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I did not realise this area was in disputed ownership.
Guyana has claimed the resource-rich region of Essequibo. But so has Venezuela. Will a new election ratchet up tensions?
Borders and ballots: Why Essequibo is controversial in Venezuela’s election
Guyana has claimed the resource-rich region of Essequibo. But so has Venezuela. Will a new election ratchet up tensions?
bit.ly
May 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I did not realise this area was in disputed ownership.
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An improvement in freshwater biodiversity in England's rivers in the 1990s and early 2000s was linked to reduced zinc and copper pollution as coal use and heavy industry declined, say researchers.
Read more about a new UKCEH-led study: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/biodiv...
#rivers #WaterQuality 🧪 1/
Read more about a new UKCEH-led study: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/biodiv...
#rivers #WaterQuality 🧪 1/
Biodiversity in England’s rivers improved as metal pollution reduced
An improvement in freshwater biodiversity in England’s rivers was linked to reductions in pollution of zinc and copper, largely due to the decline of coal burning and heavy industry, according to a st...
www.ceh.ac.uk
February 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
An improvement in freshwater biodiversity in England's rivers in the 1990s and early 2000s was linked to reduced zinc and copper pollution as coal use and heavy industry declined, say researchers.
Read more about a new UKCEH-led study: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/biodiv...
#rivers #WaterQuality 🧪 1/
Read more about a new UKCEH-led study: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/biodiv...
#rivers #WaterQuality 🧪 1/
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✨ We have EIGHT amazing summer internships with our National Capability for Global Challenges scheme!
Work with UKCEH scientists on topics like ozone pollution, modelling, satellite imagery, soil health & more.
🔗 Apply by 2 April: www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/...
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Please share widely!
Work with UKCEH scientists on topics like ozone pollution, modelling, satellite imagery, soil health & more.
🔗 Apply by 2 April: www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/...
🧪🧵 1/
Please share widely!
February 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
✨ We have EIGHT amazing summer internships with our National Capability for Global Challenges scheme!
Work with UKCEH scientists on topics like ozone pollution, modelling, satellite imagery, soil health & more.
🔗 Apply by 2 April: www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/...
🧪🧵 1/
Please share widely!
Work with UKCEH scientists on topics like ozone pollution, modelling, satellite imagery, soil health & more.
🔗 Apply by 2 April: www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/...
🧪🧵 1/
Please share widely!
“I was saved by God to make America great again.”
I could totally see God thinking this was legit tactics. Floods, plagues, killing babies, disease, rape. All been done before, so why would installing Trump be out of character?
(Cartoon by Leopold Maurer)
I could totally see God thinking this was legit tactics. Floods, plagues, killing babies, disease, rape. All been done before, so why would installing Trump be out of character?
(Cartoon by Leopold Maurer)
January 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“I was saved by God to make America great again.”
I could totally see God thinking this was legit tactics. Floods, plagues, killing babies, disease, rape. All been done before, so why would installing Trump be out of character?
(Cartoon by Leopold Maurer)
I could totally see God thinking this was legit tactics. Floods, plagues, killing babies, disease, rape. All been done before, so why would installing Trump be out of character?
(Cartoon by Leopold Maurer)
I'm not a fan of religion, but this is a religious person doing a great thing, in the face of real danger
Can you imagine the courage it took to preach this message directly to the president? This is what a follower of Jesus looks like. (Partial transcript below.)
1.21.25 Homily by The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde
YouTube video by Washington National Cathedral
youtu.be
January 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I'm not a fan of religion, but this is a religious person doing a great thing, in the face of real danger
Tried to fight my way out of a fitness slump. 50km ride nearly killed me, when it used to be a 'mid' ride. I like to blame covid, or ageing. It's highly likely it's lack of cycling though 😕
January 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Tried to fight my way out of a fitness slump. 50km ride nearly killed me, when it used to be a 'mid' ride. I like to blame covid, or ageing. It's highly likely it's lack of cycling though 😕
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This week, Meta announced it’s ending its US fact checking partnerships.
In six years, we’ve fact checked 2,596 cases on critical issues like elections and public health. We’re proud to have played a part in ensuring people get access to good information.
In six years, we’ve fact checked 2,596 cases on critical issues like elections and public health. We’re proud to have played a part in ensuring people get access to good information.
How our fact checking work with Meta makes a real-world difference - Full Fact
Full Fact has been a proud contributor to the Third Party Fact Checking initiative. Since January 2019 we’ve checked 2,596 cases of misleading, faked, or potentially harmful posts on Meta platforms.
fullfact.org
January 10, 2025 at 9:46 AM
This week, Meta announced it’s ending its US fact checking partnerships.
In six years, we’ve fact checked 2,596 cases on critical issues like elections and public health. We’re proud to have played a part in ensuring people get access to good information.
In six years, we’ve fact checked 2,596 cases on critical issues like elections and public health. We’re proud to have played a part in ensuring people get access to good information.
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Without trade unions we wouldn’t have
• a minimum wage
• maternity & paternity rights
• pension provision
• holiday & sickness entitlements
victories which have benefited every single person in this country
Join a union👇
www.tuc.org.uk/joinunion
youtu.be/jg0D2yNiqHM?...
• a minimum wage
• maternity & paternity rights
• pension provision
• holiday & sickness entitlements
victories which have benefited every single person in this country
Join a union👇
www.tuc.org.uk/joinunion
youtu.be/jg0D2yNiqHM?...
Let’s make Jacob’s day and join a union today
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
January 10, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Without trade unions we wouldn’t have
• a minimum wage
• maternity & paternity rights
• pension provision
• holiday & sickness entitlements
victories which have benefited every single person in this country
Join a union👇
www.tuc.org.uk/joinunion
youtu.be/jg0D2yNiqHM?...
• a minimum wage
• maternity & paternity rights
• pension provision
• holiday & sickness entitlements
victories which have benefited every single person in this country
Join a union👇
www.tuc.org.uk/joinunion
youtu.be/jg0D2yNiqHM?...
Does anyone else find the 'top of the page' button, or whatever it is known as, really irritating? I'm constantly hitting it by mistake.
January 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Does anyone else find the 'top of the page' button, or whatever it is known as, really irritating? I'm constantly hitting it by mistake.
The Martian Chronicles.
It's hard to fairly review Sci-fi that was written nearly 75 years ago. It slowly built into a set of interconnected stories exploring social issues through the lens of colonising Mars. The anachronisms were charming rather than annoying. www.goodreads.com/book/show/57...
It's hard to fairly review Sci-fi that was written nearly 75 years ago. It slowly built into a set of interconnected stories exploring social issues through the lens of colonising Mars. The anachronisms were charming rather than annoying. www.goodreads.com/book/show/57...
The Martian Chronicles
Bradbury's Mars is a place of hope, dreams and metaphor…
www.goodreads.com
January 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The Martian Chronicles.
It's hard to fairly review Sci-fi that was written nearly 75 years ago. It slowly built into a set of interconnected stories exploring social issues through the lens of colonising Mars. The anachronisms were charming rather than annoying. www.goodreads.com/book/show/57...
It's hard to fairly review Sci-fi that was written nearly 75 years ago. It slowly built into a set of interconnected stories exploring social issues through the lens of colonising Mars. The anachronisms were charming rather than annoying. www.goodreads.com/book/show/57...
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anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui... Cartoonist Ann Telnaes is quitting the Washington Post because the paper killed her cartoon about billionaires in tech and media kowtowing to Trump. Sadly, the Jeff Bezos-owned Post proved her point.
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui... Cartoonist Ann Telnaes is quitting the Washington Post because the paper killed her cartoon about billionaires in tech and media kowtowing to Trump. Sadly, the Jeff Bezos-owned Post proved her point.
Yesterday, I repaired my hat, my hoody and my cycling top from various seam failures. Feeling virtuous and wholesome.
Actually, the cycling top had torn when a tree-branch tried to take it off me as I rode past. Suffolk's trails can be narrow and overgrown
Actually, the cycling top had torn when a tree-branch tried to take it off me as I rode past. Suffolk's trails can be narrow and overgrown
January 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Yesterday, I repaired my hat, my hoody and my cycling top from various seam failures. Feeling virtuous and wholesome.
Actually, the cycling top had torn when a tree-branch tried to take it off me as I rode past. Suffolk's trails can be narrow and overgrown
Actually, the cycling top had torn when a tree-branch tried to take it off me as I rode past. Suffolk's trails can be narrow and overgrown
I have never donated to Wikipedia before, but now it seems more important. For some unknown reason. Definitely not related to Melon Rusk.
December 26, 2024 at 6:18 PM
I have never donated to Wikipedia before, but now it seems more important. For some unknown reason. Definitely not related to Melon Rusk.
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
December 14, 2024 at 1:14 PM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
Had a great road/off road ride on Sunday. The weather was not cold, but grey and misty. Perfect autumn mtb/gravel weather #gravelriding #mtb
December 4, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Had a great road/off road ride on Sunday. The weather was not cold, but grey and misty. Perfect autumn mtb/gravel weather #gravelriding #mtb
I think a time machine landed in my garage, or possibly a demon was summoned?
December 3, 2024 at 8:42 AM
I think a time machine landed in my garage, or possibly a demon was summoned?