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Durand D'souza🍃
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Coffee, climbing, cocktails, cooking & climate.
Astrophysics PhD dropout.
Data Scientist @carbontracker.bsky.social
The UK government is making it harder for immigrants to lead a stable life here. They want to double the settlement period from 5 years to 10 years - 10 years of insecurity, visa applications, and discrimination... Respond to the Home Office consultation: ukhomeoffice.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Home Office Consultation on Earned Settlement
Home Office Consultation on Earned Settlement
ukhomeoffice.qualtrics.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!

bluesky-map.theo.io

I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM
The debate on whether GDP can decouple from emissions still hasn't been settled but what is clear is that GDP growth doesn't by default increase our wellbeing. That's reason enough to move away from growth policies and towards redistributive policies.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Economic growth is still heating the planet. Is there any way out?
Rising GDP continues to mean more carbon emissions and wider damage to the planet. Can the two be decoupled?
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Very fitting. Sad to hear about all the journos losing their jobs... the media must not be controlled by a few billionaires. Our democracy deserves better.
February 8, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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Sheinbaum is unable to do a carney and go to China. Why?
1 US holds energy weapon over Mexico. Huge energy depdence- Over 70 percent of gas is imported from U.S.
2 Over 80 percent of Mexican exports to U.S.

Therefore mexico position on China is STRATEGIC SILENCE.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
North America’s China Problem Is Bigger Than It Looks
Mexico is emerging as one of the biggest fronts in the US-China economic rivalry.
www.bloomberg.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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A Middle Eastern proxy war fuelled by Biden’s withdrawal and recent cuts in the USAID budget - it feels like humanity has died in Sudan.

www.thetimes.com/article/ca84...
It feels like humanity has died in Sudan
Millions of people have fled slaughter and rape. In camps dominated by women and girls in Chad, their nightmare continues
www.thetimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Good riddance to the electoral mastermind that *LOST* Labour 600,000 votes between 2019 and 2024, and will likely lose Labour the next few elections too.

www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Morgan McSweeney resigns and says he takes ‘full responsibility’ for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson – UK politics live
McSweeney, who masterminded landslide 2024 election win, resigns as PM’s chief of staff after Mandelson revelations
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Exactly this. UK + EU needs to stop being so defensive and start going on the offensive against the US. Stop buying US LNG. Stop buying US tech services. Start forming new alliances and partners.

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
Want to stop Trump bullying your country? Retaliate
Faced with economic coercion, Europe has trodden carefully. My experience tells me that’s not enough
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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i was actually shocked to see the numbers on new research from Global Energy Monitor on new gas projects in the US: nearly 100 gigawatts of power—enough to power tens of millions of homes—are currently in development explicitly to power data centers. At the end of 2023 that number was 4 gigawatts
Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom
Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.
www.wired.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.

TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.

Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.

Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
January 29, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Very excited to hear about this! So much potential to use it to replace CHP plants in Central Asia as well, assuming the economics pans out. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The LED of heating’: cheap geothermal energy system makes US comeback
Minnesota housing project to draw energy from water stored deep underground, 45 years on from city’s initial research
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:39 PM
WTF? Apparently, the @teamlabouruk.bsky.social government thinks that we deserve to live with life-threatening mould and cold. Really looking forward to the local elections...

www.theguardian.com/money/2026/j...
Fury as enforcement of decent homes standard for private renters in England put back to 2035
Campaigners say government ‘denying renters the most basic standards in our homes’
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:54 PM
When Iran's government targeted civilians, European nations rightly condemned its government. Where is the response now to the US govt doing the same? Are we going to wait for a massacre? Where are the calls for a European army divorced from the proto-fascist regime in the US?
January 25, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.

www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.

ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.

the family is here legally.

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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Iran's dead, bless them. Tyrants must and will fall.
جمهوری اسلامی ایران رژیمی جنایتکار است
January 14, 2026 at 2:10 AM
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What began two weeks ago as protests over the state of the economy has now become the most serious threat to Iran’s leaders since 1979.

We stand in full solidarity with the people of Iran as they protest for women’s rights, freedom, and democracy.

Iranians alone can decide their future ✊
January 12, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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To anybody still using X: sexual abuse content is the final straw, it’s time to leave | Marie Le Conte www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
To anybody still using X: sexual abuse content is the final straw, it’s time to leave | Marie Le Conte
It was hard for me to quit Elon Musk’s poisoned platform, but I urge others to do the same, especially in light of Grok’s imagery of women and children, says journalist Marie Le Conte
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Enough is enough. A government that terrorises its own people does not deserve to be in power.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Iranian student killed during protests was shot in head ‘from close range’
Rubina Aminian, 23, struck by bullet from behind after joining Tehran protest from college, says human rights group
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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I’m telling you, the rise of authoritarianism is directly connected to efforts to keep the fossil-fuel system going. It’s right there for everyone with eyes to see.
The Indian government contends that foreign funds were intended to promote the Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty, which it claims "could could expose India to legal challenges... and severely compromise the nation’s energy security and economic development".

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www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Indian Climate Activist Investigated for Receiving Foreign Funds
Indian authorities are investigating a prominent climate activist for allegedly using foreign funds to further an anti-fossil fuel agenda.
www.bloomberg.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:44 PM