Katarina Gray-Sharp, PhD

tl;dr: The current extinction rate for all IUCN-assessed species is 7.28 times greater than the background rate evidencing anthropogenic mass extinction. (This thread uses IUCN Red List's 2022-2 data. 2023-1 data is expected in December.) twitter.com/DrGraySharp/st…

“Genocide is evil. We need to name it. We need to fight it….. Life is a test. How will we rise to it?” “It’s about truth and compassion, justice and love…. This is our moment as Christians…. Let us be the light in the darkness.”

“It does not matter what religion you are, Muslim, Christian, Pagan, Buddhist, or Atheist. Being Palestinian is not about your religious identification, but about our special culture and our beautiful land.” psna.nz/news/newslette…

Attending a presentation by Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab on a Vision of Hope for Palestine: drive.google.com/viewerng/viewe…

@NRC_Egeland “It is only comparable to the besieged areas of Syria during the Assad regime, which led to a uniform Western condemnation and massive sanctions. In this case, very little has happened." “Humanity is failing in Gaza.” | @BowenBBC @ICRCPresident bbc.com/news/articles/…

Excellent analysis by BBC’s Jeremy Bowen, he himself denied access to Gaza as all international independent journalists: bbc.com/news/articles/…

@Mr_Considerate @FredericHCarver “‘Searching for meaning?’ it began. ‘Join us! Fighters needed for an armored unit in the Gaza Strip.’ “Skills ..[:] combat experience … high motivation. “Job will begin after an emergency call-up. Its end date, the notice noted, ‘is unforeseeable.’” newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…

@FredericHCarver Likewise the number of IDF reservists suddenly “realising” that rescuing hostages was only ever an optional war aim. None of the people quoted here voice any special regrets about the slaughter, but they’re furious the moral fig-leaf has fallen off: newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…

I say, good sir, have you considered that the rationale for your latest barbarism is *simply not credible*?

@NewYorker “The government has … signalled a desire to remain in Gaza and impose military rule…. Commanders … discover[ed] that the primary goals included seizing ‘operational control’ of Gaza and ‘concentrating and mobilizing the population’.” Camps & expulsions. newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…

Eighteen months into the war, Gaza lies in ruins; Israel is ostracized, reeling from a war that 53 per cent of the public says is motivated by Netanyahu’s personal imperatives. Ruth Margalit reports on the Israeli soldiers losing faith in the cause. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/5MvNin

@Daffwena “Security operations are used as a smokescreen for rapid land grabbing, mass displacement, dispossession, demolitions, forced evictions and ethnic cleansing, in order to replace the Palestinian communities with Jewish settlers.” rnz.co.nz/news/world/560…

UN warns of 'another Nakba' rnz.co.nz/news/world/560… "Israel continues to inflict unimaginable suffering on the people living under its occupation, whilst rapidly expanding confiscation of land as part of its wider colonial aspirations,"

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M5.1 quake causing moderate shaking near Eketahuna geonet.org.nz/quakes/2025p07…

@AJEnglish “Full withdrawal of Israeli forces, the return of displaced people to their homes and a permanent end to the war.” 19 January. #CeasefireNOW aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/…

Despite a ceasefire set for Sunday, Israeli forces continue attacking Gaza, killing dozens of Palestinians just hours after the announcement. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/khuj5w