𝓖𝓲𝓪 𝓜𝓸𝓻𝓪 (she | her)
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Ciao, tutti! 👋 I’m Gia.
I'm a writer-performer-producer and the creator of Animal Matters, a Substack for the eco-curious seeking joy and everyday #ClimateAction. 🌱✨
I'm a writer-performer-producer and the creator of Animal Matters, a Substack for the eco-curious seeking joy and everyday #ClimateAction. 🌱✨
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🚨 BREAKING: Trump is moving to eliminate the EPA’s Endangerment Finding — one of the strongest legal tools we have to fight climate pollution.
We will fight this. Polluters should pay — not the public. Read more at our statement bit.ly/4aNcAwb
We will fight this. Polluters should pay — not the public. Read more at our statement bit.ly/4aNcAwb
February 11, 2026 at 3:07 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Trump is moving to eliminate the EPA’s Endangerment Finding — one of the strongest legal tools we have to fight climate pollution.
We will fight this. Polluters should pay — not the public. Read more at our statement bit.ly/4aNcAwb
We will fight this. Polluters should pay — not the public. Read more at our statement bit.ly/4aNcAwb
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🚨 Epstein survivors release this powerful PSA in advance of the Super Bowl demanding answers from the Justice Department. This is the Super Bowl ad every American should see. Spread it everywhere.
February 8, 2026 at 5:32 PM
🚨 Epstein survivors release this powerful PSA in advance of the Super Bowl demanding answers from the Justice Department. This is the Super Bowl ad every American should see. Spread it everywhere.
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"It’s hard not to read these files and come to the conclusion that Epstein helped engineer the ultimate elite impunity — in which our society has been totally destroyed so the richest and most powerful men in the world can do whatever they want."
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: bit.ly/4kF9C1j
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: bit.ly/4kF9C1j
February 6, 2026 at 4:13 PM
"It’s hard not to read these files and come to the conclusion that Epstein helped engineer the ultimate elite impunity — in which our society has been totally destroyed so the richest and most powerful men in the world can do whatever they want."
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: bit.ly/4kF9C1j
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: bit.ly/4kF9C1j
What a fabulous way to let shelter dogs get some critical outdoor-human time and to let the world know they’re available for a furever home!
laist.com/news/los-ang...
laist.com/news/los-ang...
Can’t adopt a dog? Pasadena Humane now offering pup field trips and sleepovers to the public
The excursions can range from a short walk around the park to a long weekend sleepover, which can give dogs' personalities time to shine outside the shelter.
laist.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:49 PM
What a fabulous way to let shelter dogs get some critical outdoor-human time and to let the world know they’re available for a furever home!
laist.com/news/los-ang...
laist.com/news/los-ang...
Of course these beautiful creatures have imaginations! We already know the emotions of wonder and awe can be traced back to our primate ancestors. Only because we’re unwilling to believe that they have higher order thinking has it taken us this long to recognize it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/s...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/s...
At a ‘Tea Party’ With Scientists, This Ape Showed Some Imagination
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Of course these beautiful creatures have imaginations! We already know the emotions of wonder and awe can be traced back to our primate ancestors. Only because we’re unwilling to believe that they have higher order thinking has it taken us this long to recognize it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/s...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/s...
Having written about bees as commodity animals, I found this piece of advice fascinating:
Restoring one acre of habitat for each hive maintained could be enough to sustain the 40,000 insects living in a typical hive without starving the native bees.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Restoring one acre of habitat for each hive maintained could be enough to sustain the 40,000 insects living in a typical hive without starving the native bees.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Column | Good news: We saved the bees. Bad news: We saved the wrong ones.
Honeybees have never been in danger of extinction. But scientists are finding that they can accelerate the demise of native bee populations.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Having written about bees as commodity animals, I found this piece of advice fascinating:
Restoring one acre of habitat for each hive maintained could be enough to sustain the 40,000 insects living in a typical hive without starving the native bees.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Restoring one acre of habitat for each hive maintained could be enough to sustain the 40,000 insects living in a typical hive without starving the native bees.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Next, the ICE agent who murdered Nicole Good will be suing for libel... and will be awarded millions. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
They ransacked the U.S. Capitol and want the government to pay them back
Last year, President Donald Trump pardoned almost 1,600 people charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. Now many of them might get money back from the government.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Next, the ICE agent who murdered Nicole Good will be suing for libel... and will be awarded millions. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
I'm pretty sure that killing people with pollution is *also* bad business. Did anyone else spend 30-40% of their AGI on healthcare in 2025? (Or was that just me?) And I have good corporate insurance! My insurer paid six figures in care. That ain't cheap, so explain this "cost to businesses" to me.
"The agency [EPA] will now only consider the costs to businesses of complying with pollution standards."
This administration makes it abundantly clear every single day that they have zero regard for the health and well-being of the American people.
This administration makes it abundantly clear every single day that they have zero regard for the health and well-being of the American people.
EPA Will No Longer Consider Lives Saved in Pollution Rules, Only Cost to Business
The policy change says the “quiet part out loud,” one environmental advocate said.
truthout.org
January 22, 2026 at 10:36 PM
I'm pretty sure that killing people with pollution is *also* bad business. Did anyone else spend 30-40% of their AGI on healthcare in 2025? (Or was that just me?) And I have good corporate insurance! My insurer paid six figures in care. That ain't cheap, so explain this "cost to businesses" to me.
January 21, 2026 at 10:26 PM
I’ve shared many articles about how smart cows are, including ones that swim back to shore after being washed away in hurricanes. Now here’s a story about a cow WHO USES TOOLS.
Still wanna shoot a bullet in her dumb head and eat her for dinner? #GoVegan
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Still wanna shoot a bullet in her dumb head and eat her for dinner? #GoVegan
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Watch Veronika the brown cow pick up a rake to scratch herself—a scientific first
Veronika the cow has learned to scratch herself with deck brushes and other tools. Scientists took note.
www.nationalgeographic.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:21 PM
I’ve shared many articles about how smart cows are, including ones that swim back to shore after being washed away in hurricanes. Now here’s a story about a cow WHO USES TOOLS.
Still wanna shoot a bullet in her dumb head and eat her for dinner? #GoVegan
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Still wanna shoot a bullet in her dumb head and eat her for dinner? #GoVegan
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Words matter. I dislike calling this a "billionaire tax" because it targets people -- not money. Why not call it an asset tax? Or an ultra-wealth tax? Then it's clear to us plebes that it's not about us. Otherwise, we run into the "Death Tax" language issue.
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Explaining California's billionaire tax: The proposals, the backlash and the exodus
Here is a list of some of the billionaires who've made moves to leave California.
www.latimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Words matter. I dislike calling this a "billionaire tax" because it targets people -- not money. Why not call it an asset tax? Or an ultra-wealth tax? Then it's clear to us plebes that it's not about us. Otherwise, we run into the "Death Tax" language issue.
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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“The billionaire class has sought to convince those making $30-an-hour that their enemies are those earning $20-an-hour. They want the people to fight amongst ourselves so that we remain distracted from the work of remaking a long, broken system.”
-Zohran Mamdani
-Zohran Mamdani
January 2, 2026 at 2:00 AM
“The billionaire class has sought to convince those making $30-an-hour that their enemies are those earning $20-an-hour. They want the people to fight amongst ourselves so that we remain distracted from the work of remaking a long, broken system.”
-Zohran Mamdani
-Zohran Mamdani
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In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
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I really love women who were problematic in eras where they were barely permitted to be sentient cause rebelling with a felony or four seems measured and reasonable under those circumstances.
January 2, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I really love women who were problematic in eras where they were barely permitted to be sentient cause rebelling with a felony or four seems measured and reasonable under those circumstances.
I respect Temple Grandin for her singular way of viewing the world, but when I hear that including cattle in her new (admittedly gorgeous) portrait at the National Portrait Gallery is proof that these creatures are worthy of humane treatment, I want to explode. A 🧵about #AnimalWelfare. 1/5
January 2, 2026 at 1:59 AM
I respect Temple Grandin for her singular way of viewing the world, but when I hear that including cattle in her new (admittedly gorgeous) portrait at the National Portrait Gallery is proof that these creatures are worthy of humane treatment, I want to explode. A 🧵about #AnimalWelfare. 1/5
Excellent news for California’s coastline: no more plastic bags! laist.com/news/politic... #StopPlasticPollution
California says adiós to plastic bags! Why a new 2026 law bans them at grocery stores
The changes comes after a legal loophole allowed thicker plastic bags, which weren’t reused as intended.
laist.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Excellent news for California’s coastline: no more plastic bags! laist.com/news/politic... #StopPlasticPollution
Love that in the new “Knives Out” movie the character with chronic pain is an ambulatory wheelchair user! Haven’t seen that since Britt Marling’s “Murder at the End of the World.”
December 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Love that in the new “Knives Out” movie the character with chronic pain is an ambulatory wheelchair user! Haven’t seen that since Britt Marling’s “Murder at the End of the World.”
After having performed for many years on the Kennedy Center stages, I owe a great debt to @repbeatty.bsky.social.
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
After having performed for many years on the Kennedy Center stages, I owe a great debt to @repbeatty.bsky.social.
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GREAT news for animals 🎉
The U.S. military can no longer shoot animals in gruesome & sickening trauma training drills in 2026! PETA’s decades-long campaign & persistent pressure helped make this historic shift possible ✨
The U.S. military can no longer shoot animals in gruesome & sickening trauma training drills in 2026! PETA’s decades-long campaign & persistent pressure helped make this historic shift possible ✨
December 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
GREAT news for animals 🎉
The U.S. military can no longer shoot animals in gruesome & sickening trauma training drills in 2026! PETA’s decades-long campaign & persistent pressure helped make this historic shift possible ✨
The U.S. military can no longer shoot animals in gruesome & sickening trauma training drills in 2026! PETA’s decades-long campaign & persistent pressure helped make this historic shift possible ✨
I know you can’t harvest your own sustainably grown Festivus pole, but if you’re inclined to celebrate with those pagan trees, here’s the scoop on what’s best for Mamma Earth.
Real or fake Christmas tree: what's the best choice for nature?
🎄 Read all of the pros and cons: https://nature.ly/3MLcfS2
🎄 Read all of the pros and cons: https://nature.ly/3MLcfS2
December 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I know you can’t harvest your own sustainably grown Festivus pole, but if you’re inclined to celebrate with those pagan trees, here’s the scoop on what’s best for Mamma Earth.
Meowy Everything, friends! From Giacomo and Wamba, who kindly remind you to #AdoptDontShop. #Catsky
December 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Meowy Everything, friends! From Giacomo and Wamba, who kindly remind you to #AdoptDontShop. #Catsky
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Caroline Herschel (1750–1848) was a German-born British astronomer who became one of the first women to make significant contributions to the field of astronomy.
#GirlPower
#RadicalWomen
#GirlPower
#RadicalWomen
December 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Caroline Herschel (1750–1848) was a German-born British astronomer who became one of the first women to make significant contributions to the field of astronomy.
#GirlPower
#RadicalWomen
#GirlPower
#RadicalWomen
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One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
Well worth the read to understand how ‘courage culture’ misses the mark on #intersectionality.
I wrote about Brené Brown and "Courage Culture" over on Substack. Tap in!
"Thus, 'courage culture'...is the white-coded myth-based belief that vulnerability is experienced homogeneously across racial, gender, sexual, class, and ability lines."
jennmjacksonphd.substack.com/p/brene-brow...
"Thus, 'courage culture'...is the white-coded myth-based belief that vulnerability is experienced homogeneously across racial, gender, sexual, class, and ability lines."
jennmjacksonphd.substack.com/p/brene-brow...
December 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Well worth the read to understand how ‘courage culture’ misses the mark on #intersectionality.