Ed Dugan

Ed Dugan

@edugan.bsky.social

Bike rider, runner, food forager, jugaad is often the best way, mechanical pencil, chook & veg fancier. Japanese novelty bomb enthusiast. Mostly awkward & pretty much useless at most things. Gamaragal & Wiradjuri lands - Oceania

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That's horrific. "One of the victims was reportedly dragged more than a mile before being left in a residential neighborhood, KTLA’s Jennifer McGraw reported."

ktla.comDriver accused of DUI after striking 30-person Halloween bike ride, killing 2 in CaliforniaTwo people were killed and two others injured when a suspected drunken driver struck a group of approximately 30 bicyclists participating in a Halloween ride in San Bernardino County late Saturday …

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Mongabay Latam
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Poblaciones de canguros aumentan en Australia, en parte por la deforestación y la escasez de depredadores naturales. En el Territorio de la Capital Australiana, más de 3500 fueron sacrificados este año, una medida que reaviva el debate sobre alternativas de control. es.mongabay.com/short-articl...

es.mongabay.comAustralia sacrifica una cifra récord de canguros y reaviva el debate sobre los métodos de control de esa especieAustralia sacrifica una cifra récord de canguros y reaviva el debate sobre métodos alternativos de control
Ed Dugan
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Birdwatching is going viral — And it's boosting conservation Bird sightings, social media fame, and a real-world treasure hunt — Gen Z is obsessed with birdwatching. Plus: Women in South Africa say 'NO' to domestic violence. www.dw.com/en/birdwatch...

dw.comBirdwatching is going viral — And it's boosting conservationBird sightings, social media fame, and a real-world treasure hunt — Gen Z is obsessed with birdwatching. Plus: Women in South Africa say 'NO' to domestic violence.

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Mongabay
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Despite reports of illegal fishing and forced labor on Chinese squid fleets, Western markets continue importing their products in large volumes. A Mongabay analysis reveals how regulatory gaps and limited supply chain transparency allow these products to flow. Story by @francescomda.bsky.social.

mongabay.ccChinese squid tied to labor abuses finds an easy route into Western marketsIn recent years, a series of high-profile investigations implicated the Chinese fleets targeting squid in international waters in illegal fishing practices, environmental violations, and poor working…

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George Monbiot
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Palantir didn't have to evade the UK's controls on lobbyists to get astonishing, unminuted access to government ministers and officials, or even to hire them to lobby their colleagues. Why not? Because there aren't any. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

theguardian.comPalantir is worming its way into the British state – it’s time to curb this controversial US company’s influence | George MonbiotTom Watson has said ‘mob rule’ must not decide public contracts. Perhaps he should take a look at his new employer, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Ed Dugan
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@firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social So we are now in or approaching that blame the penguins era? bsky.app/profile/euro...

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A study by CSIC and the University of Granada finds that chinstrap penguin colonies are a previously unmeasured natural source of methane, emitting up to 7 million tonnes a year.

l.euronews.comAntarctic penguins emit up to 7 million tonnes of methane a yearA study by CSIC and the University of Granada finds that chinstrap penguin colonies are a previously unmeasured natural source of methane, emitting up to 7 million tonnes a year.

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Hong Kong hosts, 200 yellow-crested cockatoos, roughly 10% of the critically endangered species' global population. To overcome a shortage of natural nesting spaces, researchers are installing camera-equipped artificial nest boxes to protect and study the birds. @yennikwok.bsky.social reports.

mongabay.ccArtificial nests give Hong Kong’s cockatoos a home – and a chance to study their behaviorHONG KONG — “Spiderman … Tom Holland,” two secondary school boys repeated to each other as they watched conservationist Harry Wong nimbly climb a tall tree at their school, St. Louis School, in…

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New Mexico wants Meta to pay up to $40 billion in penalties after data privacy trial - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/new-mexico-wants-meta-pay-up-40-billion-in-penalties-after-data-privacy-trial-6425646

channelnewsasia.comNew Mexico wants Meta to pay up to $40 billion in penalties after data privacy trialOct 1 : The state of New Mexico asked a judge on Thursday to order Meta Platforms to pay between $35 billion and $40 billion in penalties after a jury found the company had misled consumers about the privacy of their data on Facebook in a case that came out of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.Attorneys for New

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Abilu Tangwa.
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When farms stop yielding, hunger does not knock — it breaks the door. Across the Horn of Africa, soils that once fed nations are turning barren. This is not “bad weather.” This is climate change rewriting our food systems in real time.

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Acyn
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Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over*

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DER SPIEGEL
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Der Fitzroy River in Australien gilt als Lebensraum zahlreicher Salzwasserkrokodile – und wird 2032 auch olympische Ruderer beherbergen. Das ergab eine unabhängige Prüfung, bei der es allerdings nicht um die Reptilien ging.

spiegel.deOlympia 2032: Krokodilfluss Fitzroy River wird Ruderstrecke in BrisbaneDer Fitzroy River in Australien gilt als Lebensraum zahlreicher Salzwasserkrokodile – und wird 2032 auch olympische Ruderer beherbergen. Das ergab eine unabhängige Prüfung, bei der es allerdings nicht um die Reptilien ging.

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Longest African mammal movement recorded by Zambian wild dogs ->Mongabay | More on "African wild dogs long-distance migration" at BigEarthData.ai | #Mammal

news.mongabay.comLongest African mammal movement recorded by Zambian wild dogsThree male African wild dogs in Zambia have travelled more than 4,000 kilometers, about 2,500 miles, in search of new territory and mates, according to a new study. This nine-month odyssey, about half the distance between Cairo and Cape Town, reveals how these endangered animals connect populations and ecosystems that are far apart within Southern Africa and potentially beyond, researchers say. “It’s the longest African mammal movement on record, and the longest [recorded] wild dog dispersal,” study co-author Matt Becker, chief executive of the Zambian Carnivore Programme, told Mongabay. The trio of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus), litter mates known as the Mayukuyuku males, left their birth pack in Kafue National Park in mid-2025. They travelled east out of the park, then north toward the industrial cities of Kitwe and Ndola, then doubled back before heading east toward the Luangwa River Valley and its 400-or-so-strong wild dog population. By April 2026, the pack had traversed 4,126 km (2,564 mi) to reach a game management area (GMA), a partially protected buffer zone, between the national parks of South Luangwa and Lower Zambezi. “We think they’ve actually established a [territorial] range, but we haven’t quantified who they’re with and how many dogs...

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Singapore architect Chang Yong Ter believes good architecture can make us better humans - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/people/chang-yong-ter-singapore-architect-6339476

cnaluxury.channelnewsasia.comSingapore architect Chang Yong Ter believes good architecture can make us better humansFor more than two decades, the founder of Chang Architects has created distinctive Singapore homes shaped by nature, spirituality and an instinct to do things differently.

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Brent Toderian
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“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes. This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com

euronews.comCycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprintIf everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.

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Punk Rock History
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In memory of John Graham Mellor aka Joe Strummer, born on this day in 1952 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by Arthur Steel #punk #punks #punkrock #joestrummer #theclash #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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Mongabay
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With fewer than 500 birds remaining, the Timor green pigeon is on the brink of extinction after decades of neglect and hunting. Timor-Leste is now the species’ last stronghold, where researchers say urgent, community-led protection is key to the species conservation. Timothy Mihocik reports.

mongabay.ccTimor green pigeon nears extinction after decades of inaction, study warnsOn April 20, Jafet Potenzo Lopes was surveying the south coast of Manatuto municipality, in Timor-Leste, when he recorded something he had not seen in years: three Timor green pigeons, alive, in a…

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Mongabay
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Facing logging threats and stalled government action, 41 villages in Papua New Guinea signed a legally binding conservation deed. The community-led pact bans logging, mining, and hunting across the Torricelli Mountains, securing protection for threatened species. @john-cannon.bsky.social reports.

mongabay.ccNew ‘conservation deed’ aims to protect tree kangaroos, forests, people in Papua New GuineaIt happened with a few strokes of a pen on a hilltop in northwestern Papua New Guinea on June 30: The leaders of the Tenkile Conservation Alliance (TCA) finalized an agreement to protect the densely…