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During a month’s research trip in Brazil I was thrilled to get the chance to catch a performance at Manaus Opera House, and write about it for London Review of Books

lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/apri…

At the Teatro Amazonas lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/apri…

The painful part of the story is that you see natural #heritage features that have been standing for millennia in #Mesopotamia and are now dramatically #vanishing : the marshes, the water springs and the rivers. Why and why is it happening now?
I will talk in this crucial workshop

Book post - racing through and hooked by Sophie Yeo’s knowledge and observational prowess.

( #alwaysinspiredby Richard Smyth )

'This larch, for example, is not only meant to survive fire; it's meant to prosper from it. These attributes ..[...].. need to be studied, not clear cut.'
A lyrical, beautiful piece about the complexities of forest management and the need for diversity by Alexis Marie Adams

Pls read this thread-story about the planned, sustained, in-plain-sight destruction of a SSSI bluebell wood in Kent by illegal waste-disposers.
The inaction of multiple authorities, the broken system for nature protection; it’s all there.
Pls sign the petition, pls share the 🧵on

Late to this great paper on the politics of forestry and fire environmentandsociety.org/sites/default/… by the great Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan of Yale Anthropology.

Valor: Brazil attempts to win back Brazil nut 🥜 exports from neighboring Bolivia that since the 2000s has been the world’s largest exporter. Recent good practices in collection have led to improved working conditions & payments. US & European Union considered priority markets

#Istanbul stands united! Your voices have roared, championing democracy and #solidarity , entrusting me with the honor of steering our beloved city toward a future where people are the priority.

The results echo more than numbers; they embody the - #Istanbul Alliance - a testament…

İmamoğlu has not only held the Istanbul mayoralty but CHP have taken control of the city assembly. Simply extraordinary.

How a Tech-Savvy Delivery Rider Took on the Algorithms that Control How Gig Workers are Paid.

Financial Times’ Weekend Magazine today with a fascinating story from Madhumita Murgia’s brilliant new book, CODE DEPENDENT - out on Thursday from Picador UK.

First Verity Harding and now Madhumita Murgia there are now NO excuses left for being uniformed about #ai - just buy these brilliant books

Within weeks of the Albanian gov't gutting its protected areas law by greenlighting luxury resorts inside their boundaries, Jared Kushner just happens to have a set of development designs for the Karaburun-Sazan Marine Park and the Vjosa-Narta Lagoon. 1/3
euronews.al/en/trumps-son-…

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The film Oppenheimer nuked the Bechdel test.

And disappeared the great physicist Lise Meitner, she who first comprehended that atoms could be and had been split.

Can anyone tell me the name of this bright blue beetle? Seen yesterday upstream from São Gabriel da Cachoeira

As President The Linnean Society of London I am beyond ecstatic to share the news that we have secured our home at Burlington House for 999 years & can now focus on our crucial work for the understanding & protection of nature. Thank you to everyone who helped achieve this wonderful outcome!

This is really amazing - I wonder how they flew under the radar for so long? theguardian.com/science/2024/m…