Crina B
@sparkii.bsky.social
UX + digital for not-for-profits. Parent. Surfer. Bird lover. Prev MSF + Greenpeace. Living + working on Gumbaynggirr Country. #climatejustice #refugeeswelcome 🏳️🌈
A recent article in the Intelligencer said - SEO Is Dead. Say Hello to GEO. Search-engine optimization now feels dated. Generative-engine optimization is all about trying to trick AI chatbots. Want to know how? This is pretty comprehensive: totheweb.com/blog/beyond-...
GEO: The Complete Guide to AI-First Content Optimization 2025
Learn how to optimize your content for AI-powered search engines like Gemini and ChatGPT. Get our actionable GEO checklist today.
totheweb.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A recent article in the Intelligencer said - SEO Is Dead. Say Hello to GEO. Search-engine optimization now feels dated. Generative-engine optimization is all about trying to trick AI chatbots. Want to know how? This is pretty comprehensive: totheweb.com/blog/beyond-...
"When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just - you have an obligation to say something, to do something... you too can do something." - Congressman John Lewis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCdP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCdP...
Good Trouble [official music video] Get in trouble - necessary trouble
YouTube video by music for sea monsters
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August 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just - you have an obligation to say something, to do something... you too can do something." - Congressman John Lewis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCdP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCdP...
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Last week Macquarie received the biggest #climate vote against a bank in Australia’s history.
Investors want to see Macquarie do more – as do the 10,000+ people who signed an open letter calling on Macquarie to stop funding fracking.
Investors want to see Macquarie do more – as do the 10,000+ people who signed an open letter calling on Macquarie to stop funding fracking.
August 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Last week Macquarie received the biggest #climate vote against a bank in Australia’s history.
Investors want to see Macquarie do more – as do the 10,000+ people who signed an open letter calling on Macquarie to stop funding fracking.
Investors want to see Macquarie do more – as do the 10,000+ people who signed an open letter calling on Macquarie to stop funding fracking.
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Temperatures are ~33°C, Gaza continues to be starved, the shortage of water and food is dire, governments continue to refuse to #SanctionIsrael
Help the Sameer project provide water & a little sustenance if you can
Help the Sameer project provide water & a little sustenance if you can
South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water
**With Famine on the rise, we will significantly lower tent purchases and focus on food (rice and bread) and water over the next couple of weeks**
chuffed.org
July 31, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Temperatures are ~33°C, Gaza continues to be starved, the shortage of water and food is dire, governments continue to refuse to #SanctionIsrael
Help the Sameer project provide water & a little sustenance if you can
Help the Sameer project provide water & a little sustenance if you can
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Australia has an opportunity to get out of AUKUS. We should take it.
We ask the Albanese Government to prioritise Australia's interests and security, and to join the UK and the US Governments in undertaking an independent parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS.
✍️ Add your name: theaus.in/AUKUS_inquiry
We ask the Albanese Government to prioritise Australia's interests and security, and to join the UK and the US Governments in undertaking an independent parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS.
✍️ Add your name: theaus.in/AUKUS_inquiry
June 16, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Australia has an opportunity to get out of AUKUS. We should take it.
We ask the Albanese Government to prioritise Australia's interests and security, and to join the UK and the US Governments in undertaking an independent parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS.
✍️ Add your name: theaus.in/AUKUS_inquiry
We ask the Albanese Government to prioritise Australia's interests and security, and to join the UK and the US Governments in undertaking an independent parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS.
✍️ Add your name: theaus.in/AUKUS_inquiry
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Just clocked that there is now a @climatefictionprize and that all of the authors short listed were women. Check it out - some great reads here for those interested! #books @climate #reading #clifi
climatefictionprize.co.uk
climatefictionprize.co.uk
And So I Roar wins Climate Fiction Prize 2025 - The Climate Fiction Prize
The Climate Fiction Prize will support societies to fully grasp the climate change threat and to embrace its solutions through great stories.
climatefictionprize.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Just clocked that there is now a @climatefictionprize and that all of the authors short listed were women. Check it out - some great reads here for those interested! #books @climate #reading #clifi
climatefictionprize.co.uk
climatefictionprize.co.uk
Transition minerals are mined in deeply destructive ways, threatening Indigenous people, communities & ecosystems vital for carbon storage. The green transition must also be a just transition, one that protects people & the planet, not just profits.
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns... #climatejustice
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns... #climatejustice
Critical minerals: The one issue COP has forgotten about
To reverse the climate crisis, COP30 must address the unforeseen consequences of the critical mineral boom, which is adding more deforestation and CO2 emissions
globalwitness.org
June 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Transition minerals are mined in deeply destructive ways, threatening Indigenous people, communities & ecosystems vital for carbon storage. The green transition must also be a just transition, one that protects people & the planet, not just profits.
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns... #climatejustice
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns... #climatejustice
Just listened to this interview and learned a lot - especially about the labour/exploitation that is so typical of empire. I'm looking at AI with a broader perspective now. Highly recommend this, and am adding Karen Hao's book to my must-read list www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The OpenAI empire - podcast
Technology journalist Karen Hao, who has been reporting on OpenAI since 2019, compares its unprecedented growth to a new form of empire
www.theguardian.com
June 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Just listened to this interview and learned a lot - especially about the labour/exploitation that is so typical of empire. I'm looking at AI with a broader perspective now. Highly recommend this, and am adding Karen Hao's book to my must-read list www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The Nationals leader has just said children who commit crimes should have their civil rights "put aside" if anyone was wondering how the campaign was going.
April 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The Nationals leader has just said children who commit crimes should have their civil rights "put aside" if anyone was wondering how the campaign was going.
Cattle products from Brazil are the worst offender for deforestation from the list of the UK’s direct imports globalwitness.org/en/campaigns... via @globalwitness.org #climate #forests
Forest destruction the size of Liverpool tied to UK imports
UK imports in 2024 linked to forest destruction the size of a major city, despite government pledges to tackle the global nature emergency
globalwitness.org
March 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Cattle products from Brazil are the worst offender for deforestation from the list of the UK’s direct imports globalwitness.org/en/campaigns... via @globalwitness.org #climate #forests
The US beef industry knew it was a significant source of climate emissions since 1989. The meat industry has been involved with climate obstruction and efforts to derail attempts to persuade the public to eat less meat as a climate strategy, ever since.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1403202... #climate
insideclimatenews.org/news/1403202... #climate
The American Beef Industry Understood Its Climate Impact Decades Ago - Inside Climate News
New research finds the industry’s campaigns to confuse the public about beef’s climate impact go back longer than previously recognized.
insideclimatenews.org
March 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The US beef industry knew it was a significant source of climate emissions since 1989. The meat industry has been involved with climate obstruction and efforts to derail attempts to persuade the public to eat less meat as a climate strategy, ever since.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1403202... #climate
insideclimatenews.org/news/1403202... #climate
"Instead of enabling a fair and just transition for both communities and countries globally, the race for critical minerals is exacerbating human rights abuses, deepening inequality and fuelling global unrest." #climatejustice globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
How race for critical minerals fuels conflict and inequality
While Trump zeroes in on embattled Ukraine's critical mineral reserves, conflict and inequality clash with efforts for a just energy transition across the globe
globalwitness.org
March 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
"Instead of enabling a fair and just transition for both communities and countries globally, the race for critical minerals is exacerbating human rights abuses, deepening inequality and fuelling global unrest." #climatejustice globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
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All #EU states say #Israel 's settlements are illegal and an "obstacle to peace", linked to very serious abuses. Then why do they keep trading with them?
163 NGOs & trade unions urge @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to #StopTradeWithSettlements, in compliance with #ICJ ruling: www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...
163 NGOs & trade unions urge @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to #StopTradeWithSettlements, in compliance with #ICJ ruling: www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...
NGOs, Trade Unions, Call on EU to Ban Trade with Israel’s Illegal Settlements
Over 160 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), trade unions, and civil society organizations, including Human Rights Watch, have called on the European Union to ban trade and business with Israeli set...
www.hrw.org
February 4, 2025 at 7:36 AM
All #EU states say #Israel 's settlements are illegal and an "obstacle to peace", linked to very serious abuses. Then why do they keep trading with them?
163 NGOs & trade unions urge @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to #StopTradeWithSettlements, in compliance with #ICJ ruling: www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...
163 NGOs & trade unions urge @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to #StopTradeWithSettlements, in compliance with #ICJ ruling: www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...
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Daw Khin, 57, stepped on a landmine while cleaning her outdoor toilet. She had only recently returned to her village after being forced to flee by a military air strike.
"I didn't think the military would lay mines in my house," she told @hrw
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
"I didn't think the military would lay mines in my house," she told @hrw
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
'My legs were gone': Hidden danger spreads amid Myanmar war
Jungle medics and ethnic medical groups have become a lifeline for displaced people in Myanmar as the country becomes the world's deadliest for landmines.
www.abc.net.au
February 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Daw Khin, 57, stepped on a landmine while cleaning her outdoor toilet. She had only recently returned to her village after being forced to flee by a military air strike.
"I didn't think the military would lay mines in my house," she told @hrw
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
"I didn't think the military would lay mines in my house," she told @hrw
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
I took heart from this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8QL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8QL...
Don't Believe Him | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I took heart from this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8QL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8QL...
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"Campaigners have warned the world’s largest metals market, the London Metal Exchange (LME), that it could be breaking the law by allowing the trading of copper from one of the world’s most controversial mines."
The Guardian covers @glanlaw.bsky.social's and LMN's action:
tinyurl.com/mry7z56f
The Guardian covers @glanlaw.bsky.social's and LMN's action:
tinyurl.com/mry7z56f
Green activists warn London exchange over possibly ‘criminal’ copper trading
Dealing in metal from Papua could break UK law because of environmental impact of mining it, campaigners argue
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"Campaigners have warned the world’s largest metals market, the London Metal Exchange (LME), that it could be breaking the law by allowing the trading of copper from one of the world’s most controversial mines."
The Guardian covers @glanlaw.bsky.social's and LMN's action:
tinyurl.com/mry7z56f
The Guardian covers @glanlaw.bsky.social's and LMN's action:
tinyurl.com/mry7z56f
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Starter Pack on Colonialism, Decolonisation & Race 👇. Interdisciplinary and not limited to academics. Set it up last week so I may have missed people who joined recently - pls let me know if you'd like to be added (or removed). ..Overlapping starter packs v.welcome!
go.bsky.app/NypyY8Q
go.bsky.app/NypyY8Q
November 15, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Starter Pack on Colonialism, Decolonisation & Race 👇. Interdisciplinary and not limited to academics. Set it up last week so I may have missed people who joined recently - pls let me know if you'd like to be added (or removed). ..Overlapping starter packs v.welcome!
go.bsky.app/NypyY8Q
go.bsky.app/NypyY8Q
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The Palestinian keffiyeh and its symbolism:
The firshnet represents its Mediterranean life.
The bold multi-laned borders represent the trade routes passing through Palestine.
The leaf pattern in between the two border lines represent olive leaves.
The hills, the sea, and the routes of travel.
The firshnet represents its Mediterranean life.
The bold multi-laned borders represent the trade routes passing through Palestine.
The leaf pattern in between the two border lines represent olive leaves.
The hills, the sea, and the routes of travel.
October 17, 2023 at 9:23 AM
The Palestinian keffiyeh and its symbolism:
The firshnet represents its Mediterranean life.
The bold multi-laned borders represent the trade routes passing through Palestine.
The leaf pattern in between the two border lines represent olive leaves.
The hills, the sea, and the routes of travel.
The firshnet represents its Mediterranean life.
The bold multi-laned borders represent the trade routes passing through Palestine.
The leaf pattern in between the two border lines represent olive leaves.
The hills, the sea, and the routes of travel.
A huge win after many years of research, innovation and time spent building community trust. DNDi (The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative) do vital work!
Guinea has eliminated sleeping sickness as a public health problem – the first neglected tropical disease ever eliminated in the country!
stories.dndi.org/boletmouna/
stories.dndi.org/boletmouna/
Bölët Mouna
Inside Guinea's quest to eliminate sleeping sickness
stories.dndi.org
February 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
A huge win after many years of research, innovation and time spent building community trust. DNDi (The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative) do vital work!
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My review of Ukrainian novelist and poetess Victoria Amelina's poignant, unfinished last work. Her life was gratuitously and carelessly snuffed out - by a Russian missile - cruelly early, but at least her words live on. www.ft.com/content/bf5b...
Looking at Women Looking at War — a chronicle cut short by Putin’s invasion
A Russian missile strike killed Ukrainian writer and war-crimes investigator Victoria Amelina, leaving her unfinished diaries as a poignant tribute to what might have been
www.ft.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
My review of Ukrainian novelist and poetess Victoria Amelina's poignant, unfinished last work. Her life was gratuitously and carelessly snuffed out - by a Russian missile - cruelly early, but at least her words live on. www.ft.com/content/bf5b...
This feels like essential learning - to change the mindset of news consumers from passive to active, and give the next generation the skills to distinguish truth from chaos.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-pro...
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-pro...
How to protect democracies from falsehoods? By empowering the young with open-source investigation skills
“If anyone with a smartphone can publish, they should also be able to verify,” argue Bellingcat’s founder Eliot Higgins and Dr Natalie Martin in this piece.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
February 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
This feels like essential learning - to change the mindset of news consumers from passive to active, and give the next generation the skills to distinguish truth from chaos.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-pro...
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-pro...
Australia proved this in practice. Long-term & indefinite detention causes harm. Suicides, sexual assault, abuse, hunger & despair for men, women & kids left to languish in PNG and Nauru. All of this well documented. It's also expensive - many, many times the cost of resettlement - and corrupt.
Despite European ambitions to tackle migration through offshore centers, these plans currently face too many obstacles to be feasible, Stefania D’Ignoti writes.
Why EU Offshore Migrant Centers Can’t Work—for Now
The Italy-Albania plan shows that there are far too many obstacles.
foreignpolicy.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Australia proved this in practice. Long-term & indefinite detention causes harm. Suicides, sexual assault, abuse, hunger & despair for men, women & kids left to languish in PNG and Nauru. All of this well documented. It's also expensive - many, many times the cost of resettlement - and corrupt.
Hold powerful people and institutions accountable - tips to do it safely: freedom.press/digisec/blog...
Here’s how to share sensitive leaks with the press
Thinking about securely leaking information to news organizations? This guide will show you how.
freedom.press
February 6, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Hold powerful people and institutions accountable - tips to do it safely: freedom.press/digisec/blog...
Hello everyone, #introduction time...
I've been working on digital projects for environmental and humanitarian not-for-profits for 20+ years. I've had the privilege to work with amazing committed people at MSF, Greenpeace, Oxfam, The Climate Council, Market Forces, Grata Fund, (1/3)
I've been working on digital projects for environmental and humanitarian not-for-profits for 20+ years. I've had the privilege to work with amazing committed people at MSF, Greenpeace, Oxfam, The Climate Council, Market Forces, Grata Fund, (1/3)
December 19, 2023 at 10:02 PM
Hello everyone, #introduction time...
I've been working on digital projects for environmental and humanitarian not-for-profits for 20+ years. I've had the privilege to work with amazing committed people at MSF, Greenpeace, Oxfam, The Climate Council, Market Forces, Grata Fund, (1/3)
I've been working on digital projects for environmental and humanitarian not-for-profits for 20+ years. I've had the privilege to work with amazing committed people at MSF, Greenpeace, Oxfam, The Climate Council, Market Forces, Grata Fund, (1/3)