British folk. If Farage gets his way, it's a guarantee, life for British immigrants will turn hellish. People like me and my family could get deported. This will destroy our lives, but also make your lives worse. Please, do not sit in silence.

I find it incredibly difficult to write about my Jewishness. I didn't want to write this, but I did. We need to re-embrace complexity and nuance in thinking about and discussing the Jewish future.

#PalestineAction prisoners are heroes

Greta Thunberg leads the protest for the hunger strikers 8:30 PM · Dec 22, 2025 x.com/TheCanaryUK/...

As the situation of the hunger strikers in England 🇬🇧 for Palestine 🇵🇸 continues to deteriorate, people in Sheffield came out to show their respect and solidarity. #ukpolitics #news #palestine #protest #hungerstrike

“Why capitalism?” Because it’s a system that flourishes on greed, hostility, unnecessary competition, and failure. Four things that humanity has a rare talent for cultivating. Yes, failure. Most new companies go bust in their first few years. No other system would accept wastage like that.

Do I want to add my support to the survivors of Typhoon #Odette trying to hold Shell to account❓ HELL, YEAH‼️

“The question isn’t “who are we letting into our country?”, it’s “why are we letting grasping politicians spread further hate and division?”” Such a great piece by @amyremeikis.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

I've read Music Camp and can attest that the Staff Recommendation is ACCURATE!

Doctors Without Borders urges Israel to let critical aid into Gaza as children freeze to death. "At least 13 people, including two-week-old and one-month-old babies, have died from winter weather and a lack of adequate shelter and aid – blocked by Israel" www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...

Here we go! Constitutional challenge to the NSW law launched (Let’s hope Vic and NSW groups are talking to each other - both can be challenged) www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google. My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence! go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT

NSW Premier Minns has always been anti protest. His latest ban on peaceful assemblies & protests is racist & divisive. We will resist - silence on #genocide is unethical. Read this piece by Nick Riemer michaelwest.com.au/minns-protes...

You can tell how much Australian Conservatism has embraced authoritarianism because they believe that society should comprise an out-group who are bound by the law but not protected by it and an in-group who are protected but not bound by the law

Hello 👋 Australian courts👇👇👇

And Christmas came early: Asmania et al took an important hurdle in their lawsuit against carbon major Holcim, which was today admitted to proceed to trial. Noone is above the law!

in these dismal times, this is quite therapeutic...

Only a matter of time until a UC Berkeley law professor writes a memo justifying torture, a brave Vanity Fair writer gets tortured to say whether it hurts, and we have a national discussion about whether certain people should be tortured for our safety.

Told you so.

Petition: We will not be divided after Bondi. Add your name: jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/jewish...

Day 51 of the Pal Action prisoner hunger strike. Kamran Ahmed is in critical condition: "I understand it’s going to be difficult for everyone to watch me go through the situation…But I think it’s necessary to achieve what the world should really look like.” www.thetimes.com/article/ddde...

"Between mid-October & the end of November, around 1.6m people – roughly 77% of the population analysed – faced crisis-level hunger (Phase 3) or worse. This included more than 500,000 people in emergency (Phase 4) and over 100,000 people in catastrophe (Phase 5)" news.un.org/en/story/202...

Arctic Amplification is known to exist in the paleoclimate for all climate states, so this is not a recent or temporary situation. As the planet warms further, the jet stream will become more and more wavy leading to increasing periods of extreme drought and flood in the mid-latitudes.

The paper attributes this change to enhanced waviness of the westerly jet stream. As the Arctic warms faster than the global average, the temperature difference between the pole and the equator reduces, allowing the jet stream to be more sinuous and wavy.

In recent years the global climate has become increasingly extreme, with intensifying alternations of droughts and floods - particularly in ecologically vulnerable mid-latitude regions.

The 5.7 million year history covers the warmer Pliocene as well as the more recent ice age period of the Pleistocene. A sharp difference is seen between the two states of precipitation variability. The warmer period showing considerably higher variability so more extremes of drought and flood.

A new study has examined 5.7 million years of mid latitude rainfall to examine the pattern of hydro climate extremes. 300m lacustrine sediments cores were drilled and analysed for the work. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #climatechange #jetstream #hydroclimate #drought #flood #arcticamplification

Heads up for Southern California on December 24-25. The National Weather Service has issued a rare High Risk for excessive rainfall that may lead to serious flash flooding, mudslides, landslides, etc. Areas affected by wildfires in recent years will have an elevated risk given burn scars. (1/2)

Hear, hear: @thexylom.com is still 22 monthly members short of its year-end fundraising goal. Your support of vital reporting on global health and environmental disparities by the only Asian American science news outlet will be matched 12 times by the NewsMatch coalition of donors!

A recent global review published in Frontiers in Pharmacology found that of 367 medicinal plant species studied over the past two decades, climate change has reduced suitable habitats for 106 species. This article was first published by @mongabay.com. www.thexylom.com/post/traditi...

Pleased to share the Spring 2026 schedule for the SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN ASIA online seminar series @ Harvard! Talks are over Zoom on Tuesdays, 10:30–11:45 am EST. REGISTRATION: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia #histstm #histsci #histtech #histmed #envhist #envhum #sts 🧪

Read Amu Gib's own words about why they are on hunger strike here. "There is no rhyme or reason to our imprisonment. But when you decide to take action despite being in prison, you’re free." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I can't stop thinking about the hunger strikers - I am so moved by their courage and devastated that we are here. I have taught both militant suffrage and the 1981 Irish hunger strikes in the last month and the long thread of British state violence is chilling.

This right here, in the UK, is disgusting. As a British citizen, I will view the ministers responsible as guilty of murder if and when any of these hunger strikers die.

Overview

ok, this time i clicked "weekly" maybe you can too? 😊

13/ The company cannot pretend that it is unclear what is expected of it. The fact that some of the decision related to its operations involve subsidiaries does not shield the company from accountability.

12/ That climate change affects everyone does not take away the personal cause for action of the plaintiffs in this case, as they clearly demonstrated the harm that they are suffering... The global nature of the climate crisis does not deprive individual from access to justice.

11/ The judges then rejected the argument that the claims were frivolous as they "arbitrarily" singled out one of the perpetrators of climate harm. The judges confirmed that it is up to the victim to decide against whom they seek remedy, one cannot hide behind other perpetrators.

10/ In particular, the tribunal rejected the polluting industry's tired argument that climate change is a political matter and consequently must not be considered by courts. The tribunal reaffirmed that individuals must also benefit access to remedy in climate matters.

9/ 🔍 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬. The 52-page-long ruling delivered today is very comprehensive and offers a point-by-point rebuttal of many of the usual legal defence used by polluters in courts around the planet. Here are some key extracts...

7/🧑‍⚖️ 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲’𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. By accepting the case as admissible, judges confirmed that the law applies to climate harms and rejected all arguments aimed at shielding major polluters from accountability.

6/ ⚖️ 🌐 What is at sake. Holcim sought dismissal at admissibility stage, arguing that climate-related misconduct and harm should not be subject to judicial review. The plaintiffs, by contrast, argued that nothing in the law grants climate polluters immunity from the civil law.

5/🙈The controversy: At the court hearing, a few minutes after the lead plaintiff had testify about the impacts of climate change on her family, Holcim’s legal representatives publicly mocked the plaintiffs’ case by offering them CHF 4 to settle, throwing 4 coins on the lectern.

3/ 🔍 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞. 🏝️Four Indonesian fishers from Pari Island have brought a claim before the Cantonal Tribunal of Zug against Swiss cement conglomerate Holcim, one of the world’s largest corporate contributors to GHG emissions, responsible for twice as much CO₂ as 🇨🇭 Switzerland

2/ 🥥 𝐈𝐧 𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥: 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐰. the judges confirm that climate polluters cannot be above the law. 🙌 Congratulations to Cordelia Bähr and to @hekseperworld.bsky.social, @ecchr.bsky.social & WALHI for supporting the plaintiffs in their pursuit of justice.

⚡ ⚖️ 🌍 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 #𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐧 in🇨🇭Swiss case vs. carbon major. Judges validated legal theories underpinning the case brought by 4 Indonesian islanders against Holcim and accepted all claims as admissible, clearing path to judgment on the merits. 🧵details in thread below 👇

Zuhrah is in a critical condition, now on day 50 of her hunger strike she could die aged only 20. In 1981, Irish republican Martin Hurson died on day 46. The government has refused to engage & reverse the decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation.