beki m.
@beki.bsky.social
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Critical urban and economic geographer. Development, finance, climate risk and governance, political economy. Birds, books, trees, records, etc. ☕️✨ bekimcelvain.com 📍 OAK | MEX | NOTTS
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beki.bsky.social
My new piece on the death drive in Florida and the need for roots is out in the incredible inaugural issue of @the-breakdown.bsky.social. Grateful to the editors for the opportunity to gather my thoughts on the meanings of risk and to write about home—and in the company of such brilliant people. ✨
Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season
In Florida, risk is a feature of life. In a deepening climate crisis, financial capitalism gives risk new meaning.
www.break-down.org
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weedenkim.bsky.social
Photos coming out of Western AK are devastating.

Hardest hit are indigenous villages off road system, many miles by air from supplies. Most built on river deltas w/ no high ground to which to escape.

Cuts to NASA/NOAA mean worse weather data. Cuts to EPA mean no grants for erosion control. Etc.
newseye.bsky.social
These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
Homes flooded in Kipnuk Flooding seen with water up to the crash barriers of local roads Sheds and debris lie scattered in the storm A small blue house has been blown onto its roof
beki.bsky.social
Any university AI policy that doesn't also include the range of real and documented environmental consequences from its use does a disservice to students who may not know how harmful it is. IME, many do use it differently when they're expected to make informed decisions vs just following rules.
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ketanjoshi.co
We have truly not yet figured out how to cope with a person or institution that is "aware" of climate change, "accepts the science", but then decides to continue actively worsening it anyway

We don't even have a word or a phrase for this!

theconversation.com/mark-carneys...
Mark Carney’s climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate change’s existential threat
Climate action no longer seems to be a priority for Prime Minister Mark Carney, despite his previous activism. This is bad news for Canadians and the climate.
theconversation.com
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moryan.bsky.social
If you're watching the situation in Chicago from afar & want to help, on the off chance you have spare $$, you can give to the Midwest Immigrant Bond Fund, which posts "bond for individuals held in the custody of ICE w ties to IL, IN, KY & WI who cannot afford to pay"
www.mibfc.org/helpusgrow
How to Help MIBFC — Midwest Immigration Bond Fund
www.mibfc.org
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kaibosworth.bsky.social
in "'Just trust me, bro: The consummative mood of reactionary decarbonization' i think through the overlap between everyday tech bro masculinities and decarbonization advocacy.
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hakonnordhagen.bsky.social
The length at which «AI» vested interests go to protect its assets from stranding reminds me of the on-going wild fight of fossil vested interests to protect its fossil assets from stranding.

It does not bode well.
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debtjustice.bsky.social
New research from Oxfam and Care shows how rich countries are profiting from the climate crisis

🌍 2/3 of climate finance to the Global South comes as loans
💸 For every $5 received, $7 is paid back – a 42% profit for creditors

www.oxfamamerica.org/press/two-th...
Two-thirds of climate funding for Global South is loans as rich countries profiteer from escalating climate crisis
New research by Oxfam and CARE Climate Justice Center, <a href="https://policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/climate-finance-shado
www.oxfamamerica.org
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gbbranstetter.bsky.social
I have so much respect for Greta Thunberg because she easily could have coasted on speaking gigs and Davos appearances for the rest of her life
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futureeconscot.bsky.social
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Who owns Scotland's offshore wind assets?

Our new interactive map with @cmmonwealth.bsky.social lets you explore who really owns ScotWind projects – and who stands to benefit

Highlights in 🧵
Explore the map 👉 www.futureeconomy.scot/scotwind
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lsesociology.bsky.social
📣 Submit your paper to the @bjsociology.bsky.social 2026 Conference!

The BJS conference will showcase cutting-edge research across Sociology, providing a platform to discuss the most exciting developments in the field.

Submit your abstract by Monday 20 October 2025.

www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
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adriennebuller.bsky.social
New from @the-breakdown.bsky.social ISSUE 2

Photojournalist Garry Lotulung documents the exlosion of nickel mining, largely for batteries, in Halmahera, Indonesia—speaking with workers, locals & members of the island's Indigenous community

Photographed: Daniel Totabo
Daniel Totabo fishes for eel in the Halmahera rainforest Nickel mines enroach on the rainforest in central Halmahera
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craiggilmore.bsky.social
I came out of this film yesterday to news is Assata’s death. The film’s opening scene is an attack on the Otay Mesa detention center to free those locked inside. Thinking today about Assata & about the women & men who broke her out of prison. #FreeThemAll
beki.bsky.social
Yes! 🌭🌭🌭🌭🌭