Lyla Mehta

Courage without collapse: Academic freedom and the work of staying human - Institute of Development Studies IDS and the Sanctuary for Health Justice welcome Thirusha Naidu, PhD, the Canada Research Chair in Equity and Social Justice in Global Medical Education.

In these darks & turbulent times we need courage, academic freedom & hope. This promises to be an inspiring talk & I am looking forward to being discussant. Please join us tomorrow at 4 pm GMT. Details below

As of 9 March 2026, Israel has killed 486 people, injured 1,313 and displaced 667,831 people in Lebanon

That's roughly 10% of the entire population displaced already

Oil declares victory over the United States.

Happy #InternationalWomen'sDay. Now's a great time to reject reject toxic masculinity, dominant patriarchal & power relations & strive for peace & gender equality. We need this to stop endless wars, sexual violence & gender injustice. And yes, release all the #Epstein files

Footage filmed from a Tehran high-rise shows fires burning on the horizon and smoke rising from several locations on Saturday night.

OnlineFirst - "Building a future in place: Bridging abolition ecology and critical development studies" by @kkintzi.bsky.social, @tamarlaw.bsky.social, Kathryn Foster, Ash Kopetzky, and Grace Feisthamel:

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Vice-chancellor calls for review into student loans for those without A-levels Adam Tickell, of University of Birmingham, says money is loaned to people who ‘are not really capable of graduating’

Wild that Adam Tickell who once said 'Slay the Neoliberal Beast' is so reluctant to give loans to students seeking to advance their prospects & build their futures. #UK #Universities #StudentLoans

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SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Melania Trump presides over historic session on children in conflict The UN Security Council convened in New York under extraordinary circumstances Monday: amid escalating conflict in the Middle East and repeated calls from the UN for restraint by all sides, the Counci...

Melania Trump has the audacity to preside over a historic session on children in conflict at the #UN while her husband & the US have contributed to the slaughter of thousands of children in #Gaza & also just bombed a school in #Iran killing over 150 girls.
#USPol #UN
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guest edited by Fatina Abreek-Zubiedat and Irit Katz.

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OnlineFirst - "Infrastructural cascades: Trophic infrastructures of the capitalist “superomnivore” and their ecological ripple effects" by Zachary Caple, Pierre du Plessis, Sara Asu Schroer, Heather Anne Swanson, and Nils Bubandt:

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OnlineFirst - "Hidden forces: Geopolitical ecology, climate apartheid, and the military-industrial complex in Massachusetts" by Kevin Surprise:

#militaryindustrialcomplex #climateapartheid #geopoliticalecology #abolitiongeography #demilitarization

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Reclaiming the shoreline: Relational ecological stewardship as decolonial coastal planning in Brazil - Shelly Annette Biesel, 2026 Coastal territories are critical for confronting the challenges of climate change, yet they remain disproportionately subject to overdevelopment, ecological deg...

OnlineFirst - "Reclaiming the shoreline: Relational ecological stewardship as decolonial coastal planning in Brazil" by @shebiesel.bsky.social:

@unileiden.bsky.social

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We've unfortunately had to cancel this event due to an unexpected change in the speaker's availability. We hope to hold this event again sometime. Will keep you posted.

From sustainable development to postgrowth: Exploring synergies and tensions with alternative development perspectives - Institute of Development Studies The talk takes its starting point in the persistent failure to reconcile development and environmental concerns through the framework of sustainable development.

From sustainable development to postgrowth: Exploring synergies and tensions with alternative development perspectives. Talk tomorrow 19 February 2026 in person ( @ids.ac.uk ) or on zoom 16:00–17:30 GMT , see details below

#Degrowth #Sustainability #Postgrowth

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At the Berlinale, Art Is Political. Except on Palestine. How the Berlinale Jury’s Turn to “Neutrality” Exposed the Limits of Solidarity in Germany’s Cultural Sphere

At the Berlinale, Art Is Political. Except on Palestine. My Latest on Substack
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OnlineFirst - "MST's Arvoredo app: Family farmers and grassroots environmental data-driven governance in Brazil" by @estevancoca.bsky.social and @ribarbosajr.bsky.social:

@mst.org.br @brasilfato.bsky.social

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High court rules ban on Palestine Action is unlawful – live Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws

Wow oh Wow! Well done Palestine Action - great victory for the right to protest in the UK and also for Palestinian solidarity. More egg on the face of this Labour government. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...

OnlineFirst - "Shifting sands and ecological uncertainties: An urban political ecology of dredging in Mombasa" by @louicy.bsky.social:

#UrbanPoliticalEcology #Infrastructure #PortDevelopment #Dredging #CoastalEnvironments #Africa #PoliticalEconomy #Logistics

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Thank you for sharing. I just did it. It is truly horrific and humiliating what they are proposing to do.

Apologies, deadline is tonight (not yesterday)

OnlineFirst - "Starlings, olives and the idealised fascist landscape: Tracing the time-spaces of a more-than-human Rome" by Andy Morris:

#starlings #Rome #morethanhuman #urbangeographies #aviangeographies #worlding #fascistlandscapes

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Now who is surprised to see New Age guru Deepak Chopra in the Epstein emails with references to 'cute girls' and trips to Israel with girls etc? These "Godmen" really revel in their power, fame, money + sex and sexism . #Epstein #DeepakChopra

OnlineFirst - "Ecological care work in bamboo value chains: Feminist political ecology insights to care in forest-human relations" by @violetagz.bsky.social and @sabaheta.bsky.social:

#EcologicalCare #FeministPoliticalEcology #Bamboo #Forests

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OnlineFirst - "Thirsty Forests and Expansive Droughts: The environmental impacts of data centers in Latin America" by @ndiazbejarano.bsky.social and @anavaldi.bsky.social:

@oii.ox.ac.uk #Datacenter #datainfrastructure #Chile #Mexico #Queretaro #Quilicura

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"Leadership Would Like Your Help": Indian Billionaire Tapped Jeffrey Epstein Before Modi's Visits to U.S. and Israel New Department of Justice documents reveal Epstein’s direct role in fostering ties between Indian, Israeli, and U.S. elites.

Modi, Epstein, Israel, India, US & Ambani nexus

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OnlineFirst - "Eyes on the shoreline: The disciplinary power of the ecological gaze in marine waste governance" by jarviszhuo.bsky.social and Jingzhou Liu:

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OnlineFirst - "Smart adaptation or data colonialism? Interrogating the role of digital technologies in climate adaptation" by Giovanna Gioli and @giobettini.bsky.social:

@digitalclimate.bsky.social

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‘But who ended the Holocaust?’

‘The Soviet Union, actually.’

The shocked look upon the face of the hostess says it all.

As the world remembers the liberation of Auschwitz 80 years ago, a reminder of a classic case of historical fact vs the rewriting of history.

OnlineFirst - "Microbial shepherding: The creation of culture(s) at the more-than-artisan scale" by Aidan Demsky and Erika Szymanski:

@oxfordgeography.bsky.social

#Microbes #Multispecies #Labor #Work #Value #Cheese #Fermentation #Shepherding #Vermont

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