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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 19h
Great news, my friend and colleague Richard Besser MD is coming to HoustonTX and speaking at Baker Institute, @riceuniversity.bsky.social
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Miriam Hand @miriamhand.bsky.social · 19h
Türkiye raided homes overnight and jailed people for running LGBT+ organisations, calling their legal work a crime. Sign now and demand their release: allout.lgbt/4xtuI7i
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Türkiye: Free the jailed LGBT+ activists
Police in Türkiye raided homes overnight and jailed people for running LGBT+ organizations, calling legal work a crime. Add your name and demand their immediate release.
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Miriam Hand @miriamhand.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Woman Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions Has Died. Margaret Hamilton was a mathematician, who led the 100-person team that wrote the onboard software for the Apollo missions, guiding Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to a safe landing on the moon. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...
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Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died
Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.
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Miriam Hand @miriamhand.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90
MIT computer scientist led development of software for moon mission and earned Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Miriam Hand @miriamhand.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oc...
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Eva Marie Saint, star of North by Northwest and On the Waterfront, dies aged 102
Landmark roles were in 50s classics directed by Elia Kazan and Alfred Hitchcock, before going on to play Superman’s adoptive mother in later life
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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm increasingly of the view that we'll need to see mass deaths (millions) before the brainwashed are willing to accept vaccines work and any slight risk they pose is far better than the alternative. We've become decadent and spoiled. Vaccine "hesitancy" is a luxury afforded by decades of vaccines.
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Mike McKillen @mikemckillen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I wanted to share this with you: polluters and their political allies are quietly weakening laws that protect our drinking water, nature, and health. It's affecting all 450 million of us in #Europe. Only takes a minute to sign if you're interested. #HandsOffNature handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.b...
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Hands Off Nature – Defend Europe’s Forests, Rivers & Wildlife
Stop the dismantling of European environmental protections. Stand up for forests, wildlife, clean air, and safe water - our nature depends on it.
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Rob O'Mhantain @mhantain.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
You might need to zoom in to see the driver of Nissan 251D17166 passing through junction of Dartry Road and Temple Road in Dublin 6 holding a bowl and spoon in their right hand while driving. We share the road with these people.
Driver of small Nissan 251D17166 passing through junction of Dartry Road and Temple Road in Dublin 6 holding a bowl and spoon in their right hand while drivingSmall Nissan 251D17166 just after passing through junction of Dartry Road and Temple Road in Dublin 6 holding a bowl and spoon in their right hand while driving
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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 06/10/2026
The current Ranelagh post office is set to close, but there's no replacement lined up. An Post has been struggling to find a new contractor in the area, said its spokesperson on Monday. “Even finding a suitable premises has been a huge issue.”
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Current Ranelagh post office is set to close, but there's no replacement lined up
An Post has been struggling to find a new contractor in the area, said its spokesperson on Monday. “Even finding a suitable premises has been a huge issue.”
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 04/10/2026
A cartoon by Rose Anne Prevec.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
GOOD NEWS! A new cancer treatment has demonstrated unprecedented results in a large trial for cancer patients whose disease has become resistant to chemotherapy AND immunotherapy. Tumors shrank in OVER a third of participants, with 15 patients experiencing COMPLETE eradication of their tumors.
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Brendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween. @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Just to fully underline how spiteful this shit is for those unaware: On the left is the route the Orange Order have been ordered to take for the past 3 decades without trouble. On the right is the route that has brought hundreds of cops to Drumcree. The only motivation is sectarian antagonism.
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Feljin Jose @feljin.ie · 27/09/2026
Newspapers should be required to fact check their columnists. Anti-train columnist Colm McCarthy claims that the only publicly available cost benefit analysis of MetroLink is from a preliminary assessment in 2022. An updated cost benefit analysis was published last week.
Colm McCarthy:
There’s a gaping hole in the case for the €16bn MetroLink
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Michael DiTullo @d2lo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Imagine getting 12 gallons of gas for about $8? 🚗⚡️🔌 Right now it costs about the same as a single gallon of gas to charge this EV at home and it has more range than my last gas car… the charger came with the car & EVs like this one cost about $20k -$25k used. Not bad. ☺️ #ev #electriccar
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Cycling In Kilkenny @cyclinginkilkenny.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There will be no proper justice to this victims family, time and time again we see motorists get a slap on the wrist for hitting somebody and leaving them for dead in Ireland.
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Man (30s) charged in connection with fatal hit-and-run in Co Kerry
He is due to appear before Cork District Court.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.
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Dublin Fire Brigade @dubfirebrigade.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Reports of surface water on major roads across the city this morning following heavy rainfall. Slow down and drive to the conditions. Wipers on - lights on.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 27/09/2026
Thousands march for climate across France: 'I wish there were more of us, after the summer we've just had'
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Thousands march for climate across France: 'I wish there were more of us, after the summer we've just had'
From Bordeaux to Paris, organizers say 120,000 people took part in 260 demonstrations 'for the climate, for life, for peace, for social justice.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Absolutely fascinating to see Laura Kuenssberg interviewing Burnham, flailing to adjust her stance to a politician with a moral argument and a positive message, who stands up for his policies and answers her questions clearly. She is getting so agitated at him not playing the game by the 'rules'.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This event last night was unbelievable. Truly can’t believe how many people came out and just how passionate and energized people are here. Dublin and the people here are officially the greatest.
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Anna Barrero @annabarrero.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Really enjoyed @tomflood.bsky.social's talk yesterday. “Bicycles deliver the freedom that car ads promise.” annabarrero.wordpress.com/2026/09/23/r...
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Reframing Road Safety
I’m fairly sure nobody has ever been sitting in traffic thinking, “You know what would improve this? More cars.”Really enjoyed Tom Flood’s talk yesterday. Lots in there about reframing safety…
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Politico @politico.com · 23/09/2026
“This isn't a question of if, it's a question of when.”
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“This isn't a question of if, it's a question of when.”
Jane Halton of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations discusses emerging risks, vaccine research and preparing for the next pandemic.
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Miriam Hand @miriamhand.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Türkiye raided homes overnight and jailed people for running LGBT+ organizations, calling their legal work a crime. Sign now and demand their release: a.allout.org/s/P3D8Q/
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Türkiye: Free the jailed LGBT+ activists
Police in Türkiye raided homes overnight and jailed people for running LGBT+ organizations, calling legal work a crime. Add your name and demand their immediate release.
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Miriam Hand @miriamhand.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
As many mathematicians have pointed out, AI firms are keen to use their models’ maths prowess as an advertisement. But they rely on mathematicians to check their – often sloppy and baffling – work, and to tell them if it is useful and how it might be applied. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on AI v mathematicians: humans are still vital to the field, but tech firms refuse to see that | Editorial
Editorial: OpenAI claims its agents have solved the Navier-Stokes problem. But questions remain about how useful and independent its work really is
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Irish Cycling Campaign @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It's striking how 'provide good infrastructure and people will cycle' is repeated so often in this series of short videos. The potential benefits of cycling are huge. Ireland needs to be far more ambitious, far more courageous. contentwithpurpose.co.uk/ecf/thepower...
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
For anyone that didn't get a chance to watch Channel 4 Dispatches exposé on Tommy Ten Names last Wednesday night. Here's the YouTube video, you can watch at your leisure with some🍿🍺 🍷and enjoy 😇 youtu.be/7wvdzAco-Y4?...
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Tommy Robinson’s Finances — Exposed | Dispatches | Tommy Robinson: Where’s The Money Gone?
YouTube video by Channel 4 Documentaries
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Miriam Hand @miriamhand.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Ukraine is rewriting its Civil Code. The current draft could strip away even the limited recognition same-sex partners have now. A final vote could come in late 2026. Sign to demand same-sex couples are recognised as family: a.allout.org/s/Oodwl/
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URGENT: In Ukraine, same-sex couples face unthinkable challe
A Ukrainian court ruled a soldier's partner isn't family, so he can't claim his body if he's killed. This autumn, Parliament could strip recognition from same-sex couples across the country. Sign to demand they're recognized as family.
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A detail missing from The Times story… the woman who took the photo shared it to a Facebook group called ‘South east patriots’.
Facebook post showing the photo of three white women on a train with a group of black-clad, masked men being shared to a group called ‘South east patriots’
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusiness
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Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane
Research from New York City notes that newly installed protected bike lanes do more than keep bikers safe--they raise the income of the stores they are in front of.
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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. 32. Foraging #bumblebees gather nectar into their honeystomachs to carry it back to their nest. The honeystomach can hold up to .20 ml and the equivalent of up to 90% of the body weight of the bee. #bees #insects #nature #education #science #wild
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Oliver Moran 🌻🇮🇪🇪🇺 @oliver.ie · 06/09/2026
The fine for riding an e-scooter without a hi-viz vest, so that a careless motorist *might* see you (€100), will be higher than the fine for the same motorists if a Garda stops them for driving carelessly (€80). 🤷‍♂️
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
She lost every single one of her puppies last time she gave birth. Luckily this time we found her in time. She has all the support she needs now. I called her Katie Taylor for the weekend that is in it ❤️
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 06/09/2026
Donald Trump breaks the law so fast that the law is left in his orange dust
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Donald Trump breaks the law so fast that the law is left in his orange dust
The US chief justice gave Trump the runway, and now he’s objecting. But it’s too late
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Todd Kolod💙 @toddkolod.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I am retired public school teacher. I have always lived paycheck to paycheck. But I inherited some money. I plopped it all down on this solar installation. I just added a 5th battery module. Now I am broke, but I’ll be mostly off the grid. I am paying it forward at age 71.
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I still get emotional just looking at what is being creating in Tina’s memory. Taking shape now at serious speed ❤️🎾
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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Apologies for the lack of bee posts over the past week - been busy in the real world. Hope you’re all keeping well. Here’s your landscape bee! #bees
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Forbes @forbes.com · 31/08/2026
The court will hear oral arguments as part of a dispute over whether fossil fuel companies can be held liable for their role in exacerbating climate change.
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Samuel Alito Holds More Than $175,000 In Fossil Fuel Investments Ahead Of Hearing Exxon Case, Disclosure Shows
The court will hear oral arguments as part of a dispute over whether fossil fuel companies can be held liable for their role in exacerbating climate change.
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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A few days ago my 6-year-old biked over 8 km from our home to a park. Our route was 100% on protected cycle tracks, calm side streets, and off-road paths, and it was even pretty direct. I'm grateful for everything Toronto has done to make this possible! (Photo from a different day but same route)
Husband and kid biking over one of the Portlands bridges on a protected cycle track
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Miriam Hand @miriamhand.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Patients are being told that they must consent to an AI tool recording their appointment in order to access medical support. If you agree this is wrong, add your name to the petition here my.uplift.ie/petitions/st... @uplift.ie
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Stop AI being forced on patients in medical settings
Patients are being told that they must consent to an AI tool recording their appointment in order to access medical support. If you agree this is wrong, add your name to the petition here
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/08/2026
Some survivors of the deadly flood and landslide that struck Nepal last week have no access to food, and there are about 10,000 households affected by the disaster, according to the UN. Officials and volunteers are testing how drones can help.
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See Nepali Rescue Workers Testing Aid Delivery by Drone
Some survivors of the deadly flood and landslide have no access to food. Officials and volunteers are testing how drones can help.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/08/2026
In her long life, artist Yayoi Kusama achieved something remarkable: two very different moments of stardom, almost as though she’d been two different artists.
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Yayoi Kusama Was the Avant-Garde Radical Who Became a Pop Icon
In her mass-produced ubiquity, Kusama became one of her own dots, spreading her image into every corner of our culture.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I think most people really don't grasp the extent to which bike infrastructure and safe streets are life and death for cyclists. It's not just the risk we personally face each day, but also the injuries and deaths of friends and family. If you encounter an "angry cyclist" online there's a reason.
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton's 9to5 film was based on a grassroots organizing labor movement led by women www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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'A lost history': the US women who fought for better working conditions
PBS documentary on 9to5 shows how women’s organizing efforts in 1970s to better working conditions echos many of today’s social justice movements
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Letter from 130 bioethicists condemns the “unwarranted, ill-advised, & frankly bizarre vendetta against a scientist, Dr. Anthony Fauci, rather than making a sincere effort to learn from the painful experiences of the pandemic to improve national preparedness” bioethicstoday.org/blog/an-open...
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Blog - An Open Letter of Support for Anthony Fauci from the Bioethics Community - Bioethics Today
As individuals concerned with ethics in science, medicine, and public health, we wish to express our dismay at the approach taken by Senate leaders to
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”
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How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets
Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 27/08/2026
Avant-garde Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, known for her distinctive vibrant polka dot creations, has died at the age of 97. She was also well known for her pumpkins, which were a signature of her art from the 1940s onwards, and her infinity room mirrors. jrnl.ie/7143588
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Artist Yayoi Kusama, known for her distinctive vibrant polka dot creations, dies aged 97
She was famous for her spotted pumpkins and infinity room mirrors.
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Miriam Hand @miriamhand.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Nathan Cofnas, the academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism, has been accused of having “very limited expertise” for his academic role by professors also working at Ghent University, who say he has a “far-right agenda”. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Ghent professors challenged expertise of Jason Arday’s plagiarism accuser
Allegations Nathan Cofnas was unqualified for Ghent role and would cause ‘negative impact’ made to senior leaders months ago
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 26/08/2026
Tim Curry, the versatile performer of screen and stage, who made his name as the flamboyant Dr Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show, has died aged 80. Read more: www.theguardian.com/film/2026/au...
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 25/08/2026
You may have noticed piles of leaves have already begun gathering on the ground, and the children haven't even gone back to school yet. Well, an expert says this 'false autumn' is no coincidence; it's a direct result of extreme weather. jrnl.ie/7140909
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Have you spotted fallen leaves on the ground? It's because 'false autumn' may be here already
As trees have struggled to get enough water, their fruit has been falling off smaller and earlier.
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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP TO ONE OF THE GREATEST TO EVER DO IT
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