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Brazil succeeded in holding coup plotters accountable. "If — when the glass has been swept away & the trials are over — those who empowered, guided, mobilized, and legitimized [the riots] are never held to account, then... the conditions for repetition remain intact.” jacobin.com/2026/01/janu...
What Brazil’s January 8 Can Teach Us About January 6
In 2021, the January 6 Capitol attack exposed deep connections between the US state and far-right groups. When something similar happened in Brazil in 2023, it prompted a national attempt to reform th...
jacobin.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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Damn what a mess the Eurostar terminal at Paris Nord is

Turns out it was an error to not board here during #CrossChannelRail last year

So many staff! But doing the wrong things. Awful process design. Poor signage. It smacks of complacency
January 7, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Please help dogs they are desperate and have no where to turn
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January 7, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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Wolves are often framed as a polarizing issue, despite widespread support. New research shows political identity can increase division, even when people agree.

Finding common ground and recognizing shared support for wolves may be key to protecting their future.

🔗 https://bit.ly/44Xqj1b
Americans generally like wolves − except when we’re reminded of our politics
New research shows how identity-driven assumptions can turn common ground into conflict.
theconversation.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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Today the Pentagon censured Senator Mark Kelly and moved to strip part of his earned military retirement benefits for stating the truth.

This administration is trying to convince Americans that truth is whatever it says it is—even when the evidence is plainly in front of us.
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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despite everything, it's still me. i'm still kicking, and i'm still wrenching on my problems.

slow steady meaningful change and progress.
January 4, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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All aboard this BRAND NEW Twiliner Sleeper Bus service from Barcelona 🇪🇸 to Zurich 🇨🇭 equipped with fully lie-flat seats 💺 This 14h overnight trip costs €165 and an extra €30 if you want the front row, so let's go and check it out! 🚌 😎 #NonstopEurotrip
January 5, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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The wealthy are always so GD worried some poor people are gonna commit some small time fraud. Meanwhile, big corporations are committing HUGE afraid. Just look at defense contractors.

Why? Because we have all been taught to see the wealthy as virtuous and to see the poor as lazy and unworthy.
January 4, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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So - logically - it's an Austrian 🇦🇹 tool (ÖBB Scotty web app version) that has the clearest presentation of the days on which a Saarbrücken 🇩🇪 - Paris 🇫🇷 TGV will run

And there it is, TGV 9552 is supposed to run on 4th April

#CrossBorderRail
January 5, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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🌳Help us protect our natural world and #HelpHabitatsHeal.

There are just 24 hours left for your donation to me MATCHED.

Donate here 👉 donate.clientearth.org/page/113697/...
January 5, 2026 at 9:53 AM
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With continued training this is the MELIA you will have in your home. A smart, beautiful, loving, sweet, loyal, dog. She will bring such joy to your life. She will learn to trust you. In return all she wants is for you to be her forever. Please watch her video 👇

www.tiktok.com/@adopt_melia...
Melia's story is one of heartbreak - abandoned by her family and stuck in the shelter for 593 days. Despite volunteers' love and care, she's struggling to cope. To thrive, Melia needs a calm, low-traf...
TikTok video by Melia & Friends 🌺
www.tiktok.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:57 AM
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I will be Honest. The current regime is more likely to do it to Zelensky than Putin.
January 4, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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Big Tech isn’t standing aside – it’s aligning with fossil fuel interests to power data centres, normalising gas, coal and rollback politics. Geoff Dembicki reports. From _DeSmog_ -- thanks!

eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...
Inside MAGA’s worldwide campaign to undermine climate science
What began as US culture war politics has become a well-funded, coordinated global campaign to undermine climate science and democracy
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Despite concerning climate change evidence in Northamptonshire, the county’s Reform-led councils have abandoned all previous Net Zero plans | Cliff Mitchell
@cliffmitchell.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Northamptonshire Net Zero: a no go under Reform
Despite concerning climate change evidence in Northamptonshire, the county’s Reform-led councils have abandoned all previous Net Zero plans
centralbylines.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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How the **** am I failing at booking a Paris - Saarbrücken - Paris return train trip for Easter weekend

FFS

This ought to be EASY

Direct trains. 1 hour 50 mins trip

And if I am struggling with this, when THIS STUFF IS MY JOB, what the hell hope for anyone less versed in all of this?

Aaagggh
January 5, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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🌿80% of people in the UK are worried about nature protection. Are you?

If so, you can help us make a difference.

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Donate 👉 donate.clientearth.org/page/113697/...

#HelpHabitatsHeal
January 2, 2026 at 9:34 AM
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Every normal politician is posting new years wishes of positivity and happiness, while Trumps little bruised fingers are frantically pumping out messages calling people scum and saying he hopes they die. Such a nice man, said no one.
January 1, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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Oaks in January sun #trees #woodland #treeclub
January 1, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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Brown Bear. Happy New Year Claus Cramer and Thank you for sharing your super photo taken in Alaska. 🐻 #bear #brownbear #alaska #wildlife #nature #bears #usa #wildlifephotography
January 1, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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This summer wasps made a nest in our garden beside our bike stand in an old tree stump. I persuaded the family to put up with it and the wasps have finally died off. This is what it looks like now. (Wasps don’t reuse their nests) #biodiversity #speirgorm @gardeningwell.ie
January 1, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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This milk never sees a supermarket – by design. Raw milk, slower farming, and cows treated like family are all part of a quality-over-quantity philosophy.
📢 Read Sarah Patey now

eastangliabylines.co.uk/farming/eigh...
Eight maids a-milking: Norfolk’s Jersey goddesses
The maids a-milking at Old Hall Farm in Woodton, just north of Bungay, have four legs – except in the morning
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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January 1, 2026 at 8:17 AM
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🔥 Loud fireworks and bonfires pollute the air, trigger asthma, strain emergency services and release wildlife-killing toxins. Composting, recycling centres and silent fireworks are better for everyone. Let's choose safer traditions, writes 11-year-old Amaya Edwards.

@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Stop noisy fireworks and bonfires
A heartfelt message from a young writer who has a huge heart for the environment and for wildlife
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 11:22 PM