Ricky Kumar T
@rickykumart.bsky.social
Creative design, podcaster, community connecter, red+green socialist, runner, PTSD awareness, NUFC fan, classic introvert! 🔰 Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Drax’s planned datacentre to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood to produce its electricity, nearly double the CO2 emissions of all flights from London Gatwick airport. Drax, a highly profitable company gets subsidies to burn wood and produce electricity How many lives will it ruin?
Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights
Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year
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There is a suspected outbreak of the plague in Russia. Yes, you read that right. And we cannot trust RFK Jr. and the Trump administration to be prepared to deal with this. We need a Democratic public health doctor in the US Senate.
Scoop: White House monitors suspected plague outbreak in Russia
Administration is "aware, monitoring the outbreak, and assessing options," an official told Axios.
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#Bel: A Tearful, Heartbreaking Tribute To a Spellbinding Singer... www.aol.co.uk/articles/bel...
Bel review – a tearful, heartbreaking tribute to a spellbinding singer - AOL
Beldina Odenyo was on the verge of stardom when she took her own life in 2021. In this beautiful documentary, her grief-stricken sister Leah attempts to finish her album – and her journey will make yo...
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'Israeli Settlers Beat Press Photographer as Soldiers Watch in West Bank': www.aol.co.uk/articles/isr...
Israeli settlers beat press photographer as soldiers watch in West Bank - AOL
Jaafar Ashtiyeh was covering violence against olive farmers when settlers set upon him with the butts of their rifles
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An average of 24 children died at work in the US every year between 2013 and 2023. For more than half of those deaths, key data on cause and industry are missing. Meanwhile, 19 states have weakened child labor protections since 2021. ow.ly/a3h150ZUASt
Children are dying at work in the US—and key evidence is missing
A new US government report finds critical data missing for over half of child labor deaths as violations surge and enforcement weakens.
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Clothes linked to Uyghur forced labor are still reaching the US due to weak inspections by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Meanwhile, the Trump administration continues to threaten countries with tariffs over their weak protections against forced labor goods. ow.ly/C78N50ZUE3l
Company linked to Uyghur forced labor still supplies apparel to US
Clothes from Vietnamese factories linked to Uyghur forced labor are still reaching US shoppers despite US sanctions.
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'Yemen’s Pregnant Women Face Double Toll of Conflict and Extreme Heat': www.aol.co.uk/articles/yem...
Yemen’s pregnant women face double toll of conflict and extreme heat - AOL
IN FOCUS: Already facing extreme conditions, an exodus of charities in the wake of international aid cuts is only making matters worse. Nick Ferris reports
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...to say this is seriously unhinged is an understatement! 'Trump Suggests Iran Could ‘Take Out’ Los Angeles or San Diego': www.aol.co.uk/articles/tru...
Trump suggests Iran could ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego - AOL
Gavin Newsom calls comments ‘deranged and dangerous’ after president tells Nebraska rally: ‘They can take out a city’
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Freddie Jackson, the RnB legend known for multiple hits, including “You Are My Lady,” has died. He was 70
Newcastle United chief explains use of 'secondary' crest as stadium changes take place #nufc
Newcastle chief explains use of 'secondary' crest as stadium changes take place
Newcastle's marketing chief has spoken about the changes taking place around St James' Park
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'John Boyega Opens Up About Schoolfriend Damilola Taylor's Death in BBC Documentary': www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
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It is deeply irresponsible for any politician, let alone a senior Conservative, to peddle the same far-right nonsense about Luton that we see from the likes of Yaxley Lennon and Reform.
Tory shadow minister claims Luton has ‘no-go zones’ where ‘white people won’t go’
Blake Stephenson tells fringe meeting at Tory conference that the town is ‘a very dangerous place’ with ‘ghettoes’
theguardian.com
We’re moving 10,000 low-income children off the child care voucher waitlist — at absolutely no cost to their families. Eligible families with children ages 6 weeks to 13 years, and through age 19 for children with special needs, will be invited to apply for a voucher on a rolling basis.
'Robert Jenrick wants you to believe Reform fixed 200,000 “potholes and roads” in Nottinghamshire. What he doesn't mention is where the money came from. £44.7 million of the council's £52.4 million highways capital funding came through East Midlands Combined County Authority.' via Truth Against Hate
…twatty Deform again! ‘Reform Council Refuses to Light Up Bridge Red in Support of Anti-Racism Campaign’: www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Reform council refuses to light up bridge red in support of anti-racism campaign
Reform UK Gateshead announced that it will not light up the Millennium Bridge in the colour red on October 16 in support of Show Racism the Red Card
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Happy 80th birthday…woman, actor, activist, Susan Sarandon! 💪🏽
ICE just kidnapped a woman at LAX airport Saturday Oct 3, 12:50AM. A community member was able to record when several ICE goons who refused to identify themselves grabbed the woman, put her into a van and then drove off.
🔊ON & UP 😍👇🏾'Women's #Smoke 💃🏾Dance. Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino #PowWow - Hollywood, FL' (IG VID: white_corn_wear. Oct 1, 2026) #SmokeDance #NativeAmericans #Indigenous #FirstNations
A woman has just died of plague in Russia, allegedly after breaking a test tube in a lab. This article doesn’t specify, but others have said that it is pneumonic plague, which can spread between humans via droplet transmission. 200 people with whom she had contact are now under medical observation.
Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow Times
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio...
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Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴
Reform UK-run council boycotts reporter after row over potholes Derbyshire county council accused of ‘worst kind of double speak’ as it denies banning local democracy journalist but says it will ignore his inquiries www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK-run council boycotts reporter after row over potholes
Derbyshire county council accused of ‘worst kind of double speak’ as it denies banning local democracy journalist but says it will ignore his inquiries
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..."we’re trying to put the audience in a position of terror!": 'The ICE Documentary as Chilling as a Horror Movie'... www.aol.co.uk/articles/ice...
The ICE documentary as chilling as a horror movie: ‘We’re trying to put the audience in a position of terror’ - AOL
Film-makers Laura Poitras and Rachel Lauren Mueller’s new short is an unvarnished portrait of ICE-occupied Minneapolis
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Our Danny Who art in prison Racist be thy name Thy balaclava come Thy will be done In ports as it is on dinghies Give us this day Our daily funding & forgive us our racism as we intimidate those who speak against us & lead us all into aggravation But deliver us from being civil. 🙏
He’s been saying this for 11 years. Obviously if the cultists still believe this BS they are just hopelessly lost to an alternate reality.
'Key Disability Benefit for Young People May Be Axed Under Major Welfare Changes': www.aol.co.uk/articles/wel...
Key disability benefit for young people may be axed under major welfare changes - AOL
Exclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive support to help young people into employment
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Pete Hegseth stumbles through list of slurs while bragging about firing generals during a war www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/10/pete...
Pete Hegseth stumbles through list of slurs while bragging about firing generals during a war - LGBTQ Nation
He made up a word just to insult people with beards.
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