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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 10h
Omg the rocks on this island are all moving! Oh wait, it's tortoises! Yay!! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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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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Aida 🇵🇷🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🐾🌊🦋🗽💙🐸 @latina4jesusdshw.bsky.social · 11h
Wow Chuck Lorre is pissed! Lol and I’m loving it 😍 #Pinks #USDemocracy
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 6h
How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump says people who say 'artificial intelligence' instead of 'super intelligence' are "THE ENEMY." This follows government targeting of AI critics as foreign agents, which I reported on here: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-think...
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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What is going on with our president? Calling people "THE ENEMY" for exercising their First Amendment rights is deeply disturbing. That's what autocratic leaders do, not American leaders. Doing so for such a trivial, vain matter is just nutty.
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sparrow-2.bsky.social @sparrow-2.bsky.social · 15h
Screen shot from the video.
Image of book cover: 'The Sovereign Individual'.
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 06/10/2026
President Donald Trump's promise to give out $5,000 "dividend" payments if Republicans retain control of Congress in the midterms could violate multiple federal criminal statutes that criminalize buying or coercing votes, write Bruce Swartz, Harry Seavey and Cara Barazia.
justsecurity.org
Auctioning Democracy: Trump’s Promise of a $5,000 “Dividend”
Trump's pledge to pay $5,000 to every adult U.S. citizen if Republicans retain control of Congress could violate federal criminal law.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 18h
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
Trump tries to start a race war: "The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants ... The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back!"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
this is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Where is the complicated piece in this, guys? —- I want to drive this to a resolution… I don’t have 5 days to give to this.”🤔 MEMPHIS city councilman Chase Carlisle impatiently pushes to get a law in place for data centers (to continue to come into the city)
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Pentagon says it plans to livestream an execution. Pete Hegseth said the public will be able to watch the firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan, convicted of the 2009 Fort Hood mass shooting, scheduled for December 3. Turning a government execution into a livestream should alarm everyone.
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Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed
The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.”
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
TFA: a forever chemical which may harm fertility + the development of unborn children, detected in rivers + groundwater at multiple sites in England. Our investigation, with @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social out now: share.google/gafS56WsWlah... @luciemheath.bsky.social @ellieodonnell.bsky.social
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Forever chemical linked to fertility issues found in rivers in England
Data shared exclusively with The i Paper reveals trifluoroacetic acid has been detected in areas that supply drinking water
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Failures of privatisation. Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs Foreign-owned RM doesn't meet letter delivery targets even after regulator lowered them. Postage: 1st class, £1.80, 2nd class 91p. When privatized in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p. Poor service at triple price. Customers fleeced.
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Royal Mail plans to cut 2,500 head office jobs
The postal service firm wants to cut the head office and other jobs by the end of 2027.
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Reform's barrister, who cleared the party and aides of wrongdoing alleged in an undercover investigation into foreign donations, was a UKIP member for years and has a longstanding association with Farage.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
25 years ago today, the U.S. launched its war in Afghanistan. Weeks earlier, Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against the 2001 Authorization of Military Force, warning it would be a blank check for forever wars. History has proven her lonely and courageous vote right.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 08/10/2026
The USS Abraham Lincoln is expected to arrive in San Diego Thursday after a record-setting deployment as part of the U.S. war with Iran. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the ship Wednesday, praising what he called "the best team in the world" and saying they "changed the arc of history."
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Steve F. @sb-feldman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I think this should be reposted every hour on-the-the-hour through Nov 3.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“The only sensible solution at this point is a moratorium on datacentres until very basic questions about how many we need, what for, where, and how pollution will be avoided are answered satisfactorily by the government” - @olliehayes.bsky.social 👏
theguardian.com
Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights
Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There's a difference between AI searching for a cancer cure and AI processing chatbots or collecting mass-surveillance data. Politicians need to give us more information about the KINDS of data these data centres will be handling. It's all too vague at the moment – as if they don't want us to know!
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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Reform marks it's own homework and gets 100%. Quell surprise. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Reform internal inquiry says party did not break law over donations sting
Officials were recorded by undercover journalists discussing a potential way to secure foreign donations to the party.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 07/10/2026
The World Health Organization is looking into reports of a second pneumonia case linked to an anti-plague institute in Irkutsk, Siberia, after the Kremlin said there are no plague cases in the region following the death of a lab worker.
politico.eu
WHO seeks clarity on second pneumonia case in Russia amid plague fears
Donald Trump will speak with Vladimir Putin about the situation after the U.S. urged Russia to share more information following the death of a lab worker.
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 07/10/2026
Take action now, and write to MEPs in the Agri and Envi committees! 🔗 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/07/a... And read the full report. Share it. Tag your MEP. The pesticide industry is counting on this passing quietly. Let's make sure it doesn't. 🔗 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/10/f...
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Action: Tell MEPs to stop the dismantling of EU pesticide laws | Corporate Europe Observatory
Take action now, and tell MEPs that harmful pesticides should not stay on the market indefinitely, that independent scientific research should not be ignored, and that pesticide approvals should be im...
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 07/10/2026
"The paper trail is striking. Once again, we can trace pesticide-industry demands into the Omnibus proposals and parliamentary amendments, in some cases almost word for word", @nina-holland.bsky.social , CEO researcher. The committee vote is 5 November. There is still time.
Quote graphic by Corporate Europe Observatory. A photo of Nina Holland, researcher and campaigner at CEO, appears on the left. The quote reads: 'The paper trail is striking. Once again, we can trace pesticide-industry demands into the Omnibus proposals and parliamentary amendments, in some cases almost word for word. While the industry interests were carefully catered for, the thousands of citizens and scientists calling for stronger health protection were ignored. Omnibus X risks locking Europe into continued reliance on harmful pesticides, rather than delivering the transition towards safer alternatives that policymakers claim to support. This is exactly why we need a firewall between the pesticide industry and policymaking, so that those who profit from pesticides cannot write the rules governing their use.'
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 07/10/2026
Banned a pesticide? Under these proposals, it could stay on shelves for three more years. That's the "grace period" offered in the Omnibus, “if no alternative”. Dorfmann and Picaro made it a blanket default, exactly what CropLife Europe and Bayer asked for. No coincidence. No shame.
Campaigning graphic against an EU flag background. At the top right, photos of two pesticide industry representatives are labelled 'the pesticide lobby': Claus-Stephan Schraff (Bayer) and Olivier de Matos (CropLife Europe), with arrows pointing to an Omnibus X document proposing to extend grace periods for banned pesticides up to 3 years. Two MEPs — Michele Picaro and Herbert Dorfmann — are shown holding a European Parliament Committee on Environment document proposing a '3 year grace period for all banned pesticides as default.' A silhouette of a child with raised hands appears at the bottom, partially obscured by the document.
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 07/10/2026
🚨 NEW REPORT: The pesticide industry didn't just lobby on the EU's Food & Feed Omnibus. More like they co-wrote it. This report shows how. Check it out 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/10/f... Thread 🧵👇
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Food & Feed Omnibus, co-written by the pesticide lobby | Corporate Europe Observatory
The pesticide lobby’s dirty fingers are all over the EU's Food & Feed Omnibus. Omnibus X is paving the way for the dismantling of EU pesticide regulations by allowing harmful pesticides to remain in u...
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 07/10/2026
Using Freedom of Information requests, we traced demands from Bayer, BASF, CropLife Europe and Copa-Cogeca directly into the Commission's Omnibus proposal, and into amendments by EP co-rapporteurs Dorfmann (EPP) and Picaro (ECR). In some cases, the wording is almost identical.
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Documents obtained by Freedom of Information requests show that parts of the 'simplification drive' have ended up closely reflecting the demands of fertiliser & chemical companies to roll back environmental & health safeguards Insects in EU have declined 75% in 3 decades www.ft.com/content/3c86...
ft.com
Chemical groups succeed in watering down EU pesticide rules
European Commission and leading MEPs side with industry demands for laxer standards
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
BIG NEWS: Up to 75% of global energy demand could be electrified by 2050 with technologies we already have. Progress is slow and the barriers are mostly political and institutional. Today we launch the Oxford Martin Electrification Accelerator to change that. oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/electrification
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Unearthed @unearthednews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Also in The I 📰
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Forever chemical linked to fertility issues found in rivers in England
Data shared exclusively with The i Paper reveals trifluoroacetic acid has been detected in areas that supply drinking water
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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Isn’t that always the way?
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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Increasingly this risks being the hegemonic position on the Right: it’s real, we’re going to make it worse, and we’re going to try to protect ourselves in narrow reactive-defensive ways from the consequences. Selfish, terrifying, ineffective…and understandable: this is the collective action tragedy.
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It's been over a year and am still yet to hear anyone ask Badenoch what she would do about the climate change she accepts is real if she thinks trying to get to net zero by 2050 is impossible.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 07/10/2026
BREAKING Reform UK's internal inquiry says the party did not break the law over the donations sting 🤔
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 07/10/2026
More than 1,700 people have already emailed their MP - and MPs are getting back to them, promising to attend the debate. Help us reach as many MPs as possible. Use our tool to ask your MP to attend the debate: bestforbritain.org/take-action/tell…
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 06/10/2026
TODAY is your LAST CHANCE to speak up to protect the Roadless Rule. The public comment period closes TODAY, Oct. 6. This is just a small glimpse of who these roadless wild areas protect — from colorful candy darters to mighty grizzly bears. These species all deserve a safe place to call home.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Alarming — 🇺🇸 Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social denied access to military facilities in the Middle East: “Unprecedented. Hegseth is trying to cover up the extent of the damage from a war spiraling out of control. This should be unacceptable to everybody, Republican or Democrat.”
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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
MPs call for investigation following suicide of BGC Partners whistleblower Simon Andriesz and failure of Financial Conduct Authority to take his allegations seriously.
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JOE.ie - MPs call for investigation following death of Epstein whistleblower
British trader found dead and MPs want answers One British trader who exposed links between a US secretary and Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead in Thailand, as reported by the BBC. Following the de...
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Fortunate Son @mossadwarrior.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors. What could possibly go wrong?
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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I don't think of trauma recovery as just changing how we think & feel & behave-- I think of it as training ourselves. We were trained & conditioned by bullies & abusers once upon a time. Now we're shaping ourselves to be authentic & effective in a life WE choose.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Remember: Wealth cannot be separated from power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Taxing the rich isn't just an economic issue, it's a defense of our democracy.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The alarmists have yet to be wrong 😕🇺🇸
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
bbc.com
Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Police violently drag Hispanic grandmother across rough ground-injuring both arms. Witnesses yell she has a serious heart condition & was just released from hospital. Cops kneel on her chest anyway. "They dragged her like a doll," brother said. Incident occurred in Batesville, Texas
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FanOfWalt @fanofwalt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
From AP News:
Army Lt. Col. Arturo Lincón was hit by shrapnel that damaged an artery supplying blood to his brain and put him at risk of a stroke, the AP reported. Rather than being admitted to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, he was sent to Army barracks and "told to schedule outpatient appointments,"
AP reported.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/10/2026
Breaking News: Christa Pike, whose execution in Tennessee was botched last week, is conscious and speaking, her lawyers said.
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Christa Pike Regains Consciousness After Failed Execution in Tennessee
The death row inmate in Tennessee received two doses of a lethal injection drug last week, but lived. She was taken from the execution chamber in an ambulance.
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 06/10/2026
It’s been 67 years since fossil fuel executives were first warned their products could contribute to climate change and harm communities. Since then we’ve seen companies not only fail to act, but outright obfuscation, distraction, and deceit to distort that undeniable truth.
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Decades of Deceit
Why the case against the major fossil fuel companies for fraud and climate damages is so strong.
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 05/10/2026
🚨 HAPPENING NOW AT THE SUPREME COURT 🚨 UCS President & CEO @gretchentg.bsky.social and former Washington Governor @govjayinslee.bsky.social are joining forces with survivors of devastating wildfires from Colorado and California.
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UCS Climate & Accountability Campaigns @ucsclimate.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Super El Niño is breaking charts as well as records, including Climate Reanalyzer's, which previously went to 30 degrees C but had to be updated today. SSTs in this part of the Pacific are in unprecedented territory - and rising - roughly two months before the typical El Niño peak.
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KitKat 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇦🇺🇪🇺🇨🇦🇺🇦 @uk501.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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