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@bythemangroves.bsky.social
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Climate Extinctions Pesticides Colonisation Covid Clean Air N95 Genocide Oil Gas Fracking Water Indigenous peoples knowledge & land guardianship Ocean currents Wind My brain went missing with a virus mid-2019 so not a good skeeter. Feel the good inside ☀️

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 21/09/2026
Proposed updates to Bolivia’s mining code could remove mandatory prior consultation for Indigenous communities. While officials claim the overhaul will improve oversight, civil society groups warn the process excludes affected communities and prioritizes profits over nature. Learn more! 👇️
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Bolivia’s mining law overhaul raises environmental and community concerns
Bolivia recently began overhauling one of its principal mining laws, with the goal of modernizing the industry and improving oversight. Civil society and Indigenous groups have raised concerns about…
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Datacentres in Wapseys Wood, Bucks & Quest Park, Beds will use 1.3GW of gas power, producing over 4.5mt CO2. Well over 1% of UK emissions They've been fast-tracked through govt’s significant infra regime, allowing developers to bypass local planning objections www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds
Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running
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Alison @bythemangroves.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Here's their "hours motion" with the long list of bills they will ram through. Grubby and unprincled from these parties who are on lock step on the worst things.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: ASIO no. 2 is being rushed through parliament this week. This is the bill that allows warrantless questioning by ASIO, without a lawyer, and you can't tell a soul without being sent to prison. Share this widely and make some noise.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
An investigation by 404 Media showed that Amazon is destroying rare books to train AI models. The investigation involved planting an Airtag in a rare book, which was then tracked to an Amazon AI training facility in Las Vegas. 🤬
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Hidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI
Amazon’s team uses a T. rex preparing to devour a book as its logo.
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
If what I’m being told is true, it’s grossly negligent, and a massive fail by governments to reduce a well-known risk factor for H5N1 transmission and impacts. Why are we seemingly so badly prepared?
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Alison @bythemangroves.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
BREAKING: David McBride is free
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Fossil fuel companies projected to earn almost $3,000 a second in 2026 An increase of almost $37 million a day compared to the 2025 profits of these six corporations – Chevron, Shell, BP, ConocoPhillips, Exxon and TotalEnergies. www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...
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Fossil fuel companies projected to earn almost $3,000 a second in 2026 while families struggle to afford energy bills worldwide | Oxfam International
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 08/08/2026
A wildfire came within meters of an orangutan rehabilitation center in Indonesian Borneo, threatening over 60 rescued orangutans. Fueled by El Niño and land clearing, intensifying fires are undermining years of restoration work and driving primates from their habitat. Hans Nicholas Jong reports.
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Flames reach edge of orangutan rehabilitation center, with fire season set to intensify
JAKARTA — A wildfire that reached the edge of an orangutan rehabilitation center in western Borneo is highlighting how Indonesia’s intensifying fire season threatens not just forests and wildlife,…
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has now spread from migratory birds to infect resident Australian birds. The damage this virus will do isn’t set but governments & councils can't act alone. #auspol theconversation.com/powerless-ag...
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Powerless against bird flu? Not entirely. Here are 8 ways to help protect Australia’s birds and mammals
As a lethal bird flu spreads in Australian wildlife, it can be easy to think nothing can stop it. That’s an error – much can be done.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
You won't regret clicking on this beautifully told story by @lsommer.bsky.social about the Pacific Ocean and how the Trump regime is opening some marine monuments to commercial fishing.
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These are some of the last pristine ocean ecosystems. Now, they're losing protections
The largest conservation areas in the U.S. are in the Pacific Ocean, where tiny islands are epicenters of biodiversity. The Trump administration is now opening their waters to commercial fishing, spar...
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Alison @bythemangroves.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/de... @getup.org.au
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Julian Cribb @juliancribb.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Hothouse Earth: arriving sooner than you think cribb.substack.com/p/hothouse-e...
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Hothouse Earth: the smash is getting closer
Hothouse Earth, the state of the planet in which civilisation and possibly even humans can no longer survive, is arriving much faster than predicted, according to new satellite data.
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Alison @bythemangroves.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Please get your pets to change to a vegan diet.
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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Person: I’m very sorry, I’ve got seven members of the team off sick with the flu. We are unable to do the job. Me: That’s why I wear this.
Me, wearing a Trident respirator standing in front of a poster about airborne disease spread in hospitals at ACEM 2025 ASM.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Gaza death toll reaches 73,293 - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
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Gaza death toll reaches 73,293
<article data-history-node-id="444660" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-reaches-73293" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-reaches-73293" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza death toll reaches 73,293</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>At least 73,293 Palestinians have been killed and 173,96 wounded in Israeli attacks across Gaza since 7 October 2023, the enclave's health ministry is reporting.</p> <p>It said that nine people have been killed and one body recovered in the last 24 hours.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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David Keegan @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Modelling shows universal masking by healthcare workers leads to huge reduction in healthcare worker illness, even when people unmask in breakrooms www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Modeling the impact of health care worker masking to reduce nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 transmission under varying adherence, prevalence, and transmission settings. | Infection Control &amp; Hospital Epidem...
Modeling the impact of health care worker masking to reduce nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 transmission under varying adherence, prevalence, and transmission settings. - Volume 46 Issue 8
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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Australia’s farmland at risk of ‘ecological collapse’ theaimn.net/australias-f...
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Australia’s farmland at risk of ‘ecological collapse’
Adelaide University Media Release Australia may need to fundamentally redraw its rural landscape – retiring farms, restoring vast tracts of vegetation and reshaping regional economies – if it is to av...
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 30/06/2026
Breaking News! Code Yikes! The global 2-meter surface temperature hit the highest on record for June 28th, narrowly edging out the previous record set way back in 2024. Will this year's maximum break 17°C? The Climate 8-ball is taking the Over. Stay tuned!
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Alison @bythemangroves.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Research in Sydney. How hot is deadly for the human body? Lower than you think!!!
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Evil Trump is blitzing vast swathes of last outposts of wild nature in USA Billions of Trees in Oregon Likewise in Tongass national forest Alaska Drilling 700,00 acres of pristine Arctic Refuge within the Coastal Plain, which is critical for Arctic wildlife and migratory birds Mining deep sea
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Friends of the Earth Australia @foe.org.au · 13/06/2026
No fast tracking environmental projects. No use of AI to approve projects The Albanese Gov plans to further devolve environmental approvals powers to state & territory governments, & use AI to fast track environmental approvals. www.foe.org.au/ai_approvals...
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No fastracking environmental projects. No use of AI to approve projects
Friends of the Earth Australia (FoEA) believes that social and environmental issues cannot be separated from each other. As a result, FoEA is a social and environmental justice organisation. We seek t...
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I watched this last night, and would highly recommend. Two of the most cutting-edge thinkers regarding the human predicament of interlinked climate and ecological breakdown, rising wealth inequality and authoritarianism, how we got here and how we might make it better.
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Queensland Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 16 June - 22 June 2026 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 266 (+3.1%) 🔹Influenza: 242 (+8.5%) 🔹RSV: 777 (-0.6%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 20 (+11.1%) 🔸Influenza: 10 (-28.5%) 🔸RSV: 63 (-17.1%) Source: www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-pra...
A Queensland Health report from the Queensland Government, dated June 22, 2026. It presents statistics for three respiratory illnesses:
•	COVID-19: 20 people are in the hospital (15% aged 65–74, 70% aged 75+). 266 people were diagnosed in the last week (11% aged 65–74, 29% aged 75+).
•	Influenza: 10 people are in the hospital (50% aged 65+). 242 people were diagnosed in the last week (12% aged 65+).
•	Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV): 63 people are in the hospital (3% under 6 months, 14% aged 6 months to under 2 years). 777 people were diagnosed in the last week (3% under 6 months, 21% aged 6 months to under 2 years).
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Thailand: COVID-19 cases have been rising for 7 consecutive weeks—jumping 660% since early May. Reported weekly cases: 🔸 Week 19: 226 🔸 Week 20: 284 🔸 Week 21: 370 🔸 Week 22: 610 🔸 Week 23: 929 🔸 Week 24: 1,231 🔸 Week 25: 1,720 Source: dvis3.ddc.moph.go.th/t/DDC_CENTER...
An English-translated version of a COVID-19 Disease Situation infographic from the Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health. The layout features a dark purple background with text and charts organized into rounded dark-blue boxes.
The top header reads "COVID-19 Disease Situation" with a yellow bar stating "Daily Report: June 22, 2026". The left column shows "+ 439 New Cases", "9,180 Cumulative Cases", and a line graph tracking weekly cases over 26 weeks, showing an upward trajectory that peaks at 1,720 cases. The middle column shows "+ 0 New Deaths" and "1 Cumulative Death".
The right column includes two horizontal bar charts. The top chart, titled "Top 5 Provinces with Most Cases", lists Bangkok (160), Chiang Mai (39), Chonburi (41), Songkhla (45), and Nonthaburi (32). The bottom chart shows cases broken down by age groups, with the 30–39 bracket having the highest count at 80.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The insect apocalypse: ‘Our world will grind to a halt without them’ Insects have declined by 75% in the past 50 years Without insects birds too will disappear 87% of all plant species require animal pollination, most of it delivered by insects www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The insect apocalypse: ‘Our world will grind to a halt without them’
Insects have declined by 75% in the past 50 years – and the consequences may soon be catastrophic. Biologist Dave Goulson reveals the vital services they perform
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 12/06/2026
“An average home would cost $595,500 now if prices were the same relative to income as before John Howard turned the market into an investor casino,” writes Greg Jericho, Chief Economist at The Australia Institute. Read the full article ➡️ theaus.in/4v2qrY7
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 12/06/2026
An analysis of 164 leopard deaths in Sri Lanka reveals nearly 40% occurred in the central Nuwara Eliya district, a tiny fraction of their range. Wire snares on tea plantation landscapes account for over 60% of fatalities, exposing a deadly overlap with humans.
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Sri Lanka leopard deaths prevalent in region where humans and big cats overlap
COLOMBO — The mist-covered tea estates, forest patches and mountain valleys of Sri Lanka’s hill country support some of the country’s most important leopard populations outside protected areas. Yet…
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Four days of extreme rain in Indonesia killed 7% of world’s rarest great apes, study finds Critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan population falls after heavy rain and landslides, fuelled by climate crisis, in North Sumatra www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Four days of extreme rain in Indonesia killed 7% of world’s rarest great apes, study finds
Critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan population falls after heavy rain and landslides, fuelled by climate crisis, in North Sumatra
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Michael Grunwald @mikegrunwald.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
This guy wants us to burn fewer fossil fuels and cut down fewer trees so that glacier behind him doesn’t melt as fast.
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tern @1goodtern.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Very moving video from Long Covid Physio ❤️👇
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 09/06/2026
Make a submission to the inquiry here ⤵️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 09/06/2026
Former environment minister Peter Garrett will lead a public inquiry into the Australian Government’s $368 billion AUKUS defence pact, amid growing concerns over the lack of scrutiny surrounding the nation’s most expensive defence project. #auspol @petergarrett.com.au
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Anderbergskan @anderbergskan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
"Every 737 burns 3,000 litres (25 bathtubs) of kerosene per hour. That's as much fossil fuel as three gas-heated homes consume in a year. But with twice the climate damage, by the indirect warming effects of burning it in the stratosphere " mastodon.energy/@Sustainable...
Picture of an app showing northern europe and plane traffic
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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I was 8 years old when my doctor told me that wearing a “dust mask” (respirator) was important for my respiratory health. For any “work that irritates your nose, throat or chest”. Last century. Last millennium. Donkeys years ago. We need to rediscover this. #MedSky
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 09/06/2026
Award-winning Somali referee, Omar Abdulkadir Artan, has been removed from the World Cup roster after being denied entry to the US despite holding a valid visa.
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Alison @bythemangroves.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/aukus-w...
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Gregory Andrews @lyrebirddream.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Australia is spending up to $368 billion on AUKUS. That’s enough to build around 180 hospitals, fund dental care through Medicare for decades, or provide $50,000 home deposits for more than 7 million Australians. Opportunity cost matters.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 05/06/2026
Artisanal gold mining severely disrupts Amazonian ecosystems. By tracking dung beetles as key bioindicators in Guyana, researchers found that mining-altered microclimates and degraded soils prevent the recovery of these crucial insect communities for over 20 years. mongabay.cc/ftsRI0
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Gold mining damages dung beetle communities in the Amazon, study finds
Small-scale gold mining is a major cause of deforestation in the Amazon, and researchers found that in Guyana it destroys dung beetle communities and prevents their recovery for decades. Gold mining…
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 06/06/2026
French activists who took part in a Gaza-bound foreign aid flotilla accuse Israeli forces of abuse and torture.
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France opens ‘war crimes' probe into Israel's treatment of Gaza activists
French activists who took part in a Gaza-bound foreign aid flotilla accuse Israeli forces of abuse and torture.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 05/06/2026
Brazil's approved Amazon mouth oil drilling threatens a unique hybrid manatee population. Yet, the developer's spill plan excludes rescuing animals over 50 kilograms as "unfeasible". Experts warn this logistics failure condemns these rare mammals to the lethal effects of oil. mongabay.cc/AwFAoj
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Amazon oil drilling plan excludes unique hybrid manatees too big for rescue
A rare hybrid population faces an oil frontier with a rescue plan that experts call insufficient.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
In a warming Arctic, gray whales struggle to find nourishment as Grey Whales die from starvation Grey Whale population plummeted during the past 7 years from a high of more than 27,000 whales in 2016 to less than 13,000 last year. sourcenm.com/2026/06/03/r...
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In a warming Arctic, gray whales struggle to find nourishment • Source New Mexico
More than 900 eastern North Pacific gray whales have been found dead along the shorelines of Mexico, Canada and the United States since 2019.
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Really good article here from Luca Ittimani on who are the people campaigning against the capital gains tax reforms: mostly rich, entitled dudes (plus Gina) www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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High stakes: who’s leading the fight against Labor’s CGT reform – and what’s in it for them?
Tax critics turn to AI memes and airport billboards in addition to traditional lobbying tactics. Here’s what you need to know about them
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Tire Pollution May Threaten Human Health, Study Finds Tiny particles of rubber cast off by car tires, which have long been known to harm wildlife, may also pose a risk to humans, according to a new study. e360.yale.edu/digest/tire-...
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Tire Pollution May Threaten Human Health, Study Finds
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Not now, flesh-eating parasite New World screwworm.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Antarctica krill population, in some places declines of as much as 80% as super trawlers steal the food meant for whales seals penguins and birds leaving them to starve Ban these super trawlers from Antarctica now e360.yale.edu/features/ant...
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Supertrawlers Are Taking Antarctic Krill That Whales Depend On
In the icy waters of the Southern Ocean, whales and other marine mammals rely on krill to survive. But as the market for human dietary supplements and animal feeds booms, and climate change reduces kr...
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Alison @bythemangroves.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
“If our ecological predicament is understood as encompassing greenhouses gases, plastic pollution, ocean acidification, nitrogen pollution, tropical forest destruction, ozone depletion and species extinction, the story of the crisis becomes far harder to tell as a soundbite.”
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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Death of doctor treating Ebola patients raises fears among Congo health workers
Doctors, relatives and Red Cross volunteers gathered in the eastern Congolese city of Bunia for the burial of a doctor who died after treating Ebola patients, underscoring growing fears among frontlin...
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Anderbergskan @anderbergskan.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Not a cold! 📣 #callforpublichealthaction Reasonable demands of your government and public health. 👇
Demonstrating for:

1. Mandatory respiratory protection (FFP2/FFP3/N95/N99) in healthcare and social care to ensure patient safety for all.

2. High-quality air in all schools, other public buildings, and workplaces.

3. Full access to COVID-19 vaccines for all age groups for whom the vaccines are approved.

4. Adequate care and biomedical research for Long COVID, ME/CFS, and other infection-associated chronic conditions.

5. Honest, science-based public education about the short- and long-term risks of infection, and how to best protect each other.

Do you agree? Like, repost or quote-post, tagging #CallForPublicHealthAction

@callforphaction.bsky.social
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