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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD

@bluecloudacademy.bsky.social
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I'm an immigrant from Britain who has become a German citizen. Based in Aachen/Aken/Aix la Chapelle E-learning & teaching via bluecloud.academy

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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 18h
I stopped mountain climbing when I realised how dangerous the Alps had become. 25 years later, you'd have to be crazy to climb in the Alps now. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years
Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21h
Far from taking pride in it, the men who killed this magnificent animal should be deeply ashamed. That swift, sleek, wonderful monster, flashing with holographic colours, reduced to a dead black lump. www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
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Monster 282kg tuna landed in Brixham is 'heaviest ever' catch
Giant £4,000 Bluefin tuna caught off Devon coast could be heading to Michelin-starred restaurants
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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The colder autumn nights in Germany coaxes this magnificent eagle, Oropherion, to spend his nights in his heated indoor winter aviary. This is an African Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus), the largest eagle species native to Africa. (Cr @birdsofprey_nathalie_denolf) #birds #eagle
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When you go out & see almost everyone with their faces glued to mobile phones, you know humanity is in trouble. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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High screen time can hurt children’s learning and language skills, study suggests
Effect of elevated screen exposure could be as significant as parental behaviour and premature birth, report says
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Let’s start today with some pure love
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is the daily contrast of life in Kyiv, Ukraine💔 One moment, your home is warm, quiet, familiar. The next morning, you look outside and see what russia has done again. This is what people in Kyiv are forced to wake up to. Home should never look like a battlefield…
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“I don’t think being good at things is the point of doing them.” How an Archeologist changed KURT VONNEGUT’s life.
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#DumpsterDiving last night, I got 20kg of chicken, 150 XL eggs (best before 10/10), plus lots of other goods, all for free. flic.kr/p/2pa41xT
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A mixed haul
Coffe & chocolate, eggs and quark
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#Cannabis can flower fast if conditions are good. The image on the left was taken on August 27th & the second, on September 26th, one month later. Three weeks more and this lot will be done.
Cannabis plants just placed under 12 hours of light.Flowering cannabis plants one month after being placed under 12 hours of light. Many buds can be seen growing, although they will need at least two weeks to mature.
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Ennui’d @bradleeonbass.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is my favorite time of year, when 6 months of hard work finally translate into your plants fully expressing themselves. The last couple weeks are when the truly distinctive characteristics of each strain emerge and make you fall in love with them. Tropical Cooler frosting up!
Tropical cooler cannabis flower
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He's toxic. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Michigan CEO loses job after posting AI-made image of her family in ‘Lake America’ sweaters
Jane Smith reportedly used ChatGPT to edit photo to show name Trump ordered US agencies to use for Lake Ontario amid trade war with Canada
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Ari Dublion @aridublion.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I don’t know if these beauties are gonna finish. Not a lot of sunlight left…
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Remembering the late great JIM HENSON — born 90yrs ago today. WILKINS COFFEE (1957-69) #WilkinsAndWontkins
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Found in the forest. A hoof, or tinder fungus I found in the forest. An old tree had come crashing down and this just lay there. It's heavy. Amadou is made from this. #Fungi flic.kr/p/2sCEyhg
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Tinder Fungus
A large one. Found near a huge fallen beech tree. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomes_fomentarius
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
These seemed friendly. flic.kr/p/2sCEtVA
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In the Middle of the Forest
Many mushrooms grow. These were perched on an old tree tree.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
King Charles inherited £650m tax free, gets £354m a year tax free from the tax payer including £132m personal spending money and has an estate worth £22bn that’s never taxed. Like if he needs a pay cut. RT if you want the Monarchy gone. #NotmyKing
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Zelenskyy: "For first time in Russia’s history, we now hear that its oil industry is running on fumes. Our target is Russia’s ability to finance this war, to drag it out, to make it more brutal & destructive. Russia’s finances & Russia’s production are what must be stopped if Putin is to be stopped”
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Testing the outboard to the limit: flic.kr/p/2sC6yZR
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Testing the Outboard
I bought a new propellor so it made sense to test it. The boat is a Sea Nymph 10K made of aircraft aluminium in the USA, it weighs under 30 kg. The outboard is a 15 HP Yamaha 2-stroke weighing 36 KG. ...
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Down on the beach. flic.kr/p/2sC5m7F
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Biesbosch
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
‘Jaw-dropping’: Super El Niño bursts through temperature record months ahead of peak www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak
‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will have a huge impact on communities across the world
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Gas Flaring just south of Rotterdam. flic.kr/p/2sBVC6e
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Gas Flaring
Shell Oil Refinery, Rotterdam.
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It appears that Trump’s claim last week that he negotiated a deal between Putin and Zelenskyy to stop bombing energy infrastructure was just another lie to manipulate markets. Every hour of every day, Trump lies about everything.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A friend tells me it’s a year since I resigned from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a seismic shift in my career and one I have not regretted - another learning curve in the values we hold and when they clash with others - good day to do the RESPECT festival in Tavistock
Me with Kate Ireland’s Adaptive Strategies for a sensitive system
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#Nazi salutes in the #Netherlands. Dutch riot police break up violent far-right protest in The Hague www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Dutch riot police break up violent far-right protest in The Hague
Authorities ban anti-immigration march after fireworks and other projectiles thrown at officers in city centre park
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
TGA on form as ever: Here’s how Germany can defend its democracy – banning the AfD isn’t the answer | Timothy Garton Ash www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Here’s how Germany can defend its democracy – banning the AfD isn’t the answer | Timothy Garton Ash
Instead, constrain it legally and fight it politically. The world is watching, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
As a teacher, I find this a sad reflection of society. My job is made harder by having students who hardly pay attention and have virtually no critical thinking skills. Add AI into the mix and all we have is slop instead of learning. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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European education powerhouses rocked by falling scores in global study
France and Germany among countries with low Pisa scores, which show how well 15-year-olds use school learning in life
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Sensitive UK police data vulnerable to ‘compromise’ by US government and foreign actors www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Sensitive UK police data vulnerable to ‘compromise’ by US government and foreign actors
Exclusive: Official UK security assessment found Microsoft cloud platform storing files was at potential risk from hostile hackers
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Time to deport all these fighting age men terrorising our patriotic lifeboat volunteers www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Lifeboat station in Portsmouth forced to temporarily shut after far-right action
RNLI facility had been targeted by activists trying to stop asylum seekers landing in boats from the Channel
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Well worth watching. www.theguardian.com/news/video/2...
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Taking on Trump? Canada and EU forge closer ties - The Latest
Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, has welcomed the EU’s proposal for Canada to become the bloc’s first ‘associate member’, despite threats from Donald Trump over the plan. Lucy Hough speaks to Eur...
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Men (mostly) in SUVs are a plague on us. I assume they're in search of satisfaction, which is unavailable to them as they were born in a world that actively promotes selfish behaviour. Then then find out that being a prick doesn't get them laid, or happy so they trash the world around them.
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A short cycle ride from home. I've been cycling around here for over thirty years. flic.kr/p/2sBbRei
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On the Border
Looking over Limburg. Vaals is behind the nearby ridge.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Regenerative grazing" is a greenwashing scam, nothing more. Here's why. Please don't be taken in. drawdown.org/insights/eig...
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Eight reasons regenerative grazing can’t make beef climate-friendly
An influential regenerative grazing movement continues to grow. But here's why the science doesn't back up the purported climate benefits.
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Burning books. Our local book sharing got torched by aronists. Look at the book on top of the pile after the fire was cleaned up. flic.kr/p/2sBax2j
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Fahrenheit 451
When they burn books…
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Told you so. I'm getting tired of saying this.
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
flic.kr/p/2sAXvtW Where is this phone number?
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Found in the Woods
Tel: 0614048341 No idea which country. Not DE, NL, BE or UK
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is bliss. flic.kr/p/2sB4d9V
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Run in the Woods
With Trubble who laid himself down in this muddy puddle.
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Weapons in space. What could possibly go wrong? www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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US confirms for first time it has deployed weapons in space
Analysts warn of an acceleration in high-risk arms race with Russia and China in Earth’s orbit
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
They regulated the whole supply chain with positive results.
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A good insight into the reasons why some people are voting for the #AfD www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I know why many east Germans vote AfD. And no, it’s not an inherited longing for dictatorship | Carolin Würfel
Grievance politics has grown in the east of the country where I was born. But west Germans have hard questions to answer too, says writer Carolin Würfel
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Someone set fire to a bookcase where I live in Aachen, Germany. The first book to go back in there is this one:
Photo of Ray Bradbury's book Fahrenheit 451.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Since it can be hard to believe that political and corporate elites would actively give up on our shared future on this singular planet, we made a short film so folks can hear from the end timers and judge for themselves. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor: the future according to end times fascism
In a new video, Klein and Taylor outline a ominous evolution taking shape on the far right – and how to stay loyal to this planet and each other
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Elliott @elliottcb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Sounds for Climate 2026 #Aachen flic.kr/s/aHBqjD4CEh
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Sounds for Climate 2026
Explore this photo album by Bluecloud9 on Flickr!
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Sounds for Climate 2026 is now live in #Aachen
A man and woman stand on stage in front of a large green Sounds for Climate banner.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
There were many ways in which the US and its allies could have responded to the horror of 9/11. But by building extreme security states, launching pointless forever wars and restricting domestic dissent, successive governments inflicted more harm on their nations than the terrorists could have done.
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
These are the same people who believe vaccines are killing us. Their minds are closed to reason. But they will be heavily fined and have to pay thousands for the damage they've done. And it still won't register!
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Cantabrian brown bears have clawed their way back from the edge of extinction in northern Spain, and nature tourism keeps villagers in jobs where farming culture cannot. Rewilding hugely benefits rural life and economies. www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...
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‘So big and so close’: spotting endangered bears on a trip to northern Spain
Conservationists have helped Cantabrian brown bears claw their way back from the edge of extinction in the beautiful mountains of Asturias – and carefully controlled nature tourism allows visitors to ...
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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It was a great day for a short tour on the ebike with my dog, Trubble. flic.kr/p/2sA3VEY
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Short Tour
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