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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 5d

According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150K trees have been planted & 45ha of parks created in the already hot city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to & manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050.

Just the start.

Common sense.

Paris before and after street transformation

New urban forest planted in front of Paris City Hall

A Paris “School Street” where cars are removed and people space/tree planting are added

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Aliza Adi (she/her) @alizaadi.bsky.social · 3d

From Christian Concern and Sex Matters to the LGB Alliance, UK anti-Trans+ groups share ideological and strategic links with US organisations like ADF and the Heritage Foundation

What’s unfolding is a coordinated global effort to erode individual freedom, crush liberation, and control our bodies

Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom "deceived" the Supreme Court + "profoundly misrepresented" LGBTQ+ research, according to scholars cited by ADF.

Quoted experts speak out about ADF's "distortions" + "false evidence" in major case, on deck tomorrow, to revive "conversion therapy"

Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say

Exclusive: Experts say Alliance Defending Freedom, arguing to revive conversion therapy, ‘profoundly misrepresented’ their work in case threatening trans and queer youth

www.theguardian.com

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 3d

For every €1 provided through a Basic Income For Artists pilot program in Ireland, the government got €1.46 back. So it’s being made permanent.

Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.

We can’t afford to NOT do it.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 3d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Anas Basil 🍉 @annas-basil4.bsky.social · 4d

@simonzev.bsky.social
Our lives are written now not in notebooks but in rubble, in hunger, in exile. We were children who dreamed of professions, of futures. Today we are only survivors of a war that never ends, praying not to be forgotten. please help me save my family from this war 🙏🏻💔

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Simon Kendler @simonzev.bsky.social · 5d

An apt metaphor for the #Flotilla

Israel have used piracy to defend their #GazaGenocide

It’s unacceptable, it must be called out & they must release those they’ve kidnapped. Their treatment of them is abhorrent and an affront to international law

#Gaza #Palestine 🇵🇸

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Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 6d

My friend, the activist Ewa Jasiewicz was onboard the Gaza Peace Flotilla and is now in Israeli detention, we're asking the UK government to use its influence to guarantee her safe return.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...

British woman on Gaza flotilla captured by Israel calls on UK government to intervene

Ewa Jasiewicz, a British-Polish activist and journalist, was on board the 2010 Gaza aid flotilla in which nine activists were killed. After being captured while sailing to Gaza for a second time, she ...

www.independent.co.uk

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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 7d

A constituent's son, part of the flotilla, has been detained by the Israeli navy.

I have written to the Foreign Secretary to ask how the Govt is supporting those detained, who bravely risked everything to oppose the collective punishment of Gazans and this illegal blockade.

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Simon Kendler @simonzev.bsky.social · 8d

A senseless, disgusting & unfathomable incident.

The 🇬🇧 Headline Bot @uk-headlines.bsky.social · 8d

📰 The Independent
Two dead and suspect shot after 'appalling' attack at Manchester synagogue

⟶ The Independent | headline in context

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Simon Kendler @simonzev.bsky.social · 8d

Forza ✊

Reuters @reuters.com · 8d

Italian unions have called a general strike for October 2 in solidarity with the flotilla. Protests sprang up in a number of cities late on October 1 after reports that the ships had been intercepted by military personnel reut.rs/4gNI4oa

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Reuters @reuters.com · 8d

Israeli forces stopped 14 boats carrying foreign activists and aid bound for Gaza, flotilla organizers said, but 23 boats are continuing to sail towards the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave, according to the flotilla's tracking system reut.rs/487C9bv

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Simon Kendler @simonzev.bsky.social · 8d

Oh look, a policy worked…

NO2 has reduced to the legal limit for the 1st time ever, something that wasn’t seen as feasible as little as 6 years ago.

bbc.in/4o4ymAx

#ULEZ #Pollution #CleanerAir

London Ulez reduced nitrogen dioxide to legal limit, mayor says

The mayor of London says the fall in airborne toxins is due to the Ultra low emission zone expansion.

bbc.in

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Simon Kendler @simonzev.bsky.social · 13d

Happy birthday to trains!

Who would’ve thought, 200 years on, that this fine contraption could help me run an errand, on a dual-electric mode sleek urban train that goes underground & overground.

Here’s to the next 200, we’re gonna need more trains… 🎂2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ 🛤️ 🚂 #Railway200

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Public Interest Law Centre @pilc-campaigns.bsky.social · 13d

🚨URGENT🚨
We’ve sent a letter to the Foreign Office, Yvette Cooper & MPs' Will Stone and Tonia Antoniazzi to act now to protect British nationals/their constituents on the Gaza flotilla

@yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social @willstonemp.bsky.social @neilduncanjordan.bsky.social @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social

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Simon Kendler @simonzev.bsky.social · Sep 5

We wish…

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Simon Kendler @simonzev.bsky.social · Sep 4

This was preceded by a slightly late running #GBRf 4M24 London Gateway to East Midlands Gateway service

#RailFreight #FreightIsGreat #WCML

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Simon Kendler @simonzev.bsky.social · Sep 4

So that’s what’s at the end of the rainbow… 🌈 🚆 🛤️

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Simon Kendler @simonzev.bsky.social · Aug 23

@lner.co.uk doing the heavy lifting shifting thousands of people today on all sorts of journeys, including ours to family in Durham. Good smooth journey, uneventful, just how it should be #TrainTravel #BankHoliday

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Simon Kendler @simonzev.bsky.social · Aug 3

A huge thank you to all who worked so hard to make this happen. I know my team have been very involved in making this happen so well done to all. ❤️ 🛤️

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Simon Kendler @simonzev.bsky.social · Aug 3

It’s hard to sum up how good it was. Sorry I can’t be there today but this event has been amazing. Yes the range of trains/events was amazing but the best bit for me was the people, all brought together & great to see some familiar faces! Thanks to #DCRail for hosting us!

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Simon Kendler @simonzev.bsky.social · Jul 18

A very nice day using #VolunteerLeave to host guests onto the #Railway200 #InspirationTrain also featuring some lovely #GBRailfreight locomotives, @clanline35028.bsky.social & a whole bit about careers including on being a #FreightManager

#Rail200 #FreightIsGreat

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Simon Kendler @simonzev.bsky.social · Jul 17

In short they will be the most powerful locomotive on the network (on electric) and have that combined with a punchy bi-mode capability that with clever traction technology can bridge gaps between wired sections bringing cleaner, greener & faster capability for rail freight.

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Simon Kendler @simonzev.bsky.social · Jul 17

A bonus clip of 001 moving under its own power on a mini demonstration.

The potential of these locos is immense!

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Simon Kendler @simonzev.bsky.social · Jul 17

A brilliant afternoon thanks to #GBRailfreight with the launch of the Class 99, a very exciting prospect for the future rail and freight

#RailFreight #GBRf #Class99

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · Jun 2

Israeli settlers kidnap, attack Palestinian-American brothers in West Bank village - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-kidnap-attack-palestinian-american-brothers-west-bank

Israeli settlers kidnap, attack Palestinian-American brothers in West Bank village

<article data-history-node-id="423342" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-kidnap-attack-palestinian-american-brothers-west-bank" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-kidnap-attack-palestinian-american-brothers-west-bank" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli settlers kidnap, attack Palestinian-American brothers in West Bank village</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli settlers kidnapped and tortured two Palestinian-American brothers from the village of Burqa near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa official Palestinian news agency reports.</p> <p>Ghassan and Imad Jaber were visiting relatives in al-Mughayyir village when the Israeli settlers started assaulting them, al-Mughayyir mayor Sayel Canaan told Arabic media. The brothers were later released and evacuated to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Palestinian-American Ghassan Jaber and his brother Imad were kidnapped by Israeli settlers in the village of Burqa and brutally tortured before being released and rushed to the hospital.<br> <br> In this photo, Ghassan lies on a stretcher, holding his American passport in his hand. <a href="https://t.co/Wgb4DRdYDL">pic.twitter.com/Wgb4DRdYDL</a></p> — Ihab Hassan (@IhabHassane) <a href="https://twitter.com/IhabHassane/status/1929316908282646619?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · Jun 1

At least 31 people were killed and more than 150 injured today when civilians traveling to an aid distribution center in Gaza were fired upon, according to media reports citing local health authorities and witnesses.

Dozens of Palestinians killed en route to aid hub, health authorities claim

Israel refutes the claims, which come amid broader criticism of aid distribution efforts backed by Israel and the U.S.

www.politico.eu

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