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Barry Cusack

@barrycusack.bsky.social
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Desperate to leave the world in a better state than I found it... #ThereIsNoPlanetB #SocialJustice #Equality #Peace

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Benedict Cumberbatch presents How to Live on Earth. “Living on Mars would be horrible. Let’s try to live on Earth.”
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How to Live on Earth | Feature Documentary | Presented by Benedict Cumberbatch
YouTube video by Open Planet
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Barry Cusack @barrycusack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Want clean energy? 🤔 @goodenergyuk.bsky.social and @octopus.energy top the bill here 👏🏻🍃🌍 www.which.co.uk/policy-and-i... #Energy #ClimateChange #Floods #Heatwaves #Wildfires #Drought
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Which? analysis reveals stark divide in sustainability performance among energy suppliers - Which?
There is a clear gap between energy suppliers making progress on sustainability and those taking fewer steps, according to a new Which? analysis ranking the sustainability performance of energy provid...
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Barry Cusack @barrycusack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Flower Carpet #Bradford @visitbradford.bsky.social
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MaggsLondonGirl @maggslondongirl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Flower Carpet display in Bradford by Shiraaz Ali, who took Victorian patterns made in the Bradford mills & use them to create this beautiful masterpiece made up of over 300,000 Dahlia heads. All hand laid by volunteers who started at 8am & finished at 3:30pm 24 -27 Sept 🌼🌺 #flowercarpet
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Barry Cusack @barrycusack.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It only takes seconds... I've signed the petition calling on the Government to make #Wildfire prevention and #ClimateResilience a national priority. Join me and help protect the places we love. campaigns.nationaltrust.org.uk/page/196457/...
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I've signed. Will you? Add your name to help make wildfire prevention and climate resilience a national priority, and stand with the communities affected by wildfires.
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Barry Cusack @barrycusack.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Climate and nature loss represents an urgent national security issue" UK Foreign Secretary (22/09/26) #NationalSecurity #ClimateChange #NatureCrisis
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Maxima @maxima-infinity.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
All totally normal. Just an EU country physically evacuating its gold bullion worth billions from a corrupt, failing former superpower. www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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Dutch central bank shifts billions in gold out of U.S. in ‘crisis preparedness’ move
More than 30 tons of gold were “physically transferred” from the United States and Canada to the Dutch bank’s vault in the town of Zeist.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 02/09/2026
The new Prime Minister has challenged 40 years of privatisation 😮 Let's keep the pressure on for public ownership ✊
Two politicians, quotes on privatization and high bills.
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Barry Cusack @barrycusack.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A planet worth protecting...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes. This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
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Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint
If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.
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Barry Cusack @barrycusack.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Enough is enough. Devastating #wildfires are threatening our communities, our #wildlife, and our landscapes 🌳 We need the UK Gov to back our amazing fire fighters and invest in a real national wildfire prevention plan. Join me and sign the petition here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te...
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Protect nature for the future: make wildfire prevention a national priority
Enough is enough. Devastating wildfires are threatening our communities, our wildlife, and our landscapes 🌳 We need the UK Gov to back our amazing fire fighters and invest in a real national wildfire ...
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Barry Cusack @barrycusack.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Barry Cusack @barrycusack.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Watching #BigChicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big Chicken. I've signed the petition to stop it 👇🏻 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Big Chicken Choking our Rivers
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big ...
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Barry Cusack @barrycusack.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
New drilling for oil and gas simply can't happen. That gas won't help UK households it will largely be sold to other countries whilst also causing even more severe heatwaves, wildfires and flooding... #ClimateChange #FuelSecurity #Bills #InvestInRenewables
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Amy K @amyklassen.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Climate is a pattern, and the pattern has changed. = Climate Change
Graphic reading, “The difference between ‘There used to be hot summers too.’ and climate crisis.” Below is a temperature-anomaly chart showing mostly blue, cooler-than-average years in the earlier record, shifting dramatically toward sustained red, warmer-than-average years in recent decades. Occasional earlier red bars are labelled “These were hot summers,” while the sustained cluster of increasingly warm recent years is labelled “This is climate change.”
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The devastating reality of climate change explained www.channel4.com/news/the-dev...
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The devastating reality of climate change explained
Record-high greenhouse gas levels, rising temperatures, rising sea levels, and glaciers melting for the 38th year in a row. These are the devastating numbers behind the climate crisis.
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Barry Cusack @barrycusack.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
So tired of religiously motivated killing, oppression and control... Solidarity with any #LGBTQ+ person feeling attacked or vulnerable after this latest unprovoked attack. You are not alone. #Berlin 🌈
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Barry Cusack @barrycusack.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make #wealth #taxes the first item on the new PM’s list. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
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Dear future Prime Minister: It's time to tax the super-rich
Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first it...
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Barry Cusack @barrycusack.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Time to phase out #FossilFuels per chance...?
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Pornainen, Finland (pop 5,000) is now heated by a silo of crushed soapstone. I spoke to CNBC about it. 100 MWh, charged when power is cheap, emissions down ~70%. Days to weeks of storage, no critical minerals. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/25/f...
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Finland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand battery
A small Finnish town has turned to the world's largest commercial sand battery to tackle a major hurdle in the energy transition: intermittency.
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Barry Cusack @barrycusack.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Help force the government to take action on global heating 🔥 goodlawproject.org/s/29a3b6
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Make the government step up on climate
The government is failing to tackle global heating – so we’re forcing it to take action
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Barry Cusack @barrycusack.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Hi @bradfordcouncil.bsky.social Every weekend bins in Myrtle Park, Bingley are overflowing... Doesn't look pleasant and leads to litter on ground. Any chance if extra weekend collections? 🙏🏻 Thanks!
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Barry Cusack @barrycusack.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
#Microsoft wants to build three massive AI #DataCentres in #Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but we need more voices. Sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
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Stop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!
Microsoft want to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
France more than 5,700 excess deaths during June heatwave These people would still be alive were it not for fossil fuel induced extreme global warming But Big Oil are above the law and can kill with impunity and get billions in subsides for more mass killing www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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France records more than 5,700 excess deaths during June heatwave
Figures come as large parts of southern Europe endure another record-breaking period of extreme temperatures
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Barry Cusack @barrycusack.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I've signed @zero-hour.bsky.social's petition calling on Andy Burnham to Secure Our Future—to meet the UK's climate and nature commitments, pass the Nature + National Security Bill, and reject all new oil and gas. Will you join me? www.zerohour.uk/andy
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Secure Our Future For Us
Andy Burnham has a chance to Secure Our Future. Will you tell him not to waste it? Sign below.
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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 22/07/2026
Temperatures in Basra, Iraq hit 48°C today. Next 4 day period will see 48°C every day during which temps will not go below 32°C. This is a lethal heatwave driven by climate change.
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Barry Cusack @barrycusack.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
⚽🔴 A US player gets a red card. Trump calls up. The card vanishes. FIFA's Infantino is cosying up to Trump instead of protecting fair play. Add your name to demand an investigation into #FIFA’s leader 👇 action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-07...
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Investigate FIFA’s leader Gianni Infantino
Share the petition and you'll help multiply the impact of this campaign: Investigate FIFA’s leader Gianni Infantino
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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
BREAKING 🚨: reports suggest Andy Burnham could approve new oil and gas fields, including Rosebank. Is he REALLY going to cave into the demands of the profiteering oil giants and Trump? Or is he going to stand with people facing soaring bills and a worsening climate crisis?
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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Scientists are warning that the climate changes bringing these heatwaves are also causing food shortages in parts of the world. This WILL affect you. Probably sooner than later. DEMAND that your government stop the oil industry or it just gets worse! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How climate breakdown is putting the world’s food in peril – in maps and charts
From floods to droughts, erratic weather patterns are affecting food security, with crop yields projected to fall if changes are not made
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
‘It’s worse than winter’ – NHS doctor on hospital pressures due to heatwave
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‘It’s worse than winter’ – NHS doctor on hospital pressures due to heatwave
Climate change caused by fossil fuel pollution is making heatwaves more common and more intense.
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
How does climate change affect heatwaves?
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How does climate change affect heatwaves?
Our weather presenter Liam Dutton analysed the recent, record-breaking heatwaves and what’s to come.
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Wildfires rage across parts of the UK
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Wildfires rage across parts of the UK
A large wildfire which began in Manchester has spread across part of the Peak District - while a major incident was declared in North Wales amid a rapidly spreading blaze.
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Hot homes and sweltering schools: Can our buildings adapt to the heat?
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Hot homes and sweltering schools: Can our buildings adapt to the heat?
The extended period of heat has also put a spotlight on how the country is set up to deal with extremely hot temperatures.
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Barry Cusack @barrycusack.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"#CarbonCapture con..." Important piece by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #FossilFuels = #ClimateChange #Heatwaves #Wildfires #Flooding
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The great carbon capture con: behold the wasted billions Burnham could claw back | George Monbiot
There are far better ways to tackle climate breakdown, but successive governments have chosen to listen to the fossil fuel companies instead, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Barry Cusack @barrycusack.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Buy. Break. Replace. Repeat. Across Europe, products are made to fail - and we’re the ones paying for it. #EU leaders are deciding now whether to fix this. Sign to demand products that last! action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-05... #CircularEconomy #Phones
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Longer life, lower costs!
Share the petition and you'll help multiply the impact of this campaign: Longer life, lower costs!
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Meanwhile, in the US. It just takes your breath away. *50 years* in prison for protesting. Don't imagine for one moment that we are immune to this. Already, the legislative framework is in place in the UK to enable such convictions - before we get a Trumplike PM. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Alarm over ‘extreme’ sentences for anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism
First amendment groups call 50-to-100-year prison terms chilling as legal experts say sentences unusually long
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Barry Cusack @barrycusack.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
UK companies are harming the environment, communities and workers through their global supply chains. It has to stop. Join me - use @friends-earth.bsky.social’s tool and ask your MP to back a new law to hold UK companies to account 🌍👨‍👩‍👧‍👦📝 action.friendsoftheearth.uk/target/tell-...
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Tell your MP: back a new law to protect forests and people
For too long, UK companies have been able to put profit over planet. From deforestation almost wiping out species like the orangutan to brutal exploitation of workers. Poorly regulated supply chains f...
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
And there it is… www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/r...
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Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests
Reform UK has received £24 million from oil and gas interests, accounting for more than two thirds of its total income, DeSmog can reveal. Led by Nigel Farage, the party is calling for new North Sea o...
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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 27/06/2026
Across Europe, the toxic combination of extreme weather and inequality is resulting in tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths. But politicians are too busy cashing cheques from big oil to respond. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/europes-he...
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Europe's Heatwave is Political
Across Europe, the toxic combination of extreme weather and inequality is resulting in tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths - and politicians are too busy cashing cheques from big oil to respond.
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Barry Cusack @barrycusack.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Generative #AI is not our friend. It is eroding truth and damaging our already vulnerable environment... www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-6574...
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Artificial intelligence could lead to extinction, experts warn
Heads of OpenAI, Google Deepmind and Anthropic say the threat is as great as pandemics and nuclear war.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Some good news: church grounds and graveyards across Ireland are becoming havens for birds, bees and bats as part of a biodiversity project inspired by Pope Francis. www.rte.ie/news/regiona...
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Biodiversity project inspired by Pope Francis soars
Church grounds and graveyards across Ireland are becoming havens for birds, bees and bats as part of a biodiversity project inspired by Pope Francis.
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Red extreme heat warning – temperatures could reach 40C in parts of UK
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Red extreme heat warning – temperatures could reach 40C in parts of UK
For only the second time ever, the Met Office has issued a 'red extreme heat warning'.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I keep hearing "Keir Starmer is a decent man". Never mind the vibes: decent is as decent does. And all this and more is the opposite of decent.
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Barry Cusack @barrycusack.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 21/06/2026
I’m issuing a high air pollution alert for London on Monday 22 June. Hot, sunny weather and pollution from continental Europe are expected to raise ozone levels. Please help protect yourself and others, especially vulnerable people, by reducing car journeys and avoiding engine idling.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Do vaccines save lives? Yep! Does antivaxx BS kill? Yep. 👇 Cervical cancer deaths for vaccinated young women fall to zero in England: study www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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Cervical cancer deaths for vaccinated young women fall to zero in England: study
The HPV vaccine for cervical cancer has reduced the risk of dying from the disease before the age of 30 in England to almost zero, the first study of its kind showed Thursday.
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Barry Cusack @barrycusack.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
This country seems to have many bullets to shoot its own feet with... #Brexit #ReJoin
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Barry Cusack @barrycusack.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
What a book. On my list since 2006... 🙄 Even more relevant now than when it was written sadly. #Books #Trump #Climate
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