🔥 About 700 fires are burning in Canada right now. Climate change made the record-breaking fire season twice as likely. 🧪 eos.org/research-and...

Climate Change Made This Summer’s Canadian Wildfires Twice as Likely

The likelihood of extreme fire weather in Ontario and the Northwest Territories was doubled by climate change. Indigenous communities disproportionately bear the effects.

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People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership. Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend this crucial debate on water ownership? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

Ask your MP to attend the water debate

People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership. Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend th...

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Banks make £29bn profits in only six months. Oil giants make €90bn profit in a mere three months. But hey…money’s too tight to mention! www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Bank battle: history suggests Burnham faces fight if he opts for windfall tax

As lenders’ profits soar, calls grow for a levy to help new PM ease cost of living pressures on households

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53,800 of these bad boys are landing in Clacton. Ain’t they beauts? #VoteBinface

It looks like Reform UK want to outsource defence of the realm to the Brazilian Navy ... "Even Larry the cat knows more about the Royal Navy than Reform" via Ben Bridge

An older article, trickle down failure on covid vaccines. counterdisinformationproject.substack.com/p/ukhsas-fai...

UKHSA's failure on airborne transmission and a Vax only strategy without Vax

Recent guidance, Airborne transmission dismissed at Covid Inquiry, removal of vax and the dismantling of public health,

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Strong El Niño could push 49 million more people into acute hunger, UN agency says reut.rs/3RJibxX

Strong El Niño could push 49 million more people into acute hunger, UN agency says

A powerful El Niño weather event could push an additional nearly 49 million people into acute food insecurity across ‌some of the world's most vulnerable regions by the end of next year, the World Food Programme said on Wednesday.

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"France passed a single law and instantly unlocked 11 gigawatts of #solarenergy — without using new land. In 2023, France's government mandated solar canopies over all car parks larger than 80 spaces. The scale was enormous: There are 400,000 parking areas across France #ActOnClimate #Renewables

This small bus operator is revolutionising Scotland’s public transport 🚎 Ember is ⚡️ Entirely electric 🏘️ Built to serve local communities Yet still manages to stay affordable I spoke with co-founder Pierce Glennie for @scotnational.bsky.social transport series 👇

How this 'unique' Scottish bus operator is changing public transport

In the race to make public transport more climate-friendly, one small operator is revolutionising Scotland's bus network

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I've decided to compile a definitive thread of photos of the best sheep I've photographed during my walks in the countryside, together with supporting biographical information. I will put the vital story associated with each sheep in the alt text, since some of it is a little long to fit in a post.

Stairlift ‘pseudoscience’salesman selling ‘snake oil’ “I see a lot of ill people, I can't help myself, I've got to tell them about it," he said How does he procure prescription only meds……🤷‍♂️ 🤬🤬🤬 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Undercover reporter offered fenbendazole and ivermectin as cancer treatment

A terminally ill man was offered the drugs by a stair lift salesman claiming they could shrink tumours.

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The picture on the front of Reform's policy is of HMS Ocean on the River Thames in 2012. It was sold by to the Brazilian navy in 2018. Turns out you can judge a book by its cover.

">900 people in Washtenaw County, MI, have been sickened with cyclosporiasis since mid-June. Linda Kim, a public health nurse, has called >100 of them. Almost everyone has said the same thing: It’s excruciating, and one of the worst illnesses they’ve experienced." kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...

Nurses Chase Cyclospora, Aided by Interviews, Fast-Food Receipts — And the Messy Details - KFF Health News

Yes, they’ve heard all the poop jokes. Public health staffers are painstakingly tracing the sources of this massive outbreak, combing through fast-food orders and lettuce purchases as they listen to p...

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YORKSHIRE POST: Yorkshire escaped drought, but record heat and less than a millimetre of rain in a month are pushing farmers to demand faster planning approval for on-farm reservoirs. - by Ralph Blackburn

Farmers urge Government to help with water shortages

Yorkshire is one of the few parts of the country not in drought, but the hottest July on record has meant that less than a millimetre of rain has fallen in the last month across much of the region.

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Farage calls Trump “the bravest man I know.” It isn’t brave to solicit money to provide others with market sensitive information ahead of public announcement. It is criminal. Farage’s hero worship is in reality self-worship. Two narcissist party leaders who share a passion for personal enrichment.

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WATCH — Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social on Trump’s insider trading: “If you pay Trump $100,000 a month, he will give you early access to White House announcements on economic and trade policy. None of this is normal, and a lot of this is illegal.”

Nature Climate Change has an online collection of reviews, opinion pieces, and research on climate change communication.

Climate change communication

Effective climate change communication enhances public climate mitigation and adaptive behaviour, building resilience against intensifying climate hazards.

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🔭 DPS is seeking enthusiastic volunteers (including social media volunteers!) to assist with the meeting in October. We welcome applications from undergrads, grads, postdocs & and local amateur astronomers. Apply by Friday, 21 August: www.cognitoforms.com/AAS5/DPS58Vo... 🔭 #DPS2026

A&E handles approximately 70,000 cases a day GPs have increased capacity by 200,000 more appts per day since the pandemic to 1.5million The relative numbers are crazy Yet this is done with a reduction in funding Hospitals have been made inefficient by cuts in capacity No beds no flow

Your occasion reminder that there are now more Surgeons than qualified GPs That GP practice appointments are now 31-35m a month That the number of operations hasn’t changed And the share of NHS funding to GPs has reduced considerably And yet GPs asked to do more whilst hospitals do less 🤷🏻‍♂️

Spotlight on Fauci Said to Boost Book Sales for Kennedy and His Publisher: Kennedy, his son, and Senator Rand published books with anti-vaccine outlet Skyhorse. Kennedy's book engaged in HIV denial. Boost can help them. @sherylnyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...

Spotlight on Fauci Said to Boost Book Sales for Kennedy and His Publisher

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his son, and Senator Rand Paul have all written books criticizing Dr. Anthony S. Fauci. All were published by a company led by a close Kennedy adviser.

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#BirdLinks I love when solutions are found. Progress. www.ecoportal.net/en/painting-...

Painting 1 of 3 rotor blades black on 4 Norwegian turbines cut bird collisions by nearly 72 percent, and the white tailed eagles under them stopped hitting the rotors altogether

Smøla is a low treeless island off the northwest coast of Norway, and 68 wind turbines stand on it.

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#VoteBinface www.theguardian.com/food/2026/au...

‘A 99 with a Flake? That will be £7, please’: what’s behind the surge in ice-cream van prices?

From the cost of milk and chocolate to diesel and electricity, every part of producing the summer treat has been hit by the climate crisis and other shocks

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podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r... as a tribute to the great man we’ve rereleased his RHLSTP. Enjoy!

Jimmy Cricket (Retro) - "Come Closer To The Screen"

Podcast Episode · Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP) · 4 August · 1hr 2min

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1/3 The dangers of the NHS's £330m contract with Palantir are well known. A subscription-based contract that leaves the NHS without meaningful ownership. Lock-in to a single supplier that risks future price gouging. Critical health infrastructure dependent on a shady spy-tech company.

GP practices provided 35,000,000 appointments in June 50% more than 2019 Sadly too many in the media ignore this Many commentators refuse to accept the truth In the end GP practices will close, GPs leave & GPs will be blamed despite doing more for less year on year

GPonline@gponline.bsky.social · 3d ago

General practice in England delivered nearly 35m appointments in June this year - a new record that is 46% above the same month in 2019, GPonline analysis shows. Full story: www.gponline.com/general-prac...

Direct, full-time jobs opening Rosebank oilfield would create: 450 D, f-t jobs opening Jackdaw gasfield would create: 27 D, f-t jobs in UK's net-zero economy: 300,000 + 400,000 more on the way D, f-t jobs in the rest of the green economy: 600,000 Is that really the hill Burnham wants to die on?

I appreciate that folks are expecting @standupforscience.net to act like many organizations/institutions and declare a win, then take our foot off the gas. Unfortunately for everyone involved, we are declaring a win and PUTTING PEDAL TO THE METAL. NEXT ACTION STEPS FORTH COMING TEAM!

Colette Delawalla, PhD@cdelawalla.bsky.social · 3d ago

THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE POWER ACCOMPLISHES! Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who wrote comments, contacted Congress, and yelled! This is OUR WIN! @standupforscience.net www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Over at LinkedIn (sorry) I have posted this for those of you that partake: www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-tr...

Why Trump’s lawsuit against the BBC is not going well for him

One point which was emphasised in the litigation department of what was then (and still should be) Herbert Smith was to always prepare for trial. Each step of the litigation process, from pre-action c...

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🔴 NEW - Investigate Reform MP Over Donation, Campaigners Demand New controversy adds to scrutiny of party’s finances. 📝 @writesbright.bsky.social

Investigate Reform MP Over Donation, Campaigners Demand

Sarah Pochin, Reform UK MP for Runcorn and Helsby, is facing pressure over a £5,000 donation from food industry millionaires that stand to benefit from her campaigning.  According to an investigation ...

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Those that deny reality: “a small chorus of climate sceptics aren’t trying to represent public opinion or persuade us to embrace Mediterranean summers, so much as convince politicians that climate action is deeply unpopular” The fossil fuel chorus🤬🤬🤬 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Tuesday briefing: Inside the right’s heated climate-denial debate

In today’s newsletter: A small chorus of right-leaning critics are trying to convince politicians that climate action is deeply unpopular, downplaying its seriousness in the process

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