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Adam Welz @adamwelz.bsky.social · 20h

Depends where you clip them. Many YouTubers don’t have good audio technique.

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Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · 1d

books should have an anti-acknowledgements section where the author talks shit about all the people who fucked them over while they were trying to write the thing. not bc I personally want to write one but bc I love gossip

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Josh Lappen @jlappen1.bsky.social · 1d

This, of course, is what it looks like when a political party cares deeply about whales, and is definitely not just doing the bidding of the fossil fuel industry in blocking offshore-wind development.

Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 2d

Republicans are aiming next to dismantle the marine mammal protection act, which protects whales, dolphins, manatees, polar bears, and sea otters.. among other ocean wildlife. 🦦

Horror Tor, friend of Union ghosts @splitrailfence.bsky.social · 2d

I love it. Makes me happy.
Weird that I'm now seeing your post here after I just read about the bill to end the 1970s marine mammal legislation to protect these beautiful creatures.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 23h

🎯from @petercorkeron.bsky.social conservation efforts have long been a Trojan horse for US strategic/military interests. Now the WH is saying it out loud.

Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 1d

So on the one hand, the Trump admin is talking about $50 million for polar bears in Greenland. Greenland only, not Svalbard, Canada, Russia, US.

While Repubs want to gut the MMPA that protects polar bears in the US
apnews.com/article/seal...
US intelligence using conservation as an excuse
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Trump’s new foreign aid plan eyes $50mn for Greenland’s polar bears, $25mn for Nepal's snow leopards

The Trump administration is considering whether to spend up to $50 million in foreign aid to protect polar bears in Greenland and $25 million for snow...

thepeninsulaqatar.com

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 22h

We have an economic and financial system that read the fable of the Goose and the Golden Egg, and concluded the moral of the tale was that the goose should be thrown into a wood chipper.

Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 1d

‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns

- Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus

Story by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns

Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus

www.theguardian.com

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.bsky.social · 1d

"Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will begin serving a five-year prison sentence on 21 October for criminal conspiracy over alleged illegal funding of his 2007 election campaign by Libya, French media reported on Monday."
@en.rfi.fr
www.rfi.fr/en/france/20...

Sarkozy to begin five-year jail term on 21 October in Paris prison

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will begin serving a five-year prison sentence on 21 October for criminal conspiracy over alleged illegal funding of his 2007 election campaign by Libya, French...

www.rfi.fr

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

This is either clever or crazy or both: a UK company will install, in your home, a miniature data center, about the size of a heat pump, to serve as your home heating.

UK Power Networks helping SHIELD vulnerable customers from Fuel Poverty

Customers struggling with energy bills could soon benefit from low-cost heating, thanks to an award-winning UK Power Networks innovation that re-uses heat from mini data centres.

www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 1d

You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.

Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.

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defenceWeb @defenceweb.co.za · 1d

At least four Gazelle helicopters have been exported from South Africa to Libya where they have joined the Libyan National Army (LNA) commanded by General Khalifa Haftar.
defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/ae...

Libyan arms embargo seemingly ignored as Gazelle helicopters exported from South Africa - defenceWeb

At least four Gazelle helicopters have been exported from South Africa to Libya and the Libyan National Army (LNA) commanded by General Khalifa Haftar and

defenceweb.co.za

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Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 2d

How does one write about China's plans - solar or whatever else - in Tibet without recognising that the people have been marginalised and pushed out? The lack of understanding of land and resource rights issues among (mostly Western) climate reporters is sadly not new
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/w...

China’s High Ambitions for Clean Energy

www.nytimes.com

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Lyle Lewis @race2extinct.bsky.social · 5d

Iran faces “water bankruptcy”—wells collapsing, rivers dying, over 10,000 villages without drinking water. A preview of what happens when economies run on the illusion of an infinite planet.

time.com/7321571/iran...

Iran's Water Crisis Is Its Greatest Threat

The collapse of water security in Iran has been decades in the making and is rooted in a mania for mega projects.

time.com

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 4d

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today.

Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 5d

That got dark quickly.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 6d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Undark Magazine @undark.org · 5d

Journalist Mona Gable nearly died from malaria. Now, the U.S. has dismantled the CDC’s malaria division and USAID programs that saved millions. As climate change spreads the disease, are we dismantling our best defenses?

Weakening the World’s Ability to Fight Malaria

Opinion | The elimination of USAID and the CDC's malaria division will hinder progress against the deadly mosquito-borne disease.

undark.org

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 5d

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports

Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.

www.consumerreports.org

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 5d

Nothing to worry about here, no sir.

Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official

Dominion is one of the biggest election equipment providers and was used by 27 states during the 2024 election.

www.axios.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 6d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 6d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 6d

This is one of the many problems of the Substack model - editors are good and we've forgotten that

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 6d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 6d

Prices dropped 25% during the Great Depression. I hear everyone had a great time.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d

ANDREESSEN: Even if AI ends up destroying all the jobs, “the result would be hyper-deflation of prices, which is the thing that people miss. .. Things that today cost a lot of money will all of a sudden be cheap or free.”

@fortune.com
fortune.com/2025/10/08/b...

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Adam Welz @adamwelz.bsky.social · 6d

Not always relaxed! The last one I encountered was hissing and pulled back to strike within a second of me noticing it! Depends a lot on the weather in my experience. They can be very fast and active when it’s warm.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7d

"Dear Sweet Blessed Little Baby Jesus, please watch over our armed thugs as they turn away the stranger, persecute the foreigner and harm the least of our brothers and sisters."

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 7d

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is in Portland meeting with ICE, Border Patrol and DHS officials; Nick Sortor posted video of Noem saying a prayer for the safety of their officers at the start of the meeting.

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 6d

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 6d

The biggest environmental pollution legal action brought in the UK will be filed in the High Court on Wednesday over alleged degradation of the River Wye. Story 👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

Biggest UK pollution case to be filed over River Wye

Thousands of people are seeking substantial damages and for the waterway to be cleaned of a ‘mountain of chicken manure’

www.thetimes.com

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Graeme Cumming @gscumming.bsky.social · 6d

Now watch humanity embed the minimum levels in policy… rather than maximising this important habitat. 🤡

Science Magazine @science.org · 9d

A new study in Science evaluating published data from 19 countries has pinpointed the minimum habitat levels needed to sustain pollinators in agricultural landscapes. https://scim.ag/3VIq4Cg

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