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Gaia Vince

@wanderinggaia.bsky.social

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Writer, broadcaster, author (NOMAD CENTURY; TRANSCENDENCE; ANTHROPOCENE https://bit.ly/3QR898d) Human-Earth system science https://toot.community/@WanderingGaia

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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · Nov 22

A round-up introduction thread to some of my work and interests 🧵

Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · Dec 30

Looking back on my 2023 highlights: #NomadCentury came out in paperback, was Highly Commended in the
Wainwright Prize for nature writing 2023, shortlisted for the Zócalo Book Prize and the Christopher Moore Prize For Human Rights books www.amazon.com/Nomad-Centur...

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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 7h

Wishing you a pleasant journey this motning

Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 7h

London buses infested with cockroaches, drivers say

Drivers say a number of buses and their rest areas are infested with cockroaches.

www.bbc.com

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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 1d

A quiet bombshell in Europe’s tech world

The Dutch government seems to have effectively frozen operations of Nexperia, the Chinese-owned chipmaker, citing national security, according to corporate filing today - via @zichenwanghere

Dutch govt accused of freezing operations of Chinese semiconductor giant's chipmaker Nexperia

Wingtech, the Shanghai-listed parent, denounces what it essentially calls a boardroom coup involving the Dutch government and local executives

open.substack.com

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 9h

I bang on about this a lot: I think the combination of a global pandemic, underregulated internet/SM, collapse/corruption of trustworthy media, plus now unregulated genAI, is a wildly toxic environment for radicalisation & mental health. We see the results of that in our politics & lives every day

James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 22h

Everyone knows at least one person (normally, but not exclusively, a guy) whose gone properly mental due to net rabbit holes.

We see public figures regularly go mad and destroy themselves.

And we have, at a policy level, just decided to put our fingers in our ears and go nahnahnah

Alastair Meeks @alastairmeeks.bsky.social · 22h

Last night I heard of another friend of a friend who has been lost to a rabbit hole of online propaganda. We need to start treating this as a serious public health concern.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 7h

UK travellers to pay cost of EU border delays

Sure… just add it onto the ginormous tab.
And, while you’re at it, Brexiters, STFU about any Brexit benefits, sovereignty or control.

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UK travellers to pay cost of EU border delays

Extract:

UK travellers who miss connections, events or cruises due to new EU border control rules will have to shoulder the costs of delays, experts warn.
Long queues are expected at airports and ports across the EU as a new biometric system is rolled out for passengers entering the Schengen zone, including those travelling rom the UK
Airports in countries including Germany, Greece and Portugal introduced checks under the new Entry/Exit System (EES) yester-day. The system will be fully in place across the zone by 9 April, 2026.

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The Independent @the-independent.com · 8h

BREAKING | Every living Israeli hostage has now been released by Hamas

Gaza latest: Hostages to be released as Trump flies to Israel saying ‘war is over’

www.independent.co.uk

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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 8h

My dreams were full of hawks. Also death :(

Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 19h

H Is For Hawk is a film and it’s really well done! Recommended

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 17h

They’re Trying to Publish the Best Books You’ve Never Heard Of

Naomi Huffman and Julia Ringo, the creators of Hagfish, an imprint they started in 2022 after leaving jobs at Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Their small press is focused on out-of-print and obscure books by women.

Gift link!

They’re Trying to Publish the Best Books You’ve Never Heard Of

www.nytimes.com

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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 18h

I used to find it annoying but then I noticed the Irish use it a lot in quite a charming way

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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 19h

Far too many of these guys :(

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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 19h

H Is For Hawk is a film and it’s really well done! Recommended

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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 1d

The problem

The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 18d

These very true words from Steve Hely have given me tremendous comfort over the years.

Writing a novel— actually picking the words and filling in paragraphs— is a tremendous pain in the ass. Now that TV’s so good and the Internet is an endless forest of distraction, it’s damn near impossible. That should be taken into account when ranking the all-time greats. Somebody like Charles Dickens, for example, who had nothing better to do except eat mutton and attend public hangings, should get very little credit.

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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 1d

A lovely example of how we could do things better #NomadCentury

‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance

Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines

www.theguardian.com

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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 1d

I only used the non-algorithmic and it still pushed promoted tweets there

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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 1d

Agree. There is a lack of deep discussion on TV across all culture from music to literature to science. (except for a couple of periods of history, which are well catered)

Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 1d

I think one reason we have an elitism divide with the arts now has a lot to do with the reduction of proper documentary and discussion from TV. There used to be something on every single night like that.

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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 1d

Let this be the turning point towards a better future for these beleaguered people

Soldiers from elite Capsat unit join protests against Madagascar’s president

Demonstrators march alongside regiment, who earlier in the day said they would not fire on the crowds

www.theguardian.com

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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks

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Mary Earnshaw @maryearnshaw.bsky.social · 1d

Listen to this. Yes, you do have the time!

Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 4d

Huge pleasure to talk to the lovely Amol Rajan this week. Hoping I made some sense!

Radical with Amol Rajan - Climate Migration: Confronting the Reality of Global Warming (Gaia Vince) - BBC Sounds

Gaia Vince makes the positive case for immigration despite public concern over the issue.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 1d

So pretty!

Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 1d

👏 so depressing tho

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 1d

Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com

Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election

Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...

www.desmog.com

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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 1d

These people are the worst sort of con artists

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 1d

WELL THEN IT'S NOT MEANINGFUL IS IT, NICK www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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capnfisheye.bsky.social @capnfisheye.bsky.social · 1d

Loving Amol Rajan’s interview with @wanderinggaia.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Radical with Amol Rajan - Climate Migration: Confronting the Reality of Global Warming (Gaia Vince) - BBC Sounds

Gaia Vince makes the positive case for immigration despite public concern over the issue.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks!

Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 1d

Started watching The Last Of Us and it is not soothing viewing…

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Steve Simpson @profstevesimpson.bsky.social · 1d

Inspired by this fresh perspective. Thanks @wanderinggaia.bsky.social for showcasing the best of migration, albeit often driven by the brutality of climate change. Loved your BBC Radical podcast with #AmolRajan: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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