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Santa Cruz County, California government meetings the week of January 12 - 18.
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Weekly Review January 12 – 18
This Weekly Review features public meetings in Santa Cruz County as of the time of publication, January 10 at 11:00 am. Meeting status changes will be updated as they are announced throughout the w…
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January 10, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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We live in a moment rife w/ mixed emotions-existential anxieties about catastrophic climate change, presumptuous confidence in planet-hacking geoengineering technologies, and hopefulness of youth climate activism: Planet-Hacking Environmentalism in the Anthropocene
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Decolonizing Environmentalism
We live in a moment rife with mixed emotions-existential anxieties about catastrophic climate change, presumptuous confidence in planet-hacking geoengineering t…
www.bloomsbury.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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The invasion of Venezuela by the United States is about self-preservation and growing the Empire. Only DEGROWTH can remove such imperatives from global politics.
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United States INVADED Venezuela and how DEGROWTH can END ALL WARS
There is no doubt that the invasion of Venezuela is about oil.
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January 6, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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Most Americans actually like wolves, but when researchers reminded people of their political identities, Democrats became more friendly to wolves and Republicans far more opposed. It’s an interesting study in how politics and social identity can fuel partisan polarization.

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Americans generally like wolves − except when we’re reminded of our politics
New research shows how identity-driven assumptions can turn common ground into conflict.
theconversation.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Santa Cruz Online

Santa Cruz County, California government and other organization meetings the week of August 10 - 16.
Weekly Review August 10 – 16
This Weekly Review features public meetings in Santa Cruz County as of the time of publication, August 9 at 11:00 am. Meeting status changes will be updated as they are announced throughout the wee…
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August 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Santa Cruz County districts get tough on cellphones in class as new school year begins

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Santa Cruz County districts get tough on cellphones in class as new school year begins
Most of Santa Cruz County's school districts were set to welcome students back to school Thursday, with many announcing new cellphone policies to improve student well-being and to reduce distractions ...
lookout.co
August 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good.

I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
August 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
No, not climate change, the capitalist economy.
"The very people who ensure the rest of the country has food to eat are going hungry... The 2.4 million or so farmworkers who are the backbone of America’s agricultural industry earn among the lowest wages in the country."

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The people who feed America are going hungry
Climate change is escalating a national crisis, leaving farmworkers with empty plates and mounting costs.
grist.org
August 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Environmeddlers, Here's Your Wake-up Call
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Environmeddlers, Here's Your Wake-up Call
Our time has come, the Natural World cries out for help
open.substack.com
August 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The difference between the human world and the natural world is that the human world is manufactured (not created), and the natural world arises of itself. Thus, wilderness is the place that arises of itself, without being manufactured, controlled or managed by humans.
August 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Why read books? Because books are still the most powerful, reliable, transportive & magical storytelling technology we've invented - and all they need to work is YOUR OWN IMAGINATION! #booksky

(Cartoon by @mariascrivan.bsky.social)
August 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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