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Gaia Vince

@wanderinggaia.bsky.social
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Writer, broadcaster, author (NOMAD CENTURY; TRANSCENDENCE; ANTHROPOCENE bit.ly/3QR898d) Human-Earth system science WanderingGaia.com

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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 17m
Rachel Jupp announced as BBC's new director of news after Deborah Turness exit
bbc.co.uk
Rachel Jupp announced as BBC's new director of news after Deborah Turness exit
Jupp is a former deputy editor of BBC Two's Newsnight and has also served as Panorama's editor.
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Jens Notroff @jensnotroff.com · 02/10/2026
A shame that apparently even a valid museum ticket doesn't guarantee you can see the #BayeuxTapestry, but here's a breathtaking high-resolution resource that lets you get thread-counting close to it from the comfort of your own couch: www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/the-bayeu...
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Explore the Bayeux Tapestry online - Bayeux Museum
For the first time, you will be able to freely explore the entire Bayeux Tapestry scene by scene with a never seen quality of images !
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Gavin Jackson @gavinjackson.bsky.social · 7h
I visited the Amazon rainforest a year ago ahead of the cop conference in Belem. Historically the only thing that has stopped deforestation has been electing Lula da Silva has Brazilian president. www.economist.com/the-americas...
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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 6h
Ugh Brasil!!!
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Mark Miodownik @markmiodownik.bsky.social · 16h
I've moved off Apple and Google platforms. Am now running Murena OS on my Fairphone. I highly recommend moving away from Big Tech wherever possible. The more of us do it, the less power they have.
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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 17h
This is good by @chionwurah.bsky.social
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Own a mobile phone? Then you’re paying the ‘app tax’. It’s a racket and it’s time the UK faced Apple and Google down | Chi Onwurah
A deep-seated duopoly allows the tech giants to exploit the public and developers. But the regulator has powers to stop this abuse – it should use them, says Labour MP Chi Onwurah
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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Driving south out of Bromley and pleased to see all the lamppost flags have been removed!
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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Incredible
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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
An estimated 2.3 million new cancer cases globally in 2024 were linked to infections. HALF WERE VACCINE PREVENTABLE (Hep B and HPV) Read more from the study spkl.io/61877pZ9S
Figure: Age-standardised incidence rates of infection-attributable cancers per 100,000 person-years in 2024 for the six infectious agents with the most attributable cases.
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HJA Civil Liberties @hjacivillibs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ministers have scrapped plans that would have slashed number of jury trials in England and Wales and replaced them with a judge sitting alone. It will retain plans to take away right of a defendant charged with an “either way” offence to elect Crown Court trial www.theguardian.com/law/2026/oct...
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Ministers drop plans to cut jury trials in England and Wales after outcry
Critics say scrapping of plans, which aimed to increase judge-alone trials to deliver swifter justice, leaves court system and victims vulnerable
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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Grrr
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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Honestly guys isn’t this a bit weird? This is a bit weird
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Not joking, I really think the last few years have turned a lot of historical arguments about why everyone went a bit nuts during the French Revolution or the Reformation on their head.
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Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
GET YOUR BESPOKE CROSSWORDS HERE. Do you know someone who'd love a themed crossword puzzle as a birthday or anniversary present? You almost certainly do (in this country you're never more than 10 feet away from a #crossword geek). People seem to like 'em. richarddsmyth.com/custom-cross...
A gorgeous array of marvellous themed crossword puzzles at an irresistible price.
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Excellent images to have a coffee whilst admiring
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Comedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in pictures
A selection of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 finalists – from a shortlist featuring a caiman wearing a wig, a leopard doing a handstand, a strutting white-tailed eagle and a polar bear appeari...
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Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It takes a lot to make Jacob Rees-Mogg the voice of (relative) sanity (and not by a small margin in this case). But by gawd Tucker Carlson is up to the task. Dude's gonna be crazier than Ye ever was soon, and without the excuse of literal manic psychosis.
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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Just shown a valuable 25 year old bottle of italian wine, but confusingly the label said 2001 not 1978…
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The #Ebola outbreak in DRC isn't getting much attention these days. It should be. www.statnews.com/2026/10/02/e...
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An Ebola treatment center was burned down as the death toll in Congo passes 4,000
Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people, authorities said, as they struggle to contain what has become the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history.
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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you're considering dressing your child, self or home in Halloween tat this year, PLEASE consider charity shops first. Went on my lunchbreak, all of them had racks of stuff identical to what's on sale new elsewhere. Also, you MIGHT get a £130 De'Longhi espresso machine for £15! I know I did! ☕
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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
Eight years ago today, the Saudi government directed the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a Virginia resident and journalist dedicated to shining a light on the truth. As we honor his memory and courage, we must fight for accountability and defend press freedom worldwide.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked
bylinetimes.com
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In nearly every country, women worry about walking alone via @not-ship.com www.not-ship.com/safe-streets...
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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There it is
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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Small islanders still not ready
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.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.” #Switzerland 🇨🇭 #ClimateEmergency
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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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Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Doctor Who has described the BBC's new AI-generated director general as "pretty good", and suggested that the technology now enabled the creation of content "at the standard of an unimaginative man who spent years working at McKinsey then Google".
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Home Office defends the site as a spreading out + fair shares policy. However 300: 22,000 is a 1:73 ratio. National 1 In 200 ceiling on asylum accomodation [outside large camps] is a good idea. Ratio would keep Ctowborough at 110 as a fair share as it would keep Middlesbrough under 750 (of 160k)
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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How do brightly coloured butterflies successfully evade being eaten? Fascinating new research suggests this relates to visual illusions created by their fluttering wings. The spots & stripes, combined with the dancing flight, interfere with a predator’s sense of the insects’ speed & direction. 🦋🧪
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All of a flutter: how butterflies avoid being a predator’s lunch
Their whirring wings and bright patterns help keep them safe from birds, British study finds
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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ironically very honest of them. Can’t corrupt if you’re anti corruption
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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Full moon last night in Kensington
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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wow Andy Burnham! Yes 💪
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A good piece! #NomadCentury
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Cutting immigration to the UK means billions less for the Treasury. Can the country really afford that? | Zoe Williams
‘Taking back control’ turns out to be staggeringly expensive. That’s something to mull over as budget day approaches, writes Zoe Williams
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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Remigration” is the most loathsome euphemism
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside andy burnham's Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ending the triple lock isn’t the same as cutting pensions. Thatcher linked the state pension to inflation rather than earnings growth with the result that the value of pensions fell relative to earnings. The triple lock was designed to reverse than trend. It’s done its job. Restore the earnings link
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The BBC news summary this morning went seamlessly from "critics warn PM scrapping triple lock would be electoral suicide" to "critics ask if PM has nerve to make tough decisions" and I don't think it's a particularly pro Burnham stance to suggest he might not be the entire problem here.
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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It will never not be wild to me that the Russians attacked Keir Starmer's home, successfully spread falsehoods about Starmer's love life, and this didn't changed British politics and British political elite behaviour *at all*.
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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Labour conference report: Ed Milliband ❤️ ShabanaMahmood 👎🤯🤬👿
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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is great! We can’t manage this sort of transformational infrastructure changes without state leadership
theguardian.com
Burnham promises to roll back privatisation with government-backed grid plan
Exclusive: Creation of GB Grid will be major step towards putting Britain’s utility companies into public control
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Crown Estate is the owner of England's seabed and charges offshore wind farms to use it But the way it has charged in the past has raised costs and looks like monopoly profiteering And it will add up to £38 to energy bills in the future, according to Oxford Uni www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
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Crown Estate sea bed auctions could add £38 a year to energy bills
The business that manages the King’s land has put wind farm projects at risk with move away from capped fees for developers, a University of Oxford study warns
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Tube Mapper- Luke Agbaimoni @tubemapper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Did you know Bank/Monument Station has 16 entrances? It’s one of the most confusing stations on the London Underground, & with good reason I set out to find every single entrance and see just how far this Underground maze really goes. I counted 16 but I think there may be more?
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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nations will be competing over immigrants soon, and they’ll go where they have the best opportunities #NomadCentury
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David Hulloween 胡大衛 @hushuo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Again, student journalism is braver by far than anything else out there. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
cornellsun.com
EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
These are the men in charge….
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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Many Russians will have grown up on horror stories about the siege of Leningrad. Nevertheless, this
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‘Hell on earth’: last residents eat weeds to survive in Russian-occupied Oleshky
Supplies cut off from Ukrainian city where bodies are being left to be eaten by dogs because of deadly risk from drones
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Caspar Henderson @casparhenderson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nation hands it memories to megalomaniacal billionaire. Harvesting souls of the unborn inked as next major growth opportunity www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Oxford lets OpenAI train its AI models on Bodleian Library
University staff voice concerns over reputational risk of partnering with company behind ChatGPT
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The literacy crisis is not just referring to people's ability to literally read and write. It's also people's inability to read for context. I've been a public educator for over 20 years and I have never, ever seen it this bad.
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