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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

An Irish Atlantic Rainforest will be screening again in Cork next week. FYI, the film is *very* different to the tv version on RTÉ Player: much more immersive and meditative... You really feel like you've been transported into the rainforest. triskelartscentre.ie/events/an-ir...

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An Irish Atlantic Rainforest

Mon 12 Oct 2026 | 91 mins – Ireland 2026 – Documentary Director: Gary Lennon Featuring: Eoghan Daltun AN IRISH ATLANTIC RAINFOREST tells the story of Eoghan Daltun, a leading climate activist at the ...

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Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

More fire, more crime, more death and a globally important ecosystem driven ever more rapidly towards a point of no return. That’s the prospect for the Amazon rainforest if Flávio Bolsonaro wins Brazil’s election My take www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

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Flávio Bolsonaro’s advance in Brazil’s election is grim jolt for climate campaigners

Inquest under way into why President Lula’s success in curbing Amazon deforestation has not led to success at polls

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Steve Webster @croft1a.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Would someone here tell me how this statement from me legitimises racism ? I’ve left out the name of the man who made the initial comment. I have no problem with him or what he said. But someone here has been trying for two days now to get me to confess to the racist content of my reply ~

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Late morning in Kyiv after the overnight attack. Soon, I’m going to my workout. As usual on Wednesdays. Perhaps you’ve read about the casualties and damage. Not only in Kyiv. I hope you have. I don’t open the windows. The city is covered in smoke.

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This guy got people from around the world to teach him their favourite dance moves. 📹Ed People

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C Hanna @chcowgirl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

BINGO!💥

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Something unusual is happening in Kyiv. Calm. Since last night. It’s 4 pm. This calm feels like a spider’s web. Delicate. Fragile. May the spider keep doing its job.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There aren't many days when you can kayak off Start Point, renowned for one of Britain's most dangerous tidal races. But yesterday the stars aligned, so I bunked off work. Delighted to see Rupert Kirkwood (the Lone Kayaker) out there. He took this picture of me +1. Before you ask: yes, it's real. 🧵

In my kayak, watching a bluefin tuna leaping beside me.

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Steve Webster @croft1a.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Turned out to be fake. The bigger fact remains current developments in chip design, cooling systems & software will make such behemoth data centres obsolete before they’re built. There’s no invention created by human intelligence that can’t be shittified by human stupidity. AI is watching us.

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There are apparently fig trees(!) in Sheffield & here's the Sheffield Tribune's explanation of how they got there: There really is no place called "Away"... everything comes from somewhere and everything goes somewhere.

"They owe their existence to Sheffielders of the past’s fondness for fig biscuits, with the seeds that passed through their digestive system finding their way to Meadowhall. There, germinated by the regular hot discharges from the area’s steel mills, they grew into the forest of urban figs you see today."

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Fishing some 5,300 years ago: a Neolithic fishhook made of a wild boar tusk, wrapped with a fishing line. The size of the fishhook is 6.5 cm. It was used to catch pikes. Found in the lake-dwelling settlement of Arbon Bleiche 3, Switzerland. On display at Archäologisches Museum Frauenfeld 📷me 🏺

The picture shows a fishhook made of wild boar tusk. Only the curved, pointed end and the upper part are visible. The rest is wrapped in fishing line. The fishing line is made of twisted bast.

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A new bookstore opened in Kyiv. I visited it today. russian drones burn warehouses full of books and damage whatever they can reach. A new bookstore opened in Kyiv. russia will never win.

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Kyiv in paintings. The central one caught my eye. 🇺🇦 Petro Kozlovskyi Sophia Square. View of St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery The museum forgot to add the year. Petro is a contemporary artist, so I guess it’s quite recent.

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

To take a closer look:

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I 💙 Dogs @dogs100.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Watching a movie with human-like emotions….

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Steve Webster @croft1a.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

@irishrainforest.bsky.social This from the Irish Times seems genuine anyway ~ In County Mayo

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I LOVE this globe, which I found in the GEOMAR lobby (a German ocean research institute) this week. Exaggerated topography of both land and sea, showing the big picture and the beautiful intricacy. I want one!

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Steve Webster @croft1a.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Know anything about this @irishrainforest.bsky.social ? Just posted on Facebook by Neil De Grasse Tyson. He claims it’s air cooled, powered by wind & solar and is being offset by a lot of tree planting & ecological restoration

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Paige Madison @fossilhistory.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Laetoli Footprints were found #OnThisDay in 1978. The incredible discovery happened because team members were hurling elephant dung at each other. Australopithecines probably left these trace fossils behind 3.6 million years ago. 🏺🧪

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John Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Good work from @eciu.net on the double-whammy that is possibly UK lowest harvest on record followed by record El Nino. UK media so far I think more focused on El Nino impacts on UK storms - I guess the food price story will grow as impacts appear. eciu.net/media/press-... eciu.net/media/press-...

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UK harvest even worse than previously thought – new data

Updated figures released by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) suggest the UK's arable harvest is now expected to be even smaller than previously forecast.

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Space @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

NASA releases insane new image of the mighty hexagonal storm on Saturn's North Pole.

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Steve Webster @croft1a.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

More on big cats in Britain ~

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Yesterday, I sent a letter about the “russian world”, an ideology of russia’s special mission and influence beyond its borders. I traced how it evolved over centuries. Today, attacks on Kyiv resumed. They show what this “mission” looks like. Photo from the exhibition: Mykyta Shandyba

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Steve Webster @croft1a.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“There are six publicly known positive DNA results that match the leopard, two from recent years: from Gloucestershire in 2022, from hair on a barbed-wire fence in the vicinity of a sheep kill; and from Cumbria in 2023, DNA found on a carcass of a sheep.” www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

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Black leopards are secretly thriving in the British countryside – here’s the whole incredible story | Discover Wildlife

Sightings and DNA tests suggest that large cats such as black leopards are quietly naturalising in Britain. Here’s the whole story.

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Kyiv is adapting to constant drone attacks. New alert levels coming: yellow – drones; businesses and institutions can keep working; red – missiles or large-scale attack. The Green metro line over the Dnipro will be allowed to run during yellow alerts. Goal: keep Kyiv working during drone attacks.

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Dancing in the heart of Belfast IG: @manesh.shendkar

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Steve Webster @croft1a.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Suicidal insanity update Killing the sea for cheap fish

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Steve Webster @croft1a.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The moment uplands are freed from grazing they begin to hold more water. The increasing mass of vegetation can dry out and burn. Drones can spot fires when they start & call more drones to put them out. As uplands become wooded they protect lowlands from flood & drought. And less likely to burn.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

In 1966, Marlon Brando bought a Polynesian atoll after filming ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’. He had the invasive rats removed, then just let it be. It's now a thriving wildlife sanctuary. For example: 15,614 turtles hatched in a season. The power of rewilding. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-o...

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In 1966, Marlon Brando bought a private Polynesian atoll after filming ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’; it is now a wildlife sanctuary where 15,614 green turtle hatchlings emerged in one season

A private Pacific atoll once owned by Hollywood actor Marlon Brando has become one of French Polynesia’s most important marine conservation sites, with thousands of sea turtle hatchlings recorded afte...

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"Livestock production causes 15% of all global greenhouse emissions. " How could I possibly have omitted to mention the massive contribution the livestock industry makes to climate breakdown? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘Gigantic’ power of meat industry blocking green alternatives, study finds

Analysis of EU and US shows livestock farmers receive about 1,000 times more public funding than plant-based and cultivated meat

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Gary, Indiana is 77% percent Black. Thousands have been without power for nearly two weeks. Many are without safe water. Yet every data center is operational & using enormous amounts of both power and water. This is what oligarchy looks like. Everyone suffers so the 1% can make even more.

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Steve Webster @croft1a.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Thanks to Ana Kasparian for this. The left has largely been inert & voiceless over the atrocity committed against Charlie Kirk & being committed against us all as Candace Owens faces a firestorm from the right for exposing a clumsy lie about who killed her friend & why. youtu.be/MHCr0lkT120?...

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EXCLUSIVE: Candace Owens Discusses The Charlie Kirk Investigation On TYT

YouTube video by The Young Turks

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I cannot see a dead fish as a "conservation success". Bluefin tuna are still rare - they only avoid being technically endangered cos they stabilised at a tiny number. That's not a healthy population, just a stable one. Let them breed and really do well before you fish for them if you have to.

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First bluefin tunas caught off Yorkshire since 1960s ‘success story’ for marine conservation

Researchers laud return of giant tuna to North Sea after being fished almost to point of extinction

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

First bird of my day: I saw no birds all morning until a fledgling blackbird side eyed me from the dead bush. It’s so harsh out there for them at the moment in the drought. Please put water out. #firstbirdofmyday #whatsyours

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Timeless humour! A 2,000 year-old Roman souvenir pen with a joke inscription roughly equivalent to: “I went to Rome and all I got you was this cheap pen!" 😂 Dated circa 70 AD, this iron stylus pen was recovered in London during excavations by MOLA. 📷 Juan Jose Fuldain/MOLA #Archaeology

The photo by Juan Jose Fuldain for MOLA shows four images of the same Roman iron stylus (pen) one below the other, with knib to the left. The stylus is octagonal in shape, with a dot-punched inscription along its length on four alternate sides. The stylus is 132 mm long and 5 mm thick, and the letters are circa 2 mm high. The four images of the pen show the four lines of inscribed text (highlighted) which read:

'ab urbe v[e]n[i] munus tibi gratum adf (e)ro acul[eat]um ut habe[a]s memor[ia]m nostra(m)
rogo si fortuna darlelt quo possem
largius ut longa via ceu sacculus est (v)acuus'

Translated as

I have come from the City. I bring you a welcome gift with a sharp point that you may remember me.
I ask, if fortune allowed, that I might be able (to give) as generously as the way is long (and) as my purse is empty.'

This inscription is generally interpreted by scholars as a humorous, tongue-in-cheek acknowledgment by the giver of the cheapness of the gift.

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Conor Molloy | 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 @conormolloy.eurosky.social · 15/08/2026

Spot on. Great movie too BTW (🎬"An Irish Rainforest") #speirgorm

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A teenager at a talk once said to me "it's fine for you - you're in all these rooms where decisions are made. What am I supposed to do?". And I said "Every room is that room. Every room matters. Change things in your school, community, and remember that little things matter if there are enough"

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Steve Webster @croft1a.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

So lazy and shallow. Time spent on examining any of the evidence of who killed Charlie Kirk ~ zero Concern shown for Tyler Robinson ~ zero Time spent on routine swipes across the left / right divide laced with caricatures, wilful misrepresentations & vapid accusations of antisemitism ~ all of it

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Steve Webster @croft1a.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Lazy. Numerous people inc with military, ballistics, intelligence & finance experience have looked at the official narrative of the killing soon after Kirk said he had “no choice but to separate from the Israeli cause” & opposed war on Iran & find it absurd. Same here. But hey, kombucha, Candace ~

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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

58 days of relentless resistance. 🦩 Albanians are standing up against land grabs, corruption, and authoritarian overreach to defend their public lands and democratic rights. When the people unite, real change happens. Keep raising your voices, Albania! 🇦🇱

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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Good grief, this hits home.

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Steve Webster @croft1a.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Half a year’s rain in 24 hours

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KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 @kdnerak33.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

You need this. Trust me.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

An Irish Atlantic Rainforest will be screening in Cinemax Bantry from next Sunday the 2nd of August, with a Q&A after that first showing (film starts 7pm). If you live in counties Cork or Kerry, this is a chance to see a film so beautifully shot, so immersive, it will steal your breath away.

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