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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 2d

Here we go! At least five more #tipping points are waiting beyond the 2.5 degree guardrail we will shortly breach on our present course. When on earth will most politicians and journalists wake up to the urgency of the crisis?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

www.theguardian.com

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, they're gimmicky, but they do look pretty cool. www.businessgreen.com/news/4520271...

Duracell E-Charge to invest more than £200m in UK EV charging infrastructure

Battery giant selects the UK to debut new EV charging venture, and targets at least 500 charge points this decade

www.businessgreen.com

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Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 1d

www.newscientist.com/article/2498...

We may finally know what causes will-o’-the-wisps

Mysterious flashes of light seen in swamps and bogs could be caused by burning methane or other gases, ignited by sparks that fly between bubbles in water

www.newscientist.com

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 2d

Imagine being illegally deployed to Portland and not being able to go watch this because you live in shame and bird fans would run you out of their neighborhood.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Nigel Farage has finally admitted to it.

But now there's lots more questions especially considering Rupert Lowes intervention....

leftfootforward.org/2025/10/nige...

Nigel Farage finally admits to knowing Nathan Gill after senior Reform figure repeatedly claimed he didn’t

Farage has admitted he knew Gill for 'a very long time' but claims he didn't know anything about his pro-Russia activities...

leftfootforward.org

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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.bsky.social · 1d

"Widespread dieback of the Amazon rainforest could be triggered sooner than previously thought, with the lower end of the estimated range now at 1.5°C."

#ClimateEmergency

www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point

Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.

www.leeds.ac.uk

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Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 1d

www.newscientist.com/article/2498...

20 bird species can understand each other’s anti-cuckoo call

Several species of birds from different continents use and understand similar alarm calls when they see an invader that might lay an egg in their nest – this shared call hints at the origin of languag...

www.newscientist.com

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 1d

Whut?!?
The misnamed Gaza Humanitarian Agency just closed and vaporised under the ceasefire?

And UN agencies are back operating at higher speed and scale, just as they should have been all along.

flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 2d

This bit in particular: what, our leaders just decided that the UN aid agency were terrorists, then replaced them with mercenaries firing machine guns at starving civilians? Everyone involved needs to be tried for war crimes then sent to prison for decades.

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Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 1d

www.newscientist.com/article/2498...

Antarctica may have crossed a tipping point that leads to rising seas

Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it represents a permanent shift with potentially catastrophic consequences

www.newscientist.com

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 1d

Bloomberg analysis reveals that electricity in areas near data centers has risen, a lot: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Energy is up to 267% costlier in areas w/ a data center nearby:

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Pat Blair @patblair.bsky.social · 1d

HMRC will claw back from pensioners' who have incomee over £35,000 the £300 fuel allowance from DWP. Why can't HMRC similarly claw back rule-breaking ministers' severance money? If it can be done with pensioners, why not ministers?

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Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘We don’t want to be a toy town’: has Brexit sunk this historic UK fishing fleet?

Struggling fishers in Hastings say the industry is dying after a deal giving away access to its waters made a tough job impossible

www.theguardian.com

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 6d

We spoke to Nathan Jubb, a fly fishing guide who's fished the Wye for 45 years. He describes the change he's seen in the river + the impact on fish:

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 6d

The salmon population of the Wye is in collapse, and Atlantic salmon are now endangered in the UK. Those bringing the court case argue the needs of intensive farming cannot be permitted to outweigh the needs of fish, wildlife + river users.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 4d

Lots of flag-botherers over on Facebook now suddenly demanding the council step in to take these down
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Signs of kindness put up along Nottingham road in place of flags

It is not clear who put up the signs, which have appeared on lamp-posts along a road in Nottingham.

www.bbc.co.uk

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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 4d

Checked in for the Caledonian Sleeper to Glasgow, now in the lounge on platform 1. Boarding for Edinburgh & Glasgow from 22:30, departure 23:45…

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Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 4d

A lone and probably invisible Pink Footed Goose gives the “where is everybody?” call as it heads east over Wells Harbour this morning (don’t worry it was heading for N Point and lots of friends). @themarshtit.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social

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Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 4d

Wells next the Sea Harbour in Norfolk this morning - Redshank and Curlew calling as Marsh Tide floods. ⁦

Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 5d

Morning tide Wells Norfolk UK

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Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 5d

And AI is making this a whole lot worse

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 5d

The death of truth and accuracy in the mainstream media

Politicians and the media are distorting the truth; how can we avoid being duped? | Gary Gilligan
@centralbylines.co.uk @garygilligan.bsky.social

The death of truth and accuracy in the mainstream media

Politicians and the media are distorting the truth; how can we avoid being duped?

centralbylines.co.uk

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Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 5d

The flawed Silicon Valley consensus on AI on.ft.com/48S5pDh via
@financialtimes.com
John Thornhill gets it about right: "the quest for artificial general intelligence" is "the unfathomable in pursuit of the indefinable".

The flawed Silicon Valley consensus on AI

Serious questions remain about what will happen if we do — and don’t — replicate human intelligence

on.ft.com

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Cormac MacFhionnlaoich @cormacscoast.bsky.social · 6d

Goniatite fossils packed throughout this piece of shale. The shells of these ancient relatives of Squid and Octopus must have littered the sea floor that covered this part of the earths surface over 300 million years ago.
County Clare, Ireland

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 6d

Campaigners + local businesses claim phosphates + nitrates from the collective poo of as many as 23million chickens packed into the Wye catchment from a growing number of intensive chicken farms are driving algal blooms, harming fish + wildlife.
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River Wye pollution prompts UK's largest environmental lawsuit

Livestock and water companies are accused of “extensive” pollution in the Wye, Lugg and Usk rivers.

www.bbc.co.uk

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