Bhamini @bhamini.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Soil health, seed health and human health are intimately and inextricably linked 000
Reposted by BhaminiAmber Woods @amberspeaks.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I refuse to believe that people are meant to spend their entire lives surviving systems that keep wounding them faster than they can heal. 517648
Reposted by BhaminiDreamcatcher @dreamcatcher01.bsky.social · 08/05/2026For when you need to breathe... 442368247
Reposted by BhaminiContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 29/04/2026The otherwordly landscape of Patagonia 864117479
Bhamini @bhamini.bsky.social · 04/03/2026In 2021-22 I tracked the food x fuel x finance crisis. In 2026 we’re heading there again. Every food crisis (2008 etc) we see similar patterns repeat. It’s a lot…the hungriest and most vulnerable are left hostage as profits & plunder continue for a few. newsletter.rajpatel.org/p/how-the-wa...newsletter.rajpatel.orgHow the war makes food more expensiveThe industrial food system depends on fossil fuels for fertilizer. Shutting down the Strait of Hormuz just before the spring planting will raise food prices. 000
Reposted by BhaminiReuters @reuters.com · 04/03/2026Indian rupee hits record low as Mideast war rattles markets, stokes economic risks reut.rs/3MJunMKreut.rsIndian rupee hits record low as Mideast war rattles markets, stokes economic risksThe Indian rupee fell to a record low against the dollar on Wednesday as a sharp rise in oil prices and a rush out of risk assets piled pressure on the emerging market currency that analysts say could continue until conflict in the Middle East ebbs. 02410
Reposted by BhaminiRest of World @restofworld.org · 28/02/2026India's push for EV buses shows a deadly blind spot: scaling faster than driver training can keep up, putting public transport safety at risk restofworld.org/2026/india-electric…restofworld.orgIndia’s electric bus push has a deadly blind spotFatal accidents are mounting as cities add buses faster than they can train drivers. 062
Reposted by Bhaminicharles-spillane.bsky.social @charles-spillane.bsky.social · 27/02/2026www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comSocial limits to adaptation in the context of intangible cultural heritageAmid mounting evidence of limited progress in adapting to climate change, scholarship on the limits to adaptation is gaining renewed momentum. Neverth… 111
Reposted by BhaminiCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/02/2026Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.com‘Unbelievably dangerous’: experts sound alarm after ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergenciesStudy finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases 431268716
Bhamini @bhamini.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Embedding care, wellbeing, & relationality works off the notion that systemic socio-ecological transformations require a diff organizing principle. The current one functions exactly as designed, perpetuating inequalities that limit a person’s (& a community’s) scope to thrive, not just survive. 110
Bhamini @bhamini.bsky.social · 23/02/2026With the rise in vulnerability and precarity for livelihoods and wellbeing, stronger social protection mechanisms that aren’t static just end-points, but a continuum—as this article posits—can be transformational. Our fieldwork signals the same. Agrarian economy/farmers are already overburdened. 100
Bhamini @bhamini.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Bringing back a fav—as we think of what gets a food systems moving by tracing what got it to move in the past This food crisis is different: COVID-19 & the fragility of the neoliberal food security order www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social @williamgmoseley.bsky.socialtandfonline.comThis food crisis is different: COVID-19 and the fragility of the neoliberal food security orderOur analysis situates the current COVID-19 induced food crisis within a longer-term historical perspective on policy responses to past food crises. We argue that the legacies left by these past pol... 042
Reposted by BhaminiScroll @scroll.in · 07/02/2026The state government also termed the incident that occured on Thursday morning at Mynsyngat, Thangsko a ‘dynamite explosion’. scroll.in/latest/10905... 021
Reposted by BhaminiScroll @scroll.in · 16/01/2026In 2021, the Modi government unveiled its plan to build a mega infrastructural project on the Great Nicobar. Soon, corals that hugged its coastline disappeared on the map. In EP 02 of True Story, Supriya Sharma speaks to Vaishnavi Rathore about how she broke the story and why it is significant.youtu.beHow we found the disappearing corals of the Great Nicobar | True StoryYouTube video by Scroll.in 242
Reposted by BhaminiAhhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 01/01/2026“In almost all regions of the world, the top 1% of the population is richer than the combined 90%” according to the new UN report on inequality “the bottom 50% of the world’s population holds just 2% of all wealth” peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/18/h...peoplesdispatch.orgHalf of the world’s population owns just 2% of global wealth, UN report finds : Peoples DispatchRising inequality is reinforced by the global financial system, which privileges the wealthier countries and compels the poorer nations to transfer a substantial part of their national income to them. 430687
Reposted by BhaminiScroll @scroll.in · 23/12/2025Cleanliness is usually described as a matter of civic sense: people, it is said, must behave better, litter less and keep public spaces clean. But civic behaviour is shaped by the society they live in. scroll.in/article/1089... Mohit Nirmender ✍️ 044
Reposted by BhaminiScroll @scroll.in · 18/12/2025The Modi government’s new VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025 seeks to replace MGNREGA, a move economist Jean Dreze says could “destroy” the scheme. This comes despite a 2020 panel recommending expanding MGNREGA to include more farm work, Shreegireesh Jalihal reports. scroll.in/article/1089... 011
Reposted by BhaminiJames Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 16/12/2025Polluters should pay for the damage they have produced. drilled.media/news/odette-...drilled.media“We Don’t Deserve This”: Survivors of Super Typhoon Odette File Claims Against ShellLast week the survivors of Super Typhoon Odette that struck the Philippines in 2021 filed what may be the most ambitious climate lawsuit to date against global oil giant Shell. 119055
Reposted by BhaminiStockholm Environment Institute @sei.org · 15/12/2025📢 #JobAlert We seek an experienced and highly motivated Senior Researcher to shape global practice, influence policy, and advance equitable, people-centred #ClimateAction. 📍 Location: SEI Oxford (Hybrid) 📅 Start date: May 2026 or earlier ⏳ Apply by 7 Jan 2026 🔗 www.sei.org/people/jobs/... 041
Reposted by BhaminiKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 25/11/2025"As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacentres, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.com‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coalAs Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants 18865
Reposted by BhaminiAyesha Tandon @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org · 11/11/2025UPDATE: We have revamped the Global South Climate Database 🎉 I'm super excited to announce this huge update, which makes the database even quicker and easier to use. (Also prettier ✨) Please check it out to find brilliant climate experts from the global south 🌏 🔗 bit.ly/GSClimateDatabase 1/4 23612
Reposted by BhaminiDana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 14/11/2025The problem with the climate regime in one article: With fewer people attending COP30 "one in every 25 participants at this year’s UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist." It is "the largest concentration of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP" and up 12% from COP29 www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comFossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report saysOne in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out 6199113
Reposted by BhaminiOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 24/10/2025“The solution certainly won’t come from AI; on the contrary, this only magnifies the problem. Moreover, correcting the errors of AI will cost us loads of time and effort. But once the cat’s out of the bag…” apache.be/2025/10/24/b...apache.beBelgian AI scientists resist the use of AI in academiaSeveral AI scientists have published an open letter calling for a ban on AI use by students. 1487
Reposted by BhaminiOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 24/10/2025I am close to tears; they listened and made an english version apache.be/2025/10/24/b... @apache.be you rule 🖤apache.beBelgian AI scientists resist the use of AI in academiaSeveral AI scientists have published an open letter calling for a ban on AI use by students. 9474211
Bhamini @bhamini.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Great way to look at cognitive offloading not just to tech, but to other humans. Important to assess the productivity and creative slug it often pushes. Here workslop is: “AI generated work content that masquerades as good work, but lacks the substance to meaningfully advance a given task.” 000
Reposted by BhaminiStanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 24/10/2025One week left! Submit your abstract for the #JOTS special issue on Digital Intersectionality and Marginalization in the #MajorityWorld. 🗓️ Deadline: October 31, 2025 🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/4mZDjtb #TrustAndSafety 112
Reposted by BhaminiHigh Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition @hlpe-fsn.bsky.social · 04/09/2025🧵🔴Why are our food systems, their people and environments so vulnerable? How can they become more resilient and help reduce future shocks? 📺Watch the HLPE-FSN report Resilient food systems launch live: www.fao.org/webcast/home... 122
Reposted by Bhaminisamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 27/08/2025There's a lawsuit about AI stealing your work. It's the same lawyers taking on Elsevier et al in a separate case. Academics: 1. Check if your work is in LibGen at www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... 2. If so, let the lawyers know at www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au... 12226190
Reposted by BhaminiProf. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 28/08/2025I was shocked when I first saw these results from standard climate models used in IPCC reports: for high emissions, the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC shuts down in all 9 models that ran past 2100, and is well on the way to shutdown by 2100. Our paper on that is out today.🧵 301214727
Reposted by BhaminiDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 02/09/2024All the Ways Heat Is Terrible for Your Healthbloomberg.comAll the Ways Heat Is Terrible for Your HealthFrom kidney disease to mental health to deaths, more research is necessary to grapple with extreme heat worsened by climate change. 2173
Reposted by BhaminiYung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 24/06/2025"In India’s financial capital – where 73% of all offices & commercial establishments are within 500m of a flood hotspot & 69% of all employees experience “hindered access” [..] trying to get to or leave work – forecasting the monsoon is fraught, essential & getting trickier with climate change." 1147
Reposted by BhaminiJason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 24/06/2025I'm excited to announce this new paper we have in The Lancet Planetary Health. We show that the world is not moving towards a just and ecological future for all. 411345
Reposted by BhaminiJason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 24/06/2025I'm excited to announce this new paper with @haugejostein . It establishes a progressive industrial policy framework to scale down harmful industries, organise production around public benefit, and achieve global ecological justice. Link in the next tweet, open access! 612732
Reposted by BhaminiScroll @scroll.in · 11/05/2025“When you sweat so much, there is cellular dehydration and electrolyte imbalance. We must pay attention to the humidity factor in our approach to extreme heat,” said Vidhya Venugopal, whose research area is extreme heat and health. scroll.in/article/1082... By Tanvi Deshpande via India Spend 0106
Reposted by BhaminiWill Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Daily bunny no.2951 gotcha! 253064377
Reposted by Bhaminiarticle-14.com @article-14.com · 07/05/2025PM Modi inaugurated the Ken-Betwa River Link in Khajuraho on 25 Dec 2024. In April, Priyanka Bhadani visited 9 villages where residents are in the process of being displaced under the project—some without clarity, others without compensation article-14.com/post/as-modi...article-14.comAs Modi Govt Fast-Tracks Controversial Project To Link Rivers, Thousands Of Anxious, Angry Adivasis Set To Lose HomesAfter Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone in December 2024 for a dam that will destroy over 4 million trees in a key tiger reserve and displace thousands, mostly Adivasis, anger spr... 021
Reposted by BhaminiRyan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Swiss Re documenting changes in the IPCC’s language around the urgency and certainty of human-caused global warming: 1289
Bhamini @bhamini.bsky.social · 24/04/2025“The study found with a high level of confidence that the global economy would be $28 trillion richer were it not for the extreme heat caused by the emissions from the 111 carbon majors.” Have folks brewed their thoughts and takes on this study yet? 020
Reposted by BhaminiDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/04/2025If we continue burning fossil fuels and warming the ocean, coral reefs will become a thing of the past.theguardian.comMore than 80% of the world’s reefs hit by bleaching after worst global event on recordAn ashen pallor and an eerie stillness all that remains where there should fluttering fish and vibrant colours in the reefscape, one conservationist says 38887305
Reposted by BhaminiHimal Southasian @himalsouthasian.bsky.social · 20/04/2025For women in Sri Lanka's Northern Province, giving up work in the face of extreme heat is an unaffordable luxury. Amita Arudpragasam writeshimalmag.comWomen bear the brunt of extreme heat in Sri Lanka’s war-torn NorthThis story was produced with support from Internews’ Earth Journalism Network. TEMPERATURES ARE RISING again. In the first-ever women-run cashew processin 111
Reposted by BhaminiJamie A Haverkamp @jamiehaverkamp.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Thrilled to share this great collection of articles attending to issues of climate justice within the UNFCCC process! Now FREE access to the complete Special Issue with C&D: www.tandfonline.com/journals/tcl... @lisaschipper.bsky.social @climdevjournal.bsky.social @ebhite22.bsky.socialtandfonline.comCollaborative event ethnography of the UNFCCC process: Assessing local-global scales of (in)justice within global climate governance arenasExplore the article collection: Collaborative event ethnography of the UNFCCC process: Assessing local-global scales of (in)justice within global climate governance arenas. Published in Climate and Development. 164
Reposted by BhaminiDaniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 15/04/2025New #article from Carvalho et al: Global synthesis of peer-reviewed articles reveals blind spots in climate impacts research TL;DR: disasters in low-income countries cause about 16 times more deaths and affect 130 times more people to receive attention www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6... 052
Reposted by BhaminiJanelle Shane @janelleshane.com · 13/04/20251. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but 2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but 3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So 4. Now the LLM code points to malware. 12078743580
Bhamini @bhamini.bsky.social · 13/04/2025“Having a community is a powerful tool of resilience.” “They want us to be so afraid,” she said. “And the only way to counter fear is with joy.” 220
Reposted by Bhaminiarticle-14.com @article-14.com · 12/04/2025"I started working at 14. I don’t have a father, no one to care for my mother" #Delhi domestic worker to Alka Singh Many migrants come from poor states like Jharkhand, Odisha & Bihar Most earn below ₹18,066/month min wage Jagori & Nikore Associates report youtu.be/6Qz6xFuzu9A 021
Reposted by BhaminiDr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Big beef adopting the oil and gas playbook to create disinformation, doubt and culture war controversy over the need to change diets Legacy industries will happily destroy everything just so long as they can keep growingtheguardian.comPR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document showsEat-Lancet report recommended shift to more plant-based, climate-friendly diet but was extensively attacked online 04816
Reposted by BhaminiScroll @scroll.in · 10/04/2025“According to public policy there is a push to increase green spaces as a measure against the climate crisis, and yet they are not being protected as they should,” Nolina Minj said while reporting on the issue. Read the report here: commonground.stck.me/post/927805/...commonground.stck.meHow Adivasis are fighting to protect their sacred groves from destructionHello, 2125