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Father, husband, academic Geographer trying to keep it in that order... researching food, sanitation, development. Compulsive reader and film-watcher. Observer of African, Indian and Scottish developments.

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Chagos Islands: Do not give away Diego Garcia, Trump tells UK The president's comments come just a day after the US gave its official backing to the UK's Chagos deal.

1/5 Chagos Options:
Any British government would find it difficult at the moment to maintain its relationship with the USA and respect international law at the same time. This tension is what the Chagos deal is all about,

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

21.02.2026 07:47 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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WHO statement on notification of withdrawal of the United States WHO regrets the United States’ notification of withdrawal from WHO – a decision that makes both the United States and the world less safe. The notification of withdrawal raises issues that will be con...

Health risks have no borders. The US’s withdrawal from @who.int threatens the country’s national security.

25.01.2026 12:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Graduates are paying more and getting less Jim Dickinson traces how a student loans system once sold as cost-sharing has become one where graduates fund everything – and where Labour has quietly reversed promises to make things fairer Jim Dickinson...

Last week on Wonkhe: Jim Dickinson traces how a student loans system once sold as cost-sharing has become one where graduates fund everything – and where Labour has quietly reversed promises to make things fairer

25.01.2026 13:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Newly unsealed evidence makes it even clearer that Rubio and Noem knew they were targeting students based solely on their political speech and that they knew this policy was unconstitutional. They just didn’t care. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...

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8 people dressed in colourful academic robes outside a graduation, with a sunny hillside scene behind them.

8 people dressed in colourful academic robes outside a graduation, with a sunny hillside scene behind them.

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Here’s to building stronger communities and shaping sustainable futures together in 2026! πŸ’‘
#FutureReady #Inspiration

23.12.2025 16:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A group of students in yellow hard hats with a sunny mountainous scene behind them.

A group of students in yellow hard hats with a sunny mountainous scene behind them.

A group playing a simulated crisis game in a colourful room.

A group playing a simulated crisis game in a colourful room.

A snowy night-time scene of a traditional college building with a warm glow from the windows and a Christmas tree.  Decorations on both the building and the tree, and the caption 'Season's Greetings' above.

A snowy night-time scene of a traditional college building with a warm glow from the windows and a Christmas tree. Decorations on both the building and the tree, and the caption 'Season's Greetings' above.

From hands-on fieldwork to dynamic classroom discussions, 2025 has been a year of growth, learning, and impact. 🌱
#EndOfYear #Geography #HumanGeography #Fieldwork #AuthenticLearning #CommunityDevelopment

@uniofglos.bsky.social @glosgeog.bsky.social

23.12.2025 16:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Save NCAR Field notes from New Orleans, where I and 20,000 colleagues learned that Trump intends to destroy the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Some reflections after returning back from a conference at which I and 20,000 colleagues learned that the Trump administration intends to dismantle #NCAR. This outrage should not happen. deepconvection.substack.com/p/save-ncar

21.12.2025 19:25 πŸ‘ 121 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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BBC, AFP, AP and Reuters launch film calling for Gaza access The film uses iconic news images to highlight the importance of independent journalism

www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/... BBC, AFP, AP & Reuters launch a short film calling on #Israel to allow independent journalists into #Gaza. It is a reasonable argument that previous conflicts have been reported by independent journalists. This should be no different.
@bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social

25.09.2025 11:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I am so pleased I had the opportunity to provide this commentary in @dialogueshg.bsky.social about why I think that #energygeographies are so important to understanding the drivers and dynamics of #energytransitions and #energyjustice
doi.org/10.1177/2043... @aag-energy.bsky.social

05.09.2025 00:06 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gloucestershire Climate Conference 2025 - InterClimate Network πŸ“…Β 13thΒ November 2025πŸ“Β Cheltenham Council Chambers While world leaders gather at COP30 in BelΓ©m, Brazil, 65 secondary students fromΒ 14 local schoolsΒ will simulate the global summit right here in Chelte...

Looking forward to this event coming up in Cheltenham in November:
interclimate.org/gloucestersh... #COP30

24.09.2025 08:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
We Tracked Every Visitor to Epstein Island | WIRED
We Tracked Every Visitor to Epstein Island | WIRED YouTube video by WIRED

Share this : I don't know if anyone's aware of this? Wired tracked every visitor to Epstein Island. They uncovered the data from 200 mobile phones. The data is so precise they were able to track within centimeters and their neighborhoods.

youtu.be/PjPHq-Ez0nc?...

17.07.2025 18:03 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

Publish it again. Every journalist who has published Epstein stuff before should just publish it again.

17.07.2025 22:38 πŸ‘ 8691 πŸ” 2013 πŸ’¬ 77 πŸ“Œ 48
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He doesn’t remember nominating Jerome Powell.

16.07.2025 20:24 πŸ‘ 12306 πŸ” 4124 πŸ’¬ 1001 πŸ“Œ 551

@geographicalassoc.bsky.social one for your Geographical humour collection.

15.07.2025 21:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“± You can use our QR code feature to embed your Humap project in physical spaces, like gallery labels or plaques

The Islington's Pride project team put plaques up all over Islington linking into a walking trail!

Take a look islingtonspride.com/humap/

08.07.2025 07:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#MappyMonday!

This week we're highlighting the iconic Charles Booth map of poverty in Victorian London, preserved and shared online by the London School of Economics β€ͺ@lselibrary.bsky.social‬

Check out the map, and Booth's notes in stunning IIIF, at booth.lse.ac.uk/

14.07.2025 08:34 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Jan Schakowsky, the incumbent in my race, will reportedly not seek re-election. So it seems like a good time to reintroduce myself β€”

I’m Kat Abughazaleh and I’m running for Congress.

23.04.2025 18:16 πŸ‘ 20676 πŸ” 3851 πŸ’¬ 379 πŸ“Œ 180

Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.

23.04.2025 23:52 πŸ‘ 5187 πŸ” 2202 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 123
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πŸ’₯ BREAKING: Goldman Sachs shareholders voted today to reject two anti-DEI proposals, both by 98-2 percent. GS Board urged shareholders to vote to reject proposals. "We believe that diversity, including diversity of thought, experience and perspectives, is important to our commercial success."

23.04.2025 13:56 πŸ‘ 23932 πŸ” 4992 πŸ’¬ 435 πŸ“Œ 567
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Hundreds take voluntary redundancy at University of Edinburgh - BBC News The university in the midst of a huge package of cost-cutting measures designed save Β£140m.

'About 350 staff at the University of Edinburgh have accepted voluntary redundancy as part of a cost-saving effort.

In a letter to staff, principal Sir Peter Mathieson also confirmed academic promotions would be frozen for the 2025-26 period.' 1/3
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

24.04.2025 15:22 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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3.5% rule + Plan of action from Dr. Brian Register in #austin April 19 #handsoff #resist @50501Movement @Indivisible @50501HTX TikTok video by CivicDutyTX

@chenoweth.bsky.social

I said some things about your book; I hope it's all okay:

22.04.2025 18:30 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 8
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#books #authors #booksky #writing #marketing #writingcommunity #bookchallenge #bookreview #bookpodcast #writer #resist #poetrymonth

13.04.2025 15:03 πŸ‘ 305 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 1

Obviously things have got dramatically worse in the US recently, and I don't want to diminish that, but I've been at *so many* conferences in the UK on topics like empire, humanitarianism and development where multiple speakers from the Global South have been denied visas or held at the border

14.04.2025 10:10 πŸ‘ 2873 πŸ” 764 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 52
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Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian office

The Israeli state’s barbarism against Palestinians has been normalised to such an extent that this atrocity is met with barely a ripple of Western governmental concern.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

31.03.2025 16:49 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Ignore the third term talk - it’s meant to distract you, and it’s working.

β€œNo person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.”

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Post from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard that reads: Any unauthorized release of classified information is a violation of the law and will be treated as such.

Post from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard that reads: Any unauthorized release of classified information is a violation of the law and will be treated as such.

Circling back on this…

24.03.2025 19:09 πŸ‘ 64493 πŸ” 14785 πŸ’¬ 1937 πŸ“Œ 914

Hosted by #Pate's Grammar School and

Offered through the Geographical Association Gloucestershire Branch @Glos_Geog and @cheltenhameducationpartnership

Hosted by #Pate's Grammar School and Offered through the Geographical Association Gloucestershire Branch @Glos_Geog and @cheltenhameducationpartnership

This event will be hosted by #Pate's Grammar School, in #Cheltenham, and

Offered through the @geographicalassoc.bsky.social Gloucestershire Branch and #CheltenhamEducationPartnership

25.02.2025 10:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A picture of students examining a geological map overlain with text repeated in the text box about a green skills event and the logos fo the following organisations involved: Geographical Association (GA), Gloucestershire Branch of the GA, The Cheltenham Education Partnership, Pate's Grammar School, Cheltenham, the University of Gloucestershire

A picture of students examining a geological map overlain with text repeated in the text box about a green skills event and the logos fo the following organisations involved: Geographical Association (GA), Gloucestershire Branch of the GA, The Cheltenham Education Partnership, Pate's Grammar School, Cheltenham, the University of Gloucestershire

Event aimed at #KeyStage 4 & 5 on #GreenSkills and #Geography by Professor Kenny Lynch of @uniofglos.bsky.social @glosgeog.bsky.social

FREE

Email emma.espley@gmail.com, stating your name, school and the number and year group/s of students you wish to be involved by Monday 17th March 2025.

25.02.2025 10:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The impact on the African continent of Meta scrapping its fact-checking program The removal of fact-checking on Meta, the social media platform, will have a significant impact on the work of professionals committed to combating disinformation and false information.

The removal of fact-checking on Meta, the social media platform, will have a significant impact on the work of professionals committed to combating disinformation and false information.

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