LillyLyle/Count Melancholia
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The two greatest challenges facing humanity right now are reversing climate change & halting the spread of fascism. Wgb-er
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No space for culture: ‘matchbox housing’ leaves residents unable to honour customs in a South African town https://theconversation.com/no-space-for-culture-matchbox-housing-leaves-residents-unable-to-honour-customs-in-a-south-african-town-269208
No space for culture: ‘matchbox housing’ leaves residents unable to honour customs in a South African town
In South Africa’s Makanaskop, the kraal is a sacred space for rituals but small plots with outside toilets undermine this cultural use.
theconversation.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
No space for culture: ‘matchbox housing’ leaves residents unable to honour customs in a South African town https://theconversation.com/no-space-for-culture-matchbox-housing-leaves-residents-unable-to-honour-customs-in-a-south-african-town-269208
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Beaverton is hitting it out of the park today.
"“This is a matter for the courts, probably,” Carney said. “It’s not my place to get involved in interprovincial issues. Unless the extraction industry asks me to. Wait, have they asked? No? Not yet? Okay, then let the courts handle it until then […]
"“This is a matter for the courts, probably,” Carney said. “It’s not my place to get involved in interprovincial issues. Unless the extraction industry asks me to. Wait, have they asked? No? Not yet? Okay, then let the courts handle it until then […]
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mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Beaverton is hitting it out of the park today.
"“This is a matter for the courts, probably,” Carney said. “It’s not my place to get involved in interprovincial issues. Unless the extraction industry asks me to. Wait, have they asked? No? Not yet? Okay, then let the courts handle it until then […]
"“This is a matter for the courts, probably,” Carney said. “It’s not my place to get involved in interprovincial issues. Unless the extraction industry asks me to. Wait, have they asked? No? Not yet? Okay, then let the courts handle it until then […]
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"Prime Minister Mark Carney, who recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Smith to acknowledge both her new role as B.C. premier and her new role as his top environmental adviser ... "
ROFL!!!
Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to declare herself premier of B.C. - The […]
ROFL!!!
Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to declare herself premier of B.C. - The […]
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mstdn.ca
November 29, 2025 at 1:43 AM
"Prime Minister Mark Carney, who recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Smith to acknowledge both her new role as B.C. premier and her new role as his top environmental adviser ... "
ROFL!!!
Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to declare herself premier of B.C. - The […]
ROFL!!!
Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to declare herself premier of B.C. - The […]
RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/115629217753099927
This will have no effect on people of moderate beliefs or none, but will dampen considerably the actions of religious extremists. Which is a good thing.
Religion is a private, personal thing. When brought into public spaces it is performative and […]
This will have no effect on people of moderate beliefs or none, but will dampen considerably the actions of religious extremists. Which is a good thing.
Religion is a private, personal thing. When brought into public spaces it is performative and […]
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/115629217753099927
This will have no effect on people of moderate beliefs or none, but will dampen considerably the actions of religious extremists. Which is a good thing.
Religion is a private, personal thing. When brought into public spaces it is performative and […]
This will have no effect on people of moderate beliefs or none, but will dampen considerably the actions of religious extremists. Which is a good thing.
Religion is a private, personal thing. When brought into public spaces it is performative and […]
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*At last, an entire light-day. That's a full 1/365th of a light-year. #spacetravel
https://www.popsci.com/science/voyager-one-light-day-earth/
https://www.popsci.com/science/voyager-one-light-day-earth/
Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth
The intrepid spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026.
The post Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth appeared first on Popular Science.
www.popsci.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:45 AM
*At last, an entire light-day. That's a full 1/365th of a light-year. #spacetravel
https://www.popsci.com/science/voyager-one-light-day-earth/
https://www.popsci.com/science/voyager-one-light-day-earth/
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#Rewilding One of the cartoons in my new book 'Physics for Cats'. Available now in good bookshops an online nowwww.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
#Rewilding One of the cartoons in my new book 'Physics for Cats'. Available now in good bookshops an online nowwww.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
Awww.
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Awww.
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Confused by this week's announcements on #northseaoilandgas ? #ukpolitics #StopRosebank #tessakhan
"Tessa Khan, the executive director of Uplift, said: “This government is right to end the fiction of endless drilling. The North Sea is an ageing basin, with most of the gas already burned, and new […]
"Tessa Khan, the executive director of Uplift, said: “This government is right to end the fiction of endless drilling. The North Sea is an ageing basin, with most of the gas already burned, and new […]
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mastodon.green
November 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Confused by this week's announcements on #northseaoilandgas ? #ukpolitics #StopRosebank #tessakhan
"Tessa Khan, the executive director of Uplift, said: “This government is right to end the fiction of endless drilling. The North Sea is an ageing basin, with most of the gas already burned, and new […]
"Tessa Khan, the executive director of Uplift, said: “This government is right to end the fiction of endless drilling. The North Sea is an ageing basin, with most of the gas already burned, and new […]
RE: https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/world-c8sqdvr9z/-/a-bt4aeOSIRcKarXXEripzQg%3Aa%3A3199692-%2F0
This will have no effect on people who have no or moderate beliefs, (the overwhelming majority of Quebecois) but will put a very welcome damper on religious fanatics.
This will have no effect on people who have no or moderate beliefs, (the overwhelming majority of Quebecois) but will put a very welcome damper on religious fanatics.
flipboard.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
RE: https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/world-c8sqdvr9z/-/a-bt4aeOSIRcKarXXEripzQg%3Aa%3A3199692-%2F0
This will have no effect on people who have no or moderate beliefs, (the overwhelming majority of Quebecois) but will put a very welcome damper on religious fanatics.
This will have no effect on people who have no or moderate beliefs, (the overwhelming majority of Quebecois) but will put a very welcome damper on religious fanatics.
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A question for the climate sceptics https://kimharding.net/blog/a-question-for-the-climate-sceptics/
Do you want a better world?
Do you want a better world?
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
A question for the climate sceptics https://kimharding.net/blog/a-question-for-the-climate-sceptics/
Do you want a better world?
Do you want a better world?
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REMINDER tomorrow is ”DON’T MAKE JEFF BEZOS NOR HIS CONSPIRACY OF #techbros RICHER” day.
#blackout #blackfriday and don’t give your money to fascists.
#antifa #anticonsumerism #scamazon
#blackout #blackfriday and don’t give your money to fascists.
#antifa #anticonsumerism #scamazon
November 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
REMINDER tomorrow is ”DON’T MAKE JEFF BEZOS NOR HIS CONSPIRACY OF #techbros RICHER” day.
#blackout #blackfriday and don’t give your money to fascists.
#antifa #anticonsumerism #scamazon
#blackout #blackfriday and don’t give your money to fascists.
#antifa #anticonsumerism #scamazon
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Foreign ”troll army“ skewed election campaign towards far right https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/foreign-troll-army-skewed-election-campaign-towards-far-right/
www.dutchnews.nl
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Foreign ”troll army“ skewed election campaign towards far right https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/foreign-troll-army-skewed-election-campaign-towards-far-right/
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There are some people who seem to see the recovery of ecosystems in a deforested waste as a personal affront. It's about power, and different landscapes reflect the different ways in which power is distributed - or concentrated.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Willow trees on Prince William’s land in Devon poisoned with herbicide
Exclusive: Unknown culprit suspected of spraying glyphosate on protected trees hoped to stop peat erosion and flooding
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
There are some people who seem to see the recovery of ecosystems in a deforested waste as a personal affront. It's about power, and different landscapes reflect the different ways in which power is distributed - or concentrated.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Conference shows Scotland’s appetite for real land reform
https://bylines.scot/news/scotland/conference-shows-scotlands-appetite-for-real-land-reform/
Press release: The REVIVE Conference saw around 400 people attend, a similar number as those who own half of Scotland's private rural land
https://bylines.scot/news/scotland/conference-shows-scotlands-appetite-for-real-land-reform/
Press release: The REVIVE Conference saw around 400 people attend, a similar number as those who own half of Scotland's private rural land
Conference shows Scotland’s appetite for real land reform
Press release: The REVIVE Conference saw around 400 people attend, a similar number as those who own half of Scotland's private rural land
bylines.scot
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Conference shows Scotland’s appetite for real land reform
https://bylines.scot/news/scotland/conference-shows-scotlands-appetite-for-real-land-reform/
Press release: The REVIVE Conference saw around 400 people attend, a similar number as those who own half of Scotland's private rural land
https://bylines.scot/news/scotland/conference-shows-scotlands-appetite-for-real-land-reform/
Press release: The REVIVE Conference saw around 400 people attend, a similar number as those who own half of Scotland's private rural land
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We are all mosaics: vast genetic diversity found between cells in a single person
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03768-0
Technical advances allow researchers to trace the genetic changes that occur over time.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03768-0
Technical advances allow researchers to trace the genetic changes that occur over time.
We are all mosaics: vast genetic diversity found between cells in a single person
Technical advances allow researchers to trace the genetic changes that occur over time.
www.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
We are all mosaics: vast genetic diversity found between cells in a single person
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03768-0
Technical advances allow researchers to trace the genetic changes that occur over time.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03768-0
Technical advances allow researchers to trace the genetic changes that occur over time.
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@LillyHerself if you are interested these are pretty close to the plotline of the stories in Bora Chung "Your Utopia"
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
@LillyHerself if you are interested these are pretty close to the plotline of the stories in Bora Chung "Your Utopia"
<screams>
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
<screams>
I'm kind of okay with the ending.
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I'm kind of okay with the ending.
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World leaders must find the courage to end the fossil-fuel age
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03851-6
Despite the weak agreement seen at the COP30 climate conference, Brazil was right to prioritize discussing the eventual phase-out of fossil fuels. Others must now help to find a way […]
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03851-6
Despite the weak agreement seen at the COP30 climate conference, Brazil was right to prioritize discussing the eventual phase-out of fossil fuels. Others must now help to find a way […]
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mastodon.scot
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
World leaders must find the courage to end the fossil-fuel age
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03851-6
Despite the weak agreement seen at the COP30 climate conference, Brazil was right to prioritize discussing the eventual phase-out of fossil fuels. Others must now help to find a way […]
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03851-6
Despite the weak agreement seen at the COP30 climate conference, Brazil was right to prioritize discussing the eventual phase-out of fossil fuels. Others must now help to find a way […]
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If you're in Glasgow this Friday afternoon, I'm giving a talk. It's free and all are welcome:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-talk-by-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-talk-by-...
A talk by George Monbiot: Capitalism, Power and Environmental Justice
George Monbiot will discuss some surprising histories of exploitation, and explore what a new radical politics might look like.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
If you're in Glasgow this Friday afternoon, I'm giving a talk. It's free and all are welcome:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-talk-by-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-talk-by-...
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Here's what the #BrokenPost Editorial Board is worried about. Not fascism but paper towels:
The scourge of automatic hand dryers www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
The scourge of automatic hand dryers www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | The scourge of automatic hand dryers
Holiday travelers deserve better than inadequate and unsanitary dryers.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Here's what the #BrokenPost Editorial Board is worried about. Not fascism but paper towels:
The scourge of automatic hand dryers www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
The scourge of automatic hand dryers www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Study Finds Benefits from Scotland’s R100 Gigabit Broadband Rollout
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2025/11/study-finds-benefits-from-scotlands-r100-gigabit-broadband-rollout.html
Read full report here […]
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2025/11/study-finds-benefits-from-scotlands-r100-gigabit-broadband-rollout.html
Read full report here […]
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mastodon.scot
November 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Study Finds Benefits from Scotland’s R100 Gigabit Broadband Rollout
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2025/11/study-finds-benefits-from-scotlands-r100-gigabit-broadband-rollout.html
Read full report here […]
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2025/11/study-finds-benefits-from-scotlands-r100-gigabit-broadband-rollout.html
Read full report here […]