For most of us from Africa, visas are a bureaucratic nightmare but what if it becomes life threatening? The passport privilege and freedom of movement of the Global North is an under-discussed tool of the suppression and isolation of the Global South. #Sudan

#Landsat 9 captured a more detailed view on the same day, April 20, 2023. 🤩

Explore in 2D foodbanks in UK

Pietà for Vittoria Colonna, likely by Michelangelo, mid 1500s

May is Volcano Awareness Month. We have volcanoes. You are now aware. See you next May.

This is truly, simply what the WGA strike is about: do you detect a difference b/t the shows you stream (through Roku, your laptop, etc) and the ones you watch through a cable box? Bc we do the same work for both, but we take a HUGE paycut for streaming shows. 1/3

According to the Copernicus ECMWF European State of the Climate report, rivers are in trouble In 2022, 63% of Europe's rivers had a below-average discharge, i.e. less water was flowing💧 ⬇️This GIF shows monthly average river discharge anomalies climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2022/riv… #ESOTC

cc: Andrew Hunter Murray No Such Thing As A Fish

So I've seen a few defenses of tenure recently and as a non-tenure track academic they often seemed to me not as convincing and so I fear they won't convince the public. So let me try my hand: tenure is necessary for the function of the university. 1/

Horrible to see the wonderful wildflowers of Ormeau Park mown away today for the sake of tidy lawns... We have already lost 97% of our meadowlands. The destruction of an essential haven for pollinators during a biodiversity crisis is not a good look Belfast City Council

Jordan Neely just needed some help: defector.com/jordan-neely-j…

“If a homeless man makes me uncomfortable, the sentence is death” is the kind of argument I think people should be embarrassed to make in public

Inspired by Celeste Labedz's seismo-#MetGala, I present Karl Lagerfeld's line of cryosphere: Janelle Monáe as the breaking of Larsen-C ice shelf.

fantastic work no notes

List of the Coercion Acts passed by the British Parliament in relation to Ireland (1800-1887)

Our most recent paper is now available online! If you're interested in exploring, that how we use object-based image analysis for glacier mapping, check it out. doi.org/10.1017/jog.20… #GoogleEarthEngine #glaciermapping #OBIA #remotesensing

New JOG paper! “Glacier area changes in Novaya Zemlya from 1986–89 to 2019–21 using object-based image analysis in Google Earth Engine” by A Ali, P Dunlop, S Coleman, D Kerr, R McNabb, R Noormets --> doi.org/10.1017/jog.20… Geography and Environmental Sciences Asim Ali Professor Paul Dunlop Bob-o McNabb

It's time for my spicy take that no-one asked for 👀🌶 Academia is mostly made up of people who spent their whole childhood competing, & usually being top of the class. They are conditioned to that validation & most structures are set up to replicate it (e.g. REF, promotion)

Rich Titanic tourists sink in submarine: Whole world watches as navies spare no expense to find them. Hundreds of migrants sink in overcrowded boat: Hope you can swim, losers.