Chad Briggs

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I work on #climate and energy policy, especially around complex risk issues, #cyber and #disinformation. I'm the author of Disaster Security and other foibles, including #TTRPG scenarios (Pendragon & CoC) and training #wargames. Formerly of Alaska, Kosovo and Ukraine.

A distant past in Norway, Hungary, Ireland, UK and Canada, and may post #Cycling photos and stories (though nothing as exciting these days as Kosovo cows or Alaska moose).

Bookhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/books/disaster-security/100E40EFB7987500EADD447B729D959C
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2147-4024

Yesterday walk in Major’s Hill Park, downtown Ottawa during the sunset. Peaceful moment with warm colours…

#SilentSunday #majorsHillPark
#autumn #autumnLeaves #autumnVibes #ottawa #ontario #photography #iphonePhotography #iPhone13Pro #outdoors #outdoor #canada #color #colors #colorful #colour #colours #colorsOfAutumn

Map of British English dialects - Starkey Comics

This map took me a long time to make, and is very detailed, but will always be incomplete and inaccurate due to the nature of language. Why this map is so detailed The diversity of English dialects in the United Kingdom is enormous. It’s common for people from either side of a river, mountain, or […]

Starkey Comics

This feeling never gets old 🥰 My new book is out in the world today! The Mute Goddess: Forgotten Greek and Roman Myths. And yes, it has that new book smell!

I am very excited, and very nervous. I put my heart and soul into researching these myths. Maybe because I am an archaeologist, but this one makes me more nervous about what people will think than any of my previous books 😬

#mythology #MythologyMonday #storytelling #archaeology #Classics #bookstodon

Report: ‘No evidence’ Hawaii officials prepared for deadly wildfire, despite warnings https://www.npr.org/2024/09/14/g-s1-23028/report-hawaii-officials-wildfire-warnings?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Russia endangers Ukraine’s water
Concern is growing in Ukraine over the pollution of the Desna and Seim rivers
https://blue-community.net/blue-news/
BLUE NEWS – Blue Community

Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head the country’s interim government after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down and fled the country amid a mass uprising against her rule led mostly by students.

https://www.voanews.com/a/bangladesh-protesters-want-nobel-laureate-muhammad-yunus-to-lead/7731543.html
#voanews

Bangladesh protesters want Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to lead nation

Bangladesh's figurehead president and its top military commander said Monday that an interim government would be formed soon

Voice of America (VOA News)

Amplify this: Straight from the voices of firefighters abandoned by the UCP in #Alberta.

https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-wildfire-ucp-cuts/

#Jasper

‘We are a skeleton crew out here’: UCP cuts led to disastrous Alberta wildfire situation

Alberta wildfire fighters place much of the blame for the current situation on the shoulders of the UCP government, which has gutted firefighter programs and failed to retain staff

The Narwhal

In the wake of record flooding in the Philippines, an oil tanker capsizes off Bataan, near Manila Harbor.

I'm teaching Disaster & Crisis Emergency Management this term, and I could do with fewer real-life case studies each week

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Philippines: Industrial fuel tanker capsizes, causing oil spill

The oil tanker is one of two vessels to sink in the wider region as Typhoon Gaemi passes through.

Rains have stopped here in Metro Manila, but now news that an oil tanker capsized off the coast of Bataan #ClimateCrisis
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/fuel-tanker-capsizes-submerged-limay-bataan-july-25-2024/
Tanker with 1.4 million liters of oil capsizes off Bataan

Search operations for one missing crew member are ongoing, and authorities are conducting an aerial survey to determine the extent of the oil spill

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