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Naturalists for Palestine Naturalists for Palestine is a call from individuals and organisations in the UK nature sector to stand for an end to the genocide in Gaza, and to the suffering and oppression of the people of Palesti...

Calling all nature people and orgs, please consider adding your name to Naturalists for Palestine.

It's essential we recognise that ecocide and genocide are two sides of the same coin, and resist both.
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From false flags to fake insurance, in our latest Stage Talk we learnt that there's many warning signs that indicate a ship may be up to no good. You can listen back to our conversation with @pa.nton.cx on tracking vessels by searching 'Stage Talks with Bellingcat'. rss.com/podcasts/bel...

Trump Administration Has Sent Influx of Federal Agents to Portland, City Leaders Say City and state elected officials say the Trump administration has deployed additional federal agents to Portland’s ICE facility. The news came at an emergency press conference on Friday evening, where...

Mayor Keith Wilson announced Friday evening that the “rumors about deployment” of additional national law enforcement in Portland “became a reality” today, after escalating rhetoric by the Trump administration regarding anti-ICE protests in the city.

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UN To Relocate Headquarters From New York To Nairobi, Consolidating Global Hub Status – ImpactReports Africa

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They are moving UN HQ to Nairobi next year

UN To Relocate Headquarters From New York To Nairobi, Consolidating Global Hub Status – ImpactReports Africa

impactreportsafrica.com/un-to-reloca...

Federal Agents Amass in Portland, Local Officials Say Aaron Mesh, Sophie Peel

President Donald Trump has dispatched federal agents to Portland, local elected officials said in a hastily scheduled press conference on Friday night

Some Actions That Are Not Protesting or Voting Some Actions That Are Not Protesting or Voting A list adapted from & inspired by Frontline Medics. Here was their original list of 25 actions. I’ve added a lot of things and edited other things. [Not...

Still struggling to take action even after you have figured out your lane? Here is a list of different ways you can contribute: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Raised almost a whole trip for 16 people since I shared yesterday- would love to raise another one today- they have 80 families on their list and it’s been by far the cheapest way to get people moved out of Gaza City which has become so so dangerous

Who is keeping a list of Universities that have fired faculty? You know, to assure people know what they are getting into if they go there.

Israel’s military launched its ground assault on Monday “to occupy Gaza City,” killing at least 62 Palestinians, most of them in the city, according to Axios and the Wafa news agency.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/k3tiwn pic.x.com/GeRMd5IGJO

Opinion | When Universities Become Informants A practice from the McCarthy era makes an ugly return.

Judith Butler:"It is important to refuse the notion that this is just how things are..invoking a feckless realpolitik that justifies complicity with a brutal & rising authoritarianism. It is time to resist the injustice that now threatens to be normalized" www.chronicle.com/article/when...

Tell Louis Vuitton Fur Is Classless, Not Classic — Species Unite

Please sign and share. Thank you. www.speciesunite.com/tell-louis-v...

a field of purple and red wildflowers in an alpine meadow with partially snow covered mountain in the background.

Pinksky test/ mountain meadows

Open access coauthored article on marine biodiversity out now! Please check out this article written by Dr. Sebuliba and myself about the multiple meanings ascribed to the concept and metric of biodiversity and how it is employed through the BBNJ Agreement. Sebuliba, S. and Sammler, K. G. (2025). Governing biodiversity: ambiguity and fragmentation in the BBNJ Agreement. Ocean & Coastal Management, 270:107913. Available Open Access here: Abstract…

Open access coauthored article on marine biodiversity out now!

Please check out this article written by Dr. Sebuliba and myself about the multiple meanings ascribed to the concept and metric of biodiversity and how it is employed through the BBNJ Agreement. Sebuliba, S. and Sammler, K. G. (2025).…

Reported U.S. Strike in the Caribbean Sea Would Violate International Human Rights Law We call for a prompt, thorough, independent, impartial and transparent investigation into this strike.

Reported U.S. Strike in the Caribbean Sea Would Violate International Human Rights Law www.amnestyusa.org/press-releas...

Accepted at Universities, Unable to Get Visas: Inside Trump’s War on International Students With interview slots vanishing and visas arbitrarily denied, the U.S. could see 150,000 fewer international students this fall.

With interview slots vanishing and arbitrary visa denials, the U.S. could see 150,000 fewer international students this fall.

The miners’ smile Jakob Stausholm has one smile. It is made at the cost of his entire top lip. The smile is there in every photograph, in the pages of every annual report. It is the slyly thrilled smile of a man thinking about digging up someone else’s resources.

Editorial: The destruction at Juukan Gorge was entirely deliberate, the combination of dynamite and greed. This week, Rio Tinto CEO Jakob Stausholm was in the Oval Office to lobby for mining rights to the sacred land of the San Carlos Apache tribe. satpa.pe/VqApAPg

Dutch foreign minister quits over failure to secure sanctions against Israel Caspar Veldkamp quits after cabinet reaches deadlock on adopting harsher measures over situation in Gaza

We need many many more leaders of the calibre of Kaspar Veldkamp @ministerbz.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

“Our fish are not your marine biodiversity”: tensions in integrating fisheries into the BBNJ Agreement - npj Ocean Sustainability npj Ocean Sustainability - “Our fish are not your marine biodiversity”: tensions in integrating fisheries into the BBNJ Agreement

"Our fish are not your marine biodiversity"

This open-access paper examines how spatial, technological, institutional, and philosophical tensions have complicated efforts to integrate fisheries into the BBNJ Agreement
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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My former PhD student wrote this exciting and timely article along with myself and another colleague. Check it out open access!

An interesting opprtunity:

ArtSea Matchmaking

CALLING ALL ARTISTS & DEEP-SEA SCIENTISTS!
We’re excited to launch ArtSea Matchmaking, a new initiative that brings together artists and scientists for creative collaborations inspired by the deep ocean.
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NEWS: Israeli forces shot and killed 13-year-old Rayan Tamer Anwar Houshyeh during a military raid in Al-Yamoun, near Jenin, on June 25, according to Defense for Children International – Palestine.

'They're Not Breathing': Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowdin...

NEW: Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.

Unpaywalled from @dell.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social:

Protect Octopuses from Commercial Farming in the U.S. — Species Unite

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“It states that this screening will apply for both new & returning student visa applicants. Consular officers must take “detailed case notes” about their review of applicants’ online presences and “take screenshots to preserve the record against possible later alteration or loss of the information.”

120 million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR budget reconciliation package The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 120 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...

This would be the largest public lands sell-off in modern U.S. history and it's happening with no hearings, no debate, and no public input.

See what public lands would be available for sale:
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