As we set out in our report with @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social, without urgent action to lower carbon emissions and put adaptive measures in place to combat extreme heat, this devastating pattern of mortality will continue.

Confronting Injustice: Racism and the Environmental Emergency

Systemic racism and environmental injustice are two sides of the same coin - we can’t tackle one without tackling the other.

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This can be seen around the world. People of colour, Indigenous Peoples and other systemically marginalised groups are bearing the brunt of a climate emergency they have done very little to create.

The areas most at risk of extreme heat also have considerably lower carbon footprints than average. This means that those suffering the most from the extreme heat caused by human activity are also those who have done the least to cause the climate emergency.

Heatwaves: why ethnic minorities in the UK are more vulnerable, and what to do about it

There are stark racial inequalities in the distribution of heat vulnerability in the UK. Researchers at the University of Manchester recently identified Birmingham, Nottingham, Leicester, an several L...

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They are also four times more likely than white people to live in areas that urgently need support to cope with hotter weather.

UK heatwave: Revealed - the areas of England that are most vulnerable to hotter weather

The researchers identified neighbourhoods that are prone to hot weather, and then assessed more than 40 factors that would make those communities vulnerable.

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We know that the impacts of the climate crisis are not experienced equally. In the UK, people of colour are almost three times more likely to live in regions deprived of green and blue space, making them more at risk of extreme heat.

Access to green space in England Are you missing out? | Friends of the Earth

Almost 11 million people in the UK live in areas with limited access to green space. What does the picture look like in your area?

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Figures released yesterday suggest that more than 2,700 deaths are linked to the May and June heatwaves in the UK. Analysis found that 42% of these deaths were a result of the extra heat caused by human activity - primarily the burning of fossil fuels.

More than 2,700 deaths linked to May and June heatwaves, study suggests

The analysis found that 42% died as a result of the extra heat caused by human activity - mostly burning fossil fuels.

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An insect follow-up to the issues raised by @alexanderlees.bsky.social - a recorder asked ChatGPT to clean up a blurry photo of an insect they didn't recognise. It was then sent in as a record of a cicada. Can anyone work out what the original insect was? (Answer to follow!) bsky.app/profile/alex...

Alexander Lees@alexanderlees.bsky.social · 2w ago

Great write-up by @pgreenfielduk.bsky.social on our paper in @natecoevo.nature.com www.theguardian.com/environment/... on the impact of generative AI on biological recording #Ornithology #UKBirding 🪶🌍 1/2

When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”

John Carl Baker@johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 9mo ago

It’s very telling that opening your publication to MAGA “thought” requires a massive downgrade in quality control.

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

Here's a new one: ICE *prevented* a man from self-deporting by a June 11 deadline — he asked ICE to let him leave and had a one-way plane ticket for June 10. Then ICE re-detained him because he missed the deadline. Due process violation, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Read this enraging story about the Trump regime's corruption of a civics contest (a civics contest!). And know that the reporter who wrote the hell out of it was laid off by WaPo six months ago. This poor young man, believing in institutions just as they all collapse. www.notus.org/national/ame...

Suspicion and Doubt at the National Civics Contest

America’s finest young scholars competed to mark their country's birthday. It led to a disputed finish in the age of mistrust.

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A federal judge has approved a US$1.5 billion copyright settlement in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic will pay thousands of authors about US$3,000 per book after using pirated copies of their works to train its Claude chatbot.

Judge approves a US$1.5B Anthropic settlement over pirated books used to train the Claude chatbot

A federal judge approved a US$1.5 billion copyright settlement in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic will pay authors about US$3,000 per book.

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France plans to ditch all fossil fuels by 2050. “France announced a ‘first of its kind’ plan to phase out coal by 2030, oil by 2045 & gas by 2050…The roadmap was published as dozens of nations gather for the first-ever international talks on how to transition away from planet-heating fossil fuels.”

France unveils plan to ditch all fossil fuels by 2050

France on Tuesday announced a “first of its kind” plan to phase out coal by 2030, oil by 2045 and gas by 2050 during a global conference aimed at breaking reliance on fossil fuels.

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"I investigated Palantir’s foothold in the British state – and what I found should worry us all"| Peter Geoghegan | The Guardian share.google/7IGvAmAhNa1j...

I investigated Palantir’s foothold in the British state – and what I found should worry us all | Peter Geoghegan

Paid-for political access and threadbare regulations have helped to embed the US tech firm in the NHS – and beyond. But there is a way to free ourselves, says Peter Geoghegan of Democracy for Sale

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Bellingham’s extra-time winner sinks Norway and sends England into World Cup semi-finals

Bellingham’s extra-time winner sinks Norway and sends England into World Cup semi-finals

Thomas Tuchel’s message was that it was time for England to thrive at the business end of the World Cup; the most exciting part. His players had to release the handbrake and go for it. They must not have any regrets against a Norway team that most of England expected them to beat. English arrogance? Or cold, hard realism? Happily for Tuchel, he had a player in Jude Bellingham who took him at his word. Every one of them. Bellingham had shone previously at this tournament but he moved to another level here when it mattered the most. Continue reading...

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Kylian Mbappé #WorldCup

Two years ago, my colleagues and I were sued by Stephen Miller's America First Legal. The Hines v Stamos case — built atop a number of false allegations — was a central element of the "censorship industrial complex" myth. Today, that case was dismissed (by a Trump judge in LA). We won.

The American legal system is being abused in order to pander to the president's fantasies and make them seem real www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/u...

Olympian Is Indicted After Arrest at Washington’s Reflecting Pool

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Also, vaccines lower your risk of developing dementia! As if you needed any more reasons.

Eight vaccines linked to a lower risk of dementia

A growing body of research is beginning to reveal the impact that regular routine vaccines could be having on the likelihood of conditions like dementia. Here are the jabs with the strongest evidence ...

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“There is a reason that vaccines are widely considered to be the greatest public health tool after sanitation,” ... “They ... ‘fool’ the immune system into thinking it has seen a disease, creating an ‘immune memory’ to provoke an immune response ." nypost.com/2026/07/01/h...

American vaccines that transformed public health, prevented millions of illnesses over 250 years

17 vaccines that dramatically reduced infections and death rates from diseases

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RENEWABLES: They're still wildly popular with the British public, not that you'd realise from news coverage * Only 4% are opposed Even for wind/solar farms in your local area, opposition is very low * 74/68% would either be happy to have a local solar/wind farm, or don't care

…Jesus Christ. I might be a Druid!

Duncan Jones@manmademoon.bsky.social · last mo.

The thing about Harry Kane, is he never scores twice in a row!

As expected, DOJ sued to overturn Virginia's new assault weapons ban — and also sued California over its "Glock ban" and handgun roster. That makes 7 gun-related suits from the Civil Rights Division, which historically enforced anti-discrimination statutes. My latest w/@bychipbrownlee.com:

Department of Justice Sues Virginia and California Over Gun Restrictions

The lawsuits accuse the states of unconstitutionally banning assault weapons and pistols that can be easily modified into machine guns.

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@amcquatters-gollop.bsky.social Hi I am trying to contact you to see if you can talk to BBC World Service radio’s Newshour programme tonight about the biological impact of ocean warming. I am lucy.bailey@bbc.co.uk

I know this has been pointed out many times by many people but I just want to reiterate: Anthropic is basically using Kurt Vonnegut's drawing of an asshole as the Claude logo

Misha Glenny+guests on French portraitist Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun. From her teens she delighted her high society subjects notably Marie Antoinette who she painted about 30 times,+found ways to show her sitters at their best. Some critics were affronted that she, a young woman, dared paint at all…

In Our Time - Vigée Le Brun - BBC Sounds

The woman who became Marie Antoinette's official portraitist and won fame across Europe.

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France is experiencing another day of scorching heat, with most of the population exposed to extreme temperatures.

A red alert over France, and heat that may rewrite the record books

France is experiencing another day of scorching heat, with most of the population exposed to extreme temperatures.

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What a great piece by @chrischirp.bsky.social and @martinmckee.bsky.social on the capitulation of American universities to Donald Trump. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...