This is what’s called ‘soft’ climate change denial, which is arguably more damaging that the more classical (‘hard’ denial) kind. People are being actively discouraged to think about reality.

Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · last mo.

Completely unserious country [Times]

"Canada, come get your people" It's not just that wealthy countries are promoting companies that violate human rights It's also that I can't see how this helps Canadian economic growth. Companies extract wealth from Africa, and send it to shareholders www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/c...

‘Canada, come get your people’: Namibian communities reported abuses to the human rights watchdog Canada built. Two years later, the complaint is still unanswered and the office is gone. - Halifax Exa...

In their rush to remove any remedy for victims of abuses by Canadian mining companies overseas, the corrupt Liberal Party left at least 36 cases, including ours about ReconAfrica in Namibia, in perman...

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📣Call for papers!📣 Who cares? Ethics, altruism and labour in humanitarian crisis and response Virtual, two-day workshop on 9-10 July 2026. Submit 200-word abstracts by 8 June. Please share with your networks! #FeministHumanitarianism #FeministResearch #CallForPapers @hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social

🤔 What do we really mean when we talk about ‘life-saving humanitarian action’, and how do these choices unintentionally exclude those most at risk? Our Senior Research Fellow @megandaigle.bsky.social explains. More on this topic and beyond → buff.ly/T2lQrE8

an incredibly important project by Connie Walker — most Canadians don't know that the government has an archive of 38,000 residential school survivor testimonies, which are slated to be destroyed next year www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...

Journalist plans to create new archive of residential school survivor stories — before it's too late | CBC News

A new project from award-winning journalist Connie Walker aims to create an archive of testimonies of abuse at residential schools before the accounts are destroyed in September 2027.

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Every. Goddamn. Company.

If hormones, or puberty blockers, were so dangerous, nobody would be allowed them. That some people are and that trans kids can even, notionally at least, stay on them if already prescribed, tells you all you need to know.

The #GlobalGagRule has been a sad reality for SRHR for decades – now it's so much worse. No one who cares about rights can afford to ignore it, no matter what you work on. Thanks @michalkojanv.bsky.social for ✏️ with me. #GenderRights #SRHR #ReproductiveJustice #Backlash odi.org/en/insights/...

Why everyone should care about Trump's new global gag rule

This insight piece unpacks the domino effects of Trump's new global gag rule on US funding, explaining why everyone should care about it's wider implications.

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🤳 #TikTok is among the social media platforms on the frontlines of information warfare in northwest #Nigeria. In recent years its short, viral clips have shaped fear, legitimacy, narratives – and even state response. So what does this means for humanitarian actors and policymakers? buff.ly/kV5V9T3

Digital spectacle and the reshaping of crisis response in northwest Nigeria

For armed groups in northwest Nigeria, digital platforms like TikTok have become part of an 'algorithmic theatre' where short, viral clips shape fear, legitimacy and even state response.

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Excellent commentary from my colleague Carmen: "Ultimately, we cannot understand migration without confronting the weight of history and colonial power. Too often, policymakers frame migration as a matter of ‘choice’ ... This kind of language erases history." odi.org/en/insights/...

What can Bad Bunny and the Super Bowl teach us about migration?

Bad Bunny’s lyrics and Super Bowl performance reveal how migration is shaped by colonial legacies, economic pressure and forced displacement.

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Signing a petition is something small, but it's something. Trump is creating a humanitarian catastrophe in Cuba while we're all distracted by Venezuela, the Olympics, the files and everything else. Canada needs to act.

Avi Lewis@avilewis.ca · 6mo ago

We should immediately follow Mexico’s lead and condemn this act of economic warfare. And we should step up with humanitarian assistance to the Cuban people, as NDP MP @alexboulerice.bsky.social calls for in this excellent parliamentary petition: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

The blackouts and shortages are becoming more and more intense. The United States is starving Cuba. Note that a significant proportion of food and medicine arrives in luggage onboard flights. What are other countries going to do about it? www.france24.com/es/am%C3%A9r...

Apagón récord para este martes y suspensión de vuelos: bloqueo petrolero de EE. UU. agrava crisis en Cuba

Según datos de la estatal Unión Eléctrica (UNE) recogidos por la agencia de noticias EFE, están previstos prolongados cortes de energía eléctrica en todo el territorio cubano este martes 10 de febrero...

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Women leaders in crisis settings around the world are setting the standard for inclusive, effective humanitarian responses. It's time that donors created a diversified, accessible and supportive funding ecosystem to match. #HumanitarianFunding #WLO #WomenLed #FundFeminists

Humanitarian Policy Group@hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📢 NEW REPORT: Women-led organisations (#WLOs) are indispensable humanitarian actors, but the current aid funding landscape is littered with barriers to full participation and sustainable resourcing. Read our latest report laying out pathways to better funding for WLOs: buff.ly/ua8Gn7O

“It is our duty to become the welcoming and tolerant society that our own relatives would have hoped to find on the other side of our borders”

Zoe Gardner@zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Why Spain is breaking the mold in Europe - choosing regularisation instead of MAGA mass deportations!! Two reasons: morality & pragmatism. 🙏Spain showing us another, better way is possible www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...

The Januaryists TV Dinner on the Radio Clamp Your Hands Say Yeah Harvey Danger to Himself and Others I tried not to repeat ones already in replies, including some greats such as: Modest Maus @angelasebastiana.bsky.social Iron & Whine @thehighsign.bsky.social DHS Soundsystem @cheatlines.co

Joey McAllister@joeymcallister.com · 6mo ago

Was this very mid-2000s emo person press-ganged into ICE servitude?

my dad didn’t go to university and he was extremely happy to pay taxes for his four children to do so; and, indeed, for the doctors who treated him at Addenbrookes to have gone to university as well.

It's the Ship of Theseus but all the original parts are being used to build a second, crappier ship.

Ex-Tory Home Secretary Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK

The MP was unveiled as the party's latest recruit by leader Nigel Farage at a rally.

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Closing tomorrow! Please share if you can 🙏 #Haiti #SOGIESC

Humanitarian Policy Group@hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🏳️‍🌈🇭🇹 How do gender norms shape protection risks for people with diverse #SOGIESC (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression & Sex Characteristics) in crisis settings in #Haiti? We're seeking a research partner to help answer this question. 🔗 Full details: buff.ly/EDy2jBp 📆 Apply by 23/01

🏳️‍🌈🇭🇹 How do gender norms shape protection risks for people with diverse #SOGIESC (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression & Sex Characteristics) in crisis settings in #Haiti? We're seeking a research partner to help answer this question. 🔗 Full details: buff.ly/EDy2jBp 📆 Apply by 23/01

This US analysis on Canada is doing the rounds today, and I'll simply say that everything is a racist conspiracy when you're stupid defenseanalyses.org/work/our-can...

Antisemites have long depicted Jews as members of an urban, elite social class. So when Farage dismisses accusations of antisemitism as the exclusive concern of a London-based “upper middle class”, he’s deliberately invoking that dog-whistle stereotype.

"Predator" is the best Freudian slip/ Kinsley gaffe of 2026 so far.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7mo ago

Ogles: "It's important that we have a stake in Greenland, that they are quite frankly a protectorate of the US. They've been in relationship with Denmark - that needs to end. We've spilled more blood protecting Greenland than the Danes... we are the dominant predator force in the Western Hemisphere"

THUCYDIDES: In my book I invented the Melian Dialogue as a cautionary tale DIPSHITS TALKING ABOUT IR WHO WANT TO SOUND SMART: At long last, we have done the Melian Dialogue from the classic book Don't Do the Melian Dialogue

Trojan War OSINT Account@grayathena.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The Melian Dialogue has a similar role to the Clausewitz quote about “politics by other means” - it exists to give a bit of frisson and even sexual pleasure to morons who have never read those quotes in context but who are still desperate to sound smart.

Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.

“Using generative AI to create original, public-facing content (text, video, audio or images) can be fraught and in our view poses the greatest risk to public trust if not managed carefully. We will be extremely conservative when using it.” Better than I expected, but how about not using it at all?

How CBC News will use AI responsibly to benefit our journalism — and keep your trust | CBC News

CBC is launching a new campaign aimed at reminding Canadians how our journalism can provide a safe harbour from the fake news and AI-generated content roiling through our feeds. As the campaign begins...

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You had me at ✨global solidarity✨ So looking forward to an important, critical discussion with these top-shelf speakers. Come join! @adelinakamal.bsky.social @benphillips76.bsky.social @islamicrelief.bsky.social @newhumanitarian.bsky.social

Humanitarian Policy Group@hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🗓️ The aid system is losing legitimacy. Join us for our Annual Event on 4 Dec as we explore how humanitarians can rebuild a narrative that admits flaws, shifts power to marginalised voices and defends core principles – while resonating with both donors & crisis-affected communities → buff.ly/9p4ZKZG

For anyone in the Liverpool area, we are hosting a conversation and hands-on workshop on abortion rights and creative methods as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science - come join us! Sign up here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/claire-piers... @livunihss.bsky.social @livunipol.bsky.social

Know any researchers from/in #Syria or #Haiti with expertise in LGBTQIA-inclusive humanitarian action? We want to meet them! #SOGIESC #LGBTQ #LGBTI #2SLGBTQIA

Humanitarian Policy Group@hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🏳️‍🌈 How do gender norms shape protection risks for people with diverse #SOGIESC (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression & Sex Characteristics) in crisis settings in #Syria and #Haiti? We're seeking research partners to help answer this question. Full details: buff.ly/ZSZnIY1

Scrapped. The one in one out policy needs to be scrapped, not just "suspended". Rather than providing a "safer alternative to channel crossings" it undermines, already weakened, protections for trafficking victims and creates a cycle of people for gangs to prey on www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Dan Sohege@danielsohege.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The "one in one out" policy is spectacularly counterproductive at achieving that, and potentially incredibly dangerous and liable to cause significant harm to already traumatised individuals. Expanding it makes this a whole lot worse. 3/