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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 18h

do you guys ever think about how in a better world José Andres could just like. have some restaurants. and instead he’s consistently doing the work we’re supposed to have governments for

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 20h

Government workers 👇🏾

Lunch is on the house:

Being in the heart of downtown DC, we love that so many of our Federal employees stop by during lunch for a Donburi at China Chilcano or a Fútbol Club at Jaleo. And just because the government is shut down doesn't mean you have to miss out on your favorite lunch spot- because this time, its on us!
Join us for lunch from 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM at any of our participating restaurants and enjoy a free lunch item when you present your government ID-you heard that right! Dine in with us Monday through Friday and choose your favorite: a sandwich at Jaleo, a donburi at China Chilcano, a wrap or pita at Zaytinya, or a torta at Oyamel.
We've always believed in serving our community with open arms and good food-no shutdown can stop that.

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Emily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · 1h

"NJ and several other East Coast states are also on the receiving end of Trump’s attacks on offshore wind projects. Last month, he instructed half a dozen federal agencies to...derail efforts to install 100s of wind turbines...from Maine to North Carolina." Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/b...

22% Jump in Electricity Rates Dominates New Jersey Governor’s Race

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Emily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · 1h

"I got fired, and then I was reinstated after a month based on one of the court decisions. But when I came back, the grant was still frozen. The experience of being a federal employee right now is pretty brutal. " - Kim Ballare, former USDA ecologist. Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/s...

She Studied How Logging Affects Pollinators

www.nytimes.com

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Emily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · 2h

Another hit to #Altadena, home to many JPL staff

SpaceNews @spacenewsinc.bsky.social · 20h

More layoffs at JPL

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will lay off 550 employees this week, the latest round of job cuts at the space science center.

More layoffs at JPL

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will lay off 550 employees this week, the latest round of job cuts at the space science center.

spacenews.com

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Emily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · 14h

I can't be the only one wondering what Orrin Hatch is doing on the cover of Time

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 22h

Remarkable effort to note where DC neighbors are being grabbed by ICE

CM Janeese Lewis George @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social · 2d

Every sign in DC marks the loss of someone’s neighbor, someone’s loved one, someone’s friend.

Every sign marks yet another step in the march toward authoritarianism.

Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened here’

The signs range in style and mark numerous locations where people have been taken by federal agents.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17h

We’re seeing a lot of pop-up protests against ICE in the Chicago area, such as this one outside a Home Depot in Evanston, IL, where 2 of our neighbors were taken yesterday.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 18h

My statement on today's profoundly moving scenes in Israel and Palestine.

Today’s scenes of Israelis and Palestinians are profoundly moving: Israeli hostages being freed and families reunited after years of fear, uncertainty, and torture; the first days in Gaza without relentless Israeli bombardment of Palestinians as families return to rubble and loved ones freed from detention.

There is finally a glimmer of hope that this ceasefire will hold and the long difficult work of reconstruction can begin. I also know this news brings solace to millions of New Yorkers, who’ve felt the pain of the past few years. We have watched as our tax dollars have funded a genocide. The moral and human cost will be a lasting stain and requires accountability and real examination of our collective conscience and our government’s policies.

The responsibility now lies with those of us who believe in peace to make sure it endures, and that it is just. Once aid is delivered, the wounded are cared for, and a lasting agreement secured, we cannot look away. We must work towards a future built upon justice, one without occupation and apartheid, and for a world where every person can live with safety and dignity.

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Emily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · 1d

Overwhelming proportion of honk-vote from passing motorists to abolish ICE at Saturday sign-waves in Northern Baltimore.

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Emily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · 1d

#cawater californiawaterblog.com/2025/10/12/r...

Representing interannual variability for environmental flow operations: the functional flow regime

By Lindsay Murdoch, Sarah Yarnell, and Jay Lund California’s local communities and native ecosystems alike have adapted to cycles of flood, drought, and a healthy portion of everything in between. …

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Fierce, unruly joy in Portland at the emergency naked bike ride

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Emily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · 1d

"And across the city, organizers threw a puppy parade to tell ICE to get its paws off Portland."

shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 1d

“they also did not offer any puppies for target practice, SEIZE THEM”

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

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Emily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · 1d

has this been lawyered?

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1d

Just saw an announcement from a kids soccer group that ICE agents have been spotted in the area, so it’s OK to skip today’s games if people are scared.
The MAGA assault on our community is intolerable and has nothing to do with making people’s lives better.

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Emily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · 2d

“The executive branch is using the shutdown as cover for an intentional and targeted dismantling of leadership across the agency. It’s designed to sow chaos, demoralize career staff, and cripple the federal scientific infrastructure that protects Americans’ health" www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

‘It’s a massacre’: CDC battered by government shutdown firings

The White House’s mass firing of CDC staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease, according to four people familiar with t...

www.statnews.com

Emily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · 3d

One of the earliest moves of the Trump regime was firing the head of the Office of Special Counsel, who is the first port of complaint about Hatch Act violations

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Emily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · 3d

#wastewater
The E.P.A. Followed Up on an Unusual Request About Abortion Pills www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

The E.P.A. Followed Up on an Unusual Request About Abortion Pills

www.nytimes.com

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Emily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · 4d

Ugh. I keep waiting for a sink hole to swallow the country whole. Scott Galloway and Kai Ryssdall talked about how long the economy can hold on Galloway's podcast yesterday. bsky.app/profile/kair...

Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 5d

Had a chat with @profgalloway.com

Give a listen

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

How Long Can the American Economy Hold? — with Kai Ryssdal

Podcast Episode · The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway · 10/09/2025 · 58m

podcasts.apple.com

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 4d

Letitia James and James Comey have the best lawyers on earth and will almost certainly be fine. The fact that there’s a zillion stories about them and virtually none about NSPM-7 - which affects countless ordinary people - really says something about who the media writes for

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Emily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · 4d

"Atypical" #cawater h/t @mavensnotebook.com www.capradio.org/articles/202...

Nimbus Fish Hatchery to drastically reduce salmon releases

Nimbus Fish Hatchery releases around 4 to 4.5 million young salmon and 430,000 yearling steelhead into California waterways annually. This coming year those numbers will be halved.

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Emily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, brother (h/t for link @mavensnotebook.com) nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/09/t...

Tahoe agency okays removal of hundreds of trees to make room for ‘glamping’ • Nevada Current

A development designed as an opportunity to enjoy Tahoe’s great outdoors requires the removal of 300 hundred towering pine trees on nine acres of privately owned land in Douglas County near the Lake T...

nevadacurrent.com

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Emily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · 4d

Too cool for plaques

But can they sing? "Trio of Trout," three small sculptures of trout made out of felt by artist Lauren Loren, share the kitsch quality of wall-mounted singing trout, but leave the Maryland paneled basement-Stranger Things vibe behind. The fuzziness gives them a luminous quality in the low October afternoon light near a window at the Towson Arts Collective.

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Emily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · 4d

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Gold-covered hairballs may reveal why cats eat grass

Spiky projections on plant matter may act like “drain snakes,” helping felines dislodge wads of fur

www.science.org

Emily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · 4d

Condensed nut graf: "The key is Trump’s relationships w/ Gulf princes & the Israeli right, esp. Netanyahu. The relationship with the princes is based on corruption. The key, however, is Netanyahu has made the US-Israel alliance about the relationship with Trump... Netanyahu cannot say no to Trump"

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 4d

Has Trump Brought Peace to Gaza? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/has-t...

Has Trump Brought Peace to Gaza?

Has Trump brought peace to Gaza? Ended the war and cycle of...

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Emily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · 4d

#westwater

National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 4d

Moisture associated with Priscilla will lead to a significant heavy rainfall and a flash flood risk across portions of Arizona, southern Utah, southwest Colorado, and far northwest New Mexico through Saturday.
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Key Messages for Tropical Storm Priscilla.
1. Moisture from Priscilla will cause significant heavy rainfall and flash flooding across parts of Arizona, southern Utah, southwest Colorado, and far northwest New Mexico through Saturday.
2. Large swells from Priscilla are impacting the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur and parts of the southwestern and west-central Mexico coast. These swells may cause dangerous surf, rip currents, and some coastal flooding.

The graphic also includes:
- A map showing the projected path of Tropical Storm Priscilla moving northeast from the Pacific Ocean toward the Baja California Peninsula and western Mexico.
- A rainfall and flash flood risk map highlighting the highest threat areas in red (moderate risk) over Arizona and surrounding states.