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'Stonecipher’s other big cultural transformation was focused on maligning and marginalizing engineers as a class, and airplanes as a business. “You can make a lot of money going out of business” was something he liked to say'
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A beautiful kelpfish (Gibbonsia metzi) from an after-dark negative tide near Santa Cruz, CA. Look at his little striped mittens! 🐟🐠🐟
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 AM
A beautiful kelpfish (Gibbonsia metzi) from an after-dark negative tide near Santa Cruz, CA. Look at his little striped mittens! 🐟🐠🐟
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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'Sizewell C #nuclear station is now predicted to cost £47 billion, with the govt acknowledging even this estimate may rise significantly. New nuclear means massive costs, a poisoned legacy to future generations, and whopping radioactive pollution.'
labouroutlook.org/2025/11/10/d...
labouroutlook.org/2025/11/10/d...
Does Britain really need nuclear power? – Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
With funding confirmed for a new nuclear power station in Suffolk, Dr Ian Fairlie, CND Vice-President and science adviser, asks why the Government is so fixated with nuclear power.
labouroutlook.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
'Sizewell C #nuclear station is now predicted to cost £47 billion, with the govt acknowledging even this estimate may rise significantly. New nuclear means massive costs, a poisoned legacy to future generations, and whopping radioactive pollution.'
labouroutlook.org/2025/11/10/d...
labouroutlook.org/2025/11/10/d...
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First-ever atlas of brain development shows how stem cells turn into neurons
There are 6 excellent human brain development papers in Nature - www.nature.com/articles/d41... Check them out!
There are 6 excellent human brain development papers in Nature - www.nature.com/articles/d41... Check them out!
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
First-ever atlas of brain development shows how stem cells turn into neurons
There are 6 excellent human brain development papers in Nature - www.nature.com/articles/d41... Check them out!
There are 6 excellent human brain development papers in Nature - www.nature.com/articles/d41... Check them out!
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7,261 elderly/vulnerable people in care homes given ‘notice to quit’.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
Revealed: Thousands of elderly people evicted from care homes every year
Thousands of elderly and vulnerable people have received eviction notices from their care homes in the last year, the Big Issue has found.
www.bigissue.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
7,261 elderly/vulnerable people in care homes given ‘notice to quit’.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
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The finale of the great TV comedy show Blackadder goes Forth.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The finale of the great TV comedy show Blackadder goes Forth.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
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The guys behind the enshitification of everything are now working on the human race: Genetically Engineered Babies Are Banned. Tech Titans Are Trying to Make One Anyway. www.wsj.com/tech/biotech...
Genetically Engineered Babies Are Banned. Tech Titans Are Trying to Make One Anyway.
Silicon Valley startups are pushing the boundaries of reproductive genetics, hoping to prevent diseases as well as improve chances for a high IQ and other traits.
www.wsj.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The guys behind the enshitification of everything are now working on the human race: Genetically Engineered Babies Are Banned. Tech Titans Are Trying to Make One Anyway. www.wsj.com/tech/biotech...
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The indictment of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is a textbook example of how hybrid regimes operate: elections continue, but the field is tilted beyond recognition.
It’s a sobering signal for Turkey — and for other democracies, including the US - that is under threat.
apnews.com/article/turk...
It’s a sobering signal for Turkey — and for other democracies, including the US - that is under threat.
apnews.com/article/turk...
Istanbul's jailed mayor Imamoglu faces 142 criminal charges in corruption probe
Istanbul’s chief public prosecutor has filed an indictment against the city's jailed mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu.
apnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The indictment of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is a textbook example of how hybrid regimes operate: elections continue, but the field is tilted beyond recognition.
It’s a sobering signal for Turkey — and for other democracies, including the US - that is under threat.
apnews.com/article/turk...
It’s a sobering signal for Turkey — and for other democracies, including the US - that is under threat.
apnews.com/article/turk...
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Emergency accommodation is a lifeline for families fleeing domestic violence.
At a time of crisis, our partnership with Women’s Aid and Airbnb will help families get the care and support they need.
At a time of crisis, our partnership with Women’s Aid and Airbnb will help families get the care and support they need.
Airbnb to provide 60 domestic abuse survivors with temporary accommodation
Platform partnering with Women’s Aid and City Hall in launch of London pilot
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Emergency accommodation is a lifeline for families fleeing domestic violence.
At a time of crisis, our partnership with Women’s Aid and Airbnb will help families get the care and support they need.
At a time of crisis, our partnership with Women’s Aid and Airbnb will help families get the care and support they need.
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A pilgrimage I have not made for many years – Hutton’s Unconformity at Lochranza, Arran. The site where Hutton could finally prove the earth was unimaginably ancient. A place of deep history in every way.
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
A pilgrimage I have not made for many years – Hutton’s Unconformity at Lochranza, Arran. The site where Hutton could finally prove the earth was unimaginably ancient. A place of deep history in every way.
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Holtec now allowed to dump tritiated water into the Hudson, with around 1.5 million gallons expected to enter the river in the next several years.
#nuclear
www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
#nuclear
www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
Residents outraged as US nuclear plant gets greenlight to dump radioactive waste into major river: 'Potential long-term consequences'
A federal court has ruled that a nuclear plant in New York can dump radioactive waste into the Hudson River.
www.thecooldown.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Holtec now allowed to dump tritiated water into the Hudson, with around 1.5 million gallons expected to enter the river in the next several years.
#nuclear
www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
#nuclear
www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
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Oxitec withdraws application to release its #GMO mosquitoes in Australia. Plan had attracted strong opposition from the public and scientists. “GM mosquito releases in North & South America failed and would have failed here too while causing health and environment havoc.” gmwatch.org/en/106-news/...
Oxitec withdraws application to release its GM mosquitoes in Australia
GM mozzies plan had attracted strong opposition from the public and scientists
gmwatch.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Oxitec withdraws application to release its #GMO mosquitoes in Australia. Plan had attracted strong opposition from the public and scientists. “GM mosquito releases in North & South America failed and would have failed here too while causing health and environment havoc.” gmwatch.org/en/106-news/...
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Hope not Hate, after conducting an in-depth investigation into a company closely intertwined with Herasight, accused Anomaly and several others associated with the firm of having links to scientific racism and far-right activists. investigations.hopenothate.org.uk/superbaby-fa...
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Hope not Hate, after conducting an in-depth investigation into a company closely intertwined with Herasight, accused Anomaly and several others associated with the firm of having links to scientific racism and far-right activists. investigations.hopenothate.org.uk/superbaby-fa...
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Scientists have discovered that the Huchthausen family from the village of Förste (Lower Saxony) has lived there continuously for around three millennia.
DNA analysis showed that the ancestors of Manfred Huchthausen lived just two kilometers away — in the Lichtenstein Cave, around 1000 BC
DNA analysis showed that the ancestors of Manfred Huchthausen lived just two kilometers away — in the Lichtenstein Cave, around 1000 BC
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Scientists have discovered that the Huchthausen family from the village of Förste (Lower Saxony) has lived there continuously for around three millennia.
DNA analysis showed that the ancestors of Manfred Huchthausen lived just two kilometers away — in the Lichtenstein Cave, around 1000 BC
DNA analysis showed that the ancestors of Manfred Huchthausen lived just two kilometers away — in the Lichtenstein Cave, around 1000 BC
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When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the only things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the 'Right-Wing Coup' Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the only things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
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Reading. www.wsj.com/world/africa...
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Reading. www.wsj.com/world/africa...
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No matter where you are on the globe, climate change hits poor communities the hardest.
#ThisIsClimateChange.
https://apnews.com/article/cop30-un-belem-brazil-climate-change-talks-21cf1cdf247ff5119e84db836015569f
#ThisIsClimateChange.
https://apnews.com/article/cop30-un-belem-brazil-climate-change-talks-21cf1cdf247ff5119e84db836015569f
As world leaders enter climate talks, people in poverty have the most at stake
In the leadup to the annual United Nations climate conference, the U.N. Development Programme has released new data about how climate change is going to affect agriculture, extreme weather and other f...
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
No matter where you are on the globe, climate change hits poor communities the hardest.
#ThisIsClimateChange.
https://apnews.com/article/cop30-un-belem-brazil-climate-change-talks-21cf1cdf247ff5119e84db836015569f
#ThisIsClimateChange.
https://apnews.com/article/cop30-un-belem-brazil-climate-change-talks-21cf1cdf247ff5119e84db836015569f
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Beef, #PalmOil, pulp & paper, rubber, soy & timber are wiping out forests, but Big Agribusiness isn’t acting alone. Banks are bankrolling it.
Read Forest & Finance’s report Banking on Biodiversity Collapse:
https://forestsandfinance.org/banking-on-biodiversity-collapse/
#DefundDeforestation
Read Forest & Finance’s report Banking on Biodiversity Collapse:
https://forestsandfinance.org/banking-on-biodiversity-collapse/
#DefundDeforestation
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Beef, #PalmOil, pulp & paper, rubber, soy & timber are wiping out forests, but Big Agribusiness isn’t acting alone. Banks are bankrolling it.
Read Forest & Finance’s report Banking on Biodiversity Collapse:
https://forestsandfinance.org/banking-on-biodiversity-collapse/
#DefundDeforestation
Read Forest & Finance’s report Banking on Biodiversity Collapse:
https://forestsandfinance.org/banking-on-biodiversity-collapse/
#DefundDeforestation
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"With how logging works here in BC, there isn’t really a way for Drax to be operating in these areas and not include old-growth forests in their wood supply.
The people of the UK should know that the risk of old-growth trees being cut down to produce wood pellets is higher than ever."
The people of the UK should know that the risk of old-growth trees being cut down to produce wood pellets is higher than ever."
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
Drax power plant has continued to burn 250-year-old trees sourced from some of Canada’s oldest forests despite growing scrutiny of its sustainability claims, forestry experts say.
A new report suggests it is “highly likely” that Britain’s biggest power plant sourced some wood from ecologically valuable forests as recently as this summer. Drax, Britain’s single biggest source of carbon emissions, has received billions of pounds in subsidies from burning biomass derived largely from wood. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"With how logging works here in BC, there isn’t really a way for Drax to be operating in these areas and not include old-growth forests in their wood supply.
The people of the UK should know that the risk of old-growth trees being cut down to produce wood pellets is higher than ever."
The people of the UK should know that the risk of old-growth trees being cut down to produce wood pellets is higher than ever."
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Read my statement on IDF soldiers platformed at Canadian universities here: www.heathermcpherson.ca/statement_on...
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Read my statement on IDF soldiers platformed at Canadian universities here: www.heathermcpherson.ca/statement_on...
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Southern Water apologises for catastrophic spill of plastic biobeads in Sussex
Southern Water apologises for catastrophic spill of plastic biobeads in Sussex
Resulting pollution on Camber Sands beach poses threat to wildlife including dolphins and seals
Southern Water has taken responsibility for the catastrophic spill of plastic biobeads that polluted the Sussex coastline.
Local charities reported a huge spill of millions of biobeads over the weekend, washing up on beaches including Camber Sands. Andy Dinsdale, the founder of the plastic pollution campaign group Strandliners, said it was the worst pollution event he had seen. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Southern Water apologises for catastrophic spill of plastic biobeads in Sussex
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Residents of Alaska’s storm-battered Native towns consider moving to higher ground
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Residents of Alaska’s storm-battered Native towns consider moving to higher ground
Damage from Typhoon Halong underscored the vulnerability of villages in western Alaska to climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Residents of Alaska’s storm-battered Native towns consider moving to higher ground
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Two dead and more than a million displaced after super typhoon Fung-wong slams the Philippines
Two dead and more than a million displaced after super typhoon Fung-wong slams the Philippines
More than 1.4 million people were evacuated across the country as the storm triggered flash flooding, landslides and gale-force winds
Super typhoon Fung-wong has blown through the Philippines, leaving at least two dead, 1.4 million people evacuated and widespread damage in its wake.
More than 1.4 million people were evacuated across the country as the storm triggered flash flooding, storm surges, landslides and gale-force winds, Philippine authorities said on Monday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Two dead and more than a million displaced after super typhoon Fung-wong slams the Philippines