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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · May 5

A Comment article in Nature highlights the early results from a large multinational survey to gain insights into what makes people happy, secure and hopeful and calls on governments around the world to step up and do more. 🧪

Why we need to measure people’s well-being — lessons from a global survey

Greater insights into what makes people happy, secure and hopeful will make for a better world.

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dominiondem.bsky.social @dominiondem.bsky.social · Apr 24

1. It's not just the UK. It's effecting every nation on planet earth.

2. This is the dire consequences by having a sociopathic moron having the position of being the most powerful person on planet earth.

3. It's like selecting the devil to be the next Pope! What could happen?

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Jenny Jones @greenjennyjones.bsky.social · Apr 24

Have a hen!

NationCymru @nation.cymru · Apr 24

A charity which aims to rehome ex-laying hens to avoid them going to slaughter is hoping to find homes for hundreds of chickens at their next Welsh drop-offs this May

Homes wanted across Wales for hundreds of hens saved from slaughter

Stephen Price A charity which aims to rehome ex-laying hens to avoid them going to slaughter is hoping to find homes for hundreds of chickens at their next Welsh drop-offs this May. Commercial hens st...

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Richard Nicholls @richardnicholls.net · Apr 18

Day 108 of #365DaysOfSmiles
Coaxing out some curious bunnies

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gunderson4.bsky.social @gunderson4.bsky.social · Apr 3

A reminder that the Germans hiding Jews were breaking the law, and the Nazis murdering them were following it

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Red Lori Bright Eyes Pissed Off American @redloribrighteyes.bsky.social · Apr 3

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Red Lori Bright Eyes Pissed Off American @redloribrighteyes.bsky.social · Apr 3

80 year old skin bruises at the slightest touch

80 year old bones break at the least pressure

80 year old moral fiber and fortitude is greater than in the healthy, vibrant bodies of all those fucking monsters that dragged her out

Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · Apr 3

Trump regime security forces attacked and abducted an 80 year old woman, Lynne McFarland for standing her ground against a bill that would deny education to immigrant children. The US falls deeper into fascism. #3E

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First Class Smarty Pants @elizabethhcons1.bsky.social · Apr 3

🇨🇦 Canadian here. Remember that scene in The Colour Purple when Cecilia grabbed a fork to Misters throat & said: “Until u do right by me, everything u touch is gonna fail.” Then she cursed him.

This will b the same fate 4 trump & all his minions.

Keep the faith. ✊

a man in a suit is sitting under a tree with his arms outstretched and a woman standing behind him .

ALT: a man in a suit is sitting under a tree with his arms outstretched and a woman standing behind him .

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Christine Arnold @clivesinthewoods.bsky.social · Apr 3

When an 80-year-old woman has more courage than elected officials and law enforcement officers, that's saying a lot about the surreal world in which we are right now.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · Apr 3

Trump regime security forces attacked and abducted an 80 year old woman, Lynne McFarland for standing her ground against a bill that would deny education to immigrant children. The US falls deeper into fascism. #3E

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · Apr 3

The US should be embarrassed that elders are having to protest. A nation that can no longer protect the most vulnerable is no longer a nation but a collection of savages.

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Tina Leonard 🧡💙 @leonard3tina.bsky.social · Apr 3

Many thanks to the strong Green contingent who came to suppport our Meeting For Worship

@greenjennyjones.bsky.social @carladenyer.bsky.social @rupertread.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social

And to other MPs supporting us at a distance including
@laylamoran.bsky.social @luketaylorld.bsky.social

Tina Leonard 🧡💙 @leonard3tina.bsky.social · Apr 3

Capturing the atmosphere of peace & love of the Quaker Meeting for Worship held outside New Scotland Yard from 12-1pm today.
💚🕯️💚🕯️💚🕯️
Meeting violence with love, ‘power over’ with ‘power of the people’
Next stop: the Houses of Parliament
Democracy & protest must not be criminalised

@quaker.org.uk

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Reuters @reuters.com · Mar 18

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she is signing a decree to strengthen the commission responsible for helping to search for missing persons and will send further reforms to Congress, following the discovery of a mass grave last week reut.rs/3Rg14ji

Mexican president pledges stronger missing persons efforts after mass grave found

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday she is signing a decree to strengthen the commission responsible for helping to search for missing persons and will send further reforms to Congress, following the discovery of a mass grave last week.

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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · Mar 12

George’s Dock remaining on the long finger, the council working up new plans for Mountjoy Square, and the construction of 145 social and cost-rental homes in Cabra were among the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at their Central Area Committee. dublininquirer.com/2...

Council Briefs: George’s Dock still on the long finger, council working up new plans for Mountjoy Square, and more - Dublin Inquirer

These were some of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at a recent meeting of their Central Area Committee.

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Sky News @news.sky.com · Mar 12

'Stop that crap': Trump adviser Peter Navarro reacts to Sky News reporter's question over tariffs

Donald Trump's senior trade adviser has told a Sky News reporter to "stop that crap" while facing questions over the US president's tariffs policy.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · Mar 12

People who consumed 200 to 300 milligrams of caffeine a day were less likely to develop coronary heart disease, Type 2 diabetes or stroke.

Drinking this much coffee a day is linked to a lower risk of several diseases

People who consumed 200 to 300 milligrams of caffeine a day were less likely to develop coronary heart disease, Type 2 diabetes or stroke.

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HuffPost UK @huffpost.co.uk · Mar 12

Another day, another woman being made to feel rubbish for putting herself first.

Frankie Bridge Responds To Bizarre Backlash Over Her Kid-Free Holiday

Another day, another woman being made to feel rubbish for putting herself first.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Mar 12

When a passenger on a flight to Miami started yelling and shaking, flight attendants thought he was having a seizure. But it turned out the man was struggling with a demonic spirit he thought had invaded the cabin — and, at one point, began swallowing rosary beads to ward that spirit off.

Unruly Passenger Swallows Rosary Beads on American Airlines Flight

The man also kicked a flight attendant, an arrest affidavit said. He and his sister said they were traveling to Haiti to escape “religious attacks of a spiritual nature.”

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · Mar 12

From TB to HIV/AIDS to cancer, disease tracking has always had a political dimension.
As federal datasets disappear from view, scholars explain why it is important to collect and maintain this information.
#publichealth #episky 🧪🩺

From TB to HIV/AIDS to cancer, disease tracking has always had a political dimension, but it’s the foundation of public health

Without public health surveillance, officials trying to tackle outbreaks, identify threats and evaluate treatments are working ‘in the darkness of ignorance.’

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · Mar 12

That’s de Adder 's Take:

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · Mar 7

As Musk was busy blowing up Space X rockets, Europe's new rocket Ariane 6 successfully carried out its first commercial mission, placing a French military satellite into orbit and confirming the continent's independent access to space and further cutting reliance on US systems. #StandWithUkraine

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Richard Nicholls @richardnicholls.net · Mar 7

Happy Friday!

#FeelGoodFriday
#FridayFeeling

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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · Mar 7

“The signs right now are the economy is slowing down… maybe now is not the best time to be brandishing tariffs.”

Stephen Moore, ex-Trump Economic Advisor, questions the decision by the President to impose tariffs when “we’ve got other problems on the plate”.

#Newsnight

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · Mar 7

Good job, Elon 🙄

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · Mar 7

This ⬇️

Few people know 230 as well as Mike

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · Mar 6

Democracy is burning, and we need sites like Bluesky more than ever. And Senator Durbin wants to repeal 230, which would massively stifle the ability of sites like Bluesky to exist, while massively empowering X and Meta.

Why?

It seems that someone in his office doesn't understand 230.

Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · Mar 6

It’s time to repeal Section 230. We must be able to take social media companies to court for addicting kids and enabling drug trafficking on their platforms.

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David Galloway @davidgalloway315.bsky.social · Mar 7

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