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The populist right wants to remake the UK in the image of Dubai. We should all be careful what they wish for | Jonathan Liew Politicians and influencers eulogise the emirate as a place of cleanliness, convenience and low crime. The truth is far darker, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

“Dubai presents the hard-right vision of utopia: a place stripped of workers’ protections or the right to protest, a place of pure environmental dereliction”

Good piece on the dystopian vision Farage, Tice & Reform are reaching for:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Sad that some are so disengaged from the natural world that they feel the need to express this level of disdain for something that dares to cope with the human onslaught!

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Two teens and 5,000 ants: how a smuggling bust shed new light on a booming trade Two Belgian 19-year-olds have pleaded guilty to wildlife piracy – but the raid that caught them has shone a spotlight on a booming global trade

Two teens and 5,000 ants: how a smuggling bust shed new light on a booming trade

24.04.2025 05:13 — 👍 87    🔁 20    💬 3    📌 4

Interesting survey in Aisholt Wood on the Quantock Hills. Oxalis looking pretty, Minotaur beetle and a Red deer skeleton.

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From The Encyclopedia of Alternative Facts Frankenstein was the monster’s name.   There’s no such thing as climate change.   A solero is a type of hat.   The planet is not round but flat.      Six is the legal drinking age.   Women get paid an equal wage.   Elvis once sang in Take That.   The planet is not round but flat.      Achilles had a dodgy knee.   Terror comes from refugees.   Insomnia affects most cats.   The planet is not round but flat.      The president’s above the law. Russia did not start the war. It’s impossible to change a fact.   The planet is not round but flat.   Brian Bilston

Here’s a poem called ‘From The Encyclopedia of Alternative Facts’.

26.02.2025 10:08 — 👍 717    🔁 234    💬 15    📌 23

New data shows all bad news for England's priority wildlife habitats.

❌big drop in monitoring: Natural England needs funds to keep up
❌fall in favourable management in & outside SSSIs
❌fall in SSSIs in good condition: better incentives & enforcement urgent.

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21.02.2025 09:52 — 👍 34    🔁 21    💬 2    📌 1

That's linear extrapolation of the 30-year trend.

As acceleration (from NASA satellite and Ocean Heat Content data and forcing estimates) started after 2010, including the preceding 15 years provides a false sense of security.

Using an extrapolation of the 15-year trend puts 1.5 on September 2025:

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A young African girl in a red dress holding a fish by a river. Her feet is in the water.

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🎉 Congratulations #Niger for eliminating Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, the first country in the African Region to do so bit.ly/40Ur7lV

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Home truths: the only thing Labour is building is a bigger, more dysfunctional housing market | George Monbiot Private developers offer politicians a simple solution for bulldozing through this crisis – build more. But it won’t work Build baby, build. That’s about the intellectual limit of the government’s housing strategy. Millions are under-housed, so let’s…

Home truths: the only thing Labour is building is a bigger, more dysfunctional housing market | George Monbiot

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