Mike Benson
@mbensonster.bsky.social
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Retired rancher, psychologist, happy to be living in Catalonia and making pipes.
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rahmstorf.bsky.social
Great interview of climate scientist Mike Mann and virologist Peter Hotez on the war on science by special interest groups. My colleague Mann endured vicious attacks after his pioneering (and solidly confirmed) ‘hockey stick’ curve of #globalwarming.

www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Authors of 'Science Under Siege' warn of concerted effort to discredit science
From its embrace of dubious research about autism, its skepticism over vaccines and its wholesale rejection of the consensus about climate change, the Trump administration has set off alarm bells with...
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50501movement.bsky.social
YES! MORE OF THIS! Thank you Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold from Oregon’s National Guard 🙏

Source: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

#Oregon #Portland #50501Movement
@WinterPolitics1
The Oregon national guard general says if the Oregon National guard were to be deployed they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters not ICE.

And a photo of the Oregon National Guard General
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nmwilkinson.bsky.social
That's a big hit to the UK. So what is the upside, why would we do this? Is it just submission to Trump, cos like...
andrewgregory.com
Ministers are preparing to raise the amount the NHS pays pharmaceutical firms for medicines by up to 25% after weeks of intensive talks with the Donald Trump administration and drugmakers.
NHS could pay 25% more for medicines under plan to end row with drugmakers and Trump
UK ministers preparing to raise payments to end standoff with pharma industry, cited as reason for firms axing British investments
www.theguardian.com
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drandrewboswell.bsky.social
🚨 A vital new report 🚨

Clear evidence of how the UK Govt has been CAPTURED by O&G interests

Time for MPs to challenge this in Parliament
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copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
🌡️ The September 2025 #C3S Climate Bulletin reports the third-warmest September globally, with an average surface air temperature of 16.11°C — 1.47°C above estimated pre-industrial levels. Global average sea surface temperature reached 20.72°C, the 3rd-highest on record for September.
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workingclasshistory.com
#OtD 9 Oct 1945 the UK Labour govt defended its jailing of 226 Spanish Civil War and anti-Nazi resistance fighters, describing them as "members of an enemy paramilitary organisation". Some killed themselves, others were deported to Spain for execution stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1094...
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aljazeera.com
BREAKING: Israeli war planes continue to launch raids on Gaza City as Palestinians celebrate the ceasefire announcement, according to an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent on the ground.

🔴 LIVE update: aje.io/xqppys
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CTXT @ctxt.es · 2h
Tras dos años de genocidio, en Gaza “las palabras ya no significan nada”.

"Incluso si el plan de Trump pone fin al exterminio, los palestinos se enfrentarán a un vacío profundo y duradero. El mundo ya ha fracasado".

El análisis de Muhammad Shehada vía @972mag.com
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Tras dos años de genocidio, solo queda colapso: del lenguaje, la esperanza, la política
Incluso si el plan de Trump pone fin al exterminio, los palestinos se enfrentarán a un vacío profundo y duradero. Más allá del camino que elijan –la sumisión o la resistencia armada–, el mundo ya ha f...
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mikarantane.bsky.social
Wow, autumn-to-date mean temperature in Sodankylä, Lapland is currently a full two degrees (!) higher than the previous record.

In Sodankylä, records have been kept since 1908.
Time series graph showing the average temperature in Sodankylä Tähtelä between Sep 1 and Oct 9 in 1908–2025.
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australiainstitute.org.au
Steel and aluminium manufacturers are feeling the effects of high gas prices driven up by exports.

Australia Institute research shows gas exports have TRIPLED Aus gas prices and DOUBLED electricity prices.

📺 Deputy Director Ebony Bennett on ABC News Breakfast
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drpauldorfman.bsky.social
UK’s intelligence chiefs: 'UK’s national security is under severe threat from the #climate crisis and the looming collapse of vital natural ecosystems, with food shortages and economic disaster potentially just years away.'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
National security threatened by climate crisis, UK intelligence chiefs due to warn
Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published
www.theguardian.com
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antizionistjew.bsky.social
✡️🇵🇸 #WATCH | Real Jews stand with the Palestinians and celebrate the Ceasefire Announcements
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copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
❄ September 2025: daily Arctic sea ice extent reached its 14th-lowest annual minimum on record; monthly Arctic extent was 12% below average. Antarctic daily sea ice extent reached its 3rd-lowest annual maximum on record; 4th-lowest monthly extent.