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A good news story. Green Party Councillor Yassin Mohamud was a refugee from Somalia Now he is Bristol's new Lord Mayor.
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Fascinating on the link between congenital cortical blindness and schizophrenia.
#Schizophrenia #Blindness
People who are blind from birth never develop schizophrenia – what this tells us about the psychiatric condition
https://theconversation.com/people-who-are-blind-from-birth-never-develop-schizophrenia-what-this-tells-us-about-the-psychiatric-condition-281369 -
"While the effects of damp and mould on growing lungs have rightly gained salience, policymakers still turn a blind eye to how record-high rents threaten the life chances of our youngest and future generations"
#RentCaps #Renting #Housing #Landlords #Health #UKPolitics
UK's high rents are endangers children's health
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"Drax has claimed a total of about £8.7bn in renewable energy subsidies since 2012, despite persistent claims from campaigners and scientists that the wood pellets burned at its power plant are not sourced sustainably and may be increasing carbon emissions"
Drax claimed record £999m in subsidies for burning trees in 2025, thinktank says | Energy industry | The Guardian
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Consumers should “completely avoid” buying UK-caught cod, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has said, as it warned that populations have reached a dangerous point of decline despite zero-catch recommendations.
#Cod #Fishing #MarineConservation #MCS
Consumers urged to ‘completely avoid’ UK-caught cod as population plunges | Fishing | The Guardian
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"The behaviors that we're seeing — in supporting the mom, in supporting the newborn — reflect a complex cooperative society that can't just be explained by 'Oh, you're related,'" Gero said. "There's something richer there — in which they live in a society where the expectation is 'I will help you so you will help me.'"
#Whales #Birth #MarineScience
Witnessing a sperm whale birth, scientists find a remarkable amount of teamwork : NPR
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"For any given level of passenger travel, carrying more people on each flight means other planes can stay grounded and fewer flights are needed overall. It’s planes that make the big difference, not people – the additional weight of a passenger and their luggage is negligible relative to the aircraft and its fuel"
#Flying #Aviation #BusinessClass #ClimateEmergency
Scrapping business class could halve aviation emissions – new study
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A cross-party group of 14 MPs and peers have called on the energy minister to halt the subsidies for Drax, Britain’s biggest power plant, while the financial watchdog, the FCA, investigates the company’s claims about how it sources the millions of tonnes of wood pellets burned to generate electricity.
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"Staggeringly, 10% of public land in Britain has been lost since 1979. Whitewebbs Park in Enfield is one of the public parks currently under threat. There, a 450-year-old oak tree was brutally butchered and Spurs’ plans to develop the park involve cutting down 207 trees, including veteran and mature trees, and taking over most of the park for their elite private use"
Judi Dench