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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 7h
PA voters will cast their ballots in one of the most consequential elections of the year: the state Supreme Court race. With three Democratic justices up for retention, the outcome of this contest could flip control of a court that decides election laws. https://bit.ly/3JeB3Ax
Why Anti-Voting Activists Are Using the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Election to Spread Disinformation
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
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Disgruntled American @chiefjoeflow.bsky.social · 6h
I'll take a little good green news www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/b...
Renewable Energy Is Booming Despite Trump’s Efforts to Slow It
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Disgruntled American @chiefjoeflow.bsky.social · 2d
Good, we don't need politics blaring everywhere. Especially inaccurately.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d
Multiple airports around the country said they won’t display a video in which DHS Sec. Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the government shutdown and related travel delays.
Airports say they won’t play Kristi Noem shutdown video at TSA checkpoints
Travelers in Seattle, Phoenix and other cities will not see the video, which blames congressional Democrats for shutdown-related flight disruptions.
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Disgruntled American @chiefjoeflow.bsky.social · 2d
Much respect and admiration for her and this group 👏
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This wedding photographer now removes landmines for a group that's won a top prize
The Mines Advisory Group has been removing landmines for more than three decades. This year, it received the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, a prestigious award with a $3 million prize.
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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @mylesjaybee.bsky.social · 2d
Coral reefs, the rainforests of the sea, have crossed the line.
Not metaphorically.
Ecologically.
We killed the colours of the ocean chasing the colour of money.
#ClimateCrisis #auspol
Planet's first climate tipping point already reached: international study
An international report from climate scientists suggests tipping points for coral reefs have been reached, putting them at risk of dieback.
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NPR @npr.org · 2d
Multiple sources tell NPR that, as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education. n.pr/48stHUo
Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education
Multiple sources tell NPR that, as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.
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Disgruntled American @chiefjoeflow.bsky.social · 2d
Maybe skip the avocado and guac sometimes www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/w...
Can Satellites Stop an Avocado Addiction From Killing Mexican Forests?
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Disgruntled American @chiefjoeflow.bsky.social · 3d
"It is the sinking feeling of a societal race toward a future that feels bloodless, hastily conceived, and shruggingly accepted. Are we really doing this? Who thought this was a good idea?"
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event
Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 4d
The Central Yukon Resource Management Plan has been rescinded.

“The Senate just plunged northern Alaska into chaos, ripping up a balanced land management plan that Alaskans spent years collaborating on,” said Cooper Freeman, our AK director. 🧵

More of our Public Lands work ➡️ bit.ly/3KIdNeK
Two adult caribou and two baby caribou stand together on a foggy plain covered in patchy snow. The adults look towards the camera.
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Disgruntled American @chiefjoeflow.bsky.social · 4d
Our schools are not churches www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Five Ways the Department of Education Is Upending Public Schools
The Trump administration has made a rapid succession of hires and decisions at the Department of Education that could spur profound changes in how schools operate and children learn. Here’s what to kn...
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Disgruntled American @chiefjoeflow.bsky.social · 4d
Geothermal good news youtube.com/watch?v=sAxe...
Unlikely alliance builds cleaner geothermal energy network in Massachusetts community
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 4d
There it is: $20 billion for Argentina at the same time they’re taking markets away from our farmers.

But no $ for health insurance for Americans?
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Disgruntled American @chiefjoeflow.bsky.social · 7d
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department www.propublica.org/article/educ...
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
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Disgruntled American @chiefjoeflow.bsky.social · 8d
ACTION: Let's ban surveillance pricing! Consumer Reports - action.consumerreports.org/nb-20251002-...
You shouldn’t be charged more based on who you are
ACTION: Let's ban surveillance pricing!
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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 8d
Undocumented people are not eligible to enroll in Medicare and Medicaid. Republicans are pushing this lie to distract Americans from the fact that they refuse to vote to keep marketplace health care premiums from skyrocketing. Don't fall for it.
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Disgruntled American @chiefjoeflow.bsky.social · 10d
Diverse selection of cars and trucks here in Scarborough.
Go @rivianofficial.bsky.social for offering rides!
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National Drive Electric Month • Sustainable Scarborough Day - Electric Truck Ride & Drive • Scarborough, ME • Oct 05 2025
National Drive Electric Month events feature plug-in electric vehicle owners sharing their experience with others interested in driving electric. #NDEW2025
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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 10d
It is truly dire how much more willing progressive donors are to fund paid ads than to try to invest in making good content.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 10d
“why do all the Trump billionaires spent all their time buying media outlets” say rich liberals

“oh well! probably nothing to see here, now to take a big sip of coffee and donate 50 million dollars to a Dem superPAC”
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NPR @npr.org · 10d
At a time when President Trump is going after foreign laborers in the U.S, and saying unflattering accounts of U.S. history should be removed, Rock Springs, Wyoming has put up a new monument to ethnic violence there.
New monument commemorates tragic anti-immigrant chapter in Wyoming history
At a time when President Trump is going after foreign laborers in the U.S, and saying unflattering accounts of U.S. history should be removed, Rock Springs, Wyoming has put up a new monument to ethnic violence there.
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Disgruntled American @chiefjoeflow.bsky.social · 10d
Where can I get vote no signs?
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The Maine Dems @mainedems.bsky.social · Aug 20
Absentee voting works for Maine. Over 350,000 of us used it in 2024. Don’t let Trump and extremists dismantle it. Visit mainedems.org/protectabsentee to take the pledge to Vote No On Question 1.
#NoOnQuestion1
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Environmental Voter Project @environmentalvoter.bsky.social · 11d
China is laughing at us...all the way to the bank.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump officials cut nearly $8bn in clean energy projects in Democratic states
Democrats and environmental groups slam move as ‘sick political game’ and say it will drive up energy bills
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Environmental Voter Project @environmentalvoter.bsky.social · 12d
"'Edible forests' are popping up in Boston. Scattered across the city, once-empty lots have been overtaken by fruit trees and berry-filled bushes. Open to the public, they are forage-friendly pockets in the urban grid."

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Boston’s Food Forests Take Root as a Climate Equity Strategy - Inside Climate News
A decade of organizing has turned trash-strewn lots into edible parks. Now Boston is expanding food forests as part of its climate action plan.
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Disgruntled American @chiefjoeflow.bsky.social · 13d
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies www.propublica.org/article/elon...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies
The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most importan...
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 13d
“How many billions of dollars do you need to have a spine?” the philosopher Sam Harris asks. On the latest episode of “The David Frum Show,” he speaks with @davidfrum.bsky.social about Silicon Valley’s turn toward authoritarian politics.
The Rise of Technofascists
Sam Harris on Silicon Valley’s turn toward authoritarian politics and the collapse of the information commons. Plus: Donald Trump’s politicization of prosecutions and Robert Proctor’s The Nazi War on Cancer.
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Disgruntled American @chiefjoeflow.bsky.social · 14d
Keep it up Maine. Hold these big oil companies to account.
www.mainepublic.org/climate/2025...
Maine climate lawsuit to remain in state court
Federal judge rejects attempts by big oil companies to fight charges they hid climate damage of their products in U.S. court.
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