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  Texas Residents Are Fed Up With Amazon Drone Delivery Noise https://uk.pcmag.com/drones/167539/texas-residents-are-fed-up-with-amazon-drone-delivery-noise Texas deliveries are drawing widespread complaints about noise that residents liken to a lawn mower, rather than the home cooling fan that Amazon has described. A problem coming to Darlington soon https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07lv3er1v1o

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  Dirty air is killing Europeans and costing trillions. These cities prove change is possible https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/21/dirty-air-is-killing-europeans-and-costing-trillions-these-cities-prove-change-is-possible The major source of air pollution in cities is cars, ban cars and improve everyone's health, it is not rocket science... #FuckCars

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  A French trial found that tilting solar panels flat over nectarine trees on nights when frost is forecast warmed the flower buds by up to 1.7 degrees Celsius, and during the frost that caused damage, flower injury fell from 35 percent to under 10 percent https://scienceblog.com/n-french-nectarine-trial-tests-tilting-solar-panels-as-a-frost-shield/ As climate change brings unpredictable frosts, French farmers are discovering an unexpected ally: solar panels that double as frost shields, protecti...

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  The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday https://bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/the-peter-thiel-linked-race-science-network-that-penetrated-cambridge-university-and-targeted-jason-arday/ The media’s coverage of the academic’s life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network

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  Frankfurt issues malaria warning after two new cases https://www.euronews.com/health/2026/09/17/after-two-deaths-malaria-warning-in-frankfurt Since July 2026, eight people in Germany have contracted malaria, two fatally. Frankfurt now urges residents with such symptoms to consider malaria and consult a doctor.

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  Noise exposure is linked to chronic stress and heart disease. It’s time to make peace and quiet a public health right https://theconversation.com/noise-exposure-is-linked-to-chronic-stress-and-heart-disease-its-time-to-make-peace-and-quiet-a-public-health-right-289995 Transport noise is now one of the leading environmental cause of illness in Europe, second only to air pollution. #FuckCars

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  Which would you rather do? The 1% make more profit from the top photo...

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  How polarised is European politics? Here’s how your generation, gender and where you live affect what you believe https://theconversation.com/how-polarised-is-european-politics-heres-how-your-generation-gender-and-where-you-live-affect-what-you-believe-289071

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  UK faces ‘worst food security crisis in decades’ due to repeated heatwaves https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britain-food-security-crisis-heatwave-drought-farmers-nfu-b3030874.html But just carry on driving everywhere, everything is just fine, nothing to worry about... 😱 #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChangeIsReal

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  Palestine protester found not guilty of criminal damage https://goodlawproject.org/win-palestine-protester-found-not-guilty-of-criminal-damage/ Paula Akpan should never have been hit with a harsh charge for direct action opposing Israel’s genocide – two years later the court has cleared her name

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  Harry Potter fans force diversion of £430m high voltage power cable to protect Dobby’s ‘grave’ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/harry-potter-dobby-grave-beach-pembrokeshire-wales-energy-b3029927.html Harry Potter fans’ outcry meant the project to transport electricity from the UK to Ireland had to be diverted.

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  Train passengers left without toilets on five-hour Scotland to London journeys https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/lumo-train-toilets-trains-london-scotland-b3029298.html Lumo services have been making extended stops at stations to allow passengers to use platform facilities. Don't travel Lumo...

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  Environmental Groups Want US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to Reverse Plans for Space Mirror Satellite https://uk.pcmag.com/topic-3/166595/environmental-groups-want-fcc-to-reverse-plans-for-space-mirror-satellite The FCC has approved a plan from Reflect Orbital to launch its Earendil-1 satellite, which features a 60-by-60-foot mirror. Earthjustice claims it could disrupt wildlife, blind people, and more.

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  How Europe’s drought exposes ‘weakness of fossil fuels’ as Poland forced to shut down coal plants https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/07/how-europes-drought-exposes-weakness-of-fossil-fuels-as-poland-forced-to-shut-down-coal-pl Oh, the irony...

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  London cops handed victim's new address and number to her stalker, watchdog says https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/05/london-cops-handed-victims-new-address-and-number-to-her-stalker-watchdog-says/5283382 The UK's data protection regulator has criticized London's Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) after its officers handed a victim's stalker details about her new phone number and home address, among other failures. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) today...

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  The Income Needed to Be Happy Around the World https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-income-needed-to-be-happy-by-country/ • Slovenia is the only country where the average wage exceeds the estimated “price of happiness”, the point beyond which additional income no longer improves life evaluation scores. • Luxembourg, Estonia, and Singapore are the next closest, with average wages reaching about 90% of the income level where well-being plateaus. • In the United States, the average wage covers j...

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  RE: https://fediscience.org/@eumbot/117036890361105281 Isn't this beautiful? Just a reminder that it is the only one we have, so we should protect it from damaging climate change and biodiversity loss...

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  AI flooded the Scottish Government with wind farm objections. So they stopped accepting emails https://www.theferret.scot/ai-ban-emailed-objections-energy-projects/ The Scottish Government says the move was needed to tackle the "burden" caused by the growth in AI-assisted objections to energy projects. Critics say it is a way to mute public opposition.

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  TotalEnergies to buy Shell's wind and solar businesses in Europe https://www.euronews.com/business/2026/08/04/totalenergies-to-buy-shells-wind-and-solar-business-in-europe French energy giant TotalEnergies said that it had signed a deal with Shell to buy its European onshore renewable energy businesses for an undisclosed amount.

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  Green spills: Peer effects in pro-environmental behaviours https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047272726001581 A study by researchers from the Universities of Passau and Lausanne shows that when a household installs a solar PV system, neighbouring households respond as well – and not only by installing solar panels themselves.

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  Met Police set new record and seize 2,500+ illegal eBikes and escooters https://cyclingindustry.news/met-police-set-new-record-and-seize-2500-illegal-ebikes-and-escooters/ Note, these are genuinely illegal...

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  "I Test Portable Power Stations for a Living. This FCC Ruling Could Kill Off-Grid Energy" https://uk.pcmag.com/batteries-power/166501/i-test-portable-power-stations-for-a-living-this-fcc-ruling-could-kill-off-grid-energy The ban on robot vacuums is getting all the attention, but the FCC's decision targeting connected power inverters could reshape the future of home batteries and residential solar across the US. An interesting and thoughtful read...

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  Middle Meadow Walk: the thread about Edinburgh’s original traffic-free thoroughfare https://threadinburgh.scot/2023/07/16/the-thread-about-middle-meadow-walk-how-and-why-it-has-remained-a-traffic-free-route-despite-over-a-century-of-attempts-to-open-it-up/

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  Using past, present, and future genetic knowledge to inform the conservation and management of plant biodiversity around the globe https://academic.oup.com/aob/article/138/1/1/8719694

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  The tax-evading Princes Street shops costing taxpayers thousands https://www.edinburghminute.com/tax-evading-princes-street-shops/ Dodgy dealings at former Debenhams. Sadly there is a lot of it about...

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  Up in Smoke: the thread about Princes Street’s fiery history https://threadinburgh.scot/2026/07/23/up-in-smoke-the-thread-about-princes-streets-fiery-history/ From @threadina

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  The tangled financial web at the heart of Deform UK https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/01/tangled-financial-web-reform-uk-nigel-farage Farage’s £5m gift, the Cottrell family’s links and donations, and Tice’s business dealings form part of an increasingly clear nexus of relationships.

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  UK wants datacentres to pay a fee for grid connection requests https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/07/31/uk-wants-datacenters-to-pay-a-fee-for-grid-connection-requests/5281248 Refundable charge intended to discourage time wasters from filing applications that will never be realized

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  Earth's Biggest Mass Extinction Reveals Chilling Parallels to Today's World https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-biggest-mass-extinction-reveals-chilling-parallels-to-todays-world Original research paper here https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2533086123 But who listens to scientists anyway...?

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  EU's competition chief Ribera slams climate deniers as fires rage: 'They are lying' https://www.euronews.com/2026/07/30/they-are-lying-teresa-ribera-slams-climate-deniers-as-fires-rage-in-euronews-interview In an interview, Ribera took aim at 'dangerous and stupid' European politicians who cast doubt on climate science and dismiss environmental policies as ideological rather than grounded in evidence. At last!!!