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@mbensonster.bsky.social

Retired rancher, psychologist, happy to be living in Catalonia and making pipes.

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Dues hores atrapats a un túnel i després esperant sota la pluja: el calvari d'avui dels usuaris de la R2 sud La circulació dels trens de Rodalia de la R2 sud entre Sant Vicenç de Calders i l’estació de França (Barcelona) ha quedat interrompuda durant vora dues hores per l’avaria al pantògraf d’un tren amb pa...

🚆 Dues hores atrapats a un túnel i després esperant sota la pluja: el calvari d’avui dels usuaris de la R2 sud

🔶 Un tren avariat ple de passatgers s'ha quedat aturat entre les estacions del Garraf i de Sitges

www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/due...

05.03.2026 13:13 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

A lot of AI researchers spent countless years debating the ethics of autonomous killing by AI and not nearly enough on AI assisted targeting for bombing campaigns. The atrocities are even worse. Over 100 dead school girls based on outdated maps and data.

05.03.2026 13:20 — 👍 144    🔁 53    💬 4    📌 2
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The US War Machine Is Run By Deranged Armageddon Cultists Reading by Tim Foley:

The US War Machine Is Run By Deranged Armageddon Cultists

They are everything they accuse Iran of being. They are dangerous religious fanatics. They cannot be trusted with nuclear weapons. They are the tyrants. They are the monsters.

www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-us-war...

05.03.2026 13:23 — 👍 33    🔁 13    💬 2    📌 1
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Tennessee Wants to Let Schools Ban Immigrant Kids, Threatening to “End Public Education as We Know It” A Tennessee bill would take the right to education away from undocumented children. The Heritage Foundation is pushing it in other states.

Tennessee Wants to Let Schools Ban Immigrant Kids, Threatening to “End Public Education as We Know It” 
theintercept.com/2026/03/04/t...

05.03.2026 13:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Educational signs pulled from Acadia after Trump orders, database shows The president's March 2025 order instructed the park service to pull content that “disparage Americans past or living” and distracts from the “grandeur of the American landscape.”

That includes displays about climate change and Indigenous history. www.bangordailynews.com/2026/03/05/h...

05.03.2026 12:11 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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Sea Levels Are Already Higher Than Many Scientists Think, New Study Shows

Coastal #nuclear ?
Majority of studies on coastal sea levels underestimated how high water levels are, and hundreds of millions of people are closer to peril than previously thought.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/c...

05.03.2026 12:35 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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UK must double down on renewables as wars drive up energy costs, experts say Fossil fuel price surge after US-Israeli attacks on Iran prompts calls to end dependence on ‘volatile’ energy source

"UK must double down on renewables as wars drive up energy costs, experts say"

Meanwhile, the non-experts in Reform and the Tories would have us hooked to expensive fossil fuels for decades more. Don't vote for these idiots.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

05.03.2026 11:37 — 👍 57    🔁 16    💬 0    📌 2

Yo! We gotta get these killer robots up and running with Palintir so that the rich can depopulate the Earth so they can live their best lives.

Cuz your problem is you don’t love and sacrifice enough for the 1% and Israel, and they big mad about it.

05.03.2026 12:36 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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We discovered lethal new fungal diseases in wild Australian reptiles. It’s time to act fast Australia’s huge diversity of reptiles could be at risk from new fungal diseases.

New fungal pathogens spreading in amphibian species world wide

The fungal microbiome of Earth turns hostile...

#Earth

05.03.2026 11:23 — 👍 12    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
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Testify on March 12 to Support NY Public Libraries Preliminary Budget Hearing for NYC Committee on Libraries The NYC City Council’s Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries, and International Relations is holding a hearing on March 12, 2026 to discus...

3. Testify at the city council's preliminary budget hearing on March 12. That's next Thursday. All details for how to do so are here: bit.ly/4b1ze3H

04.03.2026 20:51 — 👍 21    🔁 15    💬 1    📌 0
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Iran conflict: air campaigns rarely work as intended – they often make matters worse Fomenting a revolution when you have little ability to control how events play out on the ground can lead to unfavourable outcomes.

Fomenting a revolution when you have little ability to control how events play out on the ground can lead to unfavourable outcomes.

05.03.2026 12:40 — 👍 8    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

these people will probably never give me their data again lol

bsky.app/profile/keta...

05.03.2026 12:43 — 👍 18    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Bitcoin Mining Company Quietly Seeks to Restart Coal Fired Power Units Along Potomac River - Public Citizen TeraWulf is a cryptocurrency miner seeking to cash in on the AI data center craze, with no recent experience operating power plants...

Bitcoin Mining Company Quietly Seeks to Restart Coal Fired Power Units Along Potomac River

(that's right folks, this is not only still a problem but arguably a way bigger one than when it was prominent in public discourse!!)

www.citizen.org/news/bitcoin...

05.03.2026 12:30 — 👍 46    🔁 28    💬 2    📌 0
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No matter where you are, they’re using the same playbook

02.03.2026 19:45 — 👍 797    🔁 253    💬 3    📌 6
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Author of 'When Oil Causes War', Professor Jeff Colgan, says the commodity makes the world less stable and more dangerous.

05.03.2026 12:12 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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East Devon council recognises 'rights of rivers' to protect environment A bid to better protect a Devon district’s rivers has secured unanimous backing and made the council behind it at the forefront of such efforts.

Big news for East Devon’s rivers!💧

East Devon County Council has voted to recognise the rights of rivers - an important step towards treating rivers as living systems that deserve protection, not exploitation. 👇

#RescueOurRivers

www.exmouthjournal.co.uk/news/2589550...

05.03.2026 12:03 — 👍 3    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications

As we've previously reported, climate change is driving shifts in groundwater levels even in rainy England, with many parts of the South & East likely to become increasingly dry, & some areas already water-stressed:

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05.03.2026 12:18 — 👍 16    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 0
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South East Water fined £22.5m for ‘repeated supply failures’ in Kent and Sussex Regulator says failures that hit nearly 300,000 customers made worse by utility’s failure to maintain efficient supply system

South East Water has been warned repeatedly by regulators, over a period of 4 years, that it was at risk of supply failure & needed to act to protect water resources in order to keep the taps on.

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www.theguardian.com/business/202...

05.03.2026 12:18 — 👍 18    🔁 12    💬 2    📌 1

"Anti-porn activists want you to think this is a battle to protect women from exploitation and the soul of America, but sex workers know that the real battle is their fight for autonomy, respect, and safe working conditions." @sesmith.lol

04.03.2026 16:38 — 👍 38    🔁 15    💬 0    📌 0
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Una exposició al Palau Robert equipara la frase "Que aprenguin català!" amb d'altres de racistes i intolerants La Plataforma per la Llengua ha presentat una queixa pel fet de presentar l'aprenentatge del català com un acció excloent

‼️ Una exposició al Palau Robert equipara la frase “Que aprenguin català!” amb d’altres de racistes i intolerants

🔶 El projecte l'ha impulsat l'Institut Català Internacional per la Pau (ICIP) i la Direcció General de Difusió

www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/exp...

05.03.2026 12:49 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 2
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Wealthy Dubai residents race back to UAE to avoid tax bills Some risk spending too few days in the emirate and too many in the UK

Tax exiles stuck in London desperately trying to get *back* to Dubai to avoid becoming tax resident in the UK? Just great stuff. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

05.03.2026 11:55 — 👍 1252    🔁 446    💬 78    📌 128
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Trump has launched an unprecedented assault on the environment. Where’s the pushback? Climate deniers expected more resistance to the fossil fuel blitz. But Democrats, billionaires and activists have gone silent

"'Democrats in Congress have been silent...There has been no pushback on this,' Morano said."

Why is longtime climate denier Marc Morano is happy that Democrats have stopped talking climate? As I told The Guardian, because it helps the Trump regime. Obviously.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

05.03.2026 12:54 — 👍 16    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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El jutjat envia Mónica Oltra a judici arran de l'ordre de l'Audiència de València El jutjat d’instrucció número 15 de València ha ordenat l’obertura de judici oral a l’ex-vice-presidenta de la Generalitat, Mónica Oltra, i dotze acusats més pel presumpte encobriment dels abusos sexu...

🔴 El jutjat envia Mónica Oltra a judici arran de l’ordre de l’Audiència de València

🔶 La causa afecta també dotze acusats més que suposadament van encobrir els abusos de l'ex-marit d'Oltra

www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/el-...

05.03.2026 11:39 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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La llengua és la principal causa de discriminacions, segons un sondatge del CEO Un 62% dels catalans diu que no han patit discriminació, contra un 37% dels que diu que sí. Però dels que s’han sentit discriminats, el principal motiu és la llengua, amb un 41%, seguit del lloc de procedència o nacionalitat (39%). Són dades del 2025, i no mostren un canvi significatiu en comparació amb les […]

🔴 La llengua és la principal causa de discriminació, segons un sondatge del CEO

🔶 El 53% dels enquestats creuen que el català s'utilitza poc, una xifra que ha crescut els darrers anys

05.03.2026 11:16 — 👍 1    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Hollow Promises in Ohio’s Silicon Heartland As tech companies gain more ground, residents pay the price for the state’s data center boom.

In Ohio’s “Silicon Heartland,” tech companies enjoy lax regulation and tax exemptions while communities see increasingly unaffordable energy prices and environmental harms. buff.ly/jp0dMsb

05.03.2026 10:30 — 👍 20    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 0
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Attacking Iran’s nuclear programme could drive it towards a bomb, experts warn Fears US-Israeli onslaught could lead regime to push for bomb or embolden other groups to steal uranium stockpile

Attacking Iran’s nuclear programme could drive it towards a bomb, experts warn.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

05.03.2026 10:30 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Indiana school pays ousted teacher $650K in transgender policy dispute A Brownsburg teacher claimed he was forced out after refusing to comply with a policy requiring staff to use a transgender student's preferred name.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Mar 5
IN school district settles for $650k after 8 yrs w/ teacher who refused to use trans students names/pronouns, claiming it violated his religious beliefs. School had repeatedly won in fed court until a district court flipped after recent Supreme Ct decisions.

05.03.2026 10:31 — 👍 39    🔁 13    💬 4    📌 3
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Marie Coleman - Wikipedia

What’s going on, @support.bsky.team? Marie Coleman AO @mariecolemanao.bsky.social is a former Australian of the Year and a widely respected public servant and journalist. Why has her account been suspended?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_C...

05.03.2026 08:40 — 👍 71    🔁 51    💬 5    📌 8
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Chris Stark: UK poised to reform ‘egregious’ grid charges The UK government’s head of Mission Control, Chris Stark, has revealed that the UK is poised to reform “egregious” grid charges.

UK poised to reform “egregious” grid charges that disproportionately affect wind farms in #Scotland.
These charges add £2.9 billion to Scotland’s renewables energy costs compared to similar schemes in England and Wales.
www.energyvoice.com/renewables-e...

05.03.2026 10:35 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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IAEA says no evidence Iran is building a nuclear bomb The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, has said there is no evidence that Iran is currently building a nuclear bomb, while warning that unresolved issues surround…

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, has said there is no evidence that Iran is currently building a nuclear bomb, while warning that unresolved issues surrounding Tehran’s nuclear programme remain a serious concern.

www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260304-iae...

05.03.2026 10:37 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0