This is at stake in Brasil:
Brazil’s Amazon deforestation hits lowest level on record | Climate News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/17/brazils-amazon-deforestation-hits-lowest-level-on-record?traffic_source=rss
This would normally be part of an implausible film script.
Police assess Palestine Action post by national security adviser's wife - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crn4el88y7p2o
Citing concerns about misinformation and hate, @ScottishGreens have (Finally!) made the decision to leave X.
They cited Mastodon as one of the platforms they can still be found on, I hope they increase engagement on the fediverse.
Politicians not using fascist mouthpieces is good actually. Some of their accounts can be found at @EdinburghGreens @HI_Greens @PerthKinrossGreens @maggiechapman @patrickharvie @katenevens
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/scottish-greens-quit-x-over-125527731.html #scotpol #scotland #uk #ukpol #politics #greens
Palestinian olive trees torched as settler pogroms escalate during harvest | Occupied West Bank | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/16/palestinian-olive-trees-torched-as-settler-pogroms-escalate-during-harvest?traffic_source=rss
@markhburton @gerrymcgovern And remember Gustavo Petro and some of his ministers in Colombia, and some big cities majors in Europe, like Tomislav Tomašević in Zagreb or Ada Colau in Barcelona.
Interesting analysis from NewsCord on how the Telegraph covered the Green Party’s Zionism motion.
Their piece sets out what happened when the motion’s author, Lubna Speitan, was doorstepped after she declined to comment, and questions whether the same standard would have applied to a different subject.
It also carries detail you won’t find elsewhere on the motion, the war crimes referral it fed into, and the press coverage around both.
Worth a read, with the primary sources it links to:
"El promedio de encuestas de elDiario.es pone a la suma de PP y Vox en 201 escaños, muy por encima de la mayoría absoluta a falta seis semanas para los elecciones generales del 29N
"— Un cálculo alternativo de los resultados del CIS augura un empate técnico entre PP y PSOE con 119 y 116 diputados"
"Todo sigue en el aire, y el reloj marcha imparable hacia las 23:59. A esa hora esta noche ya no será posible presentar una candidatura conjunta de la izquierda alternativa para las elecciones del 29N. Concurrir con listas separadas implica tirar a la basura cientos de miles de votos y ponérselo mucho más fácil a las derechas."
Fuente, correo 'al día' por ElDiario.es
Do not eat farmed fish. That's a very good rule of thumb. And you should avoid most caught fish because of by-catch and other unsustainable practices. Generally try & eat less fish, meat & diary.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tvc7g7sdrdq4g4nbgbeeglmp/post/3mxvjlafssc24
Jim O'Neill really is a malign influence.
Ex-Andy Burnham adviser welcomes decision on tax that could ‘screw up’ progress made in UK - Manchester Evening News
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/ex-andy-burnham-adviser-welcomes-34765285
Yes Dale Vince has been at it again, spreading misinformation about heat pumps.
Here's the Carbon Brief
Factcheck: What it really costs to heat a home in the UK with a heat pump.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-what-it-really-costs-to-heat-a-home-in-the-uk-with-a-heat-pump
RE: https://todon.nl/@Persona/117441989365759330
“In Bogotá, protesters waved Palestinian flags and burned a large United States flag.”
Unlike the raid on John Bolton, the targeting of Omar has elicited zero condemnation from NYT, WSJ, and Washington Post. https://theintercept.com/2026/10/15/ilhan-omar-raid-corporate-media-coverage
While visiting the first community in my fieldwork research on adaptation to climate change, I ask local resident Ezekiel to show me where his house used to stand. He takes me there by canoe, about 50m from the actual coastline. That is in Teohuip, central Bougainville. https://youtu.be/-5UqEBy-wuI 5/
Yes Dale Vince has been at it again, spreading misinformation about heat pumps.
Here's the Carbon Brief
Factcheck: What it really costs to heat a home in the UK with a heat pump.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-what-it-really-costs-to-heat-a-home-in-the-uk-with-a-heat-pump
'Green party said: “For the Labour government to conflate criticism of Israel with antisemitism is disappointing and wrong. Trying to tell local parties what to do and who they can work with is undemocratic.
“Whilst Labour continue to try to meddle in our internal democracy, arm a genocide and lock up protesting pensioners, we will not take lectures from them.”'
Labour councils told to end agreements with Greens who do not condemn ‘Zionism is racism’ policy
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/15/labour-councils-greens-zionism-racism
This week in #geoweirdness it is back to Asia.
Previously we've covered Thailand 🇹🇭 and Vietnam 🇻🇳, so today we consider the geopolitical oddities of three countries with intertwined histories and unique geographies: Laos 🇱🇦, Cambodia 🇰🇭, and Myanmar 🇲🇲.
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Leicester police ‘blanket arrest’ journalists under Terrorism Act for covering protest at Israeli drone factory
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/police-blanket-arrest-journalists-under-terrorism-act-covering-elbit-protest
“We are deeply concerned to hear of the arrest of journalists covering a protest in #Leicester, particularly given they had identified themselves as such to police. If reporters cannot cover protests freely, the public is left in the dark about events it has a right to know about. #Policing and government must ensure that journalists are free to do their jobs without interference.”
#UKPol #Protest #PalestineAction
https://www.leicester.news/we-were-arrested-under-the-terrorism-act-for-doing-our-jobs/