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Read this. Then read it again.
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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@mrjamesob.bsky.social on hero Ahmed al Ahmed,

"Ahmed migrated to Sydney after serving with Syrian law enforcement" 👇
ABC News Australia, "Ahmed migrated to Sydney after serving with Syrian law enforcement"

Mohamed Fateh al Ahmed, "My son is a hero, he served with the police and the central security forces, he has an impulse to protect people"
December 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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This is what happens when non-climate scientists write about the climate crisis without really understanding where we are or where we are headed

Unjustified optimism

If the world is just 2.5C hotter in 2100, I will eat my hat, or would if I wasn't 6ft under

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Paris climate treaty changed the world. Here’s how | Rebecca Solnit
There’s much more to do, but we should be encouraged by the progress we have made
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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"Unregulated AI development will drive a surge in data center construction, [with] massive energy, water, & land demands whose impacts...fall hardest on predominantly Black, Brown, low-income, & Indigenous communities. This is a power grab [favoring] Big Tech billionaires." naacp.org/articles/naa...
NAACP, Climate Justice Alliance Condemn Trump Administration's Move to Block State Authority on AI Regulation
In response to the White House’s Executive Order released December 11th, “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for the Artificial Intelligence,” Climate Justice Alliance Legislative Director Mar Zeped...
naacp.org
December 13, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Global Forest Watch has launched a new AI-powered alert system that identifies what’s driving deforestation — from agriculture and mining to wildfires.

The data currently cover the Amazon, Congo Basin and Indonesia, with plans to expand to other forests and ecosystems.
Real-time deforestation alerts get an AI boost to identify the causes
Forest logging decreases during rainy seasons. Deforestation caused by mining might not be as seasonal as previously thought. One of the largest drivers of deforestation in Latin America is…
news.mongabay.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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The magic of an Irish Atlantic rainforest 🌍
December 13, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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The EU is preparing a gift for pesticide giants: toxic pesticides could stay on the market forever, with no safety tests at all. Yes, forever approvals. Yes, this is real. Sign now to stop it. action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-12...
Protect Our Food From Toxic Pesticides
The EU is preparing a gift for pesticide giants, and a nightmare for the rest of us. A new proposal could let toxic pesticides, including glyphosate, stay on the market forever.Yes, forever approvals....
action.wemove.eu
December 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Sign now: 1 week left before pesticides stay indefinitely in EU
to water down laws that control use of pesticides
This means even more widespread toxic chemicals in our food, water, and air

Pesticides are everywhere killing billions of Bees, animals wildlife

www.birdlife.org/news/2025/12...
One week left before pesticides stay indefinitely
On 16 December, the EU Commission will propose to water down laws that control pesticide.
www.birdlife.org
December 13, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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😱 The EU plans to remove renewal deadlines for most pesticides. That means companies wouldn’t have to test for new risks & toxic pesticides could stay on the market indefinitely.

📢 Speak up now and tell the Commission: people, farmers, and nature come first - not industry profits!
#ProtectMyPlate
December 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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❗️ Red Alert❗️ EU Commissioner Varhelyi proposes to weaken the #pesticide regulation. Eternal permits for pesticides, no more periodic evaluations. Health and environment will suffer, industry will profit.

📝 React now, tell the EU Commission what you think: www.pan-europe.info/end-toxic-pe...
End The Toxic Pesticide Age
Do you want healthy food for you and your children? Do you care about biodiversity and clean water? Beware! The European Commission is currently proposing a series of measures to massively deregulate ...
www.pan-europe.info
December 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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New research shows toxic chemicals in food systems cost us up to $2.2 trillion a year in health impacts.

Meanwhile the EU Commission wants to destroy our protections against pesticide risks. We can't let this happen, help us👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/news/raise-y...

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Synthetic chemicals in food system creating health burden of $2.2tn a year, report finds
Scientists issue urgent warning about chemicals, found to cause cancer and infertility as well as harming environment
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Canadian dollar posts third straight weekly gain on monetary policy divergence reut.rs/48QDFNE
Canadian dollar posts third straight weekly gain on monetary policy divergence
The Canadian dollar held on to its weekly advance against its U.S. counterpart on Friday as investors bet that the Bank of Canada and the Federal Reserve would move in different directions next year in setting monetary policy.
reut.rs
December 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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OK, here's a thing?

Generative AI enables *fast culture* in the way that exploitative wages and supply chain optimization enabled fast fashion.

Distraction, short sharp hits, easily replicable afterwards, receptions changes quickly + mercurial audience.
December 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Think winter walks are miserable? They’re actually saving my sanity. Fresh air, filtered light, and unexpected fungi are keeping me going. Watch the video and tell me what keeps you grounded this time of year.
December 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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December 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Lol
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Okay but this new Katy Perry song! This is the sound she needs to stick with!!!!
November 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Ah, the golden age.
July 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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The world runs on women’s unpaid labor
Most churches, like most schools, run on the unpaid labor of women…
June 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Damn right!!!
June 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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We the people have spoken. Congress must do their job and represent the will of the nation. Say NO to “King” Donakd!
"Do you want America to be at war with Iran?"

No: 85%
Yes: 5%

YouGov / June 22, 2025
June 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Wow so you’re telling me everyone who cheered on the Iraq war is on board with this now too? And so are the people who opposed the Iran nuclear deal and killed it?

You’re kidding.
June 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.
June 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Ted Cruz "hates communists" because Cuban President Fulgencio Batista, who was *not* a communist, imprisoned and tortured Cruz's father for helping Fidel Castro, who *was* a communist and who freed Cruz's father from the non-communist prison. Proving, once again, that Cruz speaks absolute rubbish.
wait for the punchline
June 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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This is not normal. A sitting president refusing to call the governor of a state after two elected officials were shot, one fatally, is beyond words. A typical president, regardless of politics, would pick up the phone. Offer condolences.
June 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM