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“In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration.” — Bruce Springsteen

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Oud-D66-leider en jeugdboekenschrijver Jan Terlouw (93) overleden

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The difference just 4 years can make when land is released from overgrazing. Nothing was planted here: all these native trees, wildflowers, etc, came naturally, along with loads of butterflies, birds, + other animal life. THIS is how we reverse nature loss. #Rewilding 🌍

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Nu snoeien in budget en straks weer de schuld van de vluchtelingen! www.standaard.be/politiek/min...

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Industrial fishing has caused immense damage to ocean life, but given the right protection, the sea has miraculous powers of recovery.

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A new study has calculated that increasing vegetation in urban areas by 30 per cent could have prevented more than one third of all global heat-related deaths between 2000 to 2019. In total, 1.16 million lives may have been saved with more greenery during this 20-year period. 🌎

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On Thursday, Cemil Önal was murdered in a suburb of The Hague. He had warned the Dutch authorities that his life was in danger, he told us just days before his death. He claimed to have knowledge of the bribery of Turkish politicians, which, he said, made him a target. www.ftm.eu/articles/mur...

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👀👀👀

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We urgently need much more of this. Landscape-scale ecological restoration.

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This is almost unbelievable. It's now May and there is still virtually no new sea ice forming in the Bellingshausen Sea (lower left region in image). Image showing sea ice concentration derived from AMSR satellite data is by Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Germany.

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Well, this isn't good at all.

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🇫🇷 Power has been restored in southwest France after blackout, - AFP 🇪🇸 Spanish electricity grid estimates that service restoration will take between 6 and 10 hours.

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Nieuws | Helmondse fabriek loosde zeker 15 jaar lang PFAS rechtstreeks op het riool met medeweten van DuPont (nu Chemours). Medewerkers hebben ‘extreem hoge’ concentraties in hun bloed. Dat blijkt uit interne documenten en onderzoek van Zembla. Lees meer:

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Het kabinet lapt de uitspraak van de rechter doodleuk aan haar laars en schuift de crisis door naar de toekomst. Opnieuw laat ze de natuur in de steek. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

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Fabriek Helmond loosde jaren pfas in riool, chemiebedrijf Chemours wist ervan www.nu.nl/binnenland/6...

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Most of the world wants stronger climate action

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The U.S. President did not specify when or where exactly a potential summit with Putin might take place.

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The European Commission will suggest measures to forbid companies from signing new oil and gas contracts with Russia in an upcoming plan to end the bloc's reliance on Moscow's imports, according to a senior EU official.

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Eet geen groenten uit de tuin, doe je schoenen uit, laat je eieren testen. Als het over PFAS gaat, worden we om de oren geslagen met advies. Terwijl er maar 1 advies is dat écht werk: verbied PFAS zo snel mogelijk en maak onze leefomgeving weer gezond. Teken de petitie! act.greens-efa.eu/pfas

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Fun climate fact of the day. Last time there was this much CO2 in the atmosphere there were no humans on Earth.

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⚡️Update: Russia violates Easter 'truce' over 2,000 times, Zelensky says. The military reported 67 Russian assaults on Ukrainian positions, 1,355 instances of shelling, and 673 uses of Russian first-person-view (FPV) drones throughout the temporary "ceasefire."

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“Never have we so hurt and mistreated our common home as we have in the last two hundred years. Reducing greenhouse gases requires honesty, courage and responsibility. Those who will have to suffer the consequences will not forget this failure of conscience and responsibility.” — Pope Francis

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WSJ: “.. So that morning, when Navarro was .. in a different part of the White House, Bessent and Lutnick made their move .. “.. They rushed to the Oval Office to .. propose a pause .. “.. They stayed until Trump tapped out a Truth Social post ..” 🤡 www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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70% of Canada's population lives in these 3 areas.

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❗️Russia has concentrated over 60,000 troops in the Sumy direction, — Zelensky.

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Members of the European Parliament were offered special pouches to protect digital devices from espionage and tampering for a visit to Hungary this week 🥷

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A Trump ally has told CNN’s parent company that they could avoid future lawsuits from the Trump administration if they make a documentary about Melania Trump or a TV show about Donald Trump Jr., which would involve paying the Trump family large amounts of money.

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Facing a growing shortage of personnel, Russian security agencies are working to attract schoolchildren from occupied Ukrainian territories to pursue careers with them.

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A missile with cluster munitions — used deliberately to kill as many civilians as possible. The strike on the city of Sumy was a conscious attack on civilians, says Head of the Presidential Office, Andriy Yermak.

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‼️ Zelensky: As of now, 31 people are known to have been killed in Sumy by the Russian ballistic missile strike. Among those killed were two children. My condolences to the families and loved ones… More than 84 people have been wounded, including 10 children.

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10 kinderen.

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Good Goldman chart showing how US yields and the dollar have decoupled.

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Tesla heeft in Amsterdam-Zuidoost een bv die een belangrijke schakel vormt binnen Elon Musks imperium. Op papier is deze Amsterdamse dochter een giga autofabriek: de bv genereert 26 miljard euro. Toch betaalt het vrijwel geen winstbelasting in Nederland.

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Canadians 🇨🇦 abroad - you can register to vote in the election! You need to do it soon. www.elections.ca/content2.asp...

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People were informed about Trumps tariff announcement prior to his social media post or official announcement. This is a clear case of insider fraud and market manipulation.

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Our 1st Biodiversity Science-Policy 'starter pack' is now full (150 accounts). Access at: go.bsky.app/LjV86zg There's a 2nd starter pack already filling up: go.bsky.app/GzM8eok NB: these are mainly IPBES authors & stakeholders regularly engaged with IPBES work. Please follow & share widely! 🌍🧪

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NEWS: In a massive escalation, Donald Trump has increased his additional tariffs on China to 104%

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Daarom is Orban uit ICC moeten stappen… www.standaard.be/buitenland/b...

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Fantastic news from France! Bear numbers continue to grow across the Pyrenees despite challenges www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...

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Vital coverage of UK wood-burning firm Drax from @adamvaughan.bsky.social & @ember-energy.org. Accused of burning primary-growth forests and the UK's largest carbon emitter, the heavily subsidised firm made more than £1bn in profits last year.

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⚡️Russia spends nearly $220 million to rig Moldova's election, EU referendum in 2024, Chisinau says. Earlier, the U.K. imposed sanctions on the pro-Russian NGO "Eurasia," which is allegedly responsible for attempts to rig the referendum in Moldova.

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Did you know that 2/3 of all energy we use ends up as waste heat because of how inefficient our energy system is? Yet we pay for 100% of the energy inputs. Here’s the US as an example.

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We will not be distracted. We will not be discouraged. We’ve got our eyes on the prize. And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve. The time to organize is now. OcasioCortez.com

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Het officiële, juridische startschot van de #Klimaatzaak tegen 1 van de grootste banken ter wereld. Vandaag leverden we 10.000 pagina’s aan bewijs af bij het ING-hoofdkantoor. Meer dan 100 veranderaars, jong en oud, liepen in een indrukwekkende stoet naar de deur van ING. Waarom deze zaak? (1/6🧵)

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is that bad? Seems bad

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Meiselas: Steve Witkoff, was allegedly in Moscow while he was on this group chat. Do you believe the Russians now have all of that information and potentially more? Rice: Well, yes—the Russians have whatever Witkoff was doing or saying on his personal cell phone. The Russians undoubtedly have it.

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The popular DNA test kit company 23andMe announced it has filed for bankruptcy and is looking for a buyer. And while the company has promised to continue protecting customer data amidst a possible sale, Wirecutter’s tech experts think you should delete your data now. nyti.ms/4cbxsgQ

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