I'm Team Fox here 😊

🚨 Open Letter to VC of University of Sussex calling for divestment — open for signature to alumni as well as staff and students

I mean, I've always been comfortable using the a-word as self-description when people would insist on defining my politics (as much as that always makes me uncomfortable on the whole), but this really sheds light why I had a problem with *some* collectives and not others.

This is weird to acknowledge given where I'm from, but I've only recently realized how disinclined I am from being part of any organization/structure that's not self-governing. What I always thought was 'problem with authority/power' was in fact just unwillingness to be governed.

I have a passport that means that until 2010 I had to apply for a Schengen visa to go to any EU country. The difference of not having to go through this hell - v much detailed here 👇- is imprinted heavily on my mind.
Never forget that not everyone participates on equal footing.

No matter if you love or hate Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS), I think it is quite fair to say that it is one technology which has never lived up to expectations...

Blue: current capture capacity
Purple: Net Zero 2050 pathways

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You have at least 8 comparator cases in the immediate system, QT guy

also, on a very basic ethical point, to argue that it's better for pupils to succeed in exams even though they may end up with life-long disabling condition (long Covid and all the associated immune breakdown) is really...biopolitics / necropolitics 101.

it is a fundamental premise of science that you cannot attribute causality to cases where there is no meaningful control group. hence to 'blame exam results on Covid closures' makes as much sense as to blame them on the fact the UK's an island.

theguardian.com/education/2024…

We have reviewed the final independent report on UNRWA neutrality led by Catherine Colonna.

I will be released publicly at 16gmt/12 pm NY time.

It's more than 40 pages, but here is one sentence:

'The Review revealed that UNRWA has established a significant number of…

For those of you still wondering 'how to talk to your students about Gaza', here's an example.

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 PM Rishi Sunak has announced that his government has booked commercial planes to remove people to Rwanda, but today UN experts warned that any airline involved could be complicit in human rights violations, following our urgent submission.
detentionaction.org.uk/2024/04/22/un-…

starting in 1 min!

One of the best things about this project is that it allows me to re-read Kropotkin's 'Mutual Aid' 🤗🦀🦀 #crabanarchy #crabcommunism

NEW: This week's climate graphic looks at heatwave related deaths, which are up 30% in Europe over the past 20 years. Much of eastern Europe also had their warmest year on record in 2023 according to Copernicus ECMWF
Read Attracta Mooney's report
ft.com/content/1430d8…
#dataviz

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'Thinking Together through Translation'

Adriana Zaharijevic (Adriana Zaharijević) in conversation with Jana Bacevic ([email protected])

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This Earth Day, reminder that it's maybe time to stop wondering what to do about climate change, and start doing something (anything, really) about climate change janabacevic.net/2024/04/16/cli…

The parochialisation of Britain continues, pt. 82789