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Chimamanda Adichie:
the danger of a single story? (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | TEDGlobal 2009) @tedtalksstamps.bsky.social www.ted.com/talks/chimam...
the danger of a single story? (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | TEDGlobal 2009) @tedtalksstamps.bsky.social www.ted.com/talks/chimam...
The danger of a single story
Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single ...
www.ted.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Chimamanda Adichie:
the danger of a single story? (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | TEDGlobal 2009) @tedtalksstamps.bsky.social www.ted.com/talks/chimam...
the danger of a single story? (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | TEDGlobal 2009) @tedtalksstamps.bsky.social www.ted.com/talks/chimam...
The Scientist Who Talks With Plants | Dr. Monica Gagliano (Episode 28) youtu.be/2lHpRrueMbM?...
The Scientist Who Talks With Plants | Dr. Monica Gagliano (Episode 28)
YouTube video by The Wonderstruck Podcast with Elizabeth Rovere
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December 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The Scientist Who Talks With Plants | Dr. Monica Gagliano (Episode 28) youtu.be/2lHpRrueMbM?...
The EU is preparing a gift for pesticide giants: toxic pesticides could stay on the market forever, with no safety tests at all. Yes, forever approvals. Yes, this is real. Sign now to stop it. action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-12...
Protect Our Food From Toxic Pesticides
The EU is preparing a gift for pesticide giants, and a nightmare for the rest of us. A new proposal could let toxic pesticides, including glyphosate, stay on the market forever.Yes, forever approvals....
action.wemove.eu
December 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The EU is preparing a gift for pesticide giants: toxic pesticides could stay on the market forever, with no safety tests at all. Yes, forever approvals. Yes, this is real. Sign now to stop it. action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-12...
Appreciate all the amazing things in your life. Each time you take a deep breath today, reflect on something wonderful. —Brooke #dailydoseofkindness
thank you RAKFoundation www.randomactsofkindness.org/daily-dose-o... via @rakfoundation.bsky.social
thank you RAKFoundation www.randomactsofkindness.org/daily-dose-o... via @rakfoundation.bsky.social
A daily dose of kindness from The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation
Appreciate all the amazing things in your life. Each time you take a deep breath today, reflect on something wonderful. —Brooke
www.randomactsofkindness.org
December 11, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Appreciate all the amazing things in your life. Each time you take a deep breath today, reflect on something wonderful. —Brooke #dailydoseofkindness
thank you RAKFoundation www.randomactsofkindness.org/daily-dose-o... via @rakfoundation.bsky.social
thank you RAKFoundation www.randomactsofkindness.org/daily-dose-o... via @rakfoundation.bsky.social
Middle Fork Bottoms State Park demonstrates the benefits that flow when ecology is left to do what it does naturally.
From Reasons to be Cheerful reasonstobecheerful.world/tennessee-mi...
From Reasons to be Cheerful reasonstobecheerful.world/tennessee-mi...
Depleted Tennessee Farmland Is Now Teeming With Wildlife
Middle Fork Bottoms State Park demonstrates the benefits that flow when ecology is left to do what it does naturally.
reasonstobecheerful.world
December 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Middle Fork Bottoms State Park demonstrates the benefits that flow when ecology is left to do what it does naturally.
From Reasons to be Cheerful reasonstobecheerful.world/tennessee-mi...
From Reasons to be Cheerful reasonstobecheerful.world/tennessee-mi...
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Some astonishing wind flows in the NE Atlantic just now, and look at how the UK’s warm weather is sweeping straight up from the Spanish west coast. (Touch to move around the globe, tap for wind speeds and use 2 fingers to change scale).
earth.nullschool.net#current/wind...
earth.nullschool.net#current/wind...
earth :: a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions
See current wind, weather, ocean, and pollution conditions, as forecast by supercomputers, on an interactive animated map. Updated every three hours.
earth.nullschool.net
December 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Some astonishing wind flows in the NE Atlantic just now, and look at how the UK’s warm weather is sweeping straight up from the Spanish west coast. (Touch to move around the globe, tap for wind speeds and use 2 fingers to change scale).
earth.nullschool.net#current/wind...
earth.nullschool.net#current/wind...
The Animal Odd Couple
- beautiful friendship of elephant and dog youtu.be/cBtFTF2ii7U?... via @YouTube
- beautiful friendship of elephant and dog youtu.be/cBtFTF2ii7U?... via @YouTube
The Animal Odd Couple
YouTube video by CBS
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December 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The Animal Odd Couple
- beautiful friendship of elephant and dog youtu.be/cBtFTF2ii7U?... via @YouTube
- beautiful friendship of elephant and dog youtu.be/cBtFTF2ii7U?... via @YouTube
EU Commission : please dont give unlimited pesticide approvals
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action.eko.org/a/eu-commiss...
action.eko.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
EU Commission : please dont give unlimited pesticide approvals
action.eko.org/a/eu-commiss...
action.eko.org/a/eu-commiss...
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We have some lovely new shiny holographic stickers available!
These ones are bound to stand out 🤩
Get yours here
🌈 scottishrefugeecouncil.bigcartel.com/product/shin...
#AyeWelcomeRefugees
These ones are bound to stand out 🤩
Get yours here
🌈 scottishrefugeecouncil.bigcartel.com/product/shin...
#AyeWelcomeRefugees
December 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
We have some lovely new shiny holographic stickers available!
These ones are bound to stand out 🤩
Get yours here
🌈 scottishrefugeecouncil.bigcartel.com/product/shin...
#AyeWelcomeRefugees
These ones are bound to stand out 🤩
Get yours here
🌈 scottishrefugeecouncil.bigcartel.com/product/shin...
#AyeWelcomeRefugees
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Loch Glass, Highlands.
Pic: IG/merlins_mind
Pic: IG/merlins_mind
December 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Loch Glass, Highlands.
Pic: IG/merlins_mind
Pic: IG/merlins_mind
Combat Veterans Tell Us What We Need to Know About War - YES! Magazine
Solutions Journalism
www.yesmagazine.org/social-justi...
Solutions Journalism
www.yesmagazine.org/social-justi...
Photo Essay | Combat Veterans Tell Us What We Need to Know About War
“Enough of the horror.”
www.yesmagazine.org
December 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Combat Veterans Tell Us What We Need to Know About War - YES! Magazine
Solutions Journalism
www.yesmagazine.org/social-justi...
Solutions Journalism
www.yesmagazine.org/social-justi...
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Hebrews 13:2
UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
December 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Hebrews 13:2
Fashion Brands: Please protect your workers! Support them to rebuild their lives after the floods! action.eko.org/a/fashion-br...
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December 8, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Fashion Brands: Please protect your workers! Support them to rebuild their lives after the floods! action.eko.org/a/fashion-br...
Wonderful conversation
- The Scientist Who Talks With Plants | Dr. Monica Gagliano (Episode 28)
The Wonderstruck Podcast with Elizabeth rovere
youtu.be/2lHpRrueMbM?...
- The Scientist Who Talks With Plants | Dr. Monica Gagliano (Episode 28)
The Wonderstruck Podcast with Elizabeth rovere
youtu.be/2lHpRrueMbM?...
The Scientist Who Talks With Plants | Dr. Monica Gagliano (Episode 28)
YouTube video by The Wonderstruck Podcast with Elizabeth Rovere
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Wonderful conversation
- The Scientist Who Talks With Plants | Dr. Monica Gagliano (Episode 28)
The Wonderstruck Podcast with Elizabeth rovere
youtu.be/2lHpRrueMbM?...
- The Scientist Who Talks With Plants | Dr. Monica Gagliano (Episode 28)
The Wonderstruck Podcast with Elizabeth rovere
youtu.be/2lHpRrueMbM?...
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Amid rising ICE arrests, volunteers provide aid — a meal, a bed, gas money — to anyone visiting someone detained in remote rural Georgia.
In the Shadow of an Immigrant Detention Center, a Small House Offers Refuge
Amid rising ICE arrests, volunteers provide aid — a meal, a bed, gas money — to anyone visiting someone detained in remote rural Georgia.
www.motherjones.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Amid rising ICE arrests, volunteers provide aid — a meal, a bed, gas money — to anyone visiting someone detained in remote rural Georgia.
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Farage & his racist, divisive bile have no place in Scotland & we MUST show it in every way we can.
Challenge yourself to a run in solidarity with refugees! @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social
Make an impact in the new year as part of a big team. ✊️❤️
Free sign up: www.edinburghmarathon.com/marathon
Challenge yourself to a run in solidarity with refugees! @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social
Make an impact in the new year as part of a big team. ✊️❤️
Free sign up: www.edinburghmarathon.com/marathon
December 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Farage & his racist, divisive bile have no place in Scotland & we MUST show it in every way we can.
Challenge yourself to a run in solidarity with refugees! @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social
Make an impact in the new year as part of a big team. ✊️❤️
Free sign up: www.edinburghmarathon.com/marathon
Challenge yourself to a run in solidarity with refugees! @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social
Make an impact in the new year as part of a big team. ✊️❤️
Free sign up: www.edinburghmarathon.com/marathon
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Foraging often teaches extraction. But what if plants aren't resources to harvest. They're relatives to know? From Myanmar's rituals to British hedgerows, the shift from consumer to kin changes everything. Full essay: www.eatweeds.co.uk/relatives
November 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Foraging often teaches extraction. But what if plants aren't resources to harvest. They're relatives to know? From Myanmar's rituals to British hedgerows, the shift from consumer to kin changes everything. Full essay: www.eatweeds.co.uk/relatives
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The German President is in the UK for a state visit - the first one in 27 years.
We took to the streets in Germany to ask Germans what the first thing that comes to mind when they think about the UK. 🤔
We took to the streets in Germany to ask Germans what the first thing that comes to mind when they think about the UK. 🤔
December 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The German President is in the UK for a state visit - the first one in 27 years.
We took to the streets in Germany to ask Germans what the first thing that comes to mind when they think about the UK. 🤔
We took to the streets in Germany to ask Germans what the first thing that comes to mind when they think about the UK. 🤔
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A win for people-led #rewilding 🏡 Last night MSPs voted to create a new hutting law compelling the Scottish Government to publish a model lease for hutting on public #land - making it easier for people across Scotland to enjoy low-impact, sustainable hutting in the future.
Read the full story 👇
Read the full story 👇
‘A win for people-led rewilding’ – new hutting law to unlock public land to connect people and nature - Trees for Life
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November 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A win for people-led #rewilding 🏡 Last night MSPs voted to create a new hutting law compelling the Scottish Government to publish a model lease for hutting on public #land - making it easier for people across Scotland to enjoy low-impact, sustainable hutting in the future.
Read the full story 👇
Read the full story 👇
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A huge step for rewilding in the Highlands 🌲 #GlenAffric NNR - one of Scotland’s most iconic and beautiful glens - has officially joined @affrichighlands.bsky.social, the UK’s largest #rewilding landscape.
Read the full story 👉 affrichighlands.org/news/glen-af...
Read the full story 👉 affrichighlands.org/news/glen-af...
Glen Affric joins UK’s largest rewilding landscape
The world-famous Glen Affric National Nature Reserve managed by Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has joined Affric Highlands, the UK’s largest rewilding landscape – becoming the 20th landholding to…
affrichighlands.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
A huge step for rewilding in the Highlands 🌲 #GlenAffric NNR - one of Scotland’s most iconic and beautiful glens - has officially joined @affrichighlands.bsky.social, the UK’s largest #rewilding landscape.
Read the full story 👉 affrichighlands.org/news/glen-af...
Read the full story 👉 affrichighlands.org/news/glen-af...
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Exciting red squirrel news 🔊 🐿️ The range of red #squirrels in the #ScottishHighlands has increased by more than 25% following our 10-year reintroduction project!
Surveys show that new populations are thriving, breeding and linking up. Read the full story 👉 treesforlife.org.uk/red-squirrel...
Surveys show that new populations are thriving, breeding and linking up. Read the full story 👉 treesforlife.org.uk/red-squirrel...
Red squirrel range in Highlands increases by over 25% following major reintroduction project by rewilding charity - Trees for Life
treesforlife.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Exciting red squirrel news 🔊 🐿️ The range of red #squirrels in the #ScottishHighlands has increased by more than 25% following our 10-year reintroduction project!
Surveys show that new populations are thriving, breeding and linking up. Read the full story 👉 treesforlife.org.uk/red-squirrel...
Surveys show that new populations are thriving, breeding and linking up. Read the full story 👉 treesforlife.org.uk/red-squirrel...
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Pope Leo in the Turkish city of Iznik (ancient Nicaea, of Christian Council fame), where he said: "We must strongly reject the use of religion for justifying war, violence, or any form of fundamentalism or fanaticism."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Pope Leo finds his voice on first foreign trip
We are learning a little more about how Pope Leo intends to carry out his duties, writes Religion Editor Aleem Maqbool.
www.bbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Pope Leo in the Turkish city of Iznik (ancient Nicaea, of Christian Council fame), where he said: "We must strongly reject the use of religion for justifying war, violence, or any form of fundamentalism or fanaticism."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Josh Doble of Community Land Scotland: “This is not a fringe issue. Land reform touches upon all of our lives as we face housing shortages, rising food prices, growing inequality and ecosystem collapse.”
www.thenational.scot/news/2566814...
www.thenational.scot/news/2566814...
Land reform is the pathway to building true people power
It is telling that within weeks of the Land Reform Bill passing in our Parliament, we are discussing the future of land reform in Scotland with…
www.thenational.scot
December 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Josh Doble of Community Land Scotland: “This is not a fringe issue. Land reform touches upon all of our lives as we face housing shortages, rising food prices, growing inequality and ecosystem collapse.”
www.thenational.scot/news/2566814...
www.thenational.scot/news/2566814...
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The work of the mature person is to carry grief in one hand and gratitude in the other and to be stretched large by them. How much sorrow can I hold? That’s how much gratitude I can give.~Francis Weller, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘌𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸
December 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The work of the mature person is to carry grief in one hand and gratitude in the other and to be stretched large by them. How much sorrow can I hold? That’s how much gratitude I can give.~Francis Weller, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘌𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸