Rob Ralston (@policyrelevant) 's Twitter Profile
Rob Ralston

@policyrelevant

Lecturer in Public Policy at @EdinburghUni currently researching corporate power and the UN plastics treaty | now on bluesky using the same handle

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Daniela Durán G (@danieladurang6) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"The most fundamental and far-reaching step that must be taken to contain the global plastics crisis is to impose a global cap on plastic production" theguardian.com/wellness/artic…

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Adobe: upgrade to the new Acrobat for an exceptional user experience!! Also Adobe: this program will randomly crash if you dare try to open more than 5 pdfs

Adobe: upgrade to the new Acrobat for an exceptional user experience!!

Also Adobe: this program will randomly crash if you dare try to open more than 5 pdfs
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It wasn't just Exxon and Shell tracking climate science decades ago. I found a 1977 company mag from Marathon Oil predicting the climate crisis could cause 'widespread starvation.' Marathon is now largest oil refiner in US. My latest in The Guardian theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

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Microsoft outage but Teams and Outlook are both fine is the adult version of snow that doesn’t settle enough for a school closure.

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my partner has encouraged me to upgrade my office chair, so naturally I've become hyper-fixated on a bauhaus design I will never be able to afford

my partner has encouraged me to upgrade my office chair, so naturally I've become hyper-fixated on a bauhaus design I will never be able to afford
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me sketching out the lofty aims of a massive research grant: haha fuck yeah!! Yes!! me having to draft a budget table annex that includes a realistic estimation of costs: well this fucking sucks. what the fuck.

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in the queue at a chaotic Lidl during the first week of the edinburgh fringe and the cashier has accidentally inputted £450 instead of £45 and there’s no manger to fix it secondhand anxiety is hitting uncut gems levels

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Can't say this enough; Elon Musk's menace to democracy is intolerable. He's using the largest & most influential platform in the democratic world to stoke racial conflict and civil breakdown - in his own posts & what X promotes. Democracies can no longer ignore this.

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[lecturer of undergrad ‘introduction to the welfare state’ course]: You know what’s SO Brat? Esping Andersen’s worlds of welfare

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will be posting on here less often due to twitter becoming increasingly unusable - same @ on bluesky as I can’t bring myself to use linkedin

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deeply saddened to hear Majdi Ashour has passed away after a short illness Majdi worked as a medical officer in UNRWA before undertaking a PhD on health systems in the Gaza Strip. He was a deeply committed and gifted researcher and I feel immensely privileged to have known him

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🌍 Global leaders are meeting at and around #UNGA and #ClimateWeekNYC to determine the future of the #PlasticsTreaty. Over 160 organizations are urging them to commit to reducing plastic production in the future #PlasticsTreaty

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On the #RoadToBusan, join this #GENeva #BeatPlasticPollution Dialogue sharing how prioritizing principles of accountability, transparency & justice is essential to a successful #PlasticsTreaty towards ending #plasticpollution. 📅 29 October, 14:00 CET ▶️ tiny.cc/GEN29Oct24

On the #RoadToBusan, join this #GENeva #BeatPlasticPollution Dialogue sharing how prioritizing principles of accountability, transparency & justice is essential to a successful #PlasticsTreaty towards ending #plasticpollution.

📅 29 October, 14:00 CET
▶️ tiny.cc/GEN29Oct24
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NEW: In an open letter to António Guterres, 130+ organizations are calling out UN Environment Programme Executive Director Inger Andersen for comments that the groups say prejudge the upcoming #PlasticsTreaty negotiations, aligning with positions taken by petrostates and industry.

NEW: In an open letter to <a href="/antonioguterres/">António Guterres</a>, 130+ organizations are calling out <a href="/UNEP/">UN Environment Programme</a> Executive Director <a href="/andersen_inger/">Inger Andersen</a> for comments that the groups say prejudge the upcoming #PlasticsTreaty negotiations, aligning with positions taken by petrostates and industry.
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#Live now! Join this #GENeva #BeatPlasticPollution Dialogue held on the #RoadToBusan #INC5 for a discussion on the importance of the principles of transparency, accountability & justice for a successful #PlasticsTreaty. ▶️ tiny.cc/GEN29Oct24 🎥 youtube.com/watch?v=DpU6ev…

#Live now!

Join this #GENeva #BeatPlasticPollution Dialogue held on the #RoadToBusan #INC5 for a discussion on the importance of the principles of transparency, accountability &amp; justice for a successful #PlasticsTreaty. 

▶️ tiny.cc/GEN29Oct24
🎥 youtube.com/watch?v=DpU6ev…