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COVIS-19; Recession; Climate change; Biodiversity collapse; Trump; AI; War; Fascism; Energy crisis and Famine. Organise people offline! We can defeat them: www.gaslitnationpod.com/guides/

Google shares drop 7% as search business falls short and AI spending surges ft.trib.al/shvPZqg

Our response to the Budget, by Phil White, Member of Patriotic Millionaires UK

rest in peace to Dolores Huerta. after a lifetime of organizing, in her last year on earth, she chose to be brave enough to change the historical record; in doing so, she set an example for generations of feminists

This hits hard!! We are paying the highest fuel prices IN HISTORY. Trump spent billions of our tax dollars on a war, and now these outrageous fuel prices are making EVERYTHING unaffordable. And they want us to re-elect them. HELL NO. #RepublicanTrickleDown

'There cannot be business as usual with Russia' — Dutch minister urges Europe to step up for Ukraine #Ukraine

...and you risk getting laughed out of very serious rooms full of very serious people! Thou Shalt Consider Only Money and I Guess, If You Absolutely Must, You Annoying Hippie, Carbon Dioxide. Okay Fine, Jobs Are Okay Too, But No Squishy Stuff!

such as methane (CH4, the main component of natural gas and the #2 greenhouse gas after CO2) from US fossil infrastructure, or public health and mortality impacts from fossil combustion within US borders, or any impacts on any humans outside the US, or any impacts on any non-human life...

Energy modeling is funny because these systems are so huge and influential that they have a dozen categories of impact. Mainstream modeling considered only ONE (money) forever, then climate nerds started including a 2nd (CO2) and normie energy economists fought them tooth and nail. Adding a 3rd,

Raskin: "When historians look back on this miserable period of our history, they might say that the first problem was disregarding all those women who told us back in 2016 that they had been sexually harassed or assaulted by Donald Trump."

Ik wil een telefoon zonder apple of google waarop ik wel apps van de overheid kan draaien, en een bank-app.

Anyone else still seeing massive f-off hornets buzzing around? Urgh. I almost stepped on one and I dare not, in case I had a fleet of them following me home.

Ons congres is uitverkocht! Wil je deze toch écht niet missen? Meld je aan voor de wachtlijst. Het congres zal ook te volgen zijn via onze livestream op Youtube.

Then it’s time to legalize the use of frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine’s defence

🤯 Russia is advancing legislation that would allow vehicles reported stolen in Europe, Canada, and Ukraine to be registered legally in Russia. united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...

[104] Oekraïne krijgt tweede steunpakket

Most ballots counted. Opposition at 67, Netanyahu with 53. Final results expected tomorrow night. There can be slight changes. More tomorrow.

Global climate body fights for survival: why the IPCC must be saved www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Why does the world work like it does? Find a book and do some reading to find out. 😃

OBR: "Fossil-fuel prices rose by 83% in the year to September 2026"

With people power showing how protests can make a difference around the world, it's worth reviewing what we know about the effectiveness of protests and what the '3.5% rule' actually says... Check out the whole conversation on the Climate Curious Pod: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWV6...

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🎥 #ClimateAction to assist, protect and conserve #nature to help it cope with #ClimateChange PL RP 🩷💚💙 @jacqueline2024.bsky.social @audreynorge.bsky.social @bosswoman.bsky.social @a-stitch-in-time.bsky.social @riddick01.bsky.social @darylchef.bsky.social @jackiesimm.bsky.social graph: @ipcc #Klima

Good day☕ for all at #Bluesky💙🤝 #OTD🗽1886 in the presence of US President #GroverCleveland the official unveiling of the #StatueofLiberty Enlightening the World, a gift from the people of #France to the people of the #USA for the centennial of the #American Revolution which was ten years late.

⚡️ Poland threatens to fine social media giants over unchecked Russian disinformation, calling them a "silent ally" in Moscow’s digital war. Platforms acted on under 25% of 65,000 reports, leading Warsaw to demand Polish-language moderation and immediate bot bans.

“We should be making sure that people who make a living by going out to work aren't paying effectively a higher rate of tax than people who get their income from sitting on assets.” Ellie Chowns responds to reports that John Healey has ruled out equalising capital gains tax ahead of the Budget.

Goodbye, space plasma. Goodbye, proxy atoms 👋 We bid farewell to the longest-running experiment on the International Space Station: Plasma Kristall. The crew is switching off the experiment today, after 25 years of intensive research into atomic behaviour.

1/3 🇺🇦 Ukraine’s Ratel Robotics is developing interceptor drones launched directly from unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). The goal: bring aerial interception capability to robotic platforms. Source: www.kyivpost.com/post/88325

If you're a mutual and represent an org on the left that needs help moving to Bluesky, PLEASE reach out and I will help you get started here! We can't let technofascists destroy our reach, friends.

Meta strongly appears to be an enemy of democracy in the US. Proceed accordingly. If you're a politician, activist, or organization on the left, you HAVE to build your presence off of Meta and X - which basically means here and Mastodon. Bring your audience over as much as possible. It's critical.

From the suburbs of Paris to the squares of Belgrade, thousands have taken to the streets. The demands are various but often overlapping — frustrations with schooling facilities, lack of economic opportunity, cost of living, corruption, housing and a sense of not being listened to reut.rs/4zjM88q

The chance to keep global warming below 1.5°C with no overshoot is gone. But urgent action can still limit the overshoot and bring warming back to 1.5°C by 2100. Current policies, however, put the 🌎 on course for up to 2.8°C this century. New #EmissionsGap Report: https://ow.ly/SNHX50ZZz8l

"Exit polls indicate opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot will have to work with Arab-Israeli leaders to have a hope of governing" Both Netanyahu and his political opponents still choose to ignore Palestinian parties, but with them gaining a record no. of seats the political landscape must change.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted a 'right-wing' government must be formed to ensure long term security in the country, after exit polls showed Israel's wartime election appeared deadlocked with his Likud Party and opposition bloc led by former general Gadi Eisenkot.

Find the letter here: cpj.org/2026/10/cpj-...

Today, journalists and press freedom groups have sent an open letter to @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu and asked her to restore the EU's freedom of information law, Regulation 1049/2001. We need to fix this system, or crucial stories about how the EU makes laws and spends money can't be told. Plz share!

What's great about the results in Serbia is that the candidates of the winning "Students' List" are from a range of professions that have little to do with traditional career-politics. They're professors, doctors, artists, experts etc. It sounds like real a revolution of the smart people! 😍

Russian GRU hackers hit NATO shipbuilder, aircraft engine maker, law enforcement agency in espionage campaign cyberscoop.com/russian-hack...

#FlávioBolsonaro lands in US after fleeing Brazil following election defeat - He is under investigation for #corruption and #moneylaundering, according to people who have been briefed on the matter www.ft.com/content/ec7a... via @FT #FarRight

PATRIOT TRANSFERS TO UKRAINE BLOCKED Hegseth and Trump are still blocking third party states from transferring Patriot missiles to Ukraine. They continue to obstruct the process and come up with excuses to deny missile transfers even as dozens of people die every day. It’s inexcusable.