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Forest Goddess
@a-reynolds.bsky.social
· Nov 28
Happy to share every last pear with this bear.
#gratitude #thankful #nature #blackbears #bears #NatureTherapy #photograpy
#gratitude #thankful #nature #blackbears #bears #NatureTherapy #photograpy
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the vice president is a klansman
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
the vice president is a klansman
“I read the Project 2025 stuff. I knew biomedical research was in the crosshairs...
I held back, trying to be cautious, not knowing what would happen... And the money is now basically gone.”
I held back, trying to be cautious, not knowing what would happen... And the money is now basically gone.”
December 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
“I read the Project 2025 stuff. I knew biomedical research was in the crosshairs...
I held back, trying to be cautious, not knowing what would happen... And the money is now basically gone.”
I held back, trying to be cautious, not knowing what would happen... And the money is now basically gone.”
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We are in the maelstrom of a multi-century struggle for this nation. If we don’t understand that, then we will fail to understand what’s at stake.
And we will under-react to the danger of this moment. That is why we need to know how history brings us here.
And we will under-react to the danger of this moment. That is why we need to know how history brings us here.
“The white supremacist, anti-14th Amendment, post-Brown movement has the complicity or active engagement of all three branches of government as it works to undo the constitutional infrastructure of Reconstruction and the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.”
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Is It Too Late?
No. But We Must Better Understand the Nature of the Battle
open.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We are in the maelstrom of a multi-century struggle for this nation. If we don’t understand that, then we will fail to understand what’s at stake.
And we will under-react to the danger of this moment. That is why we need to know how history brings us here.
And we will under-react to the danger of this moment. That is why we need to know how history brings us here.
December 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The true meaning of Christmas. 💚
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
🧵 1 of 9
🧵 1 of 9
December 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The true meaning of Christmas. 💚
"Encounters like this highlight both their [right whales’] resilience and the importance of international cooperation to support their recovery”
A critically endangered North Atlantic right whale first spotted off Ireland in 2024 has been reidentified near Boston after crossing the Atlantic — a rare journey highlighting both the species’ resilience and how much scientists still have to learn.
A rare right whale spotted off Ireland resurfaces near Boston
In a rare sighting, a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, first photographed in 2024 off the coast of Ireland, was recently reidentified near Boston, U.S., on Nov. 19. This is the first…
news.mongabay.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
"Encounters like this highlight both their [right whales’] resilience and the importance of international cooperation to support their recovery”
"There is no other crime in which the victim is so routinely treated as the guilty person to be put on trial."
My essay on this whole deal.....
Feminism Versus Trump and Epstein
We already knew that Jeffrey Epstein had sexually assaulted and exploited dozens of girls and young women, that he had done so openly, that his dehumanization of the vulnerable had not prevented a who...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
"There is no other crime in which the victim is so routinely treated as the guilty person to be put on trial."
"Treating women’s humanity like a thought exercise makes it that much easier to legislate away." 🎯
Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
December 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"Treating women’s humanity like a thought exercise makes it that much easier to legislate away." 🎯
If you desperately need a distraction from the utter madness of the world right now, I offer you an otter.
December 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
If you desperately need a distraction from the utter madness of the world right now, I offer you an otter.
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“Stripping these amazing animals of protection while they’re still fighting to survive isn’t conservation, it’s cruelty. Wolves belong in the wild, not mounted on someone’s wall.”
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“Stripping these amazing animals of protection while they’re still fighting to survive isn’t conservation, it’s cruelty. Wolves belong in the wild, not mounted on someone’s wall.”
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Here's a 🧵 with quotes from "Is It Too Late?" by @sifill.bsky.social. Please read in full & subscribe.
"Many of those with the biggest platforms know very little about race, so they protect their status as experts by insisting that race is not the issue."
sherrilyn.substack.com/p/is-it-too-...
"Many of those with the biggest platforms know very little about race, so they protect their status as experts by insisting that race is not the issue."
sherrilyn.substack.com/p/is-it-too-...
Is It Too Late?
No. But We Must Better Understand the Nature of the Battle
sherrilyn.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Here's a 🧵 with quotes from "Is It Too Late?" by @sifill.bsky.social. Please read in full & subscribe.
"Many of those with the biggest platforms know very little about race, so they protect their status as experts by insisting that race is not the issue."
sherrilyn.substack.com/p/is-it-too-...
"Many of those with the biggest platforms know very little about race, so they protect their status as experts by insisting that race is not the issue."
sherrilyn.substack.com/p/is-it-too-...
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For readers who are about to lose care, I have been told that the Trans Youth Emergency Project is helping the families of trans youth contingency plan to access that care.
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
December 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
For readers who are about to lose care, I have been told that the Trans Youth Emergency Project is helping the families of trans youth contingency plan to access that care.
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
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periodically I'll see a backlash that goes a little too far or seems kinda unfair. i never say anything because i think we need to be kinda unhinged and zealous in our response to this shit. I'd take an honest-to-God crusade against this stuff over letting it proliferate.
December 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
periodically I'll see a backlash that goes a little too far or seems kinda unfair. i never say anything because i think we need to be kinda unhinged and zealous in our response to this shit. I'd take an honest-to-God crusade against this stuff over letting it proliferate.
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“Disturbing… they had put in a ton of work and gone through every step of the process… they were pulled out of line steps away from swearing an oath to 🇺🇸…”
BOSTON’s @mayorwu.boston.gov on Trump/Miller blocking immigrants AT THEIR CEREMONIES
It was never just about illegal immigration
BOSTON’s @mayorwu.boston.gov on Trump/Miller blocking immigrants AT THEIR CEREMONIES
It was never just about illegal immigration
December 17, 2025 at 1:28 AM
“Disturbing… they had put in a ton of work and gone through every step of the process… they were pulled out of line steps away from swearing an oath to 🇺🇸…”
BOSTON’s @mayorwu.boston.gov on Trump/Miller blocking immigrants AT THEIR CEREMONIES
It was never just about illegal immigration
BOSTON’s @mayorwu.boston.gov on Trump/Miller blocking immigrants AT THEIR CEREMONIES
It was never just about illegal immigration
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The Fish and Wildlife Service lost 18% of staff between 2024 and the end of May.
“Losing staff is bad enough, but losing senior experts with the experience and knowledge needed to save endangered species is devastating,” said Noah Greenwald, our endangered species co-director.
bit.ly/491R1ah
“Losing staff is bad enough, but losing senior experts with the experience and knowledge needed to save endangered species is devastating,” said Noah Greenwald, our endangered species co-director.
bit.ly/491R1ah
December 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The Fish and Wildlife Service lost 18% of staff between 2024 and the end of May.
“Losing staff is bad enough, but losing senior experts with the experience and knowledge needed to save endangered species is devastating,” said Noah Greenwald, our endangered species co-director.
bit.ly/491R1ah
“Losing staff is bad enough, but losing senior experts with the experience and knowledge needed to save endangered species is devastating,” said Noah Greenwald, our endangered species co-director.
bit.ly/491R1ah
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If you are in a position to join, please consider becoming a supporting member of @literaryhub.bsky.social. To say that their work is invaluable to the literary community is an understatement. Every day I read something there that edifies, informs, & entertains.
lithub.memberful.com/join
lithub.memberful.com/join
Literary Hub
lithub.memberful.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
If you are in a position to join, please consider becoming a supporting member of @literaryhub.bsky.social. To say that their work is invaluable to the literary community is an understatement. Every day I read something there that edifies, informs, & entertains.
lithub.memberful.com/join
lithub.memberful.com/join
This is so good. So sad. So sobering.
December 16, 2025 at 8:21 AM
This is so good. So sad. So sobering.
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The revival of the Klamath River & its watershed over the past 14 months—after the completion of the biggest dam-removal project in US history—is one the most hopeful stories I know in our hope-stripped age.
Magnificent @bengoldfarb.bsky.social essay on it here.
emergencemagazine.org/essay/a-rive...
Magnificent @bengoldfarb.bsky.social essay on it here.
emergencemagazine.org/essay/a-rive...
A River Reborn – Ben Goldfarb
Journalist Ben Goldfarb and photographer Kiliii Yüyan trace the monumental effort to restitch relationships between land, salmon, and humans on the Klamath River, after four of its most obstructive da...
emergencemagazine.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The revival of the Klamath River & its watershed over the past 14 months—after the completion of the biggest dam-removal project in US history—is one the most hopeful stories I know in our hope-stripped age.
Magnificent @bengoldfarb.bsky.social essay on it here.
emergencemagazine.org/essay/a-rive...
Magnificent @bengoldfarb.bsky.social essay on it here.
emergencemagazine.org/essay/a-rive...
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all three of them??????? I did not know this!!
December 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
all three of them??????? I did not know this!!
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Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has."
— Margaret Mead
— Margaret Mead
[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social]
After years of expeditions, Gregg Treinish felt uneasy: he wasn’t making a difference. He founded Adventure Scientists, turning outdoor enthusiasts into data collectors whose work now spans microplastics, illegal timber & California’s biodiversity.
After years of expeditions, Gregg Treinish felt uneasy: he wasn’t making a difference. He founded Adventure Scientists, turning outdoor enthusiasts into data collectors whose work now spans microplastics, illegal timber & California’s biodiversity.
Turning adventure into data
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Gregg Treinish’s turning point came somewhere between mountain…
news.mongabay.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has."
— Margaret Mead
— Margaret Mead
"Will we permit the destruction of American democracy on our watch?"
December 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"Will we permit the destruction of American democracy on our watch?"
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The Trump administration is pushing to expand grazing on public lands while reducing its already low cost, under the false premise that it will fill America’s coffers.
Wealthy ranchers are profiting — at the expense of taxpayers.
With @highcountrynews.org
Wealthy ranchers are profiting — at the expense of taxpayers.
With @highcountrynews.org
Wealthy Ranchers Profit From Public Lands. Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab.
A ProPublica and High Country News investigation found that government programs supporting grazing on public lands prop up a wealthy few while harming the environment. The Trump administration is supe...
www.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Trump administration is pushing to expand grazing on public lands while reducing its already low cost, under the false premise that it will fill America’s coffers.
Wealthy ranchers are profiting — at the expense of taxpayers.
With @highcountrynews.org
Wealthy ranchers are profiting — at the expense of taxpayers.
With @highcountrynews.org