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Ian Butler
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Environment, biodiversity, paddling, climbing and SuDS. Kayaking Sussex to Scotland by sea for RNLI https://t.co/yIDFq1FOHM Husband to the author of Starling.

Political science 23%
Psychology 22%

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SERIOUSLY, WATCH THIS: If you really want to understand how huge SUVs and pick-up trucks have ended up being MOST of the vehicles out there in our cities, and the absolutely INSANE consequences of that, watch this easy-to-watch video by #NotJustBikes. Then please share it as much as you can.
These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
youtube.com

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A Holocaust survivor.

The daughter of a Holocaust survivor.

The granddaughter of a holocaust survivor

All stand together against the Genocide

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Trump and Doug Burgum are halting a 2.6 GW wind farm off the coast of Virginia that is already mostly built.

It’s the largest project in the US.

It was going to provide enough power for 660,000 homes.

And it has significant local Republican support.
Interior Department Pauses Five Major Offshore Wind Projects, Citing National Security
At least one of the projects, which was set to start supplying power in 2026, was backed by Republicans.
www.notus.org

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Ok, 16 innocent people brutally killed in Bondi Beach attack – response is wall-to-wall global news coverage & condemnation.

Meanwhile, 400+ innocent people brutally killed by Israel *since* Oct “ceasefire” – response is near-total silence from world’s media.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Israeli troops kill six Palestinians sheltering in Gaza school, say hospital chiefs
Attack brings total number of Palestinians killed by Israel to 401 since October ceasefire took effect
www.theguardian.com

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This headline should read 19 more land thefts take place with the active support of Netanyahu's government.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel approves 19 new settlements in occupied West Bank
Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the move was about blocking the establishment of a Palestinian state.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Our planet that is heating up - watch 100 years of September-October-November temperature departures over land areas (where we live) through the year 2025...

Data provided by NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.

Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.

Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.

Unbelievable.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
Elephant-sized sloths dug enormous 6 ft diameter tunnels throughout Argentina and Brazil www.earth.com/news/huge-tu...
Huge tunnels discovered that were not made by humans or geology
Huge tunnels under southern Brazil and northern Argentina were potentially made by giant, Ice Age sloths for refuge and rest
www.earth.com

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Sending sympathy and solidarity to everyone in Delhi. The current level of #AirPollution there is more than 30 times the limit recommended by the World Health Organization.
Delhi moves schools online and bans construction as toxic haze chokes capital
Air quality index reaches severe levels at 471, more than 30 times WHO safety limit, forcing authorities to invoke highest pollution control measures
www.easterneye.biz
Hey Nottinghamshire.

This is how your Reform council is spending your money. Funded by your 4.84% council tax rise.

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'The CPS has named Jonathan Bullock, Julia Reid and Steven Woolfe, saying they followed the script provided to Nathan Gill... when giving interviews to... a pro-Russian TV channel in March 2019."

How many apples have to be rotten before you discard the barrel?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com
Poland‘s Vice President Radoslaw Sikorski absolutely torches Elon Musk.

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Over 350 Palestinian people have been killed by the israelis since the “ceasefire” deal: 904 injured: do people get that it isn’t a ceasefire yet

(Sarah Wilkinson)
LIVE UPDATES: Over 350 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since ceasefire, authorities say
Visit the post for more.
www.middleeastmonitor.com

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When Rachel analysed methane emissions data, the area around Drax had the UK's second highest levels of this potent greenhouse gas. Is using taxpayer money to subsidise chopping down forests to burn wood to power a data centre, the best way to address climate change?

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“Speaking outside his chateau in France…”
I kid you not.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created the largest deposit return scheme in the world - great way to tackle excessive single-use plastics www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created the largest deposit return scheme in the world
In the two years since the system was launched, beverage-packaging collection and recycling has risen to 94%
www.theguardian.com

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PUTIN MUST BE LAUGHING

American representatives at every level continue to harangue Ukraine to surrender and blame it for the Witkoff Interception - because they would wouldn’t they?! Putin doesn’t have to do anything except watch as everyone in the American Regime pokes endlessly at Ukraine for

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ZELENSKY SPOKE TO SWEDENS PARLIAMENT

His speech was largely about principles, the principles of democracy, the principles of defining the right of nations not to be invaded and their people harmed.
Putin he said wants to break the principle of territorial integrity and if that happens there will be
I implore someone, anyone, in the media…

Do your job

And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:

…what were the motivations behind this?

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We Support Ukraine against Russian aggression!

#Resist 💙🇺🇸🇺🇦✊

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I’d have thought nothing cuts more against our precious British values than selling out your country for Russian bribes…

And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say

…funny that.

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RUSSIA SELLING ITS GOLD RESERVES TO RAISE MONEY

It once stood at 405.7 tons and it’s now down to 173.1 tons. The national reserves are on a record decline.
The speed of the sell off is increasing rapidly as the need for cash becomes increasingly desperate. It’s a finite resource though. Doom awaits
"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not.

He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.

Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Zack Polanski: ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk

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Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say

Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
If we don't rapidly phase out fossil fuels, we can say goodbye to coral reefs, the Greenland and Antarctic icesheets, and permafrost. The results will not be pretty.
3 massive changes you'll see as the climate careens toward tipping points
Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun.
www.npr.org