Rachie PNW
@rachelpnw.bsky.social
Forest-dwelling recluse watching in horror as wild PNW mushroom colonies fail to sustain mycelium growth due to the #ClimateCrisis.
I hope to connect w #CovidCautious & #collapse-aware people.
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I hope to connect w #CovidCautious & #collapse-aware people.
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Rachie PNW
@rachelpnw.bsky.social
· Aug 1
Phantom Orchid, Cephalanthera austiniae
Gifford Pinchot Forest
Washington State
#bloomscrolling #orchids
#wildflowers
Gifford Pinchot Forest
Washington State
#bloomscrolling #orchids
#wildflowers
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The forgotten oil ads that told us climate change was nothing
1962
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
1962
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
December 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The forgotten oil ads that told us climate change was nothing
1962
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
1962
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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O Jardim das Casas Pintadas
Wonderful animal frescoes painted in a garden in Évora over 500 years ago, in 1520
Falcon, herons, peacocks, deer, hares and many more
Very impressive
(1/3)
Wonderful animal frescoes painted in a garden in Évora over 500 years ago, in 1520
Falcon, herons, peacocks, deer, hares and many more
Very impressive
(1/3)
December 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
O Jardim das Casas Pintadas
Wonderful animal frescoes painted in a garden in Évora over 500 years ago, in 1520
Falcon, herons, peacocks, deer, hares and many more
Very impressive
(1/3)
Wonderful animal frescoes painted in a garden in Évora over 500 years ago, in 1520
Falcon, herons, peacocks, deer, hares and many more
Very impressive
(1/3)
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Thread — How rage-bait discourse traps you, and how to beat it
A strange thing happened in 21st-century online culture.
Debate stopped being about persuasion, and became a kind of public blood sport.
A strange thing happened in 21st-century online culture.
Debate stopped being about persuasion, and became a kind of public blood sport.
December 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Thread — How rage-bait discourse traps you, and how to beat it
A strange thing happened in 21st-century online culture.
Debate stopped being about persuasion, and became a kind of public blood sport.
A strange thing happened in 21st-century online culture.
Debate stopped being about persuasion, and became a kind of public blood sport.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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As Bluesky grows in popularity, so does the industry of spam-for-hire services attempting to exploit it. Google searches for the query "buy bluesky followers" abound with numerous examples of strangely similar websites peddling bogus Bluesky followers, reposts, and likes.
December 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
As Bluesky grows in popularity, so does the industry of spam-for-hire services attempting to exploit it. Google searches for the query "buy bluesky followers" abound with numerous examples of strangely similar websites peddling bogus Bluesky followers, reposts, and likes.
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I cannot stress enough that is some rando responds to something you reposted trying to draw you into a “but have you considered” discussion of it, they are not acting in good faith, and you just block. Please, embrace the blue sky way. block. block. block.
December 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I cannot stress enough that is some rando responds to something you reposted trying to draw you into a “but have you considered” discussion of it, they are not acting in good faith, and you just block. Please, embrace the blue sky way. block. block. block.
This is the real reason AI is being shoved down our throats.
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
December 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This is the real reason AI is being shoved down our throats.
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The first school to market itself as AI free is going to corner the market on people interested in actually learning. And I would not be surprised if rich families and the children of people creating this tech were the first movers.
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The first school to market itself as AI free is going to corner the market on people interested in actually learning. And I would not be surprised if rich families and the children of people creating this tech were the first movers.
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Today, there is a person in Lincoln, NE that has had COVID for at least 4.5 years (probably in their GI tract) that almost certainly does not know they are infected.
We see the lineage every week. It would be easy to track them, at least from a technical perspective.
2/
We see the lineage every week. It would be easy to track them, at least from a technical perspective.
2/
December 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Today, there is a person in Lincoln, NE that has had COVID for at least 4.5 years (probably in their GI tract) that almost certainly does not know they are infected.
We see the lineage every week. It would be easy to track them, at least from a technical perspective.
2/
We see the lineage every week. It would be easy to track them, at least from a technical perspective.
2/
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GII.17 norovirus, now widespread worldwide, is airborne too.
December 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
GII.17 norovirus, now widespread worldwide, is airborne too.
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Gas stoves are filling millions of homes with hidden toxic air
->ScienceDaily | #toxic | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->ScienceDaily | #toxic | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
Gas stoves are filling millions of homes with hidden toxic air
For many people in the United States, spending time indoors does not guarantee protection from harmful air pollution. A new study led by Stanford University and published Dec. 2 in PNAS Nexus reports that gas and propane stoves release significant...
www.sciencedaily.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:09 AM
It’s going to be so satisfying to see all of these nonsense additions of his name removed. I hope some of the removals happen while he’s alive but if not, he’ll be dead soon enough.
Why is Donald Trump’s name now on the @usip.org building? Who put there? And when?
December 4, 2025 at 4:08 AM
It’s going to be so satisfying to see all of these nonsense additions of his name removed. I hope some of the removals happen while he’s alive but if not, he’ll be dead soon enough.
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I'm a Costco fan, not just because they continue to do the right thing for their workers and customers, but they also are fighting back! 💥 Join me in supporting them and boycotting Target and Home Depot who are suffering from our wrath
#WeAintBuyinIt
#WeAintBuyinIt
Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs
Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs
The wholesaler is the latest company to sue a federal agency over the president's signature economic policy.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I'm a Costco fan, not just because they continue to do the right thing for their workers and customers, but they also are fighting back! 💥 Join me in supporting them and boycotting Target and Home Depot who are suffering from our wrath
#WeAintBuyinIt
#WeAintBuyinIt
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Almost everyone I know acts as thought frequent jet travel is a human right. It is not.
Frequent flying is one of the most climate-wrecking things individuals do. Emissions from fossil fuel burning jet travel are permanent damage to the planet we depend on to live.
@flightfreeusa.bsky.social
Frequent flying is one of the most climate-wrecking things individuals do. Emissions from fossil fuel burning jet travel are permanent damage to the planet we depend on to live.
@flightfreeusa.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Almost everyone I know acts as thought frequent jet travel is a human right. It is not.
Frequent flying is one of the most climate-wrecking things individuals do. Emissions from fossil fuel burning jet travel are permanent damage to the planet we depend on to live.
@flightfreeusa.bsky.social
Frequent flying is one of the most climate-wrecking things individuals do. Emissions from fossil fuel burning jet travel are permanent damage to the planet we depend on to live.
@flightfreeusa.bsky.social
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The reason the top 10% of income earners pay more than half of all tax revenue is NOT because they are taxed more than ever.
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The reason the top 10% of income earners pay more than half of all tax revenue is NOT because they are taxed more than ever.
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
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Amazon Data Center Linked to Cluster of Rare Cancers
->Futurism | #data | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->Futurism | #data | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
Amazon Data Center Linked to Cluster of Rare Cancers
For the hundreds of communities who’ve been saddled with data centers in recent years, the bulky fixtures are sources of unbearable noise, soaring energy prices, and plenty of electrical fires. Add another grim possibility to that list: debilitating rare cancers...
futurism.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
NEWS: Major MAGA Accounts on Twitter Exposed as Foreign Actors
A stunning development over the past 24 hours.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
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I knew a woman who absently dusted a tabletop with her cat.
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I knew a woman who absently dusted a tabletop with her cat.
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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It’s good to explain that the CDC is lying and vaccines still unequivocally do not cause autism, even if it just reaches one person on here who has doubts. But the fight is out there, not in here; and the time to let go of the information deficit model of science communication was decades ago
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 AM
It’s good to explain that the CDC is lying and vaccines still unequivocally do not cause autism, even if it just reaches one person on here who has doubts. But the fight is out there, not in here; and the time to let go of the information deficit model of science communication was decades ago
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We have the Monotropa uniflora here in the PNW! A surreal and otherworldly find! We also have the related Monotropa hypopitys, also known as the Pine Sap.
#wildflowers
#bloomscrolling
#petalpushers
#insects
#pollinators
(My video taken last summer in the Gifford Pinchot Forest.)
#wildflowers
#bloomscrolling
#petalpushers
#insects
#pollinators
(My video taken last summer in the Gifford Pinchot Forest.)
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
We have the Monotropa uniflora here in the PNW! A surreal and otherworldly find! We also have the related Monotropa hypopitys, also known as the Pine Sap.
#wildflowers
#bloomscrolling
#petalpushers
#insects
#pollinators
(My video taken last summer in the Gifford Pinchot Forest.)
#wildflowers
#bloomscrolling
#petalpushers
#insects
#pollinators
(My video taken last summer in the Gifford Pinchot Forest.)
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I know I'm spamming you all with the world's largest flower this week but look at THIS! A rare glimpse inside Rafflesia arnoldi!
November 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I know I'm spamming you all with the world's largest flower this week but look at THIS! A rare glimpse inside Rafflesia arnoldi!
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WE FOUND IT! We trekked day and night through tiger-patrolled Sumatran rainforests accessible only under permit for this: Rafflesia hasseltii. Few people have ever seen this flower, and we watched it open by night. Magic.
November 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
WE FOUND IT! We trekked day and night through tiger-patrolled Sumatran rainforests accessible only under permit for this: Rafflesia hasseltii. Few people have ever seen this flower, and we watched it open by night. Magic.
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Earlier on the expedition we found the most beautiful flower, and here, my friends, is the biggest: Rafflesia arnoldi seen in full bloom today in the Sumatran jungle. This is the largest flower on earth and one of the greatest wonders of the natural world.
November 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Earlier on the expedition we found the most beautiful flower, and here, my friends, is the biggest: Rafflesia arnoldi seen in full bloom today in the Sumatran jungle. This is the largest flower on earth and one of the greatest wonders of the natural world.