Tim Dymond

Picker up of unconsidered trifles. Views my own, retweets not endorsements etc, etc.

[Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean]

Even the glaciers that have so far resisted global warming are now starting to collapse.The hitherto stable ones of the Pamir mountains in Central Asia lost massive amounts of ice last year. How many more warnings do we need?

https://t.co/lCaZuI9nqm

[David Aaronovitch @DAaronovitch]

Vance vigorously supported the mass pardoning of the January 6 rioters - nearly 100 of whom have already been arrested for other crimes. And he lectures Britain - a country with a fraction of his nation's per capita homicides.

[Eric Levitz @EricLevitz]

All of the argumentation here is appallingly weak. But I'm always puzzled by the popularity of this specific talking point.

It is true that Israel-Palestine is drastically more salient globally than other ethnic conflicts with a similar or larger death toll (in part because, when a piece of territory is deemed holy by three major world religions, a lot of people will be interested in what happens there).

But the American left did, in fact, mobilize in opposition to US support for the Saudi bombing of Yemen! Sure, there weren't as many protests. But progressives organizations and elected officials agitated for the US government to cut off aid to the Saudi campaign and under Biden it (officially) did so https://t.co/ThggXmJ3RM

[Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 @borzou]

Interesting: Iranian woman says regime advocates more and more aggressively harassing women without hijab as war has wound down. Some secular women have stopped coming to the nightly nationalistic rallies as a result, she says.

[Matthew Zeitlin @MattZeitlin]

only two kids? even the trad memes are seeing a birth rate decline

[Caverta @Cavertiano]

Una hoja de Persépolis mencionando a Palestina, Una parte de la película donde Marjane se caga en Occidente, otra hoja del cómic donde cuenta del regimen opresivos del Shah y el comunismo en su familia. Todo esto está en el cómic.

[Farnaz Fassihi @farnazfassihi]

Marjan Satrapi wrote the story of our generation. A memoir and a history of Iran’s turbulent 20th-century politics, one comic strip frame at a time.

https://t.co/ovHqJXL10y

[Vincent Alexander @NonsenseIsland]

RIP Marjane Satrapi, the great cartoonist and film director, best known for PERSEPOLIS. She was only 56. A great talent. She will be missed.

[Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention @LemkinInstitute]

Words matter: "Ethnic cleansing" is a term first used by perpetrators to downplay genocidal acts, and it’s not recognized as a crime in international law. Using this language can obscure atrocities that often meet the threshold for genocide or crimes against humanity. Instead, let’s call these acts by their rightful names—forced displacement, murder, rape—and confront the gravity of these crimes. Take a step toward genocide prevention: Refrain from using the term "ethnic cleansing." 🧵

[Zoe Gardner @ZoeJardiniere]

I find it interesting how the degradation of good manners is so often centred around phone use.

We talk about protecting kids from smart phones but most adults frankly can’t handle them either.

Whether it’s filming strangers without consent (my absolute bugbear) or being anti-socially loud - these machines have messed with our brains & we need to talk about it.

[Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean]

Disturbing news. Loss of Arctic sea ice has caused an “irreversible” shift in the chemistry of the ocean that is disrupting the foundations of chain of life, a two-decade-long study has concluded. Tipping points are already here…

https://t.co/KxWPsI8qST

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Deep inner suffering inevitably arises when the human person is reduced to performance, consumption, or a statistical datum. Many young people today live under the yoke of expectations to perform, immersed in an exasperated competitiveness that generates anxiety, fear of not measuring up, and disorientation.

[Ben Davison @Ben_Davison1]

When Australia is generating more than 3X the global rate of growth in BILLIONAIRES and also DECREASING the number of people buying their own home it’s time to change the tax system

I know this site will absolutely dog pile this with insults, name calling & general madness but👇

[David Klion @DavidKlion]

"It's not ethnic cleansing! Israel is generously asking civilians to leave their homes before Israel razes those homes to the ground so the civilians can never return and Israel can (according to its interior minister, less than 2 weeks ago) annex and settle their land"

[Peter Dynes @PGDynes]

Large parts of India have been approaching “feels like” temps near 50°C. Some coastal regions may reach ~33°C wet-bulb. At 35°C wet-bulb, heat and humidity overwhelm the human body’s ability to cool itself. Survival becomes measured in hours, especially for the elderly & infants

[Project Syndicate @ProSyn]

What happens when public security and authoritarianism become politically intertwined?

Samuel Dempsey analyzes “The Bukele Effect in Latin America” by Robert Muggah, exploring the risks and trade-offs involved in attempts to replicate El Salvador’s crackdown on violent, gang-related crime under Nayib Bukele.

Read Robert Muggah's commentary for free: https://t.co/bt3Xe7IzCy

PS Quarterly: Winners & Losers: https://t.co/lVjyAMNgzH

Samuel Dempsey's Instagram: https://t.co/ISPUmV66ZB
#LatinAmerica #CrimePolicy #PublicPolicy #SecurityPolicy #ElSalvador

[Elizabeth @suasoptics]

Hey lazy people: the Vatican made infographics for you

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

NEW: Colombian private military contractors, apparently hired by a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based company, transited through UAE military bases before being deployed to Sudan to support the abusive Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

This is further evidence indicating that the UAE is assisting or otherwise substantially contributing to the Rapid Support Forces’ capacity to commit war crimes.

Read HRW’s full investigation. ⤵️
https://t.co/1QDRRLWMNa

[Tim Dymond @timdy]

@mumbletwits Thanks. And sorry yes that last point would require mind reading on your part.