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Garret Beggan 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Personal: Dublin 1966, Galway 1971, Birmingham 1988, Málaga 2019. Political: Irredeemable Centrist. Bite me. Professional: PMO, Governance & ERP stuff. Yay! 🤓

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Dany Neudt @danyneudt.bsky.social · 12h
Hersch Sokol. Elsene. Kinderarts. Gehuwd. Verzetsgroep Rode Orkest, samen met zijn vrouw Miriam Rachlin. Arrestatie in april '42. Gruwelijke martelingen in Fort Breendonk. Hersch sterft er op 18 jan '43. 34 jaar. Ook Miriam sterft kort nadien. 33 jaar. #heldenvanhetverzet
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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 18h
Essential grim reading from one of my favourite posters. You cannot ask people to support political parties that want to erase their existence. And if you are in such a political party, I hope you're trying really hard to make them stay their hand. You'd better be *really* unpopular with them..
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
5 October 1891 | A Czech Jewish woman, Olga Žáková, was born in Lažany. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive. --- Women at Auschwitz Lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en Podcast: youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
Vintage photograph of a woman, featuring an autograph. The woman is wearing a striped blouse with a dark scarf.
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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Man, first-past-the-post is crazy. When 30% of the vote can plausibly get you a majority government but 15% can plausibly get you zero (0) seats.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
5 October 1901 | Timofey Anisimov was born. Soviet army soldier. In #Auschwitz from October 1941. No. R-7666 (Soviet prisoner of war) He perished in the camp on 15 December 1941. --- Learn about some 15,000 Soviet POWs deported to Auschwitz: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3Y3dmCI5_E
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Gerrymandering is cheating and election-stealing. The massive money advantage is corruption in action. Neither of these represents “an upset.” The media really needs to stop normalizing and enabling cheating, election-stealing and corruption.
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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: A small human (3?) is skipping along next to Dad while holding a threadbare plushie bunny. With utmost solemnity he says: "Dad I REALLY think you should carry me." Dad says: "Why'd ya think that mate?" "Cos Rabbit's got VERY TIRED legs."
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 05/10/2026
‘It’s off the charts’: Satellite images show how three years of war have devastated Gaza
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‘It’s off the charts’: Satellite images show how three years of war have devastated Gaza
UN says number of destroyed structures in Gaza up by 9% since ceasefire of October 2025, amid mass displacement and acute humanitarian need
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.
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Mario Sixtus @sixtus.net · 04/10/2026
Heute vor 90 Jahren stellten sich Londoner Bürger*innen faschistischen Horden entgegen, die durch ein jüdisches Viertel marschieren wollten. ✊🏼 /via @katika.eurosky.social www.deutschlandfunk.de/london-battl...
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"Battle of Cable Street" in London: Eine legendäre Straßenschlacht zwischen Rechten und Linken
Als britische Faschisten 1936 durchs Londoner East End marschieren, werden sie von Hunderttausenden Gegendemonstranten blockiert.
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Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is written to fly under the radar, from today’s Sunday Independent (Ireland). The press council upheld a complaint about an offensive and transphobic opinion column by Brenda Power. Sindo was required to publish the decision. @mams4transrights.bsky.social @jesalady.bsky.social
A half page article from the Sunday independent with the headline OMB2590 A woman and the Sunday independent.
The article outlines the complaint, the appeal and the decision. 
The complaint relates to an opinion column deploring the fact that an unnamed td provided a character reference for a man convicted of sexual violence against children. A sentence in the column argued that this case threw light on the possibility that a man would “identify as a woman” in order to commit sexual violence.
The press council concluded that “a reference to a protected group [trans people] in this context should have been extremely carefully scrutinised”. It found that the Sunday independent was in violation of principle 8 of the press council code of practice.
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Sunday Independent published an article written by Brenda Power which breached the Press Council Code of Practice against Prejudice and was "likely to cause grave offence or to stir up hatred against trans and gender diverse people on the basis of their gender."
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Again why go there???🤬 Florida weighs ditching property taxes and sticking Canadians with the bill Canadians who own property in Florida describe the threats to shake them down for more money as just the latest insult www.cbc.ca/news/world/f...
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Florida weighs ditching property taxes and sticking Canadians with the bill | CBC News
Florida voters are weighing whether to scrap residential property taxes and the state's governor has a solution to that potentially huge revenue loss: tax Canadians more.
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 04/10/2026
‘Despite building cities, roads, ports and villas that surpassed anything constructed in the next millennium, it seems that the Romans never established themselves in Britain quite as enthusiastically as they did elsewhere.’ Pablo Scheffer on Britain after the Romans. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Pablo Scheffer · Frightened Chicks: Britain before the English
Olives didn’t take; the wine wasn’t as good as it was back home. Other industry remained limited. Despite building...
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Paul Ockenden @ockenden.com · 03/10/2026
The media continues its crusade against EVs. In the BBC story the headline is passengers getting sick, but buried way down in the story is that most don’t and some people are less sick. So a non-story. But many will just read the headline. Shame on you BBC. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Why electric cars might be making some passengers feel sick
Research shows there are several reasons people might experience motion sickness in electric vehicles.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious.
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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 03/10/2026
A Madrid, les images impressionnantes des manifestations contre la crise du logement
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A Madrid, les images impressionnantes des manifestations contre la crise du logement
En Espagne, les manifestations contre la crise du logement continuent au lendemain du rejet par les députés d’une série de mesures présentées par le gouvernement.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
PODCAST | Criminal pseudo-medical experiments in Auschwitz German doctors conducted experiments on concentration camp prisoners. Listen about the medical crimes in Auschwitz: www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-le…
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Harriet Brooks (July 2, 1876 – April 17, 1933) was the first Canadian female nuclear physicist. She is most famous for her research on nuclear transmutations and radioactivity. #CelebratingWomen
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Margarete Rosalind Weidenhammer @margareterosali.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Stephen Uzzell @StephenUzzell2 💔 10,000 children lived in the #KaunsasGhetto, half of whom were murdered in #October1941 #Lithuania For the survivors, schools were banned by the #Nazis, with many forced to work. Despite this, secret schools continued to operate. I write about one in I AM JUDEN.
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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Can you really shoot an arrow through 12 axes like Odysseus? Let's see... www.instagram.com/reel/DdW01HK...
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Electric Nick @electric-nick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Battery-electric vehicle sales in the UK 🇬🇧 show a beautiful growth trend each year 📈⚡ The image shows cumulative monthly BEV registrations by year. This year is up +30.2% compared with January–September last year.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
3 October 1942 | SS doctors made a selection in the women camp at Auschwitz II-Birkenau, as a result of which 1,800 prisoners were taken to gas chambers. ▶ The first two gas chambers near Auschwitz II-Birkenau where they were murdered (remains of Bunker 2 in the photo): youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind
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Médicos Sin Fronteras España @msfespana.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
⚫ Se supone que hay un alto el fuego en Gaza, pero lo que vemos a diario demuestra todo lo contrario. ¿Acaso es matar y herir a la población?
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LeRaffl @leraffl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Now that's a jump. 18.4% BEV in September, by far a new record for Spain. The previous high was 13.4% just one month earlier, and for most of the year Spain sat around 10%. Also a record in absolute numbers: 17,650 BEV, about 3,000 more than the previous best month.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
3 October 1900 | A German Jew, Kurt Rosenberg, was born in Berlin. In December 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive. --- Video about the history of Auschwitz: youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
Smiling man holding a small cat, standing on a pathway next to a brick building with stacked burlap sacks.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
3 October 1934 | A Polish Jewish girl, Nina Ehrlich, was born in Sosnowiec. In 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz from Będzin ghetto. She was murdered in a gas chamber. --- Children at Auschwitz Lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN Podcast: youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
Black and white portrait of a young girl with a serious expression, featuring short hair and a dark collared shirt.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
22 California billionaires have spent a combined $150 million to defeat Prop 40. Their combined wealth in January 2025 was $439 BILLION. By September 2026, it had grown to $722 BILLION. They're accidentally making the case for the billionaire tax better than anyone else could.
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jeanrene62.bsky.social @jeanrene62.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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The Delicious Legacy Podcast @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In my trilogy about the history of Spice Trade, i discovered the story of this incredible dam that sustained the amazing ancient tribes of Arabia! podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/t...
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The History of Spice Trade Pt1
Podcast Episode · The Delicious Legacy · 16 August 2022 · 28min
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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Super proud of my sister Gera who unveiled her glass mosaic in Tiel this evening! Made over years, with hundreds of volunteers, and an incredible perseverance. Worth a visit!
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The Great Pumpkinsquatch - Scott Kelley Ernest 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals youtu.be/GwqOZ0eaoDI?...
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BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
2 October 1919 | A Dutch Jew, Jacob Vogel, was born in Amsterdam. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 17 July 1942 in a transport of 2,000 Jews deported from #Westerbork. No. 48420 He perished in the camp on 18 August 1942. --- Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en
A man smiling while holding a guitar, standing next to an unidentified person.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Greenpeace UK has threatened The Crown Estate with legal action over what it describes as its “extortionate” lease fees for offshore wind farms www.rechargenews.com/legal/greenp....
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Greenpeace threatens Crown Estate with lawsuit over 'extortionate' offshore wind lease fees
The Crown Estate argues its approach has helped build the UK’s world-leading offshore wind sector and that lease fees were determined by an auction process
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/10/2026
👀 "Nearly 10 years ago, Nigel Farage told LBC he would leave the country if Brexit were not a stunning success. For reasons that no one can quite fathom, he is still here."
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Welcome to the new Reform roadshow. Same as the last but more desperate | John Crace
Nige is not rattled that the UK likes its new PM. Or that Reform is second in the polls. Oh no. Because Nige believes in
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 01/10/2026
I went to Geneva a few weeks ago and spoke on a panel about the nature of time for a Geneva Watch Days event. While I was there, on a lark, I entered a competition to most precisely calibrate a Swiss watch. And today I found out that I won! 😃 www.instagram.com/reel/Dd6hUTB...
Me peering through a little magnifier at a tiny watch mechanism connected to some monitoring equipment, while making adjustments with a small screwdriver
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Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
ADHD UK has threatened legal action against an NHS organisation over its decision to impose a minimum two-year wait for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism assessments. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Charity threatens legal action over two-year NHS wait for ADHD and autism assessments
Exclusive: ADHD UK may seek judicial review of West Yorkshire NHS integrated care board’s ‘unlawful’ policy
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 02/10/2026
🇲🇰 North Macedonia belongs with us in the EU. There is one key step you need to take to move forward. The enlargement momentum is real. And North Macedonia should seize it.
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Beyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Plans for new gas plants in Romania stalled while costs rose. Meanwhile, batteries sped ahead, with storage going from virtually zero in 2024 to 1.09 GW by Sept 2026, nearly hitting its 2030 target four years early. The alternative to new gas capacity is already here. bankwatch.org/blog/romania...
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Romania’s energy crisis exposes faltering gas strategy as battery storage surges - Bankwatch
Romania’s energy crisis has laid bare the risks of relying on delayed gas projects to replace coal power. Meanwhile, battery storage has been developing much faster and is already providing much-neede...
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Can you just imagine, for a moment, if this had been done to Tel Aviv, New York, London or Berlin? The repercussions would be immediate and devastating. But since it's only Palestinians who refuse to leave their homeland of Palestine... not even sanctions. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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New Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in Gaza
Satellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
1 October 1924 | Polish Jews, Chaim and Wolf Perel, were born in Warsaw. They emigrated to France. They were deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 19 July 1942. They were both registered in the camp. Chaim perished on 29 September, Wolf on 2 October 1942.
Two boys sitting closely together in a pile of hay, with one smiling slightly and the other looking toward the camera. The photo is in black and white, indicating an older photograph.
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Rory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Very pleased to have worked on this fascinating group of finds with the wonderful @francescatinti.bsky.social , and thanks to the comms team @cam.ac.uk for putting together the release. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/angl...
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Anglo-Saxon expats got special treatment in Rome’s 'Little England'
The first material evidence of the Schola Saxonum suggests the Anglo-Saxons in Rome were a thriving and valued expat community.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"How the Global Right Weaponizes Antisemitism to Fight the Left" It’s not just the Trump regime. From Germany to the UK to even Canada, attacking progressives to supposedly protect Jews is widespread, writes fascism expert and Jewish philosopher Jason Stanley for Zeteo:
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How the Global Right Weaponizes Antisemitism to Fight the Left
It’s not just the Trump regime. From Germany to the UK to even Canada, attacking progressives to supposedly protect Jews is widespread, writes Jewish philosopher and fascism expert Jason Stanley.
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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 01/10/2026
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Why the Bronze Age collapsed
Historians like to blame drought, famine and invaders. But this can’t explain why the empires never came back.
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GISMAU @gismau.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
El 40% de población mundial sufrió niveles nocivos de ozono en 2026. Europa, región más afectada después de Asia, debido a las fuertes olas de calor. www.publico.es/sociedad/m-a...
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El 40% de población mundial sufrió niveles nocivos de ozono en 2026
El estudio del programa europeo Copernicus advierte del incremento de esta sustancia en Europa, región más afectada después de Asia, debido a las fuertes olas de calor....
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@Troposfera @troposfera.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Más del 40 % de los países del mundo han informado de cambios relacionados con el clima en la prevalencia y/o gravedad de las enfermedades de la piel www.infosalus.com/salud-invest...
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El cambio climático ya está afectando a la piel: el 42,6% de los países reporta más problemas dermatológicos
   Un trabajo del Observatorio Mundial de Acceso a la Salud de la Piel (SkinObservatory), una...
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