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NPR @npr.org · 13/10/2026

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Coral reefs are facing increasing threats around the globe. But on a remote Pacific island, scientists have found that reefs can get help from a surprising ally: seabirds. n.pr/4hH6sKt

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One way to protect coral reefs? Bring back seabirds

Coral reefs are facing increasing threats around the globe. But on a remote Pacific island, scientists have found that reefs can get help from a surprising ally: seabirds.

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Fiona Zerbst @fionazerbst.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

"There should be no fighting that does not follow the laws of man and nature. The enemy who stands against these laws has lost his battle before he even begins the fight. The first priority to the ninja was to win without fighting, and that remains the way.” - Takamatsu Toshitsugu #Bujinkan

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/10/2026

"The amount of fuel Russia could export is too small, the impact on pricing too slight, the narrative too late to shape electoral outcomes: This looks, instead, like something very different: an abrupt, Hail Mary attempt to force Ukraine to surrender" www.theatlantic.com/idea/2026/10...

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Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear

The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.

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Karavan Press @karavanpress.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Nothing Is Lost by @kerryhammerton.bsky.social to be launched @exclusivebooks.bsky.social Cavendish Tuesday, 20 October 2026, 5.30 for 6PM. Kerry will be in conversation with Finuala Dowling. A poetry feast awaits. Not to be missed! RSVP: exclusivebooks.co.za/pages/events...

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I have just been hospitalised for eight days with this bacterium in my bloodstream. Picked it up in Zambia, not sure how.

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So lovely. A good start to Monday.

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Poetry is clearly beyond him, but of course he dismisses it rather than admitting he is clueless. 🙄

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He was my tutor and it was about as pleasant an experience as you would expect. 😆

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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Hospitalised for eight days with Streptococcus equi, which got into my bloodstream. Not fun at all.

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I am in Cap Haitien interviewing people deported from the United States. I have been doing this kind of work for almost a decade and it literally does not get more dire than this. People have lost everything they built in the U.S. and are terrified and have no place to go or way to live.

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Biting wit may confer honorary membership... 😉

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An astonishing story. "Amid this volatile military and geographical situation, the Dnipro is settling into something like its old course, before the Nova Kakhovka dam was completed in 1956." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

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But not Putin? Who has been reducing entire Ukrainian cities to rubble and killing innocent civilians every single day for years? THAT hasn’t gone too far?

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Pierre de Vos @pierredevos.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Brazil’s racket society. As Bolsonarismo outlives Bolsonaro, what does Brazil reveal about where politics everywhere is heading? africasacountry.com/2026/10/braz...

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Brazil’s racket society

As Bolsonarismo outlives Bolsonaro, what does Brazil reveal about where politics everywhere is heading?

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 10/10/2026

You guessed right. Only biting or kicking qualify. 😂

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⚡️️️️️️️'Will only lead to more slaughter' — bipartisan backlash erupts in US over Trump-Russia diesel deal. Lawmakers from both major parties argued the move would undermine recent sanctions, provide Moscow with billions in revenue, and contradict efforts to pressure Putin to end the war in Ukraine.

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'Will only lead to more slaughter' — bipartisan backlash erupts in US over Trump-Russia diesel deal

Lawmakers from both major parties argued the move would undermine recently enacted sanctions against Russia, potentially provide Moscow with billions of dollars in revenue, and contradict Congress's e...

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It's an exclusive club... 🤣🤣

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No chance of going back to bed now... 😆

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Horrifying. Damn Putin and Trump to hell.

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Rachel Fairbank @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Ruin a book by adding a word. 🤪 Hard Times Roman (I love fonts). Far From the Madding Crowd Funding Under the Greenwood Tree Doctor

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“The children who are randomly selected not to receive the birth dose of the vaccine, those who “lost the lottery”, face in their earliest days the risk of contracting hepatitis B, which can cause irreversible lifelong damage.” No words. I am speechless. This violates all ethical boundaries.

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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau

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She 'diagnosed' me as a narcissist without any qualifications, so I simply held a mirror up to her. Anyway, Philip, I don't think there's merit in continuing to argue with someone who's clearly engaging in bad faith and just wants to dish out insults, for some reason, without knowing either of us.

Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

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Friends, I’m immensely happy to announce my second book, The Land of Tears and Hope: The Ukrainian Story. Pre-order here: bloomsbury.com/us/land-of-t... Many of you know me as a defense reporter who spent years breaking bread with Ukrainian soldiers in trenches....

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I have been there and wrote about them in a poem!

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Aren't they magical floofs? I adore them! ✨️

Richard Baker @bakerart.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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Swan Meadow Pond in Saffron Walden, mixed media work. Saffron Walden is a beautiful town in Essex and we used to visit regularly. Not somewhere we can get to easily now I no longer drive but train rides to Ely and Norwich make up for it.

Swan Meadow Pond in Saffron Walden, mixed media work 2017. I expect this is very dry after the scorching dry summer we've been experiencing.

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I am HOME with my girls! The fabulous Dr Ramchandre somehow managed to find me oral antibiotics, so I am off the infernal drip. 💃

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Thanks for the encouragement! Am inspired by your work. 🙂