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Tom Bowman @tomkbowman.bsky.social · 23h

Brilliant. HALO Trust has finished clearing Kosovo’s minefields. “We leave behind a country transformed by the ‘000s of Kosovars who worked for HALO over 3 decades, helping to make their own country safe and thriving. Most humanitarian interventions do not end. HALO’s do.” youtu.be/9QreETGplCQ?...

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Clearing the way for Kosovo's future

YouTube video by The HALO Trust - Humanitarian Landmine Removal

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Tom Bowman @tomkbowman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We need to go and look, and we need faster travel. It’s a pity so many of our brightest minds are into crypto, finance and data modelling and LLMs rather than the sort of engineering we actually need. www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/encelad...

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Saturn's frozen moon could host alien life, say scientists | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Saturn's icy moon Enceladus would theoretically be able to host some forms of microbial life, according to a scientific study.

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Tom Bowman @tomkbowman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A global movement to recognise funga as a distinct kingdom of life, alongside fauna and flora, under the 3F Proposal (Flora, Fauna, Funga). theecologist.org/profile/cath...

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Catherine Early | The Ecologist

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Tom Bowman @tomkbowman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It’s clearly important or it wouldn’t have been raised in NY. What is the reason for not being open with the UK population ? It feeds conspiracy theories. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Why is the UK’s suppressed climate national security report significant?

Warnings about the catastrophic effects of vital ecosystems collapsing were not published under previous prime minister

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Tom Bowman @tomkbowman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Nice to see this idea revived. Note the comment about the’value for money’ based rejection of the Swansea scheme in 2018. Those figures should just be revisited imo. So much has changed with power costs in the last 8 years. www.cmscoms.com/severn-estua...

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Severn Estuary tidal lagoon takes a major step forward with £6.4m study - Ocean and Coastal Futures

Ocean and Coastal Futures - We’re all about connecting people – organising events, creating communications and promoting job opportunities.

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Tom Bowman @tomkbowman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Swan family and sea wall strengthening

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Swans might have one of the most underrated landing techniques in the animal kingdom. Original post

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Tom Bowman @tomkbowman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Green EU? 76% of 214 of drifting fish aggregating devices used by tuna fisheries to attract shoals of fish in the Seychelles’ exclusive economic zone were from Spanish-owned vessels. An industry making significant profits, leaving behind environmental damage. theconversation.com/tonnes-of-fi...

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Tonnes of fishing gear and plastic are washing up on Seychelles beaches. We tracked where it was coming from

Satellite tracking data was used to look at which ships and boats were active in the Seychelles waters.

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Tom Bowman @tomkbowman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Brilliant. It just show how fast things can change. So encouraging

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Tom Bowman @tomkbowman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Anthropomorphism is the act of ‘giving human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human things like animals, gods, or objects’. AI doesn’t need to actually be conscious does it. People are already falling in love with it.

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Tom Bowman @tomkbowman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The unintended consequences of this policy in the UK has been Universities that had geared their finances to foreign students seeing dramatic falls in intake. Drop in their incomes leading to degree courses in things like nursing and languages being withdrawn. Not smart.

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Tom Bowman @tomkbowman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

There does seem to have been an uptick in this kind of behaviour on the south coast too. Black tyre marks around roundabouts, cars left open for shared usage collecting multiple unpaid parking tickets, doughnut marks from off roaders up in the South Downs. Maybe petrol isn’t expensive enough yet?!

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Tom Bowman @tomkbowman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The good news: Historically El Niño events have been associated with warmer, wetter and stormier conditions across the UK in late autumn and early winter. www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

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UK weather: At least seven months of relentless rain needed to end drought in England

Almost 75% of England remains in drought following an exceptionally dry spring and summer.

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Menestune @menestune.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

When you weigh 500 lbs and walk on legs that look like stilts, it's no small thing to lie down. As this elk was kind enough to do right in front of our trail camera. Look at those antlers! #mammals #nature #deer #love #trailcam #Seattle #BeKind #wildanimals #goodnight #PNW #nokings #wildlife #elk

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thatgirlinsb @34thparallel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Protesters at the Irish Open. shitler’s international golf links and hotel Doonbeg, Ireland. Thank you, Doonbeg!

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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes

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Tom Bowman @tomkbowman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The times they are a changing

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Tom Bowman @tomkbowman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

An excel spreadsheet error! That is like something from the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. russincheshire.substack.com/p/the-spread...

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The Spreadsheet That Broke Britain

The absurd error behind austerity, stagnation and the rise of populist rage.

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Tom Bowman @tomkbowman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Not just young people. Stood next to a grandmother sharing her conversation with her grandchildren on a train platform the other day. What to do? Stand up close and offer comments on the discussion? Or stand close and play a podcast on speaker? Would the penny drop?

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Tom Bowman @tomkbowman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Portsmouth is today the most heat-vulnerable city [in the UK] and will remain at the highest level for warming until the end of the century, according to the research @stephenmorganmp.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Cities in Great Britain most vulnerable to extreme heat revealed

OS index examines which ‘urban heat islands’ suffer the most – and which cope the best with rising temperatures

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