🚨🚨 Seems insane that this needs to be analysed, but this is a great and very insightful piece by @fedefaziof.bsky.social outlining what would happen in the still hopefully unlikely scenario that Trump would invade Greenland. 🧵 dcubrexitinstitute.eu/2025/01/what...

What happens if Trump invades Greenland? - Brexit Institute

Ever since Donald Trump announced his bid for the 2024 presidential election, NATO allies have been looking for ways to “Trump-proof” the Alliance. During his

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Reflect: A small tree of only about 20 m in height produces about 10,000 l of oxygen/day. That is enough for 5 to 10 people, who each need 500 to 2,000 l of oxygen/day. Think about and take a deep breath💚☘️🌿🌱🌲🍀💚

My parents just got Covid last week. My stepmom in particular is struggling (at home, not hospitalized) and very weak. They believe the lies that the pandemic is over, not that serious, and then are shocked when it is a really terrible illness. (It’s their first time, in their 70’s, not vaccinated)

Mind-blowing Ocean Facts series: 2. Phytoplankton in the ocean produces more oxygen than all the forests on Earth combined. The ocean is literally our biggest breath of fresh air. #OceanFacts #Ocean #BreathOfLife #LetsKeepBreathing #ProtectTheOcean #SaveTheSeas

If you care about the future of the NHS & you see this on Boxing Day, please could you share this? If we want privatisation to be removed from the NHS, NHS campaigners like me have a *lot* of work to do next year and…I’d just like to see if people care enough about this for our campaigning to work…

Trump assembling a "Cabinet of the People".

This week the Guardian's owner, the Scott Trust, gifted the 233-year-old Observer to Tortoise Media. This isn't just a dark day for journalism, it's a sign. Meet the team. This is Putin giving Tortoise's energy advisory board member an 'Order of Friendship' medal in 2017. 1/

What's better than spending time with an interesting author writing about the wicked problem of climate? Having the right glass of something to accompany. So we bring you the Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations Books of 2024 (non-fiction). open.substack.com/pub/wickedpr...

Give a man a fish, and he will have food for a day. Teach a man how to fish unsustainably, and he and everyone else will starve, as all the fish are gone.

Eoghan Daltun 🌍@irishrainforest.bsky.social · 2y ago

Shifting baseline syndrome explains how we normalise the continual visceration of once unimaginably rich ecosystems. Rewilding – our minds, lands, and seas – is the solution. 🌏

Maybe a good time for Europe to re-think the conditions for the near unlimited sharing of personal data and access to European data bases for US agencies edition.cnn.com/2024/11/30/p...

Trump announces he intends to replace current FBI director with loyalist Kash Patel | CNN Politics

President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he intends to nominate Kash Patel to serve as FBI director, in an extraordinary announcement that once in office Trump would move to replace the current...

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For those who don't know yet, here's how you can save posts on Bsky: 1. On your homepage, click on the three lines on the top left corner of the screen. 2. Click on "Feeds" and then go to "Discover new feeds". 3. In the search box, type 📌 and click on the respective feed. Continue 👇👇

Thousands of unpaid carers forced to repay huge sums to govt, threatened with criminal prosecution after unwittingly breaching earnings rules. The Criminal Finance Act 2017: No corporation prosecuted for tax abuse. This is the UK's version of the 'rule of law' leftfootforward.org/2024/11/what...

Whatever happened to the ‘rule of law’ in the UK?

Even if people can get access to the courts, at best they will get an interpretation of law, not justice.

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🧵 Looking for (polar) climate data visualizations? Start here! 📈📉🧪⚒️🌊 + Polar climate change: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... + Global climate change indicators: zacklabe.com/climate-chan... + #Arctic sea ice extent: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... + #Antarctic sea ice: zacklabe.com/antarctic-se...

Bovaer is not currently accepted as an organic supplement so you’ll be fine eating any organic products if you’re worried.

👉 NEW — Israeli army chief visited Britain this week, UK confirms By ⁦John McEvoy and @markcurtis30.bsky.social Exclusive: Days after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli leaders, its top general flew to London. www.declassifieduk.org/israeli-army...

Israeli army chief visited Britain this week, UK confirms

Exclusive: Days after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli leaders, its top general flew to London.

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As this chart from @ourworldindata.org makes clear, despite significant investment in clean energy in the past few years, the United States is by far the world's largest producer of oil 🧪

The WASPI Campaign Petition calling on the government to “Introduce a compensation scheme for WASPI women” now has 79,438 signatures Let’s help them get it to the 100,000 they need #WASPI petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

I am right in thinking everyone wants to Rejoin the EU aren't I? Like if you do RP if you really do

Now this is an interesting story via Reuters. Quietly, without fanfare, several British police forces have largely withdrawn from X as concerns over the promotion of violence & extreme content persist. Reuters surveyed Police & found 8 different forces have hugely scaled back presence on X.

UK police forces quietly withdraw from X platform amid content concerns

Several British police forces have largely withdrawn from Elon Musk's X social media platform as concerns over its role in promoting violence and extreme content persist, a Reuters survey of forces' social media output showed.

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Zuckerberg owns Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp. Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post. Elon Musk owns Twitter/X. When multi-billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy

Started this starter pack with energy justice & climate justice folks. Let me know who I should add to it. go.bsky.app/HXiuKJ5 (P.S. yes this is my way of finding my friends that migrated to bluer skies) @costasamaras.com @menrywy.bsky.social @leahstokes.bsky.social @sidersadapts.bsky.social

The BBC is shaming China for arresting pro-democracy protestors right now. Meanwhile, back in authoritarian Britain...

If you missed this 🧵 on the "Koch & Climate Obstruction" report I wrote with Robert Brulle @climatessn.bsky.social, please read and share! It unpacks what what Koch knew, and what Koch said. Now, here's are new 🧵 on what Koch DID, starting with historic material from the 1990's.

Koch and Climate Obstruction

This interim report, by Connor Gibson and Robert J. Brulle, is a result of ongoing historical research into the efforts by Koch, Inc. and its orbit organizations to obstruct climate […]

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Connor Gibson@grassrootbeer.bsky.social · 2y ago

That concludes thread #1 on this interim report from @climatessn.bsky.social: cssn.org/koch-and-cli... We reviewed what Koch knew, what Koch said. Next up: what Koch did. We found some new/old things about climate change denial & related policy opposition funded by Koch back into the 1990's.

When will the government start clearing up this cesspit of a policy?