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Payal Parekh

@payalclimate.bsky.social
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Climate activist, immigrant, polygot

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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Now @ketanjoshi.co great work on big tech's climate impact is being reported on in German-language newsletters in Switzerland just after young people organised a camp on the topic (and were kicked off private land, forcing the camp to set up over the border in DE). www.derbund.ch/klimabilanz-...
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Wird KI zum Klimakiller? Wovon die CO₂-Bilanz der Technologie wirklich abhängt
Techkonzerne versprechen, KI werde die Erderwärmung bremsen. Gleichzeitig explodiert der Energiehunger ihrer Rechenzentren. Ein Widerspruch?
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Niklas Höhne @niklashoehne.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Jede(r) neue Gasheizung, Verbrenner, fossile Industrieanlage verschlimmert die Situation. Historische Hitzewelle wäre ohne menschengemachten Klimawandel nicht möglich. Erst wenn wir aufgehört haben, Kohle, Öl und Gas zu verbrennen, hört die globale Temperatur auf zu steigen.
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
What is the bigger problem tennis has? I think you call that the climate catastrophe. It's not a failing of Jannik Sinner that he has trouble playing in the heat. Allowing fossil fuel industry to burn baby, burn is the problem! www.nytimes.com/athletic/731...
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Jannik Sinner might have a heat problem, but tennis has a bigger one
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Semper Supra @sempersupra.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Who trains AI content moderation by viewing hours of images & videos of violence, harm & abuse, often suffering psychological numbing? Dalit & Adivasi women in rural India as reported by @anujbehal.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Oft bin ich die einzige Migrantin bei Freizeitaktivitäten. Deshalb veranstalte ich einen interaktiven Workshop über Inklusion & Freizeit im Rahmen der Aktionswoche gegen Rassismus in Bern. 🎯 Ziel: Lernen, wie Freizeitangebote antirassistisch & divers gestalten werden kann. Sei dabei!
Leute mit verschiedenen Hintergründen draussen auf zwei Tische sitzen und spielen.
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
‼️ 25 lawyers are pressing charges against Swiss Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis for complicity in genocide in Gaza at the International Criminal Court. 👉 Sign the petition: act.campax.org/petitions/me...
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Stop Swiss Complicity in Genocide
Premiers soutiens - Erste Unterstützer·innen -  Primi sostenitori • Jean-Daniel Vigny Ancien resp. politique droits humains au DFAE Ehem. Verantwortlicher für Menschenrechtspolitik im EDA Ex resp...
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Wer hat gestern #Tatort geschaut? Hast du auch den Hipster-Prepper gruselig empfunden? Schau doch diesen Workshop, den ich mit Jayda Sauseng von Humus entwickelte: «Solidarität im Angesicht von Klimakatastrophen» skills4crisis.org
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Wer hat gestern #Tatort geschaut? Hast du auch den Hipster-Prepper gruselig empfunden? Schau doch diesen Workshop, den ich mit Jayda Sauseng von Humus entwickelte: «Solidarität im Angesicht von Klimakatastrophen» skills4crisis.org/resource/wor...
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Workshop Concept Solidarity in the Face of Climate Disasters: Mutual aid as an antidote
From the experiences and content of the online and offline Workshop, we produced a Workshop Concept to share with you and your groups. It contains methods and proposals for timeslots and breaks.
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Der Fokus vieler liegt auf #COP30. Meiner ist auf dem alltäglichen #Rassismus & #Sexismus «da du braun & Frau bist, haben wir genügend Diversität» «es gibt keine Frauen in diesem Bereich» «jetzt wird Frau-Chefin politische Korrektheit verlangen» Beeinflusst Letzteres das Ergebnis von Ersterem?
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
I took part in the first ever collapse camp in Germany at the end of August. Read my reflections, if you're interested! Thanks to @scully78.bsky.social , @tadziomueller.bsky.social , @squirrelista.bsky.social & many others who put in countless hours to make it happen! medium.com/@parekhpayal...
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Collapse Camp or not?
My reflections on the Kollapscamp that took place in Germany from 28–31 August 2025
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Ende August nahm ich am 1. Kollapscamp teil. Meine Gedanken dazu könnt ihr lesen! Danke an @scully78.bsky.social , @tadziomueller.bsky.social , @squirrelista.bsky.social & alle anderen, die zahllose Stunden investieren, um das Camp eine Realität zu machen! medium.com/@parekhpayal...
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Kollapscamp oder nicht?
Meine Gedanken zum Kollapscamp, das vom 28. bis 31. August 2025 in Deutschland stattfand
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Morgen in Zürich, ein Podium zu Solidarisch durch den Kollaps mit @tadziomueller.bsky.social , Psychologists for Future und Empathiestadt moderiert von dem hervorragenden @maxrud.bsky.social
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
This online workshop will discuss how a shift towards mutual aid, cooperative networks for collective action to meet the needs of a community for common benefit, could be indispensable for withstanding climate disasters justly. Register at skills4crisis.org/workshop/ext...
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Report from British plastic surgeon Dr. Victoria Rose on what she observed in Gaza - Children as young as 6-7 being cleay targeted, starving of the population and increasingly desperate situation eating away at resilience of Palestinians x.com/MiddleEastEy...
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Middle East Eye on X: "'Children had bits of their arms and legs blown off. As if somebody had specifically blown them up, as if they were the target of that bomb.' Dr. Victoria Rose, a British surgeon who just returned from Gaza, recalls her 3.5 weeks treating patients amid non-stop Israeli bombings https://t.co/ZPZU9FnTl2" / X
'Children had bits of their arms and legs blown off. As if somebody had specifically blown them up, as if they were the target of that bomb.' Dr. Victoria Rose, a British surgeon who just returned from Gaza, recalls her 3.5 weeks treating patients amid non-stop Israeli bombings https://t.co/ZPZU9FnTl2
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Guten Morgen Zürich! Falls ihr @tadziomueller.bsky.social im April verpasst hat, ist er auf einem Podium zu Solidarisch durch den Kollaps am 20. Juni in Zürich zu sehen! ✏️ Tragt den Termin in eure Agenda ein!
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Grossartiges Podium mit @tadziomueller.bsky.social, Teresa Dawson v. Psych. for Future und Lara Hunziker von Empathie Stadt am 20. Juni in Züri, moderiert von @maxrud.bsky.social Erfahrt wie die Akzeptanz des Klimakollapses nicht zur Resignation führt, sondern neue Kraft zum Handeln freisetzt!
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
@altagliabue.bsky.social making a presentation at @ucl.ac.uk telling us that ocean iron fertilization won’t do jack for climate and will further harm fisheries. Yet, it’s the marine CO₂ removal (mCDR) method that has sold the most credits so far. 🤷🏻‍♂️
Conclusions from Al’s presentation:

• Iron limitation will not make a significant contribution to ocean carbon dioxide removal, even if tech challenges to scalability are dealt with
• ~4 years of emissions assuming the most optimal (impossible to achieve)
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• The similarity of the 'fingerprint' of OlF on ocean biogeochemistry to climate change will make MRV very difficult
• Negative impacts on fisheries will compound climate effects and may emerge after 15-20 years after initiation of OlF
• Hampering our ability to reverse course or cease 🌊
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
What if the right of Kashmiris to self-determination was respected? Seems like a much better way to create peace and security than tit for tat with Pakistan...
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
What if the right of Kasmiris to self-determination was respected? Seems like a much better way to create peace and security than tit for tat with Pakistan...
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
This Thursday - an all-star cast of global anthropologists in Bern! For those far away, a recording of the evening will be made available.
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
This doesn't happen often - a chance to hear from an all-star cast of global South anthropologists in BERN!! They'll speak about how communities on the margin resist & develop alternatives. The role, responsibility & identity of researchers will also be discussed. 8 May, 19:00 Living Room
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
What is the antidote to the climate catastrophe? Experimentation, courage & creativity. More of the same won't cut it. It was refreshing and an honour to speak to fellow travellers Guy Ritani and @itslouisvi.bsky.social about all this & more Thanks to @juliesbicycle.bsky.social for organising!
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
If you want to hear about the recent Pahalgam attack in Kashmir from critical voices, join this online panel. Sign up for free: tiny.cc/kashmirsolid... This Saturday, 3 May at 15:00 CEST/18:30 IST
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
This doesn't happen often - a chance to hear from an all-star cast of global South anthropologists in BERN!! They'll speak about how communities on the margin resist & develop alternatives. The role, responsibility & identity of researchers will also be discussed. 8 May, 19:00 Living Room
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Falls du @tadziomueller.bsky.social in der CH verpasste, höre doch die Aufnahme aus Basel! Danke @klimainfo-lora.bsky.social! Tadzio ist wieder im Lande am 20.06. um 19:00 in Züri, Karl der Grosse- er spricht auf einem Podium mit Empathiestadt & Psych. for Future www.freie-radios.net/134761
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FRN: Lesung "Zwischen friedlicher Sabotage & Kollaps. Wie ich lernte die Zukunft wieder zu lieben" von Tadzio Müller
Wie kann oder soll es weitergehen mit der Klimabewegung? Was gibt noch Hoffnung in Zeiten der absoluten Verzweiflung angesichts des Weltgeschehens? Damit unter anderem setzt sich der langjährige Klima...
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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
This is potentially very important. There are some obvious follow-ups that could tighten the argument but the basic conclusion that emitters of CO2 (direct or indirect, scope 1 or scope 3) can be linked (proportionately) to damages seems clear.
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Ich habe mich intensiv mit @tadziomueller.bsky.social, über Kollaps ausgetauscht. Obwohl unsere Meinungen nicht gleich sind, waren die Gespräche sehr bereichernd. Lese meine Rezension zur Klimafiktion, The Deluge von Stephen Markley, um mein Blick auf Klimaschutz und Kollaps zu verstehen.
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Buchrezension: «The Deluge» von Stephen Markley
Obwohl ich mich seit über 25 Jahren mit dem Klima befasse, erst als Wissenschaftlerin, später als Campaignerin, erlebte ich nie eine tiefe…
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Ich habe mich intensiv mit @tadziomueller.bsky.social, über Kollaps ausgetauscht. Obwohl unsere Meinungen nicht gleich sind, waren die Gespräche sehr bereichernd. Lese meine Rezension zur Klimafiktion, The Deluge von Stephen Markley, um mein Blick auf Klimaschutz und Kollaps zu verstehen.
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Buchrezension: «The Deluge» von Stephen Markley
Obwohl ich mich seit über 25 Jahren mit dem Klima befasse, erst als Wissenschaftlerin, später als Campaignerin, erlebte ich nie eine tiefe…
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Wow - climate modelling is leading to climate anxiety, not the burning of fossil fuels? Many of my climate friends are at GFDL. Terrible news.
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Lydie-Paule Küderli wünscht sich, dass sie die sogenannte Chancengleichheit noch erlebe, wie sie sagt. «Ich möchte einfach nur gesehen werden für die Fähigkeiten, die ich habe, & für den Menschen, der ich bin.» Viele Migranti wünschen sich das gleiche www.derbund.ch/psychische-g...
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Psychische Gesundheit: «Nicht die Migration an sich, sondern das Leben in der Schweiz macht krank»
Migrantinnen und Migranten sind psychisch deutlich stärker belastet als Schweizer. Betroffene erzählen, warum. Die Psychiatrie bietet spezielle Behandlungen an.
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Global financial markets hated Hitler's cancellation of war debts and commitment to massive military growth. Germany almost immediately became an international pariah. None of that got Hitler out of power.
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Heute Abend in Bern, Kornhausbibliothek, 19:30 - eine Lesung mit @tadziomueller.bsky.social Gestern war fantastisch in Basel. Ich kann sehr empfehlen!
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Do watch this video to get a sense of good hearted US Americans fighting injustice, hate and fascism with love & non-violence. Go @valeriecosta.bsky.social & all the others like her!
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Tadzio Mueller @tadziomueller.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Liebe deutschsprachige #Schweiz, ich werde am 3.4. in Basel, und am 4.4. in Bern mit @payalclimate.bsky.social über den Kollaps, die Faschos, und wie wir trotzdem Hoffnung in der Katastrophe bauen können zu diskutieren. Kommt vorbei: Payal & ich diskutieren lebhaft, es wird sicher lustig 😃
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Diese Woche ist der hervorragende @tadziomueller.bsky.social in der kleinen Schweiz. Welche Bedeutung hat eine Klimabewegung in einer Zeit des ankommenden Kollapses? Sei dabei! Do. in Basel, Labyrinth Fr. in Bern, Kornhausbibliothek
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Eid Mubarak to all celebrating. May the tide turn toward peace & dignity for all. My zakat goes to Gaza & earthquake victims. Many are suffering across the globe - please make a donation and/or make an act of peace if you are in a position to do so 🙏🏾
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Fox news analysis of Rameysa Ozturk's arrest. Scary as tone & tenor seem reasonable & professional. Yet no questioning of the govt's actions, rather defending it; it's acting within the law & Ozturk has many chances to appeal. Ends w/ cheering the action on. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
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Fox host cheers on arrest of Tufts student over op-ed: "I love the message it is sending to other students"
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Mohammad @malsaafin.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
“Since March 2, the Israeli government has banned the entry of humanitarian aid and any other supplies across all crossings into Gaza—the longest closure since October 2023.” 18 months in, Israel’s starvation strategy has become completely normalized. open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
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Israel’s Systematic Destruction of Life Essentials in Gaza Has Forced Palestinians into a Hunt for Survival
Amid a total siege and massive bombing, people in Gaza are on the brink of starvation as they search for food, water, and basic goods
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Just another day in America, 6 masked & uninformed police officers arrest Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk as she leaves her flat to go to an Iftar dinner. Her crime? Co-authoring an op-ed advocating for Palestine. Ostensibly she is a terrorist m.youtube.com/watch?v=jt5a...
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Turkish Student at Tufts University Handcuffed, Detained by Masked Agents
YouTube video by TIME
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Lesereise durch die Schweiz mit @tadziomueller.bsky.social Höre über seinen persönlichen Weg aus der Klimadepression zurück zur politischen Bewegung - wo gibt es Hoffnung & wie sieht sie aus? 03.04. 19:00, - Basel, Labyrinth 04.04. 19:30 - Bern, Kornhausbibliothek @klimastreik.bsky.social
Plakat, Mann mit Bart und Zigarette, andere Person hält ein pinkiges Buch vor seinen Augen.  Ankündigung Lesereise in Basel, 3.4.25, 19:00 Uhr, Buchhandlung LabyrinthVioletter Hintergrund - Foto aus der Seite von einem Mann mit Kahlhopf und Bart. Ankündigung Lesereise in Bern, 4. April 19:30.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
powerful detailed account of ICE captivity "To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me...Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Is there ANY business that is actually making real headway in reducing emissions? It seems like it's a drop in the bucket.. @ketanjoshi.co I am sure you can tell me like it is!
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
The WisDems are consistently fighting for what is right!
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Lesereise durch die Schweiz mit @tadziomueller.bsky.social Höre über seinen persönlichen Weg aus der Klimadepression zurück zur politischen Bewegung - wo gibt es Hoffnung & wie sieht sie aus? 03.04. 19:00, - Basel, Labyrinth 04.04. 19:30 - Bern, Kornhausbibliothek @klimastreik.bsky.social
Plakat, Mann mit Bart und Zigarette, andere Person hält ein pinkiges Buch vor seinen Augen.  Ankündigung Lesereise in Basel, 3.4.25, 19:00 Uhr, Buchhandlung LabyrinthVioletter Hintergrund - Foto aus der Seite von einem Mann mit Kahlhopf und Bart. Ankündigung Lesereise in Bern, 4. April 19:30.
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Lesenswert! Wenn du diese Woche in NRW bist, gehe hin! In die Schweiz kommt @tadziomueller.bsky.social auch!! 3. April in Basel 4. April Bern
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Way to go Boston Logan airport immigration! a DE greencard holder is ''violently interrogated'' & collapses. He's being held at a detention facility. Lebanese Asst. Prof. of Medicine, a H-1B visa holder, has allegedly been sent to Paris, despite a court order to the contrary. 1/3
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
While it's terrible that Mahmoud Khalil has been arrested & threatened with deportation, many other green card holders have had this experience. What's new & very scary is that a rarely used law has been invoked giving the Sec of State power to decide if Khalil is a national security threat.
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Robert Rohde @rarohde.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
It is both true: 1) Fossil fuels made possible unprecedented human prosperity during the last 150 years. 2) Their byproducts are harmful. We've reached a level where we can replace fossil fuels and still ensure human well-being, but some prefer to keep polluting. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/c...
Headline reading "US Energy Secretary Pledges to Reverse Focus on Climate Change"

Subhead: "To applause from oil and gas executives, Chris Wright said natural gas was preferable to renewable energy and climate change was a 'side effect of building the modern world'.
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Payal Parekh @payalclimate.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Palestinian Green card holder & Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil arrested by Immigration for his activism This isn't just Trump - when I studied in Boston over 20 years ago Pal. activists Jaoudat Abouazza & Amer Jubran were arrested & forced to leave the US. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Ice arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia protests, lawyer says
Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest comes as Trump vows to deport foreign students involved in protests against Israel’s war
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