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What does designing for life mean in practice? Who is doing it? How we can help? I write, talk, and advise. We also host offsite/retreats here in France .

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johnthackara avatar john thackara 约翰·萨卡拉 @johnthackara ·
15 Apr 2044221233332470047

Indeed fascinating. I, for one, did not know that Orbán wrote his master’s dissertation on Gramsci

Gavin Jacobson @GavJacobson

“He became, in the end, the thing he most despised: a globalist. And in Orban’s Hungary, as he discovered, globalists lose”. For @Equatormag, I spoke to Ivan Krastev about Orban’s vision for Europe and why he lost the election: https://www.equator.org/articles/the-mittel-man?preview=true
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14 Apr 2044060399411032308

The book "A Soil Turn" offers a survey of creative practices that engage with soil. From a floating food forest to hidden soil soundscapes, decomposing SUVs, experiences within damaged soil ecosystems, etc. https://we-make-money-not-art.com/soil-turn-a-field-guide-to-artistic-earthly-engagements/

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FranceskAlbs avatar Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs ·
10 Apr 2042625023584735558

Forza Europeans!
Only 200,000 signatures needed to push EU institutions to suspend the indecent partnership agreement with Apartheid Israel. Bcs it is not OK to make business with a State that commits intl crimes on a daily basis.
Power to the People.
Together #weR1

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_ZachFoster avatar Zachary Foster @_ZachFoster ·
9 Apr 2042254031716807003

Apartheid became part of the name of the country, as in, “apartheid South Africa.”

Apartheid Israel should be the same. The word Israel should never be mentioned without the word Apartheid.

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