Reposted by N BeingessnerIPES-Food @ipes-food.org · 06/10/20262/ Low pay. Wage theft. Dangerous work. Forced labour. Discrimination. Insecure jobs. This isn’t accidental. Today’s food systems are built around keeping labour cheap and workers disempowered. 104
N Beingessner @nbeingessner.bsky.social · 1hPeople replying with 'Why aren't our students doing this' - yes, AND get your own privileged ass on the line! You can handle the consequences of arrest better than a young person at the start of their life. Solidarity! 000
N Beingessner @nbeingessner.bsky.social · 1hThey need to be supported by others as well! Note the more recent involvement of French unions. 100
N Beingessner @nbeingessner.bsky.social · 2hMaybe this will raise awareness of Scottish notes so more English businesses accept them! 010
N Beingessner @nbeingessner.bsky.social · 7hThere's more than one research project with that title! www.hvl.no/en/research/...hvl.noRepeat – REthinking sustainable land use of PEATlandsThis project aims to combine hard data on peatland carbon stocks and peatland restoration with an understanding of peatland management, to develop new knowledge about sustainable planning and manageme... 010
Reposted by N BeingessnerFabian Dablander @fdabl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🔥 Our paper on techno-optimism and climate action among scientists is now published! With @colognaviktoria.bsky.social, @maiensachis.bsky.social & @jmbh.bsky.social, we studied 9,199 scientists across 115 countries. 🧵 🔗 Paper: tinyurl.com/4yb7fj97 📰 The Guardian: tinyurl.com/sy5rrbdx 23620
Reposted by N BeingessnerStephanie Lamy @stephlamy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026For my ENG speaking followers Unprecedented High School blockades began in the outskirts of Paris in Créteil on the 21st of Sept. National mobilisations followed on the 29th of September, the 1st and the 6th of October. The movement is ongoing and has spread both in scope and scale. #tippingpoint 7298149
N Beingessner @nbeingessner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"Productive life". How dare 17 year olds deny The Man three formative years of their lives. 010
N Beingessner @nbeingessner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Me at recent specialist appointments. 7 tubes last time. Let me be dramatic.tenor.comZoo Tropolis Zootopia GIF – Zoo Tropolis Zootopia Lt Judy Hopps – discover and share GIFsClick to view the GIF 000
Reposted by N BeingessnerBookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores. 2854243352
Reposted by N BeingessnerElyse Graham @elysegraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I hate English department Halloween. What do you mean, you're the hermeneutics of suspicion 728957
Reposted by N BeingessnerNina Markl 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @ninamarkl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026pals, send me your worst headlines you have seen in recent months for my class on mass media, please! 355
Reposted by N BeingessnerJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead 10994092954
Reposted by N BeingessnerJon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 05/10/2026James in no way guilty of this but there is a type of journalist who likes to report the 'authentic countryside' by speaking to to three farmers, one estate owner, and five gamekeepers. Rural Britain is also the guy that runs the vape shop and the fella who set up the Indian restaurant in 1973. 081
Reposted by N Beingessner🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It'S toO eXpenSIve to AcT oN cLiMatE chANGe. www.theenergymix.com/extreme-summ...theenergymix.comExtreme Summer Weather Produced $1.8B in Insured Losses on Canadian PrairiesExtreme weather this summer caused more than $1.8 billion in insured losses during 10 events across Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, the Insurance Bureau of Canada reports. And those costs will co... 315574
Reposted by N BeingessnerIPES-Food @ipes-food.org · 05/10/2026🚨 NEW REPORT: The world’s largest workforce is also its most exploited. 1.4 billion people – 2 in 5 workers worldwide – work in food systems. Yet food systems exploit more workers than any other sector. Read & share #FoodWork: ipes-food.org/report/food-...ipes-food.orgFOOD WORK | IPES-Food reportNEW IPES-Food report – 1.4 billion people work in food systems. Food Work exposes systemic labour exploitation and sets out how to secure rights and dignified work for all. 01413
N Beingessner @nbeingessner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I was 13 when I saw it and my mom took me to counselling over my inability to cope. I simply do not watch or read horror anymore. 010
Reposted by N BeingessnerA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious. 5162611731
Reposted by N BeingessnerMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Best part of this muddled article by one of Bloomberg's money guys is that two of the charts make a compelling case that knee-jerk opposition to AI is wholly justified because technological progress doesn't increase productivity, it just enables greater income extraction by capital. Oops! 9607183
Reposted by N BeingessnerDoug Savage, Rebel Alliance Attorney @realdougsavage.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Restorative justice is meant for THE VICTIM not THE PERPETRATOR. 0341
N Beingessner @nbeingessner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The reviews that bother me are the old men lauding other old men for their depictions of female interiority. Real Writers tm 010
N Beingessner @nbeingessner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I'd be curious about how much romance she has read and how it compares to other genre fiction in her opinion. Are you a reader of popular fiction? 000
N Beingessner @nbeingessner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I make sure to see the pink house every time I visit Montreal! 030
Reposted by N BeingessnerJimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 01/10/2026Carney begins his announcement of a new oil pipeline by acknowledging the climate-linked wildfire that came close to levelling the town where he's announcing the new oil pipeline. A flat circle. 15517195
N Beingessner @nbeingessner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I once got so mad at two loud racist Boomer women in Copper Kettle that I went over and berated them. Not very effective but I don't regret it. 120
Reposted by N BeingessnerKim Siever @kimsiever.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It has been over 11 years since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada released its 93 calls to action. Since then, 14 of them have been completed. That is just 15%. In over a decade. www.indigenouswatchdog.org/2026/09/01/t...indigenouswatchdog.orgTRC Calls To Action Status: September 1, 2026 - Indigenous Watchdog 39785
Reposted by N BeingessnerAdam Calo @adamcalo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Has the theory land sparing seeped out of ecological journals and into the mainstream? New: The legend of land sparing in Agriculture and Human Values link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comThe legend of land sparing - Agriculture and Human ValuesAs institutions mobilize ambitious land-use transition agendas, dominant policy narratives risk constraining their transformative potential. The land sparing–land sharing (SpSh) framework, introduced ... 11810
Reposted by N BeingessnerRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”. 211254450
N Beingessner @nbeingessner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Norway are huge polluters through the fossil fuels they export. 000
N Beingessner @nbeingessner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Have you heard of the Jevons paradox? Think about it regarding gas expansion. Q 221
Reposted by N BeingessnerLucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Accusing striking staff of 'weaponising students' ignores the extent to which students have ALREADY become nothing but £££ signs for a University management depriving generations of future students of much more than 5 weeks of teaching. 2369
Reposted by N BeingessnerClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026the Heroic Protector Fantasy is rarely of real use to women, it's just wish fulfillment about male posturing and it frequently exacerbates violence it's also much easier to imagine yourself kicking the ass of an obviously villainous stranger than to to actually intervene where you have influence 21394193
N Beingessner @nbeingessner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026My kid did 5 highers - so much work, so now they are doing 2 advanced highers and 2 highers mostly for interest's sake. 020
N Beingessner @nbeingessner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Absolutely depends on local populations. And admittedly there was less choice in a rural school of 200 before online learning. My son graduated from the largest high school in our city - 1600 students. I can't speak to big cities like Toronto though. 010
N Beingessner @nbeingessner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026My child is in S6 in Scotland and while I appreciate its breadth compared to England, the range of choices is still not that of Canada. 120
N Beingessner @nbeingessner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A broad base? The UK specialises earlier and more narrowly in secondary school than North America does. 190
N Beingessner @nbeingessner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026One hundred percent. This is why my kid is considering going back to Canada for uni. Also, STEM majors should have to take a history and philosophy of science class. 010
Reposted by N BeingessnerAlasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Condemnation is pure hot air if in the next breath you’re telling everyone you’re doing your best to give the fascists what they want, just without the masks 19809273
Reposted by N BeingessnerJohn Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A very interesting and important edition of @briarpatchmag.bsky.social. I was glad to contribute an article on 'state policy and the making of the #housingcrisis.' 096
Reposted by N BeingessnerRobin Hayward 🌳 🏳️⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/ 16654484
Reposted by N BeingessnerJanet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Some beautiful stuff in here about the human-bird connection. From Atwood’s late partner Graeme Gibson who had dementia: “I no longer know their names, but then, they don’t know my name either.” #birds 716136
N Beingessner @nbeingessner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026They have the ability to do otherwise although it may be latent. 000
N Beingessner @nbeingessner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026That's not how sampling works. A poll is a representative sample of the population. A social media platform attracts certain types of people, not a cross section of the population. Please let me know if you need clarification. 120
Reposted by N BeingessnerTy @sprunt87.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Can’t strike. Can’t protest. Selling public property to private companies. Removing protections for the environment and endangered species. Cut funding to fighting forest fires and healthcare. Helping AB violate federal laws while they attack trans rights. Boy are we lucky in Canada. 33325
N Beingessner @nbeingessner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026For plot reasons and character development. Similar to the racist names how? 000