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Meenakshi Ravi Feb 20, 2023

"The main quake had a long rupture with displacements of up to 5m. The shorter rupture from the 7.5 aftershock saw larger land displacements of up to 7m in places."

A fascinating and scary piece of work showing how the earthquake tore the earth apart.

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/TURKEY-QUAKE/RUPTURE/gdpzqdzwwvw/

Turkey earthquake: Maps show a 300-kilometre rupture in the Earth’s surface

The ground was torn, cracked open, and dragged in different directions after the massive earthquakes on Feb. 6.

Reuters

Meenakshi Ravi Dec 29, 2022

"Russia had every opportunity to make Central Asian nations gravitate toward it. Instead of that, it is trying to stop the progression of time."

A nuanced piece by Temur Umarov (can't find him here on Mastodon) tracking the ebbs and flows between Russia and Central Asia and what they mean.

https://carnegieendowment.org/politika/88698

Russia and Central Asia: Never Closer, or Drifting Apart?

Moscow had every opportunity to make the Central Asian nations gravitate toward it of their own accord. Yet now Russian soft power in Central Asia is dissipating before our eyes.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Meenakshi Ravi Dec 29, 2022

Annie Zaidi Dec 29, 2022

"After successfully restricting foreign funding of nonprofits, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to restrict domestic fund-raising drives by some of them...Prominent among the nonprofits to face restrictive action is Save the Children, the 14-year-old India chapter of a global child rights NGO of the same name... Sightsavers India—an NGO working in India for 57 years since 1966 to provide eye health services and disability-rights advocacy"
https://article-14.com/post/modi-govt-warns-2-ngos-seeking-donations-from-citizens-letters-show-63acfab0a50be

Modi Govt Warns 2 NGOs Seeking Donations From Citizens, Letters Show — Article 14

A joint effort between lawyers, journalists, and academics, Article14 provides intensive research and reportage, data and varied perspectives on issues necessary to safeguard democracy and the rule of law.

Meenakshi Ravi Dec 19, 2022

Zhi Zhu 🕸️Dec 18, 2022

News orgs on Mastodon/in the Fediverse (NOT bots).
Several posts long. Expand to see whole thread.
(Suggestions appreciated.)

INTERNATIONAL NEWS (English)
@ArcticToday
@[email protected]
@[email protected]
@globalvoices
@mondoweiss (Palestine & world)
@newlinesmag
@openDemocracy
@rferl (Radio Free Europe)
@thecontinent (African continent)
@TheConversationAfrica (Africa)
@thenation (US & world)
@VOANews (Voice of America)

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Meenakshi Ravi Dec 18, 2022

Privacy International Dec 18, 2022

Today for International #MigrantsDay we call out the lack of humanity shown in modern migration policies. As governments continue to deploy cruel practices, this year we kept challenging the rise of surveillance and data-driven tools to “tackle” migration. Some examples: 🧵 1/10

Meenakshi Ravi Dec 18, 2022

Brent Toderian Dec 18, 2022

"The report makes clear that simply replacing gasoline with batteries won’t be enough: cities must also dramatically curtail the use of automobiles and avoid 'locking in' future emissions by building more car-dependent infrastructure." Via @StreetsblogUSA
https://mass.streetsblog.org/2022/04/22/international-climate-report-demands-systemic-changes-to-transportation-and-urban-planning/

#ElectricVehicles #cars #cities #EV #city #urbanism #transportation #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Climate

International Climate Report Demands ‘Systemic’ Changes to Transportation and Urban Planning

Simply replacing gasoline with batteries won’t be enough: cities must also dramatically curtail the use of automobiles and build more walkable neighborhoods to avoid “locking in” …

StreetsblogMASS

Meenakshi Ravi Dec 14, 2022

Mira Kamdar Dec 14, 2022

Explosive story. We already knew the "evidence" against #StanSwamy and the #BhimaKoregaon accused was planted. Now evidence the hackers who planted the fake evidence were working in active cahoots with #PunePolice https://www.wired.com/story/modified-elephant-stan-swamy-hacked-evidence-frame-bhima-koregaon-16/ via #TheWired #India

Hackers Planted Files to Frame Indian Priest Who Died in Custody

And new evidence suggests those hackers may have collaborated with the police who investigated him.

WIRED

Meenakshi Ravi Dec 2, 2022

Sreedev Krishnakumar Dec 2, 2022

And Korea wins!!!! This #WorldCup surely has been dramatic! Now let's see whether Uruguay will score a goal before the other match ends or not. #MastodonFC

Meenakshi Ravi Nov 25, 2022

Humanity is gobbling up global #resources at an unsustainable rate.

A rough calculation indicates that - at the current rate of resource use - we need 1.75x #earths.

My colleague Ali Rae and I have been working on a video series called 'All Hail The Planet'.

In episode 3, the focus is on the death spiral of out-of-control resource use we're all trapped in.

We #extract, we #burn, we purchase with a fervour that’s unsustainable.

Do watch: https://youtu.be/KLiXmteCvUI

#climate #capitalism #news