‘Super pod’ of more than 1,500 #dolphins spotted off California coast
Whale watchers capture rare footage of miles-long cluster of dolphins ‘just having a great time’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/28/super-pod-dolphins-california
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Colonel Fazackerly Butterworth Toast bought an old castle complete with a ghost
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Americans Crying at Letters to Li Hua on Chinese App #RedNote
Carl Zha talks about how #Americans discovered that #Chinese people have been writing moving penpal letters to them for decades, so Americans decided to write back to their "long lost" Chinese friends on Chinese social media app RedNote. Amazing Sino-American cultural exchange flourishing as digital Berlin Wall cones down around two peoples long separated by Cold War Propaganda
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#Americans find out about their letters from 'Li Hua' and tearfully respond 20 years later
Americans are crying. #Chinese citizens are crying. We're all crying.
https://www.upworthy.com/rednote-letters-from-li-hua
#142holdheap #TikTokRefugee #RedNote #LittleRedBook #XiaoHongShu #LiHua
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'What joy! What damn joy!': #vanilla boom transforms fortunes of Colombia’s farmers
In El Valle, the world’s second-most expensive #spice is not just providing an economic lifeline but also helping to preserve rich #biodiversity
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Hottest year on record sent planet past 1.5C of heating for first time in 2024
Highest recorded temperatures supercharged extreme weather – with worse to come, EU data shows
Every year for the rest of your life will be one of the hottest [on] record. This, in turn, means that 2024 will end up being among the coldest years of this century. Enjoy it while it lasts.
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Stories and articles detailing Meta's many crimes against humanity
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‘Living proof that you can spend money on the poor’: Utopia comes to #Mexico City
A visionary mayor has harnessed her imagination to promote #health, #wellbeing and culture in one of the Mexican capital’s most impoverished neighbourhoods
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/27/mexico-city-utopias-project-mayor
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‘The dead zone is real’: why US farmers are embracing #wildflowers
Strips of native plants on as little as 10% of farmland can reduce soil erosion by up to 95%
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'If 1.5m Germans have them there must be something in it': how balcony #solar is taking off
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/18/if-a-million-germans-have-them-there-must-be-something-in-it-how-balcony-solar-is-taking-off
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I was just walking my dog and saw this bright star. Almost as bright as Jupiter or Venus, but it was in the wrong area of the sky at that time for it to be either of those.
As I stood there wondering which star it was, I noticed it was moving. Too slowly for it to be a plane. Thought it must be a satellite. I pulled out my phone and checked Stellarium. Sure enough, it was the ISS.
I took a bunch of shots with my phone as it passed by Cassiopeia. This is the only one that wasn't a blurry mess!
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Leaked documents show the extent of collaboration between the pro-Israel legal advocacy group and the Israeli government, in their attempt to “counter” the work of human rights organizations such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.
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A moment that changed me: A year after losing my parents, I spent Christmas Day cycling around London alone
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/dec/18/a-moment-that-changed-me-a-year-after-losing-my-parents-i-spent-christmas-day-cycling-around-london-alone?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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'It absolutely took off': five UK #biodiversity success stories
From new butterfly habitats in the Cotswolds to arctic willow planting in the Scottish Highlands, there are increasing numbers of places where humans are giving #nature a helping hand to re-establish itself
@cluaran today I walked up to the 3rd floor to Cantonese class instead of taking the lift. And then I did 15 minutes of weights and 30 minutes of cycling.
@cluaran I just had my boost - 1 quick km around the block, because did nothing yesterday due to Storm Darragh
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Paw and order: retired police #dog rescues man on first walk after surgery
Bear the German shepherd ‘went into work mode’ on a birthday walk and found a vulnerable missing person
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'People are very welcoming': asylum seekers find support in Irish town – photo essay
Courtown has shown how accommodating #asylum seekers can be a success by engaging and involving them in the community
The forgotten Edinburgh street found behind a hidden library door - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly2l119zlpo
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A Bornean #orangutan on a fearless quest for figs: Tim Laman’s best photograph
‘While it was dark, I climbed up and put remote control cameras in the tree. I’d never have got the shot if I’d been up there. An orangutan always knows you’re there’
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