Just rode the ebike to work and... OMG, what a machine! I'd forgotten how much it saves tired legs. I recommend everyone sell their stupid cars and get an ebike 😄

Gorgeous photos of Iranian railways and the people who keep them going. Truly excellent photographic work.

At the age of 17, Ruth Orkin biked from Los Angeles to New York City for 1939 World's Fair, taking photographs along the way. She went on to become a celebrated photographer, photojournalist, and filmmaker. Happy #BicycleBirthday, Ruth! #BornOnThisDay September 3 (1921-1985)

I had a shock in my anthropology class today. A student appeared on Zoom--right at the end of class. I was a bit irritated by the tardiness, when I realized - He was zooming in from a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh. At 4 am. In a shelter of metal sheets, draped in fabric.

'Children living in ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) Nearly four times as likely to switch to walking and cycling compared with those outside the zone.' Wow bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Congratulations to Nga Wai Hono, the new Māori queen of New Zealand! Following the passing of her father, Kiingi Tuheitia, she is beginning a new chapter in leadership, continuing his legacy. Wishing her a successful reign!

I keep forgetting to wear my helmet in the field. If I’m honest it’s because I hate it, it’s so heavy & when my peers remind me to wear it I snap back, “what? You think it’ll protect us? Didn’t Shireen (Abu Aqleh) get shot in the neck?”  In our profession as war journalists we

'Attacks against #womenjournalists should be taken seriously by everyone.' Our founding director @KiranNazish shares, in this profile of her and our work in the @Guardian. Also featuring Brandi Morin and others impacted by the rising threats to press freedom worldwide. Read the

Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa want international criminal court to class environmental destruction as crime alongside genocide theguardian.com/law/article/20…

NEW STUDY: Methane emissions from U.S. oil/gas operations are 3X higher than presumed. In the Permian Basin, fully 10% of the methane extracted goes straight into the atmosphere.😳 US oil and gas emissions from nearly one million aerial site measurements nature.com/articles/s4158…

During the presidential debate, former U.S. President Donald Trump said immigrants in Ohio were eating people’s cats and dogs. Alec D’Angelo traces the origins of the conspiracy theory for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/the-… terrific forensic job here on the pety-eating fable

Always an accident. Here's my latest prediction, that ecocide will 100% def end up being integrated into ICC Statute .... theguardian.com/law/article/20…

Great bike to school with my granddaughters this morning.

Exxon’s forecast is a ‘recipe for climate disaster’ | My commentary today in the Financial Times (Financial Times), outside the paywall: ft.com/content/06834d…

Exploring Shared Cultures Our co-founders, Dr. Malene Friis Hansen and Prof. Agustín Fuentes, showcased their latest research at the 2024 Cultural Evolution Society meeting in Durham! Their poster highlights the topic of cross-species cultural evolution.

Individual words are given meaning by their context in every language humans have ever spoken or will speak. The grammar of precisely how they do so is less important than the fact that they all do so. Cognitive, social, and cultural forces contextualize all language use.

Meanwhile NZ's most important sports team, the All Blacks, are sponsored by a British petrochemical company. Talk about a toxic legacy for the Oil Blacks.

A possible candidate for resonant planetary wave amplification (see our 2018 Science Advances article on how #climatechange is increasing the frequency of this phenomenon: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…). We're currently attempting to confirm (but will take a few days)

How extremist settlers in the West Bank became the law. Mobilisation of violent settlers has intensified Palestinians’ fears of attacks and displacement ig.ft.com/west-bank via @ft Superb work by Chris Campbell and co. If you need a gift link let me know.

NEW: How extremist settlers in the West Bank became the law For decades, Palestinian villagers say violent settlers have attacked locals and damaged property. Now some of these same settlers have been given the powers of the state. Thread ig.ft.com/west-bank/