Gary Schollmeier
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I’m the most comfortable in nature. My interests are clean water, climate change, housing, photography and my simple prose. Unless it's a repost, all photos by me. Use the media tab, you can by-pass most of my politics.
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There have been SEVERAL incidents of ICE arresting Somali US citizens on the street, and detaining them for up to 24 hours.
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U.S. citizen offered to show I.D. but was arrested by immigration officers in Cedar-Riverside
A Somali U.S. citizen, Mubashir, was arrested by federal immigration officers in Cedar-Riverside Tuesday during a mass enforcement.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
There have been SEVERAL incidents of ICE arresting Somali US citizens on the street, and detaining them for up to 24 hours.
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We talk about species extinction, but the real story is ecosystem extinction.
When ecosystems disappear, they take thousands of species with them, named or not.
Most of those losses never enter a database.
When ecosystems disappear, they take thousands of species with them, named or not.
Most of those losses never enter a database.
December 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
We talk about species extinction, but the real story is ecosystem extinction.
When ecosystems disappear, they take thousands of species with them, named or not.
Most of those losses never enter a database.
When ecosystems disappear, they take thousands of species with them, named or not.
Most of those losses never enter a database.
On Fear Politics in American Governance
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On Fear Politics in American Governance
Fear was once a warning flare.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
On Fear Politics in American Governance
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What makes their tactics any different from criminals? Criminals also don’t uphold the law and respect rights. Indeed,it is altogether possible that these are the worst and most dangerous people in our society. Other criminals tend to assault people, these maskers kidnap, imprison & disappear people
December 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
What makes their tactics any different from criminals? Criminals also don’t uphold the law and respect rights. Indeed,it is altogether possible that these are the worst and most dangerous people in our society. Other criminals tend to assault people, these maskers kidnap, imprison & disappear people
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Studies showed that Agent Orange could only affect plants as it worked specifically on a plant pathway that animals didn’t have. For years, veterans were accused of scamming the system.
Roundup is no different. 1/6
Roundup is no different. 1/6
December 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Studies showed that Agent Orange could only affect plants as it worked specifically on a plant pathway that animals didn’t have. For years, veterans were accused of scamming the system.
Roundup is no different. 1/6
Roundup is no different. 1/6
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The Environmental Protection Agency has approved two new pesticides containing PFAS (“forever chemicals”)—raising serious concerns about their long-term impact on food, water and public health. 🌿🚨 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.
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December 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The Environmental Protection Agency has approved two new pesticides containing PFAS (“forever chemicals”)—raising serious concerns about their long-term impact on food, water and public health. 🌿🚨 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump promised to “protect American jobs.” Reality:
Musk & DOGE decimated federal jobs. Tariffs and immigration raids cost us jobs.
Cutting wind & solar power takes away jobs and drives electric costs up 📈. Insisting old power plants keep operating adds even more to the #TrumpInflationCrisis
Musk & DOGE decimated federal jobs. Tariffs and immigration raids cost us jobs.
Cutting wind & solar power takes away jobs and drives electric costs up 📈. Insisting old power plants keep operating adds even more to the #TrumpInflationCrisis
December 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Trump promised to “protect American jobs.” Reality:
Musk & DOGE decimated federal jobs. Tariffs and immigration raids cost us jobs.
Cutting wind & solar power takes away jobs and drives electric costs up 📈. Insisting old power plants keep operating adds even more to the #TrumpInflationCrisis
Musk & DOGE decimated federal jobs. Tariffs and immigration raids cost us jobs.
Cutting wind & solar power takes away jobs and drives electric costs up 📈. Insisting old power plants keep operating adds even more to the #TrumpInflationCrisis
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Nothing like spending tens of thousands of dollars for a shitbox that might burn you alive and definitely funds a Nazi's political project. #TeslaTakedown #MuskMustFall
Consumer Reports ranks Teslas as the least reliable used cars. "The best of the worst [ten] was Chevrolet at a score of 40. But Tesla makes that failing grade seem respectable with its absolute rock bottom rating of 31, trailing Jeep by just one point.” futurism.com/advanced-tra...
Old Teslas Are Falling Apart
On Consumer Reports' latest ranking of used car reliability, Tesla came in dead last with a rating not even half of the top placed brand.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Nothing like spending tens of thousands of dollars for a shitbox that might burn you alive and definitely funds a Nazi's political project. #TeslaTakedown #MuskMustFall
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Letting AI decide whether or not you can get the treatment your real-life doctor thinks you need? Nobody is asking for this. It's an irresponsible dangerous gamble by the Trump Administration.
A new Medicare pilot program is about to launch that will let private companies use AI to review requests for certain medical care — and reward companies when they deny claims.
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Medicare’s new AI experiment sparks alarm among doctors, lawmakers • Stateline
A Medicare pilot program will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical care — and will reward the companies when they deny it.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Letting AI decide whether or not you can get the treatment your real-life doctor thinks you need? Nobody is asking for this. It's an irresponsible dangerous gamble by the Trump Administration.
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Completely agree. Sure, Americans voted this guy in but the Republicans in Congress are the reason Trump and his cronies are in office and destroying our democracy. And SCOTUS is an accomplice.
(cartoon from 2022)
(cartoon from 2022)
December 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Completely agree. Sure, Americans voted this guy in but the Republicans in Congress are the reason Trump and his cronies are in office and destroying our democracy. And SCOTUS is an accomplice.
(cartoon from 2022)
(cartoon from 2022)
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I wrote about how numbers can comfort us even when ecosystems are collapsing. Persistence isn’t recovery. Survival isn’t success. Statistics can hide extinction as easily as reveal it.
My new piece in Salish Current: “The Moral Comfort of Numbers.”
salish-current.org/2025/12/04/t...
My new piece in Salish Current: “The Moral Comfort of Numbers.”
salish-current.org/2025/12/04/t...
The moral comfort of numbers
Commentary: 'Saved from extinction' is not as comforting as it may sound.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I wrote about how numbers can comfort us even when ecosystems are collapsing. Persistence isn’t recovery. Survival isn’t success. Statistics can hide extinction as easily as reveal it.
My new piece in Salish Current: “The Moral Comfort of Numbers.”
salish-current.org/2025/12/04/t...
My new piece in Salish Current: “The Moral Comfort of Numbers.”
salish-current.org/2025/12/04/t...
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December 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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RFK Jr.'s claim that COVID vaccines are deadly? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In this new extraordinarily large study, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those unvaccinated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France
This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...
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December 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
RFK Jr.'s claim that COVID vaccines are deadly? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In this new extraordinarily large study, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those unvaccinated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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"The group rallied amid frigid conditions at the Target store on East Lake Street, alleging it allowed agents to stage raids in the parking lot.
'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...”
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'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...”
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December 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"The group rallied amid frigid conditions at the Target store on East Lake Street, alleging it allowed agents to stage raids in the parking lot.
'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
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December 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it
Teaching when to trust
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge
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December 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
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Are you wearing a costume?
Are you doing all you can to resist??
Are you doing all you can to resist??
December 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Are you wearing a costume?
Are you doing all you can to resist??
Are you doing all you can to resist??
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When you drain the Great Salt Lake and expose 800 sq mi of contaminated playa there is a steep price to pay…… contaminated air, death, illness, and money.
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A drying Great Salt Lake is spewing toxic dust. It could cost Utah billions — Grist
Note to readers • This story is made possible through a partnership between The Salt Lake Tribune and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
When you drain the Great Salt Lake and expose 800 sq mi of contaminated playa there is a steep price to pay…… contaminated air, death, illness, and money.
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A Medicare pilot program will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical care — and will reward the companies when they deny it.
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Medicare’s new AI experiment sparks alarm among doctors, lawmakers
A Medicare pilot program will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical care — and will reward the companies when they deny it.In…
www.newsfromthestates.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A Medicare pilot program will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical care — and will reward the companies when they deny it.
via @stateline.org
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/medi...
via @stateline.org
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December 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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#ICE #ICEraids #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue
ICE keeps hunting brown people instead of criminals — like incompetence is part of the uniform. This Christmas, may karma leave a big ol’ lump of accountability in their stocking. 🎄🔥 #DoYourJob #StopTargetingFamilies #KarmaSeason
ICE keeps hunting brown people instead of criminals — like incompetence is part of the uniform. This Christmas, may karma leave a big ol’ lump of accountability in their stocking. 🎄🔥 #DoYourJob #StopTargetingFamilies #KarmaSeason
December 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
#ICE #ICEraids #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue
ICE keeps hunting brown people instead of criminals — like incompetence is part of the uniform. This Christmas, may karma leave a big ol’ lump of accountability in their stocking. 🎄🔥 #DoYourJob #StopTargetingFamilies #KarmaSeason
ICE keeps hunting brown people instead of criminals — like incompetence is part of the uniform. This Christmas, may karma leave a big ol’ lump of accountability in their stocking. 🎄🔥 #DoYourJob #StopTargetingFamilies #KarmaSeason
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Please repeat this
law enforcement!
ICE is breaking so many laws and committing crimes against humanity!
law enforcement!
ICE is breaking so many laws and committing crimes against humanity!
December 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Please repeat this
law enforcement!
ICE is breaking so many laws and committing crimes against humanity!
law enforcement!
ICE is breaking so many laws and committing crimes against humanity!
For Aftyn Behn & TN-07
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For Aftyn Behn & TN-07
Writer, songwriter, story teller, I write poems and songs and essays. I post them here and hope they find who they are supposed to find.
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For Aftyn Behn & TN-07
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