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Peter Stoett

@ptoett.bsky.social
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#Biodiversity #climate #humanrights #Ecoviolence and connections between Currently Dean of Social Science & Humanities @Ontario Tech University Co-chair of #IPBES assessment on #IAS

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Peter Stoett @ptoett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
No. Plastic pollution starts with fossil fuel extraction. Solutions need to keep this in mind.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The question that keeps occurring to me is this: If a group of people had taken office with the deliberate intention of destroying the global standing, democratic claims, credibility and power of the United States, what would they do differently? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trump says every adult American will get $5,000 if Republicans win midterms
Speaking at a party convention, the US president gave no details on how the plan would work or where the money would come from.
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bonacker.bsky.social @bonacker.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The name, Lake Ontario evolved from the descriptive terminology used by the Indigenous peoples (including the Haudenosaunee and Wendat nations) who inhabited and traveled the region long before European contact. It should and will ALWAYS be called Lake Ontario, Google!
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Pieter T. L. Beck @ptrbck.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We have written a statement in support of Ghent Uni's decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. We resist attempts to frame this as a punishment for "whistleblowing" or censorship of "controversial research". We invite all academics who share our views to sign our letter. forms.gle/qwN8xzEM5C7Q...
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Open letter on the suspension of Nathan Cofnas at Ghent University
We, colleagues of Nathan Cofnas - supported by many colleagues internationally - want to respond to the negative and incorrect framing of Ghent University’s decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. With th...
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 05/08/2026
“There are lineages in the deep sea that have survived all of Earth’s mass extinctions, except potentially what we’re about to do,” deepwater ecology scientist Cherisse Du Preez said. thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...
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Deep-Sea Mining Would Devastate Ocean Life, DFO Scientist Warns | The Tyee
Some creatures that ‘survived all of Earth’s mass extinctions’ might not make it if we go ahead.
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Trevor Murdock @tqmurdock.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
We're hiring at Canadian Centre for Climate Services. Several positions, closing soon (Aug 4), open to full time students - see all details here emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/ap...
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Research Assistant - Climate Services
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
1. This New York Post cover: “Thousands of 9/11 families demand Mamdani be banned from 25th-Anniversary” is a brazen lie. How do I know? I interviewed the organizer of the petition.
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Peter Stoett @ptoett.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Just putting this here - hoping all the wildfires everywhere can be stopped by treating them as emergencies not cheap political opportunities
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Peter Stoett @ptoett.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
well, Fucked Up’s “Year of the Monkey” is the album of the year #FuckedUp
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Truthout @truthout.org · 22/06/2026
At least 358 human rights defenders were killed last year, according to a new report. Killings were documented in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, India, Indonesia, Peru, Philippines, Turkey, Somalia and Palestine.
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Environmental Activists Were Quarter of Human Rights Advocates Killed Last Year
Of 358 human rights defenders killed in 2025, 84 were protecting land and the environment, according to a new report.
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Alec Luhn @alecluhn.com · 13/06/2026
It’s winter in Antarctica, and the Bellingshausen Sea is free of sea ice for the third year. “I don’t think we will see sea ice there any more. It’s done,” a scientist says. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Antarctica’s west coast missing an area of sea ice the size of France as temperatures peak 20C above average
A vast area of the Bellingshausen Sea should be covered by sea ice by now, with one expert calling the loss of ice ‘depressing’
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 05/06/2026
"the screwworm is a lesson about the reality of good governance. State capacity is not so different from managing the electricity system or, for that matter, cutting carbon emissions, in that there is little political reward for getting it right." heatmap.news/daily/screww...
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The U.S. Government’s Screwworm Screw-Up
An unwanted lesson in good governance.
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Peter Stoett @ptoett.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Reposting this tonight in sadness - but loving the quote from Professor Pacheco-Vega
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Peter Stoett @ptoett.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This is just sad. Maddening, and sad.
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Peter Stoett @ptoett.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Damn. www.opb.org/article/2026...
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Gray whales are starving. Some have died off Oregon Coast
Gray whales aren't getting enough to eat to survive their long migration toward Alaska.
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Peter Stoett @ptoett.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
“New research found that climate models predicting the biggest slowdown are the most realistic.” A sane, self-preserving humanity would indeed view this as a crisis
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Peter Stoett @ptoett.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Similar pathway to non-democratic governance of climate #geoengineering is ahead
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Peter Stoett @ptoett.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Let’s move from embarrassed to kick ass
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 10/04/2026
🇸🇩 SUDAN | 73,000 people have been newly displaced from Kurmuk, a border town in southeastern Sudan’s Blue Nile State near Ethiopia, after UAE-backed RSF and allied fighters seized the city on March 24. Displaced people are now seeking safety in the state capital, Ed Damazin, & surrounding areas...
🇸🇩 SUDAN | 73,000 people have been newly displaced from Kurmuk, a border town in southeastern Sudan’s Blue Nile State near Ethiopia, after UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied fighters seized the city on March 24.

Displaced people are now seeking safety in the state capital, Ed Damazin, and surrounding areas where they are sheltering in schools, public buildings, and informal gathering sites.

The capture of Kurmuk is a significant strategic victory for the RSF, providing a corridor for fighters, fuel, and weapons from Ethiopia. It comes as a new report from the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab concluded with high confidence that military support to RSF is being facilitated via an Ethiopian National Defense Force base in Asosa, about 100 km away.

Analysts and local reporting from the Ayin Network, say the RSF and its ally, the SPLM-N (al-Hilu faction), could now advance north toward Ed Damazin, potentially opening a major new front in Sudan’s civil war.

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After the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on March 24 claimed control of the border town of Kurmuk, Blue Nile State, an ongoing flow of civilians fled the area. According to the UN, over 10,000 residents fled the town with 3/4 of those heading towards displacement camps in the state capital, Damazin.

After the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on March 24 claimed control of the border town of Kurmuk, Blue Nile State, an ongoing flow of civilians fled the area. According to the UN, over 10,000 residents fled the town, with 3/4 of them heading toward displacement camps in the state capital, Damazin.
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Peter Stoett @ptoett.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction
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Peter Stoett @ptoett.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
From the bank of the St. Lawrence
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Peter Stoett @ptoett.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
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Peter Stoett @ptoett.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
An honest must-read from climate scientists: theconversation.com/climate-scie...
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Climate scientists: concept of net zero is a dangerous trap
Prominent academics, including a former IPCC chair, round on governments worldwide for using the concept of net zero emissions to ‘greenwash’ their lack of commitment to solving global warming.
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Peter Stoett @ptoett.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Trump paid a French company $1 billion, using taxpayer money, not to build windmills in the U.S. www.npr.org/2026/03/23/g...
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Peter Stoett @ptoett.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
?????!!! www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Italy warns Russian tanker Arctic Metagaz could explode in Mediterranean
Italy is one of nine EU countries urging the European Commission to act over the Arctic Metagaz, drifting out of control in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here. Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning: Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime. And recognized as such by the US Government. From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.
(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors
or surrender accepted;
(2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such
that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted;
(3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable
ability to accept surrender would exist;
(4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate
forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and
(5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 13/03/2026
Key statistics on extinction risk and population trends are moving in the wrong direction. An interim report ahead of #CMSCOP15 finds that 24% of species listed under @cms.int are globally threatened, while 49% have declining populations. Read the report: www.cms.int/publication/...
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Samuël Kruizinga @samuelkruizinga.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Vacancy for a fully funded 4-year PhD at @uvahumanities.bsky.social on the key roles played by social science, demography, and nutritional science during the blockades of the First and Second World Wars, especially where they related to food.
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 11/03/2026
Deported and forcibly transferred Ukrainian children should be returned, and the Russian officials responsible must be held accountable. Read HRW’s 2022 research on forcible transfers:
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“We Had No Choice”
The 71-page report, “‘We Had No Choice’: ‘Filtration’ and the War Crime of Forcibly Transferring Ukrainian Civilians to Russia,” documents the transfers of Ukrainian civilians. The transfers are a ser...
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Peter Stoett @ptoett.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Generally overlooked so far but we will hear more about this…..
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Peter Stoett @ptoett.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Enjoying the focus on solutions at the #Economist Impact World Ocean Summit in Montreal this week.
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American Society of International Law @asilorg.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
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Audra Mitchell @audralmitchell.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Political Science and North American Studies @wilfridlaurieruni.bsky.social is hiring for a #TT assistant professor in #politicaltheory with a focus on areas such as #law, #settlercolonialism, #Indigenouspolitics, critical approaches. See link for details: universityaffairs.ca/jobs/job-pre...
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University Affairs
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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Important job alert! Toronto’s City Planning Division is looking for a new Director of Urban Design. If you have a passion for cities and for the importance of architecture, urban design, art and heritage in successful city-building, you should check out our job posting at tinyurl.com/3e8s3br8
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Peter Stoett @ptoett.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Stormwatch (an old painting of mine but feeling its vibes often these days)
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Peter Stoett @ptoett.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
“force over-reaction” yeah OK
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Suzanne York @suzanneyork.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Researchers studying fin, humpback, and minke whales in the Gulf of St Lawrence have found that the animals are eating more fish and less krill than they did in the past. Scientists say the shift could be a result of growing competition for prey as warming waters disrupt marine food supplies.
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Whales are now ‘sharing’ food amid shortages due to climate change
Whales in the North Atlantic appear to be adjusting their behaviour to coexist and divide food resources among themselves as climate crisis and human pressures reshape ocean ecosystems, according to a...
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Peter Stoett @ptoett.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Multilateralism doesn’t work well without diplomats
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terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
This is an awesome opportunity! Need more students on bluesky to spread the word.
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Lyle Lewis @race2extinct.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Plastic isn’t just waste. In many of the world’s poorest cities, it’s fuel. Burning plastic releases toxic smoke; not just CO₂, but chemicals that damage lungs, hormones, and immune systems. This is what material overshoot looks like at ground level.
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Plastic waste has become a household fuel in the world’s poorest cities
Plastic is everywhere. It wraps food, carries water, and shows up in every corner of daily life.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
We have entered the period of #water bankruptcy. www.circleofblue.org/2026/supply/...
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Planet Enters Era of ‘Global Water Bankruptcy,’ UN Report Says
The planet’s water reserves are overstretched and polluted, pushing the warming world into a dangerous condition of “water bankruptcy,” argues a new UN University report. This is not an alarm bell for...
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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Russian authorities have detained an Indigenous climate advocate, accusing her of participating in a terrorist organization in what international observers are calling “retribution” for her United Nations advocacy on behalf of Indigenous peoples. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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She fought forIndigenous voices at the UN. Now she’s in a Russian jail cell.
Observers say Daria Egereva’s case highlights the risks Native advocates face when they challenge the powerful.
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Peter Stoett @ptoett.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Building a positive future for people and nature | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
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Rune Møller Stahl @runestahl.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
We are hiring a PhD to work on climate politics and class! Come join us in Copenhagen
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Peter Stoett @ptoett.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Few species have come back from the brink like the overhunted blue whale — but now they face food insecurity issues #whales #biodiversity
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Many people think about cold in Northern Europe if the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC fails. But that wouldn’t be the only problem for Europe by far. This new study shows that severe drought is another one. 🌊
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Peter Stoett @ptoett.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Not good at all
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