Gareth
@justgareth.bsky.social
Attempting self sustainability and regenerative agriculture near the bottom of Africa. We're doing our little bit to help the planet for our children.
Mental health matters!!!
Mental health matters!!!
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Your 'moment of doom' for Feb. 5, 2024 ~ Going dark.
“I think the strategy here is: ‘Well, we’re just going to do it and dare somebody to stop us, and by the time they stop us, we’ll have destroyed it.’”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“I think the strategy here is: ‘Well, we’re just going to do it and dare somebody to stop us, and by the time they stop us, we’ll have destroyed it.’”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
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February 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Your 'moment of doom' for Feb. 5, 2024 ~ Going dark.
“I think the strategy here is: ‘Well, we’re just going to do it and dare somebody to stop us, and by the time they stop us, we’ll have destroyed it.’”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“I think the strategy here is: ‘Well, we’re just going to do it and dare somebody to stop us, and by the time they stop us, we’ll have destroyed it.’”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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If current trends in policy and technology development continue, we find there is a less than 7% chance of keeping global temperature increases below 2°C.
- Rhodium Group
2°C is considered the upper limit of 'safe' levels of warming
- Rhodium Group
2°C is considered the upper limit of 'safe' levels of warming
January 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
If current trends in policy and technology development continue, we find there is a less than 7% chance of keeping global temperature increases below 2°C.
- Rhodium Group
2°C is considered the upper limit of 'safe' levels of warming
- Rhodium Group
2°C is considered the upper limit of 'safe' levels of warming
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That so many governments are being given an electoral bloody nose against a backdrop of global democratic decline is striking. It suggests that Africa has much higher levels of democratic resilience than is often recognised, says @fromagehomme.bsky.social
democracyinafrica.org/why-2024-saw...
democracyinafrica.org/why-2024-saw...
Why 2024 saw more transfers of power in Africa than ever before | Democracy in Africa
democracyinafrica.org
January 2, 2025 at 6:18 AM
That so many governments are being given an electoral bloody nose against a backdrop of global democratic decline is striking. It suggests that Africa has much higher levels of democratic resilience than is often recognised, says @fromagehomme.bsky.social
democracyinafrica.org/why-2024-saw...
democracyinafrica.org/why-2024-saw...
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After multiple chances to improve his behaviour both at home and at school, our son has still not got his act together. As a result, he's got one Christmas present. It's a video of me unwrapping all of his would-be presents, and dropping them off at our local food bank.
December 30, 2024 at 9:25 AM
After multiple chances to improve his behaviour both at home and at school, our son has still not got his act together. As a result, he's got one Christmas present. It's a video of me unwrapping all of his would-be presents, and dropping them off at our local food bank.
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December 30, 2024 at 9:17 AM
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Changes in inheritance tax are stirring controversy. Can we protect family farms while addressing wealth inequality? |Mike Barnard
Ploughing through the Inheritance Tax debate: a fairer future for farmland?
Changes in IHT are stirring controversy. Can we protect family farms while addressing wealth inequality? Changes in IHT are stirring controversy. Can we protect family farms while addressing wealth in...
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December 29, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Changes in inheritance tax are stirring controversy. Can we protect family farms while addressing wealth inequality? |Mike Barnard
What will happen in 2025? - The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service
YouTube video by BBC World Service
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December 24, 2024 at 7:20 PM
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Love it when bookshops or libraries arrange their books appropriately...
December 23, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Love it when bookshops or libraries arrange their books appropriately...
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Christmas lunch on the spit
December 24, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Christmas lunch on the spit
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Seems there are some Botswanan #elephants in South Africa that don't care about fences! 🤣🐘🇿🇦
Elephants and potholes, a true African road in SA! 😆 On the R572 to Mapungubwe NP! 🐘
#Mammals
Elephants and potholes, a true African road in SA! 😆 On the R572 to Mapungubwe NP! 🐘
#Mammals
December 23, 2024 at 7:57 AM
Seems there are some Botswanan #elephants in South Africa that don't care about fences! 🤣🐘🇿🇦
Elephants and potholes, a true African road in SA! 😆 On the R572 to Mapungubwe NP! 🐘
#Mammals
Elephants and potholes, a true African road in SA! 😆 On the R572 to Mapungubwe NP! 🐘
#Mammals
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As power theft cripples Eskom, it discovers a massive racket involving its staff. www.news24.com/fin24/compan...
As power theft cripples Eskom, it discovers a massive racket involving its staff | Business
The utility estimates R23 billion was lost to electricity theft, more than the R20 billion lost to load shedding.
www.news24.com
December 20, 2024 at 10:29 AM
As power theft cripples Eskom, it discovers a massive racket involving its staff. www.news24.com/fin24/compan...
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Earlier this year, Sandra Swart presented on “Apartheid’s Baboons: How the State Weaponised Animal Bodies” at the Rachel Carson Center. You can now watch the full talk online!
@wildpasts.bsky.social #envhist
@wildpasts.bsky.social #envhist
“Apartheid’s Baboons: How the State Weaponised Animal Bodies”
Lunchtime Colloquium at the Rachel Carson Center with Sandra Swart.
www.environmentandsociety.org
December 19, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Earlier this year, Sandra Swart presented on “Apartheid’s Baboons: How the State Weaponised Animal Bodies” at the Rachel Carson Center. You can now watch the full talk online!
@wildpasts.bsky.social #envhist
@wildpasts.bsky.social #envhist
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Dark clouds loom over the legacy auto industry. China's auto share hits 39% as US, Europe & Japan tumble. The EV revolution won't wait; the old guard is running out of road. The doomsday clock is ticking on the ICE age. Adapt, reinvent, innovate or face extinction. Time's up.🌩️🚗⚡ #EVs #AutoDisruption
December 19, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Dark clouds loom over the legacy auto industry. China's auto share hits 39% as US, Europe & Japan tumble. The EV revolution won't wait; the old guard is running out of road. The doomsday clock is ticking on the ICE age. Adapt, reinvent, innovate or face extinction. Time's up.🌩️🚗⚡ #EVs #AutoDisruption
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In our latest blog, Dr @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social explores how midlife women’s drinking is shaped by work pressures, caregiving demands, & class.
Moving beyond the ‘wine mum’ stereotype, he highlights the need for a deeper understanding of these influences.
www.ias.org.uk/2024/12/18/b...
Moving beyond the ‘wine mum’ stereotype, he highlights the need for a deeper understanding of these influences.
www.ias.org.uk/2024/12/18/b...
Beyond the ‘Wine Mum’: Understanding Midlife Women’s Drinking - Institute of Alcohol Studies
Midlife women’s drinking is shaped by stress, societal norms, and shifting identities. While the “wine mum” stereotype simplifies this, a recent study of Australian women reveals diverse influences, f...
www.ias.org.uk
December 18, 2024 at 9:38 AM
In our latest blog, Dr @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social explores how midlife women’s drinking is shaped by work pressures, caregiving demands, & class.
Moving beyond the ‘wine mum’ stereotype, he highlights the need for a deeper understanding of these influences.
www.ias.org.uk/2024/12/18/b...
Moving beyond the ‘wine mum’ stereotype, he highlights the need for a deeper understanding of these influences.
www.ias.org.uk/2024/12/18/b...
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"And since then the inane but hotly buzzing billionaire-class hive have been prancing with impunity, the Ketamine Bladder at their head, spiteful, thin-skinned, frantic for the admiration of people he disdains." www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/de...
Mark Sinker | Hello Bluesky
As the microblogging site proposing to supplant Twitter, Bluesky at first ignited pundit suspicion, with columnists...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 18, 2024 at 11:36 AM
"And since then the inane but hotly buzzing billionaire-class hive have been prancing with impunity, the Ketamine Bladder at their head, spiteful, thin-skinned, frantic for the admiration of people he disdains." www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/de...
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The data in this article pairs well with recent conversation between @volts.wtf and @katenrg.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Insurers Are Dropping Homeowners as Climate Shocks Worsen (Gift Article)
Without insurance, it’s impossible to get a mortgage; without a mortgage, most Americans can’t buy a home.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2024 at 12:21 PM
The data in this article pairs well with recent conversation between @volts.wtf and @katenrg.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Disaster is a function of three things: exposure, vulnerability, and hazard.
As climate change pushes up the hazard rates for wildfire, flood, hurricane & more, lack of adaptation and maladaptation on the part of both public and private entities is increasing vulnerability.
As climate change pushes up the hazard rates for wildfire, flood, hurricane & more, lack of adaptation and maladaptation on the part of both public and private entities is increasing vulnerability.
Insurers Are Dropping Homeowners as Climate Shocks Worsen
Without insurance, it’s impossible to get a mortgage; without a mortgage, most Americans can’t buy a home.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Disaster is a function of three things: exposure, vulnerability, and hazard.
As climate change pushes up the hazard rates for wildfire, flood, hurricane & more, lack of adaptation and maladaptation on the part of both public and private entities is increasing vulnerability.
As climate change pushes up the hazard rates for wildfire, flood, hurricane & more, lack of adaptation and maladaptation on the part of both public and private entities is increasing vulnerability.
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My mother just saw the lit-up "WELCOME TO HERMANUS" Christmas sign where the M went missing, and she's laughing herself into a whole new happiness zone.
December 13, 2024 at 9:41 AM
My mother just saw the lit-up "WELCOME TO HERMANUS" Christmas sign where the M went missing, and she's laughing herself into a whole new happiness zone.
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#Climatechange poses a serious & growing threat to the world’s ability to produce essential commodities. Heat stress & #drought may disrupt US & EU supplies of key #commodities, incl. crops like #wheat, #rice & maize, which supply 42% of human calories... (1/2) www.pwc.com/gx/en/issues...
Climate risks to US and EU commodity supplies
Discover how climate change threatens essential US and EU supplies of key commodities, including minerals and food crops within our report.
www.pwc.com
December 12, 2024 at 5:35 PM
#Climatechange poses a serious & growing threat to the world’s ability to produce essential commodities. Heat stress & #drought may disrupt US & EU supplies of key #commodities, incl. crops like #wheat, #rice & maize, which supply 42% of human calories... (1/2) www.pwc.com/gx/en/issues...
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Speaking of horrific carbon footprints. But he's a billionaire so it's OK.
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On its maiden flight, Mark Zuckerberg flew his brand-new, $80 million private jet from California to his mammoth 1,300-acre estate in Hawaii, burning 5,500 kilograms of fuel and releasing 19 tons of C...
luxurylaunches.com
December 11, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Speaking of horrific carbon footprints. But he's a billionaire so it's OK.
luxurylaunches.com/celebrities/...
luxurylaunches.com/celebrities/...