Jaap Timmer

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Associate Professor in Anthropology at the School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, and Senior Fellow at the Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Aarhus University. #Agency, #History, #Religion, #Theology #Conflict, #State, #Nation, #Melanesia, #Indonesia, #Cycling
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Jaap TimmerNov 22, 2022
In #Flancia we'll meetNov 22, 2022
[[biquette]] the grind goat
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RT @pietersender
Biquette the goat, sold to an abattoir after she stopped producing milk but was rescued by punks and then spent 10 years watching grindcore bands. She could come and go as she pleased and, in the words of her rescuers, “escaped death, lived punk”. Absolute legend.
https://twitter.com/pietersender/status/1473423423716175873
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“Biquette the goat, sold to an abattoir after she stopped producing milk but was rescued by punks and then spent 10 years watching grindcore bands. She could come and go as she pleased and, in the words of her rescuers, “escaped death, lived punk”. Absolute legend.”

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Jaap TimmerNov 21, 2022
I am developing a slight interest in the #worldcup
Jaap TimmerNov 21, 2022
#worldcup #lgbti
Jaap TimmerNov 21, 2022
An impossible choice: when climate change arrives at your door. Three wonderful podcasts with unsettling messages #climatechange #Pacific
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2021/oct/15/an-impossible-choice-when-the-existential-threat-of-climate-change-arrives-at-your-door
An impossible choice: when climate change arrives at your door

We often talk about the ‘existential threat’ of climate change to islands in the Pacific. But what does that actually mean?

the Guardian
Jaap TimmerNov 21, 2022

The failed sports-washing attempt that is the 2022 #FIFA #WorldCup has today reached a new low, with another controversial ban being introduced.

With things like hand holding and beer already banned for fans travelling to the Middle Eastern nation, the players have now also been told to fall into line.

Organisers of the event (that at least 8,000 people died preparing for) have now officially banned players from ‘hugging or celebrating in a morally indecent manner.’

https://www.betootaadvocate.com/humans-of-betoota/world-cup-hosts-qatar-set-to-introduce-last-minute-ban-on-post-goal-hugs/

World Cup Hosts Qatar Set To Introduce Last Minute Ban On Post Goal Hugs

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT The failed sports-washing attempt that is the 2022 FIFA World Cup has today reached a new low, with another controversial ban being introduced. With things like hand holding and beer already banned for fans travelling to the Middle Eastern nation, the players have now also been told to fall into line. Organisers of […]

The Betoota Advocate
Jaap TimmerNov 21, 2022
quoll (√)Nov 21, 2022

> Australia is talking up its green credentials at the annual U.N. climate summit, but its policies do not match the portrayal as it continues to support new mining and energy projects, and fuels the crisis through its enormous fossil fuel exports.

https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/australias-climate-policies-dont-match-its-big-talk-cop27-2022-11-20/

#climate #auspol

Analysis: Australia's climate policies don't match its big talk at COP27

Australia is talking up its green credentials at the annual U.N. climate summit, but its policies do not match the portrayal as it continues to support new mining and energy projects, and fuels the crisis through its enormous fossil fuel exports.

Reuters
Jaap TimmerNov 21, 2022
... and those people should not be listened to who keep saying, the voice of the people is the voice of God, since the riotousness of the crowd is very close to madness (Alcuin, in a letter to Charlemagne) #birdsite
Jaap TimmerNov 20, 2022
Forceful evictions in Port Moresby #PNG
Jaap TimmerNov 20, 2022
The Pacific nation of Tuvalu is planning to create a version of itself in the metaverse, as a response to the existential threat of rising sea levels. #climatejustice #climatecrisis #climatechange #Pacific https://theconversation.com/an-entire-pacific-country-will-upload-itself-to-the-metaverse-its-a-desperate-plan-with-a-hidden-message-194728
An entire Pacific country will upload itself to the metaverse. It's a desperate plan – with a hidden message

Rising sea levels due to climate change are already having severe impacts on the nation of Tuvalu. It proposes to build a digital replica of itself in the metaverse. Could it be done?

The Conversation
Jaap TimmerNov 20, 2022
Kiribati seeks donors to raise islands from encroaching seas #Pacific state needs billions for its ambitious plan – its president demands wealthy nations act to help now. #climatejustice #climatechange https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/18/cop27-kiribati-donors-raise-islands-sea-level-rise
‘No safe place’: Kiribati seeks donors to raise islands from encroaching seas

Pacific state needs billions for its ambitious plan – its president demands wealthy nations act to help now

The Guardian