Oh dear. Just noticed the wrong tag in last night's post. Corrected! Listening to the last episode of the epic Thawra series from @thedigradio.bsky.social . Thank you @danieldenvir.bsky.social and Abed Takriti for creating such an amazing resource to explain ... thedigradio.com/Thawra/

Every morning we wake up to find Loki sleeping under the tree and I just can't get over the cuteness.

Email away message ACTIVATED. Let the good times roll!

Big congratulations to Edd for getting this out (in spite of the exploitation that comes with non-stop precarious employment). Huzzah my friend!

Please write to Starmer and Lammy - the link makes it exceedingly easy and quick. These brave people need our help.

Dublin old and new.

I am exceptionally grateful that our dear Loki is not a morning person.

Excellent way to start my day.

Copilot is the setback

Current Venus is wondering why on earth Past Venus agreed to a viva AND a peer-review deadline that coincided with the brutal Oxford admissions process. Once again foiled by the temporality of subjectivity. And to make matters worse, Loki is trolling me with his superior life choices.

Folks in Great Britain, I'm curious about what it costs to run a 1-day or 2-day conference with invited speakers from across the island. No detailed costings - just a big ol' rough estimate.

After 2 years of war, 98% of tree cropland and 75% of greenhouses in Gaza have been destroyed. Remote sensing maps tracking the progression of damage can help identify the best ways to remediate the land & rebuild Gaza’s agricultural sector. #AGU25 My latest for @eos.org: eos.org/articles/98-...

I would be willing to accept a combo birthday/Christmas gift if said gift is a BA Mid-Career grant. Are you listening universe??????? ARE YOU LISTENING??????

I'll be in Oxford this Thursday to give a talk from my recent research (and to check out the new Schwarzman Centre)

Richard Pryor is an absolute legend. Watch how he schools this white journalist on poverty in America - and watch how Johnny lets it play out and takes Pryor's side! www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3Dm...

Long shot: I'm looking for someone who might know more than I do about the herb Summer Savoury. It's central to Newfoundland cooking & apparently also to Mennonite food & I've more recently learned its a major ingredient in Jamaican food. What trade winds blew this herb to these different places?

Manchester Airport is having a Black Friday Sale. This is beyond weird to me.

This looks great.

I planted over 750 bulbs and somehow it doesn't feel like enough?

I have a mere FOUR emails in my inbox. Please clap. Also, don't you dare ruin it by sending more email.

I'm looking for readings for well prepared first year university students on international socialism and/or anarchism before 1914. Please and thank you!

Hands down the best question on my husband's visa application for the UK: Have you ever engaged in any other activities which might indicate that you may not be considered to be a person of good character?

Currently reading Half of a Yellow Sun and have spent the afternoon diving deep into the online Nigerian history rabbit hole. www.penguin.co.uk/books/480666...

Somebody's husband passed the Life in the UK test today! Yee haw! One step closer to no longer having to pay twice for national health insurance!

'Ha Ha Bitches! I got a new scooter!' is the new subway sandwich toss.

Highlights in @alybatt.bsky.social's latest: the anthropocentrism of the wage; pregnancy as ecosystem service; "Critics of commodification have misidentified the problem afflicting the biosphere: not that capital has absorbed all of life, but that it has abdicated responsibility for so much of it."

This bears repeating given the most recent media releases on ultra-processed food. Also see the work of @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social for a reality check.

Ireland peeps: I can't book a train from Dublin to Cork on Dec 17. Is this normal? Are they simply holding off on publishing holiday-season schedules?

Happy to have written about plastic for @thepolycrisis.bsky.social. Thanks to @70sbachchan.bsky.social for sourcing the excellent graphics. And thanks to @rebecca-altman.bsky.social and @anjakrieger.bsky.social for being my go-to's on all-things plastic. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...

Two minutes of elephant joy.

Wow. This is fascinating. I wonder what other kinds of curriculum changes will happen in the attempt to circumvent ChatGPT.

As part of my Good News Series, my dad's small community in Nova Scotia *once again* kept corporate greed in check and stopped the construction of a golf course on Provincial Park land. These arseholes will certainly come for the land again. Here's hoping they never win. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This week's roundup of under-reported news from Palestine, Israel, and MENA. ridaaburass.com/z_ridaaburas...

An important report at @972mag.com, highlighting the consequences of state-backed, settler violence. projects.972mag.com/portraits-se...

If you're in Oxford, join us next week at the Environmental Humanities Hub for a session on pastoralism that stretches across both time and place.

Sometimes it just feels like we are all eggs being broken for someone else’s omelette.

A fox was interested in the feral cats that live on the grounds of @stannescollege.bsky.social. At one point they approached and sniffed one of the kitties who then whipped around and hissed. The fox retreated (this is when I snapped the pic) but remained interested. It was all most excellent.

Love this so much.

Another water company polluting with impunity. In other words, another average day in the UK. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

For anyone tempted to watch House of Dynamite, don't do it. I want that hour and a half of my life back. It was SO bad. What a horrendous piece of propaganda for the American military machine.

Here's this week's roundup of under-reported news from Palestine, Israel, the Middle East and North Africa: ridaaburass.com/z_ridaaburas...

No words for how much I enjoyed the Arctic extravaganza with brdemuth.bsky.social, lalinepaull.bsky.social, ymalhi.bsky.social, klausdodds.bsky.social, clairewarrior.bsky.social, mendelight.bsky.social, and other brilliant people not on BlueSky. Bjorn, the polar bear puppet was pure joy.

ok once again I'm up far too early so my entire TL is US politics but! this tactically brilliant and emotionally true video restored a chunk of my faith in humans doing the right *and smart* thing without needing to be a hero by @cantwinvictoryfund.bsky.social via @charlottegarden.bsky.social

This about sums it up.

I'll be very tired come Thursday evening, but also very very intellectually satisfied.

This week's under-reported news: ridaaburass.com/z_ridaaburas...

Happy Halloween!

I'm all about finding the bright spots these days.

Very much looking forward to talking to @alybatt.bsky.social about her new book on capitalism and nature next Tuesday in Oxford. If you're in town, come join us! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alyssa-bat...