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SubtleBlade

@SubtleBlade@mastodon.scot

Retired IT bod. Father, husband, friend. Trying to survive cancer since 2014, current status: score-draw. Interested in interesting ideas, people & things. Does not bite. Refugee from the bird site (https://mastodon.scot/@SubtleBlade). He/Him.
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/dont-scan-me
#ClimateCrisis #Environment #Sustainability #GTTO #nobridge

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SubtleBlade, to Russia
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#Russia finds vast #oil and #gas reserves in #BritishAntarcticTerritory

Reserves 10 times the #NorthSea’s output raise fears over drilling in protected region
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/05/11/russia-uncovers-oil-and-gas-reserves-british-antarctic/
#ClimateCrisis #LeaveItInTheGround #FossilFuels

SubtleBlade, to MultipleSclerosis
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Revealed: people with , and among 40% denied

Observer finds thousands of claims for conditions including and are being rejected in and
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/12/claims-conditions-personal-independence-payments-disability-benefits-cancer-arthritis-amputees

SubtleBlade, to H5N1
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‘The issue is when to pull the trigger’: how prepared are we for human #BirdFlu?

The #H5N1 virus has been devastating bird populations, and is now infecting #mammals too. Is #HumanToHuman transmission next? And are we ready for another #pandemic?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/11/bird-flu-human-transmission-prepared-pandemic

SubtleBlade, to uk
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Wrongly convicted using as he awaits payout

Exclusive: Man freed last year after [incorrectly serving] 17 years in jail says he is struggling to survive on while he pursues compensation
https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/may/11/andrew-malkinson-compensation-food-bank

SubtleBlade, to mentalhealth
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'Why is ’s so incredibly poor? It’s because our society is spiralling backwards'

''...out of the 71 countries it assessed, the , alongside , has the highest proportion of people in – and the second worst overall measure of mental health...'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/10/britain-mental-health-society-neoliberalism-politicians

SubtleBlade, to Horizon
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deceived barrister reviewing conviction, inquiry hears

, who advised postal firm to stop prosecutions decade ago, says key document was ‘deliberately withheld’ from him
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/09/post-office-deceived-barrister-reviewing-horizon-conviction-inquiry-hears

SubtleBlade, to climate
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Record-breaking increase in levels in world’s

Experts issue warning after finding global average concentration in March was 4.7ppm higher than same period last year
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/09/carbon-dioxide-atmosphere-record

SubtleBlade, to space
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reveals what it looks like to fall into a in mind-bending | The Independent - https://www.independent.co.uk/space/black-hole-video-simulation-nasa-supercomputer-b2541711.html

SubtleBlade, to random
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The Independent: rocked as MP defects to - live - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rishi-sunak-pmqs-labour-starmer-election-news-b2541394.html

SubtleBlade, to random
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' doomed as hunkers down and sticks the boot in

For the first time ever, people will be worse off at the end of the parliament than they were at the start. '
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/07/toxic-tories-doomed-as-sunak-hunkers-down-and-labour-sticks-the-boot-in

SubtleBlade, to random
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We , and people know it. That’s why ’s were thrashed in these elections

Come to , where the council went , services are depleted and costs are up. People feel victims of a terrible
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/05/rishi-sunak-tories-local-elections-thurrock-tory-council

SubtleBlade, to art
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-style painting stars in miners’ strikes exhibition

’s unsettling vision of clash between and is part of 40th anniversary show in
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/may/07/orgreave-afer-guernica-last-cage-down-exhibition-miners-strikes-art-gallery

SubtleBlade, to random
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‘Greatest sporting feat in the last 100 years’: ’s sub | Athletics | The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/may/06/roger-bannister-four-minute-mile-athletics-sebastian-coe

SubtleBlade, to Israel
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assault on may cause ‘’ and , say

With routes for into closed, say helping could become impossible
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/06/israeli-assault-on-rafah-may-cause-bloodbath-and-famine-aid-agencies-say

SubtleBlade, to Israel
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'We don't know where to go': flee after order – video
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2024/may/06/we-dont-know-where-to-go-palestinians-flee-rafah-after-israeli-evacuation-order-video

SubtleBlade, to cymru
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#Farmer confidence at lowest in #England and #Wales since survey began, #NFU says

Union cites extreme wet weather and post-#Brexit phasing-out of #EU subsidies as main reasons for slump
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/06/farmer-confidence-nfu-union-survey-england-wales-rainfall-brexit
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ClimateCrisis #BrexitBonus #Food #FoodSecurity

SubtleBlade, to uk
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: why the doesn’t have the to solve the

Our inadequate is stopping the of thousands of . And the necessary move to heating and cars is only increasing demand
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/04/capacity-crunch-why-the-uk-doesnt-have-the-power-to-solve-housing-crisis
ture

SubtleBlade, to random
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Inquiry into on to examine if there was

Government investigation into wartime atrocities on will ask why perpetrators never stood trial in
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/04/inquiry-into-nazi-camps-on-alderney-to-examine-if-there-was-british-cover-up

SubtleBlade, to random
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Patients evacuated and scans cancelled after ceilings fell in

Ceilings in two units in hospital collapsed days apart including in critical care unit
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/03/patients-evacuated-and-scans-cancelled-after-stockport-hospital-ceilings-fell-in

SubtleBlade,
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@Wen I think it must have been a misquote i'm sure the meant 40 new hospital BEDS...

SubtleBlade, to random
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seen treating wound with medicinal herb in first for

Sumatran ape applied sap and leaves to open cut after suspected fight with another male, say scientists
https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/may/02/orangutan-seen-treating-wound-with-medicinal-herb-in-first-for-wild-animals-max-planck-institute-sumatra

SubtleBlade, to random
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causes outbreak of PerformancePolitics in Commons

The government was determined to make this a good news day. It’s just a shame reality isn’t more obliging
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/may/01/an-outbreak-of-electile-dysfunction-puts-westminster-in-performance-mode

SubtleBlade, to random
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Martin Rowson’s : a message for the politicians of – cartoon - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/apr/30/martin-rowson-may-day-message-politicians-britain-cartoon

SallyStrange, to scifi
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10 authors, of whose books I've read at least five:

Ursula Le Guin
Kim Stanley Robinson
Octavia Butler
N. K. Jemisin
Becky Chambers
Iain M. Banks
Martha Wells
M. R. Carey
Lois McMaster Bujold
Vonda McIntyre


@bookstodon

SubtleBlade,
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@SallyStrange @bookstodon
10 Authors, of whose books I've read at least five

Iain. M. Banks
Ian Rankin
Terry Pratchett
Margaret Atwood
William Gibson
Neil Stephenson
Ann Leckie
Bernard Cornwell
Neil Gaiman
Hillary Mantel

SubtleBlade, to Scotland
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steps down as ’s

leader, who was facing two confidence votes, announces resignation after one year in post
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/29/humza-yousaf-steps-down-as-scottish-first-minister-snp

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