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mia-sosa.bsky.social
Watershed nerd, naturalist, singer, gardener, and dog fanatic.
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Celebrating 5 years of home-ownership and the stability that comes with it (never had it before). This tree peony was one of the first things I planted in my garden and I’m still here to see its first bloom. 💓💪🏼

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Atmospheric CO2 has passed 430 parts per million. The last time atmospheric CO2 was at 430 ppm was during the ancient Pliocene Era, three to five million years ago, and humans didn’t exist.

submitted 3 days ago • 35 comments

TAKE ACTION: For decades, gender-affirming care has not only been supported by every major medical association but has been widely recognized as the only evidence-based approach to addressing the physical, mental, and emotional needs of transgender people.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

When Martha met the Proud Boys, part 2

submitted 6 days ago • 175 comments

When Martha met the Proud Boys, part 1

submitted 6 days ago • 164 comments

Omg, beaver boops! 🥹

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Of course the people who are happy to let a a woman bleed to death from a miscarriage and excited to inspect children's genitals for gender compliance are gleefully sending other people to foreign labor camps for thought crimes.

submitted 7 days ago • 5 comments

U.S. immigration detention is a profit-driven enterprise. Private corporations like GEO Group and CoreCivic receive billions in federal contracts, earning daily revenue per detainee. The more migrants detained, the greater the profit—turning human suffering into a business model.

submitted 7 days ago • 199 comments

“Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic” But, of course that happened 😡 www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

submitted 8 days ago • 87 comments

Every morning I read the news and something else reminds me of Robert Musil saying in 1930s Germany that one of the defining aspects of fascism was the mockery of compassion

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‘Canadians are not upset because it’s an ‘us-versus-them’ thing. It’s more like if your brother turned on you: We were there in battle together. Before there’s anger, you’re kind of sad about it. Did you forget about what we’ve done to support you?’

submitted 9 days ago • 4 comments

Also, bodily autonomy is fundamental to freedom. Duh!

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the biggest difference between the media's ~2015 "pivot to video" and the ongoing "pivot to ai" is that this time it's coming for virtually every industry where's the opt-out button??? i want off this ride thebulletin.org/2025/04/the-...

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Simple neuroscience-based hack for anxiety: 🌿go & be in a place with plants & trees for 15 mins 🌳You'll inhale plant oils(phytoncides) from foliage 📉your stress hormone(cortisol) will drop significantly Many of our brain pathways evolved to motivate us to forage for plants-they're still very active

submitted 10 days ago • 141 comments

Clematis getting ready to put on a show - something about lime green flowers just makes me so happy. 🌱

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Local planners: 7 years and $1.2 million. #Beavers: just vibes and sticks. Nature's engineers get it done. No permits required

submitted 13 days ago • 157 comments

Courage is contagious. But how do we catch it? For months, @amifieldsmeyer.bsky.social and I have been asking dissidents and activists from around the world how we can topple authoritarianism. We assembled their lessons into a field guide to courage. www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...

submitted 13 days ago • 26 comments

weird, what could explain this

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Tuberville on tariffs: "It's gonna be a slow pain first before we get the gain."

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"There's a room here in the Senate named after Strom Thurmond... I'm here despite his speech, I'm here because as powerful as he was, the people were more powerful." -Cory Booker as he eclipses Thurmond's record for the longest filibuster in US history.

submitted 24 days ago • 67 comments

Senator Booker found how to break through the noise today to speak to the pain being inflicted on Americans - FOR THE RECORD BOOKS and for his ancestors. 💙

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They don’t be bothering nobody. #TransDayOfVisibility #TransRights

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Honored to sign this proclamation on Transgender Day of Visibility. Let’s uplift our transgender community members by focusing on their strength, resilience and accomplishments.

submitted 25 days ago • 33 comments