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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10/10/2026
Oracle is sending 30 TRUCKS OF GAS A DAY to one of its data centres due to delayed gas pipeline 🩻 still waiting for AI to solve climate change🩻 www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 08/10/2026
The finns are justifiably very pissed about Google razing a forest to erect a chatbot building lnkd.in/p/eKFXmtE9
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Google refuses to answer why they cut down 1,8×1,8km of forest for data center even Finnish authorities said not to do it. So our journalist went to Google offices to demand answers. None were given, guard was summoned.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 05/10/2026
Suriname is struggling to evict illegal Mennonite settlements clearing the Amazon rainforest, despite court orders and a government task force. As settlers ignore eviction notices, lawmakers are launching independent inquiries into legal enforcement delays. Maxwell Radwin reports for #Mongabay.
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Uncertainty mounts as Suriname struggles to evict illegal settlers in the Amazon
The government in Suriname this year said it planned to evict illegal settlers in the Amazon Rainforest, and possibly send many of them back to their home countries. But eviction has proven much more…
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Ireland's Native Woodland Trust @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Public urged to join fight to protect ancient West Cork woodland
Some of these magnificent trees date back hundreds of years
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“What we are seeing now is a complete explosion of these melt rates, leading to the disintegration of glaciers. They’re really just falling apart" Europe's glaciers are accelerating even faster on the road to oblivion www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years
Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution
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Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 29/09/2026
People have (rightly) been shorting Bill Gates for a minute. But this interview with Ezra Klein, gotta say, he sounds very different about AI risk than any time he spoke about climate change or malaria or vaccines. He sounds afraid. And angry. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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Opinion | Bill Gates’s Blunt Warning on A.I. (Gift Article)
As A.I. capabilities accelerate, the technologist is shocked by the “complete lack of engagement” with the question of how to manage its risks.
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SteveH @sghendricks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Fall is in the Air:
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Will Yeates @wyeates.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Microplastics in soil pose global threat by acting like ‘Trojan horse’ to deliver toxins
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Microplastics in soil pose global threat by acting like ‘Trojan horse’ to deliver toxins
Exclusive: Plastic surfaces form hotspots for interaction between plastics, microbes and agrochemicals
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Roberta Millstein 🌎🌱🐩🏊🏼‍♀🎶🥾 @cepaea.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A book that changed the world and led the way for the environmental movement of the 1960s and 1970s. 📗
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Ruth Malone, RN, PhD @remalone.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
And this is happening even as climate change puts more stress on habitat for so many wild creatures. Shame, shame, shame on those who are putting their short term profits over preservation of our only home & fellow travelers
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 19/09/2026
Want to check out the health of a lake, river, or aquifer near you? This platform shows the health of millions of lakes, rivers, & wetlands around the world. It shows pollution hotspots, drought impacts & signs of recovery. Check out the Freshwater Ecosystems Explorer: ow.ly/VvK050ZP2g7
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Canada’s last epishelf lake had endured for thousands of years. It disappeared in just months after the Milne Ice Shelf broke apart. Another unique ecosystem lost as our climate changes. www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/...
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This lake in Canada just vanished. And it's not coming back. | Discover Wildlife
The breakup of the Milne Ice Shelf in the far north of Canada has led to the collapse of a unique Arctic ecosystem.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is precisely why regulations are vitally important -- to fill in where the Constitution and other legal protections are weak. But the Trump administration is eviscerating all environmental regulations. #water
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 11/09/2026
I miss Carl
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 06/09/2026
In fact, the oil and gas companies paid some of the very same spokespeople, after they lost their jobs with the tobacco industry. Want to know more? Watch or read Merchants of Doubt!
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Rob @robertferry.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
That’s the problem with the degree C warming climate communication framing. The global average is meaningless to most people because we live *on land* where 1.5 C of average global temperature increase is actually going to be experienced as many multiples of that.
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Historica Canada @historicacanada.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
On 9/11 2001, the US closed its airspace after unfathomable terrorist attacks. Flights bound for the US were forced to divert, with many opting to land in Canada. Under Operation Yellow Ribbon, the small town of Gander, NL and the surrounding communities accepted 38 planes. buff.ly/Ugvm4vL
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NEW Heritage Minute: Gander and 9/11
“There’s only one thing to do here – we’re going to ask people to open their doors.” It was the day in which Gander and surrounding communities welcomed the world to its doorstep. *Join our mailing…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/09/2026
how i be getting around in my car now that Apple Maps and Google Maps are dead to me
pic of printed out paper Mapquest directions mounted to rearview mirror
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 26/08/2026
There is “no plan” for the “social, political, and economic upheaval” AI is about to cause, Bill Gates has warned. Read more from Gates: cnb.cx/4gwrPwh
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Willem Huiskamp @willemh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
45 years ago the problem of climate change was already being discussed in very clear terms. Particularly bleak is the figure showing warming projections; we took the worst path.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🚨NEW from me: "Because we're burning fossil fuels." Professor Julia Cole tells me the story of how her team created a 1,000-year "thermometer" of coral, showing climate change has intensified El Niño. www.forbes.com/sites/davidr...
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Human-Caused Climate Change Is Making El Niño Stronger, Corals Show
Coral skeletons reveal El Niño is stronger than at any point in 1,000 years. Scientists say human-caused climate change is the reason.
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Adapting to climate change without ending the fossil fuel industry.
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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Start your week off with a laugh... buff.ly/U3uNn1Q
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Mary Grace Scary Face 🎃👻👹😈💀 @emgeekay.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
“More than 150 plant species have been recorded on Sayer’s Old Meadow…which is remarkable when there was just one…growing there 21 years ago….the field was simply cut for hay once every summer, with an abundance of wildflowers…finding their way into the field.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘I love it. It’s hope’: the mysterious self-willed wildflower meadow that seeded itself
Farmer Derek Sayer let a boggy field run wild and just one annual hay-cut has led to remarkable biodiversity
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I talk a lot about the complexity of ocean conservation, and how real solutions can’t fit on a bumper sticker. Enter the Ocean Cleanup. Launched by a teenager giving a TED Talk, they claimed they were going to scoop all the plastic out of the ocean. 🧪🦑🌎
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Why The Ocean Cleanup Hasn’t Solved the Plastic Pollution Crisis • The Revelator
Global problems are rarely solved by one person or invention. The Ocean Cleanup didn’t work, for the reasons experts said it wouldn’t. What can we learn from this?
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 21/08/2026
The headlines this summer make it easy to feel as if nothing can be done: record heat and wildfires continue, while fossil fuel companies rake in billions. But feeling powerless is exactly the trap, and this week there's new science on how to avoid it. Read on!
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Polluters should pay, not taxpayers | Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe
Resisting climate doom, Big Oil’s $45 billion quarter, and how you can make polluters pay If you’re a regular Talking Climate reader, you kn
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Blackfoot Niitsítapi🪶🇨🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙🌎🌲🌳🔥🐾🐾🐝🦋🦅🦬🦫🐋🦆🦉🐧🐦‍⬛🐻🦊 @thoughtsnations.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A’ho! 🪶🙌🏽 www.theenergymix.com/oleary-loses...
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O’Leary Loses, First Nation Wins its Call to Review Data Centre Water Permits
Kevin O’Leary’s attempt to block Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation from requesting a judicial review of water permits for the C$70 B Wonder Valley AI data centre project has been dismissed. The review will go...
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NPR @npr.org · 17/08/2026
Four states are suing the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, alleging that the platforms were designed to hook kids and that Meta hid the mental health risks. n.pr/4xn1bNH
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Meta heads to court in a landmark trial about kids and social media addiction
Four states are suing the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, alleging that the platforms were designed to hook kids and that Meta hid the mental health risks.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Canadians are just getting started. We are fed up with interference from the US embassy in our country. And we are tired of the toxic shit bird's gaslighting. This petition will likely be the largest in Canadian history. Sign here: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/w...
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Canadian Petition to Expel U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra Takes Off
Mr. Hoekstra has been President Trump’s faithful messenger in Canada amid a historic low in relations. More than 160,000 Canadians want him gone.
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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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Universe @universespace.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Comet, Aldebaran and Mars over stonehenge Uk.
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Bernd @dabutterbrot.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
dripping #BlueSkyArtShow #Water #photography #classicmono #bnw #monochrome
A dripping faucet on a drinking fountain. The falling drops create concentric circles on the water's surface
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Dr Neutopia @oceanclub.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Don't worry: we can simulate those extinct animals in the Metaverse.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Bill Nye breaks down the Science of Skin Color and shows why Racism is Ridiculous.
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
“No civilization has ever depended on data centers to survive. Every civilization has depended on clean water”. - @innergizer on Instagram
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NO CVILIZATION HAS EVER DEPENDED ON DATA CENTERS TO SURVIVE. EVERY CIVILIZATION HAS DEPENDED ON CLEAN WATER.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
‘Renewables offer humanity an unlikely exit ramp off our current highway to #climate hell – if only our politicians & business leaders had the wit & mettle to grasp this slenderest of lifelines’ My take in Irish Examiner today. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Renewables are a lifeline our politicians are too cowardly to grasp
Every month that passes brings us another step closer to tragedy
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Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · 03/08/2026
Excellent long-form interview about AI. With Jon Stewart and @doctorow.pluralistic.net the writer and activist who coined the term "enshittification"—the process by which digital platforms gradually become worse for users as they prioritize profits and business interests. youtu.be/-dAIJRjb-Bw
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AI and the Enshittification Era w/ Cory Doctorow | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/07/2026
France had never seen a "fire cloud" until this month’s record-smashing blazes [via @wired.com]
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France had never seen a "fire cloud" until this month’s record-smashing blazes
Extreme fire conditions on the ground have created a “natural force beyond our control.”
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
And by June 2021, almost every single COVID death was in unvaccinated people It was essentially entirely preventable—but folks like RFK Jr, who lied by saying the COVID vaccine was “the deadliest vaccine in history,” were doing all they coul to derail vaccination 😢 2/2 www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...
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Nearly all COVID deaths in U.S. are now among unvaccinated
It is a staggering demonstration of how effective the shots have been and an indication that deaths per day — now down to under 300 — could be practically zero if everyone eligible got the vaccine.
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sjvn @sjvn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This wouldn't be half so funny if there wasn't a lot of truth to it.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
A small town in southern Finland has turned to the world’s largest commercial sand battery. Standing at 13 meters tall and 15 meters wide, the eye-catching facility uses 2,000 metric tons of crushed soapstone to store clean energy in the form of heat. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/25/f...
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Finland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand battery
A small Finnish town has turned to the world's largest commercial sand battery to tackle a major hurdle in the energy transition: intermittency.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 27/07/2026
Mayo beats Kerry to win All-Ireland football crown, ending 75-year 'curse' with star Kobe McDonald set for AFL
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Mayo wins All-Ireland title, ending 75-year 'curse'
A huge Gaelic football upset sees Mayo beat GAA giants Kerry in the All-Ireland football final and one of the stars of the team that ended a 75-year "curse" is headed to the AFL.
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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Start your week off with a laugh... buff.ly/eQVDC8R
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
My time lapse of the Gironde #fire near Bordeaux, viewed on Friday afternoon from about 20 km distance. One minute compressed into 5 seconds. #GlobalHeating
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Taylor Farms, the lettuce supplier at the center of our explosive diarrhea outbreak, has spent millions to oppose food regulation and elect Donald Trump and other MAGA Republicans:
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Taylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea Outbreak
The company donated more than $3.6 million to conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the MAGA Inc. super PAC.
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