Dr Varyl Thorndycraft

Geographer - Geomorphologist - rivers - cycling - experimental music.
He/him. Born 330ppm Dad 416ppm.

[Nimer Sultany @NimerSultany]

Israel's genocidal intent is evidenced by the existence of a genocidal consensus since October 2023. This consensus is clear in the ongoing public production of incitement to genocide, for 660+ days, coupled with the failure of the state to prevent or punish this incitement. 🧵

[Alonso Gurmendi @Alonso_GD]

*Sigh*
As Edward Said said decades ago Palestinians don’t have permission to narrate their own destruction. It can only be told by someone with supposed “authority” and through a Western gaze. Now dead Palestinians clamoring “yes it’s genocide” 20 months ago weren’t “huge” enough

[Edward Ongweso Jr @bigblackjacobin]

Time & time again we see that posthumanism & transhumanism under capitalism are perhaps the most spiritually monstrous paths our species can take. Disgust with every part of being a human, eagerness to make what they hate + what they desire transactable, contempt for nay-sayers

[Prem Thakker @prem_thakker]

People changing their mind and speaking out on the horrors of Gaza is a good thing. But if a person “changing their mind” is in power, and they do not subsequently use that power in accordance with the seriousness of the new conclusion they have arrived at, then that’s a problem.

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” — Omar El Akkad

[Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi]

Every editor who canceled a story about Palestine brought us here. Every boss who censored an employee. Everyone who said “not this way” to protesters. Every university admin calling the cops. Bloody. All your hands are bloody, and we will never forget.

[UN Human Rights @UNHumanRights]

#UK Government’s decision to label ‘Palestine Action’ a terrorist group raises serious concerns that counter-terrorism legislation is being applied to a group that is not terrorist in nature & risks hindering the legitimate exercise of fundamental freedoms.

The decision could lead to further chilling effect on the lawful exercise of these rights by many people - @volker_turk

https://t.co/JrQT6oSUs7

[Jeremy Konyndyk @JeremyKonyndyk]

As a longtime humanitarian who has battled famines and hunger crises, I fear that starvation in Gaza has now passed the tipping point and we are going to see mass-scale starvation mortality.

A thread on famine momentum, famine response, and what it means for Gaza today.

[Adrian Ramsay MP @AdrianRamsay]

Dear @Keir_Starmer - following #PMQs today, a reminder of the letter we you sent last week after you repeated false claims about the Green Party's manifesto. Unlike Labour and the Conservatives we were honest about the need to raise taxes on the wealthiest to fund public services

[Peter Hain @PeterHain]

“Ban on @Pal_action intellectually bankrupt politically unprincipled and morally repugnant” my speech in @UKHouseofLords

https://t.co/daXKKrokIX

[Royal Holloway @RoyalHolloway]

New research by academics from @RHULGeography rewrites Ice Age migration timeline.

The new paper reveals that parts of Southern Britain began warming nearly 700 years earlier than previously believed.

Read more: https://t.co/BP5Tc7wC2e @NatureEcoEvo

[Raptor Persecution UK @RaptorPersUK]

Pro-grouse shooting Labour MP Sam Rushworth received £10,000 donation from local grouse moor gamekeeper group.

Oh! His support for driven grouse shooting during Monday's debate now makes a lot more sense!

New blog ⬇️⬇️

https://t.co/9G3io7P67g

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

I live in a country that gives military support to another country which is killing thousands of civilians while proscribing an organisation which protests about it.

[John McDonnell @johnmcdonnellMP]

The order published today by Yvette Cooper to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist group lists them alongside the Maniacs Murder Cult & Russian Imperial Movement/Legion. To compare a protest movement like PL with these violent, murdering terrorists is beyond all credibility

[TheBossRoss 🇪🇺 🧶 ❄ 📷 6x💉 @BettinaSRoss1]

Some 100 private jets will fly to Venice for Jeff Bezos' wedding, and I recycle yoghurt cup lids.

[Sergey Vasiliev @sevslv]

Israel's attack on Iran "represent[s] a flagrant violation of fundamental principles of international law, a blatant act of aggression and a violation of jus cogens norms—peremptory rules of international law from which no derogation is permitted"

There is zero doubt about this.

[Forensic Architecture @ForensicArchi]

Israel’s war on Iran is misusing the humanitarian principle of ‘evacuation orders’ as a tactic of psychological & political terror against the Iranian population - just as it has recently against Palestinian & Lebanese civilians.

Three ‘evacuation orders’ have so far been issued in Tehran, home to 10m people.

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

UN experts "unequivocally condemned recent Israeli military attacks against Iran, which have targeted nuclear facilities, energy and military infrastructure, as well as residential and media buildings across multiple locations." https://t.co/1e0zsekCgQ

[Stone Club @the_stone_club]

A very happy summer solstice to you all from Stone Club ✨🌳🪨💫

[Curlew Recovery South Lakes @CurlewSLakes]

🚜All the wrong kind of drama today... Picture this: fields with curlew chicks hiding being cut for silage! Enter Bruce, our cool curlew champion contractor. With a thermal drone, and a crew of fabulous farmers and volunteers, a dashing (sic) rescue was orchestrated. 1/