A lovely picture of a reader for all readers

Some lovely mimosa for skypeople

The 6th ISA Council of National Associations Conference in FLAME University (Pune, India) has gathered 37 delegates from 34 countries, with 28 National Associations represented. December 2025

Reskeeting this as I've only just found it

Read Ivonne's work on the shifting aid landscape and #ClimateAdaptation in Costa Rica

New blog: Shifting Aid, Shifting Ground The 2-part blog examines how NGOs in Costa Rica’s Pacific Region are adjusting to sudden aid cuts, shifting donor priorities, and rising pressure on climate adaptation efforts. Read at: geoformations.eu/shifting-aid... #ClimateAdaptation #AidCuts #CostaRica

New blog: The paradox of participatory empowerment in rural Uttar Pradesh. Field research shows that empowerment brought women confidence and visibility — but also resistance and social regulation, often from within their own communities. Read more: geoformations.eu/the-paradox-...

Season's greetings, skypeople

In Chicago, a Nativity scene features a zip-tied baby Jesus and Roman centurions in "ICE" vests. Near Boston, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are absent from a Nativity scene, replaced with a sign reading "ICE was here." It's all part of growing religious blowback to ICE. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/i...

When global temperatures shot up by ~6°C about 56 million years ago, plants were unable to thrive The reduced ability of vegetation & soils to capture & store carbon may have kept temperatures elevated for >100,000 years Today Earth is warming ~10 times faster than it did 56 million years ago

This passage shocked me to my core. The loss of biodiversity isn't a tragic accident or oversight, it was the plan!

One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.

My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.

Friday evening yes

This, in a nutshell, is where we’re at. All the lies, the distraction, NGO-blaming and drive towards even further deregulation is to cover the naked fact that, in Ireland, big polluters pull the strings and our politicians just nod along. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Today is St Clement's Day, the patron saint of blacksmiths and metal workers. At Finch Foundry in Devon, blacksmiths will gather to show their skills and complete in the annual snail race. Not what you might immediately think of, the race is to create an iron snail sculpture! 📷 Mel Peters

Silver birches and sky for skypeople

Spotlighting great journals & journal-focused works from @crmethodsjnl.bsky.social, @brisunipress.bsky.social, @sumingkhoo.bsky.social, @sophierwoodward.bsky.social, @drhelenkara.bsky.social, @openpress.bsky.social & @universityofwisconsinpress in the #TeamUP Gallery: https://bit.ly/4qwyDOI#TeamUP

Look! Includes our new journal @crmethodsjnl.bsky.social with @brisunipress.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉

No actual blooms for #bloomscrolling but a few leaves and berries for skypeople

When I worked as a uni cleaner we had a union and were entitled to sick pay. I claimed it when I became chronically unwell. Over time, hospitality workers at the same uni have had their rights and entitlements eroded. Really good to see this win for them. www.theargus.co.uk/news/2558510...

Good day skypeople. Haven't offered flowers for a while due to horrible deadlines. But please accept these procrastination flowers #bloomscrolling

Haven’t posted any Gabriele Münter for a while. Here’s her: Dame im Park, Mariahalde, 1914

Haven't left the house for days, so much work to do, but at least someone brought me a cake

I didn't think I had time to pick flowers but here you are, skypeople

Sheesh. 13 hour day. Glad I have an airport-sized Toblerone

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

"Left to rot". Exactly. Now people are getting it.

#NoKings Miami!

Peace by peaceful means yeah

Lost Science :(

Seriously beautiful. Well done @zackpolanski.bsky.social

This world 🙌

This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton. I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.

No

Morning, skypeople. There are still a few tomatoes to get through

Oh no 💔

I’m horrified to hear that two people were kidnapped by ICE in Evanston this morning. There’s a protest at Home Depot shortly. We’ll be delivering water and supplies to protesters — I hope you’ll join us in standing with our community.

Blessed be the doughnut-bearing bunnies

Excellent

There's an excellent exhibit in the @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social of words and phrases in Irish for fauna, Tails from the Archive. I think Manchán would have appreciated it. 1/3

An amazing morning and lunch spent in the Vaal district, talking and listening to LGBT young ppl in conversation with elders. Learned a lot about conflict resolution, ARV adherence & methods for maintaining intergenerational contact

Day two of the conference is underway with great panels on transformative futures and on critical aesthetics 🤩

Absolutely DO read this by Will Davies on Stupidology www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/pol...

Catching up with this excellent essay

Frogs for peace and solidarity

@urbanponds.bsky.social showing you my autumn here

Autumn bounty, skypeople #bloomscrolling

Morning, skypeople. What's the plan?