Ruth Watson
@ruthwatson.bsky.social
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Journalist. Activist. Working for a better tomorrow today. Political perspectives. Sustainability. Resilience. Food security. Social justice. Scottish. Irish. Algerian. Kabyl. There is no Planet B.
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fao.org
🔴#WorldFoodForum 2025 starts today!

If you are not in Rome, make sure you can register to follow online ➡️ bit.ly/47ieWSZ

Everyone can take action for better foods and a better future!

Learn more➡️ www.world-food-forum.org

#FAO80 #BetterFoodsBetterFuture #WFF2025
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nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
#AMR - no one is safe until everyone is safe

"These bugs have long been considered to only cause infections in older babies, but are now infecting babies in their first days of life"
#AntimicrobialResistance
www.sciencealert.com/study-reveal...
Study Reveals 'Alarming' Rise of Superbugs in Newborn Babies
Humanity's war against drug-resistant microbes is not going very well.
www.sciencealert.com
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matthewpb.bsky.social
Returns from a chain bookshop have reduced our sales to a minus figure in the most important sales month of the year.

Please support independent bookshops this Christmas.
ruthwatson.bsky.social
This is something I did not know.

Fascinating.
mikegrunwald.bsky.social
Sri Lanka tried banning all synthetic pesticides and fertilizers - yields crashed, they had brutal food shortages and food riots, the government fell and the president had to flee…hmm actually maybe we should give that terrible idea a shot.
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ruthwatson.bsky.social
One of the sounds that will always remind me of Australia: the magpie crow.
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omgisme.bsky.social
The KKK was founded in 1865. The united states has had 157 years to register it as a terrorist organization an has not . Instead it's a tax exempt religious organization . I'm not all that interested in white people's definition of terrorism .
ruthwatson.bsky.social
Woman - and expert.

In 2025.
profaliceroberts.bsky.social
Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.
ok.co.uk
Rylan Clark is set to delve into the eerie world of witchcraft in his new show, The Witches Of Essex.
ruthwatson.bsky.social
Hey, how about sharing the original so @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social gets the credit for the video she took?

bsky.app/profile/notu...
noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
You can just share my video from me instead of sharing a screen recording of my video from a content farm account that isn’t on the scene btw.
noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
The inflatables have made it to Broadview.
ruthwatson.bsky.social
In a time of repression,
Be ungovernable.
noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
The inflatables have made it to Broadview.
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dividerdecider.bsky.social
Uniter
I will Repost any #AntiFa photos from vets or their families — whether or not it’s trending!!!

That makes me an AntiFa sympathizer in the eyes of at least one draft-dodging #Fa on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Nebraskan, well-decorated Retired USMC john018511 Threads post on Oct. 13 saying “Me in my antifa uniform, Nov 10, 2023”
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consilium.europa.eu
Today, the entry/exit system gets underway.

This new digital border system will streamline travel, enhance security, and improve the efficiency of border controls for non-EU nationals entering or exiting the EU.

Full implementation is planned for 10 April 2026.

More info → link.europa.eu/mnYbcy
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rmcunliffe.bsky.social
"Doucet is no protagonist. That honour goes to the people unable to flit in and out of the drama on international flights, who continue to make the beds and cook the food and sweep up the pieces"

This history of Afghanistan by Lyse Doucet is really very special
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
An Afghan hotel that has seen it all
Lyse Doucet’s The Finest Hotel in Kabul is a vivid and personal display of Afghanistan’s turbulent political history
www.newstatesman.com
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