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Mike Benson @mbensonster.bsky.social · 5m

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Andy Zahn @andyzahn.bsky.social · 1h

Far too often, scrub/brush is treated as a nuisance, hazard, or eyesore, when in fact it is vital habitat and a key component of natural succession.

Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 1h

For years, this was part of a path through the land, but it's now an impenetrable tangle of gorse and young trees.

As the trees grow, the gorse and other vegetation will be shaded out, and I'll be able to pass again, but through *rainforest*.

Scrub is how natural forest ecosystems form.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 20m

absolute legends

Jonas Algers @jonasalgers.bsky.social · 36m

Norway are facing Israel in the Football World Cup qualifiers today

The Oslo Tram Driver’s Union will be striking on the tram lines to the stadium in solidarity with the people of Palestine

www.nrk.no/stor-oslo/va...

Varsler kollektiv-streik i Oslo før Norge-Israel

Oslo Sporveiers Arbeiderforening varsler streik 11. oktober, samme dag som Israel og Norge spiller landskamp i fotball på Ullevaal Stadion. Hensikten er å vise støtte til Palestina. Én time før kampst...

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 9h

You’ll never guess who is in charge of the Homeland Security Council….

(Miller. It’s Stephen Miller.)

Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 11h

NEW: A senior ICE official testified today the WH Homeland Security Council — and not the State Department — informed him Uganda was the deportation target for Abrego Garcia.

DOJ then asserted presidential privilege over any other details about the call. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

DOJ asserts presidential privilege over details about how Uganda was selected in Abrego Garcia deportation case

A senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official said third-country designations are typically made by the State Department.

www.wusa9.com

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 15m

Death cult does it's thing.
#Trump #US #renewables #climate
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump officials cancel major solar project in latest hit to renewable energy

Esmeralda 7 in Nevada would have produced enough energy to power 2m homes

www.theguardian.com

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The Lever @levernews.com · 25m

After cracks were found in Boeing 737s, the FAA proposed tougher inspections.

The airline lobby — led by Trump-aligned officials — is fighting to weaken the rule.

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Graham Caswell @grahamcaswell.bsky.social · 6h

We killed them all. Every last one of them. And now they will never be again.

They lived their Curlew lives, migrated, cared for their young, and had every right to be here - as much as ourselves. And they did us no harm.

And we killed them all.

International Wader Study Group @waderstudy.bsky.social · 10h

Today IUCN has officially declared the Slender-billed Curlew extinct, marking the first known global extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species whose range included mainland Europe, North Africa, and West Asia.

Read more here ⬇️
www.unep-aewa.org/fr/node/6632

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 47m

80% SNP voters in the 2024 General Election say climate and the environment important to them in determining how to vote
www.thenational.scot/news/2553465...

SNP and Labour warned that ditching eco policies will cost them votes

THE SNP and Labour have been warned that abandoning environmentally-friendly policies will lose them votes according to new polling.

www.thenational.scot

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 45m

One of #China’s largest #wind turbine makers has announced plans to invest up to £1.5bn in a new factory in #Scotland.
www.ft.com/content/7f01...

China’s Ming Yang to invest up to £1.5bn in Scottish turbine factory

Company says the project is subject to ‘final approvals’ from the UK government

www.ft.com

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 44m

Base Power hauls in $1B for mass deployment of huge home batteries.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/bat...

Base Power hauls in $1B for mass deployment of huge home batteries

It’s a standout fundraise for the current cleantech market. The Texas startup will use the money to beef up manufacturing and install batteries even…

www.canarymedia.com

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 41m

Berlin 1935

New York 2025

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'They treated us like animals' - Inside the epicentre of deportations in New York City

Chaotic scenes have become routine in a federal immigration court in Manhattan.

www.bbc.co.uk

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LQSomos @lqsomos.bsky.social · 39m

50 años: 27 de septiembre (1975 – 2025) loquesomos.es/50-anos-27-d... #50AñosDeImpunidad #27SResistenciaAntifranquista #AlAlba
#27DeSeptiembre #VientosDeDignidad #27sep75

50 años: 27 de septiembre (1975 - 2025) - LoQueSomos

Luis Vera Sánchez-Bravo, 50 años, 27 de septiembre (1975 - 2025), Últimos fusilamientos de la dictadura, José Luis Sánchez-Bravo Solla,

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Mike Benson @mbensonster.bsky.social · 31m

anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

I Am An AI Hater

I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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Carlos Rittl @carlosrittl.bsky.social · 1h

www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-h...

In a new study, we identified 78 climate laws and legally binding decrees across 16 Caribbean states, as well as two constitutional references to climate change and a growing recognition of the right to a healthy environment.

Guest post: How Caribbean states are shifting climate legislation - Carbon Brief

Caribbean countries are taking matters into their own hands by enacting more robust legislation to help protect against climate risks

www.carbonbrief.org

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WillieMillersMoustache @williemillersm1.bsky.social · 1h

Don't bother reading this as you can rest assured the bsstard will face absolutely no consequences at all. As usual.

Joke country.

Henry Dyer @direthoughts.com · 13h

Johnson refused to answer specific questions or to provide factual denials to allegations of rule-breaking, while insisting all the rules had been followed at all times. His responses led Acoba’s chair, Isabel Doverty, to find him in breach of the rules.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian

www.theguardian.com

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VilaWeb @vilaweb.cat · 59m

‼️ El cas insòlit de Joel Muñoz

🔶Amnistiat i amenaçat amb 115 anys de presó pels mateixos fets

El cas insòlit de Joel Muñoz: Amnistiat i amenaçat amb 115 anys de presó pels mateixos fets

El represaliat pel Primer d’Octubre amb una amenaça de càstig més gran, el jove informàtic Joel Muñoz, encara no pot respirar amb tranquil·litat. Ni tan sols ara que, després d’un calvari judicial de molts mesos, ha vist com el Tribunal Superior de Justícia de Catalunya (TSJC) finalment l’amnistiava. Durant molts anys, ha pesat damunt seu […]

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 57m

Environmental activists from across Wales – including several from Pembrokeshire – joined forces with Climate Camp Cymru this summer to support the No #Nuclear Llynfi campaign.
pembrokeshire-herald.com/124146/campa...

Campaigners warn of ‘dangerous experiment’ as nuclear plans face backlash

Climate Camp Cymru supports Llynfi Valley protest against small modular reactors – campaigners urge Pembrokeshire to stay alert ENVIRONMENTAL activists from across Wales – including several from Pembr...

pembrokeshire-herald.com

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10h

We have truly not yet figured out how to cope with a person or institution that is "aware" of climate change, "accepts the science", but then decides to continue actively worsening it anyway

We don't even have a word or a phrase for this!

theconversation.com/mark-carneys...

Mark Carney’s climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate change’s existential threat

Climate action no longer seems to be a priority for Prime Minister Mark Carney, despite his previous activism. This is bad news for Canadians and the climate.

theconversation.com

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 2h

US citizen detained and held at ICE building in Portland for hours before release, lawyer says.

A lawyer in Portland, Oregon, says he is representing a U.S. citizen who was detained and held at the city's U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement building for hours before being released.

US citizen detained and held at ICE building in Portland for hours before release, lawyer says

A lawyer in Portland, Oregon, says he is representing a U.S. citizen who was detained and held at the city's U.S.

apnews.com

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 53m

'#Scotland #nuclear facilities, civilian and military, are leaking.'
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...

Pat Kane: Boldness is needed to take on toxicity of nuclear power

Scotland's nuclear facilities, civilian and military, are leaking. Is this an occasional hazard to bear, as we resolutely defend and power…

www.thenational.scot

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 7h

Benny Johnson is a well known plagiarist, grifter, & Christian nationalist who was being paid by Russia - to the tune of well over a $100,000 a month - to push Russian propaganda on the American people - the perfect bio for a MAGA influencer. We no longer have a Justice Department.👇

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Nurse RoRo @nurseroro.bsky.social · 3h

Dear WH Press Corp
You should be ashamed of yourself.
Start demanding answers. Portland isn’t on fire. Chicago isn’t at war. Seattle isn’t thanking him.
ANTIFA isn’t assaulting ICE agents
Hold him accountable for the lies.
Refuse to ask anything else until he answers these.
Demand the proof

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diarilaveu.cat @diarilaveu.bsky.social · 1h

Cedir
Per Alfons Sánchez
www.diarilaveu.cat/opinio/cedir...

Cedir

www.diarilaveu.cat

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diarilaveu.cat @diarilaveu.bsky.social · 1h

El dia que l’artista Josep Renau va morir a Berlín, el 1982
www.diarilaveu.cat/cultura/tal-...

Aquestes són les etapes claus de Josep Renau, el geni del cartellisme de la Guerra Civil

El dia que l’artista Josep Renau va morir a Berlín, el 1982

www.diarilaveu.cat

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