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Stop Palantir taking over our public services! Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

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The Encore Award - The Society of Authors For the best second novel

Very exciting news! My second novel The Wilder Path has been shortlisted for The Encore Award (alongside three very talented writers). societyofauthors.org/prizes/other...

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Love Forms by Claire Adam (@faberbooks.bsky.social)
Mr Outside by Caleb Klaces (@prototypepubs.bsky.social)
Sycorax by Nydia Hetherington (Quercus)
The Wilder Path by @tomkinsdeb.bsky.social (@aurorametro.bsky.social)

Congratulations to all four shortlistees. The winner will be announced on 13 May.

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We no longer use X – GreenChristianGreen Christian | Ordinary Christians, extraordinary times

@greenchristian.org.uk Great decision!
greenchristian.org.uk/we-no-longer...

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The thing is, he doesn't mean to be funny, he means to be deadly serious and to be taken seriously, which somehow makes it funnier... (and deeply worrying at the same time).

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Trump TS post featuring an illustration of himself as a Christian faith healer

Trump TS post featuring an illustration of himself as a Christian faith healer

I’m not sure it has broken through to the general public that the president is a megalomaniac crazy person. Hopefully posts like this help.

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A lovely lovely man, so kind and supportive and a brilliant writer. He will be so much missed.

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If you have any information at all on these plans, now is the time to share it. Reach me on Signal at marisakabas.04

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I’m so sorry. Lorraine was a really lovely person, always warm, friendly and supportive. We will miss her.

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This post, including one of her stories, Is dedicated to the memory of Lorraine Collins who came to the festival for every year since 2023 and was booked this year. Lorraine died in a car accident last week and we will miss her at the festival very much. www.flashfictionfestival.com/news/

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La Terre a accumulé une chaleur record en 2025: "Soyons francs, la situation est plutôt alarmante, le chaos s'accélère" La quantité de chaleur accumulée par la Terre a atteint un niveau record en 2025, avec des conséquences à craindre pour des centaines, voire des milliers d'années, a alerté lundi l'Organisation météorologique mondiale (OMM), une agence de l'Onu. ...

La Terre a accumulé une chaleur record en 2025: "Soyons francs, la situation est plutôt alarmante, le chaos s'accélère"

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Looking forward to meeting you - as well as hearing about the book!

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I got my ticket so will be there! 😀

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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

Climate breakdown is occurring more rapidly with the heating rate almost doubling, according to research that excludes the effect of natural factors behind the latest scorching temperatures.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Shift in the Gulf Stream could signal ocean current collapse Models show that as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation gets weaker, the Gulf Stream will drift northwards. There are signs that this is already happening, and a more abrupt shift could wa...

Time to get a move on with the renewable evolution.
www.newscientist.com/article/2518...

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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

It doesn’t matter whether the rate of global warming is increasing. It’ll never cease to amaze me that people don’t care that it’s happening at all. It should be the most alarming thing ever.

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I have a sense that it’s always about money. Those in control want more money; those following don’t understand this, and don’t understand that they will be worse off.

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Say no to Palantir in the NHS NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back

notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...

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This is profoundly shocking.

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No one who is at all concerned with the national security of the United States can possibly support Trump. This is simply a hideous betrayal of the country and its future in exchange for a bribe.

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Bristol Zoo site developers subject to Government finance warning "You should avoid dealing with this firm and beware of scams"

Bristol Zoo Clifton site developers subject to Government finance warning
"You should avoid dealing with this firm and beware of scams"

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🌍 We’re hiring at Mongabay!

We’re recruiting for two full-time, remote roles:
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🌏 Contributing Editor (Asia-Pacific) - buff.ly/zXYVAPH

If you have strong journalism experience and want to strengthen independent environmental reporting, apply now!

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I have two I wrote! I'm very proud of them 😘. They're in my bio, published last year.

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😂 Unbelievable.

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Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses

When the subtitle is actually the headline:

“In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature’s release.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

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Fascinating…(as Spock would say).

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Scrap Palantir UK contracts over Mandelson links, Zack Polanski demands

Zack Polanski demands on BBC Newsnight that the UK Government scraps its contracts with Palantir over Peter Mandelson links

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#Booksky #Italy 🥰

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Themes of #climatechange, #socialjustice, #ethics, and more...
Published in the UK as #Aerth in January 2025.

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My novella #Aerth is published tomorrow (4/2/26) in Italy by @zona42.bsky.social. Wonderful translation by @madampsychosis.bsky.social Chiara Reali, beautiful cover art by Annalisa Antonini. Nota bene: No generative AI used in any part of this work.
Molte grazie, Giorgio Raffaelli & all the team!

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