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Ritz Carlton has built a high-end lodge on the grand migration route, Maasai Mara Kenya.
Maasai leaders seek legal redress but also experiencing challenges. They need international support.
Hope this story gains wider coverage, as the climate impacts are also relevant.
bsky.app/profile/juli...
Maasai leaders seek legal redress but also experiencing challenges. They need international support.
Hope this story gains wider coverage, as the climate impacts are also relevant.
bsky.app/profile/juli...
Hope everyone is ok.
Is this story from the Kenya Maasai being spoken about at COP? Of course I doubt it.
We are losing community lands and wilderness areas:
the tonnes of carbon they store is like saying let’s preserve St Paul’s Cathedral for the stone.
Hope The Guardian can cover this soon.
Is this story from the Kenya Maasai being spoken about at COP? Of course I doubt it.
We are losing community lands and wilderness areas:
the tonnes of carbon they store is like saying let’s preserve St Paul’s Cathedral for the stone.
Hope The Guardian can cover this soon.
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Ritz Carlton has built a high-end lodge on the grand migration route, Maasai Mara Kenya.
Maasai leaders seek legal redress but also experiencing challenges. They need international support.
Hope this story gains wider coverage, as the climate impacts are also relevant.
bsky.app/profile/juli...
Maasai leaders seek legal redress but also experiencing challenges. They need international support.
Hope this story gains wider coverage, as the climate impacts are also relevant.
bsky.app/profile/juli...
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Once abundant on Christmas Island, the tiny, five-gram shrew filled the night forest with its high, thin cry before vanishing into silence.
Its loss adds to Australia’s grim record of extinctions—a quiet reminder of fragile lives erased by invasion, neglect, and the noise of human expansion.
Its loss adds to Australia’s grim record of extinctions—a quiet reminder of fragile lives erased by invasion, neglect, and the noise of human expansion.
In memory of the Christmas Island shrew
It never weighed more than a spoonful of sugar. Five or six grams of life, soft-furred and sharp-nosed, darting among the roots and leaf litter of a tiny island in the Indian Ocean. At night, its…
news.mongabay.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Once abundant on Christmas Island, the tiny, five-gram shrew filled the night forest with its high, thin cry before vanishing into silence.
Its loss adds to Australia’s grim record of extinctions—a quiet reminder of fragile lives erased by invasion, neglect, and the noise of human expansion.
Its loss adds to Australia’s grim record of extinctions—a quiet reminder of fragile lives erased by invasion, neglect, and the noise of human expansion.
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Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them. n.pr/48ihZvq
Need a laptop? This retiree refurbishes laptops, gives them away to those in need
Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them.
n.pr
October 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them. n.pr/48ihZvq
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New research analyzing more than 3,000 tropical forest sites reveals that areas with fewer seed-dispersing animals store up to four times less carbon than forests with healthy wildlife populations.
The study found that 81% of tropical trees rely on animals to disperse their seeds.
The study found that 81% of tropical trees rely on animals to disperse their seeds.
Animals that spread seeds are critical for climate solutions
When a toucan plucks fruit from a tree in the Amazon Rainforest, it’s doing more than just finding lunch. Moving to a new location and depositing seeds via its droppings could be crucial in…
news.mongabay.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
New research analyzing more than 3,000 tropical forest sites reveals that areas with fewer seed-dispersing animals store up to four times less carbon than forests with healthy wildlife populations.
The study found that 81% of tropical trees rely on animals to disperse their seeds.
The study found that 81% of tropical trees rely on animals to disperse their seeds.
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[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social]
He taught mathematics in a small state school and organized the parish youth group on weekends. Numbers ordered his days; community gave them purpose.
He also helped mobilize opposition to plans to tap the island’s restless geology for power.
He taught mathematics in a small state school and organized the parish youth group on weekends. Numbers ordered his days; community gave them purpose.
He also helped mobilize opposition to plans to tap the island’s restless geology for power.
Vian Ruma, Indonesian activist, found dead. Aged 30.
He taught mathematics in a small state school on Flores and organized the parish youth group on weekends. Numbers ordered his days; community gave them purpose. In recent years, he also helped…
news.mongabay.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social]
He taught mathematics in a small state school and organized the parish youth group on weekends. Numbers ordered his days; community gave them purpose.
He also helped mobilize opposition to plans to tap the island’s restless geology for power.
He taught mathematics in a small state school and organized the parish youth group on weekends. Numbers ordered his days; community gave them purpose.
He also helped mobilize opposition to plans to tap the island’s restless geology for power.
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The single most important thing to understand about digital futurism is this:
When the digital future that Sam Altman ( or Elon, or Andreessen, etc) predicts fails to materialize, he doesn’t have to give the money back.
When the digital future that Sam Altman ( or Elon, or Andreessen, etc) predicts fails to materialize, he doesn’t have to give the money back.
August 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The single most important thing to understand about digital futurism is this:
When the digital future that Sam Altman ( or Elon, or Andreessen, etc) predicts fails to materialize, he doesn’t have to give the money back.
When the digital future that Sam Altman ( or Elon, or Andreessen, etc) predicts fails to materialize, he doesn’t have to give the money back.
Reposted by Vanessa C
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
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"A drone fired a missile at a crowd queuing next to a water tanker in al-Nuseirat refugee camp. 10 people, including 6 children, were killed. The Israeli military said there had been a 'technical error'."
I am ashamed to be a "human".
www.bbc.com/news/art...
I am ashamed to be a "human".
www.bbc.com/news/art...
July 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"A drone fired a missile at a crowd queuing next to a water tanker in al-Nuseirat refugee camp. 10 people, including 6 children, were killed. The Israeli military said there had been a 'technical error'."
I am ashamed to be a "human".
www.bbc.com/news/art...
I am ashamed to be a "human".
www.bbc.com/news/art...
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NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.
By Anas Baba
By Anas Baba
Knives, bullets and thieves: the quest for food in Gaza
NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.
n.pr
July 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.
By Anas Baba
By Anas Baba
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A new study finds that regional plastic bag bans in the U.S. significantly reduce coastal plastic bag litter compared with areas without policies.
Single-use plastic bags are rarely recycled and degrade quickly into microplastics.
To tackle the problem, municipalities have turned to regulation.
Single-use plastic bags are rarely recycled and degrade quickly into microplastics.
To tackle the problem, municipalities have turned to regulation.
Plastic bag bans linked to sharp decline in coastal litter, study finds
A new study finds that regional plastic bag bans in the U.S. significantly reduce coastal plastic bag litter compared with areas without such policies. Single-use plastic bags are one of the most…
news.mongabay.com
June 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
A new study finds that regional plastic bag bans in the U.S. significantly reduce coastal plastic bag litter compared with areas without policies.
Single-use plastic bags are rarely recycled and degrade quickly into microplastics.
To tackle the problem, municipalities have turned to regulation.
Single-use plastic bags are rarely recycled and degrade quickly into microplastics.
To tackle the problem, municipalities have turned to regulation.
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The video of John Spitzberg's arrest has been shared widely across social platforms, becoming a crystalizing moment for those protesting the Trump administration.
The story behind the arrest of 87-year-old veteran John Spitzberg at the Capitol
The video of John Spitzberg's arrest has been shared widely across social platforms, becoming a crystalizing moment for those protesting the Trump administration.
n.pr
June 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The video of John Spitzberg's arrest has been shared widely across social platforms, becoming a crystalizing moment for those protesting the Trump administration.
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AYFKM.
Compton, CA: A masked, heavily-armed man wearing body armor jumped out of a SUV today to kidnap a local resident.
He forgot to put the vehicle in park, causing it to roll down the street damaging other cars. He jumped in the vehicle (which had no platess) and drove off without identifying himself.
He forgot to put the vehicle in park, causing it to roll down the street damaging other cars. He jumped in the vehicle (which had no platess) and drove off without identifying himself.
June 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
AYFKM.
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Spring reminder, as people start to think about gardening: NEVER buy compost with peat it in (inexplicably still on sale). If it does not say "peat free" in big letters, do not buy it. Peat is incredibly valuable in peat bogs, for rare biodiversity and as a carbon store. Don't put it on your garden!
April 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Spring reminder, as people start to think about gardening: NEVER buy compost with peat it in (inexplicably still on sale). If it does not say "peat free" in big letters, do not buy it. Peat is incredibly valuable in peat bogs, for rare biodiversity and as a carbon store. Don't put it on your garden!
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SCOOP: DOGE is hosting a “hackathon” in DC next week with the goal of building one “mega API” for accessing all IRS data.
Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner.
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner.
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data
DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
SCOOP: DOGE is hosting a “hackathon” in DC next week with the goal of building one “mega API” for accessing all IRS data.
Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner.
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner.
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
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It has now been 30 days with NO humanitarian aid getting into Gaza.
No food, no water, no medicine, no fuel.
That is barbaric. The U.S. must end our complicity in these atrocities.
No food, no water, no medicine, no fuel.
That is barbaric. The U.S. must end our complicity in these atrocities.
April 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
It has now been 30 days with NO humanitarian aid getting into Gaza.
No food, no water, no medicine, no fuel.
That is barbaric. The U.S. must end our complicity in these atrocities.
No food, no water, no medicine, no fuel.
That is barbaric. The U.S. must end our complicity in these atrocities.
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Sen. Jim Banks told a laid off U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) employee who approached him that they “probably deserved it” and they “seem like a clown.”
April 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Sen. Jim Banks told a laid off U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) employee who approached him that they “probably deserved it” and they “seem like a clown.”
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Was at the dentist this morning.
Dentist: How's it going?
Me: Eh, haven't been added to any confidential Signal chats!
Dentist: ...what?
Neither dentist nor her assistants had any idea about the top headline on every single news site yesterday.
Talk about it. GET PEOPLE to follow the news.
Dentist: How's it going?
Me: Eh, haven't been added to any confidential Signal chats!
Dentist: ...what?
Neither dentist nor her assistants had any idea about the top headline on every single news site yesterday.
Talk about it. GET PEOPLE to follow the news.
March 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Was at the dentist this morning.
Dentist: How's it going?
Me: Eh, haven't been added to any confidential Signal chats!
Dentist: ...what?
Neither dentist nor her assistants had any idea about the top headline on every single news site yesterday.
Talk about it. GET PEOPLE to follow the news.
Dentist: How's it going?
Me: Eh, haven't been added to any confidential Signal chats!
Dentist: ...what?
Neither dentist nor her assistants had any idea about the top headline on every single news site yesterday.
Talk about it. GET PEOPLE to follow the news.
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"The aim is to pedestrianize five to eight streets per neighborhood, with locals being consulted this spring to determine which streets would be most suitable, and an average budget of €500,000 ($540,000 USD) per street...The initiative, approved by 66% of voters" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Paris Votes to Make 500 More Streets Car-Free
With the passage of a referendum Sunday, Mayor Anne Hidalgo will amplify her ambitious moves to challenge car dominance and expand pedestrian access.
www.bloomberg.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"The aim is to pedestrianize five to eight streets per neighborhood, with locals being consulted this spring to determine which streets would be most suitable, and an average budget of €500,000 ($540,000 USD) per street...The initiative, approved by 66% of voters" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Israeli settlers beat up Hamdan Ballal, one of the Palestinian co-directors of the documentary film No Other Land, in the occupied West Bank, according to witnesses. He was then detained by the Israeli military.
Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers, detained by army
Israeli settlers beat up Hamdan Ballal, one of the Palestinian co-directors of the documentary film No Other Land, in the occupied West Bank, according to witnesses. He was then detained by the Israel...
www.npr.org
March 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Israeli settlers beat up Hamdan Ballal, one of the Palestinian co-directors of the documentary film No Other Land, in the occupied West Bank, according to witnesses. He was then detained by the Israeli military.
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it seems like few politicians have political ambition any more, they mostly have wealth ambition. and the wealth doesn't require gaining all that much political power, it seems
March 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
it seems like few politicians have political ambition any more, they mostly have wealth ambition. and the wealth doesn't require gaining all that much political power, it seems
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Elon musk as a phenomenon is wild because there have been many con artists who claimed to be able to do things that could not be done but this is a guy whose whole fortune has been built off failing to do things that absolutely can be done & being rewarded for it, the poster child of anti merit
March 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Elon musk as a phenomenon is wild because there have been many con artists who claimed to be able to do things that could not be done but this is a guy whose whole fortune has been built off failing to do things that absolutely can be done & being rewarded for it, the poster child of anti merit