🐋Cpeterkessler
@cpeterkessler.bsky.social
Canals waterside layabout, 🛶 Paddlesports instructor, desert camel meanderer
UK @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social criticises Gaza aid delays by Israel as tents take year to arrive - www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK criticises delays to Gaza aid as tents take year to arrive
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the situation remains "dire" as the United Nations warned 1.5 million people are in need of urgent shelter.
www.bbc.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
UK @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social criticises Gaza aid delays by Israel as tents take year to arrive - www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by 🐋Cpeterkessler
Lighthouse Reports is hiring two part-time fellows in 2026. The fellows – one focused on open source intelligence and the other on reporting – will work with us from 23 March 2026 to 25 September 2026.
December 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Lighthouse Reports is hiring two part-time fellows in 2026. The fellows – one focused on open source intelligence and the other on reporting – will work with us from 23 March 2026 to 25 September 2026.
My grandfather Col. Howard Starr coached @colgate.edu to a championship and many wins. The ice hockey rink that bears his name is now a temporary b'ball court
December 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
My grandfather Col. Howard Starr coached @colgate.edu to a championship and many wins. The ice hockey rink that bears his name is now a temporary b'ball court
A pass by beautiful Lake Pleasant, in New York's Adirondack State Park
December 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A pass by beautiful Lake Pleasant, in New York's Adirondack State Park
Romania deposit return scheme dramatically reduces litter, boosting #recycling of soft drink & alcohol containers. Great example for other states -- www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created its hugely popular deposit return scheme
In the two years since the system was launched, beverage-packaging collection and recycling has risen to 94%
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Romania deposit return scheme dramatically reduces litter, boosting #recycling of soft drink & alcohol containers. Great example for other states -- www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Study finds children in east London borough of Tower Hamlets amongst most obese in country @theslicetowham.bsky.social @towerhamletsnow.bsky.social -- towerhamletsslice.co.uk/borough/year...
Children in Tower Hamlets among most overweight in country | Tower Hamlets Slice
More than a quarter of Year 6 children in Tower Hamlets are considered ‘overweight or obese’
towerhamletsslice.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Study finds children in east London borough of Tower Hamlets amongst most obese in country @theslicetowham.bsky.social @towerhamletsnow.bsky.social -- towerhamletsslice.co.uk/borough/year...
Reposted by 🐋Cpeterkessler
The great migratory route for animals (Masaai Mara) may soon be gone forever as developers build hotels on the banks of the river that animals cross. Kenyan activist tries to block new Ritz-Carlton safari lodge opening..
www.reuters.com/business/env...
www.reuters.com/business/env...
www.reuters.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The great migratory route for animals (Masaai Mara) may soon be gone forever as developers build hotels on the banks of the river that animals cross. Kenyan activist tries to block new Ritz-Carlton safari lodge opening..
www.reuters.com/business/env...
www.reuters.com/business/env...
The Thames' muddy banks continue to delight registered mudlarkers at low tide, as @theslicetowham.bsky.social reports on Nicola White's mudlarking along the shore of London's ancient seaway - towerhamletsslice.co.uk/poplar/mudla...
Mudlarking on the Isle of Dogs with Nicola White | Tower Hamlets Slice
Mudlarker and artist Nicola White uncovers London’s past from the Thames foreshore, finding everything from Tudor coins to industrial shipyard relic
towerhamletsslice.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The Thames' muddy banks continue to delight registered mudlarkers at low tide, as @theslicetowham.bsky.social reports on Nicola White's mudlarking along the shore of London's ancient seaway - towerhamletsslice.co.uk/poplar/mudla...
Reposted by 🐋Cpeterkessler
4km kayak water Womble clearing all manner of litter from Regents & Hertford Union canals
November 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
4km kayak water Womble clearing all manner of litter from Regents & Hertford Union canals
Productive 4km kayak water Womble clearing all manner of litter from Regents & Hertford Union canals
November 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Productive 4km kayak water Womble clearing all manner of litter from Regents & Hertford Union canals
4km kayak water Womble clearing all manner of litter from Regents & Hertford Union canals
November 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
4km kayak water Womble clearing all manner of litter from Regents & Hertford Union canals
Britain records Europe’s biggest increase in asylum claims as @oecdstatistics.bsky.social indicate global surge in protection requests in developed countries
www.thetimes.com/article/9c9e...
www.thetimes.com/article/9c9e...
Britain records Europe’s biggest increase in asylum claims
More than 108,000 claims in the UK last year, a 28 per cent increase on 2023 and the highest since records began in 1979
www.thetimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Britain records Europe’s biggest increase in asylum claims as @oecdstatistics.bsky.social indicate global surge in protection requests in developed countries
www.thetimes.com/article/9c9e...
www.thetimes.com/article/9c9e...
Reposted by 🐋Cpeterkessler
Reposted by 🐋Cpeterkessler
London's Olympic Loop is a fab paddle boarding circuit any time of year but the autumn colours were unbeatable today
October 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
London's Olympic Loop is a fab paddle boarding circuit any time of year but the autumn colours were unbeatable today
Reposted by 🐋Cpeterkessler
Classified U.S. State Department report finds backlog of hundreds of possible Israeli human rights violations that would take years to investigate - www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Classified U.S. report finds backlog of hundreds of possible Israeli human rights violations
The report found “hundreds” of possible Israeli human rights violations, further complicating a process to review credible allegations against IDF military units in Gaza.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Classified U.S. State Department report finds backlog of hundreds of possible Israeli human rights violations that would take years to investigate - www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Classified U.S. State Department report finds backlog of hundreds of possible Israeli human rights violations that would take years to investigate - www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Classified U.S. report finds backlog of hundreds of possible Israeli human rights violations
The report found “hundreds” of possible Israeli human rights violations, further complicating a process to review credible allegations against IDF military units in Gaza.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Classified U.S. State Department report finds backlog of hundreds of possible Israeli human rights violations that would take years to investigate - www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
London's Olympic Loop is a fab paddle boarding circuit any time of year but the autumn colours were unbeatable today
October 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
London's Olympic Loop is a fab paddle boarding circuit any time of year but the autumn colours were unbeatable today
Paddle boarding along east London's Hertford Union Canal today. Tower Hamlets is fortunate to have so many historic docks and waterways l
October 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Paddle boarding along east London's Hertford Union Canal today. Tower Hamlets is fortunate to have so many historic docks and waterways l
Reposted by 🐋Cpeterkessler
Reposted by 🐋Cpeterkessler
A grey heron keeps watch at east London's Old Ford 19 lock along the Lee Navigation
October 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
A grey heron keeps watch at east London's Old Ford 19 lock along the Lee Navigation
Paddle boarding #SUP down the Regent's Canal to Limehouse Basin - formerly Regent's Canal Dock - and up the Cut to the Lee Navigation. Discovered the middle pound of the Hertford Union Canal drained
October 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Paddle boarding #SUP down the Regent's Canal to Limehouse Basin - formerly Regent's Canal Dock - and up the Cut to the Lee Navigation. Discovered the middle pound of the Hertford Union Canal drained
Kudos to @chicago.suntimes.com photographers & editor Ashlee Rezin for impressive coverage of resistance to militarised behaviour of masked officers
October 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Kudos to @chicago.suntimes.com photographers & editor Ashlee Rezin for impressive coverage of resistance to militarised behaviour of masked officers