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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 09/08/2026

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is spreading more quickly than any other in history—now a global cohort is racing to fix it, @hana-kiros.bsky.social reports.

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The Most Basic Step of the Ebola Response Is Falling Short

Curbing the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will require stepping up testing.

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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

NEW: The website once owned by Cambridge Analytica (!) is now an AI content farm. Rebranded as "CA Privacy Watch," the site is littered with plagiarism and weird errors. It's also utilized at least one fake writer whose face seems to have been stolen from a random guy. futurism.com/artificial-i...

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Cambridge Analytica's Website Is Now an AI Slop Farm

Cambridge Analytica has returned, in a very 2026 way: CambridgeAnalytica.org is now an AI-powered content farm.

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Scientists are getting better at pinpointing the role of climate change in extreme weather events, opening governments and companies to financial liability. So there's growing pressure from fossil-fuel industry and Republicans to cast doubt on attribution science.🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Climate Models Become More Precise Even as Political Attacks Sharpen

Computer simulations are vital to the work scientists and insurers do. The resulting studies may also be used to hold companies and governments liable for damage caused by climate change.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 04/07/2026

Vladimir Putin “has convinced himself that the attritional math of the war favors Russia,” Simon Shuster writes, “and he will continue to press the numerical advantage of his forces regardless of how long the lines for gasoline in Moscow might get.”

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Putin Is Slipping Into Delusion

The Russian dictator remains obsessed with his war in Ukraine, but doesn’t seem to comprehend how badly it’s going.

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Stefan Anderson @stefananderson.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Over the past two and a half years, Israel has taken control of swaths of Gaza, Lebanon and Syria that amount to its biggest expansion of militarily occupied lands in decades. It is an area larger than many major cities. Israel has said it plans to stay indefinitely. apnews.com/projects/isr...

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Israel seized more land from neighbors since 2023 than it has in decades

Israel has seized more than 1,200 square kilometers of territory since 2023. Here's a closer look at its expansion.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 09/06/2026

Worth reading @hannahdaly.ie's full research here - it contains some really stunning numbers. The most important point is the 80% renewable mandate delayed by six years: meaning six years of massive gas use and emissions, breaching carbon budgets and spiking bills zenodo.org/records/2058...

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Data centre expansion in Ireland: the conflict between grid connection policy and national energy and climate targets

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Josh Gabbatiss @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Today there was a "high level" event featuring COP29 & COP30 presidents and other senior figures talking about the next steps for the "Baku to Belem roadmap" to $1.3tn It also saw the major climate finance donors – EU🇪🇺 Japan🇯🇵 UK🇬🇧 – as well as China 🇨🇳 Kenya 🇰🇪 and Colombia 🇨🇴 offer their thoughts.

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Josh Gabbatiss @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

All in all, IHLEG says the total climate finance needs of developing countries, excluding China, will be $3.2tn annually by 2035. However, it expected 60% of this finance to come from domestic sources in developing countries themselves – leaving $1.3tn to be picked up internationally.

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Josh Gabbatiss @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

An influential team called the Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance has laid out what it calls an "entirely feasible path" to mobilising $1.3tn by 2035. This was the aspirational goal agreed at last year's COP. Half of the finance in their pathway comes from the private sector.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 19/10/2025

In the same article it says that Microsoft executes believe OpenAI would fail www.theinformation.com/articles/mic...

After striking the blockbuster deal in 2023, several top Microsoft executives told colleagues around that time that they thought OpenAI’s business would eventually fail, even if its technology was good, according to a former manager who discussed it with them.

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Clayton Page Aldern @compatibilism.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

ICYMI: @jbwinters.bsky.social is reporting from Geneva as the U.N. approaches a global plastics treaty. Here’s our chart-heavy look from last week on the state of the plastics crisis: grist.org/internationa...

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The global plastics crisis explained in 6 charts

Research shows the extent of plastic pollution today — and why the U.N. is negotiating a treaty to keep it from getting worse.

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Stefan Anderson @stefananderson.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

The EU said it is ready to make a deal on a global plastics treaty but will not accept an agreement “at any cost,” leaving the door open to rejecting a weak outcome as negotiators enter the final 72 hours of talks with core provisions still deadlocked. healthpolicy-watch.news/eu-ready-to-...

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EU Says It's Ready To Deal On Plastics Treaty, But Not 'At Any Cost' - Health Policy Watch

The European Union said Tuesday it is ready to make a deal on a global plastics treaty but will not accept an agreement "at any cost,"...

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Stefan Anderson @stefananderson.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Global Plastics Treaty Talks Near Collapse With Days to Deadline "We have more square brackets in the text than plastic in the sea. It's time to get results," EU environment chief Jessika Roswall said. "We cannot miss this historic opportunity." healthpolicy-watch.news/global-plast...

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Global Plastics Treaty Talks Near Collapse With Days To Deadline - Health Policy Watch

GENEVA — The world's attempt to forge a plastics treaty billed as the most important environmental deal since the Paris climate accord is falling apart after

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 10/06/2025

I just published an explainer on aerosols and their role in the climate that I've been working on for the past few months! It includes both how aerosols work, how emissions have changed, and how thats driven recent warming: www.carbonbrief.org/...

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Stefan Anderson @stefananderson.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Months after Musk and Trump told the agency it is “time to die,” looks like the final nail in the coffin. USAID will cut all international staff by September, ending nearly seven decades of operation for the world’s largest provider of humanitarian aid. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Trump administration to cut all USAID overseas roles and axe thousands of staff

State department to take control of US foreign assistance programs in mass restructuring by 30 September

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Brian Kahn @blkahn.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

At least 880 NOAA employees were fired today with hundreds more expected as soon as Friday. Right as there's: 🔥 a red flag warning for most of Nebraska and Iowa 🌪️ severe weather season picking up next week in the South 🔥🔥 "significant" wildfire potential for the Southwest and Southeast next month

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At Least 880 Workers Were Fired at US Weather Agency

Hundreds of employees at the top US agency overseeing weather and climate research were fired as the Trump administration moves to shrink the size of the federal government.

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Arete News @aretenews.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Scoop: UNHCR moved to freeze 'activities worth about US$300 million.' The budget freeze is part of almost US$700 million the U.N. refugee agency already received from the United States. By @stefananderson.bsky.social

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UNHCR freezes US$300 million of suspended U.S. aid, impacts 600 staff

The budget freeze is part of almost US$700 million that the U.N. refugee agency already received from the United States.

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WIRED @wired.com · 05/02/2025

The State Department is putting “all direct hire personnel” at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on administrative leave, except staff responsible for mission-critical functions.

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State Department Puts ‘All Direct Hire’ USAID Personnel on Administrative Leave

The US government’s primary foreign aid agency has employees stationed all over the world, many of whom are now bracing to abruptly leave their posts.

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Stefan Anderson @stefananderson.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

🌐 🇺🇳 Scoop: UNHCR is the latest U.N. agency to impose urgent spending cuts after nearly US$1 billion of its 2025 budget was held up in Trump's foreign aid freeze. WHO announced similar cuts last week - both agencies count the U.S. as their top donor. www.aretenews.com/unhcr-cuts-c...

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U.N. refugee agency freezes hiring, cuts spending amid U.S. aid pause

UNHCR's directors scrambled to tighten its budget in response to the Trump administration's 90-day aid stoppage.

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