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nucifraga.bsky.social
11 October; with Whooper Swan peak passage season now, thought it might be worth checking Killingworth Lake . . . bingo! One with the resident Mutes, #131 on the green patch yearlist 😃
#LowCarbonBirding #NEBirding #PWC2025 @nenature.bsky.social @ntbirdclub.bsky.social @andyrickeard.bsky.social
Whooper Swan, Killingworth Lake 11 October 2025

Also a Pink-footed Goose with the Canada Geese on the small East Lake Whooper Swan, Killingworth Lake 11 October 2025

Also a Pink-footed Goose with the Canada Geese on the small East Lake
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lowcarbonkev.bsky.social
"More than 45,000 people made the perilous sea crossing from Africa's west coast to the Spanish archipelago of the Canary Islands last year. Estimates of those who died while making the attempt range between 1,400 and a staggering 10,460."

🤔 1,400 is a staggering enough figure..
Spain-Africa: Madrid's radically different approach to African migration
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government is kicking against the prevailing mood among Western nations.
www.bbc.co.uk
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ramiismail.com
Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.
mondoweiss.net
NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.
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leahmcelrath.bsky.social
Israel returned the bodies of 45 Palestinians, all marked with numbers rather than names.

The bodies reportedly arrived with their hands and legs cuffed. Some were still blindfolded. Some had been shot. Others appear to have been run over by tanks.

www.cnn.com/world/live-n...
Bodies of 45 deceased Palestinians transferred from Israel to Gaza remain unidentified, Nasser hospital says
From CNN's Abeer Salman and Mohammed Tawfeeq 

[photo of Red Cross refrigerator truck]

A truck carrying the bodies of Palestinians who had been held in Israel during the war, arrives at Nasser hospital on Tuesday.
nucifraga.bsky.social
Just needs some exasperated growly noises (or whatever noises they made!!) 😂
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dpcarrington.bsky.social
Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

- CO2 in the air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening
@wmo-global.bsky.social

#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating
CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening
www.theguardian.com
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lowcarbonkev.bsky.social
"Any new constructions intended to last decades should be prepared for 4C above preindustrial levels – a level at which the world will face global devastation.."

2/4
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lowcarbonkev.bsky.social
"Heatwaves will occur in at least 4 of every 5 years in England by 2050, time spent in drought will double. The no. of days of peak wildfire conditions in July will nearly treble for UK, while floods will incr. in frequency throughout the year, with some peak river flows increasing by 40%.."

1/4
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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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
BREAKING: “There is no doubting that the impact of Brexit is severe and long lasting” says Chancellor Rachel Reeves

It’s about time!
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jenteo.bsky.social
New story on the Avian Hybrids blog!

Owls become darker and redder toward the equator
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/o...

Based on the Global Ecology and Biogeography paper by Arianna Passarotto et al. | #ornithology #RaptorResearch
Owls become darker and redder toward the equator
Which mechanisms can explain this ecogeographical pattern?
avianhybrids.wordpress.com
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stevedudley.bsky.social
More pandering to the far-right and more nonsense from an increasingly nonsensical government which is always reacting and never leading. I struggled with O level English and doubt I’d pass A level now. And I imagine like many reading this, I am descendant of immigrants (Irish and Italian).
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eastangliabylines.co.uk
Cryptocurrency isn’t freedom, writes Prof Richard Murphy.

It’s deregulation dressed up as liberation.

Behind the rhetoric lies the same old story: profit for the few, risk for the many.
Cryptocurrency: lawlessness disguised as liberty
Cryptocurrency is sold as radical innovation and financial liberation. In reality, it’s an old familiar story: fraud
eastangliabylines.co.uk
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rejoincampaign.bsky.social
Will #Labour now see sense and get Brexit undone? Unlikely. Starmer won’t want to upset his pal the orange moron - much more important than what’s best for Britain. The hole Labour is digging for itself will only get bigger.
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rejoincampaign.bsky.social
STARMER’S LABOUR IS IN THE SHIT!

It’s a measure of its desperation that it’s had to mention Brexit, the forbidden word, not because of the enormous damage Brexit’s done and is doing, but because it wants to blame Farage’s Brexit for the small boats.
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lowcarbonkev.bsky.social
Did I just hear 05:00 BBCr4 news right?

Climate lead story?
UN says record inc in CO₂ levels last yr?
And UK climate watchdog says min 2° incr will be here by 2050?
And UK is unprepared?
And we need to act NOW to protect health, homes, food supply?

Nah, I must be dreaming. Sleep tight everyone..
News Summary - 15/10/2025 - BBC Sounds
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
www.bbc.co.uk
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dunnock67.bsky.social
🦇 a bad news story for many reasons but pathogen transfer being well up there
berlinbatlab.bsky.social
Brown rats are preying on bats at urban hibernation sites – even snatching them mid-air. Conservation efforts must include non-native rodent control at key bat roosts.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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tg42birder.bsky.social
CO2 emissions rose by a record amount in 2024. Terrible news. Warming is already affecting birdlife on the planet negatively & the damage is accelerating.

To slow it we can stop flying, drive less, eat plant-based & consume less.
Spread the word, be an example, keep talking & vote Green
#ukbirding
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
As if they keep writing all these headlines - and our membership numbers and polling just keeps shooting up. 🚀

Now at 110,000. Over 55% increase in just one month!

Lower bills. Fund NHS. Tax the super rich.

Join.greenparty.org.uk
Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes. Greens who want to save the world by destroying britain
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dropsitenews.com
🚨In blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement, Israel has announced it will slash agreed aid shipments in half and keep the Rafah crossing closed, after Hamas returned four of the 28 bodies of Israeli captives believed to be in Gaza.

Hamas officials had repeatedly told mediators...

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🚨 In blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement, Israel has announced it will slash agreed aid shipments in half and keep the Rafah crossing closed, after Hamas returned four of the 28 bodies of Israeli captives believed to be in Gaza.

Hamas officials had repeatedly told mediators — and said in interviews with Drop Site since early October — that it would be “impossible” to locate and transfer all Israeli bodies within 72 hours of a ceasefire, given the scale of destruction. The ceasefire’s humanitarian protocol explicitly established a joint operations room — including Egypt, Qatar, Turkey, the U.S., Israel, and Hamas — to manage such complications, with Hamas required to submit all information it holds on living and deceased captives.

PIJ deputy leader Mohammed al-Hindi, in an interview on October 1 with Al Araby, said: “They demand the handover of [Israeli] prisoners in 72 hours. But even if they were all together in one house, or even buried in one grave, it would be impossible to hand them over in 72 hours. The situation is complicated, and everyone — Israel, America, and the mediators — knows it is complicated.”
According to Reuters who cited three Israeli officials, the Rafah crossing will remain closed through Wednesday, and aid deliveries will be sharply reduced. And Israeli outlets are claiming Hamas violated the deal, with Channel 12 citing an official alleging Hamas is “in severe breach” by not releasing more bodies. Egypt has reportedly deployed teams in Gaza to help locate them.

In a formal COGAT communication, Israel tied humanitarian aid directly to the return of bodies — a move amounting to collective punishment of a famine-stricken population:

“Yesterday, Hamas violated the agreement… As a result, political leadership has decided to impose a number of sanctions related to the humanitarian agreement. Starting tomorrow, only half of the agreed number of trucks — 300 — will be allowed to enter, all belonging to the UN and humanitarian NGOs. No fuel or gas will be allowed into the Strip, except for limited humanitarian needs.”

Senior Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzouk told Drop Site’s Jeremy Scahill last week that a prisoner exchange “would be impossible” while Israeli forces remain in Gaza’s population centers: “We don’t know exactly where the prisoners are. Even the negotiators don’t know their locations. There cannot be an exchange if Israeli forces remain.”

Marzouk warned that Israel’s refusal to withdraw proves it “does not want Trump’s ceasefire plan to be implemented.” 

As early as October 3, when Hamas first delivered its response to Trump’s plan, Marzouk said on television that locating remains “would take months” after Israel destroyed and blocked off delivery of desperately needed heavy machinery. It would be “impossible” in 72 hours.