
Laura Bombier
@laurabombier
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Content creator, collaborator #Photographer for #Survivorman, jungle chef, shark lover, #adventure seeker. Works (and plays well) with others.
Toronto, Ontario
Joined November 2010
Navalnyโs death got @EvanLSolomon wondering: Would there be an orchestrated disinfo campaign around the event? Could we track it? It turns out the answer was yes. Check out GZERO's exclusive investigation into anti-Navalny bot armies with @TheCyabra: https://t.co/NNqkRnPoxL
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In an exclusive investigation into online disinformation surrounding online reaction to Alexei Navalny's death, GZERO asks whether it is possible to track the birth of a bot army. Was Navalny's...
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Great news. The REPO Act, which would confiscate frozen Russian assets for the reconstruction of Ukraine has just cleared the foreign affairs committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.
BREAKING: A win for ๐บ๐ฆ! The REPO Act, a bill to transfer Russian state assets in the US to pay for Ukraine reconstruction & H. Res. 149, condemning the illegal abduction of children from Ukraine, have passed out of committee! Thank you @HouseForeignGOP @HouseForeign! Statement:
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If we humans do this to our own very planet system on which our daily lives depends on, are we any better from animals? Year in year out different plastic conventions are signed, yet implementation stays same. Animals must be laughing at us. @UNEP @antonioguterres @CNN
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โA win, win, win for Vladimir Putinโ @Billbrowder Thereโs been one winner from 7 October Hamas atrocities & war in Gaza. Recent weeks have seen a shutdown of media coverage on Ukraine easing the pressure on Putin considerably. Listen to Bill Browder ๐ https://t.co/r99AMBBgbU
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Listen carefully to this, because heโs right. Throughout this whole tragic affair, I can hand on heart say, I have tried to do exactly what former President Obama suggests. He recognizes that while BOTH sides MUST take responsibility for this senseless disregard for life, we
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Women and children were killed in Gaza while evacuating from the north.
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B.C. just signed a โhistoricโ $1-billion nature agreement, promising protections for whittling old-growth forests and species at risk. โItโs nature, itโs conservation, itโs restoration, but itโs also about reconciliation,โ @s_guilbeault told The Narwhal. https://t.co/XmiYLNSLzq
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The long-awaited agreement comes with $1 billion in new and old funding to protect old-growth forests, species at risk
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Scientists with @SchmidtOcean have discovered two #deepsea coral reefs in the #GalรกpagosIslands Marine Reserve! One reef is 800 spans meters, or 8 football fields! The stony corals on the reefs suggest they're 1000s of years old. Read more: https://t.co/QFcEuQ9nY6
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We've seen few humans this devoted and humble as Jimmy Carter. Quietly continuing his mission,which was to do good. If you must leave us go gently . Leave your heart and bravery so we might learn. Thank you President Carter. Jimmy.
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In some parts of the world, children will risk their lives just to get to school.
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Thailand ๐น๐ญ just measured over 45ยฐC for the first time on record. A new national heat record has been set. A brutal heatwave tightens its grip across more than a dozen countries in Asia. [THREAD]
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's health is deteriorating in prison, spokeswoman says, adding that an ambulance was called for him last week because of "acute stomach pain."
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OPP warning residents of Simcoe/Muskoka of a highly potent and potentially fatal strain of illicit opioids that may be circulating after four people lost their lives from a suspected opioid overdose. ...1/8
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Climate impact labels could help people eat less red meat
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Information on environmental impact can persuade consumers against carbon-heavy food choices, says study
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