Alexander Verbeek 🌍
@Alex_Verbeek

Climate action | Nature | Water-Energy-Food | Sustainability | Wildlife | Innovation | Writing | Life | Subscribe to theplanet.substack.com 🌱

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🌎 TEDx just uploaded on YouTube my recent TEDx talk: β€˜Our failure to imagine Planetary Security threats.’ ➑️ piped.video/oT2QR0LzHJo RT’s appreciated 😊 Thank you @tedx_mahe and @TEDx #climatechange #environment #security #publicspeaking #sustainability #SDGs #TEDx
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🎨 The best way to see Van Gogh's "Starry Night" is to stare at the center of the spiral for 20 seconds and then look at the painting. RT when it works for you.
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🌊 Have you ever seen a wave catching a cloud? nitter.app/ZonePhysics/status/115…
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✨ Fascinating. Just watch, even if you have seen it before. It changes your perspective 😊
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πŸ¦… More hugging πŸ€— The man in the video saved the life of the condor who fell from the nest as a young chick. He cared for the bird and later returned it to the wild. The bird hasn't forgotten his kindness and sometimes flies back to visit him.
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❀️ A cancer patient went to the hairdresser, watch until the end. Compassion can move me to tears.
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πŸ₯‹ What a great teacher!
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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Since I try to share only positive news in the weekend. 😊 I hope more Republicans will follow. #leadership πŸ‘ πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ β€˜If this is the new normal, I want no part of it.’ β€” Iowa’s longest-serving Republican is leaving the party because of Trump
NowThis Impact

Iowa's Longest-Serving Republican Is Leaving The GOP Because Of Trump

β€˜If this is the new normal, I want no part of it.’ — Iowa’s longest-serving Republican is leaving the party because of Trump

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πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ‡³πŸ‡± Every year at Christmas, Dutch children light candles on the graves of 1355 Canadian soldiers killed during WWII. They express our gratitude for the liberation and for living in a free country. My father was among those liberated by the Canadians. Thank you Canada! 🌷
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🎸 What an amazing voice πŸ‘
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πŸ¦‰ πŸ¦‰ (1/2) If you follow this account, you probably love #naturephotography. Sometimes nature loves the photographer 😊 nitter.app/buitengebieden_/status…
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🌊 Somewhere on this beautiful planet, a blue button jellyfish spreads its tentacles
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🐧 Run penguin, run!!! nitter.app/carygrantschin/status/…
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πŸ™ Amazing octopus stretching its tentacles to form a huge balloon filmed by EVNautilus at a depth of around 1,600 meters (5,250 feet). #octopus #oceans #nature #diving via @wonderofscience
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⛡️ A stunning example of Dutch architecture and engineering where the vehicles seem to be crossing by magic. I once posted another video of the Veluwemeer Aquaduct and a follower wrote back that this is impossible and thus fake, and that such a place doesn’t exist. It does πŸ‡³πŸ‡±
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πŸ¦… A magnificent griffon vulture shows its beauty when released back into the wild.
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It’s high time we lock up those climate change activists blocking our roads. πŸ€” This was yesterday in Spain.
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🦌 Our planet is so beautiful.
CΓ©sar Hernando Castellanos Orozco
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πŸ’§ Isn’t she beautiful? This waterfall, located in Peru, is known as the "Waterfall of the Bride". #Nature Credit: Talal Al Murad
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🐜 A zoomed-in view of an ant drinking from a drop of water. #nature #ants #animals #NaturePhotography
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πŸ‘ 🐢 So sweet: an anatolian shepherd dog puppy in training. nitter.app/theworldofdog/status/1…
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🌎 Somewhere on this beautiful planet… #NaturePhotography #birds #nature #wildlife #animals #environment
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πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ ⛄️ Canadians trying to get to work this morning πŸ˜‚ #winter #Canada via @CanadianEHF nitter.app/CanadianEHF/status/109…
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🚒 Problem solved.
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πŸ› This week I want to show you how beautifully diverse caterpillars have evolved. Which one is your favorite? πŸ¦‹ #caterpillarweek #caterpillar #nature #pollinators #wildlife #cute
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πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ‡³πŸ‡± Every year at Christmas, Dutch children light candles on the graves of 1355 Canadian soldiers killed during WWII. They express our gratitude for the liberation and for living in a free country. My father was among those liberated by the Canadians. Thank you Canada!
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🌍 His sign says: β€œI am Muslim. Some people call me a Terrorist. Do You Trust Me? If yes β€” Hug Me!” RT counts as a virtual hug πŸ€— #respect #SundayMorning nitter.app/tardedesetembro/status…
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πŸ‡³πŸ‡± A restaurant in Amsterdam is training their servers to work from a safe distance. πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
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🎢 Brilliant! (πŸ”Š sound on) nitter.app/BestVideosviral/status…
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🐬 I love to see this! #dolphins #nature #wildlife #travel nitter.app/Ocean_4U/status/141143…
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🐸 Be kind to animals. 😊
ANIMAL ADVOCATE β“‹
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🌊 Only on our beautiful planet 😊 California sea lions riding and leaping through massive waves off Santa Barbara Island, west of Los Angeles. #oceans #wildlife #nature #California
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🐺 For those who have never seen this stunning video (and for those that like to see it again). The reintroduction of 14 wolves transformed Yellowstone National Park: The wild life, the course of the river, and the entire forest. #wolves #wildlife
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πŸˆβ€β¬› How to get your cat back to your balcony. #cat #CatsOnTwitter nitter.app/kd7eir/status/15925582…
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🐬 Portuguese-speaking fisherman rescues baby dolphin from fishing net. #oceans #wildlife #ThePlanet
Go Bluesky (@StrictlyChristo.bsky.social) =πŸ¦€βž‘οΈπŸ¦‹
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🦁 Be kind to animals, and they will be kind to you 😊 nitter.app/aarondinglek/status/12…
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🌎 NATO Review just published my article: Planetary Security, the security implications of climate change. RTs appreciated 😊 ➑️ ow.ly/XInj30q0XGv #COP25 #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange #security #conflict #AI #peace #SDGs @GretaThunberg #ActOnClimate #ClimateAction
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🐦 American woodcock searching for worms while her babies practice the move. #birds #wildlife via @akkitwts nitter.app/akkitwts/status/131220…
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😊 #PositiveNewsWeekend I love these Strandbeests: wind-propelled kinetic sculptures created by Dutchman Theo Jansen. #art #beach #animals #fun nitter.app/RonBaalke/status/87739…
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🌍 I did not tweet much about Davos, but this one is interesting: β€˜It feels like I’m at a firefighters conference and no one’s allowed to speak about water.’ This historian wasn’t afraid to confront the billionaires at Davos about their greed #SDGs
NowThis Impact

Davos Panelist Calls Out Davos For Not Addressing the Obvious

β€˜It feels like I’m at a firefighters conference and no one’s allowed to speak about water.’ β€”Β This historian wasn’t afraid to confront the billionaires at Davos about their greed

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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ This one deserves endless retweets! β€œDo you know who gave you that?” β€œThe next President of the United States” πŸ˜€ #kindness #JoeBiden #Biden #BidenHarris2020 #bidenspeech
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🐨 That moment when the koala says β€˜thank you my friend’ by grabbing his hand... πŸ’•
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🦌 So majestic! Sunrise in the Grand Teton National Park, USA. #SundayMorning #nature #wildlife #animals Via @animal0lovers nitter.app/animal0lovers/status/1…
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🌊 Have you ever seen a wave reaching for the sky and grabbing the clouds? Our planet is beautiful! Have a great weekend! 😊nitter.app/scitechnature9/status/…
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πŸ™ (2/…) A moment for yourself, just to get away from this mad world. This coconut #octopus was filmed at Lembeh Strait, Indonesia by πŸŽ₯ dmcthediver IG #oceans #nature #wildlife #mindfulness #theplanet
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🎨 Amazing body art illusions. nitter.app/Enezator/status/158818…
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🐜 1. Let’s take a look at ants today: a short but interesting thread with some great videos of ants. I love this first one: an amazing zoomed-in view of an ant drinking from a drop of water. #nature #ants #animals #NaturePhotography #insects
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πŸ‡³πŸ‡± Six seconds in lively Amsterdam. 😊
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🐨 🐢 I don’t know who made this one, it is now all over the social media. Seems we all want to see some happy Australian animals these days.
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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Don’t forget that the U.S. is so much more than DC, and it’s politics. This is also America. Early in the morning, in Grand Teton. Just me, beavers, and silence. I enjoyed my travels And the kind people I met. It is easy to love this country at moments like this.
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🍊 🌳 Two scientists dumped 12,000 tons of oranges in the Amazon Rainforest. 16 years later, the result is breathtaking.
Mama Donna 🌞
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❀️ By sharing pictures of nature, I am not just trying to entertain you. I want to show you what is at stake. We should preserve the beauty of our planet. Animals love their kids, like we love ours. Please don’t eat meat: it’s animals killed for you.
Let's Fight For Animal Rights
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πŸ„ You don’t eat a dog, because dogs are your best friend, and you can play together with a ball. You don’t eat a cow, because cows are your best friend, and you can play together with a ball. 😊 RT 🌱 #vegan #vegetarian #animals #Saturdaymorning
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🌎 1. This is a Malaysian Dead Leaf Mantis. One of the over 2,400 Mantis species. This starts an interesting thread with some great mantis videos. Stay tuned. ➑️ RT #insects #nature #wildlife #mantis #NaturePhotography #science #photography #videos
Funny Gorgeous Animals (by Don Purrleone)
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🐢 1. True love ❀️ Lets start this #SundayMorning with a some positive stories. A thread 🧡 This man lost his dog, and only after three years they were reunited. This is what happened next... 🧡 #dogs #animals #love #cute #videos
The Dodo

Dog Has No Idea She's About To See Her Dad Again

Credit: Silvia Ferreyra via @JukinVideo (https://www.facebook.com/JukinVideo/)

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🐢 This made me smile 😊 How dogs reacts when they are kissed. πŸ• #dogs #love #pets via @buitengebieden_ nitter.app/buitengebieden_/status…
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πŸ¦… Wow, a hawk’s head stabilization β € #birds #science #wildlife Via @AMAZINGSClENCE and by @alpertuydes (ig) nitter.app/AMAZlNGSCIENCE/status/…
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🐨 Good night everyone 😴 nitter.app/rahul1997kumar/status/…
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πŸ¦… (1/2) The beauty of taking care for animals and the planet: this eagle was released after it was treated and it had recovered from its injuries. #birds #wildlife #nature #earth nitter.app/Cory__1077/status/1187…
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🌎 1. Life is so delicate. We conquered the planet and that gives us a responsibility to preserve all species. Enjoy this thread on beautiful, delicate life. 🧡 ➑️ RT #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #NaturePhotography #science #photography #videos nitter.app/_AnimalAdvocate/status…
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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ‡©πŸ‡° Fox News tried coming after Denmark's social safety net. This Danish politician's retort was legendary. #economy #welfare #education #media #resist via @nowthisnews
NowThis Impact

Fox News Tried Going After Denmark. Big Mistake.

Fox News tried coming after Denmark's social safety net. This Danish politician's retort was legendary.

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⛡️ Feeling a bit overweight after Christmas is like... nitter.app/_WhyzGuy_/status/12073…
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🐝 If you see a Bee on the floor, give it a sugar cube dipped in water. It will be back to normal in no time at all 😊 #bees #savethebees #wildlife #nature #animals #insects nitter.app/Wendywoo_g/status/1161…
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🐝 So clever: two bees opening a cap. #bees #nature #wildlife (Source: Johan Breugem) nitter.app/daniellebraunOL/status…
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🐒 (1/2) Somewhere on this beautiful planet, it is time to take a nap 😴 #oceans #nature #wildlife #marinelife #animals nitter.app/SeaAnimaIs/status/1413…
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🌍 The Greenland heatwave is expected to peak today with the biggest single-day melt ever recorded. More than 12 billion tons of water will permanently melt away from the ice sheet That is 4,800,000 Olympic-size swimming pools! 😲 ➑️ ow.ly/Sf9P30pgsit #ClimateChange
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🐧 Sometimes, you have to make big choices in life. It is okay to be a bit unsure at first, it happens to all of us. 😊
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🦌 Wait for it! β›° nitter.app/InterestingSci1/status…
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🐢 This brave man deserves to be in my tweets about kindness. Would you have done this? #kindness #SundayMorning #SundayMotivation #dog
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🌊 So beautiful! Remember, we don’t have a spare planet... nitter.app/earthvisuals/status/10…
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🌍 I don’t think I have ever seen a flying peacock! 😊 #birds #nature #animals Follow: @BuitengebiedenB nitter.app/BuitengebiedenB/status…
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🐢 🐱 Cats and dogs. I love both, but there are differences πŸ˜‚
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🌊 The importance of mangroves. And why we must save them. nitter.app/ZonePhysics/status/114…
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😊 Amazing! nitter.app/buitengebieden_/status…
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πŸ¦– I just saw this video again πŸ˜‚ A bit of background (not sure if it is true...) β€˜Two boys decide to prank their grandmother by meeting her at the airport dressed as dinosaurs. Grandma heard about it and decided to prank them first’. #SaturdayMorning nitter.app/edstetzer/status/12168…
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🌊 Somewhere on this beautiful planet. This is one of the largest Great White Sharks ever recorded. Filmed by IG oceanramsey and her team near Hawaii. 🦈 Video by juansharks IG, MT @zaibatsu #oceans #sharks #wildlife #nature #animals #marinelife
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🌊 It is #WorldOceansDay! Celebrate the beauty of all life in the oceans, but don’t ignore the huge challenges we face to keep the oceans clean, healthy, biodiverse, and cool. #WorldOceansDay2020 #oceans #biodiversity #plasticpollution nitter.app/HubNature/status/12618…
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πŸ™ This is so sweet. A diver convinces an octopus to trade his plastic cup for a seashell. 😊 #animals #octopus #oceans #marinelife #wildlife #diving #cute #SundayMorning #SundayMotivation Via @WhoaInteresting
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πŸ‡³πŸ‡± Dutchman crossing a canal. 😊
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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ OMG! Pence, at corona virus press conference, wiped his nose with his hands then proceeded to shake everyone’s hands. This β€˜health expert’, who wanted to "pray away" a HIV epidemic, will now oversee the response... #COVID19 #COVIDγƒΌ19 #coronavirus nitter.app/NewGopforUSA/status/12…
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🎢 If you haven’t seen this one yet, please put the sound on and view this. #Beethoven’s Fifth will never be the same anymore.
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🌊 Our planet is so beautiful. #oceans #environment #nature nitter.app/scitechnature9/status/…
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🐳 A humpback whale enjoying dinner. #whales #oceans #marinelife #wildlife #nature via @Amazing10030 nitter.app/Amazing10030/status/13…
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🌍 Dear #schoolstrike students, You skipped your #education to educate the rest of us. I hope the world listens to you and @GretaThunberg I so much admire you all! And thanks @GlblCtznUK for these interviews. #climateaction #ClimateStrike #youth
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🌸 Scientists have revived a plant from the Pleistocene epoch. This plant is 32 thousand years old! The oldest plant ever regenerated has been grown from 32,000-year-old seeds.
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πŸ„ Don’t eat cows. Love them. And they will love you. 🌱 #vegetarian #vegan nitter.app/animalIife/status/1355…
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πŸŒͺ This is what an β€˜unsurvivable surge’ looks like: 😲 #Laura #HurricaneLaura #hurricane
The Weather Channel
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🐧 Some day, I hope to apply at the @stlzoo for the job to weigh penguins 😊
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🌧 A β€˜tsunami from heaven' over Lake Millstatt in Austria. 😲 #weather #travel #SundayMorning This time lapse is by Peter Maier. The original tweet is from @gunsnrosesgirl3, who always shares great tweets. nitter.app/gunsnrosesgirl3/status…
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🌊 Keeping your feet dry 😊 Inspiration for your #MondayMorning nitter.app/pechova_marie/status/1…
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🐢 Your Sunday dog video 😊 ❄️ nitter.app/_TheBestDogs/status/12…
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🌍 Pippi was my hero as a child (and still is, her image is everywhere in the Old Town, I even visited her famous house 😊) But @GretaThunberg took over as the globalised hero that the world needs now. Thank you Pippi, Greta and artist Linda Andersson (@artbyneva on IG) πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ RT
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🌊 A spotted eagle ray to remind you of the beauty of nature. Don’t go to Mars, just protect this planet. 😊 nitter.app/NaturelsLit/status/119…
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πŸ€— This man rescued a baby Lion Tamarind & returned him to his mother πŸ‘ #kindness nitter.app/TheoShantonas/status/1…
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🌊 What a beautiful planet! 😊 #oceans #nature via @HubNature nitter.app/HubNature/status/12618…
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🌍 I love this! Keep watching for the full 45 seconds and it will continue to surprise you And please RT if you like it 😊 nitter.app/ZonePhysics/status/103…
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🦌 Respect πŸ™
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🐘 I know that I shared this one before. But I just saw it again. Still so funny, and sweet 😊
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