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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 10h

Have seen similar stories in the USA and Canada and now England. The insurance industry is the canary in the coal mine.

Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 1d

Insurance industry maps millions of UK homes at increased risk of flooding as climate change impacts ratchet up

Obviously, the insurance industry needs to make money and can't afford claims likely to result from higher flood risks

So... no insurance for some?

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Millions more homes in Great Britain at risk of flooding, investigation finds

Every constituency projected to be at greater risk, with many areas likely to be uninsurable

www.theguardian.com

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Tony @tonynicol3.bsky.social · 2h

Oh no!

two older women are standing next to each other with their mouths open and the words the golden girls hulu on the bottom .

Alt: two older women are standing next to each other with their mouths open and the words the golden girls hulu on the bottom .

media.tenor.com

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2h

The GOP spent years screaming about a manufactured Biden bribe but says nothing about this. Tells you all you need to know.

Tweet by Melanie D’Arrigo stating: “The UAE bought $2B of Trump’s crypto — and gets computer chips. Saudi Arabia gave Kushner $2B for a new Trump Tower — and gets weapons. Qatar gives Trump a private jet and a $5.5B real estate deal — and gets US military protection. This is how bribes work.” Below is an image of Donald Trump sitting across from the Emir of Qatar in a formal meeting room. Text overlay: “Quid Pro Presidency.”

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Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 5h

Rosebank forced to admit its climate impact would be 50x greater than it initially claimed. Clear evidence that this climate-wrecking oil field must never be developed

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Controversial UK oil field reveals climate impact if approved

The impact from the Rosebank oil field is estimated at nearly 250 million tonnes of planet warming CO2.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Tony @tonynicol3.bsky.social · 2h

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 3h

Photographer Mark Smith captured this perfect shot of a Bald Eagle hunting a fish ..such regal creatures 💙💙💙

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 6h

An important emerging development is the way Christian Conservatism, in the past far more prevalent in the US than the UK, is gaining traction within Reform (as discussed here, but also relevant is Danny Kruger's defection to Reform & some of Richard Tice's recent comments).

Sarah Cowley @bournemouth4eu.bsky.social · 6h

Nigel Farage and the foreign influence threat
open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

Nigel Farage and the foreign influence threat

How US anti-abortionists are supporting Reform, and why we need to talk about Russian influence, with the New York Times’ Jane Bradley.

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Tony @tonynicol3.bsky.social · 10h

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Tony @tonynicol3.bsky.social · 10h

elmo the sesame street character is sitting on top of a box .

Alt: elmo the sesame street character is sitting on top of a box . He slides down into it to cover his embarrassment, and later peeks back out again to see if everyone has moved on.

media.tenor.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10h

A few of my thoughts:

www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-13-yea...

There is a natural inclination, especially among Americans steeped in our culture of mass incarceration, to judge the propriety of a person’s punishment not based on what they’ve done, but on how deserving one believes they are of receiving justice. On its face, any 13-year-old kid that allegedly made threats and was found to be in possession of a knife should be afforded the rights of due process in the juvenile court system. But because this boy was born in another country, because he and his family were asylum-seekers (authorized to work legally in the US) and not American citizens, and regardless of any piece of his personal story or history that led him to this point, some believe he is not owed those same rights. This boy—this child— deserves to rot in a federal facility, they say, and to be dragged across state lines away from his home. And for some, his mere existence in this country is crime enough.
But it’s important to bust these myths. It’s crucial to remember, as so many speakers at the Everett City Council meeting reminded us, that all of our safety is intertwined. DHS and its many agencies are trying to turn neighbors against one another. But our neighbors are not our enemies—in fact, they are the ones most likely to protect us.

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Tony @tonynicol3.bsky.social · 10h

I wondered why I was seeing total strangers and having to mute them. 🤦‍♂️

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Tony @tonynicol3.bsky.social · 10h

Oh! Just noticed that I was reading Discover, instead of Following. Not sure how that got switched but maybe it’s a standard feature for the Discover tab? That would make sense.

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Tony @tonynicol3.bsky.social · 10h

Yes, that worked out well. 😬

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Tony @tonynicol3.bsky.social · 10h

It’s in the app. Been there for the last couple of days.

Tony @tonynicol3.bsky.social · 10h

I don’t like the Bluesky Twitter-like additions such as “Suggested for you” that don’t seem to have an off switch. Even with Twitter you could mute them for a while. 😖

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Laura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: A Scottish counter-terrorism board found that Palestine Action's activities weren't close to the threshold to be considered terrorism .... before the group was banned by the Labour Government

www.thenational.scot/news/2554306...

Palestine Action 'not close' to being terror group, files show Scottish board found

A SCOTTISH counter-terrorism board found that Palestine Action’s activities fell below the threshold to be considered terrorism before the group…

www.thenational.scot

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 11h

A much needed corrective by @chrisgiles.ft.com to the "welfare is out of control" narrative, drawing on research by my colleague @benbgeiger.bsky.social

www.ft.com/content/ee67...

No need for a moral panic about the welfare system

It’s far from perfect, but the UK’s spending is broadly controlled and employment is high

www.ft.com

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Tony @tonynicol3.bsky.social · 12h

Have to ask, though, why prepare for 2C when there's no concerted action to make that the limit? On present performance, it will rapidly be exceeded. With the US, Russia and China busy comparing dicks and sabre rattling, this has all the makings of a near-extinction level event.

Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12h

More evidence that the #climate emergency affects *everything* - it should be front & centre of ALL government decisions. As well as serious adaptation (petition here petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7300…) Govt must urgently stop making things worse eg greenlighting high carbon airport expansion

UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told

Climate advisers warn that current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate

www.theguardian.com

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Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 14h

If you are watching the Reform Party controlled Councils with their endless mishaps, resignations, fallouts, scandals, mismanagement and sheer comedic idiocy, but still thinking of making these clowns a national government, representing the UK on the global stage, you are literally insane.

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Tony @tonynicol3.bsky.social · 15h

That reminds me, think of all those poor turkeys blissfully unaware that Thanksgiving is nigh.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Seems the Narcissist-in-Chief is mad about the Time Mag cover neckgina pic so please don’t share it widely

Thank you for your attention to this matter

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 1d

Indeed.

The government has chosen to prioritise reducing (skilled, legal, for work) migration over growth and hence over improving public services.

No economic rationale - but even worse, no political rationale either.

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d

One mistake Labour made in their first year is loading quite a few new costs onto business all at once. They are risking doing something similar on immigration, I think.

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 1d

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Jonathan Pomroy @jonathanpomroy.bsky.social · 1d

They’re back! Redwings.

A blog at

jonathanpomroy.wordpress.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 19h

“Please someone listen to me, I don’t want to die”

These are the words of a woman named Harmonie who had an ectopic pregnancy

Her obgyn refused to help, citing a
1% chance the fetus could survive

She lives in a blue state & still couldn’t access the life saving care she needed

Illinois Woman Denied Treatment for Ectopic Pregnancy

10.14.25

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SPRAVDI - Stratcom Centre @stratcomcentre.bsky.social · 16h

"This is a serious threat to Europe"

Estonia is concerned about the increase in the issuance of Schengen visas to Russians

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