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simondux.bsky.social
Telco watcher. Wildlife watcher. Fernweh is my affliction. COYG.
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That officer took deliberate aim at this journalist and shot her. There's nobody standing near her.

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"Land-clearing is increasing...about 45,000 hectares of savanna habitat was destroyed between 2000 and 2020...equivalent to an area roughly the size of 22,500 MCGs." Read about our new report, The State and Future of the Northern Territory’s Savannas 👉 theconversation.com/the-top-ends...

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

Feeling this in London Town today…

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

The Leadbeater’s possum has just been detected in Kosciusko National Park. This extraordinary discovery is the first live record of this Critically Endangered species outside of Victoria. See what the experts have to say about the discovery: biodiversitycouncil....

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

ChatGPT chimes in on the pros and cons of large US tech firms abandoning DEI.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

The only ad I ever see on YouTube is Grammarly (which spellcheck rejects). And now they just got one billion from General Catalyst to build an AI productivity farm - hope it is free range…

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Japanese press releases are the best.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Hilarious if the world switches to Samsung/xiaomi as a result.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

A project in the UK which included young people designing their own play spaces has led to what researchers say is the highest increase in children’s physical activity ever recorded by an intervention of its kind.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

📍 in London for the first-ever EU–UK Summit. We’ve got a real chance to turn the page and write a new chapter in our relationship. Working together to deliver on the security of our shared continent and the prosperity of people on both sides of the Channel.

submitted 21 days ago • 81 comments

A baby boy with a devastating genetic disease is thriving after becoming the first known person to receive a bespoke, CRISPR therapy-for-one, designed to correct his specific disease-causing mutation. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 22 days ago • 4 comments

🚨Field assistant job in South Africa working with sociable weavers 🚨 🔌Experienced in electronics? 🏷️Enjoy working with RFID technology? 🪶Like working with birds? Find more information below! Applications close on 08/06/2025 sociableweaverproject.com/recruitment/... #fieldwork #ornithology

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

After being away from London for six years and now returning, it feels different in a way I’m struggling to pin down. Everything is familiar right down my Oyster still working but things feel less buzzy…or something.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Orlin Roussev, Biser Dzhambazov and Katrin Ivanova, three Bulgarians all now convicted of spying for Russia, were present at a Brexit debate in a House of Commons committee room in May 2016. They. Knew. What. They. Were. Spying. For. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 35 days ago • 41 comments

Just passing along some friendly advice on how to approach potential changes to the Australian health care system @drruthmitchell.bsky.social

submitted 35 days ago • 107 comments

After enjoying England’s “summer” the past week I’m now being reminded what the weather was like for most of my adult life.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Indonesian palm oil company PT Equator Sumber Rezeki (ESR), part of First Borneo Group, has begun clearing critical orangutan habitat in West Kalimantan province, threatening high conservation value (HCV) forests and the survival of the critically endangered Bornean orangutan.

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

Shout this from the hill tops.

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

Hiding in plain sight.

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

Here is the top comment on this article: “You are advising responsible honest people who have worked hard, saved all their lives… to scale down their retirement dreams because a one person has decided to destroy the US economy. Why not write an article about how to get rid of the real problem?”

submitted 66 days ago • 188 comments