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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
My name is not the reason we're paying $5/gallon for gas. My name is not the reason you can't afford your groceries. My name is not the reason you can't afford your mortgage or rent. My name is not the reason you can't see a doctor. Their policies are the reason.
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 07/10/2026
How is this okay? Multiple masked men in plain clothing shoving a woman into an unmarked white van. STOP THE KIDNAPPING.
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efranti.bsky.social @efranti.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sexual deviant Too polite www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
British billionaire warned Epstein was a ‘sexual deviant’ decades before FBI closed in on the abuser
Sir James Goldsmith’s links to Hilton Head, South Carolina, add to mystery of Jane Doe 4, who claimed she was abused by Epstein in the 1980s
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Peter Welsh @peterwelsh68.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ferry good post by @alexjarmitage.bsky.social 🚢 Going the extra mile much? Check the tidetimes at linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP to help get Zack the Win!!🏆🗳 💚 #BackZack #GreenParty
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Everything you need to get involved! Promoted by Elfrede Brambley-Cranshaw on behalf of Zack Polanski (The Green Party) c/o PO Box 78066, London, SE16 9GQ
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 06/10/2026
"The pattern is clear: Vote Green and watch Labour move" @zackpolanski.bsky.social explains why a Green vote is a powerful vote.
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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Before Stonehenge was raised, before Egypts first pyramid broke ground,before the Nazca people drew their famous lines across the Peruvian desert,someone in what is now southern Arizona shaped a 272-foot fish into the earth On April 23,2026,"a border-wall contractor drove heavy equipment across it"
gadgetreview.com
Trump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph – Older Than Stonehenge
Arizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
Tim Snyder: The Republicans are trying to run this midterm on the issue of communism, whereas Trump’s idols are all communists. Whether it’s North Korea, whether it’s China, whether it’s Russia... Full interview: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE's shameless stupid cruelty continues unabated. Here's a truly wrenching account from our wonderful local Vermont newspaper, which I imagine could be multiplied a thousandfold every day across America. Many thanks to Liza Cochran, its author bravelittlevoices.substack.com/p/terror-in-...
bravelittlevoices.substack.com
Terror in the Backyard:
ICE’s Shadow Surge in Vermont
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
Tim Snyder: The term that I came up with… is superpower suicide. I just can’t see an example of a major country losing so much power so quickly as the United States under Trump. We’ve encouraged our enemies and we’ve made our allies not trust us.
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efranti.bsky.social @efranti.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Go go go! Good people of South Devon! 💚 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
‘It’s shocking really’: Devon community tracks River Dart sewage spills
Citizen environmentalists create online platform that flags spills in real time and highlights repeatedly polluted spots
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wizz Air Ealing Half Marathon video race report. The team had one race target. It wasn’t about PB’s, it was all about highlighting the problems associated with adopting polluting sponsors. Watch the video to see how they got on. Then sign our petition. 🎥 to Talia & Liam @badvertising.bsky.social
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efranti.bsky.social @efranti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The most beautiful story of the day. Simply gorgeous in so many ways. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
‘Beyond priceless’: how a halt to dredging saved the seas of Scotland’s Summer Isles
Fish and shellfish populations were falling rapidly as scallop dredgers devastated the seabed, but local activists and small-scale fishers battled hard to protect their coastline
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efranti.bsky.social @efranti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Speak up everyone www.instagram.com/reel/Dd4Woeg...
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Los Angeles Times on Instagram: "Migrants deported from the U.S. describe being shot at with pepper balls and forcibly restrained during a flight to the Central African Republic. More than 25,000 peo...
2,103 likes, 303 comments - latimes on September 29, 2026: "Migrants deported from the U.S. describe being shot at with pepper balls and forcibly restrained during a flight to the Central African Repu...
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efranti.bsky.social @efranti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is absolutely brilliant.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
US social media companies are interfering in the Brazilian elections in favour of the Far Right’s Flávio Bolsonaro. Meta is the latest. It’s just blocked the campaign account of President Lula in the final stretch of the election.
elespectador.com
Meta restringe la cuenta de Lula y su partido alerta por posible injerencia extranjera
De cara a las elecciones en Brasil, Lula enfrenta a Meta por restringir su cuenta mientras su partido alerta por posible injerencia extranjera.
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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Spot the moth 🫥 Meet our 'Wonder of the Day', the Merveille du Jour (Dichonia aprilina)! Its pale green colouring and black markings allow it to blend in perfectly with lichens and mosses. 📷: Clive Jones #MothMonday #MothsMatter #TeamMoth
A moth perfectly blended in with pale green lichen on a tree
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efranti.bsky.social @efranti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
THIS needs to put out everywhere, everywhere in the world. #abolishice www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
theguardian.com
Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever
After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Solarizing the first Habitat house that Jimmy Carter worked on, and other tales of Climate Week billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-sunny-we...
billmckibben.substack.com
A Sunny Week in New York
At least in certain ways
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salbr29891.bsky.social @salbr29891.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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efranti.bsky.social @efranti.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I was very pleased to have this bee keep me company for my lunch today. #insectlife #nature #nopesticides #happy #bloomscrolling
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efranti.bsky.social @efranti.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
‘We wanted to prove we didn’t need air conditioning’: the airport cooled by natural ventilation
At Roland Garros airport on Réunion island, the ceiling design funnels a light tropical breeze into the terminal
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The ultra-Far Right/neo-Nazis are joining forces in Europe, which should worry anyone with even a passing acquaintance with history. Germany’s AfD and Italy’s Future Nationale have announced a partnership. Everything old is new again.
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efranti.bsky.social @efranti.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Freedom oppressed: the journalists caught up in Trump’s ICE crackdown
Media workers are grappling with increasingly volatile press climate in US, with some detained and even deported
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efranti.bsky.social @efranti.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This NEEDS TO BE REPORTED INTERNATIONALLY please will the media all over the world help. www.instagram.com/reel/DdhXPwM...
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PBS News on Instagram: "Less than a year ago, aggressive immigration raids were drawing headlines and sparking protests. But recently, the Trump administration has shifted its approach. Instead of re...
853 likes, 73 comments - newshour on September 20, 2026: "Less than a year ago, aggressive immigration raids were drawing headlines and sparking protests. But recently, the Trump administration has sh...
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 20/09/2026
Pairing rooftop solar, a heat pump, an EV, home storage and smart tariffs with infotech to coordinate them altogether brings bills to around £60/month.
ember-energy.org
The Age of Power | Ember
How the electrotech and information revolution are converging – and what this means for energy, markets and geopolitics
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efranti.bsky.social @efranti.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🥳🥳🥳 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Greens just four points behind Labour in urban areas, poll reveals
Exclusive: UK’s Green parties could take 40 seats if result replicated at next election, according to Labour-linked thinktank
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Pod Save America @podsaveamerica.crooked.com · 15/09/2026
"This is a pretty obvious Russian op." –Tommy Vietor on the Russian oligarch who financed Don Jr.'s wedding.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Putin pal and oligarch Umar Kremlev, who paid $100,000 towards Don Jr’s wedding, is a former member of the ultranationalist Russian biker gang the Night Wolves and is linked to the abduction of Ukrainian children.
apple.news
Melania Trump denies link to oligarch ‘involved in child abductions’ — The Times and The Sunday Times
The US first lady said she had no relationship with Umar Kremlev, who paid for Donald Trump Jr’s wedding in the Bahamas this year
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efranti.bsky.social @efranti.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Joyful food in a joyful story www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
A joyful harvest: the young Welsh farmers growing food for Birmingham
A charity in Powys provides the land while growers do the hard work, producing bumper crops for city children
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efranti.bsky.social @efranti.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Sign the Petition
Drop Polluting Sponsors - Stop taking the Whizz
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efranti.bsky.social @efranti.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Wonderful dose of hope from a bird. Even after deforestation nature can recover very rapidly. "The power to restore what we have lost is in our hands." #nature www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
The bird that changed Ecuador: how a chance discovery of a rare species helped to save many more
Thirty years after a US ornithologist first sighted a jocotoco antpitta, the foundation he set up to restore biodiversity is a model for conservation globally
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform is going to be defending so many investigations it won’t have any time left for its core mission of spreading hate.
mirror.co.uk
Farage accused of failing to declare donors from events in the Middle East
EXCLUSIVE: The Electoral Commission has confirmed it will look into hospitality heaped on Nigel Farage and senior party figures in Dubai last January by mega-rich supporters
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
New YouGov: 62% of Britons believe the UK Government should invest more in nature restoration to address future extreme weather, while 74% believe the government is not preparing the country well for such events. 1/
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efranti.bsky.social @efranti.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Like a scene from a horror movie. youtu.be/gE_6xSgMGO0?...
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Labor Day Weekend family camping trip ends in ICE raid
YouTube video by KREM 2 News
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efranti.bsky.social @efranti.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Season change. Grateful for moments of beauty. #nature #sunsets
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Dr Matt Winning @mattywin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
No shit
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Patrick Seurre @patrick.seurre.com · 08/09/2026
@chadbourn.bsky.social Any chance of reposting the link below? It's difficult to shift the impression sometimes that the UK government is remaining wilfully ignorant of the impact of data centres. We have a right to know how are resources are being used. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/77...
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Mandate publishing annual statistics on data centre water & electricity usage
Parts of the UK have experienced a drought, and residents have been asked to conserve water. We are concerned that the concerted efforts to build new data centres could place a huge strain on our wate...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“The large-scale restoration of nature and its web of life not only helps us respond to the climate emergencies, it also creates a cascade of benefits for people and helps everyone reconnect to the natural world.”
chadbourn.substack.com
Go Wild In The Country
How Rewilding can tackle the climate crisis
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efranti.bsky.social @efranti.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Much better news story than anything else you'll read today! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Glowworms shine again in North Yorkshire after larvae reared in garden shed
Volunteer ‘glow-getters’ overseeing reintroduction of endangered beetles at Nosterfield nature reserve
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Some positive news and a call to action.
chadbourn.substack.com
Go Wild In The Country
How Rewilding can tackle the climate crisis
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Zelenskyy: “The Russians didn't allow the American delegation to arrive by plane, even though our airports were ready.” Witkoff and Kushner, the two stooges, arrived by train so were easily monitored by Russian intelligence. 1/
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A crow casually removing several metal anti-bird spikes from a building ledge. Original post
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 01/09/2026
In July, ICE kidnapped 700 people in Washington State. They are taking people with no criminal records at grocery stores, gas stations, and on their way to pick up their kids at school. This is cruel, plain and simple. ICE must be dismantled.
seattletimes.com
WA ICE arrests reach new high, just-released data shows
The figures confirm what Washington's immigrant advocates have been seeing on the ground from Seattle to Shelton to Yakima. It's been nonstop, said one.
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efranti.bsky.social @efranti.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Great story. More of this please! www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
From milk to sausage rolls: how vending machines could help tackle UK ‘food deserts’
Selling direct to public helps squeezed farmers control prices and improves access to food in rural areas
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 31/08/2026
On my way back from Northern Ireland to the States, and I wanted to share some thoughts after talking with a group of young Palestinian and Israeli women who are committed to building peace. Feeling so inspired and grateful.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
One more thing you can pattern recognize from the 1930s.
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Sarah Finch @sarahfinch.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The Isles of Scilly is home to amazing marine life, but South West Water plans to pump untreated sewage straight into these protected waters. Scilly deserves the best sewage treatment, not a cheap fix. Help protect this beautiful ecosystem and add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/gi...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Stop untreated sewage polluting the Isles of Scilly
South West Water plans to pump untreated sewage into one of the UK's most protected marine environments. Add your name to demand the highest standard of sewage treatment for the Isles of Scilly and he...
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The problem with Sportswashing. You’ll find it at the FIFA World Cup, Tour de France, and even at your local race. We’ve found 42 🏃‍♀️ races worldwide with oily headline sponsors. 24 gas/oil ⛽️, 14 airline ✈️ 4 car 🚘 Running must not be used to distract people from sponsors’ bad practices.
greenpeace.org.uk
What is sportswashing and why is it such a big problem?
Companies and governments are exploiting our love of sport to clean up their image.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 28/08/2026
🎉 A historic win in Dover! We have gained Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret’s-at-Cliffe from the Conservatives, beating Reform in second place. The Greens can take the fight to Reform and win! 💚
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