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Mr Emerson @mremerson.bsky.social · 2h

I’m off to a place where no one can reach me — unless they, too, have a library card and a thirst for discovery. Have a great Saturday, friends. 📚

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Peter Timson @peterjohn.bsky.social · 9h

BBC News - Nineteen missing after explosion at Tennessee munitions factory
www.bbc.com/news/article...

19 people missing after blast levels Tennessee explosives facility

"There's nothing to describe, it's gone," says Humphreys County Sheriff Mike Davis, who grew emotional while providing an update about the most devastating incident of his career.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 17h

Corporate income taxes are $77 billion lower than last year, primarily due to the Republican tax cuts for the rich.

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Well, That Was Fast: Trump Tax Law’s New Corporate Breaks are Already Worsening the Deficit

Corporate income taxes for the fiscal year that ended in September are $77 billion lower than in the previous year, a 15 percent drop.

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Peter Timson @peterjohn.bsky.social · 16h

app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/71265/...

What actually happens if we leave the ECHR?

Everything and nothing, is the answer

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Mark Shapiro @mhshapiro2.bsky.social · 17h

🧪 Not good news for #ClimateChange.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/c...

Scientists discovered something alarming seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica | CNN

Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing rate,” raising fears that future global warming predictions may have been und...

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St0ney of Henge @stonehenge.bsky.social · 1d

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CarlyJA22 @carlyja22.bsky.social · 21h

Happy Friday!!

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Peter Timson @peterjohn.bsky.social · 21h

BBC News - Green turtle bounces back from brink in conservation 'win' - BBC News
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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.co.uk

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Peter Timson @peterjohn.bsky.social · 22h

BBC News - Fossil found on Dorset coast is unique 'sword dragon' species
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Fossil found on UK coast is unique 'sword dragon' species

Scientists say the newly discovered species of marine reptile probably met a grisly end.

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Peter Timson @peterjohn.bsky.social · 22h

Hoping too that my other two predictions for this year are equally wrong.

Peter Timson @peterjohn.bsky.social · 22h

So glad my prediction for the Nobel Peace Prize was wrong.

Excellent winner, superb speech by Chairman of Committee & questions nicely deflected.

BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
Nobel Peace Prize 2025 live updates: Venezuelan democracy activist María Corina Machado wins - BBC News

Nobel Peace Prize 2025 live updates: Venezuelan democracy activist María Corina Machado wins

Nominations closed in January but US President Donald Trump had led a public campaign to win the award.

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✨🦋𝓢𝓗𝓔𝓘𝓛𝓐 🦋✨ @sheilaharris.bsky.social · 1d

#ChicagoProtests

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Peter Timson @peterjohn.bsky.social · 1d

BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...
Live updates: Israel approves Trump’s plan for Gaza ceasefire and hostage release - BBC News

Live updates: Israel approves Trump’s plan for Gaza ceasefire and hostage release

A ceasefire was due to come into effect once Israel had given its approval, but eyewitnesses tell the BBC there were strikes on Gaza overnight.

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Derrick ♎ 🟧 🟦#BLM 🏳️‍🌈 @spawn03.bsky.social · 1d

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

No money flowing to USAID and hardly any to PEPFAR despite their duly enacted funding; well north of twenty billion dollars being deployed for other weird hair autocrats. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, treasury secretary confirms

The U.S. Treasury has finalized a financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country’s central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

“The Founders would never believe that it would ever come to pass that one state militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution”

THAT PART!

Thank you, Judge Perry.

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Mr Emerson @mremerson.bsky.social · 1d

The sensible part of me insists on finishing the week properly. The rest of me has already loosened its tie and is humming waltzes. 🎉

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Peter Timson @peterjohn.bsky.social · 1d

It seems to be the Russian way. Life has little value.

Many not "ethnic Russians". It's still an Empire.

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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

WHY is this happening @labouruk.bsky.social ?
Why are you putting shareholders and CEO’s above the health of the population?
You have a huge majority! You are squandering it.
You should be unequivocally backing Clive Lewis’s @labourlewis.bsky.social bill !!

Millions of households face jump in water bills after regulator backs more price rises

Competition watchdog agrees requests from Anglian, Northumbrian, Southern, Wessex and South East to raise household bills

www.theguardian.com

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Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social · 1d

It’s SHAMEFUL to watch US Senators vote NO on the War Powers resolution & give this administration a blank check to bomb whoever the hell they want. The current conduct in the Caribbean is unconstitutional and unacceptable!

Time and time again, these cowards bend the knee.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

This new book by @cartoonkate.bsky.social is a breath-takingly beautiful thing: I'd go so far as to say a work of genius.

It's my privilege to be interviewing her about it at the East Gate Bookshop, Totnes on 23rd October. Please join us if you can:
www.totnespulse.co.uk/product/tick...