BBC cutting back its foreign network, in this case in CEE/Balkans.
Governments spend countless billions on soft power. Can you imagine the cost of the BBC having a stringer in the Balkans vs the benefits it brings not just to BBC viewers but also Britain? Completely mad.
Comprehensive coverage on the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation’s fighting against mining incursion in its territory in Clayoquot Sound:
Was in Action earlier
Didn’t have the bowls we were looking for in the colour we wanted - sold out
OH literally suggested asking if they had it « in the back »
All I can think of is this clip lol
Historic #heatwave underway in #Europe! Peak highs upto 45°C , 100-115F!! #France may near an all-time national record. 1000s of daily and June records will fall. Western Europe is one of the fastest warming land areas, and is experiencing some of greatest growth in extreme heat as the climate warms
The Biodiversity Heritage Library is an irreplaceable cornerstone of global science, housing millions of digitized pages. Yet, this vital archive of our planet’s natural heritage stands at a critical turning point.
“Israeli attack kills famed turtle sanctuary ecologist in Lebanon”
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
#Carney government passes law allowing authorization of banned pesticides—essentially allowing cabinet to overrule science.
« We already have a pesticide regulatory system in place and it's there to protect people and protect the environment. »
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Here’s a good founder to emulate @craignewmark.bsky.social
Feb 2018: the previous summer, my Dad balled up a Tunnocks wafer wrapper and threw it for Parkin. And hooo boy, did he love that game. For the rest of his life, we played THROW BALL around the sofa, so he could fling himself around in pursuit of the ball.
France bans alcohol in red-alert areas, Spain and Germany cancel sports events and Britain warns of "tropical nights" as Europe swelters through a heatwave threatening to break June temperature records. u.afp.com/Sz2A
Jeff Berardelli
Wilderness Committee
Video
Ticia Verveer
Stanley Pignal
Dr Sarah Irving
The Biodiversity Heritage Library is an invaluable online archive of historic texts on species living and lost supplied by the world’s leading museums and universities. Now its future is in doubt
www.theguardian.com
In a world where a growing number of billionaires are lashing out against philanthropy, Craig Newmark has a message for them – and everyone else, J.R. Duren learns
Is binning expert correspondents in eastern Europe a good idea at a time like this? Disinformation on the rise, Russia interfering in many countries, threatening several and actually at war with one? Well, BBC News management seems to think so. It's disposing of me and 4 of my colleagues.
Mona Khalil led decades-long effort to protect nesting site for turtles near her home in south of the country
The federal government has brought in major changes to how pesticides are regulated in Canada, granting cabinet the power to authorize the use of pesticides — even ones that Health Canada has deemed u...
