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Calbear @calbeargirl.bsky.social · 17d

Why you should be cautious with your genetic data.

HIPAA does not protect you from consumer dna companies.

forbes.com/sites/larsda...

Did You Give Your DNA To 23andMe? Here’s Why You Might Regret It Soon

The implications of this sale are significant, raising concerns over data privacy and the potential misuse of sensitive genetic information.

forbes.com

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James Temple @jtemple.bsky.social · 2d

Battery plants can create advanced manufacturing jobs, help the US compete economically with China, diversify global supply chains, improve grid resilience & provide domestic supplies for automakers.

So naturally the DOE is clawing back funding for them.

DOE cancels more than $700M in battery, manufacturing projects

The nixed grants appear to be the first the Department of Energy has confirmed from a list that outlines $20 billion in potential cuts.

www.eenews.net

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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 2d

nice article by @scottpwaldman.bsky.social about the DOE Climate Working Group and their associations with conservative groups that are working to overturn the Endangerment Finding. The claim that they're just "doing the science" is increasingly unsupportable.
www.eenews.net/articles/doe...

DOE climate report colored by past views of its authors, critics say

A review by POLITICO's E&E News found that most of the authors have spoken out against the endangerment finding, once called the "holy grail" of climate

www.eenews.net

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sharonrichey.bsky.social @sharonrichey.bsky.social · 2d

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JoJoFromJerz (@jojofromjerz)

Donald Trump wants credit for peace abroad while waging war right here at home.

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Calbear @calbeargirl.bsky.social · 17d

“ the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, restricts the use of genetic data by health insurers and employers, it does not extend to life or disability insurers. This leaves a critical gap, potentially enabling future owners of the data to leverage it “
pbs.twimg.com/card_img/197...

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Chantal in QC 🇨🇦 @ninjazz636.bsky.social · 4d

Found a great one!

Protest sign that reads: « At this point, you’d have to pay me NOT to protest ».

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Mike Dettinger @mdettinger.bsky.social · 4d

Trump firings at DOE last week were in Offices of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Clean Energy Demonstrations, State & Community Energy, & Minority Economic Impact. Apparently they’re examples of “Democrat programs” he’s told us he‘d kill during this shutdown.

thehill.com/policy/energ...

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4d

Of the 2,500 No Kings gatherings across America, few were more saturated in American history—in flags and historical costumes—than the one on the Battle Green in Lexington, where the Minutemen fought another king 250 years ago.

I returned to the site of the original "No Kings" protest

A letter from Lexington’s Battle Green.

www.motherjones.com

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sharonrichey.bsky.social @sharonrichey.bsky.social · 5d

No Kings Day 2.0 in Miami!
open.substack.com/pub/katiepha...

No Kings Day 2.0 in Miami!

We had MORE THAN 4,000 people show up and show out today to protest the Trump Regime!

open.substack.com

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Charlie Richmond (Gyro Gearloose) 311.3ppm @charlierichmond.bsky.social · 5d

Electric School Buses Are Just Better Than Diesel Buses, That's All cleantechnica.com/2025/10/17/e...

Electric School Buses Are Just Better Than Diesel Buses, That's All

Electric school buses continue to roll into school districts across the US, despite the abrupt U-turn in federal EV policy

cleantechnica.com

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TomDemCast @tomdemcast.bsky.social · Sep 8

THESE are the people making decisions on women's health. Notice anything?

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TomDemCast @tomdemcast.bsky.social · Sep 15

Donald Trump can't win the 2026 midterms fair and square - so he's trying to cheat by calling up his cronies in red states and asking for seats.

California: YOU have the power to stop him.

Vote YES on Prop 50 to defend fair elections and STOP Trump's election rigging.

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TomDemCast @tomdemcast.bsky.social · 19d

They’re stealing seats. We’re leveling the field. Prop 50 is California’s line of defense against Trump’s election rigging.

#YesOnProp50

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System Working As Intended @systemnotbroken.bsky.social · 7d

Theft is theft, right?
Yes, it is. Unless we are talking about an employer stealing wages. Then it's "ok for a price" and in reality that price is... nothing.
Ah, and the Labour Party tried to add a tribunal fee. Of course for workers to pay.

System working as intended.

Employers Who Steal Wages Should Be Made Criminally Liable | Novara Media

A shocking investigation has revealed that employers who fail to pay wages simply get away with it. It’s time to make wage theft a criminal matter, argues Matthew Cole.

novaramedia.com

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 10d

Earth has breached its 1st tipping point. Rising ocean heat pushed corals past their limit precipitating a die-off of reefs and jeopardizing the livelihoods of nearly 1bn people. Even if warming doesn't exceed
1.5C, damage to warm-water coral may be irreparable.
www.sciencenews.org/article/cora...

Coral collapse signals Earth's first climate tipping point

The global die-off of coral reefs signals a critical shift in Earth’s climate system with global environmental consequences along with economic ones.

www.sciencenews.org

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 10d

Banks are abandoning climate commitments. The Net-Zero Banking Alliance has been suspended since 8/27. Banks' fossil-fuel lending reached a 3-yr high of $869bn. But, this is at the planet's peril. Investors are now exposed to over $1tn in potential losses.
www.theinvadingsea.com/2025/10/13/n...

Banks retreat from climate change commitments – but it’s business more than politics | The Invading Sea

Net-zero alliances never made much business sense and were not particularly effective at fighting climate change.

www.theinvadingsea.com

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 9d

The military faces growing climate threats, but the Pentagon's cutting back. Its 2026 budget suggests slashing $1.6bn in climate spending, including a $6m grant to decarbonize naval ships' emissions. Half of coastal bases face at least 270 flood events, yearly.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Pentagon retreats from climate fight even as heat and storms slam US troops

For decades, the military treated climate crisis as a threat. Now it’s backing away from plans to protect people and bases from extreme weather

www.theguardian.com

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 8d

CA has emerged as a center of the global battery-storage transformation. Capacity has risen 300% to 13GW enough to power about 10mn households. Another 8.6GW will be harnessed by 2027. Global battery capacity is projected to grow 67% in '25 and 1000% by 2035. #powered
www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...

Horizontal bar graph depicting the number of new utility-scale battery storage facilities added in CA, TX, AZ, NV, ID, NM, CO, HI, GA, and MS in 2024.

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 8d

Climate experts say the UK should be prepared for extreme weather resulting from at least 2C of warming by 2050. The increase of CO₂ in the atmosphere between '23 and '24 was the largest ever. The govt is urged to set long-term objectives with new targets every 5 yr.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Government told to prepare for 2C warming by 2050 - BBC News

The Climate Change Committee said the UK should make climate change adaptions beyond the Paris Agreement.

www.bbc.com

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 7d

A lawsuit filed by young climate activists targeting President Trump's pro-fossil-fuel executive orders was dismissed. "Overwhelming evidence" of climate damage was recognized. But, having courts scrutinize measures' effects on the planet was deemed "unworkable."
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/oct...

Judge dismisses suit by young climate activists against Trump’s pro-fossil fuel policies

Plaintiffs had ‘overwhelming evidence’ of climate crisis but a court injunction would be ‘unworkable’, ruling says

www.theguardian.com

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 6d

A new wind turbine was developed that delivers robust power, even at low wind speeds. IAP and the BBF Group created a lightweight rotor—comprised of hollow fibre composite shells—that generates power at just 2.7m/s with high efficiency in wind-tunnel tests.
interestingengineering.com/energy/break...

Tiny wind turbine gets 83% more power with breakthrough rotor design

German researchers have developed a lightweight small wind turbine that delivers high efficiency even in regions with weak wind conditions.

interestingengineering.com

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 6d

Regulators are revoking rules that obligated banks to plan for losses in the event of climate disasters and events, according to a 10/16 announcement. The FDIC and the Fed are among the agencies. The Fed decreed that they will "refocus" on "material financial risk."
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/r...

U.S. regulators toss out rules requiring banks to prepare for climate change

The Fed and others no longer believe the requirements are necessary as they are redundant with other provisions banks already make to plan for emergencies.

www.cnbc.com

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 6d

So glad I switched from a gas cooker and wood burning stove over to electric (induction and an air-to-air heat pump) several years back.

And not just for climate reasons.
share.google/e6mbJFgsx5Yv...

Wood burning and gas cooking hugely costly to healthcare systems, New Zealand study finds

Experts suggest replacing gas hobs with electric ones, saying it is a win–win for health and the climate

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.realise.earth · 6d

“The skin between our toes contains a more diverse number of fungal species than any other skin mycobiome.”

At first this research feels quite gross. But on reflection, another example of our interconnectedness with the rest of nature.
theconversation.com/the-fungi-li...

The fungi living in the body play an important role in health – here’s what you should know about the ‘mycobiome’

The ‘mycobiome’ refers to the hundreds of species of fungi that normally live on and in our body.

theconversation.com

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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 6d

The IMO just put the kibosh on a plan for net zero regulations on shipping, due to intense pressure from the US and Saudi Arabia. This isn't as devastating as it may seem. THREAD

Landmark global shipping deal abandoned under US threats

President Trump intervened in the talks calling the deal a "green scam".

www.bbc.com

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