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Sweetie, you have no bloody idea about good comms, have you!

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I urged people in the US NOT to give power to big govt agencies to interfere in their lives, when DHS was established back in 2003 (soon they were opening people's mail and trying to control libraries, remember?) Lessons from growing up in apartheid South Africa. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

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"South Africa, we love you, our beautiful land..." if you remember this song, you were born before 1991 in South Africa! It IS a beautiful land. I'm going to share some of my pics in the next few days, as a counter for the stupid stuff online. Free State farmland, near Senekal:

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Ethics, ptui. oberlinreview.org/35288/news/t...

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"A lack of faith is often tragically accompanied by the loss of meaning in life, the neglect of mercy, appalling violations of human dignity, the crisis of the family and so many other wounds that afflict our society." Pope Leo quoted in the BBC. I don't think so. Nope.

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Masked, anonymous, armed people performing arrests in this manner? This is bloody dangerous - if I was in the US, I'd be so angry.

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Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

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On World Press Freedom Day, I'd like to remind you: Click on the link www.wcsj2025.org/call/guide/ for guidelines on submissions. For last minute questions, feel free to email [email protected]

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Heh! Wordle 1 411 2/6 ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Well, it's official. We just received notice that all authors on the Sixth National Climate Assessment have just been released from their roles. The NCA is a vital, Congressionally mandated resource for our nation as we prepare for the impacts of climate change. This is a huge loss.

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The Great Zapiro, on form as always.

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Trump order to loosen fishing regulations poses major risks, experts warn #Climate

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“How Does Paris Stay Paris? By Pouring Billions Into Public Housing.” “1/4 of residents in the French capital live in government-owned housing, part of an aggressive plan to keep lower-income Parisians— & their businesses— in the city.” Paris innovation isn’t just about people-places & bike-lanes.

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Check out Monkey God. An excellent anthem describes both Musk and TFG. Sound up! 🦧🤣 #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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This is really insane. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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My latest article, for @yalee360.bsky.social, has just gone live: U.S. Aid Cuts Are Hitting Global Conservation Projects Hard Pls share the link! e360.yale.edu/features/usa...

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It's just getting steadily, disastrously worse. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Mohsen Mahdawi, on 60 Minutes. "An injury to one is an injury to all." Trade unions rallying slogan.

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South Africans will know! x.com/zapiro/statu...

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What the Supreme Court’s ruling on man wrongly deported to El Salvador says about presidential authority and the rule of law theconversation.com/what-the-sup...

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This is insane. The rest of us need to assume insanity will be the US style for the foreseeable future and work around it as best we can.

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The world used clean power sources to meet more than 40% of its electricity demand last year for the first time since the 1940s, figures show. The report found that solar farms had been the world’s fastest-growing source of energy for the last 20 consecutive years.

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One of the fastest-growing environmental and social movements worldwide aims to secure legal rights for ecosystems and other parts of the natural world. Here’s how that works.

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Wind power, which now supplies 25% of Finland's electricity, puts the lid on coal's coffin in Finland by bringing coal's output down from 23% in 2003 to <1% this week with the closure of the Salmisaari coal plant. www.renewableenergymagazine.com/wind/finland... @christianonre.bsky.social

submitted 63 days ago • 3 comments

Wow. www.cbsnews.com/news/bee-dea...

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I keep having to fact-check. This is unbelievable. “I think this will be important for the future of civilization,” he said. No, Musk, you're destroying it.

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The Trump administration is preparing to fire every single worker at the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy.

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Over a thousand dead with many more no doubt still to be found.

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Observing from afar, I keep an eye on the Covid mortality rates. The US is consistently ahead by THOUSANDS & has been for ages, since way back in Biden's admin. A professor of public health suggested vaccine hesitancy as one contributing factor. What will the latest moves mean for US health?

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OMG Hi. Got ur warplans txt. Super busy but will ttyl after I read. Looks super long. TLDR? Lol.

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Why solar and batteries are the new "baseload", and now the engine room of the energy transition reneweconomy.com.au/why-solar-an...

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Seven-time Olympic medallist Kirsty Coventry broke new ground when she was elected the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday.

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