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· Oct 14
How Elle Bisgaard-Church became Zohran Mamdani’s most trusted adviser
The first-time campaign manager steered him to victory in June. Now she’s focused on the likely next administration.
www.cityandstateny.com
"We articulated the vision for the movement that we hoped to build. Each day, we would work to embody the values of a better world." - Elle Bisgaard-Church
www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...
www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...
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🚨BREAKING: Days after a Trump settlement, RealPage just filed a lawsuit asserting AI giants have a First Amendment right to help landlords collude to raise rents.
The suit to kill an anti-price-gouging law follows Exxon saying it has a First Amendment right to hide pollution.
The suit to kill an anti-price-gouging law follows Exxon saying it has a First Amendment right to hide pollution.
Tech Giant Says AI Has A First Amendment Right To Raise Your Rent
Fresh off a Trump settlement, Real Page is trying to overturn New York’s anti-rent-gouging law.
www.levernews.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🚨BREAKING: Days after a Trump settlement, RealPage just filed a lawsuit asserting AI giants have a First Amendment right to help landlords collude to raise rents.
The suit to kill an anti-price-gouging law follows Exxon saying it has a First Amendment right to hide pollution.
The suit to kill an anti-price-gouging law follows Exxon saying it has a First Amendment right to hide pollution.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Until we treat animal agriculture with the same scrutiny we do oil, transportation and manufacturing, our climate coverage will remain half-told. My latest for @thestar.com, featuring analysis by @sentientmedia.org: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
One major contributor to climate change is being under-reported
I can’t help wonder how much longer the media can tiptoe around the cow in the room; because until we treat animal agriculture with the same scrutiny we do oil,
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Until we treat animal agriculture with the same scrutiny we do oil, transportation and manufacturing, our climate coverage will remain half-told. My latest for @thestar.com, featuring analysis by @sentientmedia.org: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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"A video showed a female wolf diving into the water to grab a fishing float, carrying it to the beach and repeatedly tugging on the attached rope until the trap surfaced. She then tore it apart to eat the fish inside."
Video shows a wild wolf stealing fish in possible first use of a tool
The wolf “appears to demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the multistep connection between the floating buoy and the bait within the out-of-sight trap,” scientists said.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 AM
"A video showed a female wolf diving into the water to grab a fishing float, carrying it to the beach and repeatedly tugging on the attached rope until the trap surfaced. She then tore it apart to eat the fish inside."
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PORTLAND: Big sale at Cosmic Monkey Comics @cosmicmonkeycomics.bsky.social! #pdxcomics
November 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
PORTLAND: Big sale at Cosmic Monkey Comics @cosmicmonkeycomics.bsky.social! #pdxcomics
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For months @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social has been pouring over documents trying to find out how many animals are killed on train tracks in B.C. Companies are supposed to report rail kills but records she obtained found reporting is inconsistent and incomplete projects.thenarwhal.ca/collision-co...
The hidden cost of wildlife collisions on Canada’s railways | The Narwhal
Trains regularly hit and kill wildlife on the tracks but poor reporting means governments aren’t sure exactly how many animals are lost
projects.thenarwhal.ca
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
For months @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social has been pouring over documents trying to find out how many animals are killed on train tracks in B.C. Companies are supposed to report rail kills but records she obtained found reporting is inconsistent and incomplete projects.thenarwhal.ca/collision-co...
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An Anthropologist's perspecive on Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age after finishing it:
Excluding humans is rewriting the Ice Age as a "Pristine world free of humans." This is damaging and simply incorrect. There are millennia of Indigenous interactions between humans and other species all erased here.
Excluding humans is rewriting the Ice Age as a "Pristine world free of humans." This is damaging and simply incorrect. There are millennia of Indigenous interactions between humans and other species all erased here.
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
An Anthropologist's perspecive on Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age after finishing it:
Excluding humans is rewriting the Ice Age as a "Pristine world free of humans." This is damaging and simply incorrect. There are millennia of Indigenous interactions between humans and other species all erased here.
Excluding humans is rewriting the Ice Age as a "Pristine world free of humans." This is damaging and simply incorrect. There are millennia of Indigenous interactions between humans and other species all erased here.
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Greystar, the nation’s largest landlord, has agreed to a $7 million settlement in a federal lawsuit launched by the attorneys general of 9 states, including Oregon. At the heart of this lawsuit is how Greystar used data it collected from clients to maximize rental rates.
www.klcc.org/housing-home...
www.klcc.org/housing-home...
Nation’s largest landlord settles lawsuit with Oregon, 8 other states
State Attorneys General allege that Greystar Management Services took part in price-fixing via tech company RealPage.
www.klcc.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Greystar, the nation’s largest landlord, has agreed to a $7 million settlement in a federal lawsuit launched by the attorneys general of 9 states, including Oregon. At the heart of this lawsuit is how Greystar used data it collected from clients to maximize rental rates.
www.klcc.org/housing-home...
www.klcc.org/housing-home...
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In October, the board of the Upper Willamette Soil and Water Conservation District unanimously approved a purchase agreement for what’s known as the Rice Farm in Springfield.
www.klcc.org/environment/...
www.klcc.org/environment/...
Hazelnut farm purchase expected to protect major drinking water source in Lane County
In October, the board of the Upper Willamette Soil and Water Conservation District unanimously approved a purchase agreement for what’s known as the Rice Farm in Springfield.
www.klcc.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
In October, the board of the Upper Willamette Soil and Water Conservation District unanimously approved a purchase agreement for what’s known as the Rice Farm in Springfield.
www.klcc.org/environment/...
www.klcc.org/environment/...
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How Democracies Learn to Goose-Step prosyn.org/o3jSx8m
How Democracies Learn to Goose-Step
Kaushik Basu highlights the subtle ways social pressures cause people to accept constraints they once rejected.
prosyn.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
How Democracies Learn to Goose-Step prosyn.org/o3jSx8m
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Oregon Democrats need to have a hard conversation about Kotek running for reelection. I fear she is too unpopular & will hand the Governorship to a Republican for the 2nd half of Trump’s term. She should step aside & let AG Rayfield run. He’d mop the floor with whoever his opponent ends up being.
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Oregon Democrats need to have a hard conversation about Kotek running for reelection. I fear she is too unpopular & will hand the Governorship to a Republican for the 2nd half of Trump’s term. She should step aside & let AG Rayfield run. He’d mop the floor with whoever his opponent ends up being.
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Oregon’s richest man again donating record $$ to Republican candidates for state offices www.opb.org/article/2025...
Phil Knight is once again rooting for Oregon Republicans next year
A recent $3 million donation to back GOP candidates is the largest single contribution by an individual in state history.
www.opb.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Oregon’s richest man again donating record $$ to Republican candidates for state offices www.opb.org/article/2025...
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Yeah not cool at all. Says a lot about him.
Oregon’s richest man again donating record $$ to Republican candidates for state offices www.opb.org/article/2025...
Phil Knight is once again rooting for Oregon Republicans next year
A recent $3 million donation to back GOP candidates is the largest single contribution by an individual in state history.
www.opb.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Yeah not cool at all. Says a lot about him.
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So wonderful to celebrate Oregon's farmworker union PCUN and some amazing grassroots leaders, including the fierce and generous Martha Sonato. As we gather with friends and family this week, let us honor the farmworkers whose hard work feeds and sustains us. https://pcun.org/2025-gala/donate/
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
So wonderful to celebrate Oregon's farmworker union PCUN and some amazing grassroots leaders, including the fierce and generous Martha Sonato. As we gather with friends and family this week, let us honor the farmworkers whose hard work feeds and sustains us. https://pcun.org/2025-gala/donate/
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Full of humor, dazzling animation, and thoughtful commentary on the world around us, ZOOTOPIA 2 is a strong return to form for Disney Animation Studios.
Playing around the clock at a theater near you and throughout Thanksgiving weekend and the holiday season.
@seattlecritics.bsky.social
Playing around the clock at a theater near you and throughout Thanksgiving weekend and the holiday season.
@seattlecritics.bsky.social
Should I See It-Zootopia 2 (2025)
In this sequel to the Oscar-winning 2016 film, detectives Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find themselves on the twisting trail of a mysterious reptile who arrives in Zootopia and turns the mammal metropoli...
www.shouldiseeit.net
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Full of humor, dazzling animation, and thoughtful commentary on the world around us, ZOOTOPIA 2 is a strong return to form for Disney Animation Studios.
Playing around the clock at a theater near you and throughout Thanksgiving weekend and the holiday season.
@seattlecritics.bsky.social
Playing around the clock at a theater near you and throughout Thanksgiving weekend and the holiday season.
@seattlecritics.bsky.social
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Happy ZOOTOPIA 2 release. Flashback to my too-long essay on how the original film is about the social benefits of urban cosmopolitanism and the horrors of the environmental lead epidemic. (Seriously.) Bonus dragging of That One Guy from Birth Movies Death.
www.gatewaycinephile.com/blog/2016/4/...
www.gatewaycinephile.com/blog/2016/4/...
A City Upon a Hill: Zootopia — Gateway Cinephile
[Note: This post contains major spoilers. It expands upon my original review of Zootopia , which appeared at St. Louis Magazine on March 3, 2016.] A simple fact needs to be cleared up straightaway...
www.gatewaycinephile.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Happy ZOOTOPIA 2 release. Flashback to my too-long essay on how the original film is about the social benefits of urban cosmopolitanism and the horrors of the environmental lead epidemic. (Seriously.) Bonus dragging of That One Guy from Birth Movies Death.
www.gatewaycinephile.com/blog/2016/4/...
www.gatewaycinephile.com/blog/2016/4/...
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Zootopia 2’ Hops to Record-Breaking $34M Start in China; Biggest Opening Day Ever for a U.S. Animated Movie
https://www.fxoxo.com/242004/
Zootopia 2’ Hops to Record-Breaking $34M Start in China; Biggest Opening Day Ever for a U.S. Animated Movie by magikarpcatcher
https://www.fxoxo.com/242004/
Zootopia 2’ Hops to Record-Breaking $34M Start in China; Biggest Opening Day Ever for a U.S. Animated Movie by magikarpcatcher
Zootopia 2’ Hops to Record-Breaking $34M Start in China; Biggest Opening Day Ever for a U.S. Animated Movie
Zootopia 2’ Hops to Record-Breaking $34M Start in China; Biggest Opening Day Ever for a U.S. Animated Movieby magikarpcatcher
www.fxoxo.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Zootopia 2’ Hops to Record-Breaking $34M Start in China; Biggest Opening Day Ever for a U.S. Animated Movie
https://www.fxoxo.com/242004/
Zootopia 2’ Hops to Record-Breaking $34M Start in China; Biggest Opening Day Ever for a U.S. Animated Movie by magikarpcatcher
https://www.fxoxo.com/242004/
Zootopia 2’ Hops to Record-Breaking $34M Start in China; Biggest Opening Day Ever for a U.S. Animated Movie by magikarpcatcher
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‘ZOOTOPIA 2’ has earned $10.2M from Tuesday previews at the domestic box office.
The second-biggest ever for Disney Animation, only behind ‘Moana 2’ ($13.8M).
The second-biggest ever for Disney Animation, only behind ‘Moana 2’ ($13.8M).
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
‘ZOOTOPIA 2’ has earned $10.2M from Tuesday previews at the domestic box office.
The second-biggest ever for Disney Animation, only behind ‘Moana 2’ ($13.8M).
The second-biggest ever for Disney Animation, only behind ‘Moana 2’ ($13.8M).
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MOVIE REVIEW: Zootopia 2 is an animal buddy cop blast
Disney’s long-awaited sequel brings rapid-fire jokes, buddy-cop chaos, rich animation, and an irresistible new cast of creatures.
Disney’s long-awaited sequel brings rapid-fire jokes, buddy-cop chaos, rich animation, and an irresistible new cast of creatures.
MOVIE REVIEW: Zootopia 2 is an animal buddy cop blast
Disney’s long-awaited sequel brings rapid-fire jokes, buddy-cop chaos, rich animation, and an irresistible new cast of creatures.
www.comicsbeat.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
MOVIE REVIEW: Zootopia 2 is an animal buddy cop blast
Disney’s long-awaited sequel brings rapid-fire jokes, buddy-cop chaos, rich animation, and an irresistible new cast of creatures.
Disney’s long-awaited sequel brings rapid-fire jokes, buddy-cop chaos, rich animation, and an irresistible new cast of creatures.
This interview provides a skeleton key for Jon Raymond's new book GOD AND SEX. But if you haven't read it yet, this is full of spoilers:
Miracles, Magic Thinking, and the Climate Crisis | Los Angeles Review of Books
Tess Pollok interviews Jon Raymond about his new novel, “God and Sex.”
lareviewofbooks.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This interview provides a skeleton key for Jon Raymond's new book GOD AND SEX. But if you haven't read it yet, this is full of spoilers:
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💧💙 In case you missed it: We hosted a powerful online conversation to celebrate the launch of Is A River Alive?, featuring its acclaimed author @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social, river guardians Ramiro Ávila and Viviana González, moderated by Natalia Greene and Tosana Töben.
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/A-vVyQ5PyvQ
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/A-vVyQ5PyvQ
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
💧💙 In case you missed it: We hosted a powerful online conversation to celebrate the launch of Is A River Alive?, featuring its acclaimed author @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social, river guardians Ramiro Ávila and Viviana González, moderated by Natalia Greene and Tosana Töben.
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/A-vVyQ5PyvQ
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/A-vVyQ5PyvQ
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Over 40 organizations stand with Coastal First Nations to protect the north Pacific coast—a globally significant ecosystem and vital economic hub. Oil tankers put communities, wildlife & our climate at risk.
💧 No consent. No plan. No pipeline.
📢 Read the full statement: www.wcel.org/media-releas...
💧 No consent. No plan. No pipeline.
📢 Read the full statement: www.wcel.org/media-releas...
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Over 40 organizations stand with Coastal First Nations to protect the north Pacific coast—a globally significant ecosystem and vital economic hub. Oil tankers put communities, wildlife & our climate at risk.
💧 No consent. No plan. No pipeline.
📢 Read the full statement: www.wcel.org/media-releas...
💧 No consent. No plan. No pipeline.
📢 Read the full statement: www.wcel.org/media-releas...
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Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
nativeorganizing.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
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Human-driven land-use changes are reducing the functional diversity and redundancy of bird communities, leaving ecosystems more vulnerable to future biodiversity loss and environmental shocks. doi.org/hbcrxk
Global bird study reveals declining ecosystem resilience
Human-driven changes to landscapes worldwide are 'thinning out' the ecological services supplied by wild birds, eroding the functions that support stable and resilient ecosystems.
phys.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Human-driven land-use changes are reducing the functional diversity and redundancy of bird communities, leaving ecosystems more vulnerable to future biodiversity loss and environmental shocks. doi.org/hbcrxk
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Barclay’s supposed climate commitments didn’t stop it helping raise nearly $2bn for US coal projects.
The real power brokers
We won’t get real climate action while big polluters are overseeing government departments.
theecologist.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Barclay’s supposed climate commitments didn’t stop it helping raise nearly $2bn for US coal projects.