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Nature Regeneration, Equity, LivingWage, Redistribution, UBI, Upcycle♻️ Share, Inspire, Grow > People, Planet🌎, Prosperity. Biz Human Rights, Enviro. SupplyESChange. 11yrs in China, Jp, Asia London Cornwall Aotearoa: Sea, Surf, Cycle.Was Councilr

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KateAL @katieal.bsky.social · Jul 21

Maybe 100,000s are starving in Palestine, and it's not enough, but didn't feel right to do nothing (and yes hostages must be freed).
Had a go at 5 things we can maybe do to take action for #palestine and #gaza
Do what we can. Save lives.
causingchangeopenletterstomp.wordpress.com/2025/07/21/w...

What can You Do for Palestinians in Gaza

Felt super sad today knowing 10,000s, 100,000s, perhaps 2 million Palestinian people are starving in Gaza (21 June 2025). So, it’s not enough, but I’ve written (below) this 5 things you…

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 2h

Got a recent Pulitzer for warning on the spread of autocracy around the globe, after decades of service to the paper? You can bet your butt you're getting laid off by form email, on Yom Kippur

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 7h

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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Matthew Shirts @matthewshirts.bsky.social · 1h

Cool 😎 stuff from Texas

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2h

The historically volatile Texas grid was entirely stable this summer, despite extreme temperatures. Grid operators never once had to ask Texans to conserve energy or shut off their air conditioners.

Why? Solar & batteries. Want a stable grid? Try solar & batteries.

Solar and batteries had a record-setting, grid-stabilizing summer in…

Solar has set 17 power generation records in Texas so far this year, shoring up the grid alongside batteries as some gas plant developers step back.

www.canarymedia.com

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 8h

More propaganda with painfully normal people zip-tied at the side of the road please, this will for sure convince the American people that you're the good guys

Homeland Security @DHSgov

We're having an All Night Revival

Still frame from a video: Painfully normal people zip tied on the side of the road, sitting on a guardrail in a row

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2h

Solar and batteries had a record-setting, grid-stabilizing summer in…

Solar has set 17 power generation records in Texas so far this year, shoring up the grid alongside batteries as some gas plant developers step back.

www.canarymedia.com

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KateAL @katieal.bsky.social · 13h

I lived in a studio flat not much bigger than that size a few years and it was absolutely fine (tbf mine had big windows, but still).
I was out a lot travelling, sports, work, friends.

Half of HongKong have lived in not much more than that for decades

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KateAL @katieal.bsky.social · 13h

Climate chaos impacts are varied. Also as the west need to pay fairer prices for our clothes so that the Bangladeshi people making them can afford to build and live in decent, safer, housing.

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 13h

Snakebite surge as Bangladesh hit by record rains.

Bangladesh has seen nearly 15,000 snakebite admissions this year, with 84 deaths reported so far

u.afp.com/SmdX

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Mark Brown @markoneinfour.bsky.social · 1d

Just realised that in the UK we could just give everyone in the country a bicycle and a smartphone if we wanted to. Just one day, everyone gets a smartphone and a bicycle. No questions asked, here's your bike and your phone.

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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 2d

"Overall, the pattern was clear: most people – and most MPs – don’t grasp the urgency of the situation (...).
To close the gap between science and politics, communications must be sharper."

The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 2d

New study finds both MPs and the public underestimate how quickly global emissions must be cut.

We surveyed British MPs – most don’t know how urgent climate action is

New study finds both MPs and the public underestimate how quickly global emissions must be cut.

tcnv.link

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KateAL @katieal.bsky.social · 1d

Great Qn "Critics say the proposed NFF underestmts childhood deprivation...by disregarding housing costs, & warn that some ..metrics it use(s)– such as parental qualifictns, natl census survey responses on children’s health, & the no..children receiving free school meals – are unreliable indicators"

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 1d

"I find it incomprehensible that anyone could look at the cost pressures and complex needs facing London boroughs and decide that their children’s services are overprovided or overgenerous," said former Labour shadow minister @queensparkkaren.bsky.social

www.politicshome.com/news/article...

London Councils Face Losing Half Their Share Of Children's Services Funding

Some of London’s poorest areas could see their share of funding for children’s services halved under Labour’s plans to reform local government gran...

www.politicshome.com

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Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social · 1d

Hamas killed 1200 Israelis on Oct 7. Since then, Israel has killed 60,000+ Palestinians in Gaza, over 20,000 of whom are children (acc to the NGO Save the Children last month) in what the vast majority of experts on genocide have concluded is a genocide.

The killing must end.

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KateAL @katieal.bsky.social · 1d

On later reading, sounds like this is some poor comms from Labour again, where most are not actually “new” towns, but rather investment in house building in existing town.
So housing regeneration in towns needing it?

KateAL @katieal.bsky.social · 1d

??? Why?

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Two years after 7 October and the kidnap of my parents, hate is in fashion. For all our sakes, we need compassion | Sharone Lifschitz

So many were killed – yet on her release, my mother said ‘shalom’ to her captors. Let’s learn from that moment of grace, says Sharone Lifschitz, London-based film-maker and academic

www.theguardian.com

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KateAL @katieal.bsky.social · 1d

Gisèle we support you.
You are so brave.
ThankYou for saying No. women deserve better.

Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 1d

#BBCNews - Gisèle #Pelicot faces one of her rapists in court again as French women fear nothing has changed
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#GiselePelicot

Gisèle Pelicot faces one of her rapists in court again

Gisèle Pelicot's dominant stance was seen as a moment in France's MeToo movement but the enthusiasm appears to be wilting.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

3 MAGA extremists have re-intro'd a bill that allows South Carolina to execute women who receive an abortion. If you haven't heard about S 323, it's because corporate media has completely ignored it.

Here's the overview, the sponsors, & how to fight back:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/s-carolina...

S. Carolina RE-Intros Bill To Kill Women For Getting An Abortion

Here's what's in the bill, why it is so dangerous, and the meaningful steps you can take to fight back, support women's health, and help block this bill from becoming law

www.qasimrashid.com

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KateAL @katieal.bsky.social · 1d

Giving a hungry Man a gun and power sounds dangerous

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AtticusLab @atticuslab.bsky.social · 4d

It's not

"Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared." Excerpt from Diary of Anne Frank.

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CNN @cnn.com · 4d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

www.cnn.com

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Tim L 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇧🇨🇦 @tim0.bsky.social · 2d

🅱latant 🅱ias 🅲orporation 🤬

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RB @rbisrb.bsky.social · 4d

Absolutely...

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KateAL @katieal.bsky.social · 2d

You are what you leave

KateAL @katieal.bsky.social · 2d

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KateAL @katieal.bsky.social · 2d

Has anyone tried farming zebra instead? Aren’t cows non native to many parts of Africa anyway?

KateAL @katieal.bsky.social · 2d

Someone in my life really needs that message (the post spaceship bit),
if anyone can please point me to how to share the clip to people not on Bluesky.
Thanks 🙏