Former @AFP Russia hack now conservation researcher. I tweet on nature, Russia, culture, politics. I will mute you if you're rude.
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My friend Alec is missing in Norway, his wife is appealing to anyone who has info (her contacts are in this article) please consider posting this in any relevant networks theguardian.com/world/2025/a…
Giving up on this platform for all intents and purposes, but you can find me on the other one with the blue icon. Cheers.
Article tries to lump all 'liberal Russians' into the 'good Russian' mould, is shocked that they won't all fit, then finds 'positive examples'. Two random Russian ladies at a playground are quoted.
I mean... theguardian.com/culture/2024…
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"Kazanian Cat, Astrakhanian mind, Siberian reason, lived gloriously, ate sweetly, farted lightly"⠀
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More on this image and more Russian lubki (colorful broadsides, 16th–early 20th century) here: buff.ly/2GxZjgq #Caturday
(Print to buy here: buff.ly/3i5naln)
Navalny folk icon on his grave. Brick wall and name tag on prison robes, the look of Russian sainthood these days. Via orthozombies Telegram.
🚨Job opportunity!🚨
UNEP-WCMC is recruiting for a stakeholder engagement consultant in Kazakhstan, to work on our exciting one-year SPACES project supporting development of plans to expand and fund protected areas. 🇰🇿🌷🐾
unep-wcmc.org/en/careers/ct0…
Punk rock in the nest of species with my fave Latin bird name (Upupa epops). From t.me/expkart
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Existing power imbalances and injustices could be exacerbated by large flows of international funding for nature. Conservationists are still grappling with what social justice means in practice; a major shift in mindset is needed. Piece in @PLOSBiology journals.plos.org/plosbiolog…
Our report on the importance of having goals to halt deforestation in countries' new Nationally Determined Contributions is out today! with @critchley_megan and other colleagues
unep.org/resources/report/ra…
Spectacular deep dive obit of Jawless Jerry, the mangled coyote that became an icon in the city of Tacoma. Stay grungy, WA. thenewstribune.com/opinion/a…
My legacy in Russia journalism was a story on invasion of giant hogweed (borschevik), and Russia's only reason for finally taking policy measures against it is to proclaim it an American bioweapon.
mk.ru/politics/2024/02/21/bo…
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Two years of war in Ukraine – then and now theguardian.com/artanddesign…
Fascinating case study (open access!) on how the Karabakh conflict has led to environmental change and resurgence of malaria. For those studying the Caucasus and anybody interested in breaking out of silos to understand complex crises.
link.springer.com/book/10.10…
Nice article about restoration work in Ukraine's Danube Delta hakaimagazine.com/features/f…
