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earther.bsky.social
Post-partisan social misfit. Insatiably curious reader, over-thinker, gardener. Loves mountains, trees and plants, all creatures great and small except predatory or willfully ignorant humans. Port Angeles, WA, Olympic Peninsula, Pacific Northwest, USA
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As an old saying goes, "Grow your own." Now’s Not the Time to Eat Bagged Lettuce Food safety in America is under attack. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

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Marine protected areas are designed to safeguard parts of the ocean from human impacts. But Trump has removed protections from marine protected areas — a problem for fish, whales, corals & other ocean life. Read the latest from @therevelator.org ➡️ biodiv.us/4dcW3Cw

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I hate journalists interviewing each other. Worse: Expecting readers to waste an entire hour listening to them when we could read an article about the same thing from either Frum or Applebaum in less than 10 minutes. Easier for them, but not easier for readers. tinyurl.com/4k875bxh

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"Trump’s proposal cuts SpaceX competitors out of the NASA budget and could add billions to the company’s defense contracts." theintercept.com/2025/05/07/e...

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All of these "trad" women look alike to me. It's the hair -- similar length, same style. Do they all wear wigs?

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Analysis of nearly 500 bird species across North America has found that three-quarters are declining across their ranges, with two-thirds of the total shrinking significantly. ==== And have you noticed the absence of bees in the last year or three? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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If you're following multiple 1:30 or longer podcasts, you have the time to contact your senators and oppose the most dangerous of those nominated for key "administration" positions and start showing up at local city council or county commission meanings to defend your community. PLEASE do.

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Several of the nominees for critical positions in the new "administration" are even worse than I thought. We can't just ignore it. We need to be aware and contact senators to stop the worst of them. Please read through all of this: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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Hollywood is on fire , yet still deniers clutch at straws to blame this on anything other than the real problem– climate breakdown . I’m petitioning for a ban on fossil fuel ads to take the fight to the companies who continue to exploit our fragile planet petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️

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Posting in honor of the very honorable Jimmy Carter. By a Pulitzer-winning author and excellent journalist. A gripping account of when President Jimmy Carter persuaded Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin & Egyptian president Anwar Sadat to sign the first peace treaty in the modern Middle East.

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Snug is a FREE daily check-in service (via cell phone) that's great for peace of mind if you're older and live alone. If you don't check in, they notify whomever you choose. For <$10/month, they'll call you, instead, and call for local welfare check if you don't answer. tinyurl.com/yjdcjjy8

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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game. The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

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Our fossil-fueled government: yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/01/the-...

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I will never be able to look at a Cybertruck the same after seeing this.

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While millions are captivated by the dramatized tales of ranchers in 'Yellowstone,' the true story of Yellowstone is one of wild landscapes, Indigenous heritage, and the ongoing fight to preserve its natural legacy. Read WWP Executive Director, Erik Molvar's latest OpEd in CounterPunch

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A southern resident #orca is once again carrying her deceased baby's body through the water. Researchers are concerned about the future of this orca mother and her species.

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It’s over 1,000km from Berlin to Paris There’s now a direct daytime train between them, that takes 8 hours and costs just €59. Leave at 10am, arrive 6pm. And… it’s just 1% the carbon emissions of the equivalent flight www.euronews.com/travel/2024/...

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@jkarsh.bsky.social excerpts (shorter): Locally? Get out. Show up. Listen. Organize to solve community problems. Win school board elections. [Keep] libraries open…. Win judicial, city council, county commission races so you have a first line of defense against Trump administration overreach....

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Friends, I understand the urge to unplug from the media, but I never would have known my Rep was funded by “school choice” millionaires if my local newspaper wouldn’t have reported it. We need folks on the ground covering school board meetings and city council meetings and commissioner reports.

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