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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 15h

She asset-stripped an entire country and squandered the money to buy votes. Most of the problems with Britain today can be traced back to her disastrous social and economic experiment.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle

Today’s politicians need to learn that she is not the answer to contemporary problems, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

www.theguardian.com

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Kittycritter @kittycritter.bsky.social · 9h

Tell Japan: shut down the ivory market, save elephant lives. action.eko.org/a/japan-ivor...

Tell Japan: Shut down the ivory market.

Every year, tens of thousands of elephants are butchered for their tusks despite a global ivory ban -- and Japan’s massive domestic market remains one of the main drivers.But we have a once-in-a-gener

action.eko.org

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 14h

Thoughts and prayers for Donald J Trump

Reuters @reuters.com · 15h

'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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Kittycritter @kittycritter.bsky.social · 13h

Perhaps Israel could stop dropping bombs on Gaza. During the ceasefire.

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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · 14h

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to democracy activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela – in unrelated news, US announces 10,000% trade tariff on Venezuela

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Kittycritter @kittycritter.bsky.social · 13h

No you cannot say this. All those other cats were just as good in different ways. Rip the bear 😺

Kittycritter @kittycritter.bsky.social · 15h

Congratulations Maria 👏🎉 a much deserved award for democracy 🥳

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16h

Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize

Leader of country’s opposition receives award after intense public and private campaign by Donald Trump

www.theguardian.com

Kittycritter @kittycritter.bsky.social · 15h

Great news 😄 🎊🎉 🐢
BBC News - Green turtle bounces back from brink in conservation 'win'
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Green turtle bounces back from brink in conservation 'win'

Once endangered due to hunting, it is making a strong recovery thanks to global conservation efforts.

www.bbc.com

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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 1d

Child famine has reached the highest level in Gaza, with tens of thousands of kids affected – new study

theconversation.com/child-famine...

Child famine has reached the highest level in Gaza, with tens of thousands of kids affected – new study

By August,15.8% of children aged under five were suffering from acute malnutrition.

theconversation.com

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TrundlelinB @trundlelinb.bsky.social · 1d

#StopFactoryFarming 🐄🥛🐖🥓🦃🐔🐣🥚
#stopanimalcruelty 🐮🐷🐗🐑🐭🐰🐔🦊🦃🐥
#BanFarmChemicals 🚱
#savepollinators 🐝🦇🐜🪲🦗🦟
#StopSoilDegridation 🌿🦠🌱🪱🍀🪳
#SaveOurFarmlandWildlife 🦌🐁🐇🐿🦫🦔🦇🦡🐦🕊🦅🦆🦢🦉🪿🐌🦋🐛🐜🐝🪲🐞
#regenerativefarming 🌱🐄🌲🐖🌳🐑🌾🐐🌿🐇☘️🐿🍀🦫🌻🦔🌼🦇🌱🐝🌳🐞🌾🦦🌿🦡☘️🐓🍀🦅🍁🦉
#StopFarmPollution 💩🐮💩🐷💩🐔💩
#ClimateActionNow 🚨🚨🚨

Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 2d

“The owners of industrial factory farms don’t want to alert nearby communities about releases of dangerous gases like ammonia and hydrogen sulfide because they don’t want to be held responsible for the brain and lung damage and deaths their emissions can cause,” according to the Center.

Jennifer Molidor @jennifermolidor.bsky.social · 2d

A rule lets livestock facilities not report ammonia & hydrogen sulfide pollution. Industry groups say the data is "of no particular value."
But advocates say this data could help communities hold CAFOs responsible for brain & lung damage caused by these emissions.
capitalpress.com/2025/10/07/a...

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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 2d

EU will not ban Octopus farming or even give them any welfare protection as they are an invertebrate species, Octopuses are sentient capable of experiencing pain and distress.

Farming lead to aggression, injury, and cannibalism among individuals.

www.worldanimalprotection.org/latest/news/...

Octopus farming in Spain raises animal welfare and environmental concerns

The expansion of octopus farming in Spain is facing growing opposition due to serious animal welfare, environmental, and ethical concerns.

www.worldanimalprotection.org

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TrundlelinB @trundlelinb.bsky.social · 1d

#StopFishTrawling 🐟
#StopdeepseaFactoryFishing 🐟🦈🦐
#SaveWhalesSharkDolphins 🐋🦈🐬
##StopShipStrikes 🚢🐋⛴️🐬🛳🦈
#SaveOurSealife 🪸🪼🐚🦑🦐🦞🦀🐙🐟🐋🐬🦈
#StopFishDiscard 🐟🚫
##SaveSeaConservationAreas🪼🪸🐚🦑🐟🦞🦀🦭🐬 #NoTakeZones 🚫🐟
#KeepItInTheGround 🛢💰⛽️💰🪨💰💎💰👑💰
#DavidAttenborough 💔 #BluePlanet 🌎 #Ocean🌊

Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 2d

Fishing industry facing 'economic Armageddon'

Now there is a surprise

Industrial trawlers from Spain and Russia etc scoop vast amounts of fish and suddenly most of the fish are gone and will disappear if they get no chance to breed www.rte.ie/news/2025/10... via @rte

Fishing industry facing 'economic Armageddon'

The Irish fishing industry has warned it is bracing for catastrophic fishing quotas next year that "could collapse the Irish fishing sector and devastate major fishing communities".

www.rte.ie

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Kittycritter @kittycritter.bsky.social · 1d

The EU still manufactures carcinogenic insecticide for export.

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TrundlelinB @trundlelinb.bsky.social · 1d

#StopFactoryFarming 🐄🥛🐖🥓🦃🐔🐣🥚
#stopanimalcruelty 🐮🐷🐗🐑🐭🐰🐔🦊🦃🐥
#BanFarmChemicals 🚱
#savepollinators 🐝🦇🐜🪲🦗🦟
#StopSoilDegridation 🌿🦠🌱🪱🍀🪳
#SaveOurFarmlandWildlife 🦌🐁🐇🐿🦫🦔🦇🦡🐦🕊🦅🦆🦢🦉🪿🐌🦋🐛🐜🐝🪲🐞
#regenerativefarming 🌱🐄🌲🐖🌳🐑🌾🐐🌿🐇☘️🐿🍀🦫🌻🦔🌼🦇🌱🐝🌳🐞🌾🦦🌿🦡☘️🐓🍀🦅🍁🦉
#StopFarmPollution 💩🐮💩🐷💩🐔💩
#ClimateActionNow 🚨🚨🚨

Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 1d

Pesticide Regulation: A public consultation was launched to weaken the pesticide regulation
No 1107/2009, which currently bans carcinogenic and hormone-disrupting pesticides
Currently EU does not even enforce these laws allowing
carcinogenic pesticides
www.pan-europe.info/blog/eu-memb...

EU Member States obstruct ban on harmful Endocrine-Disrupting Pesticides, Commission fails to enforce the law

Despite clear legal obligations under EU law, several Member States continue to delay and obstruct the ban of harmful endocrine-disrupting pesticides. These substances can be dangerous for human healt...

www.pan-europe.info

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Kittycritter @kittycritter.bsky.social · 1d

The unique style being that he's an unpredictable bully? And Israel can't be sure that he won't pull the plug on funding on a whim?

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Kittycritter @kittycritter.bsky.social · 1d

And they keep promoting the bullshit www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

The British “wealth exodus” is a big, fat myth

Rachel Reeves is not responsible for chasing millionaires away from UK PLC.

www.newstatesman.com

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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 1d

‘Baudin’s or bauxite?’ Stark warning black cockatoo won’t survive mining expansion

BirdLife WA calls consequences of Alcoa’s proposals to clear 11,000ha of jarrah forest ‘irreversible and catastrophic’ for endangered bird

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 2d

And, yes, wildlife, we need to stop washing nitrate + phosphate into a river where salmon are perilously close to becoming locally extinct.

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 2d

Jobs working directly on the river - fishing guides, boating, watersports, but also, cafés, pubs, hotels, tourist attractions - many small + medium size businesses depend on a clean river. Their interests need to be considered as well as those of the companies who run intensive farms.

WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 2d

Jubb explains there's always been a balance between farming + river health, but the growing number of intensive chicken farms in the area has tipped that balance so that the river is losing out, fish are losing out, wildlife is losing out, businesses that rely on a thriving river are losing out:

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Kittycritter @kittycritter.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 The Treasury is threatening our national parks. Dartmoor, the Lake District & wild places could be bulldozed for development. Once gone, they're gone for ever. Join me and sign now to protect them: 38d.gs/save-nationa...

Sign the petition: Save our National Parks

🚨 The Treasury is threatening our national parks. Dartmoor, the Lake District & wild places could be bulldozed for development. Once gone, they're gone for ever. Join me and sign now to protect them:

38d.gs

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 1d

Netanyahu is guilty of the October 7 attack just as much as Hamas was for carrying it out, he went a step further and carried out a genocide with the cowards at the UN, White House and EU fully aware and too spineless to rein him in. The victims in Israel & Gaza have one mutual murderer above all.

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Kittycritter @kittycritter.bsky.social · 1d

Our rights are under attack. The ECHR protects us all – but politicians want to rip it apart. Tell your MP: defend our rights, defend the ECHR. ✍️

Kittycritter @kittycritter.bsky.social · 1d

Save Our Red Squirrels: Enforce Protections & Prioritise Habitat in UK Woodlands - Sign the Petition! chng.it/WHLtpRWLtk via @UKChange

Sign the Petition

Save Our Red Squirrels: Enforce Protections & Prioritise Habitat in UK Woodlands

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Kittycritter @kittycritter.bsky.social · 2d

Save Our Red Squirrels: Enforce Protections & Prioritise Habitat in UK Woodlands chng.it/7RyqNs2c via @UKChange

Sign the Petition

Save Our Red Squirrels: Enforce Protections & Prioritise Habitat in UK Woodlands

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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 3d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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