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#SuffolkPrepared @suffolkprepared.bsky.social · 16d

This week's Private Eye.

Cluff cartoon of shark fins circling a buoy sign-posted "Freeport".

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 16d

🧵 It’s really Autumn now & leaves are turning. I love this time of year. The colours really sparkle for me, from red to yellow to indigo.

It’s nature & the spectrum that inspire me most, as you can see in this thread of my vibrant one-off ink drawings - just scroll down & have a blackberry! [1]

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · Sep 18

Extreme weather events are affecting billions globally.

Beyond cutting emissions to slow the pace of global warming, adaptation is essential to protect people and communities from the consequences already underway.

Here is why adaptation matters: www.un.org/en/climatech...

Bushes and dry vegetation under an orange-brown sky, suggesting wildfire smoke or dust. Text overlay reads: ‘Investing in climate resilience saves lives and livelihoods.’

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The Grocer @thegrocer.bsky.social · Sep 18

Pets at Home is in the doghouse 🐶

Investors are abandoning stock after the retailer ousted its CEO and issued a surprise profits warning

Pets at Home shares tank as CEO leaves in the wake of another profits warning

CEO Lyssa McGowan has left the business with immediate effect

www.thegrocer.co.uk

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · Sep 18

🚂 A day on the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway: steam, history and a second-hand bookshop haul. Railway enthusiast Prof Richard Murphy describes his perfect escape. #rail200

Steam, history and books: a visit to the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway

A family trip to the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway combined lifelong passion for railways with history, photography and relaxation

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Ipswich.co.uk @ipswichnews.bsky.social · Sep 18

Sizewell C helps drive nuclear jobs to record high in East of England

www.ipswich.co.uk

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#SuffolkPrepared @suffolkprepared.bsky.social · Sep 17

@paulbernal.bsky.social Only a matter of time before - due to #Krasnov's US CLOUD Act 2018 - personal data starts showing up in AI generated stuff.

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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · Aug 28

“Scientists have warned previously that Amoc collapse must be avoided “at all costs”. It would shift the tropical rainfall belt on which many millions of people rely to grow their food, plunge western Europe into extreme cold winters and summer droughts, and add 50cm to already rising sea levels”

Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · Aug 28

Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low likelihood, study finds

- Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic impacts

#climatecrisis #AMOC
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low likelihood, study finds

Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout

www.theguardian.com

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · Aug 28

I was shocked when I first saw these results from standard climate models used in IPCC reports: for high emissions, the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC shuts down in all 9 models that ran past 2100, and is well on the way to shutdown by 2100.
Our paper on that is out today.🧵

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#SuffolkPrepared @suffolkprepared.bsky.social · Aug 23

23.8.2025 www.edp24.co.uk/news/2539509...

Improvements pledged after river through Norfolk village runs dry

Improvements are being pledged for the Heacham River, which runs dry through Sedgeford.

www.edp24.co.uk

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#SuffolkPrepared @suffolkprepared.bsky.social · Aug 23

23.8.2025 www.eadt.co.uk/news/2540996...

Extreme weather contrasts spark huge swings in farmers' buying choices

Extreme weather changes from deluge to drought have prompted huge swings in farmers' purchasing demands, said procurement experts at AF Group.

www.eadt.co.uk

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Protik Islam-Jakobsson @protik.bsky.social · Aug 23

For the EU, this should be a very urgent matter of national security. All EU member states should build on Denmark's wise strategy to phase out Microsoft products

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#SuffolkPrepared @suffolkprepared.bsky.social · Aug 22

Just as the schools go back, and the Govt takes delivery of its Mass Fatality equipment. x.com/1goodtern/st...

tern on X: "And lo, it came to pass, and when the next update was released, Covid cases were up 40% on a fortnight ago. There hasn't been a wave like this one before at any point in the pandemic." / X

And lo, it came to pass, and when the next update was released, Covid cases were up 40% on a fortnight ago. There hasn't been a wave like this one before at any point in the pandemic.

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tern @1goodtern.bsky.social · Apr 29

I've just seen some staggering data on how badly infections are affecting urgent care here *now*.

It's hard to comprehend.
It's hard to get your head round it.

You need to see it to believe it.
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Cllr Brian Wernham 🔶 C.Eng. MA History @brianwernham.bsky.social · Aug 19

Smart move by Zelenskyy - playing on Trump's well-known squeamishness

“The president of Ukraine presented Trump with a golf club of Kostiantyn Kartavtsev, a who had lost a leg saving his comrades - Zelenskyy also showed Trump a video of Kartavtsev"

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Trump rules out sending US ground troops to Ukraine and warns Putin of ‘rough situation’ if he does not move towards peace – live

US president says it’s possible Russian leader does not want to make deal

www.theguardian.com

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Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social · Aug 11

Ukrainians should be worried about the latest Trump-Russia shenanigans. Most likely for multiple reasons, all bad, a battlefield- and economically-weakened Putin is being allowed to negotiate as if from a position of strength. This US diplomatic aberration needs to be countered by European leaders.

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · Jul 11

Gabbard, Patel and Hegseth - “the unholy trinity of utterly unqualified nominees, people put up for their jobs primarily because Trump and his advisers knew that they would be completely pliant and obsequious…and that Senate Republicans would have to bend their collective knee by confirming them.”

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Jul 11

Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard are turning America’s spy apparatus on its own employees, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues.

The Federal Bureau of Paranoia

America turns on its own spies and cops.

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#SuffolkPrepared @suffolkprepared.bsky.social · Aug 5

1.8.2025 "this is not about money. It is about whether or not we believe in local democracy and local services. If bigger really was always better, and local democracy really didn’t count, then surely we might as well have everything run from Whitehall." eastangliabylines.co.uk/devolution/h...

How many councils for the new Norfolk and Suffolk?

In the government’s reorganisation of local government, will we be better served by two Unitary authorities in Norfolk and Suffolk, or six?

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · Aug 5

This is a truly excellent piece by @stephenkb.bsky.social
Face it guys, you have to pay the doctors
www.ft.com/content/e263...

Britain’s medical exodus is a warning sign for the NHS

Doctors are increasingly prepared to travel abroad in search of better pay and conditions

www.ft.com

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · Jul 30

To be clear, this is the fossil fuel industry rewriting climate science in the name of profit.

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · Jul 30

The list of names on the review of climate science presented to the US energy secretary reads like a who's who of paid lobbyists for the fossil fuel industry. Because it is.

Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · Jul 29

I can't imagine there will be any problems with this summary of climate science

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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · Jul 30

Why do heatwaves matter?

Heatwaves are prolonged periods of excessively hot weather, often accompanied by high humidity, that significantly impact human health, ecosystems and infrastructure.
In Europe, they have become more frequent, hotter and long-lasting since 2000.

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#SuffolkPrepared @suffolkprepared.bsky.social · Jul 30

Anglian Water has been fined £62.8 million for illegally dumping their sewage into the environment.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Anglian Water to pay £63m over sewage failures

Ofwat finds company breached its legal obligations in how it operated its wastewater treatment works

www.theguardian.com

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UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme @pomscheme.bsky.social · Jul 16

The RHS team are using FIT Counts to help inform the evidence base for their Plants for Pollinators lists. Find out more about the project here www.rhs.org.uk/science/rese... and in the latest @pomscheme.bsky.social annual report 2/3

RHS Plants for Pollinator Counts / RHS

www.rhs.org.uk

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#SuffolkPrepared @suffolkprepared.bsky.social · Jul 13

12.7.2025 This bans farmers from watering crops, even though there are NO water restrictions being imposed in the area. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07...

Farmers’ fury over ban on watering crops during heatwave

Growers warn the restriction, imposed by the Environment Agency on around 240 farms in East Anglia, threatens significant harvest losses

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Jewel @jewelthin.bsky.social · Jul 4

If it helps: There's four photos but up to 8 Icons

Jewel @jewelthin.bsky.social · Jul 4

How many of these Icons from Suffolk can you name?

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