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I am in my digital nomad stage, call it a MLC. Creative, running hiker with a travel addiction a laboratory fascination and a very long MDK list.

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Chris Townsend @christownsend.bsky.social · 17h
Path reopens to An Lochan Uaine following wildfire recovery work | Forestry and Land Scotland forestryandland.gov.scot/news/path-re...
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Path reopens to An Lochan Uaine following wildfire recovery work
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 17h
The mysterious death of a scientist at a plague institute in Siberia has sparked “next pandemic” panic. I wrote about what we know, what we don’t, why plague is not the Black Death in 2026 and the real outbreaks we ignore while worrying about hypothetical ones. bktitanji.substack.com/p/plague-is-...
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Plague is Scary but That Doesn’t Make It the Next Pandemic.
Why a mysterious death in Siberia has captured our attention while far more consequential outbreaks struggle to do the same
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Dr. of Fnark this Snit @jordanjaunts.bsky.social · 8h
Today I'm grateful for dolphin spotting and really good pizza
2 mugs .... get outside, a stay inside and a yellow van of islay ales lager
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Reuters @reuters.com · 05/10/2026
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Gabriela Hearst shows Afghan designs in Paris fashion show
Gabriela Hearst showed ikat patchwork jackets and dresses embroidered with "shisha" mirrors in a collection inspired by Afghanistan and partly made by Afghan women ​artisans in her spring/summer runway show at Paris Fashion Week on Monday.
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Collateral Damage @coldamage.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Only sustained, forceful, disruptive action will bring an end to this madness. It's the only language our politicians understand. #EndZionism #SanctionIsrael #BoycottIsrael #GazaHolocaust
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026
A 17-month-old girl was hospitalized with E. coli after consuming raw milk. Soon, another child — a 6-year-old girl who’d drunk milk from the same farm — would wind up in the same San Diego hospital, with the same potentially fatal illness.
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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TRAstonDrs @castltrastondrs.medsky.network · 05/10/2026
#Medsky🧪#iDsky #publichealth The core finding of these studies- Host factors, not #Mycobacteriumtuberculosis lineage, predict unfavorable outcomes in drug-susceptible #pulmonarytuberculosis: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Predictors of unsuccessful tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Brazil: an analysis of 259,484 patient records - BMC Infectious Diseases
Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) causes over 1 million deaths annually. Providing effective treatment is a key strategy for reducing TB deaths. In this study, we identified factors associated with unsuc...
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Dr. of Fnark this Snit @jordanjaunts.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Today I'm grateful for movie night on a stormy night.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Measles outbreaks could leave thousands vulnerable to infectious diseases for years. Those who survive measles experience immune amnesia and an increased susceptibility to infections. I spoke to the reporter for this article as one of the many experts interviewed. www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/meas...
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Measles outbreaks could leave thousands vulnerable to infectious diseases for years
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
As CDC redesigns annual health survey, it removes questions about disabilities www.statnews.com/2026/10/01/c...
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As CDC redesigns annual health survey, it removes questions about disabilities
Proposed changes to the federal government’s health survey would undercount Americans with disabilities, advocates say.
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Becca Thorne @beccathorne.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
These are still available!
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Dr. of Fnark this Snit @jordanjaunts.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Today I'm grateful for good transit day, rainbows and dolphins.
Wide rainbow over water and cliffs in the background. 

Not in picture, doctors.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 03/10/2026
Israeli settlers attack West Bank olive pickers, soldiers assault reporters aje.news/pmstub
Israeli settlers attack West Bank olive pickers, soldiers assault reporters
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Israeli attack injures several Palestinians in Gaza - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
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Israeli attack injures several Palestinians in Gaza
<article data-history-node-id="448758" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attack-injures-several-palestinians-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attack-injures-several-palestinians-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli attack injures several Palestinians in Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>An Israeli drone attack injured several Palestinians in Gaza City on Friday evening, Wafa news agency reported, citing medical sources.</p> <p>The report said, a number of injured people, some of them seriously wounded, arrived at the hospital following the strike, which targeted a group of people near the Abd al-Rahman School, close to the al-Saroukh intersection north of Gaza City.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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Reuters @reuters.com · 03/10/2026
Russia pledges to continue massive strikes on Kyiv, urges foreign diplomats to leave city reut.rs/4xW5yOT
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Russia pledges to continue massive strikes on Kyiv, urges foreign diplomats to leave city
The intensifying campaign is upending life for the capital's 3 million residents ahead of the bitter winter months.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A woman has just died of plague in Russia, allegedly after breaking a test tube in a lab. This article doesn’t specify, but others have said that it is pneumonic plague, which can spread between humans via droplet transmission. 200 people with whom she had contact are now under medical observation.
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Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow Times
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio...
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walkhighlands @walkhighlands.co.uk · 03/10/2026
We've teamed up with @scotsquirrels.bsky.social for the eighth annual Great Scottish Squirrel Survey held over the next week - and we urge as many of you as possible to get involved - by taking part and by spreading the word. www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/scotlan...
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Scotland’s red squirrel celebration is back
Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels is running the eighth annual Great Scottish Squirrel Survey next week, and everyone can get involved Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels (SSRS) is calling on the public ...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Allowing measles to spread is a political choice The cost is borne by people www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/meas...
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Measles outbreaks could leave thousands vulnerable to infectious diseases for years
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Dr. of Fnark this Snit @jordanjaunts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today I'm grateful for Islay exploration, tent rescue, breakfast cake candles and sticky wine.
Sunrise photo. Islay, van and tent.
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Becca Thorne @beccathorne.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New work: The Folded Earth, oil and peat (collected on a walk) on linen, 60 x 80cm
Heavily textured painting through multiple layers of paint and peat. Oranges, browns, black, greys and olive greens used to build a bogland landscape in the foreground: layers of cut-away turf exposed, and the beginnings of rewilding. Heavily outlined shapes of contours, rocks, trees and vegetation, with patches of white bogcotton. An expressive pale olive sky, with burnt umber and white clouds.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 02/10/2026
Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000, government data shows reut.rs/4j1ri8l
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Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000, government data shows
The number of deaths in Democratic Republic ​of Congo's Ebola outbreak has surpassed 4,000, ‌government data showed on Friday, as the worst epidemic in the country's history resists containment efforts.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 02/10/2026
Explainer: Why renewed fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray risks a regional war reut.rs/4AEHhQ1
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Explainer: Why renewed fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray risks a regional war
After months of tension, fighting has erupted in northern Ethiopia between federal troops and a rebel alliance headed by Tigrayan forces.
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Tom [PositiveLad] 🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺 @positivelad.me · 01/10/2026
On my way into the #HIV clinic. Today, after 15 years of pills, I’m moving onto long-acting injectable treatment. Given once every 60 days the jabs will keep my HIV in check and help simplify interactions with meds for my other issues. It’s amazing how fast HIV medicine has moved. #HIVsky #IDSky
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The CDC is now the CDC in name only. Along with staff cuts, RFK Jr has made it difficult for scientists to do their jobs, including response to outbreaks such as measles and Ebola. Twenty political appointees now direct staff to spend time and $$ on dubious hypotheses. 🧪 archive.today/r38pw
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
MSF staff member tests positive for Ebola in Congo www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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MSF staff member tests positive for Ebola in Congo, aid organisation says
A Médecins Sans Frontières staff member working on the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of ​Congo has contracted the Ebola Bundibugyo virus and is being ‌evacuated to the Netherlands for trea...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A hard relook at the politics of AIDS denial, and its relevance to current realities (Covid denial, vaccine denial, science denial) @deniamism.bsky.social link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Becca Thorne @beccathorne.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Barmouth Harbour, oil on canvas, 60 x 60cm (available: message me for details).
Coastal scene in golds and browns: an estuary at low tide with bare sand in the foreground, punctuated by moorings. A strip of bright water runs from the bridge arches to the far right of the canvas, with blurred mountains beyond. The dark outline of the railway bridge runs from the far left centre of the canvas to the far side of the estuary. The sky is gold, with white clouds.
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Dr. of Fnark this Snit @jordanjaunts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Today i am grateful for alcoholic tour of jura, free tastings and expensive booze buying. Hot shower in clean bathrooms.
Photo of a van infront of low hills and a wispy sunrisey sky.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The West wants Netanyahu gone - so Palestinians can be killed more quietly again - www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/west-…
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The West wants Netanyahu gone - so Palestinians can be killed more quietly again
Trump, nosediving in the polls and bristling over a disastrous war on Iran, needs a scapegoat – and the Israeli prime minister best fits the bill
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 01/10/2026
Fifth measles-associated death in PA The U.S. is experiencing the worst year for measles since 1991. Diseases don’t care about politics: which party you belong to, how you voted, or what you believe. This did not have to be our trajectory. We can prevent this.
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Pennsylvania reports fifth measles-related death of the year amid outbreak
Measles outbreak in the state has now reached 39 counties, with 943 confirmed cases and 176 hospitalizations
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Dr. of Fnark this Snit @jordanjaunts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
1 day ago I was grateful for not stepping on the seal babies all white and fluffy. Bothy company chats, Boulder hopping with packs. I fucking live coasteering scrambles.
Craggy coast line to be scrambledBaby seal on the grassSeal pupper big eyes looking to camera
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Dr. of Fnark this Snit @jordanjaunts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
2 days ago I was grateful for sunrise in dry clothes, bonus trigging, loads of sea puppies, charcoal at the bothy.
Sunrise over craggy white sand empty beaches.  Sky blue and orange steamed with wispy clouds.

2 tents below. Circlular Trig point over looking lochans, raised beaches blue sea and sky with a heavy orange rucksack abandoned Seal on grass next to raised beach
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Dr. of Fnark this Snit @jordanjaunts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
3 days ago I was grateful for a full western weather experience. A random duck. Solid river crossings. Not dislocating my shoulder on any of the many slips in the bog. My shoes staying on. SUN and wind drying socks and all clothes. 100% waterproof failure day!
Picture 1. Morning and afternoon nothing but solid driven rain,  moody views, wind to take your feet away. Picture 2. Same day.  Glorious sunshine over an empty white and beach. Gentle waves,  green grass camping, knobbly cliffy coastline.  The sort of day that makes you fallin love with Scotland all over again.
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Dr. of Fnark this Snit @jordanjaunts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
4 days ago i was grateful for a bothy day. Never spent 2 nights in the same bothy. Got wood. Boulder hopped, seal spotting, still no stay party except for the actual stags bellowing.
Girl in red pulling a seafood crate of driftwood across a boggy moor path.
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Dr. of Fnark this Snit @jordanjaunts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
5 days ago I was grateful for successful ferrying, car parking space, staff party non-arrival.
Rainbow over sea and hills.  Grey sky,  wind swept moorThe path not to be walked in favour of tussocks and bogs. 

A sign indicating 1984 miles to barnhill where the book was born. 

And no more motor veichles
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Stiles @lakesstiles.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
An absolute unit of a stile discovered by a comrade and sent to me with much excitement! Deepest darkest (and finest) Wester Ross 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.
A 6 stepped metal stile over a tumble down wall. The sea can just be seen. The stile has a rail to hold on its right hand side. There's a metal gate to the left and a coniferous tree to the right.
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"GAZA CITY, #GAZA - SEPTEMBER 24... The vehicle [attacked by #Israel] was carrying 3 people & the body of a person who was killed in a separate strike earlier today with the 3 passengers being seriously injured. Photographer: Saeed Jaras" www.threads.com/@said.m.jara... (3/x) #GazaNews #News
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 24/09/2026
Co-director Yuval Abraham says documentary exposing Israeli abuses will be available online in November.
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NAZA, Israeli film on Gaza, to stream for free after theatrical run
Co-director Yuval Abraham says documentary exposing Israeli abuses will be available online in November.
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Dr. of Fnark this Snit @jordanjaunts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Today I'm grateful for free crackers, stalker confirmation and a replacement nalgen.... my old fathfull carked it when i dropped it in the night.
Photo of Messy camp table
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kathyincanada.bsky.social @kathyincanada.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I’ve finished all the blue on my octopus. I’m not sure I’m happy with how the suckers on the tentacles turned out. But I’m not going to do them again. Now I just have to do the red. 🧶 #craftsky
A partially done embroidery of an octopus knitting.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Jewish Voice for Peace says UN 'playing host to a war criminal’ ahead of Netanyahu speech - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
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Jewish Voice for Peace says UN 'playing host to a war criminal’ ahead of Netanyahu speech
<article data-history-node-id="448269" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/jewish-voice-for-peace-says-un-playing-host-war-criminal-ahead-netanyahu-speech" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/jewish-voice-for-peace-says-un-playing-host-war-criminal-ahead-netanyahu-speech" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Jewish Voice for Peace says UN 'playing host to a war criminal’ ahead of Netanyahu speech</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Jewish Voice for Peace says the United Nations is “playing host to a war criminal” ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the UN General Assembly on Thursday, Al Jazeera reported.</p> <p>“All across New York, Jews, Palestinians and people of conscience are rising up to demand an end to US support for the live-streamed horrors, rigged ceasefires and forever wars,” Communications director Sonya Meyerson-Knox said.</p> <p>Meyerson-Knox said that “solidarity with Palestinian freedom has never been greater, and here in the US we are demanding with one voice to stop arming Israel”.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026
A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive. One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy. Another collapsed and had seizures during labor. (Published Dec. 2025)
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What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid
Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...
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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily
Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My latest @newscientist.com cartoon. many more here: www.newscientist.com/author/tom-gauld/
Image: A graph with lots of red dots clustered together in a curve. The are all looking upwards at a single red dot wearing sunglasses. 

Caption: Mike was an outlier and would probably be excluded from the study, but all the other data points secretly thought he was really cool.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 24/09/2026
The move comes after he was kicked off Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour for making pro-Palestine comments on stage.
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Macklemore Launches 3-Stop 'Free Palestine' Tour After Ed Sheeran Controversy
The move comes after he was kicked off Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour for making pro-Palestine comments on stage.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Canada, France, Italy and Greece allow Netanyahu’s overflight despite ICC warrant - www.middleeasteye.net/news/canada-f…
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Canada, France, Italy and Greece allow Netanyahu’s overflight despite ICC warrant
Israeli PM’s route via four ICC member states prompts fresh scrutiny over their alleged breach of international law
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 24/09/2026
Media reports say US withheld army chief's visa to pressure him into accepting a 90-day truce in Sudan's civil war.
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Outcry in Sudan as US reportedly holds army chief's UN visa over truce plan
Media reports say US withheld army chief's visa to pressure him into accepting a 90-day truce in Sudan's civil war.
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🌊 Ocean acidification has now joined the list of exceeded planetary boundaries. That makes 7 of 9. These are interconnected Earth-system pressures, collectively eroding resilience and shrinking humanity’s safe operating space. www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
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