Ed Wall

I travelled the globe to document how humans became addicted to faking the natural world. Here’s what I found In his new book, The Anthropocene Illusion, photographer Zed Nelson reflects on the surreal environments created as people destroy nature, yet crave connection to it

This is landscape.
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‘All those posh apartments. It’s a playground for the rich’: is Manchester turning into London? £6 a pint, £199 a month for gym membership, £1,200 to rent a studio flat? The Guardian’s former North of England editor asks if the city she’s worked in for 12 years is changing for the better – or wo...

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‘Coalition of the willing’ agrees key parts of post-ceasefire operations and plans to ‘step up’ support to Ukraine – Europe live UK prime minister accuses Putin of ‘turning his back on peace’ and says allies will offer more support for Ukraine

If there is a “coalition of the willing” supporting Ukraine, is there a “coalition of the unwilling” who have agreed to look away from the destruction of Gaza and occupation of the West Bank?
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Educators Union Rejects Anti-Defamation League, Cuts Ties The Anti-Defamation League has been a ubiquitous presence in U.S. schools for forty years, pushing curriculum, direct programming, and teacher training into K-12 schools and increasingly into universi...

The largest union in America, the three million member-strong National Educators Association, has voted to *cut all ties* with the Anti-Defamation League, citing the ADL’s opposition to Palestinian rights and antiracism.

@labornotes.bsky.social has the story: www.labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...

Nearly a quarter of foster places in England provided by private equity-backed firms Experts raise alarm over ‘commodification’ of vulnerable children as independent fostering agencies make millions in profit

Something else that has been abandoned to the brutality of private equity…

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What does a human rights lawyer have to do to just become a lawyer? Nothing. Just do nothing.

An entire village in Dorset is facing eviction – proof that private money holds all the power in rural England | George Monbiot This scandalous story gives lie to the claim that the biggest threat to country life comes from city dwellers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Stories as old as the hills - but still urgent and relevant: “Power hides by setting us against each other. This is never more true than in the countryside, where the impacts of an extreme concentration of ownership and control...” By @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

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Dozens of aid seekers among 82 people killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza Palestinians seeking aid continue to be killed near distribution sites operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

While all eyes are on Iran… “Dozens of aid seekers among 82 people killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza”

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Keir Starmer: Sorry, Mr Blair, but 1441 does not authorise force Keir Starmer: The attorney general has a tricky task in defending the legal basis for war.

Keir Starmer on preemptive wars:
“The mere fact that ____ [fill in the blank] has a capacity to attack at some unspecified time in the future is not enough.”

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Witnesses describe ‘horror’ after Israeli forces fire at Palestinians waiting for aid trucks At least 51 people killed and hundreds wounded in Khan Younis as they sought food supplies, says Gaza health ministry

Let’s not forget this. Still killing people.

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Witnesses describe ‘horror’ after Israeli forces fire at Palestinians waiting for aid trucks At least 51 people killed and hundreds wounded in Khan Younis as they sought food supplies, says Gaza health ministry

Let’s not forget this. Still killing people.

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Every time I read the news, I keep being reminded why I stopped voting for Labour when they led the UK to war in Iraq.
A Labour UK government again complicit in war crimes.
@UKLabour @FloEshalomi

A new satellite imagery analysis by Dr. He Yin of Kent State University shows that nearly all of Gaza's crops, tree cover and grassland have been damaged in Israel's invasion — devastation that some have said should be prosecuted as "ecocide.

Civil servants told to consider quitting if they disagree with policy over Gaza - BBC News More than 300 Foreign Office staff had raised concerns about potential UK "complicity" in Israel's conduct in Gaza.

"[T]he bargain at the heart of the British Civil Service is that we sign up to deliver the policies of the Government of the day wholeheartedly, within the limits imposed by the law and the Civil Service Code,"
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“Kidnapped”: Israel Intercepts Gaza-Bound Aid Ship, Detains Greta Thunberg & Others in Int’l Waters Eleven peace activists and one journalist on board the Gaza Freedom Flotilla ship, the Madleen, were detained by Israeli soldiers as their ship carrying vital humanitarian aid for starving Palestinian...

“Kidnapped in International Waters” www.democracynow.org/2025/6/9/mad...

Write to USS - ask them not to take a stake in Sizewell C The government wants YOUR pension savings to be invested in building Sizewell C. Because we have a say on how our money is used, that means we could control the flow of cash to Sizewell – and stop it ...

Any academics out there with a USS pension and who are opposed to nuclear power should probably click on the link below… 👇

Natural England chair rejects ministers’ claim that nature blocks development Exclusive: Tony Juniper, who will oversee nature restoration fund, says claims ‘not fully backed by evidence’

“not necessarily fully backed by evidence” : a very British way of saying that the government is lying

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Series of sketches for coming book on architecture and warfare to be published later this year by Jovis. Support by the Graham Foundation.
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#architecture #military #warfare #conflict #book #grahamfoundation
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If you were shocked by my film on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, you haven’t been paying attention | Louis Theroux The response to The Settlers has been humbling. But the ongoing displacement and intimidation of Palestinians is more severe than we could capture, says documentary presenter Louis Theroux

‘The response to The Settlers has been humbling. But the ongoing displacement and intimidation of Palestinians is more severe than we could capture’
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Statues, bridges, soundscapes: Queen Elizabeth II memorial designs unveiled Giant canopy of stone lilies and exact cast of Windsor oak tree among ideas for commemoration in St James’s Park

Do you want to know my opinion on the shortlist? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Gaza humanitarian aid ship bombed by drones in waters off Malta Freedom Flotilla Coalition claims Israel to blame for attack on unarmed civilian vessel in international waters

Who would do this? “A ship carrying humanitarian aid and activists to Gaza has been bombed…”

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Blair’s net zero intervention invites scrutiny of his institute’s donors Labour insider rebukes ‘tech bros’ within Tony Blair Institute as critics question past work with petrostates

Tony Blair never fails to disappoint…
“Labour insider rebukes ‘tech bros’ within Tony Blair Institute as critics question past work with petrostates”
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“Environmental defenders were wary of Starmer’s Labour party, though I don’t think anyone believed it would be worse than the Tories. But here we are.” @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

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Ending Cooperative Agreements’ Funding to Princeton University On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced that nearly $4 million in funding is ending to Princeton University after a detailed, careful, and thorough review of the...

Get this: Commerce is slashing $ to Princeton's world-renowned climate research b/c modeling changes to Earth systems is "contributing to a phenomenon known as 'climate anxiety,' which has increased significantly among America’s youth."

No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...

Trump imposes 50% tariff on Africa’s Lesotho, the highest among nations The move deals a harsh blow to the small, impoverished state, which Trump mocked as a place ‘nobody has heard of’.

The Trump administration has imposed a steep 50% tariff on Lesotho, a small, impoverished African nation of two million people – the highest tariff levied on any country ⤵️

Dark Laboratory: groundbreaking book argues climate crisis was sparked by colonisation Tao Leigh Goffe argues climate breakdown is the mutant offspring of European scientific racism and colonialism

A reminder to read more by @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥

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Does Columbia still merit the name of a university? | Rashid Khalidi Columbia’s long been run more like the vast business empire, than as an educational institution. Now it’s acting like Vichy on the Hudson

There is a lot in this article for university leadership to reflect on www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

John McDonnell accuses ministers of lacking empathy over benefit cuts Former shadow chancellor also says he is surprised at how poorly government has handled lead-up to policy changes

So true

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Elon Musk targeted me over Tesla protests. That proves our movement is working I’ve always believed the people are powerful. Now we know the world’s richest man does too

“We struggle to think of anything analogous in the history of the automotive industry, in which a brand has lost so much value so quickly.”

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Maximum points: what is the most influential video game ever? As Bafta launches a survey asking the public to nominate the most influential game of all time, we asked people from across games and culture for their picks

Tetris, obviously.

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