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Andrew Middleton @mapcenter.com · 5d

Important alert for people who like working while a light white noise is playing in the background, there is a family of whales singing next to the Moss Landing Marine Lab hydrophone right now and you should listen! radio.garden/visit/moss-l...

Listen to live Moss Landing CA radio on Radio Garden

radio.garden

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Gretchen @offgridteacher.bsky.social · 1d

Howard the Duck.. 👀

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Gretchen @offgridteacher.bsky.social · 1d

My favorite time of year!!!! They’re back!

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Gretchen @offgridteacher.bsky.social · 1d

It’s been an absolutely glorious day in the hills, even though Winter is coming tomorrow.

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 2d

Republicans are aiming next to dismantle the marine mammal protection act, which protects whales, dolphins, manatees, polar bears, and sea otters.. among other ocean wildlife. 🦦

Horror Tor, friend of Union ghosts @splitrailfence.bsky.social · 2d

I love it. Makes me happy.
Weird that I'm now seeing your post here after I just read about the bill to end the 1970s marine mammal legislation to protect these beautiful creatures.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...

Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears

One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who n...

abcnews.go.com

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Gretchen @offgridteacher.bsky.social · 2d

a close up of a woman 's face with a triangle and a mathematical formula .

ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with a triangle and a mathematical formula .

media.tenor.com

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Gretchen @offgridteacher.bsky.social · 2d

I love this. If he earns it you should add a seal on the outside of his diploma frame. 😂🦭

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Gretchen @offgridteacher.bsky.social · 2d

I just mostly have the kid… walk, and then have a good old fashioned stroller.

Gretchen @offgridteacher.bsky.social · 2d

Oh no, what an absolute disaster.

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Gretchen @offgridteacher.bsky.social · 2d

My husband and I have 4 masters degrees between the two of us, and we cannot, for the life of us, understand our PG&E TruUp (solar panel) bill. We think it’s intentionally obfuscating.

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Gretchen @offgridteacher.bsky.social · 3d

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Gretchen @offgridteacher.bsky.social · 3d

#jealous

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 3d

After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.

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Gretchen @offgridteacher.bsky.social · 3d

I love it!!

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Gretchen @offgridteacher.bsky.social · 3d

I had a friend (really a friend’s sister) who worked there too!

Gretchen @offgridteacher.bsky.social · 3d

Herons feel prehistoric to me. I’ve been enjoying seeing them come around again to the slough. I was lucky enough to see this one up close during one of my runs this week.

A heron sits on the edge of a body of water.

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Gretchen @offgridteacher.bsky.social · 3d

Wait WHAT did she eat???

Gretchen @offgridteacher.bsky.social · 4d

We’ve really been enjoying the book Little Witch Hazel. It is, of course, the book that the Waldorf school is basing their fall fundraiser around. It’s magical, sweet, and tells stories of the four seasons, caring for others, and nature.

Picture of the front cover of the book Little Witch Hazel.

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Gretchen @offgridteacher.bsky.social · 4d

Great strategy!

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Gretchen @offgridteacher.bsky.social · 4d

@phaneritic.bsky.social

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 5d

“A study, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29%, their risk of hospitalizations by 39% & their risk of death by 64%”

Benefits were seen even if 0 risk factors

Soren Larsen (SEGL) @sorenlarsen.bsky.social · 5d

Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity

"The new research also “calls into question the idea that younger individuals and those without risk factors don’t need the vaccine,” Viswanathan says."

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Gretchen @offgridteacher.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve always heard SLO.

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 5d

REI easily top of the list of companies most likely to do a land acknowledgement before layoffs

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 5d

REI is closing unionized stores. So many companies that like to pretend to be progressive remain still virulently anti-union at their core. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/b...

REI Co-Op’s Boston location is set to close next year - The Boston Globe

REI said it will close three locations on the East Coast, including a store in Boston, as it launches a new strategic plan.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 5d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

nyti.ms

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6d

glad to be born at a time when i got to see what life was like before the internet and will be dead before AI completely destroys humanity

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