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The vast fire on #Dartmoor should alert us to the ecological disaster there. This should not be a fire-prone landscape. Were it not for the elimination of trees by grazing, the vegetation type on the high moor would be temperate rainforest, which is extremely hard to burn. But only specks remain.

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"We’ve heard of concerns about antibiotics in US meat, and chlorinated chicken, but not about the import of products from the US that don’t meet UK safety standards."

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President Trump issued an executive order that makes a move toward issuing permits to deep sea mining corporations in both U.S. and international ocean waters. This move threatens fragile ocean ecosystems and communities for minimal gain and attempts to circumvent international law.

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I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning

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1. I've been banging on about the existential crisis facing our food system for years. But don't take it from me. Take it from the food professionals now risking their careers in an urgent and devastating warning to their own industry. Key quotes from their memo in 🧵 drive.google.com/file/d/1tATF...

submitted 28 days ago • 36 comments

Who did this?

submitted 33 days ago • 1446 comments

The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.

submitted 35 days ago • 816 comments

Senator Cory Booker has now broken the record for the longest Senate Floor speech, previously held by Strom Thurmond (24 hours 18 minutes).

submitted 36 days ago • 320 comments

The US is 24th in the world in the happiness rankings. Not bad. But Denmark is No 2 (after Finland). On a scale of 1 to 100, Freedom House ranks Denmark 97 and the US 84 on freedom – and the US will drop a great deal this year. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...

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But her emails...

submitted 44 days ago • 535 comments

Tonight an unbelievable 34,000 people gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).

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Fucking. Hell.

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From a source: “Just had a co-presenter for a buildings research conference bow out. She’s a dual citizen and the FBI came knocking to ask her about her involvement in coauthoring chunks of the Paris Agreement. Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”

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⚠️BREAKING H5N1 BirdFlu is decimating bird colonies in Antarctica. www.newscientist.com/article/2471...

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The US is ‘pausing’ military aid to Ukraine, a White House official has confirmed to the BBC's US partner CBS News "We are pausing and reviewing our aid to ensure that it is contributing to a solution," the official said The US is the biggest source of military aid to Ukraine

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I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

submitted 77 days ago • 2347 comments

As a Brit, I can’t even now find the adjective to describe the hatred I have of Trump and his team, and pray that the UK alongside other European countries do what is needed to protect and support #Ukraine and we isolate the US in a manner it deserves.

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President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.

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If the US isn’t going to “prioritise” (their words) Ukraine/European safety, then kick them out of NATO. If they aren’t contributing they shouldn’t be part of the organisation.

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On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful. Join me and @GoodLawProject to file a complaint to Ofcom :point_down: action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...

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So Trump hurt America's relationship with Canada and made markets wobble all to "get" Canada to do things Canada had announced back in December in coordination with the Biden administration, do I have that right?

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Please follow @niallharbison.bsky.social if you’re not already, he’s a bit of hope in this savage world. you’ll not regret it. 😍

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