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Yes! It's slight, but really packs a punch

This is fascinating Chris, really enjoyed it. A couple of the takeaways remind me of The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil by George Saunders (though its structure of oppression is distinctly human)

What animals can teach us about overcoming tyranny Some animal societies are ruled by despots with an iron fist, while others seem naturally egalitarian – and they all have lessons for us.

Just the most astonishing, zeitgeisty piece on animal ‘tyrants’ by @chrisbaraniuk.com for our BBC Earth team:

“In some cases, circumstances can lead to the removal of aggressive leaders. And some animal societies that work together appear able to evade despotism.”

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Someone, sometime will base a movie around this pivotal pre-election meeting between Trump and Big Oil execs in May 2024.

It felt a pretty big deal at the time, but now we know just how big a deal it was.

Informs so much about the past few days

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Free Willy lifeline is just a fantasy for France’s last two captive orcas | The Observer

What do you do with a captive orca when the public turns against performing whales? It's a question vexing the French government as it searches for a solution for Wikie and Keijo, two orcas stuck in a shuttered marine park.

My report for @theobserveruk.bsky.social.

observer.co.uk/news/interna...

Great piece

Care Lessons for the Climate Endgame During the climate endgame, our survival hinges on rebuilding the systems of interdependence that make life in the ruins possible.

A luminous essay on care, where the media often fails to follow it: "The work of building kitchens and clinics in the mud, of replanting firebreaks in scorched soil, of lifting a neighbour’s mattress into the sun..."

www.break-down.org/care-lessons...

School children plant tiny forest they hope community will "cherish to the heart" School children and members of the local community have planted 3,000 trees at Bluecoat Beechdale Academy, laying the foundations for a ‘microforest’ that will enrich the area for generations.

A little article on the good stuff for @leftlion.bsky.social 🌱

leftlion.co.uk/features/202...

This is such beautiful writing - love the centipede rocking its rollercoaster body, and “Christmassing” 🧡

Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

A firestorm has ripped through the BBC—but no one will say why Called before MPs, none of the characters who supposedly see so much wrong with the corporation would make a case for institutional bias

A firestorm has ripped through the BBC, but no one can quite put their finger on why. An analysis of yesterday's curious hearing into an undoubted PR coup by those who wish the BBC ill www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

"the fossil fuel industry has been lobbying the climate negotiations for 30 years now"

~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:

youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...

How to make people want to read about climate change Pulitzer winner Elizabeth Kolbert's new book is a master class in writing about the natural world.

Fun/inspiring @motherjones.com interview with journalism hero @elizkolbert.bsky.social

How to make people want to read about climate change www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The last European train that travels by sea Italy's sleeper from Milan to Sicily ends with a rare rail-ferry crossing that's threatened by a new mega bridge.

The Strait of Messina is the last place in Europe where trains still travel by sea. But a new mega-bridge could spell the end of this unique crossing.

I loved taking the night train all the way from Milan to Syracuse, and wrote about it here for BBC Travel 🚂 🌊

www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...

‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines

A lovely example of how we could do things better #NomadCentury

Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites BBC identifies members of Infidels MC gang hired as armed security at US and Israel-backed aid sites.

One of those "it's hard to be shocked in 2025, but...." stories. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What is the endgame in this toxic immigration debate: is it friends and neighbours thrown out of the country? | Jonthan Liew The notion of remigration was abstract, but the right is dragging it towards respectability. If the goal is homogeneous whiteness, they should say it, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

"The idea of mass deportations as a realistic political agenda would have felt as far-fetched two decades ago as the idea of your non-white friends being strapped into a plane does now. This, in itself, should serve as a warning."

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Inside the Spanish region leading the way on climate adaptation From storm-proofing grids to electrifying its port, Bilbao has some cutting-edge answers to climate change.

The Basque Country has a unique public-private ecosystem. It was fascinating to visit Bilbao last month (during a heatwave) and see what solutions it's generating for climate adaptation and mitigation.

@tecnalia.bsky.social

www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...

Our colleagues Al Jazeera reporters Anas al-Sharif & Mohammed Qraiqeh, & cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal & Moamen Aliwa have been killed in a strike on a tent for journalists near Al Shifa hospital. They worked relentlessly through bombing & hunger to document this war. Please remember them

Lost English legend decoded, solving a Chaucerian mystery and revealing a medieval preacher’s meme Decoding a lost English legend, solving a Chaucerian mystery, and revealing a medieval preacher’s meme

A tale of Wade on Wade 🐺

www.cam.ac.uk/stories/song...

🧡 BREAKING: Historic win 🧡

The High Court of Justice of Galicia has ruled for the first time that authorities failing to properly address water pollution from industrial livestock are violating people's fundamental rights – and should be held accountable 🧵

Climate change tripled deaths during Europe heatwave, scientists find A ‘silent killer’, the June to July heatwave is estimated to have claimed many more lives than the Valencia floods last year.

“If we continue to follow the wishes of the fossil fuel industry and delay serious mitigation further, more and more people will lose their lives, for the financial benefit of only a tiny, rich, loud, influential minority.” - @frediotto.bsky.social

www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...

Greta Thunberg Speaks from Aid Ship Heading to Gaza Despite Israeli Threats: “My Moral Obligation” As Gaza faces over three months of Israeli blockade, a group of 12 activists is sailing to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid. The Madleen ship was launched by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and initia...

Greta Thunberg on why it’s essential for climate activists to speak out on Gaza:

"The reason I am a climate activist is not because I want to protect trees. I'm a climate activist because I care about human, planetary well-being and those are extremely interlinked."

Inside Taranto’s 12-year wait for EU action on steel plant pollution The European Commission has been accused of misconduct over its handling of toxic pollution from Ilva, once Europe's largest steel plant.

A very long infringement: 12 years after starting legal action against Italy over a polluting steel plant, the EU has yet to take it to court.

Taranto residents feel "abandoned in the shadows of institutional indifference". Today, they complained to the Ombudsman 👇

www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...

Swiss village almost entirely destroyed after collapse of glacier buries it in mud One person missing and Blatten devastated after huge cloud of ice and rubble inundates evacuated town

Thankfully, the village was evacuated already, but one person is missing and everyone else’s homes are destroyed.

Make no mistake: this is a climate disaster.

‘Heroic’ youth back with new climate lawsuit after European rejection A new lawsuit is being built to challenge the Portuguese government’s climate targets and plans by young veterans of climate litigation.

Remember the six Portuguese young people who brought a massive climate lawsuit against 32 European countries at the European Court of Human Rights? They're now building a claim directly against their own government, together with NGO Último Recurso.

World reaches 40% clean electricity. What’s the story in Europe? Heatwaves, AI and data centres are driving electricity demand to new heights. But clean power is up to the challenge, a new global review finds.

More than 40% of the world's electricity is generated from clean energy, with solar lighting the way.

Europe is well ahead with 71% clean electricity. "There is a solar story in every country now" says @ember-energy.org's Dr Beatrice Petrovich.

www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...

Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian office

Israeli soldiers shot at clearly marked Red Crescent and UN vehicles. They killed the aid workers inside them "one by one". And buried them beside their ambulances in the sand.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

New investigation links Texas fracking to European plastics More than 25 major consumer brands and petrochemicals have been traced to fracking in the Permian Basin, one of the world’s ‘carbon bombs’.

A new investigation joins the dots between fracking in the Permian Basin, petrochemical giants and everyday plastics.

@cielorg.bsky.social & @stand.earth researchers explain why plastic pollution is a supply driven issue 👇

www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...

My reaction to the U.S. withdrawal from the Loss and Damage Fund 🧵

"The decision by the Trump administration to withdraw from the new Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage not only exemplifies a longstanding pattern of obstruction by the U.S. government in securing...

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