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It’s always easier for Israelis to get exposure, a voice, says activist Michal Sapir. The real issue, she says, is that Palestinians in Gaza are still enduring dire conditions as Israel intermittently bombs the Strip. My latest @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...

The Israelis refusing silence over Gaza

On the third anniversary of 7th October, Israel occupies more than half of Gaza and is still striking the Strip. Most Israelis are in denial

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

OK I made up that hashtag and maybe it will take off.

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Of course the Trump Savings Accounts for kids turns out to be scam. In effect, "our president is helping rich donors offload overvalued stocks onto children, who are forced to hold the stocks for five years whether they want to or not." www.rawstory.com/trump-accoun...

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Trump rigs kids’ piggy banks so billionaires can dump falling stock on them: analyst

A quiet change to President Donald Trump's namesake savings program for children amounts to a gift for billionaires, according to an economic analyst.In an article for The Bulwark on Thursday, economi...

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A population of Aldabra giant tortoises lives on an island in Seychelles called Aldabra Atoll. A recent survey, led by Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) and the University of Exeter, revealed there were approximately 180,000 tortoises living on the island. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Scientists discover 180,000 giant tortoises on one Seychelles island

Free-roaming Aldabra population far exceeds human population of Seychelles after decades-long recovery programme

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Work to create an area of wetland almost the size of Hyde Park is under way. About 336 acres will be restored over the next 12 months Speechly's Farm at the Great Fen nature reserve, with pools, channels and reedbeds created for wildlife. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Work starts on Great Fen wetland almost the size of Hyde Park

About 136 hectares of land will be restored, creating pools, channels and reedbeds for wildlife.

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Since March 2024, volunteers with the Lost Woods project have been recording ancient, veteran and notable trees across a 314-sq-km area from Lewes to Storrington in Sussex. They have now recorded 5,570 trees. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Over 5,500 trees recorded across Sussex in restoration project

The Lost Woods of the Low Weald and Downs project aims to restore some of Sussex's ancient woodland.

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The Atlantic puffin, barn owl, buff-tailed bumblebee and European hedgehog will appear on the redesigned banknotes in the UK in years to come www.bbc.com/news/article...

Bank of England reveals the four animals to feature on banknotes

The decision comes after nearly half a million people voted on a shortlist of 18 creatures.

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

"If you clap a little more, I may share this prize with Trump."

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Petroglyph depicting whales, Qaqortoq, Greenland, 2010.

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"Some of the [homeless people] may never have even visited Shropshire before, let alone lived in Shropshire," Local MP Mark Pritchard

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In July, plans to house up to 83 asylum seekers in new-build homes in Stoke Heath, Shropshire were scrapped following local opposition. Homeless families on a London council's social housing waiting list could be housed on the estate. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Village that opposed asylum plans may now house London homeless

Shropshire Council says Enfield Council is looking to rent houses in Stoke Heath to homeless families.

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Announcing the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, chair Jørgen Watne Frydnes says he hasn't been able to get hold of Navi Pillay. Laughing, he adds: "My message to her would be, 'If you see a Norwegian number calling, please pick up'" www.bbc.com/news/live/ck...

Nobel Peace Prize live: Navi Pillay wins for 'efforts to promote peace and international law'

Some 287 candidates have been nominated for the prestigious prize, which was won last year by Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.

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After defending many opponents of apartheid, Pillay was elected as judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda by the UN General Assembly. She served on the tribunal for eight years, including four years as president.

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Navanethem "Navi" Pillay became the first woman to start a law practice in South Africa's Natal Province back in 1967. A bus driver's daughter from a poor Indian section of Durban in South Africa, Pillay grew up and began her human rights work during the apartheid era. www.bbc.com/news/live/ck...

Nobel Peace Prize live: Navi Pillay wins for 'efforts to promote peace and international law'

Some 287 candidates have been nominated for the prestigious prize, which was won last year by Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.

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Community groups lose HIV-prevention money as feds redirect dollars to states • Stateline

Nearly 100 community-based organizations have lost their federal HIV-prevention grants. The funding change (to state and local health departments) represents a departure from the decades-old national HIV prevention strategy favored by most public health organizations. stateline.org/2026/10/01/c...

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Nearly 100 community-based organizations have lost their federal HIV-prevention grants this week as the Trump administration redirects dollars to state and local health departments. The funding change...

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In an emotional victory speech, Sagal Abdi-Wali, Labour Party winner of Holborn and St Pancras by-election and a former child refugee who came to the UK from Somalia in the 1990s, hit out at “those who seek to divide us.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Labour fends off Green party to win Holborn and St Pancras byelection

Victory by Sagal Abdi-Wali in north London seat will be a relief for Andy Burnham in high-stakes battle for the left of British politics

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I feel so bad for laughing, but this bear posting up under this man's house for a good month boosted my serotonin levels like nobody's business. And the fact that they tagged him and dragged him back out to the wilderness and he came right back a year later like, "Now what, bitch?" is sending me.

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500-pound bear returns to Altadena neighborhood months after taking up residence under home

YouTube video by CBS LA

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My Brain Hit the Blue Screen of Death, So I Logged Off

A child in Montana died from Hib. Before the vaccine, about 1 in 200 US children got a serious Hib infection by age 5, and it was the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in young kids. After the vaccine arrived in the late 1980s, cases fell by about 99%. medium.com/@jsteier_292...

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Catching up on Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak, a Hib death in Montana, raw milk, Texas investigating pediatricians, and a plague scare

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Hamas killed Liat Atzili's husband on October 7 and took her hostage. An Israeli settler shot and killed Hanady Hathaleen's husband in the West Bank. Both women have chosen not to answer grief with hatred. www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026...

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Opinion | Two mothers, two tragedies, a shared choice to reject hatred

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The Brave Souls Who Speak Up

“There is a need to create ideals even when you can’t see any way to achieve them, because if there are no ideals, there can be no hope and one would be left completely in the dark, in a hopeless blind alley.”一Physicist Andrei Sakharov, awarded the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize. medium.com/@josieglz/th...

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“There is a need to create ideals even when you can’t see any way to achieve them, because if there are no ideals, there can be no hope and…

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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Israelis Refusing Silence Over Gaza: My latest for @prospectmagazine.co.uk As the 3rd anniversary of the October 7 attacks approaches, most Israelis are grieving. A small minority refuse to ignore the atrocities Israel inflicted on Gaza. [Gift Link] www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...

The Israelis refusing silence over Gaza

On the third anniversary of 7th October, Israel occupies more than half of Gaza and is still striking the Strip. Most Israelis are in denial

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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

For @prospectmagazine.co.uk, I write about how we should distinguish between the Israeli state and the Israeli settlers. That distinction is key to understanding the broader policy of ethnic cleansing at work: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...

Settler ‘rioters’ are Israeli state policy—through deniable means

The UK’s ‘reset’ on Israel penalises the settlements while leaving the government that protects and expands them largely untouched

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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In the summer of 2025, a small group of women stood silently at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, holding empty pots to protest starvation as a war crime in Gaza. One counterprotester leered at the women close-up, shrieking “you’re all over 80, you’re ugly, you’ll end up in the cemetery soon, enjoy”.

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

In case you hadn't been following this disturbing sequence of events, here's a recap: RFK Jr wanted to fund a randomized trial, run by Danes, involving newborn babies in Guinea-Bissau Ethicists across the world, including in Nigeria, Cameroon, & Ethiopia, were horrified: it's an unethical study

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From "In the Land of Israel," by Amos Oz I ask what will happen after the next war. "Another war," decrees Naif. "After that another war. Another hundred wars" And at the end of all the wars? "In the end maybe they'll get tired. Maybe there won't be any soldiers left. Maybe they'll get some sense."

An excerpt from "In the Land of Israel," by Amos Oz.

I ask what will happen after the next war.
"Another war," decrees Naif. "And after that another war. Another hundred wars."
And at the end of all the wars?
"In the end maybe they'll get tired. Maybe there won't be any soldiers left. Maybe they'll get some sense."

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The bizarre Bendy Tree in Northern Ireland has been crowned tree of the year. The wych elm tree, located in Newcastle, County Down, owes its name to its near horizontal trunk, which has grown sideways owing to the strong seaside winds coming off the Irish Sea. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Bendy elm still standing against all odds crowned UK tree of the year

Hundred-and-fifty-year-old Wych elm in Newcastle, Co Down, has grown sideways owing to strong winds

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 08/10/2026

If you have ever read a book to a baby, you will realize it's not a linear experience. The baby wants to turn pages backward, wants to ask questions (if they're old enough), wants to examine the pages and get really excited if they can say "bear!" even if the word "bear!" is not on the page.

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Polanski, who is Jewish, endorsed a homeopathic “safeguarding” amendment to reassure Jewish Greens that attendance at synagogues, most of which hold to some idea of Zionism, would not lead to sanction by the party. The amendment was rejected, writes Rafael Behr www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Zack Polanski had the chance to show real leadership. He blew it | Rafael Behr

A toxic debate over anti-Zionism leaves the Green leader looking like a passenger in the movement that carried him to the top, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children

Dr. Rachel is defending herself in a statewide investigation by Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas and Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, who has accused doctors, drug companies and insurers of conspiring to push parents into vaccinating children. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...

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Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.

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15 new birds have joined a growing flock of bald ibises in northern Spain, guided there by human migration guides in micro aircraft who helped them along the route. The birds are part of the growing European flock of the northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita). www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rare northern bald ibises take flight in human-led European migration project

Micro aircraft used to help guide birds to Spanish stopover as part of efforts to create sustaining migratory population

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Neglected Books @neglectedbooks.com · 08/10/2026

Fathers, you will never regret one second you spent reading to your kids. Never outsource that. Never.

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"Each incident produces new realities that are difficult, or impossible, to reverse. Stolen livestock does not come back [..] A hiking route is a corridor, then a security zone, then land on which Palestinians can no longer farm." @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...

Settler ‘rioters’ are Israeli state policy—through deniable means

The UK’s ‘reset’ on Israel penalises the settlements while leaving the government that protects and expands them largely untouched

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Canadian Poet Anne Carson Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (Gift Article)

The Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/b...

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The writer joins a list of laureates that includes Toni Morrison, Samuel Beckett and Bob Dylan.

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When people feel systematically unheard, radical-right populists fill the void. They claim to restore power to “the people”, even as they erode the checks and balances upon which liberal democracy depends.

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“It’s also clear that rising distress in the population is not due to a single cause but the effect of all these things added together, made worse by years of austerity giving fewer buffers against ‘shocks’ like this.”

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The Brave Souls Who Speak Up

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“There is a need to create ideals even when you can’t see any way to achieve them, because if there are no ideals, there can be no hope and…

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