DebT
@writergeek.bsky.social
Data journalist, copywriter, science/research communications in microplastics, tree science, climate change. Keen on walking, growing veg, cooking and podcasts.
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Science-heads who are journalism-curious! This is one of the best internships imaginable. Many of its holders have gone on to great careers at The Economist.
Please help spread the word.
www.economist.com/science-and-...
Please help spread the word.
www.economist.com/science-and-...
The Economist’s science and technology internship
We invite applications for the 2026 Richard Casement internship
www.economist.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Science-heads who are journalism-curious! This is one of the best internships imaginable. Many of its holders have gone on to great careers at The Economist.
Please help spread the word.
www.economist.com/science-and-...
Please help spread the word.
www.economist.com/science-and-...
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Nothing like enjoying your slightly cheaper pint while imagining the toddler crying from hunger that paid for it.
Reform UK says it would re-impose two-child benefit cap for most families to fund £3bn support package for pubs - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
February 3, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Nothing like enjoying your slightly cheaper pint while imagining the toddler crying from hunger that paid for it.
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There's an astonishing cruelty in trying to make the world even more hostile for trans kids by suing schools that want to include them. But that's where 'gender critical' Britain is.
We're acting for a school that is being sued - and we could really use your help with funding.
We're acting for a school that is being sued - and we could really use your help with funding.
Defend trans kids in school | Good Law Project
goodlaw.social
February 2, 2026 at 4:58 PM
There's an astonishing cruelty in trying to make the world even more hostile for trans kids by suing schools that want to include them. But that's where 'gender critical' Britain is.
We're acting for a school that is being sued - and we could really use your help with funding.
We're acting for a school that is being sued - and we could really use your help with funding.
An establishment investigating itself declares the #epstein case to be over, telling victims there is no evidence.
Even the files that have been released are grotesque, implicating many powerful men.
Gaslighting 101
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Even the files that have been released are grotesque, implicating many powerful men.
Gaslighting 101
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Todd Blanche says review of Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking case ‘is over’
Deputy US attorney general says victims ‘want to be made whole’ but that doesn’t mean ‘we can just create evidence’
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:47 AM
An establishment investigating itself declares the #epstein case to be over, telling victims there is no evidence.
Even the files that have been released are grotesque, implicating many powerful men.
Gaslighting 101
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Even the files that have been released are grotesque, implicating many powerful men.
Gaslighting 101
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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A UAE royal sent $187 million to the trump crypto business the night before he took office
They’ve raked in $5 billion from it
Nothing to see here, folks
They’ve raked in $5 billion from it
Nothing to see here, folks
February 2, 2026 at 5:08 AM
A UAE royal sent $187 million to the trump crypto business the night before he took office
They’ve raked in $5 billion from it
Nothing to see here, folks
They’ve raked in $5 billion from it
Nothing to see here, folks
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Say hello to Hannah Spencer—councillor, plumber, greyhound lover and your Green Party candidate for Gorton and Denton 💚
January 30, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Say hello to Hannah Spencer—councillor, plumber, greyhound lover and your Green Party candidate for Gorton and Denton 💚
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My first remarks since being arrested last night.
January 30, 2026 at 11:30 PM
My first remarks since being arrested last night.
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BREAKING: Trump's DOJ has just arrested a SECOND Journalist, Georgia Fort, for filming and documenting the protest at the Minneapolis Church.
American institutions are breaking down faster than even I had imagined. Journalists are being rounded up by a politically influenced DOJ.
American institutions are breaking down faster than even I had imagined. Journalists are being rounded up by a politically influenced DOJ.
January 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM
BREAKING: Trump's DOJ has just arrested a SECOND Journalist, Georgia Fort, for filming and documenting the protest at the Minneapolis Church.
American institutions are breaking down faster than even I had imagined. Journalists are being rounded up by a politically influenced DOJ.
American institutions are breaking down faster than even I had imagined. Journalists are being rounded up by a politically influenced DOJ.
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I'm going to print this image out and hang it on my wall because the idea that this exists should fill everyone with absolute boiling fucking rage every day.
January 27, 2026 at 5:24 AM
I'm going to print this image out and hang it on my wall because the idea that this exists should fill everyone with absolute boiling fucking rage every day.
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Pleased to share our article in @nature.com
'Pesticide mixtures harm soil biodiversity'.
Along with Alex Pedrinho, we highlight policy implications& future research of new pub from @mvanderheijden.bsky.social group to support pesticide regulations & soil biodiversity protection
rdcu.be/e1aHs
'Pesticide mixtures harm soil biodiversity'.
Along with Alex Pedrinho, we highlight policy implications& future research of new pub from @mvanderheijden.bsky.social group to support pesticide regulations & soil biodiversity protection
rdcu.be/e1aHs
January 28, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Pleased to share our article in @nature.com
'Pesticide mixtures harm soil biodiversity'.
Along with Alex Pedrinho, we highlight policy implications& future research of new pub from @mvanderheijden.bsky.social group to support pesticide regulations & soil biodiversity protection
rdcu.be/e1aHs
'Pesticide mixtures harm soil biodiversity'.
Along with Alex Pedrinho, we highlight policy implications& future research of new pub from @mvanderheijden.bsky.social group to support pesticide regulations & soil biodiversity protection
rdcu.be/e1aHs
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My story, written this morning from Minneapolis, is part of The Economist's cover package this week
Inside the movement challenging—and disrupting—ICE
www.economist.com/united-state...
Inside the movement challenging—and disrupting—ICE
www.economist.com/united-state...
Inside the movement challenging—and disrupting—ICE
A non-violent network of activists is forming across America
www.economist.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:07 AM
My story, written this morning from Minneapolis, is part of The Economist's cover package this week
Inside the movement challenging—and disrupting—ICE
www.economist.com/united-state...
Inside the movement challenging—and disrupting—ICE
www.economist.com/united-state...
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You should read this piece. Adam is right: the core theory behind the anti-ICE mobilization here in Minneapolis isn’t really a political ideology, but that neighbors are neighbors and must be protected.
"Minnesotans are insisting that their neighbors are their neighbors whether they were born in Mpls or Mogadishu. That is, arguably, a deeply Christian philosophy, one apparently loathed by some of the most powerful Christians in America" ~ @adamserwer.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:12 PM
You should read this piece. Adam is right: the core theory behind the anti-ICE mobilization here in Minneapolis isn’t really a political ideology, but that neighbors are neighbors and must be protected.
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I hadn't realised just how rotten findoutnow are. This "poll" has a sample size of one hundred and forty-three people?
Gorton & Denton By-Election Voting Intention:
RFM: 36% (+22)
LAB: 33% (-18)
GRN: 21% (+8)
CON: 8% (=)
LDM: 3% (-1)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 26-27 Jan.
Changes w/ 2024.
RFM: 36% (+22)
LAB: 33% (-18)
GRN: 21% (+8)
CON: 8% (=)
LDM: 3% (-1)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 26-27 Jan.
Changes w/ 2024.
January 28, 2026 at 6:07 PM
I hadn't realised just how rotten findoutnow are. This "poll" has a sample size of one hundred and forty-three people?
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"Allowing the crime scene to be contaminated then covering the victim’s weapon with fingerprints will make it much harder to investigate the case, much less prosecute it. But of course federal officials never intended to do either. Indeed, the coverup was underway immediately." — @lizdye.bsky.social
The investigation is the coverup
Trump's "pivot" on Pretti is just a head fake.
www.publicnotice.co
January 28, 2026 at 6:23 PM
"Allowing the crime scene to be contaminated then covering the victim’s weapon with fingerprints will make it much harder to investigate the case, much less prosecute it. But of course federal officials never intended to do either. Indeed, the coverup was underway immediately." — @lizdye.bsky.social
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“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 AM
“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
Everyone in Britain has been brought up on tales of heroism as the only ones to stand against fascism in WW2 (after, of course, years of 'appeasement').
To see our leaders cosy up to Trump/GOP and ushering in bad US tech companies when they are murdering their own citizens is morally repugnant.
To see our leaders cosy up to Trump/GOP and ushering in bad US tech companies when they are murdering their own citizens is morally repugnant.
January 24, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Everyone in Britain has been brought up on tales of heroism as the only ones to stand against fascism in WW2 (after, of course, years of 'appeasement').
To see our leaders cosy up to Trump/GOP and ushering in bad US tech companies when they are murdering their own citizens is morally repugnant.
To see our leaders cosy up to Trump/GOP and ushering in bad US tech companies when they are murdering their own citizens is morally repugnant.
Apparently an estate agent filmed fake TikTok videos inside people's actual homes that the agency rented out to British citizens and then claimed they were being handed over to 'boat people' for hate-likes.
This is one of the strangest and most screwed-up stories I’ve worked on. www.londoncentric.media/p/tiktok-lon...
Who's secretly filming fake TikToks inside Londoners' homes?
We tracked down the viral video account invading people's houses to spread false claims about immigrants.
www.londoncentric.media
January 24, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Apparently an estate agent filmed fake TikTok videos inside people's actual homes that the agency rented out to British citizens and then claimed they were being handed over to 'boat people' for hate-likes.
Great video. That is how the UK feels.
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January 22, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Great video. That is how the UK feels.
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Microplastic emissions into the air from land sources are estimated to be about six hundred quadrillion particles per year, which is more than 20 times larger than emissions from the oceans, according to an analysis in Nature. go.nature.com/4jWQCei
January 22, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Microplastic emissions into the air from land sources are estimated to be about six hundred quadrillion particles per year, which is more than 20 times larger than emissions from the oceans, according to an analysis in Nature. go.nature.com/4jWQCei
A speech that everyone should take note of, particularly the UK government.
#davos
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTvF...
#davos
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTvF...
FULL SPEECH: Canada’s PM Carney Says US-Led World Order Is Breaking at World Economic Forum | AC1G
YouTube video by DRM News
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January 22, 2026 at 6:22 PM
A speech that everyone should take note of, particularly the UK government.
#davos
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTvF...
#davos
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTvF...
Interesting read from Fiona Hill on the UK's security situation and its strategic mistakes (Brexit):
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Fiona Hill: “The UK needs to think of its own sovereignty”
The foreign policy expert on spheres of influence and what America First really means
www.newstatesman.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Interesting read from Fiona Hill on the UK's security situation and its strategic mistakes (Brexit):
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
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'The codification of brutal prejudice is still within living memory, and its consequences remain deeply embedded. Of course, we have not always got it right...But the ambition itself is just, and we should not apologise for it, no matter how powerful our detractors.'
We can’t give up on EDI in science
We haven’t always got it right, but we should not apologise for trying to build a better society, no matter how powerful our detractors, says Keith Burnett
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:08 AM
'The codification of brutal prejudice is still within living memory, and its consequences remain deeply embedded. Of course, we have not always got it right...But the ambition itself is just, and we should not apologise for it, no matter how powerful our detractors.'
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"a powerful, concentrated group of fossil fuel corporations are not only dominating global emissions but are actively sabotaging climate action and weakening government ambition.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms, study shows
Critics accuse leading firms of sabotaging climate action but say data increasingly being used to hold them to account
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:03 AM
"a powerful, concentrated group of fossil fuel corporations are not only dominating global emissions but are actively sabotaging climate action and weakening government ambition.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...