Basic City Girl
@basiccitygirl.bsky.social
Retired VP Tech. Sold to Feds, DoD, Intell in DC 32 years. Climate, feminist, birder, gardener, vegan, artist, liberal Dem.
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The climate crisis won’t wait and neither will we. With this team, we’ll meet it head-on.
November 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The climate crisis won’t wait and neither will we. With this team, we’ll meet it head-on.
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The push to ban gas-powered leaf blowers has gained an unlikely figurehead: Cate Blanchett, the Australian actress. “Leaf blowers need to be eradicated from the face of the Earth,” she said in an i...
Everyone hates gas-powered leaf blowers. So why is it so hard to ban them?
Cities and states are trying to ditch America's most hated appliance. They're already running into challenges.
grist.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The push to ban gas-powered leaf blowers has gained an unlikely figurehead: Cate Blanchett, the Australian actress. “Leaf blowers need to be eradicated from the face of the Earth,” she said in an i...
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Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are culpable for endangering the National Guard by putting them in harm’s way.
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are culpable for endangering the National Guard by putting them in harm’s way.
WHO'S WITH ME? ENTERING PHASE 2 OF TRUMP ADMIN.
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
WHO'S WITH ME? ENTERING PHASE 2 OF TRUMP ADMIN.
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This is how a country protects their democracy!!
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This is how a country protects their democracy!!
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While Americans try to get the Epstein files released, the Trump administration allowed this to happen!! 1.27 billion acres of water which will endanger many species including the Rice Whale.
November 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
While Americans try to get the Epstein files released, the Trump administration allowed this to happen!! 1.27 billion acres of water which will endanger many species including the Rice Whale.
COWBOYS and this is good news why?
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
COWBOYS and this is good news why?
who am I rooting for? whoever is playing the Cowboys.
November 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
who am I rooting for? whoever is playing the Cowboys.
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Turkeys are flavorless and dry, and they want to live. This Thanksgiving, @mbolotnikova.bsky.social encourages you to challenge the status quo and embrace plant-based alternatives, have conversations about ethical food choices, and create more sustainable and compassionate traditions.
8 million turkeys will be thrown in the trash this Thanksgiving
We don’t have to accept all that death and waste for a dry, flavorless bird no one likes.
www.vox.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Turkeys are flavorless and dry, and they want to live. This Thanksgiving, @mbolotnikova.bsky.social encourages you to challenge the status quo and embrace plant-based alternatives, have conversations about ethical food choices, and create more sustainable and compassionate traditions.
MTG made millions on insider trading and gets a pension.
November 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
MTG made millions on insider trading and gets a pension.
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My pitch at COP in Belem:
1. Trump doesn't speak for our country on climate; he's the agent of fossil fuel - indeed, the corrupt agent. He speaks for them, his big donors, not for Americans.
1. Trump doesn't speak for our country on climate; he's the agent of fossil fuel - indeed, the corrupt agent. He speaks for them, his big donors, not for Americans.
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
My pitch at COP in Belem:
1. Trump doesn't speak for our country on climate; he's the agent of fossil fuel - indeed, the corrupt agent. He speaks for them, his big donors, not for Americans.
1. Trump doesn't speak for our country on climate; he's the agent of fossil fuel - indeed, the corrupt agent. He speaks for them, his big donors, not for Americans.
INTERESTING . . . Many of the uber rich playing in the AI bubble are akso in the Epstein files.
November 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
INTERESTING . . . Many of the uber rich playing in the AI bubble are akso in the Epstein files.
PPL
THIS IS A MORAL ISSUE
NOT POLITICAL
THIS IS A MORAL ISSUE
NOT POLITICAL
November 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
PPL
THIS IS A MORAL ISSUE
NOT POLITICAL
THIS IS A MORAL ISSUE
NOT POLITICAL
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“Trump & Brexit are not 2 different things. They are the same thing. Same companies. Same data. Same Facebook. Same Russians. Same Cambridge Analytica. Same Robert Mercer. Same Steve Bannon. Same Breitbart. Same Alexander Nix. Same Donald Trump. Same Nigel Farage” @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
👇 #BBC
👇 #BBC
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“Trump & Brexit are not 2 different things. They are the same thing. Same companies. Same data. Same Facebook. Same Russians. Same Cambridge Analytica. Same Robert Mercer. Same Steve Bannon. Same Breitbart. Same Alexander Nix. Same Donald Trump. Same Nigel Farage” @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
👇 #BBC
👇 #BBC
Trump Stadium at old RFK? I will burn it down, sow salt, then nuke it.
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Trump Stadium at old RFK? I will burn it down, sow salt, then nuke it.
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Simple rule: Stop setting carbon on fire to make energy. It ain't sustainable.
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Simple rule: Stop setting carbon on fire to make energy. It ain't sustainable.
CONSUMPTION =
EXTRACTION =
DESTRUCTION.
Reduce Reuse Recycle Resist
EXTRACTION =
DESTRUCTION.
Reduce Reuse Recycle Resist
November 9, 2025 at 4:56 AM
CONSUMPTION =
EXTRACTION =
DESTRUCTION.
Reduce Reuse Recycle Resist
EXTRACTION =
DESTRUCTION.
Reduce Reuse Recycle Resist
EVEN IF you could prove whites are superior why is that an excuse to be cruel to others? It should be a reason to help.
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 AM
EVEN IF you could prove whites are superior why is that an excuse to be cruel to others? It should be a reason to help.
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This is brilliant
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This is brilliant
At this rate Trump will quickly turn us into one of his "shit hole" nations.
October 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
At this rate Trump will quickly turn us into one of his "shit hole" nations.
As my opthomoligist warned me
ADAPT AND OVERCOME
ADAPT AND OVERCOME
October 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
As my opthomoligist warned me
ADAPT AND OVERCOME
ADAPT AND OVERCOME
Watching fellow Americans take the culture war bait while the oligarchs are stripping us for parts is HARD TO WATCH.
October 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Watching fellow Americans take the culture war bait while the oligarchs are stripping us for parts is HARD TO WATCH.
The Hilton on Conn. Ave. has a great ballroom you can rent.
October 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The Hilton on Conn. Ave. has a great ballroom you can rent.