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Information on the polycrisis and how to address it: causes, mitigation, adaptation, social change, system change, Non Violent Direct Action. London

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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 12h
"a tax on private jets to fund essential services is common sense for both our economy and our environment."
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Low private jet tax 'fuels climate crisis, inequality'
Andy Burnham, the prime minister and leader of the Labour Party, wants cheap, popular policies. Well, only seven per cent of voters support the current low tax on private jet fuel.
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Biofuelwatch @biofuelwatch.bsky.social · 10h
Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11h
Schools blockaded as tens of thousands of protesters take to streets in France
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Schools blockaded as tens of thousands of protesters take to streets in France
Students, staff and parents march in cities including Marseille and Lyon, while up to 40,000 expected in Paris * Europe live – latest updates Nearly 90,000 students, staff and parents have taken to the streets in cities across France as protesters blockaded hundreds of high schools in a nationwide day of action against long hours, missing teachers and crumbling classrooms. The French interior ministry said 86,000 people took part in marches in cities including Marseille, Nantes ⁠and Lyon on Tuesday morning, with up to 40,000 more expected to join the largest demonstration, in Paris, later in the day. Continue reading...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9h
Does protesting actually work? Yes — just look at history. My friend, activist and author Annie Leonard, explains why protesting is so important and why we must protect this powerful tool of dissent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rvafufqH7g
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Why Protest Is More Powerful Than You Think (ft. Annie Leonard)
Does protesting actually work?Yes — just look at history.My friend, activist and author Annie Leonard, explains why prot
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 12h
Is there a 'war on the countryside'? Yes - but it's the one being waged by the landowners who unleash 50 million pheasants each year... Step forward 'Lord' Christian Brighty to explain, in this devastating (and hilarious) video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFi8...
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The Real Threat to Britain’s Countryside
YouTube video by Christian Brighty
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Rob Larter @polarrobs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🧵 🏆🥇It's a record! Antarctic sea ice extent is now the lowest it has been for the date since the satellite record started 47 years ago. On October third the extent was 16.739 million km², dipping under the previous record of 16.848 million km² set on this date in 2023.
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XR Lewisham @xrlewisham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Lewisham Council on Instagram: "Fly-tipping hotspot, or a veggie patch? Love Lewisham micro grants are open, with £200 to £1000 available to turn a neglected spot into somewhere your neighbours will ...
592 likes, 40 comments - lewishamcouncil on September 28, 2026: "Fly-tipping hotspot, or a veggie patch? Love Lewisham micro grants are open, with £200 to £1000 available to turn a neglected spot int...
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 01/10/2026
Records come and records go. But this is one for the ages. The preliminary Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomaly is now at a record 3.23°C above the 1991-2020 baseline. This crushes the previous daily record set in 1982 by over 1.14°C. The Climate 8-ball is looking up.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
As Churchill famously said, we shall debate fascist semantics in the New York Times, we shall debate it on Channel 4 News, we shall debate it on the BBC (coming soon)... We shall never surrender! @astra.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/cd0kC...
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But IS IT fascism
YouTube video by Naomi Klein
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s very telling that Burnham describes spraying paint as the “most extreme elements of that organisation”, a comment we’re receiving as acceptance that Palestine Action has never advocated for violence. Andy Burnham, Lift The Ban on Palestine Action. wedonotcomply.org
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Saving Lives Is Not Terrorism - Defend Our Juries
🗓️ Following mass arrests outside Labour’s Liverpool conference, we’re boosting our defiance against the ban on Palestine Action! On Saturday October 31st, we are taking mass-action in London. 🪧 This ...
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Ed, do the right thing, do it this week: lift the ban on Palestine Action, agree with UN Enquiry, the ICJ, the many lawyers all over the world: Israel is guilty of genocide. Stop all arms sales, use all diplomatic & economic powers to show that we're no longer complicit in this horrific genocide"👇
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Keir Starmer wanted to be remembered as Prime Minister for building homes. Instead he will be remembered for his complicity in destroying them. #GazaGenocide
Rafah, in Gaza, on Google Earth, in 2022, left, and in 2026, right. (from https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/google-earth-gaza-images-update-b3057562.html)
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🌊 The concerning thing isn’t just that global SST is at a record-breaking +0.75°C above the 1991–2020 baseline. It’s the trajectory 🤯
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River Action @riveractionuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MORE CHICKEN. SAME OLD SH💩T. The Government wants to expand intensive poultry farming. Their plan for all the extra waste? Good question.. 🤔 So we’ve been outside on the streets with a simple message: 📢 Serious about cleaning up our rivers? STOP the expansion of Big Chicken.
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Swiss glaciers suffer 'disastrous' year of ice loss, threatening water supplies "…in its simplest form, what we see right now is that we took an ice cube out of the fridge and it's just melting in front of our eyes." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sadly, at a time when more & more people are aiming to not fly, we are losing some of our cross-Channel ferry routes Seems Brexit is to blame www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Brittany Ferries ends Poole - Cherbourg route early
Barfleur's final crossing from Poole has been brought forward from the start of November.
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XR Islington @islingtonxr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
City of London is still the 'coal capital of Europe'. UK-based banks provided £6.2bn in #coal financing since Cop26 in Glasgow in 2021 when global leaders pledged to “phase down” coal use, more than either German or French banks. #ClimateCriminals #ClimateCrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK banks are Europe’s biggest coal financiers, report finds
Study says UK-based banks provided $8.3bn in coal financing in four years, with Barclays and HSBC leading rise
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XR Islington @islingtonxr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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We can finally measure the damage each new coal, gas or oil project will do to people and nature
For decades, we couldn’t trace the link between new fossil fuel projects and their damage to people and planet. But now we can.
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Conservative legal groups are weaponizing public records laws to harass and silence university scientists whose research might be used to target fossil fuel companies in court: www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers
A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.
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Bob Berwyn @bberwyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There were about 16,000 heat-related deaths in Germany last summer, about double the mortality during the first Covid wave in early 2020. Extreme heat needs to be treated as an ongoing public health emergency.
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Mass Heat Wave Deaths in Europe Show Climate Extremes Are Outpacing Adaptation Efforts - Inside Climate News
As preparedness lags, many regions around the world could be overwhelmed by rising temperatures, climate experts warn.
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
23,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 joules. That’s the amount of heat the oceans absorbed in 2025. A number so huge it’s almost meaningless…until you realise it’s roughly 40× humanity’s annual energy use. The ocean is buying us time. We’re running out of it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use
The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Homeowners in England urged to check flood risk: ‘A third of people don’t realise’ …the next 3 months are likely to be more wet and windy than usual because of large-scale weather patterns and the impact of a supercharged El Niño, increasing flood risk. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Homeowners in England urged to check flood risk: ‘A third of people don’t realise’
Environment Agency warns residents of 6m properties to prepare for a wet and windy three months ahead
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
More than 44,000 file legal objections to Palantir NHS platform handling their data
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More than 44,000 file legal objections to Palantir NHS platform handling their data
Exclusive: Campaign comes amid backlash against tech company’s involvement with Israeli military and Trump’s ICE crackdown * UK politics live – latest updates Tens of thousands of people have formally demanded NHS England blocks the Palantir-powered national medical data platform from handling their personal information. More than 44,000 people have filed legal objections to their health data being shared with, stored in or used by the nationwide Federated Data Platform (FDP) operated using the US company’s AI technology. Continue reading...
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Tristram Wyatt @tristramwyatt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Big news from Labour Conference: the PM has announced the government's plan to scrap first past the post. Seats that match votes would change British politics for good, but only if it happens. I've added my name. Join me? action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/201578/...
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The PM used his big speech to promise to fix Westminster's broken voting system.
We've heard promises before. I've signed to make sure this one is kept. It takes 30 seconds
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PIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“There is a certain threshold when there is no more stopping the total breakdown of the AMOC.” PIK’s @rahmstorf.bsky.social explains how global warming could weaken the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation AMOC by adding more freshwater to the North Atlantic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNOS...
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I really appreciated this in-depth conversation with @jonfavs.bsky.social for Offline. We had a productive debate about the use of the word of “fascism” and I made my points about Dems taking $$ from AI companies (don’t!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeB6...
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Naomi Klein: Trump's Allies Think the World Is Ending. They're Ready.
YouTube video by Offline with Jon Favreau
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Protesters were being ARRESTED for HOLDING UP SIGNS outside the Labour Party Conference yesterday! But this is nothing new. In the UK, OVER 3,500 people have been arrested, with MORE THAN 2,250 formally charged under TERROR LAWS for PEACEFULLY PROTESTING the ban on Palestine Action.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: Miliband ‘looking at’ whether Palestine Action ban was sensible, argues mass arrests 'unintended' Foreign secretary's remarks at Labour conference come after arrests made at protest against ban on the direct action group. www.middleeasteye.net/news/miliban...
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Miliband ‘looking at’ whether Palestine Action ban was sensible, argues mass arrests 'unintended'
Foreign secretary's remarks at Labour conference come after arrests made at protest against ban on the direct action group
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Prof William Ripple @williamripple.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We invite everyone (nonscientists) to endorse the Declaration of a Planetary Emergency, part of the upcoming World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Third Notice. Add your name and share widely. Endorsement helps show public concern about the future of our planet. forms.gle/vAARd7mv2yS7...
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Possible @wearepossible.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW 🚨 | Our polling with @MoreInCommon_ finds that 79% of Brits back a fair tax on private jets. ▪️Backed by voters of all parties ▪️Believed to be good for the economy ▪️Seen to be fair Read more: bit.ly/4dOWqV1
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Majority of British voters back private jet tax to help fill Budget black hole
Exclusive: Polling by More in Common has revealed support for a new tax on billionaires as chancellor John Healey attempts to balance his books in next month’s Budget
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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Cleaning up the streets is wonderful, but can we clean up the sky too? 💚💙 Safer, calmer, brighter... the same vision applies up there ✈️❌
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XR Lewisham @xrlewisham.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One cartoon says "Governments are telling citizens to panic sensibly and stash extra loo paper - at the literal SAME TIME they are pumping more and more carbon into the atmosphere.
It shows 4 beings as PUBLIC, two as GOVERNMENT and one as FOSSIL FUELIST. Government turns to Public and says "NO HOARDING! We mustn't be greedy!" and to Fossil Fuelist: "Go nuts bro, do your worst". Fossil fuelist responds:" Oh we will"
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Birmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Labour: we will decarbonise the UK power sector and make Britain a clean energy superpower by 2030. Labour: Israel committed war crimes in Gaza. We will match words with actions. Also Labour: we will continue with oil exploration work off the coast of the Falkland Islands with Israel.
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Argentina threatens legal action against UK over Falkland Islands oil exploration
President Javier Milei set a two-week deadline for the Sea Lion oilfield project to be scrapped.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/09/2026
GenAI is what I am going to optimistically call "pre-systemic" - it hasn't been baked in yet. And the stakes are HIGH, bc once baked in, the climate impacts push it up into a high category among the plastics industry, agriculture etc So....what that means is that heavy users *are* morally culpable
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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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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
📢 Message to the Burnham Government 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 "Every tonne the Government allows above a fair budget today is a tonne our children will have to cut later, & faster. Follow the latest science and make the UK do its fair share of slowing the impacts of global heating" 👉 www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-...
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Diesel prices are at an all-time high, and there are still almost 10m diesel cars on our roads. The government needs to do more to accelerate the switch to cleaner transport - both to support the cost of living and to reduce #AirPollution. #ZEVMandate
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UK diesel price hits all-time high, RAC says
The US-Israel war with Iran has caused fuel prices to soar.
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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
120+ organisations across Europe say it's time to #KickOutPalantir ! ❌ Great coverage of our joint open letter today in @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/kick-ou...
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Kick out Palantir, trade unions tell European governments | Euractiv
Call to eject US data analytics giant on democratic grounds
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Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Liberty is campaigning for a consistent and non-partisan approach to free speech that balances the public’s right to express views which are offensive or insulting with the need to protect people from discrimination. Join the campaign action.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/200466/...
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Defend our right to free speech
Defend our right to free speech. Take action now 👉
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ClientEarth @clientearth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🩸People living near a chemical plant in the UK have high levels of toxic PFAS chemicals in their blood🩸 Residents of Thornton-Cleveleys in Lancashire live near the AGC Chemicals factory. Now, after testing, the villagers have been told they have high levels of PFAS in their blood.
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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
WE SAY NO TO PALANTIR 🙅‍♂️ We and 120+ organisations and unions across Europe are calling on our governments and the European Commission to scrap all existing public sector contracts with Palantir. Read the open letter here: www.globaljustice.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Text reads: 120+ organisations and unions across Europe call on governments and the European Commission to SCRAP Palantir contracts. Palantir provides support to warmongers, drains our public wealth, deepens our dependence on tech billionaires. WE SAY NO TO PALANTIR.
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Scientists for Global Responsibility @responsiblesci.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In an attempt to cover up AI’s outsized environmental impact and justify the ongoing use of fossil fuels, Big Tech and Big Oil are making the case for Carbon Capture and Storage. CCS is an expensive failure. We must see through this self-serving greenwash… www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2026/09/25/d...
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Data Centers and Carbon Capture: A Dangerous Alliance
Carbon capture and storage is an expensive failure. So why is Big Tech teaming up with Big Oil to add it to data center projects?
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The UK’s annual contribution to the World Food Programme (WFP) Palestine fell from $18m (£13.6m) in 2024 to $9.3m (£7m) last year and just $4m (£3m) this year, The i Paper has learned"
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's not just that we had two wasted years under Keir Starmer - years in which, with a vast majority and quite a lot of goodwill - he could have turned this country around. On crucial issues, we had two years of spiralling backwards, towards a very dark place. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Ed Miliband to acknowledge Labour’s former stance on Palestine fell short
Foreign secretary will tell party’s conference ‘we are not here to accept the status quo but to change it’
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Utterly mad how most of society just bumbles along, ignoring the monstrous future realities being locked in place, day in day out.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 27/09/2026
Photos: Heavy rains and flooding in Bangkok force thousands into shelters aje.news/i27o1x
Pedestrians wade through floodwaters in the Bang Bua district of Bangkok, Thailand. [Wikus De Wet/AFP]People walk past abandoned vehicles on the flooded Phetchaburi Road in Bangkok, Thailand. [Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP]Floodwaters submerge cars next to residential buildings in the Thai capital. [Sarot Meksophawannakul/Thai News Pix via AFP]Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said several roads were still flooded and warned residents to avoid unnecessary travel. [Wikus De Wet/AFP]
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pensioners arrested for Palestine Action signs while al-Qaeda subsidiary HTS has been de-proscribed and whitewashed by the UK and US Via @skwawkbox.org
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IN PICS: hundreds arrested at Palestine protest outside Labour conference
Pensioners arrested for Palestine Action signs while al-Qaeda subsidiary HTS has been de-proscribed and whitewashed by the UK and US
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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN EUROPE Almost 32C in Germany today,over 30C in Switzerland, 33C in France and this is just the beginning of a heat wave which will completely rewrite European climatic history with several thousands records smashed by even 5/6C margins. HISTORIC
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XR Lewisham @xrlewisham.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In Lewisham (south-east London) the average daily high temperature this summer was 4°C above the average between 1991 and 2020. That's huge! www.bbc.com/news/article...
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UK summer 2026: BBC postcode lookup shows how hot and dry it was
Most of us experienced drought and heatwaves - but temperatures and rainfall were not the same everywhere.
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XR Lewisham @xrlewisham.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Festival of Commoning in Frome, 2 and 3 October: www.festivalofcommoning.org/programme
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Programme | Festival Of Commoning
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