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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 18h

Greta Thunberg: “Israeli soldiers hit, kicked, starved, and tortured me”

• They placed a flag next to me, and anytime the flag touched me, they kicked me
• Whenever I raised my head to look at Ben-Gvir, I was kicked
• She was filmed while stripped naked

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19h

Israel sent back Greta Thunberg’s luggage scrawled with “Whore Greta”, an Israeli flag, and a penis.

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Susan Board, PhD @suseboard.bsky.social · 20h

The science is clear: emissions really did need to peak this year for a chance of staying within 1.5°C.
To close the gap between science and politics, communications must be sharper… Politicians and the public need to understand not just the scale of the climate crisis, but how immediate it is.

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The Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST) @cast-centre.bsky.social · 23h

To learn more, read their article in @uk.theconversation.com on why most British MPs "don't know how urgent climate action is" 👇

We surveyed British MPs – most don’t know how urgent climate action is

New study finds both MPs and the public underestimate how quickly global emissions must be cut.

theconversation.com

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Susan Board, PhD @suseboard.bsky.social · 21h

The poll is still open!

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 3d

This poll in The Times is still open.

Go to —> compass.pressekompass.net/compasses/ti...

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 23h

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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Susan Board, PhD @suseboard.bsky.social · 1d

Same!

Susan Board, PhD @suseboard.bsky.social · 1d

The site, Pharmadoctor, lists where you can get a Covid vaccine but beware, price varies: £98-118.

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Susan Board, PhD @suseboard.bsky.social · 2d

Slender-billed curlews are officially extinct – here’s why the loss of these migratory birds really matters
theconversation.com/slender-bill...

Slender-billed curlews are officially extinct – here’s why the loss of these migratory birds really matters

Why the loss of this species shines light on the global extinction crisis.

theconversation.com

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 2d

Reform UK's deputy leader has broken parliamentary rules by failing to register hospitality. So what's the story with Richard Tice, the French villa and the ex-Kremlin minister?

hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/13/r...

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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 3d

If you wondered why Nigel Farage turned up in US Congress in September speaking about "freedom of speech", this story has the answer

His appearance was orchestrated by a powerful American anti-abortion group that is trying to increase its influence in the UK by influencing the free speech debate

Jane Bradley @bradleyjane.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: How a U.S. anti-abortion group has quietly positioned itself as a powerbroker between the Trump administration and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.

Latest investigation w Elizabeth Dias.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

www.nytimes.com

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Susan Board, PhD @suseboard.bsky.social · 5d

Including fifteen species of bumblebees, which play a crucial role in pollinating peas, beans, peanuts and clover

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years

Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study The number of wild bee species in Europe at risk of extinction has more than doubled over the past decade, while the number of endangered butterfly species has almost doubled. The jeopardy facing crucial pollinators was revealed by scientific studies for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list of threatened species, which found that at least 172 bee species out of 1,928 were at risk of extinction in Europe. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Susan Board, PhD @suseboard.bsky.social · 5d

Wish Tern would come over here..

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 5d

Also, if you're "in bed with flu", it's almost certainly Covid.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 5d

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 6d

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 10d

For shame. 😡

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Susan Board, PhD @suseboard.bsky.social · 10d

Listen … 💚

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 11d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11d

And he’s back!!

Sunday isn’t Sunday without Stewart Lee. We were so thrilled at @thenerve.news that Stewart came with us.

His satirical columns for the Observer were some of our most-read content: funny, surreal, angry true. Essential weekend reading.

www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

DOUBLETHINK DOES DOUBLETIME

STEWART LEE

www.thenerve.news

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Susan Board, PhD @suseboard.bsky.social · 12d

What happened to the idea of the circular economy? 🥺

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12d

Keeping people in poverty is an expensive luxury.
My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It hurt when I crashed my bike into a pothole – and it taught me the true price of austerity | George Monbiot

Fixing that hole could have cost under £100; the cost of not doing so is limitless. My prang highlights the neoliberal folly of false economies, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13d

Dame Jane Goodall obituary

Pioneering scientist whose breakthrough studies of chimpanzees changed how the animals were perceived and led to greater protection

www.theguardian.com

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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 14d

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This needs to be shared widely

Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet? | Aditya Chakrabortty

The wild politics and chainsaw made Argentina’s president an economic hero for the right. And now, with his nation’s finances in chaos: silence, writes Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

www.theguardian.com

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Susan Board, PhD @suseboard.bsky.social · 13d

We’d better start!

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 14d

The Royal Society is meeting today to determine what action to take on Elon Musk's continued membership.
What they decide will say a great deal about what the society stands for and whether it is able to meet the needs of the modern scientific community.

Royal Society to consider expelling Musk after rally speech - Research Professional News

“Language of violence” in address to anti-immigration march pushes science academy to reassess billionaire’s fellowship

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 14d

We will regret not acting faster on climate change.

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