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Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

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We don’t know how close we are to triggering an Atlantic Ocean circulation #AMOC breakdown - but now we know a lot more about what it would mean for extreme temperatures in Europe. Good @carbonbrief.org piece on a new study just out by the Dutch colleagues! 🌊 www.carbonbrief.org/ocean-curren...

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It's #StrawberryMoon day! And before you scoff "but the full moon happens every month Catherine", this is the once-every-18.6-yr lunar standstill. In the Northern hemisphere the moon will rise just above the horizon (look S) before it dips back down again 1/🧵🧪🔭 ⏰ www.timeanddate.com/moon/uk/edin...

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I have never witnessed the utterly baboonish levels of jeering Reeves endures in the Commons - and this level of disrespect started on day one, so it is nothing to do with policies, credentials, or ability and everything to do with her being a woman.

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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a significant disruption to connectivity in the #Gaza Strip, with high impact in the north as operator Paltel reports a cut in one of the main routes due to ongoing aggression; the incident is likely to reduce residents’ ability to communicate 📉

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Marking the 150th anniversary of 🇱🇹's Mikalojus Konstantinas #Čiurlionis's birth, discover his masterpiece, "Paradise." He envisioned it as a radiant, evolving dreamworld inspired by astronomer Flammarion's poetic descriptions of Mars. 🔗 ciurlioniui150.lt/en #Čiurlionis150

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We haven’t been able to observe the Sun’s poles. ☀️ Until now… With Solar Orbiter, we can, for the first time, observe how the solar wind flows around the poles - unlocking vital clues about the 11-year solar cycle, which is key to advancing space weather forecasting. ☀️ Learn more 👇

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Rewording my earlier post. RFK Jr will be testifying before Congress. I am interested in what experts and others think would be the best way to leverage this time and opportunity for the public good. If you were behind the dais for this hearing, what would you do? What do you want to see asked?

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🚨 EU and UK reach agreement on treaty re Gibraltar - joint statement ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

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Rep. McIver was conducting oversight. That’s her duty as a Member of Congress. This isn’t justice—it’s retaliation. A political stunt meant to silence anyone who dares to hold power accountable. They may think they can scare us into silence. They’re dead wrong.

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This is how. Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.

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PPE from company linked to Mone did not meet required safety standards, court told

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Just started: What choices did the government make in the 2025 spending review? Submit your questions to our panel on Slido ❓ www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/2025-s...

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My thoughts on what’s going on in Los Angeles:

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I know everyone is overwhelmed with multiple crises around the world right now, but please take 3 minutes to remind yourself of what may be the worst of them all - but probably gets the least international attention: #Sudan. www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...

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Still the best unboxing video I've ever seen, even if I say so myself ;)

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Anyone who admires #JaneAusten’s writing, please watch this really excellent, documentary. Well chosen talking heads inc Colm Tóibín, Greg Wise+Kate Atkinson, sensitively dramatised scenes from her life+illuminating clips from films of her novels. Revelatory, pitch perfect. The #BBC at its best.

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Did the "millionaire exodus" really happen? No. Not even close. But that didn’t stop news around the world from reporting it did. So we're not going to let it stop us either from visualising just how much it didn't happen. #BogusExodus #TaxTheSuperRich taxjustice.net/2025/06/10/t...

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The £3 fare cap that was earmarked to be lifted at end of this year looks like it is being extended until at least March 2027. This is the right decision and excellent news, particularly for those in rural areas which would have likely seen steep increases in fares without UK government support.

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1/7 The scam of the century: Putin didn’t just start a war—he sold the whole world a lie. He lied about invading, lied about genocide, lied about NATO, and lied about Ukraine itself. This war is built on fiction, and it’s time to tear the mask off—so people don’t forget

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Powerful message to Government from the Women and Equalities Committee in their new report on parental leave published today – paternity leave in the UK is outdated and unequal. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Israel’s idea that they are going to show Greta & the Freedom Flotilla crew violent Oct 7th videos in order to convince them that they are in the wrong… …just utterly exposes how profoundly tribalistic, barbaric and emotionally underdeveloped the Israeli government is.

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Let's revolt. If we want to meet climate targets, the new world will be built from #renewable things, the old will be improved with them. It is not the new miracle concrete only made in one place, sold at a high price. It's #climate tech that liberates everywhere.

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Why don't the Liberal Democrats (72 MPs in the UK Parliament) and/or the Greens (4 MPs) get this level of coverage by our established press? It's a good question. The media fuels the currents of the water we swim in.

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BALLERINA is cut-and-paste Wick-style action + hitwoman clichés, though has a couple of things I'd not seen before - not saying what in case you're going to see it. But am pleased to report it has the trifecta: 1) Disco carnage! 2) Crêpage de chignon! 3) KITCHEN FIGHT! Stunt Oscars all round!

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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a significant decline in internet connectivity in Manipur, #India; the incident comes amidst deadly tribal unrest as authorities impose a curfew and a regional internet shutdown 📉

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🚨Update: five out of five rejected, turnout too low

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£1bn so far and that’s just financial redress. Imagine all the other costs #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666255...

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Fascinating. Born in Merseyside in 1978, Lucy cites the impact of watching the Hillsborough football disaster on TV as a child as one of the driving reasons of her decision to pursue a career in disaster management. She talks to @laurenlaverne.bsky.social

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Hexagons aren't always MQ-9s, but in this case, yes, there are two MQ-9 Reapers over LA today. Just ridiculous.

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Today’s #MastheadMonday is the short-lived Aurora Borealis (1821). London based, it devoted lots of space to Scottish news, which proved unpopular with its readers. It merged with the Observer of the Times in 1822. Digitised by the BL & free-to-view: www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/auror...

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🧐 Hmmm just a former Conservative Westminster candidate and district councillor on bill at a the Moscow forum hosted by the Tsargrad Institute, run by U.S., EU and UK-sanctioned oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev Some guest list too - Alex Jones, Galloway, Errol Musk Any thoughts Kemi Badenoch?

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Libya’s sites of torture and abuse must be sealed now 🛑 These are not just buildings, they are crime scenes 💔 Only a full independent investigation can bring truth and justice ✊

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Israeli forces have boarded Madleen - the volunteer-crewed ship trying to break siege to deliver aid to starving people in Gaza - and abducted the crew. If you are a citizen of any country whose citizens are on board (France/Germany/Brazil/Sweden), please watch this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjMd...

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Polizist schießt auf Journalistin. Das ist die Story über die wir heute reden sollten. Es zeigt uns nämlich einiges. Die Situation war völlig unstressig, die ist da nicht blöd in was rein geraten. Die Polizisten hatten wohl Zeit sich vorher kurz abzusprechen. Sie mussten wissen (Kamera), dass das…

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As Trump deploys the National Guard against his own citizens, the importance of protecting our own human rights from abuse at the hands of govt has never been clearer. But still the Tories push to strip us of our protections, in a desperate bid for power for themselves. Important letter (Times)

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This is an interesting (and, uh, dubiously good but what else were they gonna do) new chapter in the Pakistan unruly energy transition story. Original source is PR No. 305 here, on 25 May 2025: www.finance.gov.pk/press_releas...

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British photographer Nick Stern has undergone surgery on his left after being shot with a plastic bullet whilst photographing protests in Los Angeles. Stern had press ID and a large camera plus video camera. www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...

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Should Thames Water be put into Special Administration? And will it be too costly to the tax payer. “Public ownership of England’s water companies could cost close to zero, says thinktank Common Wealth report argues debt, pollution & underinvestment justify process known as special administration”

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Pakistan borrowed heavily & over-invested in coal & gas generation capacity, and is now facing a "utility death spiral" as distributed solar & batteries are going gangbusters. Now, it's trying to sell spare thermal capacity to AI & crypto data centres. www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/paki...

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How is this not a bigger story? I have no doubt that Trump has asked someone if he could drop a few bombs on Los Angeles.

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Fossil fuel harm and Israel's genocide are linked in literal ways, but one of the more indirect links is how media outlets actively and consciously set out to defend, minimise and reframe the violence of the aggressors Eg:

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taps paragraph from Hunter S. Thompson's Nixon obituary

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Lots of talk today about the demise of BlueSky. For whatever it's worth, it's been a boon to indie publishers like us. Twitter and Facebook have pretty much silenced us, so the engagement here has, and continues to be, wonderful.

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