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@qbas81.bsky.social
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Interested in degrowth, ecological overshoot, ecological economics, random different "bits and bobs".

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The Moscow Times @themoscowtimes.com · 29/09/2026
Since the 2022 "partial" mobilization, Russia has used pressure and coercion to keep recruits flowing to the front lines in Ukraine, allowing the Kremlin to avoid another nationwide call-up.
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How Russia’s ‘Covert Mobilization’ Finds Manpower for the War in Ukraine - The Moscow Times
Russia is likely to keep banking on various coercion tactics to bolster its military manpower in Ukraine, experts say, a strategy that has proven effective at ensuring a continuous supply of fresh rec...
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 28/09/2026
Zelensky says Russia has effectively begun additional mobilization by increasing recruitment and plans to expand recruitment of foreigners. He says HUR reported 8,000 North Koreans are currently in Russia, with another 10,000 being prepared for deployment. #Ukraine
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 28/07/2026
Russian forces are using AI-generated videos to fake flag-raising scenes near Bilyi Kolodiaz and Komunarivka. One soldier changes size as the camera zooms out before disappearing; another dissolves into a flag, which then vanishes. #Ukraine
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1/ Russian commanders have been sending their superiors fake AI-generated video reports of successes in the Lyman area, Russian warbloggers complain. This reportedly made the Russian high command oblivious to Ukrainian activity until it was too late. ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/noel...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Putin’s reward for bombing hospitals, schools, apartment buildings, public parks and museums and killing children is to get invited to the G20 Summit by Marco Rubio.
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Running errands by bike is not practical when you have children, especially with a baby." What's possible in life is limited by the city you live in. When the infrastructure enables you, the options give you freedom.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
At what environmental cost? "Spacecraft is being landed in the sea with no plan to recover and recycle it...exploded in a huge fireball once it had hit the water" #PlanetaryBoundaries www.independent.co.uk/tech/spacex-...
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SpaceX’s Starship dramatically explodes after first orbital trip
Mission was hit by technical problems as it flew around Earth
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Larissa’s leadership has always come from the heart. As a leader she acts from conviction and through collaboration to make a fairer and more equal world.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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God @thegodshow.com · 29/09/2026
Robert Reich just dropped a Rahm Emanuel diss-track and it goes hard af. Not saying it’s a Kendrick / Drake level beef, but it’s close.
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John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Groceries may be more expensive but at least I ain’t payin’ for gas.
Cargo bike loaded with groceries.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If there is one thing the past 30 years or so of politics has taught us is that "Rhodes Scholar" does not mean much.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed... "How will you pay for it?" The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts... "How much do you need?" It doesn't have to be this way.
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June Yoon | 윤준 @juneyoon.actor · 28/09/2026
I have found my mid-life crisis vehicle 😍 2028 VW ID Buzz Tourer 4Motion
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Zabba Blue @zabbablue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Now I know for sure that there will be no talks this week.
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I said Gina. I said love, I said pet. I said pet I said love. Thanks very much for lunch, but no. I won't run as a One Nation candidate. With my hectic schedule working four hours a day three days a week I can't possibly find the spare time to be that xenophobic, homophobic, and completely witless.
Lyn Poselthwaite comedy character
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
LOL -- The White House pool is boycotting Trump, but Real America's Voice is trying to fill in the gap. Unfortunately they haven't yet figured out how microphones work so Trump is still yelling into the void.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In 9 months, Zohran Mamdani has: -Secured millions in worker restitution from DoorDash and UberEats -Launched the first stage of his universal childcare program -Cracked down on bad landlords -Balanced NYC's budget without cutting major social services This is what leadership looks like.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
RBA doing little dances today - happy that more people will live in poverty on Jobseeker www.abs.gov.au/media-centre...
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Unemployment rate rises to 4.6% in August
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Zelenskyy at the UN: "Ukrainians understand that this winter could be very harsh for us, but in response we will have no choice but to make it harsh for Russia too"
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Mark Clemens @markclemens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I noticed he didn’t answer her question. “Mr. President, two-thirds of Americans don’t think the U.S. is winning the war with Iran. When will it end?”
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Germany has committed to phasing out fossil fuels by 2045, aiming for 80% renewable energy by 2030 and a potential earlier coal exit date of 2035.
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Germany pledges to phase out fossil fuels for first time with target of 2045
Campaigners say plan marks notable shift away from oil and gas as previously pledges were only for carbon neutrality
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Daniel 🦁 @eikonos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Cars are given priority over pedestrians and cyclists because cars are private property, and in this society private property is more important than human beings. One car is more important than 30 people on a public bus, or one person walking or one person cycling, because private property matters.
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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A new bookstore opened in Kyiv. I visited it today. russian drones burn warehouses full of books and damage whatever they can reach. A new bookstore opened in Kyiv. russia will never win.
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Doctor Octopus @furiousplatypus007.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We must remember that sometimes all it takes to be a hero is to say no www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Not set in stone: teachers are defying mandates to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms
Some educators are pushing back in class and in court against the display of the religious code in public schools
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted.... History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984
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Just Jack @jackhealy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Kinda funny yet kinda sad...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Seattle just became the first city in America to ban grocery stores from engaging in surveillance pricing. This is a huge win for consumers against companies that abuse their personal data to rip them off. Watch former FTC Chair Lina Khan explain.
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The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Should corporations be able to weaponize your personal data to rip you off?Well, they may already be doing that thanks t
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Mark Tolman (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 🖖 @mtolman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is true, that's what makes it both funny and sad.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Zelenskyy: "For first time in Russia’s history, we now hear that its oil industry is running on fumes. Our target is Russia’s ability to finance this war, to drag it out, to make it more brutal & destructive. Russia’s finances & Russia’s production are what must be stopped if Putin is to be stopped”
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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026
”The plans include ramping up renewable energy from 55% to 80% of electricity generation by 2030, with an additional 12GW of onshore wind, and a target of 215GW of solar energy by 2030.” It’s good to keep in mind that transport uses a fossil fuel called oil. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Germany pledges to phase out fossil fuels for first time with target of 2045
Campaigners say plan marks notable shift away from oil and gas as previously pledges were only for carbon neutrality
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Highest unemployment for 5 years? RBA happy.
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Rob DenBleyker @robdenbleyker.com · 23/09/2026
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Jeff Stringer @blooms-ghost.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"And so son that's how the 47th president of the United States died, starving to death whilst standing at a podium at the UN in New York waiting for someone, anyone, to applaud his reprehensible speech."
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Occupational medicine pioneer Dr. Harriet Louise Hardy was born #OTD in 1906. Her discovery of the link between industrial beryllium exposure and fatal lung disease forced the fluorescent lamp industry to completely eliminate the toxic metal in 1949. #WomenInSTEM 🧵
A black-and-white portrait of a close-up view of Dr. Harriet Louise Hardy (1906–1993), the pioneering physician, industrial toxicologist, and foundational trailblazer in occupational medicine who famously discovered the link between industrial beryllium exposure and fatal lung disease. In this stark, high-contrast photograph, Dr. Hardy is positioned in a three-quarter profile facing right. She has dark, thick, textured hair styled in a short, practical mid-20th-century crop that is swept off her forehead. Her expression is calm, resolute, and contemplative, with a subtle, closed-lip smile and a focused gaze that conveys an intellectual, serious, and dignified mood. She wears a structured, dark tweed or plaid patterned blazer with fine geometric lines. The background is a solid, neutral gray, keeping the composition completely focused on Dr. Hardy.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Build child care centers. Build health centers. Build community centers. Not data centers. And not ICE detention centers.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We have never looked weaker or more pathetic.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/09/2026
Yeah, what psychopath would want his name on a building associated with an assassinated President
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God @thegodshow.com · 24/09/2026
SERIOUSLY ASKING YOU: How much longer can things go on like this? Gas and food prices this high? His own voters are losing their minds over it and Congress was sent home in September. How much longer can things go on like this?
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Kim A. Wagner @kimatiwagner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"That is a war crime. That is barbarism. And it is something the United States must never be associated with." I don't know, man - I think it might be a bit too late for that...
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If you're thinking about, writing about, or talking about how there have been no #hurricanes in the Atlantic this season, but not addressing how the hurricane season in the Pacific has been absolutely devastating and severe, you're missing the real picture. #climatechange
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Climate, Ecology, War & More: Dr. Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.ai · 24/09/2026
Israel facing water shortages caused by destruction of Gaza's treatment plants ->The Guardian | More on "Gaza sewage pollution affects Israel" at BigEarthData.ai | #IsraelWar #Gaza #WaterShortage
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Israel facing water shortages caused by destruction of Gaza's treatment plants
Israel is facing weeks of water shortages after an exceptional algae bloom crippled much of its desalination capacity, in a crisis scientists say was triggered when Israeli attacks destroyed much of Gaza’s wastewater infrastructure, causing a massive discharge of untreated sewage. “Pollution does not recognise political borders,” said the Zalul Environmental Association, an Israeli NGO dedicated to protecting the country’s seas and shores. “The discharge of untreated sewage from the Gaza Strip into the sea is contributing to the worsening crisis affecting the Israeli desalination facilities. The wastewater contains nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, which feed microalgae and cyanobacteria and may intensify their blooms.” Despite last year’s US-brokered ceasefire, Gaza remains gripped by a severe water and sanitation crisis. The Palestinian territory is plagued by rodents, and sewage floods its coastline after Israel destroyed its wastewater treatment plants. Just across the border, a vast bloom of microalgae stretching up to 60 miles (100km) long has clogged filters at five of Israel’s six main desalination plants, which were shut down for days and have since been operating at a reduced level. Experts say that after nearly three years of war, the environmental consequences of the destruction in Gaza are now...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A teacher should be able to afford a home in the richest, most powerful country in the world.
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404 Media @404media.co · 23/09/2026
NEW: Yesterday, 404 Media broke news of the FBI breach. Now, we've discovered it has exposed the FBI's own hacking unit. The FBI's Remote Operations Unit (ROU) is a highly secretive team of hackers making exploits and tools to break into target’s devices. Some of its members just got exposed.
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FBI Hack Exposed FBI’s Own Hacking Unit
The FBI's Remote Operations Unit (ROU) is a highly secretive team of hackers making exploits and tools to break into target’s devices. Some of its members just got exposed.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Marco Rubio: “Iranians are radical religious lunatics.” Also: Have you met Paula White, the White House faith advisor?
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Phil Free @philfree.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Our leaders are ‘Systematically Stupid’ not just because they lack IQ, but because they [think] in a high-entropy language (Politics) that cannot map the low-entropy reality (Physics). They are trying to negotiate with gravity using a dictionary.” #degrowth theuaob.substack.com/p/systemic-s...
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Systemic Stupidity: Why the Political Machine Selects Against Survival
I saw an advert recently for an IQ test asking, ‘How rare is your intelligence type?’ It listed the usual suspects: Word Smart, Number Smart, Picture Smart.
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