The Jumby
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The Jumby
@the-jumby.bsky.social
Geopolitics. Nature. Social Justice. Science. History. Sociology. Anthropology. Rugby. Boxing. Gaming. Sci-fi. Music. One People. One Planet.

There are no Influencers, only Influencees.
Rare celestial alignment occurring over the next few months.

Eyes on the skies, especially if you live away from the city lights! 🌆

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Planetary alignment 2025: Planets line up across the night sky
Through January and February, there's the opportunity to see a number of planets line up in the nights sky
www.bbc.co.uk
January 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
-35 bridges across the Thames in West (rich) London.

- 0 bridges across in East (poor) London.

- The crossings in West (rich) London are all free.

- The river tunnels in East (poor) London all require toll payments.

Welcome to the Plutocracy.
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Millennium Bridge to undergo £3.5m refurbishment
A contractor is wanted to resurface the 25-year-old bridge's deck and repaint the steelwork.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The only thing more sickening than eating a full block of chocolate...

...is this virtue-signalling, cringefest of an advert from #Cadbury

You're chocolate... Be chocolate!

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Cadbury releases new film 'Memory' created with VCCP (and try not to cry)
YouTube video by Creative Boom
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January 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Happy Birthday to the #1 ranked pound-for-pound boxer in the world, Oleksandr Usyk.
January 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The WWF 2024 Living Planet report - livingplanet.panda.org/en-GB/

@wwf.org.uk @protectallwildlife.bsky.social @protectthewild.bsky.social

Based on 50 years data across 5.5K vertebrate species.

Welcome to the Holocene Extinction.

#biodiversity #climatechange #sixthmassextinction
January 18, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Cash-strapped #RFU Exec to spend ~£100K on a crisis management consultancy to fix a crisis they caused by:

Paying Execs multi-million bonuses

...In a year where they posted record losses

...laid off 40 staff

...England lost 60% of their games

#corporategreed

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RFU bonus scandal: MPs say Government must act to stop rugby ‘dying’
Pressure continues to build on sport’s governing body as grass-roots anger seethes over executive pay, club finances and England results
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The 2024 Living Planet report - livingplanet.panda.org/en-GB/ - from @wwf.org.uk @wwfeu.bsky.social @wwf.de @wwfbrasil.bsky.social

Based on 50 years data across 5.5K vertebrate species.

Welcome to the Holocene Extinction.

#biodiversity #climatechange #sixthmassextinction
January 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Graphs showing CO² and temperature oscillations over the last 800,000 years for the global average and Antarctica.

#climatechange #climatechangedenial
#IPCC
January 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The 2016 #ParisAgreement

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Signed by 175 States in 2016, 195 since 2023. Iran, Libya and Yemen are the only states not to have ratified/signed.
www.un.org/sustainabled...

The incoming Trump administration is widely expected to withdraw the US from the agreement.
unfccc.int
January 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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World's hottest year: 2024 first to pass 1.5C warming limit
World's hottest year: 2024 first to pass 1.5C warming limit
Last year was the world's warmest on record, bringing temperatures above a politically symbolic milestone.
www.bbc.com
January 10, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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BlackRock quits climate group in latest green climbdown

https://www.ft.com/content/f0fb9841-db1d-442e-a757-1a1327497fb1
BlackRock quits climate group in latest green climbdown
World’s largest money manager had staked out position as sustainable investment leader
www.ft.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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I know I’m a broken record, but the people who are hoarding the resources and infrastructure that could theoretically rebuild the planet are focusing on space colonies, bunkers, and shock collars. Earth is being abandoned by people who can afford to leave. www.theguardian.com/news/2022/se...
The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse
Tech billionaires are buying up luxurious bunkers to survive a societal collapse they helped create, but like everything they do, it has unintended consequences
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Global elites – wanted or not – have a lot in common - by Andrew Mitrovica.

#aljazeera #andrewmitrovica

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Global elites – wanted or not – have a lot in common
Sure, al-Assads did live in ‘quiet luxury’ amid hungry masses, but so do enlightened leaders of ‘liberal democracies’.
aje.io
December 19, 2024 at 10:20 PM
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JLR whistleblower sacked for publishing concerns about VinFast cars
JLR whistleblower sacked for publishing concerns about VinFast cars
Mechanical engineer Hazar Denli lost his job after publishing online concerns about an electric car.
www.bbc.com
December 18, 2024 at 6:18 AM
England Rugby World Cup winners talk about life after rugby; financial struggles, health issues and early onset dementia.

On the plus side, at least the RFU is well-governed, with the executives taking sober responsibility for performance.

#rugby #englandrugby #RFU

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World Cup winner tears up as teammate reveals he sold medal to survive Covid
England rugby hero Ben Cohen has revealed he sold his World Cup winner’s medal to help him survive the Covid-19 pandemic. Cohen, who played a key role in England’s victory over Australia in 2003, h…
talksport.com
December 12, 2024 at 6:59 AM
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BP and Shell rein in electricity ambitions to escape ‘valley of death’

https://www.ft.com/content/318e9615-e69c-4556-a961-51b52a4d9afe
BP and Shell rein in electricity ambitions to escape ‘valley of death’
Oil majors caught between pro-fossil fuel and pro-climate investors scale back $18bn power generation push
www.ft.com
December 11, 2024 at 5:16 AM
Did you hear?!?

John Wick, Man on Fire and The Raid went to Mumbai, made an illegitimate lovechild. Sam Mendes presided over the birthing ceremony.

Named 'Monkey Man'; a slick, soaked in viscera, beautiful little bastard.

Nice1, Dev 👍🏻

#movies #MonkeyMan #DevPatel

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Monkey Man (2024) ⭐ 6.8 | Action, Crime, Thriller
2h 1m | R
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December 3, 2024 at 2:35 PM
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Bee-harming pesticides found in majority of English waterways
Bee-harming pesticides found in majority of English waterways
The chemicals can harm insects and marine wildlife, environmental charities warn.
www.bbc.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Al Jazeera opinion from @tafimhaka.bsky.social: Apartheid economy continues to haunt South Africa.

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Apartheid economy continues to haunt South Africa
The recent spate of deaths across the country linked to ‘spaza shops’ exposes the enduring legacy of apartheid.
aje.io
November 29, 2024 at 7:27 PM
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Palestine is recognised as a sovereign state by 146 countries, representing 75% of UN members. So, which nations recognise it in 2024? ⤵️
Which countries recognise Palestine in 2024?
The State of Palestine is recognised as a sovereign nation by 146 countries, representing 75 percent of UN members.
aje.io
November 29, 2024 at 8:27 AM