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Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 2d

My Dad taught our parrot to recite important phone numbers when we lived in Lagos, Nigeria in the 1970s. Our neighbour was 33218. He also taught her to swear a lot.

Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 3d

Sending you hugs. I don't know who you are, but I sobbed like the child I once was when I saw him. But I'm sort of ok now.

Christopher P. Hood @hoodcp.bsky.social · 6d

Today is World Mental Health Awareness Day. Here is a blog post I wrote about this in 2023. Be kind to each other and, perhaps more importantly, yourself.

#WorldMentalHealthAwarenessDay #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealth

hoodcp.wordpress.com/2023/10/10/m...

Mental Health Awareness Day

10 October is Mental Health Awareness day. As I also wrote last year, it’s one of those days where I think it’s sad that we still need to have a day to raise awareness of the issues sur…

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Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 7d

By constructing this dark and frightening image of his opposition in the form of "Antifa", isn't Trump actually admitting that he really is a fascist?

Every accusation is a confession!

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Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 7d

This kind of bothsidesism doesn't help at all, and the @wsj.com knows it. That's why they're doing it.
It neutralises the real meaning of what Trump is doing, giving him space to expand and deepen the turmoil he is unleashing. Aiding and abetting the establishment of a dictatorship.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 7d

President Trump’s declaration that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker should be jailed is the latest clash between two feuding billionaires.

The Bad Blood Between Trump and Pritzker Goes Back Decades

President Trump’s declaration that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker should be jailed is the latest clash between two feuding billionaires.

on.wsj.com

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 7d

President Trump’s declaration that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker should be jailed is the latest clash between two feuding billionaires.

The Bad Blood Between Trump and Pritzker Goes Back Decades

President Trump’s declaration that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker should be jailed is the latest clash between two feuding billionaires.

on.wsj.com

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Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 8d

If we don't test people for covid we can pretend it's not there. Standard Trump playbook.

Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 9d

Give it a rest Jeremy. You're never going to get this off the ground. You're just getting in the way of achieving a progressive politics for the future.
1. You're weak on environment.
2. You're weak on Europe.
It's time to give Zack a go at leading a new broad left alliance.

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 9d

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Renewables overtook coal as the world's leading source of electricity this year, a think tank analysis shows.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 10d

Excessive heat!
Shanghai today. 34-35 degrees. Feels like 42.
It's supposed to be Autumn!

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Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 10d

I remember this in 1993! Was so amazing then.

owmc.bsky.social @owmc.bsky.social · 11d

Balloon Fiesta here in Albuquerque this week. Up at 3am to get to the balloon park, stand in enormous lines, get a cup of coffee, breakfast burrito, stand around in the cold, wait for the balloons to go up. All totally worth it. Just some quick phone snaps here #photography #hotairbaloons #newmexico

Hot air balloons rising in the predawn light

Balloons blasting hot air as they rise above the launch field.

Looking over an uninflated balloon as several more are filled waiting to rise in the background and more having lifted off.

Hot air balloons aloft in the sky over Albuquerque.

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Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 10d

DEPOPULATION VANGUARD COUNTRIES
A GLOBAL RESEARCH AGENDA FOR POPULATION DECLINE
I'll be at ADRI, Shanghai University, Fri 10 Oct, 4 pm China time. Learn about this global 21st-century megatrend. QR code to register. See you soon!
#population #environment #global #megatrend

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owmc.bsky.social @owmc.bsky.social · 11d

Balloon Fiesta here in Albuquerque this week. Up at 3am to get to the balloon park, stand in enormous lines, get a cup of coffee, breakfast burrito, stand around in the cold, wait for the balloons to go up. All totally worth it. Just some quick phone snaps here #photography #hotairbaloons #newmexico

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 11d

Reform UK’s Skelton East, Redcar and Cleveland by-election candidate Craig Holmes, trousers down like a toddler doing a pee pee on someone’s property.

He’s standing for election next Thursday.

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Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 11d

Stay safe. ❤️

Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 12d

He's got you rattled, so he must be doing something right!

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Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 12d

Media indifference gave Trump permission to do these things.
He doesn't need support. He just needs indifference.
Media creates the public outrage that would stop him.

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 13d

Kamala Harris warned us that Trump would turn the military against civilians. She warned us that he would pursue Project 2025. The media mocked her, but she was dead right about both.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 13d

Kamala Harris warned us that Trump would turn the military against civilians. She warned us that he would pursue Project 2025. The media mocked her, but she was dead right about both.

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Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 13d

This is just Putin's way of saying he has plans to attack. It's a cute little quirk of his. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Putin dismisses fears that Moscow plans to attack Nato as ‘nonsense’

During speech in Sochi, Russian president also strikes conciliatory note towards Donald Trump

www.theguardian.com

Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 14d

September was close to 1.5°C above pre-industrial

While this is among the least warmed months and the Tropical Pacific Ocean is relatively cool.

This indicates a global warming rate of about 0.4°C/decade. A warming rate increase of >0.2°C/dec.

In line with a Global Aerosol Termination Shock.

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 14d

Apparently Jane Goodall loved this Larson.

It's not 𝘮𝘺 favourite, but it was Jane's, so who am I to judge. #ValeJaneGoodall

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Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 15d

Dr Jane Goodall 💚

3 April 1934 - 1 October 2025

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Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 16d

Been saying this for ages; but it gets me into trouble.
Parading George Clooney in front of a bunch of self-selecting guests, or appearing on SNL and making a joke, and then proceeding with business as usual with the billionaire oligarchs, are not enough.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Kamala Harris’s election memoir shows just how deluded the Democrats still are | Nesrine Malik

This unapologetic trawl through a doomed campaign reveals a celebrity-obsessed party high on its own supply. It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so tragic, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 17d

Depopulation is Reshaping Japan's Countryside, published in Geographical this month, the flagship magazine of the Royal Geographical Society. @rgsibg.bsky.social
geographical.co.uk/wildlife/dep...

Depopulation is reshaping Japan’s countryside and threatening biodiversity

Study finds Japan’s abandoned land is harming wildlife instead of helping it

geographical.co.uk

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Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 17d

Excellent result.
I hope it gives encouragement to those inside Russia who want their own freedom to choose, too.

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 21d

interesting 🤔

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Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · Sep 16

Should have asked for 500,000 dollars, or even a million. Often schools etc ask for much less than the funder is prepared to give because they fear not getting it. Then use the money for environment education on fossil fuel induced climate change

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Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · Sep 13

"Moins de monde, mais pas plus de nature : la surprenante leçon venue du Japon"
[Fewer people, but not more nature: the surprising lesson from Japan]
Nice article in @futurasciences from France.
#biodiversité #écologie #dépeuplement #Japon #Asie
www.futura-sciences.com/planete/actu...

Moins de monde, mais pas plus de nature : la surprenante leçon venue du Japon

Le Japon fait face à un paradoxe environnemental majeur : alors que sa population diminue depuis 2010, sa biodiversité continue de s'éroder. Une étude récente révèle que moins d'habitants ne...

www.futura-sciences.com

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Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · Sep 8

He deliberately ran her over at top speed.

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · Sep 6

15-year old Ukrainian girl killed by a Russian prosecutor from Saint Petersburg on the street of Russia-occupied Melitopol, Ukraine.

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