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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 7h

Springtime in Australia.

Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 7h

Preliminary data suggests that today's
42.5C at Telfer ,Australia might be the world's highest temperature,since maximums in Iran,Senegal,Mauritania and Mexico have dropped.

This would mark the first day of the season with the Southern Hemisphere recording the hottest spot.

Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 1d

Exceptional heat in AUSTRALIA

In New South Wales max. temperatures yesterday >35C and today tropical nights in some areas.
In fact, the minimum of 20.4C at Mount Seaview is the highest ever recorded in October.

Next days heat wave in Western Australia with up to 44C/45C

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 9h

kidnapping

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 8h

⚡️German airlines call to shoot down drones threatening airports.

Germany's airlines are calling for drones that threaten airport operations to be shot down, Der Spiegel reported on Oct. 11. The call to action comes amid a recent surge of unidentified drone sightings across Europe.

German airlines call to shoot down drones threatening airports

Germany's airlines are calling for drones that threaten airport operations to be shot down, Der Spiegel reported on Oct. 11. The call to action comes amid a recent surge of unidentified drone sighting...

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 8h

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 8h

Het hele gesprek vind je hier: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGIl...

De Grote Verkiezingsshow: een twistgesprek met Caroline van der Plas

YouTube video by De Correspondent

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 9h

In the run-up to Dutch elections (29 October), it turns out that two Dutch MP's of Wilders' far-right PVV are using Sora AI to generate fake pictures of attractive blond women threatened by migrants. The prompts they used were published in this article.

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 10h

Trump gets his annual influenza and updated Covid-19 vaccinations, while supporting his buddy RFK jr in undermining vaccination campaigns for ordinary Americans.

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

Vaxxed and relaxed, just like President Trump. #MAHA

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 22h

From Covid-19, we learned that a somewhat coordinated global response is (would be) required, because people travel. Forget about that under the Trump regime and his antivaxx buddy RFK jr.
This will first hurt Americans, but in Europe, we're bound to feel the impact too.

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 11h

Bezos will be happy with his former Fox News presenter and Republican speech writer.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

They didn’t just NOT give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, they wrote a citation that reads like an anti-Trump rallying cry.

(He’s gonna extra-tariff Norway now, isn’t he?)

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 12h

This is a pattern. Ukraine doesn't hit Russia's refineries in random places. It's way more precise and damaging than that.

NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 17h

According to analysis by CyberBoroshno, the drone strike damaged the AVT-5 unit, a critical installation for primary oil processing. Without AVT-5, further refining operations are halted.

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 12h

Resilient Kyiv.

Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 16h

32 hours

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 12h

A thousand times more than that ;)

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 18h

Long-range drones from the SBU’s Alpha unit struck the Bashneft-Ufa refinery (Bashnafta-UNPZ) in Ufa, Bashkortostan, 1,400 km from Ukraine’s border. The strike reportedly hit the ELOU-AVT-6 crude processing unit. Black smoke rose over the site, with firefighting crews dispatched.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 20h

⚡️Latvia orders over 800 Russian citizens to leave by mid-October.

Latvia has ordered 841 Russian citizens to leave the country by Oct. 13, citing their failure to meet legal requirements, including proof of Latvian language proficiency and passing a national security screening, Politico reported.

Latvia orders over 800 Russian citizens to leave by mid-October

Latvia has ordered 841 Russian citizens to leave the country by Oct. 13, citing their failure to meet legal requirements, including proof of Latvian language proficiency and passing a national securit...

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 22h

From Covid-19, we learned that a somewhat coordinated global response is (would be) required, because people travel. Forget about that under the Trump regime and his antivaxx buddy RFK jr.
This will first hurt Americans, but in Europe, we're bound to feel the impact too.

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 1d

China's response to Trump's tariffs: No grand statements, just stop buying American soy. Immediately and 100%.

Jan Dutkiewicz @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social · 1d

"How much soy we produce shouldn’t be a barometer for how well our agriculture sector is doing, but for how unsustainable it is."

I wrote for @newrepublic.com that the trade war with China shows we grow too many crops to feed not people but factory-farmed animals.
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Trump’s Tariffs Should Force a Reckoning With America’s Soy Industry

The industry became the world’s second largest not because of human demand for soy, but to feed China’s pigs.

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 23h

Indeed.

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Tim Hofman @debroervanroos.bsky.social · 1d

links: NCTV komt Wilders even niet uit
rechts: NCTV toch wel handig

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Every single Democrat in Congress should’ve already had a post up by now about the Trump admin approving a Qatari air base inside the US.

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 1d

What a simple gift can do. Corruption at a very high level.

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 1d

Under the agreement, Israel will allow 400-600 aid trucks per day. Aid organizations say that's way too few, given the catastrophic situation that Israel created. That's continuing the genocide in a lower gear then.

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 1d

Today, “President Putin” and his army murdered a 7-year-old boy in Zaporizhzhia, destroyed an agricultural facility in Kharkiv, created a blackout in Kyiv, and injured dozens of people.

But round and around and around we go.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 1d

⚡️Ukrainian journalist Roshchyna posthumously named Press Freedom Hero.

The IPI said Roshchyna's death on Sept. 19, 2024 "exposed the brutal treatment suffered by the dozens of Ukrainian journalists unjustly held by Russian authorities."

Ukrainian journalist Roshchyna posthumously named Press Freedom Hero

The IPI said Roshchyna's death on Sept. 19, 2024 "exposed the brutal treatment suffered by the dozens of Ukrainian journalists unjustly held by Russian authorities, and brought new urgency to the need...

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