Irrelevant, corrupt, attention-hungry-moron argues with physics

Do water interventions lead to more resilience in drylands? At our 5th 'pastoralism & drylands development' seminar on 9 October, Jackson Wachira and Nancy Balfour explain 'the mixed resilience outcomes of water interventions in the Horn of Africa drylands' jameelobservatory.org/padd5

PM of Albania having a good laugh with President of Azerbaijan and Macron about Trump repeatedly claiming that he ended the war between their two countries which were not at war with each other.

There is another genocide happening in the world. And there too, nobody is doing anything about it. #Sudan www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Margaret Thatcher knew that climate change was real, that it would mean far reaching changes to our way of life decades ago. And now we are living with those changes, her successor has turned against science and reason. As much as anything it's a betrayal of modern conservatism.

Another doozy from the party that brought us Brexit, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss. They are about as serious about the future of the UK as Nigel Farage and should be treated with the same level of contempt or disregard. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Jane Goodall dies, the Pope condemns climate deniers, and Kemi Badenoch decides today is a good day to say she’d scrap the Climate Change Act. Economically bonkers, morally bankrupt, out of step with public opinion www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza. Israel seems to be intercepting right now. All eyes needed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

We will regret not acting faster on climate change.

about bl**dy time www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Madagascar: Andry Rajoelina (TGV, centre-left) has dissolved cabinet and removed Prime Minister Christian Ntsay (independent) from office amid protests. Ntsay, who has served since 2018, continues as interim Prime Minister until a replacement is appointed. https://africaelects.com/madagascar/

We’re hiring an Environmental Defenders Programme Officer 🌍 They will work to deliver tailored training on advocacy, investigation, and filmmaking to environmental defenders worldwide, starting with our new Ocean Defenders project in Southeast Asia and West Africa. Apply by October 23rd:

Fab role at Greater London Authority heading up their climate change team - very impactful job with a decent salary too! #ClimateJobs #ClimateChange #CarbonJobs www.london.gov.uk/head-climate...

"Morocco’s youth have drawn inspiration from Nepal, where youth-led protests have channeled widespread anger over the lack of opportunities, corruption and nepotism." apnews.com/article/moro...

More from Madagascar.

Exactly. Your tofu is not driving deforestation in the Amazon. If anything, eating more soy products directly (and eating fewer animals that eat soy as feed) would *reduce* overall demand for soybeans and pressure on tropical forests.

Gen Z strikes again. #Madagascar www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sudan is the epicenter of an emerging pattern of increasing urbanization in African warfare, with organized armed violence in urban centers accounting for 38% of all such fatalities across the continent. africacenter.org/spo... 2/2

The siege of El-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region has severely escalated, with paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) nearly completing a total encirclement of the city. sudantribune.com/art... 1/2

It’s terrifying what we are witnessing in El Fashir. The UAE backed RSF encircling the city to starve and exterminate people, while the so-called intl. community treats the UAE as a peace broker. #KeepEyesOnSudan

I guess it would have been too much to ask to speak to people in the Sahel states and see whether they confirm the Pentagon's line that they are experiencing "buyer's remorse" and would therefore like to hire Erik Prince instead of Africa Corps.

“For the first time, China has agreed to import Zimbabwean blueberries and, crucially, has exempted them from tariffs, in a boost for the southern African state's struggling economy.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

How very Christian of them.

“We have been left with no choice but to stop our activities, as our clinics are encircled by Israeli forces... This is the last thing we wanted.” We have been forced to suspend our activities and leave Gaza City.

Thing is, 🍑 is doing to Europe what Europe has done to Africa all this time.

A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.

"...when women are supported to lead, democracy becomes more inclusive, peace more durable and development more just." "When women lead, priorities change: wellbeing is valued and inclusivity prioritised." 💗 www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Bolsanaro, Sarkozy… come on Johnson I’ve got you in an accumulator.

Malawi's former President Peter Mutharika has been declared the winner of last week's elections, a huge comeback for the 85-year-old with official results showing he won 57% of the vote, compared to the 33% of President Chakwera, 70. www.bbc.com/news/article...

What a fabulous thread!

Here in NYC climate week & UNGA, the soccer ball everyone is chasing is private sector investment to replace govt funding. For my own organization, we can make that work. But what does that mean for public goods? For goods & services that take care of people but can’t be monetized?

For the sake of the rhino, their ecosystems and us, we need to reverse habitat loss, bring #rhino together into larger healthier populations, and undermine poaching and trafficking of rhino horn. #SaveTheRhino theconversation.com/the-near-ext...

It is "established fact" that humans have warmed the Earth by burning fossils fuels and that our emissions have made climate extremes more frequent and intense (IPCC AR6) Thank you for your attention to this matter! www.carbonbrief.org/...

Reform are filth. They represent hatred, extremism, ignorance and irresponsibility. They'd make us a wretched vicious hateful little island. If people don't stand up to this, they won't stand up to anything.

It’s effectively flat earthism - essentially believing the planet is infinite and flat, so there’s always more resources to get and somewhere for all the waste to go that won’t bother us

I've always been facinated by the religious belief system that preaches that we (humanity) can pump unlimited quantities of shit into the atmosphere, year after year, and it will never have any noticable effect.

There's people going hungry in the world

mfer is literally named "rob tombs", did they summon the spirit of the british museum into an op ed writer

The core issue imo is when a country or company claims to be aligned with that target but they're just flat-out lying, and the climate movement fails to call out that lie to preserve access or out of concern at spooking them.

The president of the country that wants to hold the **THIRTY FIRST** climate COP tells others: "you can’t just flick a switch and transform an economy overnight.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

love this, should do the same for Farce-age www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The stakes in next week’s presidential elections couldn’t be higher. Queues for petrol snake for kilometres in some parts of Malawi. Inflation hovers at about 30%, putting even maize, a staple food, out of reach for many. Yet on Tuesday, Malawian voters will find the usual suspects.

After the elections, Malawi’s government will need to confront deep-rooted structural challenges to secure lasting food security and drive inclusive economic growth. theconversation.com/malawi-can-e... #Politics

'...met...welcome..greeted...formally welcomed...royal salute...visit...lay a wreath...flypast...state banquet...speeches...meet the prime minister...view archives...hold meeting...news conference...tour..meet' Stuff & nonsense. Shouldn't happen. #Trump www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The concept of heaven and hell in Abrahamic religion allows people to view actions and consequences as a kind of balance sheet where you cash out in the afterlife. But in many cultures the balance sheet is on this side of eternity, and the final calculus is whether you get to become an ancestor.

From our experience in Kenya writing hagiographies for awful people when they die is part of sanitising and normalising them. But it also creates a context in which there are no consequences for being a bad person and shifts the moral calculus in the general population.

A debt-for-food swap would likely allow a country to replace costly existing debt with lower-cost financing on condition it channelled the savings towards programmes to boost food security... www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Here’s the thing: we do not concede *one inch* to the far right. Ever. Anywhere. They are not just another political player. They are a threat to everything our ancestors fought and died to protect. They are not to be appeased. They are to be stopped. Rip down the flags wherever you see them. 3/3