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Ancient pine trees growing in eastern Spain have quietly recorded more than five centuries of Mediterranean weather. Analysis of tree rings clearly shows that todays storms and droughts are becoming more intense and more frequent than almost anything the region has experienced since the early 1500s.

"If even the security services are gagged when they tell the government what it doesn’t want to hear, perhaps our communication style, or our modes of protest or our dress sense, are not, as we keep being told, the problem."

Great.

They're teaching me how to lower my cognitive skills (and be convinced I'm more efficient). What a treat.

Oh just **** off. 🤦‍♀️

Head Study of Female Face Blonde

Head Study of Female Face Blonde
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Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks

When the UK introduced a sugar tax lots of drinks got disgusting because they had sugar replaced with sweeteners. I actually would like more spicy, less sweet ginger beer, but they just seem to have a really sweet tooth compared to Italy. Even store bought mayo tastes sweet to me.

They taste really vile.

Kodansha announced they released all 26 episodes of Mushishi Season 1 to watch for free on their Youtube Channel

(Availability limited to English Speaking Countries)

English Sub
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvsA...

English Dub
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXpg...

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

One would hope to actually help SEND children rather than stonewall them and close avenues for support.

NEW ANALYSIS: UK household electricity bills have risen over the last 5 years.

BUT: Despite frequent claims that net zero is to blame: 2/3 of the increase is because of high gas prices shows new @ukerc.bsky.social report.

Arguably without renewable energy the UK would see even higher bills today.

Frankly Aphantasia is just not something I can picture myself having.

I'm begging the media to state this clearly -- we are all in danger now because of the deliberate choices made by Trump's administration and RFK Jr in particular.

When the next major outbreak of a preventable disease strikes, they'll point the finger at other people. But it'll be their disaster.

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orders

This is Minneapolis.

Collective trauma, and neighbors helping neighbors.

This is our 24/7 every day lives right now, not just a 10 second news clip.

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European leader spoke of shock at Trump’s state of mind after Mar-a-Lago meeting The Slovak PM, a Trump ally, told leaders at last week’s EU summit he was concerned about the way the U.S. president spoke to him, European diplomats said.

Robert Fico, one of the few EU leaders to frequently support Trump, was concerned about the U.S. president’s “psychological state.” Fico used the word “dangerous” to describe how the president came across during their meeting at Mar-a-Lago on Jan. 17. www.politico.eu/article/dona...

Trump’s fundraisers are now using the threat of dispatching ICE against citizens as an email engagement tactic.

NEW: Expensive gas still biggest driver of high UK electricity bills, says UKERC

"Volatile, gas-linked market prices – not green policies, as some misleading claims have suggested – dominate the real-terms increase in bills since 2021."

www.carbonbrief.org/expensive-ga...

New research:
Ward, T., Popazov, S., Adams, J. et al. Understanding phenomenological experiences of autistic inertia using online community discourse. Commun Psychol (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s442...

if they can offer free AI training they could offer free media literacy training too. i know which of those would do more for the public good

🌡️Heat pumps convert 1 kilowatt hour into 3-5 kilowatt hours of heating / cooling power.

🏗️ Plant-based building materials absorb almost 4 kg of CO2 from the atmosphere per 1 kg of carbon, stored useful as buildings.

🪙 1 Euro invested in climate protection yields a return of ~ 5 Euros.

Invest.

How Helsinki and Oslo cut pedestrian deaths to zero After years of committed action, neither city recorded a single pedestrian fatality in 2019

“They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars… Now it appears that work is paying off. #Oslo & #Helsinki are reaping the rewards of committed action on making their roads safer, reducing pedestrian fatalities to zero last year.” #VisionZero #SpeedKills

This is a great piece by @phillipspobrien.bsky.social on why it is the President and not his evil counsellors that is to blame for ICE and its excesses - and why the media are pretending otherwise.

Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez died in government custody.

She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.

We need to reform immigration detention.

Seriously, if you are pregnant now and hoping for childcare in England within the next couple of years, or if you're going to use the funded hours for 3/4 year olds *get your child's name down for a place now* because we are about to see a crash in the number of places available for 0-4 yr olds. 3/3

One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.

“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”

“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath

Some costs aren’t costs.