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Willus
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Lover of the wild, horses, kindness, integrity. Astrologer. Intuition. Metaphysics. Presence. Community. Deep conversation.

"We're not free if we're only free to be like everyone else."
~ Sissy Goodwin

Straight, but not narrow.
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We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.” ― James Baldwin

Pic of the day

#photography
December 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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okay #science / #scicomm bluesky

do you know what a hatchling eel looks like??

this is everything i know about eel reproduction, condensed into a 4-minute Sabrina Carpenter song

youtu.be/TzN148WQ2OQ?...
SARGASSO // EELS (Sabrina Carpenter Parody) | A Capella Science
YouTube video by acapellascience
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January 26, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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December 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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December 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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NONE of this sits right IMO‼️
December 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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This is mental illness.
December 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Arctic ice at record low: “This year was the warmest on record and had the most precipitation on record – to see both of those things happen in one year is remarkable”
December 18, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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vanity fair knew exactly what it was doing
December 17, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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In case you missed it live, a full recording of my rapid-response livestream regarding news surrounding the proposed imminent and sudden dismantling of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is now available.
Special rapid response stream re: proposed dismantling of National Center for Atmospheric Research
The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain on various topics related to extreme #weather and #climate. 12/17/2025 topic: This will be a special emergency livestream to discuss the context and broader implications of breaking news last n
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December 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Frost: If you want to protect children, why don't you ban assault weapons instead of health care?
December 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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We were married on this day in 1978... soulmates ever since. ❣️

#ForeverGrateful 🙏
December 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Your 'doom quote' for today:

"In the text of the Paris Agreement ... there is not the slightest acknowledgment that something has gone wrong with our dominant paradigms ... The current paradigm of perpetual growth is enshrined at the core of the text."

press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
The Great Derangement
Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so. How else to explain our imaginative failure in the face of global warming? In his first ma...
press.uchicago.edu
December 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Read this. Then read it again.
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Rob Reiner on Christian nationalism
December 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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We are failing our kids
December 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Michelle Obama always keeps it real. That’s why we love her.

This is how a decent and good person speaks about other decent and good people who died from a tragic murder.
December 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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El Niño and La Niña are little children of our former calm climate.

What is coming next is
El hombre and La mujer

The big grownup weather is about to hit.
November 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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December 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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As a rainforest forms naturally all around this boulder, so do the more sheltered, humid conditions allow a rich bed of mosses and other plants to recolonise.

Continual nature loss is not inevitable: the reverse is equally possible.
#Rewilding 🌍
December 16, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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December 16, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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🎁 The best gift is to find MELIA a low traffic adult only home. No dogs. Cats are ok. Training is funded to help her with guarding. (Food & toys) Sweet, playful, only 3 yrs old. Adopt her 🎁

Hempstead Animal Shelter
[email protected]
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
December 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM