The Sprinters aiming for UCI Track Champions League glory have been announced 🏆 Get ready for the first round in Mallorca 🇪🇸 on 12 November #UCITCL

Very good. e.vnexpress.net/news/news/binh…

WATCH: Nepal marks 'Kukur Tihar,' a festival celebrating the loyalty of dogs to humans

NEW: a column in the Times argues that the only way to tackle obesity is through fat shaming (yes, you read that right). It’s an astonishing argument to make, and unsurprisingly it falls to pieces under scrutiny. Let’s take a look, and see if we can do better:

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At the risk of dwelling on the grief of others, and superimposing a bravery that was never invited nor willingly accepted, I’ll cheer all the harder for Katie and Laura in the next few weeks, if only in the hope sport can give them solace we all seek in it metro.co.uk/2022/11/02/cyc…

The Endurance riders of the 2022 UCI Track Champions League have been announced 🏆 Racing gets underway soon with the first round in Mallorca 🇪🇸 on 12 November #UCITCL

None of the world’s biggest emitters — China, the U.S., the European Union and India — have reduced their emissions enough to meet the Paris Agreement goals. New data reveals both progress toward lowering emissions and major challenges ahead. nyti.ms/3GffaNR

Interesting article on the recent jnflux of books on geog theguardian.com/world/2022/nov…

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something unpleasant after a period of relief.

Word of the day is ‘quafftide’(16th century): a one-word announcement that it’s time for a drink.

Sometimes the lesser known approach is the right approach mekongeye.com/2022/12/12/as-…

Drowning in ‘sand debt’, the Mekong Delta urgently needs a sand budget thethirdpole.net/en/nature/opin…

How though?! 🤔

Why is Venus called Earth’s evil twin? They actually have a lot in common, but somewhere along the way Venus and Earth took two very different paths. Dr. Lori Glaze, NASA's director of planetary science, explains how Venus became a hot and hellish planet. solarsystem.nasa.gov/venus

Pepper changed the world – but how many people know that? | Anna Sulan Masing theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

from "Causes of Tsunamis" on Time for Geography with @bangorSNS, Geography & Environment | University of Dundee timeforgeography.co.uk/videos_list/pl…

Secret to why humans love chocolate finally revealed independent.co.uk/life-style/hea…