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Carola Huttmann
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Hermit, writer, reader, book reviewer, independent scholar
Advocate for disability, mental health, equal rights, reducing climate change, saving the environment

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World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
#Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #COP30 #CO2 #COP30Brazil #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Environment #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGasses #GlobalHeating #GlobalWarming #ParisAgreement
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World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
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November 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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9th – 15th November 2025 is #InternationalWeekofScienceandPeace

Science is essential to understanding our world & building a better future. Explore the vital connection between science, technology & peace.
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#Science #Peace #Technology #Climate #ClimateChange #HumanRights
November 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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SHOCKING!!

How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – then kept drilling
#Brazil #Brazil #COP30 #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Environment #CO2 #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGasses #GlobalHeating
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How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
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November 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Missing 1.5C climate target is a moral failure, UN chief tells #Cop30 summit
#Belém #Brazil #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateJustice #CO2 #Environment #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGasses #GlobalHeating #GlobalWarming
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Missing 1.5C climate target is a moral failure, UN chief tells Cop30 summit
UN secretary general António Guterres urges opening session in Brazil to bring about a ‘fundamental paradigm shift’
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November 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Still a chance to return to 1.5C climate goal, researchers say
#Belém #Brazil #COP30 #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateJustice #Environment #CO2 #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGasses #GlobalHeating #GlobalWarming
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Still a chance to return to 1.5C climate goal, researchers say
Report calls for scaling-up of renewable energy and electrification of key sectors to limit peak of global heating
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November 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Paris Agreement helping to avert dozens of hot days each year, scientists say
#Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateJustice #Environment #ParisAgreement #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGasses #GlobalWarming #GlobalWarming
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Paris Agreement helping to avert dozens of hot days each year, scientists say
Emissions cuts under the 2015 climate accord are stemming the number of hot days globally, highlighting the treaty's role in tackling global warming, according to new study
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October 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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What do unpublished #stories found in Harper Lee’s apartment tell us about the To Kill a Mockingbird author?
#Books #BookCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Reading #ToKillAMockingbird #HarperLee #BooksonBluesky #BookSky #BooksWorthReading #ClassicLiterature #BookLovers
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‘A glimpse of genius’: what do unpublished stories found in Harper Lee’s apartment tell us about the To Kill a Mockingbird author?
When she died, the writer left behind a cache of notebooks and manuscripts. Her biographer reveals what they tell us about her unlikely rise to literary stardom
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October 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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NEW ON MY BLOG .....

BOOK REVIEW: Michel Foucault, the State and the Social Sciences, by Arnault Skornicki (Author), Andrew Brown (tr.)
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BOOK REVIEW: Michel Foucault, the State and the Social Sciences, by Arnault Skornicki (Author), Andrew Brown (tr.)
IN this academic monograph the author argues that Foucault should be regarded as providing, not a facile theory of the state as power, but...
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October 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Climate advisers warn that current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate
#Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Environment #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGasses #GlobalHeating #GlobalWarming #CarbonEmmissions #CO2
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UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told
Climate advisers warn that current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate
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October 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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The Poems of Seamus Heaney review – collected works reveal his colossal achievement
The Poems of Seamus Heaney review – collected works reveal his colossal achievement
The complete works, including previously unpublished poems and expert notes, are brought together in one volume for the first time
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October 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Nearly 100 years after her death, Oxford’s first female Indigenous scholar honoured
#Academia #OxfordUniversity #EduChat #Māori #Indigenousscholar #Indigenouscommunities
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Nearly 100 years after her death, Oxford’s first female Indigenous scholar honoured
Mākereti Papakura died weeks before handing in her thesis at Oxford university documenting the life and customs of her tribe, work that is still used by Māori today
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October 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Autism should not be seen as single condition with one cause, say scientists
#Autism #AutismAwareness #AutismSupport #ADHD #MentalHealth #MentalHealthMatters #Health #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalWellbeing #Anxiety #Depression #Neurodiversity #SelfCare #Wellbeing
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Autism should not be seen as single condition with one cause, say scientists
Those diagnosed as small children typically have distinct genetic profile from those diagnosed later, study finds
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October 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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#Meat is a leading #emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds
#Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #CimateChange #ClimateJustice #EmissionsSources #Environment #FossilFuels #GreenHouseGasses #GlobalWarming #GlobalHeating
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Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds
Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions
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September 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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#WritingCommunity!
Submissions invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct!

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New Writing Scotland publishes works by writers resident in Scotland or Scots by birth, upbringing, or inclination. Prose (fiction and nonfiction); poetry; drama; screenplays; and graphic artwork (mon...
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September 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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#LAUNCHEDTODAY in honour of the 3rd anniversary of her death, #OTD 22 September 2022.

The #HilaryMantel #Prize for #DebutAuthors is open for submissions of #adultfiction until 31 December 2025.
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#Writing #amwriting #Books #Fiction #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity
September 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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NEW ON MY BLOG

Mental Health for All
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To coincide with the publication of Scotland's Mental Health Partnership Manifesto for 2026, this is my own personal overview of the current state of #mentalhealth services in #Scotland and my hope for the future.
Mental Health for All
Friday, 19 September 2025 MENTAL health awareness has come a long way in the last fifty to a hundred years. A century ago anyone disp...
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September 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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NOW PUBLISHED & AVAILABLE .....
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Scotland’s Mental Health: It’s Time for Action, partnership manifesto for urgent & lasting change.

17 organisations. One call: bold action to end Scotland’s #mentalhealthemergency.

#ItsTimeForAction #MentalHealthScotland #MentalHealth #MentalWellbeing
September 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Google’s huge new #Essex datacentre to emit 570,000 tonnes of #CO2 a year
#Climate #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Carbon #CarbonEmissions #CarbonFootprint #CarbonDioxcide #CarbonDamage #Environment #Pollution #Google #GoogleDataCentre #UK
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Google’s huge new Essex datacentre to emit 570,000 tonnes of CO2 a year
Exclusive: Planning documents show impact of Thurrock ‘hyperscale’ unit as UK attempts to ramp up AI capacity
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September 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Today is #InternationalDayofDemocracy
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"Democracy is powered by the will of the people — by their voices, their choices, and their participation."
— António Guterres, UN Secretary-General

This year's theme is 'From Voice to Action'
#UN #Democracy #DemocracyDay #HumanRights
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September 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Shocking, but sadly entirely expected by those concerned about how #humanactivity is harming the #planet .....

Disposable face masks used during #Covid have left chemical timebomb
#Plastics #Environment #Covid19 #Pandemic #CarbonFootprint #ClimateCrisis #Nature
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Disposable face masks used during Covid have left chemical timebomb, research suggests
An estimated 129bn were being used every month around the world at height of pandemic, with no recycling stream
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September 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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‘Inhaling the microplastics’: what is in British children’s school uniforms?
#Parenting #Plastics #Microplastics #Polyester #Synthetics #Education #EduChat #Environment #SchoolUniforms #School #Children
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‘Inhaling the microplastics’: what is in British children’s school uniforms?
Parents question if synthetic fabrics, the most significant environmental pollutants, are suitable for children
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September 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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TURNING AMBITION INTO ACTION
Let's do what we can to save our planet

From 1-6 September Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia, will host the 2nd #UN #ClimateWeek of 2025 (CW2)
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#ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Environment #GlobalWarming #UNEP
September 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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A very #HappySeptember to all my lovely followers. Thank you for your interest in my timeline & your continuing support. Best wishes to you & all your loved ones.
#Books #BookCommunity #BookSky #Reading #ReadingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #MentalHealth #Wellbeing #Climate #ClimateChange #Environment
September 1, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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We'll be hosting our live #WomenWritersNet chat on Bluesky starting this September!
Join us on Thursday, 18 September at 6pm BST when we'll discuss #WomenWriters and Social Media. We hope to see you there! #WritingCommunity #SkyChat
August 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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SAVE THE DATE: 10 February 2026

Really looking forward to reading this. I loved Eleanor Shearer's debut novel, RIVER SING ME HOME (2023).
#Books #BooksWorthReading #BookCommunity #Reading #ReadingCommunity #Fiction #Literature #FirefliesInWinter #EleanorShearer @headlinebooks.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM