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Civil society groups condemn ‘dangerous’ plans for more anti-protest powers Dozens including TUC join force to oppose ‘wide-ranging’ move to increase police powers in England and Wales

"Instead of addressing its responsibilities under international law & addressing core demands of the protestors, which are supported by a majority of the British public, successive UK govts have instead sought to repress protest through ever more draconian laws"

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

India arrests top climate activist for campaigning against fossil fuels Financial crimes agency raids Harjeet Singh’s home and office after accusing him of using foreign funds to promote an international green initiative

Indian authorities raided a prominent climate activist Harjeet Singh's home and office, accusing him of using foreign funding to campaign against fossil fuels in ways that could undermine the country’s energy security.

www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

When people argue that renewable energy sources are too expensive, remember that we don’t invade countries to seize wind farms and there are no solar cartels. Fossil fuels have enormous geopolitical, public health, and climate externalities.

Just possibly it's the oil? A solar panel is the new peace sign

International law won't constrain Trump's thirst for oil. But every solar panel that goes up makes crude reserves that much less valuable
billmckibben.substack.com/p/just-possi...

bravoandy • 3h Posted before reading the news. Wtf 8.1K Q 335 G 64 → 31 bravoandy • 4h Good morning ! 1.7K Q 151 G5

Saving this screenshot from Threads as a new reaction image

Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid! Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.

In his 2019 memoir The Threat, former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe quotes first-term Trump saying Venezuela was “the country we should be going to war with, they have all that oil and they’re right on our back door.”

zeteo.com/p/venezuela-...

A picture of two slender-billed curlews in the Natural History Museum's collections.

with the official IUCN listing for the slender-billed curlew now being Extinct here is the rather sad piece I wrote about what went into this decision

I tried to include everything we know about their behaviour and biology, which is tragically little 🪶🧪
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

Image of a crowd of protesters at grey’s monument in Newcastle, holding placards saying Majority against racism.

Today Newcastle stood united. ✊🏼

The far-right were in town trying to spread their hate and division. Only about 200 turned up.

Over 3000 canny geordies, including dozens of Majority members stopped them marching and sent them packing!
#TheyDidNotPass #NaePasaran

"Health losses attributed to anthropogenic climate change," a brief communication in the journal Nature Climate Change. There's a map showing regions of the world, and pie charts of relevant studies as they apply to different health impacts like "heat-related deaths" and "maternal and child health"

🚨 NEW: Climate change is already causing 30,000 deaths per year - a global annual economic loss of $100-350B USD - but the true damage is probably 10x higher. Out TODAY in Nature Climate Change: the first systematic look at the science of "health impact attribution" 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

When we define violence only as physical harm, we overlook how ideologies and institutions not only enable violence but can themselves be violent.

Stands on rooftops: 📣 🗣️

🗣️THERE IS NO LINK BTW ACETAMINOPHEN & AUTISM. IT HAS BEEN STUDIED FOR MANY YEARS IN MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.

🗣️THE ONLY REASON THEY ARE TALKING ABT THIS IS THAT THEY DO NOT WANT AUTISTIC PEOPLE TO EXIST.

🗣️IT IS EUGENICS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER. -EmilyPhD

Fat Bear Week is here early, and the bears are fat and playful The famous bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park are enjoying an abundance of salmon, and even some playtime, as they pack on pounds to prepare for the winter.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Fat Bear Week is starting early this year!
www.npr.org/2025/09/19/n...

‘Such Flexible Intensity of Life’ | Verlyn Klinkenborg Their striking intelligence makes octopuses tempting subjects for wishful anthropomorphism and uncanny reminders of nature’s mysteries.

“In humans, curiosity usually begins as a mental stirring, but in octopuses,… it’s a function of bodily design. In a sense, curiosity + intention are dispersed throughout an octopus’s tissues—right out to the tips of its tentacles. Inquisitiveness… ‘is built into the octopuses’ anatomy.’”

My talented gf crocheted me some fishnet sleeves & I feel like a coastal lagoon in these colours 🌊

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, a UN inquiry finds The head of an independent United Nations commission that concludes Israel has committed genocide in Gaza argues that countries supplying weapons to Israel, like the United States, are also complicit.

The head of an independent United Nations commission that concludes Israel has committed genocide in Gaza argues that countries supplying weapons to Israel, like the United States, are also complicit.

the trans pride flag

Here is some non-satire for you:

Trans rights forever.

Drag Queens Tag Sharks in Annual Florida Science Celebration The annual “Drag ’n Tag” expedition takes place amid a wave of antitransgender legislation

Today is “drag and tag,” tagging sharks with drag queens while raising money for LGBQT+ youth organizations in Florida!

www.scientificamerican.com/article/drag...

Be it feast or famine, orangutans adapt with flexible diets Humans could learn a thing or two from orangutans when it comes to maintaining a balanced, protein-filled diet. Great apes native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia, orangutans are marvels o...

#Primates 🦧

‘Almost unimaginable’: these ants are different species but share a mother Ant queens of one species clone ants of another to create hybrid workers that do their bidding.

woah this is genuinely, utterly WILD

Ant queens of one species produce males of another species, so she can then mate with them and produce hybrid workers!

This is so gloriously weird I can't quite compute it 🤯🧪🐜
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

We were lucky enough to see an Endangered white-clawed crayfish over the weekend; the UK's only native freshwater crayfish species! Always special to see rare & threatened species in our proverbial backyard 🦞

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper!

We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.

Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑

doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

risograph print for the annual cicadas

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Challenging dimorphic binaries

finally had the chance to read this. this story is bonkers:
- stingless bees deposit resin around their nest entrance to deter predators
- if intruders are trapped in the sticky resin, guard bees attack until they're repelled or glued to be killed
- the assassin bugs found a loophole (continued)

Laura Loomer tweets: WOKE MARXIST POPE

my vet, who's hard of hearing: can you repeat your cat's name

me:

Glad I wasn't the only one who found that segment ridiculous!

It took her <6 weeks to become a total lap cat

Am watching new nature series The Americas (narrated my Tom Hanks).

Quite hilarious the way it is so coded to appeal to a US audience. 😂

E.g. sequence in which a bald eagle snatches fish from an osprey (a "fish tax"), to euphoric guitar solo soundtrack, "she has audacity!" bellows Hanks.