers, featuring George Monbiot, Tom Mustill & Helen Scales.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This is going to be a great evening on Oceans and Rivers, at The Royal Geographic Society on June 17th. Do please join us.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/5x15-green...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/5x15-green...
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Last night a number of small presses including @twolinespress.bsky.social and @openletterbooks.bsky.social received this insane letter.
Please read small press books, recommend them, buy them, request from your library. The continuation of these publishers is vital!
Please read small press books, recommend them, buy them, request from your library. The continuation of these publishers is vital!
May 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Last night a number of small presses including @twolinespress.bsky.social and @openletterbooks.bsky.social received this insane letter.
Please read small press books, recommend them, buy them, request from your library. The continuation of these publishers is vital!
Please read small press books, recommend them, buy them, request from your library. The continuation of these publishers is vital!
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The Trump administration issued a proposed rule that would rescind nearly all habitat protections for endangered species nationwide.
You can't protect animals and plants from extinction without protecting the places they live.
Please, add your voice by May 16 ➡️ biodiv.us/3YOLBe6
You can't protect animals and plants from extinction without protecting the places they live.
Please, add your voice by May 16 ➡️ biodiv.us/3YOLBe6
April 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The Trump administration issued a proposed rule that would rescind nearly all habitat protections for endangered species nationwide.
You can't protect animals and plants from extinction without protecting the places they live.
Please, add your voice by May 16 ➡️ biodiv.us/3YOLBe6
You can't protect animals and plants from extinction without protecting the places they live.
Please, add your voice by May 16 ➡️ biodiv.us/3YOLBe6
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I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.
The Department of Homeland Security denied Mahmoud Khalil permission to attend the birth of his first child, who was delivered at a New York hospital on Monday, according to emails reviewed by The New York Times.
Mahmoud Khalil’s Son Arrives After ICE Refuses to Let Him Attend Birth
Mr. Khalil, a permanent resident detained in Louisiana, had requested a monitored furlough for the birth. His request was denied in less than an hour.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.
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I had been doubtful that we were going to have a "this is the crisis moment" with Trump, as opposed to "everything about this is a destructive catastrophe."
But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment.
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But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment.
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April 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I had been doubtful that we were going to have a "this is the crisis moment" with Trump, as opposed to "everything about this is a destructive catastrophe."
But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment.
1/
But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment.
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I drew this picture of Golden Domed St Michael’s when I was in Kyiv in 2022. Ukrainians had turned the square in front into a graveyard for Russian tanks.
I’m selling prints to benefit Solidarity Collectives, Ukrainian anarchists doing humanitarian convoys
www.mollycrabapple.com/shop/p/new-b...
I’m selling prints to benefit Solidarity Collectives, Ukrainian anarchists doing humanitarian convoys
www.mollycrabapple.com/shop/p/new-b...
'Kyiv At War' Art Print — Molly Crabapple
Torn from the pages of her sketchbook, Molly drew this scene when she was in Kyiv, Ukraine, in the summer of 2022. It depicts a destroyed Russian tank parked in front of Golden Domed St Michael’s mona...
www.mollycrabapple.com
March 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I drew this picture of Golden Domed St Michael’s when I was in Kyiv in 2022. Ukrainians had turned the square in front into a graveyard for Russian tanks.
I’m selling prints to benefit Solidarity Collectives, Ukrainian anarchists doing humanitarian convoys
www.mollycrabapple.com/shop/p/new-b...
I’m selling prints to benefit Solidarity Collectives, Ukrainian anarchists doing humanitarian convoys
www.mollycrabapple.com/shop/p/new-b...
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Fossil fuel companies should be forced to pay the public trillions in damages for the costs of their planetary arson. Instead they are trying to shut down one of the most important and storied environmental groups in the world. It's shameless - and it's not over. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions over Dakota pipeline protests, says jury
Non-profit said in statement lawsuits like this aimed at ‘destroying the right to peaceful protest’
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Fossil fuel companies should be forced to pay the public trillions in damages for the costs of their planetary arson. Instead they are trying to shut down one of the most important and storied environmental groups in the world. It's shameless - and it's not over. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The single most important laboratory in climate science, the tool that is telling us the story of our time, is now in the MAGA crosshairs. Not surprising. But sad, stupid, and tragic in the saddest and stupidest and most tragic way.
The Trump administration is planning to cancel its lease at a government laboratory in Hawaii, a site where scientists support key observations of surging greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere, according to a list obtained by Democratic members of Congress and shared with The Post.
Trump moves to close facility that helps track planet-warming pollution
The lab is connected to the Mauna Loa Observatory, where scientists gather data to produce the Keeling Curve, a chart on the daily status of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The single most important laboratory in climate science, the tool that is telling us the story of our time, is now in the MAGA crosshairs. Not surprising. But sad, stupid, and tragic in the saddest and stupidest and most tragic way.
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Here's a major source of microplastics in soils.
Other sources, astonishingly, include the *deliberate application* of microplastics, to make soils more friable, and the plastic pellets in which many fertilisers are encased.
It is simply crazy and must stop now.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Other sources, astonishingly, include the *deliberate application* of microplastics, to make soils more friable, and the plastic pellets in which many fertilisers are encased.
It is simply crazy and must stop now.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
March 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Here's a major source of microplastics in soils.
Other sources, astonishingly, include the *deliberate application* of microplastics, to make soils more friable, and the plastic pellets in which many fertilisers are encased.
It is simply crazy and must stop now.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Other sources, astonishingly, include the *deliberate application* of microplastics, to make soils more friable, and the plastic pellets in which many fertilisers are encased.
It is simply crazy and must stop now.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Three days ago, Donald Trump openly threatened to kill all of ‘the people of Gaza’ and it wasn’t even a story. No consequences. The media, the world, just moved on.
March 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Three days ago, Donald Trump openly threatened to kill all of ‘the people of Gaza’ and it wasn’t even a story. No consequences. The media, the world, just moved on.
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Ireland has confirmed its intention to join a European Commission infringement case against Hungary at the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Ireland to join EU infringement case against Hungary
Ireland has confirmed its intention to join a European Commission infringement case against Hungary at the Court of Justice of the European Union.
www.rte.ie
February 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Ireland has confirmed its intention to join a European Commission infringement case against Hungary at the Court of Justice of the European Union.