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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 1d

The Shoreline Management Plan sets out which of Norfolk's coastal communities will be defended and which will be surrendered to the sea. Few realise what that really means.

Read how the residents of Hemsby are starting to find out ⤵️

@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social

Norfolk’s vanishing coast and the limits of protection

Norfolk’s crumbling coastline exposes the human cost of climate change – and the painful limits of what councils can do

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 10h

“quite audacious” is a polite and lawyerly way to describe it.

I'd say it's outrageous chutzpah from those using McCarthyist lawfare to silence any criticism of Israel. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Conflating criticism of Israel with hatred of Jews ‘quite audacious’, lawyer for Sydney academics tells court

University of Sydney and two academics facing racial discrimination case after colleagues accuse them of racist hate speech

www.theguardian.com

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(numunu, quahadis band) - Sky Kwihnai Pihi (name) @anarcho.bsky.social · 7h

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Indigenous Peoples' Day – History and Future

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! Indigenous Peoples' Day is a celebration of the cultures of those who were settled in the Americas before Europeans %

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Captain Quoll @kudelka.bsky.social · 14h

It’s the Murray and Albo show! Watch two gutless dickheads unnecessarily sacrifice irreplaceable rainforest and species out of sheer laziness and spite.

Newspaper article describing the latest act of unnecessary vandalism.

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Ocean Lani 🇲🇵🇬🇺 @oceanlani.bsky.social · 13h

Please spread the words of Climate Justice advocate Charitie Ropati, who is Native (Yup'ik) and Pacific Islander (Samoan), with ties to both the Pacific and the Arctic.

This typhoon originated in the Pacific, then went upwards to Northern Alaska. We are all connected.

Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 16h

Source: Charitie Ropati, Intersectional Environmentalist, and Feminist reporting on Typhoon Halong ravaging western Alaska

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 9h

Tee hee. Are any of the 21stC tech disruptor solutions going to end up anywhere except where we started, doing without them?

I don’t think anyone predicted this in Sci Fi enough.

Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 9h

Then: the office of the future will be paperless

Now: keep paper records

Have plans on paper in case of cyber-attack, firms told

Prepare to switch to offline systems in the event of a cyber-attack, firms are being advised.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Overshoot Podcast @overshootpod.bsky.social · 1d

📢 episode 3 is out now

We meet the pensioner who looked into her pension fund's due diligence on climate change

What she found was shocking...

Featuring
@carbontracker.bsky.social, @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and many more

Listen now: www.overshootpod.com

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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to @overshootpod.bsky.social for bringing this urgent issue front and center in their podcast series. It was a pleasure to speak with them.

Overshoot Podcast @overshootpod.bsky.social · 1d

📢 episode 3 is out now

We meet the pensioner who looked into her pension fund's due diligence on climate change

What she found was shocking...

Featuring
@carbontracker.bsky.social, @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and many more

Listen now: www.overshootpod.com

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 8h

The West is going to suffer terrible consequences from Israel's genocide.

New column 👇

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Be sure of this: many of the horrors the west allowed in Gaza will come closer to home | Owen Jones

History shows the crimes of empire were later mirrored on European soil. Dehumanisation and militarised terror both seem normalised now, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

www.theguardian.com

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Serene Doomer @serenaribena.bsky.social · 10h

'Leaf-peeping season hampered by drought: Fall foliage dropping sooner, showing less color.

...weeks of drought have muted this year's autumn colors, and sent leaves fluttering to the ground earlier than usual.'

www.independent.co.uk/news/new-eng...

Leaf-peeping season has arrived. But this year’s showing may disappoint

A muted show in the Rocky Mountains

www.independent.co.uk

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Palm Oil Detectives | #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social · 8h

Weird fact: DRC #Congo #rainforests are not ancient. Just 2000 years ago #chimpanzees and other seed dispersers led to rainforest growth. Now - we MUST protect them from #mining and #palmoil! #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🩸🔥💀❌ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2022/07/03/c...

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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 8h

A reminder to ask your MP to attend this: www.nebriefing.org

Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 11h

Maybe we should stop listening to those who say decarbonisation will be too disruptive and expensive

And start listening to the experts warning that inaction will be much, much worse

Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk

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

www.theguardian.com

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Reuters @reuters.com · 8h

The Supreme Court is set to hear a Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights Act, giving its conservative majority a chance to deal another blow to the landmark federal law enacted 60 years ago to prevent racial discrimination in voting.

Voting Rights Act faces pivotal test at US Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is set to hear a Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights Act, giving its conservative majority a chance to deal another blow to the landmark federal law enacted 60 years ago to prevent racial discrimination in voting.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 8h

Wonderful. Threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act is even more ridiculous when the "rebellion" needing suppressing is frogs, dinosaurs and sharks.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 19h

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 17h

Warming waters cause corals to “bleach” when these organisms expel symbiotic algae that provide nutrients, oxygen & vibrant colors.

The latest global bleaching event - researchers estimate >84% of the planet's coral ecosystems have been affected since Jan 2023 - has made it clear the crisis is now.

nature

NEWS

12 October 2025

Coral die-off marks Earth's first climate
'tipping point', scientists say

A surge in global temperatures has caused widespread bleaching and death of warm-water corals around the world.

By Jeff Tollefson

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 10h

“For right-wing populists, the cost of living crisis is the gift that keeps on giving, allowing them to blame the experience of declining living standards on migrants and perceived ‘outsiders’.”

Our Director @mathewlawrence.bsky.social in @theguardian.com 🔗👇

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Soaring bills are the gift that keeps on giving for Reform. Shame Labour doesn’t have the guts to do anything about them | Mathew Lawrence

A cost of living crisis is not inevitable if there is the will to stop companies extracting profits from Britain’s essential services, says Mathew Lawrence of the Common Wealth thinktank

www.theguardian.com

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All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 10h

October 14, 1974 – UK Chief Scientific Advisor is warned about carbon dioxide build-up.

allouryesterdays.info/2022/10/13/o...

October 14, 1974 - UK Chief Scientific Advisor is warned about carbon dioxide build-up. - All Our Yesterdays

On this day, October 14 in 1974, a UK Cabinet Office civil servant tells his boss about this climate change issue, after having been told about it by German Professor Hermann Flohn. “The first example...

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 10h

The government’s weakened methane reduction target mirrors the approach promoted by industry lobby groups but rejected by the Climate Change Commission.

A ‘lack of ambition’ over livestock emissions targets now threatens NZ’s reputation and trade

theconversation.com

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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 23h

#Israel has carried out murderous assaults on #Gaza for decades, cynically calling the bombardment “mowing the lawn”. No peace accord or ceasefire agreement has ever gotten in the way. This one will be no exception. @chrislynnhedges #auspol #PeacePlan #Palestine

Trump’s sham peace plan

There will be no peace in Gaza. Only the temporary absence of war.

johnmenadue.com

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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 12h

Another shot of the famous Midnight Oil House near Burra.

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 10h

The Renters’ Rights Bill could soon become law.

Unfortunately, it does almost nothing to address sky-high rents that people just can’t afford.

But there is a solution the Government has barely considered: rent controls.

Common-sense, effective and popular.

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Glen @gergyl.bsky.social · 11h

"Back in January 2011, Santos's then-chief executive David Knox announced that the company would lead a consortium to build a massive LNG export facility on Curtis Island, just off the Queensland coast near Gladstone," Verrender, who gets it all pretty right.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

How a boardroom mistake in Adelaide 15 years ago cost you a fortune

It was a primary force behind Australia’s inflationary surge, it’s forced businesses either to the wall or to shift offshore, undermined national industry policy and resulted in the loss of countless ...

www.abc.net.au

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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 11h

Maybe we should stop listening to those who say decarbonisation will be too disruptive and expensive

And start listening to the experts warning that inaction will be much, much worse

Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk

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

www.theguardian.com

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 11h

Record-breaking 2024 Amazon fires drove unprecedented carbon emissions and ecosystem degradation

- The fires released 791 million tons of CO2, roughly equivalent to the annual emissions of Germany

#climatecrisis
www.egu.eu/news/1509/re...

Record-breaking 2024 Amazon fires drive unprecedented carbon emissions and ecosystem degradation

<p>A new study by researchers at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre reveals that the Amazon rainforest has just undergone its most devastating forest fire season in over two decades, whic...

www.egu.eu

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BirdsByMe @birdsbyme.bsky.social · 23h

Morning Melbourne!

The bush is teeming with the magnificent sounds of Golden whistlers atm. Such a very good thing.

#wildoz #ozbirds #birds 📷🦉

Close cropped image of a male Golden whistler, mouth agape, in full song. The catches his golden colouring & clear eyed-brilliance to perfection. A very good little birb.

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