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Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 1d

This is 21st century USA.
The rest of the world is watching in horror.

ICE is inflicting a lifetime of trauma on families. And it’s being carried out in the name of the United States of America.

Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 1d

Zelenskyy: "Europe fears the word ‘escalation.’ They believe any response is escalation - but Russia sees non-forceful, intellectual responses as weakness."

This is exactly right. We are at war a thug, or a school bully. Give them something and they will demand more!

The Rare Breeding Birds Panel @ukrbbp.bsky.social · 2d

Raptor recovery… Marsh Harrier, Goshawk, White-tailed Eagle and Osprey have all increased substantially over recent decades. Ospreys have colonised new counties at the rate of one a year, including Co. Fermanagh in 2023, the first breeding on the island of Ireland in 200 yrs #ukbirding #ornithology

Graph of numbers of breeding pairs on Osprey reported since 1973 in the UK and its four countries

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

ICE is inflicting a lifetime of trauma on families. And it’s being carried out in the name of the United States of America.

Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 3d

30 degrees in Shenzhen today ...

Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 10d

Beautiful ❤️

Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 10d

Great photo from an unusual perspective. Speedy recovery for your loved one.

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 13d

Probably worth saying that gambling firms prop up The Sun through millions £ in advertising and referral deals.

For some reason they don't point that conflict of interest out on their front page story against gambling taxes today (save for a promo note that it "includes Sun Bingo and Sun Vegas")

"SAVE OUR BETS" Sun front page today against gambling taxes

David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 17d

Health checks and jabs offered at football matches. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Health checks offered at football matches in the North East

Gateshead, Sunderland and Darlington fans are offered health checks and vaccinations at home games.

www.bbc.co.uk

Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · 19d

Allow us to reintroduce ourselves! We're Scripps Oceanography and we'd love to connect with people who are interested in:

🔬 Marine Science
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⚠️ Hazards
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➗ Geophysics
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Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 20d

Turn it into a gladitorial spectacle, and feed Trump and his cabal to the lions.

Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 21d

Night time in Ho Chi Minh.

Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 23d

An important accelerator. Thank you for your tireless efforts to find out and inform.

Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 23d

International shipping keeps emitting greenhouse gases like there's no tomorrow, while it largely eliminated its cooling sulphur emissions.

Ignorant policies lead to dire outcomes

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 23d

International shipping keeps emitting greenhouse gases like there's no tomorrow, while it largely eliminated its cooling sulphur emissions.

Ignorant policies lead to dire outcomes

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Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 23d

Why do so many Americans try to act smart, and end up demonstrating that they are actually really stupid?

PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · 24d

It has come to my attention that Americans (it's always Americans) have coined this awful word. Using the metric prefix for 1/100 makes no sense. A centimillionaire would be a person with wealth of $10,000, not $100,000,000. That would be (if a word is needed) a hectomillionaire.

Screenshot of Merriam-Webster dictionary definition of 'centimillionaire'. 'one whose wealth is estimated at one hundred million (as of dollars or pounds) or more'

Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 23d

Americans - even intelligent Americans - are so f**king dumb.

Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 24d

Are you okay @thehill.com???

Russia invaded Ukraine and continues to wage war.

Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 23d

So, I'm in old Saigon for a few nights ... before moving on ...

Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 23d

Very very cool!

Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 23d

Freaked me out when it came out. And still does.

Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 24d

Are you okay @thehill.com???

Russia invaded Ukraine and continues to wage war.

PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · 24d

It has come to my attention that Americans (it's always Americans) have coined this awful word. Using the metric prefix for 1/100 makes no sense. A centimillionaire would be a person with wealth of $10,000, not $100,000,000. That would be (if a word is needed) a hectomillionaire.

Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 28d

My Dad taught our parrot to recite important phone numbers when we lived in Lagos, Nigeria in the 1970s. Our neighbour was 33218. He also taught her to swear a lot.

Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · 28d

Sending you hugs. I don't know who you are, but I sobbed like the child I once was when I saw him. But I'm sort of ok now.

Christopher P. Hood @hoodcp.bsky.social · Oct 10

Today is World Mental Health Awareness Day. Here is a blog post I wrote about this in 2023. Be kind to each other and, perhaps more importantly, yourself.

#WorldMentalHealthAwarenessDay #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealth

hoodcp.wordpress.com/2023/10/10/m...

Mental Health Awareness Day

10 October is Mental Health Awareness day. As I also wrote last year, it’s one of those days where I think it’s sad that we still need to have a day to raise awareness of the issues sur…

hoodcp.wordpress.com

Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · Oct 9

By constructing this dark and frightening image of his opposition in the form of "Antifa", isn't Trump actually admitting that he really is a fascist?

Every accusation is a confession!

Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · Oct 9

This kind of bothsidesism doesn't help at all, and the @wsj.com knows it. That's why they're doing it.
It neutralises the real meaning of what Trump is doing, giving him space to expand and deepen the turmoil he is unleashing. Aiding and abetting the establishment of a dictatorship.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · Oct 9

President Trump’s declaration that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker should be jailed is the latest clash between two feuding billionaires.

The Bad Blood Between Trump and Pritzker Goes Back Decades

President Trump’s declaration that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker should be jailed is the latest clash between two feuding billionaires.

on.wsj.com

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · Oct 9

President Trump’s declaration that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker should be jailed is the latest clash between two feuding billionaires.

The Bad Blood Between Trump and Pritzker Goes Back Decades

President Trump’s declaration that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker should be jailed is the latest clash between two feuding billionaires.

on.wsj.com

Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · Oct 8

If we don't test people for covid we can pretend it's not there. Standard Trump playbook.

Peter Matanle @matapet.bsky.social · Oct 7

Give it a rest Jeremy. You're never going to get this off the ground. You're just getting in the way of achieving a progressive politics for the future.
1. You're weak on environment.
2. You're weak on Europe.
It's time to give Zack a go at leading a new broad left alliance.

David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · Oct 7

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Renewables overtook coal as the world's leading source of electricity this year, a think tank analysis shows.

www.bbc.co.uk

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