Thoughts? "Perhaps fossil fuel companies will one day receive financial compensation to ease the transition away from fossil fuels – not because it is deserved, but rather as a pragmatic compromise." – theconversation.com/what-if-the-... #climatecrisis @theconversation.com

"Liberia’s peace huts...are a visible example of how women can contribute to sustaining peace. Adapted from the traditional Liberian palava hut system, peace huts provide spaces for dialogue, mediation of disputes and the sharing of information." – theconversation.com/involving-wo...

South Africa's currently struggling to diversify its tourism industry, with Cape Town and Kruger the only places to have surpassed 2019 levels. Here's what tourists are missing out on: www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/artic... #SouthAfrica #tourism

As a long-time reader of @thecontinent.org, I'm excited to see their new pub! Interview with @siphok.bsky.social about the new @thefridaypaper.bsky.social here: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/pan-afr... @reutersinstitute.bsky.social

Deadly Israeli attacks have continued across Gaza as US VP and other officials visit Israel for ceasefire talks.

Is anyone optimistic about this year's COP? Some ideas from Francesco Grillo on how the summit could perform better: theconversation.com/why-climate-... #climate #COP30

Fantastic piece by @hg-richardson.bsky.social. The crane example is just cool, and you can find more info about the Doñana one here: globalchangeeco.com/icom (soon to move to its own website), with @lifewatcheric.bsky.social

By me for @nature.com – on #digitaltwins in #ecology 👯‍♀️

"There’s a suggestion here, then, that the pricing of hardbacks is made with altruistic intent by publishers to make booksellers look generous" –  www.thebookseller.com/comment/rich... #books #bookselling via @thebookseller.com

This is all kinds of awful: theconversation.com/israeli-doct... via @theconversation.com #humanrights

Sadly satisfying 📧

"...where wildlife tourism has led to overcrowding or habitat degradation, demand often remains disconnected from the reality on the ground." news.mongabay.com/2025/09/in-b... via @mongabay.com #tourism #conservation

"Beyond numbers and compliance reports, men like Bernado and Bruiners stress what is at stake: a way of life that connects families to the sea and creates a deep respect for nature." On a shift away from #fortressconservation in #SouthAfrica: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

"If [mirror life] is achieved and Pandora’s box opens it could pose extraordinary risks. Mirror bacteria could evade our immune systems, confound our medicines and escape many of nature’s checks and balances." Gift article link: on.ft.com/41xRvBX #biology #science

"Eighteen people have been arrested after a police force sent out female undercover officers posing as joggers to catch men harassing women while they are out exercising." 🙌 via @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... #running

"Hundreds of authors claim they are collectively owed more than £600,000. Some individuals say they are owed tens of thousands of pounds each." On the Unbound collapse: observer.co.uk/news/busines... via @theobserveruk.bsky.social #publishing

I love random stuff like this. 😂 📍Emo’s Puddle, Sofia. (Sadly dry on my pilgrimage.) maps.app.goo.gl/sg7vhA93XbnY... #travel #Sofia #Bulgaria

On the failure of Jonathan Oppenheimer’s Brenthurst Foundation – by @simonallison.bsky.social for @thecontinent.org Read it (for free) here: thecontinent.org/subscribe

Images like this will always blow my mind. "Unlike previous images, which contain just a handful of hues, this one features thousands of colours, representing stars, gas [and] dust". – www.nature.com/immersive/d4... #space #science

"Ecosystems aren’t static. What may have been viable habitat in the 1990s no longer meets the needs of a breeding eagle population today...Something those calling for the reintroduction of other top predators, including wolves, would do well to consider." theconversation.com/golden-eagle...

Reporting on this topic for a Nature piece – please get in touch if you happen to be using digital twins for ecology research, HWC mitigation, etc. (Thanks to those who have already reached out!)

"The researchers estimate that in the 15 months up to 5 January, there were around 75,200 violent deaths in Gaza. Another 8,540 people died of non-violent causes as a result of the war." www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com

The annual re-plastering of Djenné’s Great Mosque, 📸 via @thecontinent.org #Mali

"[Small-scale fisheries'] health is key to several [SDGs]. And yet, relevant data are often missing...Unless that changes, the marginalization of already-vulnerable people will only worsen, according to the project’s researchers." – nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01726-4 @natureportfolio.nature.com

If you’re an ecologist working with digital twin tech – or you know someone who is – please get in touch! (And if not, pls share.) #ecology #conservation #digitaltwin #tech

"If we want to reach a better understanding of the fascinating communication systems of other animals, perhaps humans are not the best model." – theconversation.com/animals-cant...

First week in #Bulgaria! 🇧🇬 - Sofia is super green w loads of parks. (Also graffiti.) 🌳 - Bulgarian white cheese (sirene) with everything. 🧀 - I’ve been told complaining is a national sport, so that’s something Brits and Bulgarians have in common. 🤝

Sorry, we didn't send your invoice off for processing two months ago. No, we don't know when it will be paid. Oh and we don't pay late fees. 😵‍💫 #freelancelife

First morning in Sofia, Bulgaria 🇧🇬

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"I realised that after the waters began rising, I needed to plant mangrove trees so that they could spread and protect the house, from the wind and the waves." —https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/climate-change-indonesia-sinking/ via @reuters.com

#WalkableCities deliver: 38 extra minutes of daily exercise, 20% less crime, a 10% decrease in obesity and 7-42% home value gains vs. suburban sprawl. Residents also save $4K-$34K annually vs. car-dependent areas. Your 🩺 health, 💰 wealth and 🤝 community all benefit! #ActiveMobility

"Very few organisations, even in Japan, have thought to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest by a woman." theconversation.com/fifty-years-... @theconversation.com @yorkstjohn.bsky.social

Ah, the famous herds of wtf

UK-wide initiative launched to tackle marginalisation of working-class writers

Holiday reading – about halfway through and enjoying every page.

"Societies built on slavery and colonial exploitation continue to grapple with racism, economic inequality and historical amnesia. Reparative justice offers these nations an opportunity to heal, confront their pasts, and rebuild relationships." – futures.issafrica.org/blog/2025/AU...

"The findings highlight broader issues about how online systems built primarily from Western perspectives may lack the cultural and linguistic sensitivity needed for fair global enforcement, the team say." – edinburghuni-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/deleted... via @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social

A super interesting read by @tessadooms.bsky.social and @lynseychutel.bsky.social 🙏 For those in SA: I bought my copy at @thebooklounge.bsky.social

I have devoted my life to ice age ecosystems, and I feel an acute responsibility to tell the stories of extinct species and to help people to know them better. To see this work being done with such a casual disregard not only for the truth but for life itself is genuinely abhorrent to me.

Colossal Bioscience did not revive dire wolves, despite a sensationalist Time Magazine cover story. Making genetically modified animals that are cosplaying as extinct species is not de-extinction.

“If the basic principles of humanitarian law still count, the international community must act while it can to uphold them.” – Tom Fletcher, head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

BREAKING: Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the Oscar-winning film “No Other Land,” was just assaulted by Israeli settlers and then arrested by the army.

Since the murder of George Floyd + resurgence of the BLM movement, discourse surrounding DEI efforts "has in many places shifted from a sense of urgency to fading interest and, increasingly, explicit hostility." @reutersinstitute.bsky.social reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/race-and-lea...

Can editors please stop sending us lengthy guides to writing/pitching that don’t include at least ballpark rates? It’s the most important thing we need to know. #freelancing

Awful news 😞 World's 'first openly gay imam' shot dead in South Africa www.bbc.com/news/article...

Tilda Swinton decries ‘internationally enabled mass murder’ at Berlin film festival

"The most important resource of any country, and the most sustainable one, is human ingenuity. And we have to foster it, and we have to develop it as early as possible.” – via @nobelprize.bsky.social